S.Amdt. 3951

SA 3951. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Defense; Commerce, Justice,
Science; Interior, Environment; Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education; and Transportation, Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2026''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT.

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT.

(a) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act''
contained in division A shall be treated as a reference to
Senate Report 119-52. The effect of such Report shall be
limited to division A and shall apply for purposes of
determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the
implementation of, division A.
(b) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act''
contained in division B shall be treated as a reference to
Senate Report 119-44. The effect of such Report shall be
limited to division B and shall apply for purposes of
determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the
implementation of, division B.
(c) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act''
contained in division C shall be treated as a reference to
Senate Report 119-46. The effect of such Report shall be
limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of
determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the
implementation of, division C.
(d) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act''
contained in division D shall be treated as a reference to
Senate Report 119-55. The effect of such Report shall be
limited to division D and shall apply for purposes of
determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the
implementation of, division D.
(e) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act''
contained in division E shall be treated as a reference to
Senate Report 119-47. The effect of such Report shall be
limited to division E and shall apply for purposes of
determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the
implementation of, division E.

DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and
for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I

MILITARY PERSONNEL

Military Personnel, Army

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active
duty (except members of reserve components provided for
elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant
to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C.
402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund, $54,600,301,000.

Military Personnel, Navy

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active
duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere),
midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to
section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402
note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund, $40,471,905,000.

Military Personnel, Marine Corps

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps on
active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for
elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to
the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$16,989,137,000.

Military Personnel, Air Force

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on
active duty (except members of reserve components provided
for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; and for payments
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42
U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund, $38,769,789,000.

Military Personnel, Space Force

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence,
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station
travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational
movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between
permanent duty stations, for members of the Space Force on
active duty and cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps; and for payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to
the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$1,496,608,000.

Reserve Personnel, Army

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 7038
of title 10, United States Code, or while serving

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on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in
section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while
undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund, $5,710,382,000.

Reserve Personnel, Navy

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy
Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10,
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under
section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and
expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United
States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund, $2,712,188,000.

Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10,
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under
section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and
for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and
expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United
States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund, $1,002,775,000.

Reserve Personnel, Air Force

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 9038
of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active
duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131
of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$2,699,860,000.

National Guard Personnel, Army

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army
National Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or
12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or
other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title
10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of
Defense Military Retirement Fund, $10,431,333,000.

National Guard Personnel, Air Force

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air
National Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 12402
of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code,
or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10
or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or
other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title
10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of
Defense Military Retirement Fund, $5,449,644,000.

TITLE II

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Operation and Maintenance, Army

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law,
$59,273,822,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000
may be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be
expended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of
the Army, and payments may be made upon the Secretary's
certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes.

Operation and Maintenance, Navy

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps,
as authorized by law, $76,440,024,000:  Provided, That not to
exceed $15,055,000 may be used for emergencies and
extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval or
authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be
made upon the Secretary's certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes.

Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized
by law, $12,045,363,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by
law, $64,859,289,000:  Provided, That not to exceed
$8,238,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of
the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made upon
the Secretary's certificate of necessity for confidential
military purposes.

Operation and Maintenance, Space Force

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as authorized
by law, $5,914,818,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the
Department of Defense (other than the military departments),
as authorized by law, $56,899,859,000:  Provided, That not
more than $2,981,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander
Initiative Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10,
United States Code:  Provided further, That not to exceed
$36,000,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of
the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be made upon the
Secretary's certificate of necessity for confidential
military purposes:  Provided further, That of the funds
provided under this heading, not less than $30,000,000 shall
be made available for the APEX Accelerators, of which not
less than $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with
eligible entities defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D):  Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to plan or implement
the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison
office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office
of the Secretary of a military department, or the service
headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative
affairs or legislative liaison office:  Provided further,
That of the funds provided under this heading, $3,121,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be available
only for expenses relating to certain classified activities:
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this
heading, $27,693,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be available only for expenses relating to certain
classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary by
the Secretary of Defense to operation and maintenance
appropriations or research, development, test and evaluation
appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for the
same time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item
unit cost of items that may be purchased with operation and
maintenance funds shall not apply to the funds described in
the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That of the funds
provided under this heading, $4,607,432,000, of which
$1,298,808,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027,
shall be available to provide support and assistance to
foreign security forces or other groups or individuals to
conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis
response, or other Department of Defense security cooperation
programs:  Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund

For the ``Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and
Equip Fund'', $342,516,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That such funds shall be
available to the Secretary of Defense in coordination with
the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including
training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, and
services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renovation;
construction for facility fortification and humane treatment;
and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular
forces, groups, or individuals participating, or preparing to
participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated groups:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading shall be available to provide assistance only for
activities in a country designated by the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as
having a security mission to counter the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the
congressional defense committees of such designation:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure
that prior to providing assistance to elements of any forces
or individuals, such elements or individuals are
appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such
elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups
associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving
commitments from such elements to promote respect for human
rights and the rule of law:  Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to
obligating from this appropriation account, notify the
congressional defense committees in writing of the details of
any such obligation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense may accept and retain contributions, including
assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including the
Government of Iraq and other entities, to carry out
assistance authorized under this heading:  Provided further,
That contributions of funds for the purposes provided herein
from any foreign government or other entity may be credited
to this Fund, to remain available until expended, and used
for such purposes:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall prioritize such contributions

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when providing any assistance for construction for facility
fortification:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense may waive a provision of law relating to the
acquisition of items and support services or sections 40 and
40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785)
if the Secretary determines that such provision of law would
prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision of
such assistance and a notice of and justification for such
waiver is submitted to the congressional defense committees,
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives:  Provided further,
That the United States may accept equipment procured using
funds provided under this heading, or under the heading,
``Iraq Train and Equip Fund'' in prior Acts, that was
transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by
such forces or groups to the United States, and such
equipment may be treated as stocks of the Department of
Defense upon written notification to the congressional
defense committees:  Provided further, That equipment
procured using funds provided under this heading, or under
the heading, ``Iraq Train and Equip Fund'' in prior Acts, and
not yet transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or
groups participating, or preparing to participate in
activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may
be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense when
determined by the Secretary to no longer be required for
transfer to such forces or groups and upon written
notification to the congressional defense committees:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide
quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on
the use of funds provided under this heading, including, but
not limited to, the number of individuals trained, the nature
and scope of support and sustainment provided to each group
or individual, the area of operations for each group, and the
contributions of other countries, groups, or individuals.

Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization,
and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of
services, supplies, and equipment; and communications,
$3,280,996,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization,
and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of
services, supplies, and equipment; and communications,
$1,399,535,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization,
and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of
facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting;
procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
communications, $356,520,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization,
and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of
facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting;
procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
communications, $4,306,790,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the
Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment
and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance,
operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; personnel services in the National
Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other than mileage), as
authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army
National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard
Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief,
National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army
National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair,
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and
equipment (including aircraft), $8,689,508,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the
Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment
and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance,
operation, and repairs to structures and facilities;
transportation of things, hire of passenger motor vehicles;
supplying and equipping the Air National Guard, as authorized
by law; expenses for repair, modification, maintenance, and
issue of supplies and equipment, including those furnished
from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department
of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same
basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel
on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard
Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief,
National Guard Bureau, $7,320,674,000.

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $21,243,000, of which
not to exceed $10,000 may be used for official representation
purposes.

Environmental Restoration, Army

(including transfer of funds)

For the Department of the Army, $201,570,000, to remain
available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of
the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of
the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer
the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Army,
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

Environmental Restoration, Navy

(including transfer of funds)

For the Department of the Navy, $371,949,000, to remain
available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of
the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds are required
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of
the Department of the Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer
the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Navy,
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

Environmental Restoration, Air Force

(including transfer of funds)

For the Department of the Air Force, $409,649,000, to
remain available until transferred:  Provided, That the
Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that such
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction
and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Air Force, or for similar
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this
appropriation to other appropriations made available to the
Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be
available for the same purposes and for the same time period
as the appropriations to which transferred:  Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the
funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation:  Provided further,
That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere
in this Act.

Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide

(including transfer of funds)

For the Department of Defense, $8,885,000, to remain
available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of
Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are required
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of
the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer
the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of Defense,
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites

(including transfer of funds)

For the Department of the Army, $235,156,000, to remain
available until transferred:  Provided, That the Secretary of
the

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Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of
hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at
sites formerly used by the Department of Defense, transfer
the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Army,
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes
and for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act.

Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid

For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian,
Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense
(consisting of the programs provided under sections 401, 402,
404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United States Code),
$100,793,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.

Cooperative Threat Reduction Account

For assistance, including assistance provided by contract
or by grants, under programs and activities of the Department
of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program authorized
under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction
Act, $282,830,000, to remain available until September 30,
2028.

Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account

For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Account, $50,846,000:  Provided, That no other
amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred to the
Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal year 2026
pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United States Code.

TITLE III

PROCUREMENT

Aircraft Procurement, Army

For construction, procurement, production, modification,
and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance,
ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories
therefor; specialized equipment and training devices;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$3,346,294,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Missile Procurement, Army

For construction, procurement, production, modification,
and modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance,
ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories
therefor; specialized equipment and training devices;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$9,375,035,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army

For construction, procurement, production, and modification
of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including
ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes, $2,466,890,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2028.

Procurement of Ammunition, Army

For construction, procurement, production, and modification
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$4,567,745,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Other Procurement, Army

For construction, procurement, production, and modification
of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked
combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; communications and electronic equipment;
other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$9,348,930,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Aircraft Procurement, Navy

For construction, procurement, production, modification,
and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance,
spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land
necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway, $15,639,809,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2028.

Weapons Procurement, Navy

For construction, procurement, production, modification,
and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and
related support equipment including spare parts, and
accessories therefor; expansion of public and private plants,
including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway,
$6,089,493,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

For construction, procurement, production, and modification
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$1,072,230,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition,
or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including
armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and
machine tools and installation thereof in public and private
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long lead time
components and designs for vessels to be constructed or
converted in the future; and expansion of public and private
plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows:
Columbia Class Submarine, $5,398,828,000;
Columbia Class Submarine (AP), $6,991,658,000;
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN-80), $1,046,700,000;
Carrier Replacement Program (AP), $612,038,000;
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN-81), $1,622,935,000;
Virginia Class Submarine, $2,735,305,000;
Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $3,742,724,000;
CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,579,011,000;
DDG-1000 Program, $52,358,000;
DDG-51 Destroyer, $460,773,000;
DDG-51 Destroyer (AP), $1,300,000,000;
FFG-Frigate, $100,000,000;
TAO Fleet Oiler, $8,346,000;
TAGOS Surtass Ships, $612,205,000;
Service Craft, $148,602,000;
Auxiliary Vessels, $335,000,000;
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first
destination transportation, $887,295,000; and
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs,
$1,676,587,000;
In all: $29,310,365,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2030:  Provided, That additional
obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2030, for
engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such
budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage of
ship construction:  Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading for the construction or
conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards
in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities
for the construction of major components of such vessel:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this
heading shall be

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used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign
shipyards:  Provided further, That funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act for Columbia Class
Submarine (AP) may be available for the purposes authorized
by subsections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title
10, United States Code, only in accordance with the
provisions of the applicable subsection.

Other Procurement, Navy

For procurement, production, and modernization of support
equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy
ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and
ships authorized for conversion); the purchase of passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway,
$15,053,585,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Procurement, Marine Corps

For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture,
and modification of missiles, armament, military equipment,
spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment,
appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in
public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles for the Marine
Corps, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants,
including land necessary therefor, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title,
$3,640,694,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft
and equipment, including armor and armament, specialized
ground handling equipment, and training devices, spare parts,
and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of
public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures,
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes including rents and transportation of things,
$20,519,105,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Missile Procurement, Air Force

For construction, procurement, and modification of
missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment,
and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses
necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and
transportation of things, $6,368,681,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2028.

Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force

For construction, procurement, production, and modification
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title;
and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances,
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$769,827,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028.

Other Procurement, Air Force

For procurement and modification of equipment (including
ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground
electronic and communication equipment), and supplies,
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided
for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and expansion of
public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures,
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway, $32,191,260,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2028.

Procurement, Space Force

For construction, procurement, and modification of
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment,
and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses
necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and
transportation of things, $3,545,235,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2028.

Procurement, Defense-Wide

For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department
of Defense (other than the military departments) necessary
for procurement, production, and modification of equipment,
supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise
provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; expansion of public and private plants,
equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection
of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway, $7,406,568,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2028.

Defense Production Act Purchases

For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to
sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act
of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), $256,923,000,
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2030,
which shall be obligated and expended by the Secretary of
Defense as if delegated the necessary authorities conferred
by the Defense Production Act of 1950.

National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account

For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tactical
and support vehicles; other weapons; and other procurement
items for the reserve components of the Armed Forces,
$350,000,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028:  Provided, That the Chiefs of National
Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 30 days
after enactment of this Act, individually submit to the
congressional defense committees the modernization priority
assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve
component:  Provided further, That none of the funds made
available by this paragraph may be used to procure manned
fixed wing aircraft, or procure or modify missiles,
munitions, or ammunition.

TITLE IV

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
research, development, test and evaluation, including
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of
facilities and equipment, $15,320,656,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2027.

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
research, development, test and evaluation, including
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of
facilities and equipment, $27,448,413,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2027:  Provided,
That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are available
for the V-22 may be used to meet unique operational
requirements of the Special Operations Forces.

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
research, development, test and evaluation, including
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of
facilities and equipment, $49,262,511,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2027.

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space Force

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific
research, development, test and evaluation, including
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of
facilities and equipment, $15,067,198,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027.

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department
of Defense (other than the military departments), necessary
for basic and applied scientific research, development, test
and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be
designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense,
pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and
operation of facilities and equipment, $33,124,671,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2027.

Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of operational
test and evaluation, including initial operational test and
evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in support of,
production decisions; joint operational testing

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and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection
therewith, $321,143,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2027.

TITLE V

REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

Defense Working Capital Funds

For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $2,146,540,000.

National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund

For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund,
$5,700,000, for activities pursuant to the Strategic and
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.).

TITLE VI

OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

Defense Health Program

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and
health care programs of the Department of Defense as
authorized by law, $41,436,623,000; of which $39,160,590,000
shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not to
exceed one percent shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2027, and of which up to $21,023,765,000
may be available for contracts entered into under the TRICARE
program; of which $354,821,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2028, shall be for
procurement; and of which $1,921,212,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2027, shall be for
research, development, test and evaluation:  Provided, That
of the funds provided under this heading for research,
development, test and evaluation, not less than $897,000,000
shall be made available to the Defense Health Agency to carry
out the congressionally directed medical research programs.

Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical
agents and munitions in accordance with the provisions of
section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), $213,282,000, of which $3,243,000
shall be for operation and maintenance, of which not less
than $3,243,000 shall be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency
Preparedness Program, consisting of $2,340,000 for activities
on military installations and $903,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027, to assist State and local
governments; and $210,039,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, shall be for research, development, test
and evaluation, of which $210,039,000 shall only be for the
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.

Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense

(including transfer of funds)

For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the
Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations
available to the Department of Defense for military personnel
of the reserve components serving under the provisions of
title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for operation and
maintenance; for procurement; and for research, development,
test and evaluation, $1,014,301,000, of which $398,424,000
shall be for counter-narcotics support; $134,938,000 shall be
for the drug demand reduction program; $210,125,000 shall be
for the National Guard counter-drug program; and $16,354,000
shall be for the National Guard counter-drug schools program:
Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be available for obligation for the same time period
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which
transferred:  Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation:  Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.

Office of the Inspector General

For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $502,599,000, of which
$496,895,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of which
not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies and
extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the approval or
authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made
upon the Inspector General's certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes; of which $1,079,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028,
shall be for procurement; and of which $4,625,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027, shall be for research,
development, test and evaluation.

TITLE VII

RELATED AGENCIES

Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund

For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding
level for continuing the operation of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,
$514,000,000.

Intelligence Community Management Account

For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community
Management Account, $629,128,000.

TITLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 8001.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not
authorized by the Congress.
Sec. 8002.  During the current fiscal year, provisions of
law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment
of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not
apply to personnel of the Department of Defense:  Provided,
That salary increases granted to direct and indirect hire
foreign national employees of the Department of Defense
funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess of the
percentage increase authorized by law for civilian employees
of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the
provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or
at a rate in excess of the percentage increase provided by
the appropriate host nation to its own employees, whichever
is higher:  Provided further, That this section shall not
apply to Department of Defense foreign service national
employees serving at United States diplomatic missions whose
pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign
Service Act of 1980:  Provided further, That the limitations
of this provision shall not apply to foreign national
employees of the Department of Defense in the Republic of
Turkey.
Sec. 8003.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 8004.  No more than 20 percent of the appropriations
in this Act which are limited for obligation during the
current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2
months of the fiscal year:  Provided, That this section shall
not apply to obligations for support of active duty training
of reserve components or summer camp training of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 8005.  Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense
that such action is necessary in the national interest, the
Secretary may, with the approval of the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed
$6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of
Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Department
of Defense for military functions (except military
construction) between such appropriations or funds or any
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the
appropriation or fund to which transferred:  Provided, That
such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher
priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements,
than those for which originally appropriated and in no case
where the item for which funds are requested has been denied
by the Congress:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in
this Act:  Provided further, That no part of the funds in
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate for reprogramming of funds,
unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen
military requirements, than those for which originally
appropriated and in no case where the item for which
reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress:
Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings
of funds using authority provided in this section shall be
made prior to June 30, 2026:  Provided further, That
transfers among military personnel appropriations shall not
be taken into account for purposes of the limitation on the
amount of funds that may be transferred under this section.
Sec. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific
programs, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts
and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such
programs, projects, and activities) contained in the tables
titled ``Committee Recommended Adjustments'' in the report
accompanying this Act and the tables contained in the
classified annex accompanying this Act, the obligation and
expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act for those programs, projects, and
activities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the
amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried
out in the manner provided by such tables to the same extent
as if the tables were included in the text of this Act.
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in
subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of
appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act:
Provided, That section 8005 of this Act shall apply when
transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur
between appropriation accounts, subject to the limitation in
subsection (c):  Provided further, That the transfer amount
limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act shall not
apply to transfers of amounts described in subsection (a) if
such transfers are necessary for the proper execution of such
funds.
(c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified in
the referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act
described in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursuant
to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper execution
of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b).
Sec. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment of
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Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense
committees to establish the baseline for application of
reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2026:
Provided, That the report shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column
to display the President's budget request, adjustments made
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both
by budget activity and program, project, and activity as
detailed in the Budget Appendix; and
(3) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the
funds provided in this Act shall be available for
reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in
subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense
committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in
writing to the congressional defense committees that such
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency
requirement:  Provided, That this subsection shall not apply
to transfers from the following appropriations accounts:
(1) ``Environmental Restoration, Army'';
(2) ``Environmental Restoration, Navy'';
(3) ``Environmental Restoration, Air Force'';
(4) ``Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide'';
(5) ``Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense
Sites''; and
(6) ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities,
Defense''.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 8008.  During the current fiscal year, cash balances
in working capital funds of the Department of Defense
established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United
States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as are
necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from
such funds:  Provided, That transfers may be made between
such funds:  Provided further, That transfers may be made
between working capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency
Fluctuations, Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and
Maintenance'' appropriation accounts in such amounts as may
be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
except that such transfers may not be made unless the
Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress of the
proposed transfer:  Provided further, That except in amounts
equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in
this Act, no obligations may be made against a working
capital fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve
material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has
notified the Congress prior to any such obligation.
Sec. 8009.  Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used
to initiate, or materially modify the scope of, a special
access program without prior notification 30 calendar days in
advance to the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 8010.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs
economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000
in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded
contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a
contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear
contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in
excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the
congressional defense committees have been notified at least
30 days in advance of the proposed contract award:  Provided,
That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the
economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at
least to the limits of the Government's liability:  Provided
further, That no part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement
contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless
specifically provided in this Act:  Provided further, That no
multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 30-
day prior notification to the congressional defense
committees:  Provided further, That the execution of
multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value
analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual
procurement:  Provided further, That none of the funds
provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear contract
executed after the date of the enactment of this Act unless
in the case of any such contract--
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a
budget request for full funding of units to be procured
through the contract and, in the case of a contract for
procurement of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit
to be procured through the contract for which procurement
funds are requested in that budget request for production
beyond advance procurement activities in the fiscal year
covered by the budget, full funding of procurement of such
unit in that fiscal year;
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the
contractor associated with the production of unfunded units
to be delivered under the contract;
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor
under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred
costs on funded units; and
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment
based on a failure to award a follow-on contract.
Sec. 8011.  Within the funds appropriated for the operation
and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby
appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United
States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs
under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code:  Provided,
That such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of title 10,
United States Code, and these obligations shall be reported
as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United States
Code:  Provided further, That funds available for operation
and maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian
and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the
Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of
Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99-239:
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Secretary
of Defense that such action is beneficial for graduate
medical education programs conducted at Defense Health Agency
medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of
Defense may authorize the provision of medical services at
such facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a
nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau,
and Guam.
Sec. 8012.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any
prior Department of Defense Appropriations Act may be used to
obligate and expend funds made available in accordance with
subsection (c) of section 3136 of title 10, United States
Code, except for the purposes described in paragraphs (d)(1)
through (d)(4).
Sec. 8013.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used, directly or indirectly, to pay for any personal
service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed
or written matter, or other device intended or designed to
influence in any manner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction,
or an official of any government, to favor or oppose any
legislation or appropriation pending before the Congress, in
violation of section 1913 of title 18, United States Code:
Provided, That this restriction shall not prevent officers or
employees of the Department of Defense from communicating
with Members of Congress or congressional staff in the course
of their official duties in response to a request for
information, testimony, or other communication, consistent
with applicable laws and regulations.
Sec. 8014.  None of the funds available in this Act to the
Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for
necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, or maintenance
activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to reduce
the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery
vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in the
report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 1042
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2012.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this Act
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program
may be transferred to any other appropriation contained in
this Act solely for the purpose of implementing a Mentor-
Protege Program developmental assistance agreement pursuant
to section 4902 of title 10, United States Code, under the
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority
contained in this Act.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the budget
justification documents in support of the budget for fiscal
year 2027 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105
of title 31, United States Code) a description of each
transfer under this section that occurred during the last
fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such budget is
submitted.
Sec. 8016.  None of the funds in this Act may be available
for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its
departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and
mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain are
manufactured in the United States from components which are
substantially manufactured in the United States:  Provided,
That for the purpose of this section, the term
``manufactured'' shall include cutting, heat treating,
quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the
forging and shot blasting process):  Provided further, That
for the purpose of this section substantially all of the
components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to
be produced or manufactured in the United States if the
aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in
the United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the
components produced or manufactured outside the United
States:  Provided further, That when adequate domestic
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense
requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the Service
responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on
a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate that such an acquisition must be made in order
to acquire capability for national security purposes.

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Sec. 8017.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds
activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt
beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale
(including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on a
military installation located in the United States unless
such malt beverages and wine are procured within that State,
or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the
District of Columbia, in which the military installation is
located:  Provided, That, in a case in which the military
installation is located in more than one State, purchases may
be made in any State in which the installation is located:
Provided further, That such local procurement requirements
for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic
beverages only for military installations in States which are
not contiguous with another State:  Provided further, That
alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt beverages, in
contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be
procured from the most competitive source, price and other
factors considered.
Sec. 8018.  None of the funds available to the Department
of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1
Carbines, M-1 Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles,
.30 caliber rifles, or M-1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or
destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition components that
are not otherwise prohibited from commercial sale under
Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition
components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or
designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use.
Sec. 8019.  No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated
or made available in this Act shall be used during a single
fiscal year for any single relocation of an organization,
unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense into
or within the National Capital Region:  Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-
case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional
defense committees that such a relocation is required in the
best interest of the Government.
Sec. 8020.  Of the funds made available in this Act under
the heading ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', $24,613,000 shall
be available only for incentive payments authorized by
section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C.
1544):  Provided, That a prime contractor or a subcontractor
at any tier that makes a subcontract award to any
subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 of title
25, United States Code, or a small business owned and
controlled by an individual or individuals defined under
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be
considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed
additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime
contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves
the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making
appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to
any fiscal year:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section
shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition
of supplies or services, including any contract and any
subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items
produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, by any
subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 of title
25, United States Code, or a small business owned and
controlled by an individual or individuals defined under
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code.
Sec. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the
Air Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in
the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington relocatable
military housing units located at Grand Forks Air Force Base,
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home Air Force Base,
Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are
excess to the needs of the Air Force.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost
to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a)
in accordance with the request for such units that are
submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield
Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of
Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon,
Minnesota, and Washington. Any such conveyance shall be
subject to the condition that the housing units shall be
removed within a reasonable period of time, as determined by
the Secretary.
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units
under subsection (a) before submitting requests to the
Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b).
(d) In this section, the term ``Indian tribe'' means any
recognized Indian tribe included on the current list
published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104
of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131).
Sec. 8022.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of
Defense under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide'', not less than $12,000,000 may be made
available only for the mitigation of environmental impacts,
including training and technical assistance to tribes,
related administrative support, the gathering of information,
documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system
for prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete
estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from
Department of Defense activities.
Sec. 8023.  Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense
Media Activity shall not be used for any national or
international political or psychological activities.
Sec. 8024.  Of the amounts appropriated for ``Working
Capital Fund, Army'', $120,000,000 shall be available to
maintain competitive rates at the arsenals.
Sec. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not
less than $42,300,000 shall be available for the Civil Air
Patrol Corporation, of which--
(1) $25,506,000 shall be available from ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' to support Civil Air Patrol
Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-
drug activities, and drug demand reduction activities
involving youth programs;
(2) $14,669,000 shall be available from ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force''; and
(3) $2,125,000 shall be available from ``Other Procurement,
Air Force'' for vehicle procurement.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive
reimbursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and
local government agencies.
Sec. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act
are available to establish a new Department of Defense
(department) federally funded research and development center
(FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate entity
administrated by an organization managing another FFRDC, or
as a nonprofit membership corporation consisting of a
consortium of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities.
(b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, no
member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory
Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any entity that
contracts with the Federal government to manage or operate
one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consultant to a defense FFRDC
shall receive funds appropriated by this Act as compensation
for services as a member of such entity:  Provided, That a
member of any such entity shall be allowed travel expenses
and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel
Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership
duties:  Provided further, That except when acting in a
technical advisory capacity, no paid consultant shall receive
funds appropriated by this Act as compensation by more than
one FFRDC in a calendar year.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds available to the department from any source during the
current fiscal year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a
fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new
buildings not located on a military installation, for payment
of cost sharing for projects funded by Government grants, for
absorption of contract overruns, or for certain charitable
contributions, not to include employee participation in
community service and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds available to the department during fiscal year 2026,
not more than $2,886,300,000 may be funded for professional
technical staff-related costs of the defense FFRDCs:
Provided, That within such funds, not more than $461,300,000
shall be available for the defense studies and analysis
FFRDCs:  Provided further, That this subsection shall not
apply to staff years funded in the National Intelligence
Program and the Military Intelligence Program:  Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, with the
submission of the department's fiscal year 2027 budget
request, submit a report presenting the specific amounts of
staff years of technical effort to be allocated for each
defense FFRDC by program during that fiscal year and the
associated budget estimates, by appropriation account and
program.
Sec. 8027.  For the purposes of this Act, the term
``congressional defense committees'' means the Armed Services
Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Services
Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
Sec. 8028.  For the purposes of this Act, the term
``congressional intelligence committees'' means the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate.
Sec. 8029.  During the current fiscal year, the Department
of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance
and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the
production of components and other Defense-related articles,
through competition between Department of Defense depot
maintenance activities and private firms:  Provided, That the
Senior Acquisition Executive of the military department or
Defense Agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall
certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of
all direct and indirect costs for both public and private
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That Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not
apply to competitions conducted under this section.
Sec. 8030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense
unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the
Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term
``Buy American Act'' means chapter 83 of title 41, United
States Code.
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person
has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing
a ``Made in America'' inscription to any product sold in or
shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the
Secretary shall determine, in accordance with section 4658 of
title 10, United States Code, whether the person should be
debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of
the Congress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in
expending the appropriation, purchase only American-made
equipment and products, provided that American-made equipment
and products are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and
available in a timely fashion.
Sec. 8031.  None of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy,
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facility
or property under the control of the Department of Defense
which were not melted and rolled in the United States or
Canada:  Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall
apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American
Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and
Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or
armor steel plate:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
the military department responsible for the procurement may
waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition
must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes:  Provided further, That these restrictions
shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the
date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 8032. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after
consultation with the United States Trade Representative,
determines that a foreign country which is party to an
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms
of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of
products produced in the United States that are covered by
the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the
Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with
respect to such types of products produced in that foreign
country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding,
between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to
which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the
Buy American Act for certain products in that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a
report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from
foreign entities in fiscal year 2026. Such report shall
separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the
Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agreement
described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement
to which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American
Act'' means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
Sec. 8033.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other
than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic
origin:  Provided, That the Secretary of the military
department responsible for such procurement may waive this
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition
must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes:  Provided further, That this restriction
shall not apply to the purchase of ``commercial products'',
as defined by section 103 of title 41, United States Code,
except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller
bearings purchased as end items.
Sec. 8034.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', for
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $50,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be available
to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of State, to provide assistance to the Lebanese
Armed Forces, including training, equipment, logistics
support, supplies and services, stipends, infrastructure
repair and renovation, and sustainment:  Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Lebanese Armed
Forces are vetted prior to providing assistance, including at
a minimum, assessing for associations with terrorist groups
and receiving a commitment to promote respect for human
rights and the rule of law:  Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to
obligating the funds provided in this section, notify the
congressional defense committees in writing of the details of
any such obligation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense may waive a provision of law relating to the
acquisition of items and support services or sections 40 and
40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785)
if the Secretary determines that such provision of law would
prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision of
such assistance and a notice of and justification for such
waiver is submitted to the congressional defense committees,
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives:  Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports
to the congressional defense committees on the use of funds
provided in this section, including, but not limited to, the
number of individuals trained within the Lebanese Armed
Forces, the nature and scope of support and sustainment
provided to the Lebanese Armed Forces, the area of operations
for the Lebanese Armed Forces, and the contributions of other
countries, groups, or individuals.
Sec. 8035.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to
purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the
United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to
the congressional defense committees that such an acquisition
must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes that is not available from United States
manufacturers.
Sec. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-
case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each
limitation on the procurement of defense items from foreign
sources provided in law if the Secretary determines that the
application of the limitation with respect to that country
would invalidate cooperative programs entered into between
the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or would
invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of
defense items entered into under section 4851 of title 10,
United States Code, and the country does not discriminate
against the same or similar defense items produced in the
United States for that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised
after such date under contracts that are entered into before
such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason
other than the application of a waiver granted under
subsection (a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings,
food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by section
XI (chapters 50-65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States and products classified under headings 4010,
4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229,
7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105,
8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.
Sec. 8037.  None of the funds made available in this Act,
or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the
Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or
manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such flags
are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) of title
10, United States Code.
Sec. 8038.  During the current fiscal year, amounts
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available until
expended for the payments specified by section 2687a(b)(2) of
title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8039.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations
which are available to the Department of Defense for
operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items
having an investment item unit cost of not more than
$350,000:  Provided, That upon determination by the Secretary
of Defense that such action is necessary to meet the
operational requirements of a Commander of a Combatant
Command engaged in a named contingency operation overseas,
such funds may be used to purchase items having an investment
item unit cost of not more than $500,000.
Sec. 8040.  Up to $16,809,000 of the funds appropriated
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' may be
made available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative
Program for the purpose of enabling the United States Indo-
Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation
activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of
incremental and personnel costs of training and exercising
with foreign security forces:  Provided, That funds made
available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any
other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance,
security assistance or combined exercise expenses:  Provided
further, That funds may not be obligated to provide
assistance to any foreign country that is otherwise
prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under any
other provision of law.
Sec. 8041.  The Secretary of Defense shall issue
regulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-
related products in military resale outlets in the United
States, its territories and possessions at a price below the
most competitive price in the local community:  Provided,
That such regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco
or tobacco-related products in overseas military retail
outlets shall be within the range of prices established for
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Sec. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the
appropriations or funds available to the Department of
Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase
of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new
inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the
current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to customers
of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an
item would not have been chargeable to the Department of
Defense Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and
if the purchase of such an investment item would be
chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations
made to the Department of Defense for procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department
of Defense as well as all justification material and other
documentation supporting the fiscal year 2027 Department of
Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted to the
Congress on the basis that any equipment which was classified
as an end item and funded in a procurement appropriation
contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed
fiscal year 2027 procurement appropriation and not in the
supply management business area or any other area or category
of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
Sec. 8043.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for
programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for
Contingencies, which shall remain available until September
30, 2027:  Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or
otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Central
Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior or
subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred
to the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and
development acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert
action programs authorized by the President under section 503
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall
remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided further,
That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central
Intelligence Agency for the construction, improvement, or
alteration of facilities, including leased facilities, to be
used primarily by personnel of the intelligence community,
shall remain available until September 30, 2028.
Sec. 8044. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be available to convert to contractor performance an
activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by
Department of Defense civilian employees unless--
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-
private competition that includes a most efficient and cost
effective organization plan developed by such activity or
function;
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over
all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers
for performance of the activity or function, the cost of
performance of the activity or function by a contractor would
be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that
equals or exceeds the lesser of--
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's
personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or
function by Federal employees; or
(B) $10,000,000; and
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of
Defense by--
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insurance plan
available to the workers who are to be employed in the
performance of that activity or function under the contract;
or
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored health
benefits plan that requires the employer to contribute less
towards the premium or subscription share than the amount
that is paid by the Department of Defense for health benefits
for civilian employees under chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code.
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to
subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c)
of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and
notwithstanding any administrative regulation, requirement,
or policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter
into a contract for the performance of any commercial or
industrial type function of the Department of Defense that--
(A) is included on the procurement list established
pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (section
8503 of title 41, United States Code);
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a
qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified
nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped individuals
in accordance with that Act; or
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a
qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an
Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in
section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(a)(15)).
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or
contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469
and 2474 of title 10, United States Code.
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the
Department of Defense under the authority provided by this
section shall be credited toward any competitive or
outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be
established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed
to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with,
subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States
Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial
activities.

(rescissions)

Sec. 8045.  Of the funds appropriated in Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the
specified amounts:  Provided, That no amounts may be
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985:
``Cooperative Threat Reduction Account'', 2024/2026,
$33,936,000;
``Other Procurement, Army'', 2024/2026, $15,000,000;
``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', 2024/2026, $2,943,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2024/2026,
$35,397,000;
``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', 2024/2026, $41,189,000;
``Procurement, Space Force'', 2024/2026, $63,900,000;
``Defense Health Program'', 2024/2026, $10,473,000;
``Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip
Fund'', 2025/2026, $5,000,000;
``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles,
Army'', 2025/2027, $577,786,000;
``Missile Procurement, Army'', 2025/2027, $71,732,000;
``Other Procurement, Army'', 2025/2027, $320,213,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', 2025/2027, $229,251,000;
``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', 2025/2027, $200,272,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', 2025/2027,
$259,688,000;
``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', 2025/2027,
$152,646,000;
``Other Procurement, Air Force'', 2025/2027, $74,091,000;
``Procurement, Space Force'', 2025/2027, $63,500,000;
``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 2025/2027, $11,807,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', 2025/
2026, $211,735,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'', 2025/
2026, $88,461,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'',
2025/2026, $276,608,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space
Force'', 2025/2026, $374,193,000; and
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide'', 2025/2026, $37,481,000.
Sec. 8046.  None of the funds available in this Act may be
used to reduce the authorized positions for military
technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air
National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the
purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian
personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military
technicians (dual status), unless such reductions are a
direct result of a reduction in military force structure.
Sec. 8047.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for
assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
unless specifically appropriated for that purpose:  Provided,
That this restriction shall not apply to any activities
incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission
to recover and identify the remains of United States Armed
Forces personnel from the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea.
Sec. 8048. (a) None of the funds available to the
Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug
interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to
any other department or agency of the United States except as
specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence
Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-
drug activities may be transferred to any other department or
agency of the United States except as specifically provided
in an appropriations law.
Sec. 8049.  In addition to the amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, $24,000,000
is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense:
Provided, That upon the determination of the Secretary of
Defense that it shall serve the national interest, the
Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified as
follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organizations.
Sec. 8050.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program and the
Small Business Technology Transfer program set-asides shall
be taken proportionally from all programs, projects, or
activities to the extent they contribute to the extramural
budget. The Secretary of each military department, the
Director of each Defense Agency, and the head of each other
relevant component of the Department of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees, concurrent with
submission of the budget justification documents to Congress
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a
report with a detailed accounting of the Small Business
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Technology Transfer program set-asides taken from programs,
projects, or activities within such department, agency, or
component during the most recently completed fiscal year.
Sec. 8051.  None of the funds available to the Department
of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to
pay a contractor under a contract with the Department of
Defense for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an
employee when--
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated
with a business combination.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8052.  During the current fiscal year, no more than
$30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be
transferred to appropriations available for the pay of
military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available
for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in
connection with support and services for eligible
organizations and activities outside the Department of
Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States
Code.
Sec. 8053. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of
equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by
any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable
basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish
the amount of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case
basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be
credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance
Learning Project and be available to defray the costs
associated with the use of equipment of the project under
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such
purposes without fiscal year limitation.
Sec. 8054. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or prior Acts may be obligated or
expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or
on backup aircraft inventory status any C-40 aircraft.
(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to
an individual C-40 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air
Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer
mission capable due to a Class A mishap.
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) that
an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a
certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is
due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of maintenance,
repairs, or other reasons.
Sec. 8055. (a) None of the funds appropriated in title IV
of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to
military forces for operational training, operational use, or
inventory requirements:  Provided, That this restriction does
not apply to end-items used in development, prototyping in
accordance with an approved test strategy, and test
activities preceding and leading to acceptance for
operational use.
(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds
appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number
required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary of
Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in coordination with
the responsible Service Acquisition Executive, shall certify
in writing to the congressional defense committees that there
is a bonafide need for the additional end-items at the time
of submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for
fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code:  Provided, That this restriction does not apply
to programs funded within the National Intelligence Program.
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the
submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for
fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees a
report detailing the use of funds requested in research,
development, test and evaluation accounts for end-items used
in development, prototyping and test activities preceding and
leading to acceptance for operational use:  Provided, That
the report shall set forth, for each end item covered by the
preceding proviso, a detailed list of the statutory
authorities under which amounts in the accounts described in
that proviso were used for such item:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the submittal
to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year
2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States
Code, submit to the congressional defense committees a
certification that funds requested for fiscal year 2027 in
research, development, test and evaluation accounts are in
compliance with this section:  Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-
case basis by certifying in writing to the Subcommittees on
Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national
security interest to do so.
Sec. 8056.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or other Department of Defense
Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the
purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military
family housing units of the Department of Defense, including
areas in such military family housing units that may be used
for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense
business.
Sec. 8057.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any new
start Defense Innovation Acceleration (PE 0603838D8Z) or
Rapid Prototyping Program (PE 0604331D8Z) demonstration
project with a value of more than $5,000,000 may only be
obligated 15 days after a report, including a description of
the project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy
and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided in
writing to the congressional defense committees:  Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense
committees that it is in the national interest to do so.
Sec. 8058.  The Secretary of Defense shall continue to
provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as
directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
Sec. 8059.  Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10,
United States Code, a servicemember who is a member of the
National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty under
section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, may perform
duties in support of the ground-based elements of the
National Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Sec. 8060.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition
held by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire
cartridge and a United States military nomenclature
designation of ``armor penetrator'', ``armor piercing (AP)'',
``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', ``armor-piercing
incendiary tracer (API-T)'', ``general purpose (GP)'',
``special purpose (SP)'' except 9mm, or ``enhanced
performance round (EPR)'', except to an entity performing
demilitarization services for the Department of Defense under
a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Department of Defense that the above
listed projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of
reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to
manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the
Department of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for
export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of
Unclassified Military Articles issued by the Department of
State.
Sec. 8061.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, may
waive payment of all or part of the consideration that
otherwise would be required under section 2667 of title 10,
United States Code, in the case of a lease of personal
property for a period not in excess of 1 year to any
organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United
States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal
nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau, or their designee, on a case-by-case
basis.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8062.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $218,015,597
shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Defense is authorized to transfer such funds to other
activities of the Federal Government:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and
carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property,
construction, personal services, and operations related to
projects carrying out the purposes of this section:  Provided
further, That contracts entered into under the authority of
this section may provide for such indemnification as the
Secretary determines to be necessary:  Provided further, That
projects authorized by this section shall comply with
applicable Federal, State, and local law to the maximum
extent consistent with the national security, as determined
by the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 8063. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act may be used to take any action to modify--
(1) the appropriations account structure for the National
Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation
of a new appropriation or new appropriation account;
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request is
presented in the unclassified P-1, R-1, and O-1 documents
supporting the Department of Defense budget request;
(3) the process by which the National Intelligence Program
appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or
(4) the process by which the National Intelligence Program
appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to
prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the National
Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure
Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accordance
with paragraphs (1)-(3) of subsection (a).
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary
of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of achieving
auditable financial statements and improving fiscal
reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for
alternative financial management processes. Such study shall
include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment
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ensure that none of the alternative processes will adversely
affect counterintelligence.
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined
under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence
and the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected
agencies;
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies
attesting that the proposed alternatives will help achieve
auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and will not
adversely affect counterintelligence; and
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary
certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed
alternatives and certifications to the congressional defense
and intelligence committees.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8064.  In addition to amounts made available elsewhere
in this Act, $400,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the
Department of Defense and made available for transfer to
operation and maintenance accounts, procurement accounts, and
research, development, test and evaluation accounts only for
those efforts by the Commander, United States Africa Command
or Commander, United States Southern Command to expand
cooperation, share operational information, advance
interoperability, or improve the capabilities of our allies
and partners in their areas of operation:  Provided, That of
the $400,000,000, $200,000,000 shall be provided to the
Commander, United States Africa Command and $200,000,000
shall be provided to the Commander, United States Southern
Command:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided
under this section may be obligated or expended until 30 days
after the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional
defense committees an execution plan:  Provided further, That
not less than 15 days prior to any transfer of funds, the
Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense
committees of the details of any such transfer:  Provided
further, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged with
and available for the same purposes, and for the same time
period, as the appropriation to which transferred:  Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided under this
section is in addition to any other transfer authority
provided elsewhere in this Act.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8065.  During the current fiscal year, not to exceed
$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II
of this Act for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'',
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', and ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' may be transferred by the military
department concerned to its central fund established for
Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) of title
10, United States Code.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8066.  Of the amounts appropriated for ``Operation and
Maintenance, Navy'', up to $1,000,000 shall be available for
transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and
Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105).
Sec. 8067.  None of the funds available to the Department
of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control
relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and
administrative control of United States Navy forces assigned
to the Pacific fleet:  Provided, That the command and control
relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall remain
in force until a written modification has been proposed to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That the
proposed modification may be implemented 30 days after the
notification unless an objection is received from either the
House or Senate Appropriations Committees:  Provided further,
That any proposed modification shall not preclude the ability
of the commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to
meet operational requirements.
Sec. 8068.  Any notice that is required to be submitted to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of title
10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) of the
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to that requirement
concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
Sec. 8069.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the headings ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' and ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'',
$500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs:
Provided, That of this amount, $60,000,000 shall be for the
Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel
for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to
counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-
Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended;
$127,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile
Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile defense
research and development under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000
shall be for co-production activities of SRBMD systems in the
United States and in Israel to meet Israel's defense
requirements consistent with each nation's laws, regulations,
and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production
agreement for SRBMD, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for an
upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense
Architecture, of which $100,000,000 shall be for co-
production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the
United States and in Israel to meet Israel's defense
requirements consistent with each nation's laws, regulations,
and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production
agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and
$173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement
Program including development of a long range, ground and
airborne, detection suite.
Sec. 8070.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'',
$1,676,587,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026,
to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for the
following programs:
(1) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2013/2026: Carrier Replacement Program, $150,000,000;
(2) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2016/2026: Virginia Class Submarine Program,
$121,538,000;
(3) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2016/2026: DDG 51 Program, $14,892,000;
(4) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2017/2026: Virginia Class Submarine Program,
$99,116,000;
(5) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2017/2026: DDG 51 Program, $62,365,000;
(6) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2017/2026: LHA Replacement Program, $93,603,000;
(7) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2018/2026: Virginia Class Submarine Program,
$289,761,000;
(8) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2018/2026: DDG 51 Program, $104,238,000;
(9) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2018/2026: LPD Flight II Program, $93,442,000;
(10) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2018/2026: Oceanographic Ships Program, $6,015,000;
(11) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2019/2026: Littoral Combat Ship Program, $5,766,000;
(12) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2019/2026: T-AO Fleet Oiler Program, $15,400,000;
(13) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2019/2026: Ship to Shore Connector Program,
$15,480,000;
(14) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2020/2026: CVN Refueling Overhauls, $483,100,000;
(15) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2020/2026: T-AO Fleet Oiler Program, $48,260,000;
(16) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2022/2026: T-AO Fleet Oiler Program, $19,650,000;
(17) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2022/2026: Expeditionary Sea Base Program,
$30,000,000;
(18) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2022/2026: Expeditionary Fast Transport Program,
$11,231,000;
(19) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2023/2026: T-AO Fleet Oiler Program, $6,530,000; and
(20) Under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'', 2024/2026: T-AO Fleet Oiler Program, $6,200,000.
Sec. 8071.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for
intelligence activities and intelligence-related activities
are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment
of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
Sec. 8072.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new
program, project, or activity unless such program, project,
or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of
national security and only after written prior notification
to the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 8073.  None of the funds in this Act may be used for
research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or
deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense
system.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8074.  The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds
from any available Department of the Navy appropriation to
any available Navy ship construction appropriation for the
purpose of liquidating necessary changes resulting from
inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any
ship construction program appropriated in law:  Provided,
That the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $40,000,000
under the authority provided by this section:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may not transfer any funds until
30 days after the proposed transfer has been reported to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate, unless a response from the Committees is
received sooner:  Provided further, That any funds
transferred pursuant to this section shall retain the same
period of availability as when originally appropriated:
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under
this section is in addition to any other transfer authority
contained elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided by this section expires on
September 30, 2030.
Sec. 8075.  None of the funds appropriated or made
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reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such
action would reduce the WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance mission
below the levels funded in this Act:  Provided, That the Air
Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to
perform other missions in support of national defense
requirements during the non-hurricane season.
Sec. 8076.  None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available for integration of foreign intelligence information
unless the information has been lawfully collected and
processed during the conduct of authorized foreign
intelligence activities:  Provided, That information
pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled in
accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment
of the United States Constitution as implemented through
Executive Order No. 12333.
Sec. 8077.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for
programs of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for
research and technology, which shall remain available until
September 30, 2027.
Sec. 8078.  For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31,
United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in
this Act under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'' shall be considered to be for the same purpose as any
subdivision under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'' appropriations in any prior fiscal year, and the 1
percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of the
appropriation.
Sec. 8079. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence
shall submit a report to the congressional intelligence
committees to establish the baseline for application of
reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2026:
Provided, That the report shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column
to display the President's budget request, adjustments made
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by
Expenditure Center and project; and
(3) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
(b) None of the funds provided for the National
Intelligence Program in this Act shall be available for
reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in
subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence
committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence
certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence
committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary
as an emergency requirement.
Sec. 8080. (a) None of the funds provided for the National
Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with section
102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3024(d)) that--
(1) creates a new start effort;
(2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of
$10,000,000 or more;
(3) transfers funding into or out of the National
Intelligence Program; or
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, unless the
congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification
period may be reduced for urgent national security
requirements.
(b) None of the funds provided for the National
Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with section
102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or decrease of
the levels specified in the classified annex accompanying the
Act unless the congressional intelligence committees are
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;
this notification period may be reduced for urgent national
security requirements.
Sec. 8081. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on
the public website of that agency any report required to be
submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the
determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve
the national interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national
security; or
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so
only after such report has been made available to the
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less
than 45 days.
Sec. 8082. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal
contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the
contractor agrees not to--
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees or
independent contractors that requires, as a condition of
employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree
to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or
arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including
assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional
distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring,
supervision, or retention; or
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing
agreement with an employee or independent contractor that
mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve
through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of
sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false
imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be expended for any Federal
contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires
each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and
not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (a), with respect to any employee or independent
contractor performing work related to such subcontract. For
purposes of this subsection, a ``covered subcontractor'' is
an entity that has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a
contract subject to subsection (a).
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with
respect to a contractor's or subcontractor's agreements with
employees or independent contractors that may not be enforced
in a court of the United States.
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of
subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary
personally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid
harm to national security interests of the United States, and
that the term of the contract or subcontract is not longer
than necessary to avoid such harm. The determination shall
set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiver and for
the contract or subcontract term selected, and shall state
any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the
reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm to
national security interests of the United States. The
Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and
simultaneously make public, any determination under this
subsection not less than 15 business days before the contract
or subcontract addressed in the determination may be awarded.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8083.  From within the funds appropriated for
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in
this Act, up to $165,000,000, shall be available for transfer
to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance
with the provisions of section 1704 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 111-84:
Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the facility
operations funded are operations of the integrated Captain
James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the
North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy
Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated
as a combined Federal medical facility as described by
section 706 of Public Law 110-417:  Provided further, That
additional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated
for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program
to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written
notification by the Secretary of Defense to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
Sec. 8084.  Notwithstanding price or other limitations
applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles,
appropriations available to the Department of Defense may be
used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light armored
vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force
protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle;
and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per
vehicle for use by military and civilian employees of the
Department of Defense in the United States Central Command
area of responsibility.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8085.  Upon a determination by the Director of
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval of
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer
not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in
this Act for the National Intelligence Program:  Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for
higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence
requirements, than those for which originally appropriated
and in no case where the item for which funds are requested
has been denied by the Congress:  Provided further, That a
request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority
provided in this section shall be made prior to June 30,
2026.
Sec. 8086.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $335,000,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2030, may
be used for the purchase of three used sealift vessels for
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established under section
11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100):
Provided, That such amounts are available for reimbursements
to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account
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Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and
expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 2218 of title
10, United States Code, none of these funds shall be
transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund for
execution.
Sec. 8087.  The Secretary of Defense shall post grant
awards on a public website in a searchable format.
Sec. 8088.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the National Security Agency to--
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose
of targeting a United States person; or
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term
is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States
Code) of any electronic communication of a United States
person from a provider of electronic communication services
to the public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Sec. 8089.  None of the funds made available in this or any
other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or
employee of any agency funded by this Act who approves or
implements the transfer of administrative responsibilities or
budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity
financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of another Federal
agency not financed by this Act without the express
authorization of Congress:  Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for
in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions
of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the
Department of Defense.
Sec. 8090.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $785,052,000, to remain
available until expended, may be used for any purposes
related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet established
under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (46
U.S.C. 57100):  Provided, That such amounts are available for
reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime
Administration account of the United States Department of
Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and
expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Sec. 8091. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act for
the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to award a new
contract that provides for the acquisition of the following
components unless those components are manufactured in the
United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) for
shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including engines,
reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; spreaders
for shipboard cranes; and anchor chains, specifically for the
seventh and subsequent ships of the fleet.
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the FFG(X)
Frigate program shall be used to award a new contract that
provides for the acquisition of the following components
unless those components are manufactured in the United
States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; electronic
navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps;
propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed
lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes;
auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate
United States manufactured propulsion engines and propulsion
reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate program beginning not
later than with the eleventh ship of the program.
Sec. 8092.  None of the funds provided in this Act for
requirements development, performance specification
development, concept design and development, ship
configuration development, systems engineering, naval
architecture, marine engineering, operations research
analysis, industry studies, preliminary design, development
of the Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals
solicitation package, or related activities for the T-ARC(X)
Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T-AGOS(X) Oceanographic
Surveillance Ship may be used to award a new contract for
such activities unless these contracts include specifications
that all auxiliary equipment, including pumps and propulsion
shafts, are manufactured in the United States.
Sec. 8093.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used for Government Travel Charge Card expenses by
military or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense
for gaming, or for entertainment that includes topless or
nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited by
Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 and Department
of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosure 3, 14a and 14b).
Sec. 8094. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network
unless such network is designed to block access to
pornography websites.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal
investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, or
for any activity necessary for the national defense,
including intelligence activities.
Sec. 8095.  None of the funds provided for, or otherwise
made available, in this or any other Act, may be obligated or
expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide motorized
vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other than small arms
and munitions appropriate for customary ceremonial honors,
operational military units, or operational military platforms
if the Secretary determines that providing such units,
platforms, or equipment would undermine the readiness of such
units, platforms, or equipment.
Sec. 8096. (a) None of the funds made available by this or
any other Act may be used to enter into a contract,
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with,
make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any
corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that
has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not
being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with
the authority responsible for collecting such tax liability,
provided that the applicable Federal agency is aware of the
unpaid Federal tax liability.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the
corporation described in such subsection and has made a
determination that such suspension or debarment is not
necessary to protect the interests of the Federal Government.
Sec. 8097. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV of this
Act, as detailed in budget activity eight of the tables of
``Committee Recommended Adjustments'' in the report
accompanying this Act, may be used for expenses for the agile
research, development, test and evaluation, procurement,
production, modification, and operation and maintenance, only
for the following Software and Digital Technology Pilot
programs--
(1) Defensive CYBER - Software Prototype Development (PE
0608041A);
(2) Risk Management Information (PE 0608013N);
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control (PE 0608231N);
(4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking SW (PE
1208248SF);
(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 0303150K);
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); and
(7) Enterprise Platforms and Capabilities--Software Pilot
Program (PE 0608140D8Z).
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior
Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or
expended to initiate additional Software and Digital
Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 8098.  None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or
regulations promulgated to implement the United Nations
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at New York on
December 10, 1984):
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code.
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105-277;
112 Stat. 2681-822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations
prescribed thereto, including regulations under part 208 of
title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title
22, Code of Federal Regulations.
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense,
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes
in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006
(Public Law 109-148).
Sec. 8099.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', for
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $800,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be for the
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative:  Provided, That such
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, with
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide
assistance, including training; equipment; lethal assistance;
logistics support, supplies and services; salaries and
stipends; sustainment; and intelligence support to the
military and national security forces of Ukraine, and to
other forces or groups recognized by and under the authority
of the Government of Ukraine, including governmental entities
within Ukraine, engaged in resisting Russian aggression
against Ukraine, for replacement of any weapons or articles
provided to the Government of Ukraine from the inventory of
the United States, and to recover or dispose of equipment
procured using funds made available in this section in this
or prior Acts:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating
funds made available in this section, notify the
congressional defense committees in writing of the details of
any such obligation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall, not more than 60 days after such notification
is made, inform such committees if such funds have not been
obligated and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of Defense shall consult with such committees
in advance of the provision of support provided to other
forces or groups recognized by and under the authority of the
Government of Ukraine:  Provided further, That the United
States may accept equipment procured using funds made
available in this section in this or prior Acts transferred
to the security forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces
to the United States:  Provided further, That equipment
procured using funds made available in this section in this
or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or
national security forces of Ukraine or to other assisted
entities, or returned by such forces or other assisted
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United States, may be treated as stocks of the Department of
Defense upon written notification to the congressional
defense committees:  Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense may accept and retain contributions, including money,
personal property, and services, from foreign governments and
other entities, to carry out assistance authorized for the
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in this section:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify
the congressional defense committees in writing upon the
receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution,
delineating the sources and amounts of the funds received and
the specific use of such contributions:  Provided further,
That contributions of money for the purposes provided herein
from any foreign government or other entity may be credited
to this account, to remain available until September 30,
2027, and used for such purposes:  Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the
congressional defense committees on the use and status of
funds made available in this section.
Sec. 8100.  During the current fiscal year, the Department
of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to
exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of
receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Kuwait,
under that section:  Provided, That, such contributions
shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropriations or
fund which incurred such obligations.
Sec. 8101.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', for
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $1,298,808,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be available
for International Security Cooperation Programs and other
programs to provide support and assistance to foreign
security forces or other groups or individuals to conduct,
support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis response, or
building partner capacity programs:  Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to
obligating funds made available in this section, notify the
congressional defense committees in writing of the details of
any planned obligation:  Provided further, That the Secretary
of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the use and status of funds made available in this
section.
Sec. 8102.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', for
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $192,298,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be available
for support authorized by subparagraphs (A) through (E), (G)
through (I) of section 1207 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note):
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer
than 15 days prior to obligating funds provided under this
section, notify the congressional defense committees in
writing of the details of any planned obligation and the
nature of the expenses incurred:  Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on the use and status of funds made available
in this section.
Sec. 8103.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
Sec. 8104.  None of the funds made available by this Act
for excess defense articles, assistance under section 333 of
title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping operations for
the countries designated annually to be in violation of the
standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c-1) may be used to
support any military training or operation that includes
child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention
Act of 2008, unless such assistance is otherwise permitted
under section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of
2008.
Sec. 8105.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be made available for any member of the Taliban.
Sec. 8106.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act, for support to friendly foreign countries in
connection with the conduct of operations in which the United
States is not participating, pursuant to section 331(d) of
title 10, United States Code, shall be made in accordance
with section 8005 of this Act.
Sec. 8107. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be used by the
Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer of the
Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or make a
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to
Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of Rosoboronexport.
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in
subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence,
determines that it is in the vital national security interest
of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to
the congressional defense committees that--
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal
military equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal
military equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab
Republic;
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation have
withdrawn from Ukraine; and
(3) agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking
active measures to destabilize the control of the Government
of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense
shall conduct a review of any action involving
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the
Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not
later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is
issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
containing the results of the review conducted with respect
to such waiver.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8108.  In addition to amounts appropriated in title II
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act,
$1,925,311,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of
Defense and made available for transfer to the operation and
maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air
Force, and Space Force (including National Guard and Reserve)
for purposes of improving military readiness:  Provided, That
the transfer authority provided under this section is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere
in this Act:  Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this section may be obligated or expended
until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a detailed execution plan for such funds.
Sec. 8109. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made available
from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for fiscal
year 2026 pursuant to the transfer authority in section
102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law
117-167), to the account specified, in the amounts specified,
and for the projects and activities specified, in the table
titled ``Department of Defense Allocation of Funds: CHIPS and
Science Act Fiscal Year 2026'' in the report accompanying
this Act.
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any
amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under
section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 if there is in
effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of
a fiscal year for the Department of Defense:  Provided, That
in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall
not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allotment of
amounts for continuing administration of programs allocated
using funds transferred from the CHIPS for America Defense
Fund, which may be allocated pursuant to the transfer
authority in section 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only
in amounts that are no more than the allocation for such
purposes in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds allocated
by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the terms and
conditions contained in the provisos in section 8005 of this
Act:  Provided, That amounts may be reallocated pursuant to
this subsection only for those requirements necessary to
carry out section 9903(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
(Public Law 116-283).
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the
President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate proposed allocations by
account and by program, project, or activity, with detailed
justifications, for amounts made available under section
102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2027.
(e) The Department of Defense shall provide the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate
quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and
activities funded by the CHIPS for America Defense Fund for
amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section,
including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds.
Sec. 8110.  Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
$47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation and
expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims' Counsel
Program:  Provided, That the funds are made available for
transfer to the Department of the Army, the Department of the
Navy, and the Department of the Air Force:  Provided further,
That funds transferred shall be merged with and available for
the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which the funds are transferred:  Provided
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any
other transfer authority provided in this Act.
Sec. 8111.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to support any activity conducted by, or
associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Sec. 8112.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to fund any work to be performed by EcoHealth
Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported by the
government of China unless the Secretary of Defense
determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in the
national security interests of the United States and, not
later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, submits to
the congressional defense committees a detailed justification
for the waiver, including--

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(1) an identification of the Department of Defense entity
obligating or expending the funds;
(2) an identification of the amount of such funds;
(3) an identification of the intended purpose of such
funds;
(4) an identification of the recipient or prospective
recipient of such funds (including any third-party entity
recipient, as applicable);
(5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the national
security interests of the United States; and
(6) any other information the Secretary determines
appropriate.
Sec. 8113.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this or any other Act may be used to
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or
within the United States, its territories, or possessions
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States; and
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 8114.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act may be used to transfer any
individual detained at United States Naval Station Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the individual's
country of origin, any other foreign country, or any other
foreign entity except in accordance with section 1034 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
(Public Law 114-92) and section 1035 of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(Public Law 115-232).
Sec. 8115. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this or any other Act may be used to
construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United
States, its territories, or possessions to house any
individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the
effective control of the Department of Defense.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to
any modification of facilities at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is--
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of the
Department of Defense; or
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 8116.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 8117.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be obligated to
integrate an alternative engine on any F-35 aircraft.
Sec. 8118.  The Secretary of Defense may use up to
$650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act to the Department of Defense for the
rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated
support services pursuant to section 3601 of title 10, United
States Code, but only for the purposes specified in clauses
(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection (c)(3)(B) of such
section and subject to the applicable limits specified in
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection and, in the
case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject to a limit of
$50,000,000, or for the purposes specified in section 229 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(Public Law 118-31) and subject to a limit of $100,000,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the
congressional defense committees promptly of all uses of this
authority.
Sec. 8119.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', for
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $1,500,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be for the
Indo-Pacific Security Assistance Initiative:  Provided, That
such funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide
assistance, including new procurement of defense articles,
services, and military education and training to Taiwan:
Provided further, That equipment procured using funds made
available in this section, and not yet transferred to Taiwan,
or returned by Taiwan to the United States, may be treated as
stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification
to the congressional defense committees:  Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days
prior to obligating funds made available in this section,
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the
details of any such obligation:  Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the
congressional defense committees on the use and status of
funds made available in this section.
Sec. 8120.  Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available by title II of this Act under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', the Secretary of
Defense may reimburse the Federated States of Micronesia in
an amount not to exceed $34,000,000 for land acquisition
costs for defense sites in Yap.
Sec. 8121.  The amounts appropriated in title II of this
Act are hereby reduced by $850,000,000 to reflect excess cash
balances in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, as
follows:
(1) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $350,000,000;
and
(2) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$500,000,000.
Sec. 8122.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, to reflect lower than anticipated fuel costs, the total
amount appropriated in title II of this Act is hereby reduced
by $250,000,000.
Sec. 8123.  In making Federal financial assistance, the
Department of Defense shall continue to apply the negotiated
indirect cost rates for Institutions of Higher Education in
section 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations,
including with respect to the approval of deviations from
negotiated indirect cost rates, to the same extent and in the
same manner as such negotiated indirect cost rates were
applied in fiscal year 2024:  Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated in this or prior Department of Defense
Appropriations Acts, or otherwise made available to the
Department of Defense may be used to develop, modify, or
implement changes to such fiscal year 2024 negotiated
indirect cost rates.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 8124.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
$150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027,
may be used for replacement of defense articles and for
reimbursement of defense services provided to or identified
for provision to Taiwan:  Provided, That such funds may be
transferred to appropriations made available under titles II,
III, IV, and V of this Act for replacement, through new
procurement or repair of existing unserviceable equipment, of
defense articles from the stocks of the Department of
Defense, and for reimbursement for defense services of the
Department of Defense and military education and training,
provided to the government of Taiwan or to foreign countries
that have provided support to Taiwan at the request of the
United States:  Provided further, That funds transferred
pursuant to this section shall be merged with and available
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which the funds are transferred:  Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the
congressional defense committees of the details of such
transfers not less than 15 days before any such transfer:
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part
of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may
be transferred back and merged with this appropriation:
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in
this section is in addition to any other transfer authority
provided in this Act.
This division may be cited as the ``Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other
purposes, namely:

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

operations and administration

For necessary expenses for international trade activities
of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, to carry
out activities associated with facilitating, attracting, and
retaining business investment in the United States, to carry
out activities associated with title VI of division BB of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328),
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad,
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms,
without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United
States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of
immediate families of employees stationed overseas and
employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and
transportation of employees of the International Trade
Administration between two points abroad, without regard to
section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment of
citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for
services; recognizing contributions to export expansion
pursuant to Executive Order 10978; rental of space abroad for
periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration,
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary
demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of
tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph
of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such
claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for
official representation expenses abroad; purchase of
passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not to
exceed $65,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $350,000 for
purchase of armored vehicles without regard to the general
purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on official
motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $605,000,000, of
which $102,000,000 shall remain

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available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That
$12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and
used by the International Trade Administration,
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code:
Provided further, That, of amounts provided under this
heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China
antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and
compliance activities:  Provided further, That the provisions
of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying
out these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act,
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for
assessments for services provided as part of these
activities.

Bureau of Industry and Security

operations and administration

For necessary expenses for export administration and
national security activities of the Department of Commerce,
including costs associated with the performance of export
administration field activities both domestically and abroad;
full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate
families of employees stationed overseas; employment of
citizens of the United States and aliens by contract for
services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign
countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under
the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title
XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2019; Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50
U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of
the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b));
and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use and
motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special
requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to
any price limitation otherwise established by law,
$211,000,000, of which $76,000,000 shall remain available
until expended:  Provided, That the provisions of the first
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these
activities:  Provided further, That payments and
contributions collected and accepted for materials or
services provided as part of such activities may be retained
for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for
providing information to the public with respect to the
export administration and national security activities of the
Department of Commerce and other export control programs of
the United States and other governments.

Economic Development Administration

economic development assistance programs

For economic development assistance as provided by the
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, including
provision of assistance under section 207(b) of such Act, for
trade adjustment assistance, and for programs authorized by
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as
amended, $360,000,000 to remain available until expended,
which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified
in the table titled ``Economic Development Assistance
Programs'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided,
That amounts made available under this heading may be used to
implement prize competitions as authorized by section 24 of
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15
U.S.C. 3719).

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of administering the economic
development assistance programs as provided for by law,
$66,000,000:  Provided, That funds provided under this
heading may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to
title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976; title II
of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 through 30 of the
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C.
3722-3723), as amended; and the Community Emergency Drought
Relief Act of 1977.

Minority Business Development Agency

minority business development

For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Development
Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing minority
business enterprises, as authorized by law, $55,000,000.

Economic and Statistical Analysis

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of
Commerce, $122,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027.

Bureau of the Census

current surveys and programs

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling,
analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for
by law, $328,500,000:  Provided, That, from amounts provided
herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and
marketing activities.

periodic censuses and programs

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling,
analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic
censuses and programs provided for by law, $1,191,849,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That,
from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for
promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), $55,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2027:  Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the
Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs
incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and
related services, and such fees shall be retained and used as
offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services,
to remain available until expended:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as
offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs
incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other
Government agencies shall remain available until expended.

facilities management and construction

For necessary expenses for the design, construction,
alteration, improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings
and facilities managed by the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, not otherwise provided for,
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

United States Patent and Trademark Office

salaries and expenses

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including
defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO,
$4,996,100,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general
fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and
surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law
are received during fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a
fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund
estimated at $0:  Provided further, That during fiscal year
2026, should the total amount of such offsetting collections
be less than $4,996,100,000, this amount shall be reduced
accordingly:  Provided further, That any amount received in
excess of $4,996,100,000 in fiscal year 2026 and deposited in
the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain
available until expended:  Provided further, That the
Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate for any amounts made available by the
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not
be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance
with the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United
States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries and Expenses''
account:  Provided further, That the budget of the President
submitted for fiscal year 2027 under section 1105 of title
31, United States Code, shall include within amounts provided
under this heading for necessary expenses of the USPTO any
increases that are expected to result from an increase
promulgated through rule or regulation in offsetting
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by
the USPTO under any law in either fiscal year 2026 or fiscal
year 2027:  Provided further, That from amounts provided
herein, not to exceed $13,500 shall be made available in
fiscal year 2026 for official reception and representation
expenses:  Provided further, That in fiscal year 2026 from
the amounts made available for ``Salaries and Expenses'' for
the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States
Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section
8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO's specific use, of basic
pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of
that title, and (2) the present value of the otherwise
unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-
retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees
who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be
transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as
appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized
purposes of those accounts:  Provided further, That any
differences between the present value factors published in
OPM's yearly 300 series benefit letters and the factors that
OPM provides for USPTO's specific use shall be recognized as
an imputed cost on USPTO's financial statements, where
applicable:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and
collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to
section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended by
section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law
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29):  Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated,
$2,450,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector
General'' account for activities associated with carrying out
investigations and audits related to the USPTO.

National Institute of Standards and Technology

scientific and technical research and services

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,006,628,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000
may be transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund'':
Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, $149,469,000 shall be made available for the NIST--
STRS projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That the amounts
made available for the projects referenced in the preceding
proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose:
Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for
summer undergraduate research fellowship program
participants.

industrial technology services

For necessary expenses for industrial technology services,
$212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership, and of which $37,000,000 shall be for
the Manufacturing USA Program:  Provided, That the Secretary
shall renew all cooperative agreements authorized by section
278k of title 15, United States Code, for eligible entities
in each State and Puerto Rico.

construction of research facilities

For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided
for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as
authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-
278e), $385,897,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, $257,897,000 shall be made available for the NIST--
Construction projects, and in the amounts, specified in the
table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the
report accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That up to
one percent of amounts made available for the projects
referenced in the preceding proviso may be used for the
administrative costs of such projects:  Provided further,
That the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso and
such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget
justification materials for fiscal year 2027 that the
Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of
Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards
and Technology construction project having a total multi-year
program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the
budget justification materials shall include an estimate of
the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of
the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

operations, research, and facilities

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and
vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries management,
notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants,
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for
the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative
agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,477,642,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That
fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for
the management of national marine sanctuaries may be retained
and used for the salaries and expenses associated with those
activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United
States Code:  Provided further, That in addition,
$399,644,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund
entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research
Pertaining to American Fisheries'', which shall only be used
for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy
Grant Program; Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and
Assessments; Observers and Training; Fisheries Management
Programs and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries
Grants:  Provided further, That of the $4,905,286,000
provided for in direct obligations under this heading,
$4,477,642,000 is appropriated from the general fund,
$399,644,000 is provided by transfer, and $28,000,000 is
derived from recoveries of prior year obligations:  Provided
further, That of the amount provided for in direct
obligations under this heading, $4,850,644,000 shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the tables under
this heading in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided
further, That of the amount provided for in direct
obligations under this heading, $54,642,000 shall be made
available for the NOAA--ORF projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided
further, That the amounts made available for the projects
referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred
for any other purpose:  Provided further, That not to exceed
$71,299,000 shall be for payment to the ``Department of
Commerce Working Capital Fund'':  Provided further, That any
use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this
heading in previous years shall be subject to the procedures
set forth in section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That
in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits
Plan, and for payments for the medical care of retired
personnel and their dependents under the Dependents' Medical
Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.

procurement, acquisition and construction

For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital
assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$1,610,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028,
except that funds provided for acquisition and construction
of satellites, vessels, aircraft, and construction of
facilities shall remain available until expended:  Provided,
That of the $1,623,000,000 provided for in direct obligations
under this heading, $1,610,000,000 is appropriated from the
general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of
prior year obligations:  Provided further, That the
$1,623,000,000 provided for in direct obligations under this
heading shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the tables under this heading in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That any use of
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in
previous years shall be subject to the procedures set forth
in section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That the
Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification
materials for fiscal year 2027 that the Secretary submits to
Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as
submitted with the budget of the President under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration procurement,
acquisition or construction project having a total of more
than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification
shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for
each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

pacific coastal salmon recovery

For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That, of the funds
provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants
to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada,
California, and Alaska, and to the federally recognized
Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including
Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon
and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or
endangered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to
be so listed, for maintaining populations necessary for
exercise of Tribal treaty fishing rights or native
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal
salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be
developed by the Secretary of Commerce:  Provided further,
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and
other merit principles and shall not be available for
marketing activities:  Provided further, That funds disbursed
to States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds
or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent of
the Federal funds.

fisheries disaster assistance

For necessary expenses of administering the fishery
disaster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Public Law
94-265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III
of Public Law 99-659), $300,000.

fishermen's contingency fund

For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law
95-372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts
collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until
expended.

fisheries finance program account

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, during fiscal year 2026, obligations of direct loans
may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans
and not to exceed $150,000,000 for traditional direct loans
as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.

recreational quota entity fund

For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the
Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of
division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
(Public Law 117-328)), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration may assess and collect fees pursuant to such
section,

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which shall be credited to this account, to remain available
until expended, for the purposes specified in subsection (b)
of such section, in addition to amounts otherwise available
for such purposes.

Departmental Management

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the management of the Department
of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed
$9,000 for official reception and representation,
$94,500,000:  Provided, That no employee of the Department of
Commerce may be detailed or assigned from a bureau or office
funded by this Act or any other Act to offices within the
Office of the Secretary of the Department of Commerce for
more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's
employing bureau or office is fully reimbursed for the salary
and expenses of the employee for the entire period of
assignment using funds provided under this heading:  Provided
further, That amounts made available to the Department of
Commerce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred
pursuant to section 508 of this or any prior Act to the
account funded under this heading, except in the case of
extraordinary circumstances that threaten life or property.

renovation and modernization

For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization
of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000.

office of inspector general

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000.

General Provisions--Department of Commerce

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 101.  During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of
Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities
specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to
the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced
payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification
of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that
such payments are in the public interest.
Sec. 102.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations
made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for
salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and
1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902).
Sec. 103.  Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Department
of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased
by more than 6 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, That
any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify
the Committees on Appropriations at least 30 days in advance
of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset
(including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically
provided for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds
for the Department of Commerce.
Sec. 104.  The requirements set forth by section 105 of the
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by
section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 113-6, are
hereby adopted by reference and made applicable with respect
to fiscal year 2026:  Provided, That the life cycle cost for
the Joint Polar Satellite System is $11,322,125,000, the life
cycle cost of the Polar Follow On Program is $6,837,900,000,
the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is $11,700,100,000,
and the life cycle cost for the Space Weather Follow On
Program is $692,800,000.
Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including but not
limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security
services) necessary to support the operation, maintenance,
and improvement of space that persons, firms, or
organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public
Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to
use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington,
DC, or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and
protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a
reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as
reimbursement for services provided under this section or the
authority under which the use or occupancy of the space is
authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the
appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such
services.
Sec. 106.  Nothing in this title shall be construed to
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography,
copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over
its networks.
Sec. 107.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their
consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits of
available appropriations, the land, services, equipment,
personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, local
government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or
possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of
any foreign government or international organization, for
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any
statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
Sec. 108.  The National Technical Information Service shall
not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document
generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has
provided information to the customer on how an electronic
copy of such report or document may be accessed and
downloaded for free online. Should a customer still require
the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the
report or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering
the Service's cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering
such report or document.
Sec. 109.  To carry out the responsibilities of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the
Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants
and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non-
reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds made
available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State
or subdivision thereof, local government, Tribal government,
Territory, or possession or any subdivisions thereof:
Provided, That funds received for permitting and related
regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall be
deposited under the heading ``National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and
Facilities'' and shall remain available until September 30,
2027, for such purposes:  Provided further, That all funds
within this section and their corresponding uses are subject
to section 505 of this Act.
Sec. 110.  Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior
appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for
necessary expenses of the programs of the Economics and
Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce,
including amounts provided for programs of the Bureau of
Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall be
available for expenses of cooperative agreements with
appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or local
governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid
and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities
which further the purposes for which such amounts have been
made available.
Sec. 111.  The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of
the Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the cost sharing
requirements under section 315, of the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) as necessary at the
request of the grant applicant, for amounts made available
under this Act under the heading ``Procurement, Acquisition
and Construction'' under the heading ``National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration''.
Sec. 112.  Any unobligated balances of expired
discretionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 111 of
title I of division B of Public Law 116-93, may be obligated
only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 30 days
in advance of the planned use of funds.
Sec. 113.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the
employees of the National Weather Service and non-
governmental experts in personnel management, may establish
an alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance,
including permanent change of station allowance,
notwithstanding the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the
regulations prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738.
Sec. 114.  The National Weather Service shall maintain
staffing levels by hiring, retaining, and rehiring after
separations in order to fulfill the mission required under 15
U.S.C. 313 to protect life and property to the maximum extent
possible.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

TITLE II

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the operations, management, and
accountability of the Department of Justice, $142,000,000, of
which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for
security and construction of Department of Justice facilities
shall remain available until expended.

justice information sharing technology

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for information sharing technology,
including planning, development, deployment and departmental
direction, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer up to
$40,000,000 to this account, from funds available to the
Department of Justice for information technology,

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to remain available until expended, for enterprise-wide
information technology initiatives:  Provided further, That
the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in
addition to any other transfer authority contained in this
Act:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.

Executive Office for Immigration Review

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary for the administration of
immigration-related activities of the Executive Office for
Immigration Review, $804,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall
be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for
Immigration Review fees deposited in the ``Immigration
Examinations Fee'' account, and of which not less than
$29,000,000 shall be available for services and activities
provided by the Legal Orientation Program:  Provided, That
not to exceed $50,000,000 of the total amount made available
under this heading shall remain available until September 30,
2030, for build-out and modifications of courtroom space.

Office of Inspector General

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character:
Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2027.

United States Parole Commission

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized, $13,500,000:  Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the
expiration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the
Commissioner may continue to act until a successor has been
appointed.

Legal Activities

salaries and expenses, general legal activities

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including
not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to
be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; the
administration of pardon and clemency petitions; and rent of
private or Government-owned space in the District of
Columbia, $1,028,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000
for litigation support contracts and information technology
projects, including cybersecurity and hardening of critical
networks, shall remain available until expended:  Provided,
That of the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues
payments, not to exceed $900,000 shall remain available until
expended:  Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to
INTERPOL Washington for official reception and representation
expenses:  Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to the
Criminal Division for official reception and representation
expenses:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for
litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney
General may transfer such amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses,
General Legal Activities'' from available appropriations for
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may
be necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated,
such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the
election monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the
Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and
expenses:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided
under this heading for the election monitoring program,
$3,390,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided
further, That any funds provided under this heading in prior
year appropriations Acts that remain available to the Civil
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the
election monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to
carry out any authorized purposes of the Civil Rights
Division:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed by the
preceding proviso may not be used to increase the number of
permanent positions.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the
Department of Justice associated with processing cases under
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
$22,700,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury
Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until
expended.

salaries and expenses, antitrust division

For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and
kindred laws, $245,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
fees collected in fiscal year 2026 for premerger notification
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) shall be retained and used for
necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended:  Provided further, That the sum
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced
(1) as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal
year 2026 and (2) to the extent that any remaining general
fund appropriations can be derived from amounts credited to
this account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal
years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in
a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund
estimated at $0:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding
section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds credited to
this account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal
years that were unavailable for obligation as of September
30, 2025, shall become available for obligation except as
provided in the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That
any premerger notification filing fees received in excess of
$245,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until
expended:  Provided further, That the Attorney General shall
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending
plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.

salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative
agreements, $2,611,000,000:  Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided
further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 shall remain
available until expended:  Provided further, That each United
States Attorney shall establish or participate in a task
force on human trafficking.

united states trustee system fund

For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, as authorized, $220,000,000, to remain available
until expended:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting
collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and
amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary
offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of title 28,
United States Code (as limited by section 589a(f)(2) of title
28, United States Code), shall be retained and used for
necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended:  Provided further, That to the
extent that fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary
offsetting collections in fiscal year 2026, net of amounts
necessary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $220,000,000,
those excess amounts shall be available in future fiscal
years only to the extent provided in advance in
appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as
such fees are received during fiscal year 2026, net of
amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, (estimated
at $205,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining
general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts
deposited in the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections
in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation
from the general fund estimated at $15,000,000.

salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
$2,504,000.

fees and expenses of witnesses

For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of
contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert
witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances,
and for expenses of foreign counsel, $320,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000
is for construction of buildings for protected witness
safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and
maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness
security caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the
purchase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure
telecommunications equipment and a secure automated
information network to store and retrieve the identities and
locations of protected witnesses:  Provided, That amounts
made available under this heading may not be transferred
pursuant to section 205 of this Act.

salaries and expenses, community relations service

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service,
$22,000,000:  Provided, That

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notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination
by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require
additional funding for conflict resolution and violence
prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the
Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community
Relations Service, from available appropriations for the
current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be
necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.

assets forfeiture fund

For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G)
of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code,
$20,514,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice
Assets Forfeiture Fund.

United States Marshals Service

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals
Service, $1,712,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall
be available for official reception and representation
expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain
available until expended.

construction

For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or
utilized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner
holding and related support, $12,000,000, to remain available
until expended.

federal prisoner detention

For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners
in the custody of the United States Marshals Service as
authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States Code,
$2,236,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered
``funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement
assistance'' pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, United
States Code:  Provided further, That the United States
Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the
Justice Prisoner and Air Transportation System.

National Security Division

salaries and expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the
National Security Division, $122,000,000, of which not to
exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems shall
remain available until expended:  Provided, That
notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination
by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require
additional funding for the activities of the National
Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such
amounts to this heading from available appropriations for the
current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be
necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.

Interagency Law Enforcement

organized crime drug enforcement task forces

For necessary expenses for the identification,
investigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with
the most significant drug trafficking organizations,
transnational organized crime, and money laundering
organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-
governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement
agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of
individuals involved in transnational organized crime and
drug trafficking, $537,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall
remain available until expended:  Provided, That any amounts
obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used
under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed
from this appropriation.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution
of crimes against the United States, $10,643,713,000, of
which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available until
expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $284,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses.

construction

For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment,
furniture, and information technology requirements, related
to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and
sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law;
conversion, modification, and extension of federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects; and
operation and maintenance of secure work environment
facilities and secure networking capabilities; $15,000,000,
to remain available until expended.

Drug Enforcement Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant
to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and expenses
for conducting drug education and training programs,
including travel and related expenses for participants in
such programs and the distribution of items of token value
that promote the goals of such programs, $2,567,000,000, of
which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until
expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided,
That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law 106-310, up
to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, units of
local government, Indian Tribal Governments, other public
entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia
thereof for expenses incurred to clean up and safely dispose
of substances associated with clandestine methamphetamine
laboratories, conversion and extraction operations, tableting
operations, or laboratories and processing operations for
fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances which may present a
danger to public health or the environment:  Provided
further, That none of the funds made available by this Act or
any prior Department of Justice Appropriations Act shall be
available to restart the illicit crop imagery program.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and local law
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including
training in connection with the training and acquisition of
canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; and
for provision of laboratory assistance to State and local law
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$1,625,000,000, of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys'
fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United
States Code, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain
available until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act
upon applications for relief from Federal firearms
disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States
Code:  Provided further, That such funds shall be available
to investigate and act upon applications filed by
corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities
under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code:
Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or
activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives to other agencies or Departments.

Federal Prison System

salaries and expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal
and correctional institutions, and for the provision of
technical assistance and advice on corrections related issues
to foreign governments, $8,392,588,000:  Provided, That not
less than $409,483,000 shall be for the programs and
activities authorized by the First Step Act of 2018 (Public
Law 115-391), of which not less than 2 percent shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for the National
Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and
activities related to the First Step Act of 2018:  Provided
further, That the Attorney General may transfer to the
Department of Health and Human Services such amounts as may
be necessary for direct expenditures by that Department for
medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional
institutions:  Provided further, That the Director of the
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into
contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims
processor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on
behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services
to individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison
System:  Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for necessary operations:
Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for contract
confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available
until expended to make payments in advance for grants,
contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses:
Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison
System may accept donated property and services relating to
the operation of the prison card program from a not-for-
profit entity which has operated such program in the past,
notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity
furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison
System relating to the operation of pre-release services,
halfway houses, or other custodial facilities:  Provided
further, That amounts made available under this heading for
programs and activities related to the First Step Act may not
be transferred, or otherwise made available, to or for
administration by the Department of Labor.

buildings and facilities

For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and
remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident
thereto, by contract or force

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account; and constructing, remodeling, and equipping
necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and
correctional institutions, including all necessary expenses
incident thereto, by contract or force account, $179,762,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $150,000,000
shall be available only for costs related to construction of
new facilities:  Provided, That labor of United States
prisoners may be used for work performed under this
appropriation.

federal prison industries, incorporated

The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord with
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104
of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in
carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the
current fiscal year for such corporation.

limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries,
incorporated

Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison
Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be computed
on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the
corporation's current prescribed accounting system, and such
amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of
claims, and expenditures which such accounting system
requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities
acquired or produced, including selling and shipping
expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition,
construction, operation, maintenance, improvement,
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property
belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.

State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

Office on Violence Against Women

violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

(including transfers of funds)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence
against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (34 U.S.C. 10101 et
seq.) (``the 1968 Act''); title II of the Civil Rights Act of
1968 (commonly known as the ``Indian Civil Rights Act of
1968'') (Public Law 90-284, as amended) (``the Indian Civil
Rights Act''); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322, as amended) (34 U.S.C. 12101
et seq.) (``the 1994 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act
of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the
Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the
Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of
1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
(Public Law 106-386, as amended) (``the 2000 Act''); the
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405, as amended)
(``the 2004 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162,
as amended) (``the 2005 Act''); the Violence Against Women
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013
Act''); the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
(Public Law 114-22) (``the 2015 Act''); the Abolish Human
Trafficking Act (Public Law 115-392); and the Violence
Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of
Public Law 117-103) (``the 2022 Act''); and for related
victims services, $720,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $80,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
from amounts available for obligation in this Act from the
Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II
of Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding
section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with the
amounts otherwise made available under this heading
Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to
exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this heading
may be used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and
technical assistance:  Provided further, That of the amount
provided--
(1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against
women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, and any
applicable increases for the amount of such grants, as
authorized by section 5903 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023:  Provided,
That $10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under such
section 5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 2026 grants
funded by amounts provided in this paragraph;
(2) $51,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance
grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence,
stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of
the 1994 Act;
(3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice and
the Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, evaluation,
and statistics of violence against women and related issues
addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against
Women, which shall be transferred to ``Research, Evaluation
and Statistics'' for administration by the Office of Justice
Programs;
(4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services
to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence;
assistance to middle and high school students through
education and other services related to such violence, and
programs to engage men and youth in preventing domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking:
Provided, That unobligated balances available for the
programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and
41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013
Act, shall be available for this program:  Provided further,
That 10 percent of the total amount available for this grant
program shall be available for grants under the program
authorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act:  Provided
further, That the definitions and grant conditions in section
40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
(5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the criminal
justice response as authorized by part U of title I of the
1968 Act, of which up to $4,000,000 is for a homicide
reduction initiative; and up to $2,000,000 is for a domestic
violence lethality reduction initiative;
(6) $79,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance,
as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
(7) $51,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child
abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section
40295 of the 1994 Act;
(8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes
against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the
2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 is for grants to Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving
Institutions, and Tribal colleges and universities;
(9) $56,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as
authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;
(10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to
end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as
authorized by section 40801 of the 1994 Act;
(11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support families in the
justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000
Act:  Provided, That unobligated balances available for the
programs authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and
section 41002 of the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by
the 2013 Act, shall be available for this program;
(12) $12,000,000 is for education and training to end
violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as
authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;
(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on
Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence,
as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;
(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence
against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904
of the 2005 Act:  Provided, That such funds may be
transferred to ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for
administration by the Office of Justice Programs;
(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides
training and technical assistance on issues relating to
sexual assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;
(16) $12,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal
Governments in exercising special Tribal criminal
jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of the Indian
Civil Rights Act:  Provided, That the grant conditions in
section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall apply to grants made;
(17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the
2015 Act;
(18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program to support
restorative justice responses to domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evaluations
of those responses;
(19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific services for
victims, as authorized by section 121 of the 2005 Act;
(20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-
designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant
United States Attorneys:  Provided, That the definitions and
grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply
to this initiative;
(21) $1,000,000 is for grants to support victims of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and
stalking, including through the provision of technical
assistance, as authorized by section 206 of the 2022 Act:
Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions in
section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
(22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services Line to
provide services to Deaf victims of domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking:  Provided, That the
definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994
Act shall apply to this service line;
(23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services to
underserved populations, as authorized by section 120 of the
2005 Act;
(24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial
assistance to victims, including evaluation of the
effectiveness of funded projects:  Provided, That the
definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994
Act shall apply to this initiative;
(25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-centered
training for law enforcement, and related research and
evaluation activities, as authorized by section 41701 of the
1994 Act;
(26) $12,000,000 is for grants to support access to sexual
assault nurse examinations, as authorized by section 304 of
title III of the 2004 Act:  Provided, That the grant
conditions

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in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
and
(27) $5,500,000 is for local law enforcement grants for
prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes
against individuals, as authorized by section 1401 of the
2022 Act, and for a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes
Against Individuals, as authorized by section 1402 of the
2022 Act:  Provided, That the grant conditions in section
40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph.

Office of Justice Programs

research, evaluation and statistics

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``title I of the 1968 Act'')
(Public Law 90-351); the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994
Act''); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974 (``the 1974 Act'') (Public Law 93-415); the Missing
Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the
PROTECT Act (Public Law 108-21); the Justice for All Act of
2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Violence Against Women and
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act
of 1990 (title II of Public Law 101-647); the Second Chance
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of Crime Act of
1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473); the Adam
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law
109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401); subtitle C of title II of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the
2002 Act''); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act
of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); the Violence Against Women
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013
Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
(Public Law 114-198); the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law
115-391); and other programs, $60,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which--
(1) $27,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs
and other activities as authorized by part C of title I of
the 1968 Act; and
(2) $33,000,000 is for research, development, and
evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by
part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle C of title II
of the 2002 Act, and for activities authorized by or
consistent with the First Step Act of 2018.

state and local law enforcement assistance

(including transfer of funds)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994
Act''); title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351, as amended) (``the 1968
Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405);
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (title II of Public
Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164)
(``the TVPRA of 2005''); the Violence Against Women and
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child Protection
and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh
Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the Victims of
Trafficking Act''); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of
2007 (Public Law 110-180); subtitle C of title II of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the
2002 Act''); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the Public Safety Officer Medal of
Valor Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-12); the Second Chance Act
of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing Resources and
Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110-403) (``the PRO-IP Act''); the Victims of Crime Act
of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the
1984 Act''); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime
Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public
Law 110-416); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law
114-198) (``CARA''); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act
of 2016 (Public Law 114-324); Kevin and Avonte's Law
(division Q of Public Law 115-141) (``Kevin and Avonte's
Law''); the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title III
of division S of Public Law 115-141) (``the Keep Young
Athletes Safe Act''); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018
(title V of division S of Public Law 115-141) (``the STOP
School Violence Act''); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of
division S of Public Law 115-141); the Project Safe
Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public
Law 115-185); the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
(Public Law 115-271); the Second Chance Reauthorization Act
of 2018 (Public Law 115-391); the Matthew Shepard and James
Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111-84);
title II of Kristen's Act (title II of Public Law 106-468, as
amended); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-401);
the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019
(Public Law 116-277); the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C.
30507); the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of
2022 (division W of Public Law 117-103) (``the 2022 Act'');
the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022
(Public Law 117-263); and other programs, $1,878,146,000, to
remain available until expended as follows--
(1) $569,146,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E
of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and
the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of
title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this
Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1--
(A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III
memorial initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law
Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability
(VALOR);
(B) $3,000,000 is for the operation, maintenance, and
expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons
System;
(C) $8,000,000 is for a grant program for State and local
law enforcement to provide officer training on responding to
individuals with mental illness or disabilities, including
for purposes described in the Law Enforcement De-Escalation
Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-325);
(D) $3,000,000 is for a student loan repayment assistance
program pursuant to part JJ of title I of the 1968 Act, as
amended;
(E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and
prosecution grants to States and units of local government,
and other programs, as authorized by PREA:  Provided, That
for grants requested or issued this fiscal year, section
8(e)(2)(D)(iii)(I) of PREA shall be applied by striking
``during the 2-year period beginning 6 years after December
16, 2016'';
(F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Americans Alert Program
(title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by Kevin and
Avonte's Law;
(G) $19,000,000 is for grants authorized under the Project
Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of 2018 (Public
Law 115-185);
(H) $12,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation Improvement
Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law
108-405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review;
(I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on restorative
justice;
(J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti Alert
Communications Network as authorized by title II of Kristen's
Act, as amended by the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law
115-401), and for related planning, implementation and other
support activities;
(K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to replicate and
support family-based alternative sentencing programs;
(L) $7,000,000 is for a rural violent crime initiative,
including assistance for law enforcement;
(M) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized under the Missing
Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-
277);
(N) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited institutions of
higher education to support forensic ballistics programs;
(O) $3,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under section
1506 of the 2022 Act; and
(P) $152,146,000 is for discretionary grants to improve the
functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or
combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime
(other than compensation), which shall be made available for
the OJP--Byrne projects, and in the amounts, specified in the
table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the
report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That such amounts
may not be transferred for any other purpose;
(2) $88,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of
trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of the
Victims of Trafficking Act, by the TVPRA of 2005, or by the
2013 Act, and related activities such as investigations and
prosecutions;
(3) $8,000,000 for a grant program to prevent and address
economic, high technology, white collar, and Internet crime,
including as authorized by section 401 of the PRO-IP Act, of
which not less than $2,500,000 is for intellectual property
enforcement grants including as authorized by section 401,
and $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases on Internet
of Things device capabilities and to build and execute
training modules for law enforcement;
(4) $19,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as
authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;
(5) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest
Partnership Grant Program, as authorized by section 2501 of
title I of the 1968 Act:  Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be
transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards
and Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards for
research, testing, and evaluation programs;
(6) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public
Website;
(7) $87,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal
and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000
shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180) and
Fix NICS Act of 2018;
(8) $34,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
(9) $148,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and
activities, of which--
(A) $120,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under
section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000
(Public Law 106-546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog

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Grant Program):  Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made
available under this paragraph may be used for the purposes
described in the DNA Training and Education for Law
Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and Court Officers
program (Public Law 108-405, section 303);
(B) $10,000,000 is for other local, State, and Federal
forensic activities;
(C) $14,000,000 is for the purposes described in the Kirk
Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program (Public
Law 108-405, section 412); and
(D) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program
grants, including as authorized by section 304 of Public Law
108-405;
(10) $51,500,000 for community-based grant programs to
improve the response to sexual assault including assistance
for investigation and prosecution of related cold cases;
(11) $14,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate
program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
(12) $48,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes;
(13) $116,000,000 for offender reentry programs and
research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007
(Public Law 110-199) and by the Second Chance Reauthorization
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), without regard to the time
limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which
not to exceed--
(A) $8,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local,
and Tribal probation or parole supervision efforts and
strategies;
(B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated parents
demonstration programs to enhance and maintain parental and
family relationships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or
recidivism reduction strategy;
(C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication sites
employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with
Enforcement model implementing swift and certain sanctions in
probation, of which no less than $500,000 shall be used for a
project that provides training, technical assistance, and
best practices; and
(D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for crisis
stabilization and community reentry, as authorized by the
Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020
(Public Law 116-281):
Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in
this paragraph may be used for performance-based awards for
Pay for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be
for Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent
Supportive Housing Model and reentry housing;
(14) $418,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use reduction
activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the
following programs, which shall address opioid, stimulant,
and substance use disorders consistent with underlying
program authorities, of which--
(A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized by
section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
(B) $40,000,000 is for mental health courts and adult and
juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts
V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill
Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416);
(C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residential Substance
Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S
of title I of the 1968 Act;
(D) $34,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts program,
and for other services for veterans in the criminal justice
system, of which $5,000,000 is for a national center for
veterans justice;
(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor prescription
drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and
(F) $185,000,000 is for a comprehensive opioid, stimulant,
and substance use disorder program;
(15) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized
by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act;
(16) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered by the
Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes authorized under
the STOP School Violence Act;
(17) $3,000,000 for grants to State and local law
enforcement agencies for the expenses associated with the
investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses involving
civil rights, including as authorized by the Emmett Till
Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016
(Public Law 114-325);
(18) $17,000,000 for grants to State, local, and Tribal law
enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and
training on hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate
crimes, including as authorized by section 4704 of the
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention
Act (Public Law 111-84), without regard to section
4704(b)(5);
(19) $9,000,000 for grants to support community-based
approaches to advancing justice and reconciliation,
facilitating dialogue between all parties, building local
capacity, de-escalating community tensions, and preventing
hate crimes through conflict resolution and community
empowerment and education;
(20) $9,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara-
Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507);
(21) $114,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-
community relations, of which $27,000,000 is for a
competitive matching grant program for purchases of body-worn
cameras and related expenses for State, local, and Tribal law
enforcement; $32,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment
initiative, for activities related to criminal justice reform
and recidivism reduction; and $55,000,000 is for a community
violence intervention initiative; and
(22) $10,000,000 for a grant program as authorized by the
Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022
(Public Law 117-263):
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of
the funds made available under this heading to increase the
number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local
government will achieve a net gain in the number of law
enforcement officers who perform non-administrative public
sector safety service:  Provided further, That in the
spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this Act,
the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and
explicitly identify all changes in the administration of
competitive grant programs for fiscal year 2026, including
changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or
weightings, and the application review process.

juvenile justice programs

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-415) (``the 1974
Act''); title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) (``the 1968 Act''); the
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005
Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C.
11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public Law 108-21); the
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647)
(``the 1990 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and
Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh
Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
401) (``the 2008 Act''); the Violence Against Women
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013
Act''); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016
(Public Law 114-324); the Missing Children's Assistance Act
of 2018 (Public Law 115-267); the Juvenile Justice Reform Act
of 2018 (Public Law 115-385); the Victims of Crime Act of
1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the
1984 Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of
2016 (Public Law 114-198); and other juvenile justice
programs, $380,000,000, to remain available until expended as
follows--
(1) $65,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of
the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to
assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants
process:  Provided, That of the amounts provided under this
paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration
grant program to support emergency planning among State,
local, and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;
(2) $105,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
(3) $55,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of which,
pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act--
(A) $4,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent trafficking
of girls;
(B) $16,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;
(C) $4,500,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing on
girls in the juvenile justice system;
(D) $10,500,000 shall be for an initiative relating to
youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance use
disorder;
(E) $9,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating to
children exposed to violence; and
(F) $2,000,000 shall be for the Arts in the Juvenile
Justice Demonstration Program;
(4) $43,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990;
(5) $105,000,000 for missing and exploited children
programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and
405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of
the 2008 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act);
(6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training programs for
judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by
section 222 of the 1990 Act; and
(7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent
defense:
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may
be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities
designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized:
Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the amounts
designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) and (6) may be
used for training and technical assistance:  Provided
further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to
grants and projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and
262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children
programs.

public safety officer benefits

(including transfer of funds)

For payments and expenses authorized under section
1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including
amounts for administrative costs), to remain available until
expended; and $34,800,000 for payments authorized by section
1201(b) of such Act and for educational assistance authorized
by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that
emergent circumstances require additional funding for such
disability and education payments, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to ``Public Safety Officer Benefits''
from available appropriations for the Department of Justice
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may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:  Provided
further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.

Community Oriented Policing Services

community oriented policing services programs

(including transfer of funds)

For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968
Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005
Act''); the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017
(Public Law 115-37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and
Wellness Act (Public Law 115-113) (``the LEMHW Act''); the
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-
271); the Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of
2019 (Public Law 116-32) (``the STOIC Act''); and the Law
Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law
117-325), $500,167,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That any balances made available through prior year
deobligations shall only be available in accordance with
section 505 of this Act:  Provided further, That of the
amount provided under this heading--
(1) $206,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title
I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and
rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under
part Q of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such
section:  Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of
such title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or
rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not exceed
$125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Community
Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver from this
limitation:  Provided further, That of the amounts
appropriated under this paragraph, $34,000,000 is for
improving Tribal law enforcement, including hiring,
equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and
anti-opioid activities:  Provided further, That of the
amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for
regional information sharing activities, as authorized by
part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred
to and merged with ``Research, Evaluation, and Statistics''
for administration by the Office of Justice Programs:
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this
paragraph, no less than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal
Access Program:  Provided further, That of the amounts
appropriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for
training, peer mentoring, mental health program activities,
and other support services as authorized under the LEMHW Act
and the STOIC Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts
appropriated under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the
collaborative reform model of technical assistance in
furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34
U.S.C. 10381);
(2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-199);
(3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law
enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of
precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories,
and laboratory dump seizures:  Provided, That funds
appropriated under this paragraph shall be utilized for
investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit
activities, including precursor diversion, laboratories, or
methamphetamine traffickers;
(4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law
enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary
treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids:  Provided,
That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes
to locate or investigate illicit activities, including
activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful
distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and
prescription opioid traffickers through statewide
collaboration;
(5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be
administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services
Office for purposes authorized under the STOP School Violence
Act (title V of division S of Public Law 115-141);
(6) $25,000,000 is for community policing development
activities in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the
1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);
(7) $133,167,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and
interoperable communications program, and related law
enforcement and public safety equipment, which shall be made
available for the COPS Tech projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided,
That such amounts may not be transferred for any other
purpose:   Provided further, That grants funded by such
amounts shall not be subject to section 1703 of title I of
the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383); and
(8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by the Law
Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law
117-325).

General Provisions--Department of Justice

(including transfers of funds)

Sec. 201.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this title for official reception and representation
expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall
be available to the Attorney General for official reception
and representation expenses.
Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated by this title
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were
carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest:  Provided,
That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by
a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null
and void.
Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated under this title
shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate
in any way the performance of, any abortion.
Sec. 204.  Nothing in the preceding section shall remove
the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to
provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to
receive such service outside the Federal facility:  Provided,
That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the effect
of section 203 intended to address the philosophical beliefs
of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Department
of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 6 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, That any
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided
further, That this section shall not apply to the following--
(1) paragraph 1(P) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance''; and
(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ``Community Oriented
Policing Services Programs''.
Sec. 206.  None of the funds made available under this
title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the
United States Marshals Service for the purpose of
transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than
to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau
of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a
prisoner.
Sec. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television
services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic
media or equipment used primarily for recreational purposes.
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental,
maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media
or equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational
programs.
Sec. 208.  None of the funds made available under this
title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced
information technology program having total estimated
development costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the
Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board
certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that the information
technology program has appropriate program management
controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and
that the program is compatible with the enterprise
architecture of the Department of Justice.
Sec. 209.  The notification thresholds and procedures set
forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations
from the amounts designated for specific activities in this
Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and to any use
of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in
previous years.
Sec. 210.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or
approve a public-private competition under the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any successor
administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work
performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal
Prison Industries, Incorporated.
Sec. 211.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or
expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or
additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his
designee that exempt that United States Attorney from the
residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, United
States Code.
Sec. 212.  At the discretion of the Attorney General, and
in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available
(or authorized to be made available) by law, with respect to
funds appropriated by this title under the headings
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'', ``State and Local
Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice
Programs''--
(1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the Office
of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may
be used by such Office to provide training and technical
assistance; and
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or
reimbursement programs under such headings, except for
amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation,
or statistical programs administered by the National
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics,
shall be transferred to and merged with funds provided to the
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Justice Statistics, to be used by them for research,
evaluation, or statistical purposes, without regard to the
authorizations for such grant or reimbursement programs.
This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(P) under the
heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance''.
Sec. 213.  Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney
General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the
Attorney General may, with respect to funds appropriated in
this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal years
2023 through 2026 for the following programs, waive the
following requirements:
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local
reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), the requirements under section
2976(g)(1) of such part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)).
(2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities
as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act
of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section
6(c)(3) of such Act.
Sec. 214.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C.
12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made available by this
or any other Act.
Sec. 215.  None of the funds made available under this Act,
other than for the national instant criminal background check
system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun
Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a
Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of
an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law
enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is
an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement personnel
of the United States continuously monitor or control the
firearm at all times.
Sec. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the Department
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public
Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be
available for obligation during fiscal year 2026, except up
to $12,000,000 may be obligated for implementation of a
unified Department of Justice financial management system.
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances
transferred to the capital account of the Department of
Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public
Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be
available for obligation in fiscal year 2026, and any use,
obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this
Act.
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated
balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28,
United States Code, shall be available for obligation during
fiscal year 2026, and any use, obligation, transfer or
allocation of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 505 of this Act.
Sec. 217.  Discretionary funds that are made available in
this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized
under such authorities as have been enacted for Performance
Partnership Pilots in appropriations acts in prior fiscal
years and the current fiscal year.
Sec. 218.  The Attorney General shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Victims Fund,
the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent Fund, and the
Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly reports shall contain
at least the same level of information and detail for each
Fund as was provided to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate in fiscal year
2024.
Sec. 219.  None of the funds made available under this Act
may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise support,
live tissue training, unless the Attorney General issues a
written, non-delegable determination that such training is
medically necessary and cannot be replicated by alternatives.
Sec. 220.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used by the Department of Justice to target or investigate
parents who peacefully protest at school board meetings and
are not suspected of engaging in unlawful activity.
Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to investigate or prosecute religious institutions on
the basis of their religious beliefs.
Sec. 222.  None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be available for the application of Justice Manual 1-
8.200 and 1-8.210, or for the application of any associated
or substantially similar memoranda, policy documents, or
informal guidance, to communications to and from the Chair,
Vice Chair, or staff of the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate, or the Chair, Ranking Member, or staff of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
relating to Departmental resources, the application of
enacted appropriations acts, or the application of Federal
laws related to appropriations.
Sec. 223.  The notices of funding opportunities for the
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance provided for under the heading ``State and Local
Law Enforcement Activities'' shall be publicly posted no
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided, That the Department of Justice shall make the
awards for the grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance provided for under the heading ``State and
Local Law Enforcement Activities'' by September 30, 2026:
Provided further, That the requirements of this section may
be waived only by submission of a letter, signed by the head
of the respective grantmaking office, to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
explaining in detail the justification for the waiver.
Sec. 224.  The Attorney General shall retain, preserve, and
compile any records or evidence related to any investigation,
prosecution, services provided to victims, or incarceration
of Jeffrey Epstein:  Provided, That not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General
shall submit to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate a report that includes
information on the history of the Jeffrey Epstein case
(including the 2008 non-prosecution agreement), victims and
testimony (including notifications under section 3771 of
title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Crime
Victims' Rights Act'')), investigation of co-conspirators,
internal reviews and misconduct findings by the Department of
Justice, the current status of investigations into the
financial and trafficking networks of Jeffrey Epstein, an
intelligence assessment of Jeffrey Epstein's financial ties,
clients, and connections (if any) to the United States
Government or foreign governments, and oversight failures at
the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York:
Provided further, That, as necessary to protect privacy, the
Attorney General may redact the names and personally
identifiable information of victims from the report submitted
to Congress.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

TITLE III

SCIENCE

Office of Science and Technology Policy

For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the
National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$7,965,000.

National Space Council

For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in
carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 100-685
and Executive Order No. 14056, hire of passenger motor
vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title
5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for official
reception and representation expenses, $1,965,000:  Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National
Space Council may accept personnel support from Federal
agencies, departments, and offices, and such Federal
agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff without
reimbursement to the National Space Council for purposes
provided herein.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

science

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of science research and development
activities, including research, development, operations,
support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and
communications activities; program management; personnel and
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance,
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$7,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That of the amount made available under this
heading, the total amount specified in the table under this
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the
purposes and in not less than the amount for each such
purpose specified in such table.

aeronautics

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of aeronautics research and development
activities, including research, development, operations,
support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and
communications activities; program management; personnel and
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance,
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$950,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.

space technology

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of space technology research and
development activities, including research, development,
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair,
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft
control, and

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communications activities; program management; personnel and
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance,
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$975,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That $110,000,000 shall be for the development,
production, and demonstration of nuclear propulsion systems.

exploration

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of exploration research and development
activities, including research, development, operations,
support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility
planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, and
communications activities; program management; personnel and
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance,
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$7,783,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That of the amount made available under this
heading, the total amount specified in the table under this
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the
purposes and in not less than the amount for each such
purpose specified in such table.

space operations

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of space operations research and
development activities, including research, development,
operations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft
control, and communications activities, including operations,
production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility
planning and design; program management; personnel and
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance,
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$4,314,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That of the amount made available under this
heading, the total amount specified in the table under this
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the
purposes and in not less than the amount for each such
purpose specified in such table.

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics engagement

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education
research and development activities, including research,
development, operations, support, and services; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase,
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $148,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the amount made
available under this heading, the total amount specified in
the table under this heading in the report accompanying this
Act shall be for the purposes and in not less than the amount
for each such purpose specified in such table.

safety, security and mission services

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space
technology, exploration, space operations and education
research and development activities, including research,
development, operations, support, and services; maintenance
and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed
$63,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft, $3,107,079,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That if
available balances in the ``Science, Space, and Technology
Education Trust Fund'' are not sufficient to provide for the
grant disbursements required under the third and fourth
provisos under such heading in the Department of Housing and
Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
1989 (Public Law 100-404) as amended by the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law
103-327), up to $1,000,000 shall be available from amounts
made available under this heading to make such grant
disbursements:  Provided further, That of the amounts
appropriated under this heading, $24,679,000 shall be made
available for the SSMS projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided
further, That the amounts made available for the projects
referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred
for any other purpose.

construction and environmental compliance and restoration

For necessary expenses for construction of facilities
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and
modification of facilities, construction of new facilities
and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and
design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of
real property, as authorized by law, and environmental
compliance and restoration, $275,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2031:  Provided, That proceeds from
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided in
annual appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That such
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be
available for obligation for fiscal year 2026 in an amount
not to exceed $33,000,000:  Provided further, That each
annual budget request shall include an annual estimate of
gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds
collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United
States Code.

office of inspector general

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$47,600,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027.

administrative provisions

(including transfers of funds)

Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall
remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until a
prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
Not to exceed 6 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 12 percent by any such transfers. Any funds transferred
to ``Construction and Environmental Compliance and
Restoration'' for construction activities shall not increase
that account by more than 20 percent. Balances so transferred
shall be merged with and available for the same purposes and
the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under
previous appropriations Acts that remains available for
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026 may be
transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such
transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall
retain its original availability and shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the
theme, program, project, and activity level. The spending
plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount
established in that spending plan that meets the notification
requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not
be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever is less,
of the amounts made available in the current-year
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration
(CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR projects funded
under previous years' CECR appropriations. Use of current-
year funds under this provision shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
Of the amounts made available in this Act under the heading
``Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Engagement'' (``STEM Engagement''), up to $5,000,000 shall be
available to jointly fund, with an additional amount of up to
$1,000,000 each from amounts made available in this Act under
the headings ``Science'', ``Aeronautics'', ``Space
Technology'', ``Exploration'', and ``Space Operations'',
projects and activities for engaging students in STEM and
increasing STEM research capacities of universities,
including Minority Serving Institutions.
Not to exceed $38,500,000 made available for the current
fiscal year in this Act within ``Safety, Security and Mission
Services'' may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Balances
so transferred shall be available until expended only for
activities described in section 30102(b)(3) of title 51,
United States Code, as amended by this Act, and shall remain
available until expended. Any transfer pursuant to this
provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for
obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United
States a fund to be known as the ``National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Nonrecurring Expenses Fund''

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(the Fund). Unobligated balances of expired discretionary
funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year
from the General Fund of the Treasury to the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by this or any
other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the
fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such
funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated)
into the Fund. Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be
available until expended, and in addition to such other funds
as may be available for such purposes, for facilities
infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring
maintenance, necessary for the operation of NASA, subject to
approval by the Office of Management and Budget. Amounts in
the Fund may not be available for the purpose described in
subsection (b)(3) of section 30102 of title 51, United States
Code. Amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of
the planned use of funds.
For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and
associated programs, amounts that have expired but have not
been cancelled in the Exploration, Space Operations, Human
Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Exploration
Capabilities appropriations accounts shall remain available
through fiscal year 2030 for the liquidation of valid
obligations incurred during the period of fiscal year 2001
through fiscal year 2013:  Provided, That this section shall
become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.

National Science Foundation

research and related activities

For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public
Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; maintenance
and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for
research support; acquisition of aircraft; and authorized
travel; $7,176,500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027:  Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under
this heading, not to exceed $700,000,000 shall remain
available until expended for polar research and operations
support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for
operational and science support and logistical and other
related activities for the United States Antarctic program:
Provided further, That of the amounts in the preceding
proviso, not less than $109,310,000 shall be for U.S.
Antarctic Logistical Support:  Provided further, That
receipts for scientific support services and materials
furnished by the National Research Centers and other National
Science Foundation supported research facilities may be
credited to this appropriation.

major research equipment and facilities construction

For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction,
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment,
facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et
seq.), including authorized travel, $350,000,000, to remain
available until expended.

stem education

For necessary expenses in carrying out science,
mathematics, and engineering education and human resources
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia, $1,000,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the
amount made available under this heading, the total amount
specified in the table under this heading in the report
accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes and in not
less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such
table.

agency operations and award management

For agency operations and award management necessary in
carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and
reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for
security guard services; $444,000,000:  Provided, That not to
exceed $12,000 is for official reception and representation
expenses:  Provided further, That contracts may be entered
into under this heading in fiscal year 2026 for maintenance
and operation of facilities and for other services to be
provided during the next fiscal year.

office of the national science board

For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries,
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and
the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109
of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out
section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42
U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.),
$5,090,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses.

office of inspector general

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$24,410,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027.

administrative provisions

(including transfer of funds)

Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the National Science
Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased
by more than 6 percent by any such transfers. Any transfer
pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days in advance of
any planned divestment through transfer, decommissioning,
termination, or deconstruction of any NSF-owned facilities or
any NSF capital assets (including land, structures, and
equipment) valued greater than $2,500,000.
This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations
Act, 2026''.

TITLE IV

RELATED AGENCIES

Commission on Civil Rights

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $14,350,000:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this
paragraph may be used to employ any individuals under
Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of
Federal Regulations exclusive of one special assistant for
each Commissioner:  Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse
Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable
days:  Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use
any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that
is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights
Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a):  Provided further,
That notwithstanding the preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall
be used to separately fund the Commission on the Social
Status of Black Men and Boys.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967,
the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233),
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), the
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), and
the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (Public Law 117-328),
including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as
authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to
$32,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement
agencies for authorized services to the Commission,
$455,000,000, of which $2,788,000 shall be for the Office of
the Inspector General:  Provided, That the Commission is
authorized to make available for official reception and
representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available
funds:  Provided further, That the Commission may take no
action to implement any workforce repositioning,
restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate have been notified of such proposals, in
accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505
of this Act:  Provided further, That the Chair may accept and
use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the
Commission.

International Trade Commission

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the International Trade
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception
and representation expenses, $122,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not less than $2,096,176
shall be for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).

Legal Services Corporation

payment to the legal services corporation

For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974,
$566,000,000, of which $522,100,000 is for basic field
programs and required independent audits; $5,700,000 is for
the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may
be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of
recipients; $26,200,000 is for management and grants
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client self-help and information technology; $5,000,000 is
for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan
repayment assistance:  Provided, That the budget execution
for the payment to the Legal Services Corporation shall be
carried out in this fiscal year in the same manner as such
budget execution was carried out in fiscal year 2024 and such
payment shall be made in full as an annual installment paid
to the Corporation at the beginning of the fiscal year in
such amounts as specified under this heading:  Provided
further, That the Legal Services Corporation may continue to
provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no
greater than that provided by the Federal Government to
Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by section 5304
of title 5, United States Code, notwithstanding section
1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C.
2996d(d)):  Provided further, That the authorities provided
in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal
Services Corporation:  Provided further, That, for the
purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services
Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United
States Government.

administrative provisions--legal services corporation

None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose
prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of
Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to
the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that
all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall
be deemed to refer instead to 2025 and 2026, respectively.
Section 501 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-119) is amended by adding the
following new subsection at the end:
``(d) Modified Governing Body Requirement.--For purposes of
this Act, section 1007(c) of the Legal Services Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)) shall be applied by substituting `33
percent' for `60 percent'.''.
Section 502(2) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134) is amended by striking
subparagraph (B) in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
``(B) is governed by a board of directors or other
governing body, 33 percent of which is comprised of attorneys
who are members of the bar of a State, as defined in section
1002(8) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C.
2996a(8)), in which the legal assistance is to be
provided;''.

Marine Mammal Commission

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as
authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027.

Office of the United States Trade Representative

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States
Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor
vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
$65,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until
expended:  Provided, That of the total amount made available
under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses.

trade enforcement trust fund

(including transfer of funds)

For activities of the United States Trade Representative
authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade
Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including
transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Trade
Enforcement Trust Fund:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant
to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall be treated as a
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act.

State Justice Institute

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as
authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That
not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses:  Provided further,
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the United
States Government.

TITLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(including transfers and rescissions of funds)

Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not
authorized by the Congress.
Sec. 502.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 503.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract,
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures
are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 504.  If any provision of this Act or the application
of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be
held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of
each provision to persons or circumstances other than those
as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
Sec. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through
a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new
program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a program,
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any
means for any project or activity for which funds have been
denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees;
(5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or activities;
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities
presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments
existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of
$500,000 or 5 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 5
percent funding for any program, project, or activity, or
numbers of personnel by 5 percent; (8) results from any
general savings, including savings from a reduction in
personnel, which would result in a change in existing
programs, projects, or activities as approved by Congress; or
(9) terminates a Federal award or contract for no longer
effectuating the program goals or agency priorities; unless
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) Any reprogramming notification submitted pursuant to
this section shall include any out-year budgetary impacts and
a separate accounting of program or mission impacts on
estimated carryover funds.
(c) Any department or agency funded by this Act that plans
a reduction-in-force shall notify the Committees of the House
of Representatives and the Senate in writing no later than 30
days in advance of the date of any such planned personnel
action.
(d) No department or agency shall submit a reprogramming
notification after July 1, 2026, except in extraordinary
circumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human
life or the protection of property:  Provided, That any such
notification shall include a description of the extraordinary
circumstances.
Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any
inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or
shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any
contract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and
ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to
authorized purchases of promotional items, funds made
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United
States, its territories or possessions.
(2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given
the term in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).
Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the
National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
a quarterly report on the status of balances of
appropriations at the account level. For unobligated,
uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances the
quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts
attributable to each source year of appropriation from which
the balances were derived. For balances that are obligated,
but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately
identify amounts by the year of obligation.
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a)
due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the
department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum
extent practicable under such accounting system and shall
identify and describe in each quarterly report the extent to
which such aspect is not fulfilled.
Sec. 508.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency
funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent,
personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions
included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total
budgetary resources available to such department or agency:
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between
appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this
section is provided in addition to authorities included
elsewhere in this Act:  Provided further, That use of funds
to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
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with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided
further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section
shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection
of loan collateral or grant property.
Sec. 509.  None of the funds provided by this Act shall be
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco
products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign
country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or
tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the
same type.
Sec. 510.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by
section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473
(34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in excess of
$1,900,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until
the following fiscal year:  Provided, That notwithstanding
section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from
the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred
to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and
remain available until expended for oversight and auditing
purposes associated with this section; and (2) 5 percent
shall be available to the Office for Victims of Crime for
grants, consistent with the requirements of the Victims of
Crime Act, to Indian Tribes to improve services for victims
of crime.
Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available to the
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of
students who participate in programs for which financial
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or
legal guardians of such students.
Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act
or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of
Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation,
and the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits,
pursuant to the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of
grants or contracts for which funds are appropriated by this
Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of
such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a
description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days
after initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter
until any such audit is completed.
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is
completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator,
Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make the
results of the audit available to the public on the Internet
website maintained by the Department, Administration,
Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall
be made available in redacted form to exclude--
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5,
United States Code; and
(2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the
public access to which could be used to commit identity theft
or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by
amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to
the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the
Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate,
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract
will be made available through a subcontract or in any other
manner to another person who has a financial interest in the
person awarded the grant or contract.
(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this
section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
consultation with the Director of the Office of Government
Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and
requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in
such subsections, consistently apply under the executive
branch ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies,
and entities.
Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act may be used by the Departments
of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire
a high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as
defined for security categorization in the National Institute
of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal Information
Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for Security
Categorization of Federal Information and Information
Systems'' unless the agency has--
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information
systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions
for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems
within the Federal Government;
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive
awardee against available and relevant threat information
provided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate
Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-
espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such
system, including any risk associated with such system being
produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities
identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber
threat, including but not limited to, those that may be
owned, directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federation.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact
or moderate-impact information system reviewed and assessed
under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity
described in subsection (a) has--
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy
for any identified risks;
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI, that
the acquisition of such system is in the national interest of
the United States; and
(3) reported that determination to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
and the agency Inspector General.
Sec. 515.  None of the funds made available in this Act
shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the
use of torture by any official or contract employee of the
United States Government.
Sec. 516.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade
agreement the text of--
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
Australia Free Trade Agreement; or
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-
Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
Sec. 517.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in
contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the
Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national security
letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986; The Fair
Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA
PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws amended by
these Acts.
Sec. 518.  If at any time during any quarter, the program
manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation
totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to
believe that the total program cost has increased by 10
percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform
the respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The
Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall notify the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in
writing of such increase, and shall include in such notice:
the date on which such determination was made; a statement of
the reasons for such increases; the action taken and proposed
to be taken to control future cost growth of the project;
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and
the degree to which such changes have contributed to the
increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new
estimates of the total project or procurement costs; and a
statement validating that the project's management structure
is adequate to control total project or procurement costs.
Sec. 519.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for
intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to
be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of
section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3094) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of the
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 520.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in
an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in
excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or
grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the
contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax
returns required during the three years preceding the
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more
than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any
unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains
unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an
installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been
approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in
default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous
administrative or judicial proceeding.

(rescissions)

Sec. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the
Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby
permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026,
from the following accounts in the specified amounts--
(1) ``Economic Development Administration--Economic
Development Assistance Programs'', $30,000,000, only from
prior year appropriations; and
(2) ``Census Working Capital Fund'', $15,000,000.
(b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year
appropriations available to the Department of Justice, the
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than September 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the
specified amounts--
(1) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office on
Violence Against Women--Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs'', $15,000,000;
(2) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of
Justice Programs'', $125,000,000; and
(3) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community
Oriented Policing Services'', $20,000,000.
(c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department
of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently
rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the
following account in the specified amounts: ``Working Capital
Fund'', $100,000,000.
(d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a report no later than
September 1, 2026, specifying the amount of each rescission
made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c).
(e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and (c)
shall not be from amounts that were designated by the
Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement
pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) and
(c) shall not be from--
(1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph
(1) under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement
Activities--Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance'' in title II of division B of Public
Law 117-103 or Public Law 117-328, or amounts provided under
subparagraph (R) of paragraph (1) under the heading ``State
and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of Justice
Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in
title II of division C of Public Law 118-42; or
(2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading
``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community
Oriented Policing Services--Community Oriented Policing
Services Programs'' in title II of division B of Public Law
117-103 or Public Law 117-328, or amounts provided under
paragraph (7) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Activities--Community Oriented Policing
Services--Community Oriented Policing Services Programs'' in
title II of division C of Public Law 118-42.
Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in
contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of
title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 523.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more
than 50 employees from a Federal department or agency, who
are stationed in the United States, at any single conference
occurring outside the United States unless--
(1) such conference is a law enforcement training or
operational conference for law enforcement personnel and the
majority of Federal employees in attendance are law
enforcement personnel stationed outside the United States; or
(2) such conference is a scientific conference and the
department or agency head determines that such attendance is
in the national interest and notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
within at least 15 days of that determination and the basis
for that determination.
Sec. 524.  The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States receiving funds
appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in
expired grant accounts and include in its annual performance
plan and performance and accountability reports the
following:
(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or
instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in
expired grant accounts.
(2) The method that the department, agency, or
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired
grant accounts.
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant
accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United
States.
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total
number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances
(on the first day of each fiscal year) for the department,
agency, or instrumentality and the total finances that have
not been obligated to a specific project remaining in the
accounts.
Sec. 525.  To the extent practicable, funds made available
in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are
``Energy Star'' qualified or have the ``Federal Energy
Management Program'' designation.
Sec. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council (NSC) to
develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a
bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to
participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any
way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless such
activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA.
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b)
shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, after
consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have
certified--
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of
technology, data, or other information with national security
or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned
company; and
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials
who have been determined by the United States to have direct
involvement with violations of human rights.
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in
question and shall include a description of the purpose of
the activity, its agenda, its major participants, and its
location and timing.
Sec. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and
exchanging of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal
investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity.
Sec. 528.  The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National
Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade
Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal
Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and
the United States Trade Representative, the National Space
Council, and the State Justice Institute shall submit
spending plans, signed by the respective department or agency
head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after
the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided, That the
spending plans submitted pursuant to this section shall
contain at least the same level of detail as the spending
plans submitted pursuant to this section in fiscal year 2024.
Sec. 529.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for
contractor performance that has been judged to be below
satisfactory performance or for performance that does not
meet the basic requirements of a contract.
Sec. 530.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used in contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of
Industrial Hemp Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014
(Public Law 113-79) by the Department of Justice or the Drug
Enforcement Administration.
Sec. 531.  None of the funds made available under this Act
to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any
of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any
of them from implementing their own laws that authorize the
use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical
marijuana.
Sec. 532.  The Department of Commerce, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National
Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on any official travel to China by any
employee of such Department or agency, including the purpose
of such travel.
Sec. 533.  Of the amounts made available by this Act, not
less than 10 percent of each total amount provided,
respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and grants
authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated
for assistance in persistent poverty counties:  Provided,
That for purposes of this section, the term ``persistent
poverty counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent
or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30
years, as measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or
possession of the United States.
Sec. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act or any other Act may be expended or
obligated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States to pay administrative expenses or to compensate
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States in connection with requiring an export license for the
export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or
attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1
of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International
Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it
existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding
$500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that the
conditions of subsection (b) of this section are met by the
exporting party for such articles.
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export
license--
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's
Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or
from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United
States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles
enumerated in subsection (a); and
(2) does not permit the export without a license of--
(A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts for
such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of
Canada;
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete
breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, other
than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial
or Municipal Government of Canada; or
(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign
destination.
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors
of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or
temporary export without a license of any unclassified
articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in
Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of
Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United
States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
(d) The President may require export licenses under this
section on a temporary basis if the President determines,
upon publication first in the Federal Register, that the
Government of Canada has implemented or maintained inadequate
import controls for the articles specified in subsection (a),
such that a significant diversion of such articles has and
continues to take place for use in international terrorism or
in the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The
President shall terminate the requirements of a license when
reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.
Sec. 535.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States
receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act
shall obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay
administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or
employee of the United States to deny any application
submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified
pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to
import United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms,
parts, or ammunition.
Sec. 536.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny,
or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any
model of shotgun if--
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the
proposed importation are met; and
(2) no application for the importation of such model of
shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the
Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that
the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily
adaptable to sporting purposes.
Sec. 537.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for
the Treaty.
Sec. 538.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer,
release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within
the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who--
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States; and
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this or any other Act may be used to
construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United
States, its territories, or possessions to house any
individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the
effective control of the Department of Defense.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to
any modification of facilities at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is--
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of the
Department of Defense; or
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 540.  Funds made available to the Department of
Commerce and the Department of Justice in this Act and any
remaining unobligated balances of funds made available to the
Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice in prior
year Acts, other than amounts designated by the Congress as
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from amounts made available
under the heading ``Department of Justice--Legal Activities--
Fees and Expenses of Witnesses'', shall be available to
provide payments pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of
division J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)):  Provided, That payments made
pursuant to the matter preceding this proviso may not exceed
$5,000,000 for the Department of Commerce and $10,000,000 for
the Department of Justice.
Sec. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts made
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 2026
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of the
CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117-167) not
otherwise allocated pursuant to section 546(a)(1)(B) of
division C of Public Law 118-42, including the transfer
authority in such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to
the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the
projects and activities specified, in the table titled
``Department of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of
Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026''
in the report accompanying this Act.
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Director
of the National Science Foundation shall allocate amounts
made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Workforce and
Education Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section
102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law
117-167), to the account specified, in the amounts specified,
and for the projects and activities specified in the table
titled ``National Science Foundation Allocation of Funds:
CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026'' in the report accompanying this
Act.
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any
amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under
section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 or under
section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is in effect an Act
making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies:  Provided, That in any fiscal year, the
matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the
allocation, apportionment, or allotment of amounts for
continuing administration of programs allocated funds from
the CHIPS for America Fund, which may be allocated only in
amounts that are no more than the allocation for such
purposes in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and subject
to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this Act--
(1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate funds
allocated to Industrial Technology Services for section 9906
of Public Law 116-283 by subsection (a)(1) of this section;
and
(2) the Director of the National Science Foundation may
reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS for America Workforce
and Education Fund by subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the
President for fiscal year 2027, the Director of the National
Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate proposed allocations by account and by
program, project, or activity, with detailed justifications,
for amounts made available under section 102(d)(2) of the
CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2027.
(e) The Department of Commerce and the National Science
Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate
quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and
activities funded by the CHIPS for America Fund for amounts
allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section and
prior appropriations Acts, the status of balances of projects
and activities funded by the Public Wireless Supply Chain
Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to section
543(a)(2) of division B of Public Law 117-328, and the status
of balances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS
for America Workforce and Education Fund for amounts
allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section and
prior appropriations Acts, including all uncommitted,
committed, and unobligated funds.
Sec. 542.  In making Federal financial assistance, the
Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall
continue to apply the negotiated indirect cost rates for
Institutions of Higher Education in section 200.414 of title
2, Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the
approval of deviations from negotiated indirect cost rates,
to the same extent and in the same manner as such negotiated
indirect cost rates were applied in fiscal year 2024:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this or
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Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, or
otherwise made available to the Department of Commerce, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the
National Science Foundation may be used to develop, modify,
or implement changes to such fiscal year 2024 negotiated
indirect cost rates.
This division may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.

DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other
purposes, namely:

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

management of lands and resources

For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement,
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification,
acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and
performance of other functions, including maintenance of
facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Land Management, including the general administration of the
Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands
pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C.
3150(a)), $1,256,992,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
Bureau of Land Management, Management of Lands and Resources
in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act, of which amounts made available for
Wild horse and burro management, as authorized by Public Law
92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), Annual maintenance, and
Deferred maintenance shall remain available until expended,
of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception
and representation expenses, of which the amounts made
available for Land management priorities are for the projects
specified for such purpose in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report
accompanying this Act, and of which the amounts made
available for Construction projects are for the projects
specified for such purpose in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That amounts in the fee
account of the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be
used for any bureau-related expenses associated with the
processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill
and related use of authorizations:  Provided further, That of
the amounts made available under this heading, up to
$3,000,000 of the amounts made available for Wildlife habitat
management shall be available in fiscal year 2026 subject to
a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting
conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds shall be
advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant without regard
to when expenses are incurred:  Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, up to $3,000,000
of the amounts made available for Recreation resources
management shall be for the purposes described in section
122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 115-31 (43 U.S.C.
1748c(e)(1)(A)).
In addition, $42,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration
program operations, including the cost of administering the
mining claim fee program, to remain available until expended,
to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited
to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees and
location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal year
2026, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at
not more than $1,256,992,000, and $2,000,000, to remain
available until expended, from communication site rental fees
established by the Bureau for the cost of administering
communication site activities.

oregon and california grant lands

For expenses necessary for management, protection, and
development of resources and for construction, operation, and
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other
improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad
grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and
California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent
rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein,
including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such
grant lands; $115,521,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon and California Grant Lands
in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That the Bureau of Land
Management shall maintain the current Western Oregon
Operating Plan and will fully participate in a unified
wildfire protection system.

range improvements

For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands
pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any
other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received
during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the amount
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and
mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands
transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to
law, but not less than $9,430,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses.

service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

For administrative expenses and other costs related to
processing application documents and other authorizations for
use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of
providing copies of official public land documents, for
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of
facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for
rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be
collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.),
and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
185), to remain available until expended:  Provided, That
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section
305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys
that have been or will be received pursuant to that section,
whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement,
if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be
expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary of
the Interior to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public
lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management
which have been damaged by the action of a resource
developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person,
without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such
action are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the
action:  Provided further, That any such moneys that are in
excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land
for which funds were collected may be used to repair other
damaged public lands.

miscellaneous trust funds

In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as
may be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43
U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for
administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of
making conveyances of omitted lands under section 211(b) of
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available until
expended.

administrative provisions

The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations
funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts,
grants, cooperative agreements, and reimbursable agreements
with public and private entities, including with States.
Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for
purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary
buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United
States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the
discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau;
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to
exceed $10,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law
90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative
cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law,
procure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share
the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the
Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting
accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That projects
to be funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State
government to provide an identified amount of money in
support of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on a
reimbursable basis:  Provided further, That the Bureau of
Land Management shall maintain staffing levels by hiring,
retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to fulfill
the mission required under title 16, title 30, title 43, and
title 54, United States Code, including to protect natural
and cultural resources, provide and maintain appropriate
access and recreation for visitors, provide safety
precautions for visitors and staff, maintain physical and
natural infrastructure, provide information and respond to
stakeholders and the general public, conduct tribal
consultation, provide for administrative support, manage
energy and minerals resources, and carry out other activities
in support of effectively managing the National Conservation
Lands and other public lands in a timely manner.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

resource management

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific
and economic studies, general administration, and for the
performance of other authorized functions related to such
resources, $1,462,934,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes and in
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amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource
Management in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the
report accompanying this Act, of which not to exceed $15,000
may be for official reception and representation expenses,
and of which the amounts made available for Stewardship
Priorities shall remain available until September 30, 2028,
and are for the projects specified for such purpose in the
table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in
the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That amounts
made available for Listing in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act shall
be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e)
of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and
issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other
steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A),
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section):  Provided
further, That amounts specified for Stewardship Priorities in
the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the
report accompanying this Act may be transferred to another
appropriation under this heading and shall continue to only
be available for the purposes and in such amounts as such
funds were originally appropriated.

construction

(including transfer of funds)

For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation,
management, investigation, protection, and utilization of
fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and
interests therein; $13,709,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Construction in the
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act.

cooperative endangered species conservation fund

For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $22,080,000,
to remain available until expended, to be derived from the
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.

national wildlife refuge fund

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17,
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,500,000.

north american wetlands conservation fund

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et
seq.), $49,000,000, to remain available until expended.

neotropical migratory bird conservation

For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.),
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

multinational species conservation fund

For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301
et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004
(16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $20,500,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Multinational
Species Conservation Fund in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act.

state and tribal wildlife grants

For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,
and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act, for the development and implementation of programs for
the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species
that are not hunted or fished, $72,384,000, to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount
provided herein, $6,100,000 is for a competitive grant
program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining
provisions of this appropriation:  Provided further, That
$7,284,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement
approved plans for States, territories, and other
jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the
regional Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting
$13,384,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount
provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District
of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a
sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and
(2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1
percent thereof:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Interior shall apportion the remaining amount in the
following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the
ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total
land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is
based on the ratio to which the population of such State
bears to the total population of all such States:  Provided
further, That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph
shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be
apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount
available for apportionment under this paragraph for any
fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount:  Provided
further, That the Federal share of planning grants shall not
exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the
Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65
percent of the total costs of such projects:  Provided
further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not
be derived from Federal grant programs:  Provided further,
That any amount apportioned in 2026 to any State, territory,
or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of
September 30, 2027, shall be reapportioned, together with
funds appropriated in 2028, in the manner provided herein.

administrative provisions

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out
the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure,
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable
agreements with public and private entities. Appropriations
and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service shall be available for repair of damage to public
roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by
operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land
at not to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation
areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the
maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which
the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to
law in connection with management, and investigation of fish
and wildlife resources:  Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing
and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure
printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly
produced publications for which the cooperators share at
least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or
services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable
of meeting accepted quality standards:  Provided further,
That the Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements
for existing aircraft:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for non-
toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under the
heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Resource
Management'' and shall be available to the Secretary, without
further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing
of such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and
revising regulations as necessary, and shall remain available
until expended:  Provided further, That the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service shall maintain staffing levels by
hiring, retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to
fulfill the mission required under title 16, title 43, and
title 54, United States Code, including to protect natural
and cultural resources, provide and maintain appropriate
access and recreation for visitors, provide safety
precautions for visitors and staff, maintain physical and
natural infrastructure, provide information and respond to
stakeholders and the general public, conduct tribal
consultation, provide for administrative support, enforce
Federal wildlife laws, protect species, uphold Acts,
treaties, conventions and agreements to conserve, protect,
and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats,
providing professional expertise to other agencies and
international and private partners, and carry out other
activities in support of effectively operating the National
Fish Hatchery System and National Wildlife Refuge System and
carrying out programs administered by the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service in a timely manner.

National Park Service

operation of the national park system

For expenses necessary for the management, operation,
protection, and maintenance of areas and facilities
administered by the National Park Service and for the general
administration of the National Park Service, $2,869,424,000,
of which $110,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or
rehabilitation projects for constructed assets, $188,184,000
for cyclic maintenance projects for constructed assets and
cultural resources, and $15,000,000 for uses authorized by
section 101122 of title 54, United States Code shall remain
available until September 30, 2027, of which not to exceed
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation
expenses:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act are available for the purposes of section
5 of Public Law 95-348:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 9 of Public Law 115-102, $3,300,000
of the funds provided under this heading shall be disbursed
to the Commission established under section 3 of that Act for
the purposes specified by that Act:  Provided further, That
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amended by striking ``July 1, 2025'' and inserting ``July 1,
2027''. In addition, for purposes described in section 2404
of Public Law 116-9, an amount equal to the amount deposited
in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical Services
Fund established pursuant to such section of such Act, to
remain available until expended, shall be derived from such
Fund.

national recreation and preservation

For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs,
natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership
programs, environmental compliance and review, international
park affairs, and grant administration, not otherwise
provided for, $91,596,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes and in
the amounts specified in the``Committee Recommendation''
column for National Park Service, National Recreation and
Preservation in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act, of which the
amounts made available for Statutory and Contractual Aid are
for the projects specified for such purpose in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the
report accompanying this Act.

historic preservation fund

For expenses necessary in carrying out the National
Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of
title 54, United States Code), $168,246,000, to be derived
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available
until September 30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes and
in the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation''
column for National Park Service, Historic Preservation Fund
in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act, of which, of the amounts made
available for Competitive grants: (1) $1,250,000 shall be for
the survey and nomination of properties to the National
Register of Historic Places and as National Historic
Landmarks associated with communities currently under-
represented, as determined by the Secretary; (2) $24,000,000
shall be to preserve the sites and stories of the African
American Civil Rights movement; and (3) $5,000,000 shall be
to preserve sites related to the struggle of all people to
achieve equal rights in America, and of which the amounts
made available for Historic Preservation Fund Projects are
for the projects specified for such purpose in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the
report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That an individual
Save America's Treasures grant shall be matched by non-
Federal funds:  Provided further, That individual Save
America's Treasures projects shall only be eligible for one
grant:  Provided further, That of the amounts for Save
America's Treasures grants, three percent shall be utilized
for costs to award, administer, and oversee such grants:
Provided further, That all projects to be funded for Save
America's Treasures shall be approved by the Secretary of the
Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations:  Provided further, That Competitive grants
for the restoration of historic properties of national,
State, and local significance listed on or eligible for
inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places shall
be made without imposing the usage or direct grant
restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the
National Historic Preservation Act:  Provided further, That
such Competitive grants shall be made without imposing the
matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54,
United States Code to States and Indian tribes as defined in
chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations,
local governments, including Certified Local Governments, and
non-profit organizations.

construction

For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of
physical facilities, and related equipment, and compliance
and planning for programs and areas administered by the
National Park Service, $140,791,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $3,190,000 is for projects specified
for Line item construction and maintenance in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the
report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for any project initially funded
in fiscal year 2026 with a future phase indicated in the
National Park Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a
single procurement may be issued which includes the full
scope of the project:  Provided further, That the
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause
availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18:  Provided
further, That National Park Service Donations, Park
Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made
available for the cost of adjustments and changes within the
original scope of effort for projects funded by the National
Park Service Construction appropriation:  Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the
Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current
reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges
authorized by this section.

centennial challenge

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to
challenge cost share agreements, $12,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects
and programs, which shall be derived from unobligated
balances from prior year appropriations available under this
heading:  Provided, That not less than 50 percent of the
total cost of each project or program shall be derived from
non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, or a
pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of
credit.

administrative provisions

(including transfer of funds)

In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2)
of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a
sub-account shall be available for expenditure by the
Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce
liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender
interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the
extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee
receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed
the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability.
Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to
the sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to
exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit,
in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce
liability.
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B)
of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law
109-432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3
percent of the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed
under such section, such retained amounts to remain available
until expended.
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 203.
Transfers may include a reasonable amount for FHWA
administrative support costs.
Funding appropriated under the heading ``Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Construction'' in Public Law
118-158 shall be allocated and expended for each project and
in the amounts specified in the report submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on February 13, 2025 entitled ``American
Relief Act (Public Law 118-158) Execution Status as of
February 13, 2025''.
The National Park Service shall maintain staffing levels by
hiring, retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to
fulfill the mission required under title 16, title 43, and
title 54, United States Code, including to protect natural
and cultural resources, provide and maintain appropriate
access and recreation for visitors, provide safety
precautions for visitors and staff, maintain physical and
natural infrastructure, provide information and respond to
stakeholders and the general public, conduct tribal
consultation, provide for administrative support, administer
historic and other preservation programs, and carry out other
activities in support of effectively operating the National
Park System and carrying out programs administered by the
National Park Service in a timely manner.

United States Geological Survey

surveys, investigations, and research

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary for the United States Geological
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research
covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its
territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to
power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30
U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30
U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related
purposes as authorized by law; for official reception and
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $15,000;
and to publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing
activities; $1,485,354,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes and in
the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation''
column for United States Geological Survey, Surveys,
Investigations, and Research in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, of
which amounts made available for Satellite Operations and
Deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that
exceed $100,000 in cost shall be available until expended,
and of which the amounts made available for Special
Initiatives are for the projects specified for such purpose
in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending
Items'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That
none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research
activity from amounts made available for Ecosystems shall be
used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner:
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic
mapping or water resources data collection and investigations
carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities:
Provided further,

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That amounts specified for Special Initiatives in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report
accompanying this Act may be transferred to another
appropriation under this heading and shall continue to only
be available for the purposes and in such amounts as such
funds were originally appropriated.

administrative provisions

From within the amount appropriated for activities of the
United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary
shall be available for contracting for the furnishing of
topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other
specialized surveys when it is administratively determined
that such procedures are in the public interest; construction
and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant
facilities; acquisition of lands for gaging stations,
observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the
United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and
payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by
the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in
the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts:
Provided, That activities funded by appropriations herein
made may be accomplished through the use of contracts,
grants, or cooperative agreements (including noncompetitive
cooperative agreements with tribes) as defined in section
6302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That
the United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts
or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or
indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations,
without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or
intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who
shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57
and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of
title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but
shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other
purposes.

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

ocean energy management

For expenses necessary for granting and administering
leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for
oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related
purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving
operations related thereto, as authorized by law; for
environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing
other laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or
Secretarial delegation; and for grants and cooperative
agreements, both with or without a non-Federal share,
$200,057,000, of which $142,057,000 is to remain available
until September 30, 2027, and of which $58,000,000 is to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That this total
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the
Secretary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease
rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost
recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis,
and miscellaneous administrative activities:  Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as
such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as
to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation estimated
at not more than $142,057,000:  Provided further, That not to
exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup
activities:  Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

offshore safety and environmental enforcement

For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations
related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements
for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-
related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as
authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and
regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided
by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching
grants or cooperative agreements, $170,330,000, of which
$137,450,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, is to remain available
until September 30, 2027, and of which $32,880,000 is to
remain available until expended, including $3,880,000 for
offshore decommissioning activities:  Provided, That this
total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by
the Secretary of the Interior and credited to this
appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from
increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993,
and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies,
assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative
activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are
received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2026 appropriation estimated at not more than
$141,330,000.
For an additional amount, $36,000,000, to remain available
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the
Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which shall be
derived from non-refundable inspection fees collected in
fiscal year 2026, as provided in this Act:  Provided, That
for fiscal year 2026, not less than 50 percent of the
inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and
mission-related costs to expand capacity and expedite the
orderly development, subject to environmental safeguards, of
the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the
review of applications for permits to drill.

oil spill research

For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016;
title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title VIII,
section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $15,099,000,
which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund, to remain available until expended.

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

regulation and technology

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public
Law 95-87, $111,538,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027, of which $59,904,000 shall be available for State
and tribal regulatory grants, and of which not to exceed
$5,000 may be for official reception and representation
expenses:  Provided, That appropriations for the Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for
the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal
personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement sponsored training.
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce
permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of
Public Law 95-87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That fees assessed and
collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall be
credited to this account as discretionary offsetting
collections, to remain available until expended:  Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general
fund shall be reduced as collections are received during the
fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2026
appropriation estimated at not more than $111,538,000.

abandoned mine reclamation fund

For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87,
$32,546,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned
Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department
of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from
the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States
Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts:
Provided further, That funds made available under title IV of
Public Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-Federal
share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal
Government for the purpose of environmental restoration
related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from
abandoned mines:  Provided further, That such projects must
be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act:  Provided further, That
amounts provided under this heading may be used for the
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel
attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement sponsored training:  Provided further, That of
the amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed $5,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
In addition, $130,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for payments to States and federally recognized
Indian tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and
other related activities in accordance with the terms and
conditions described in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That such additional amount shall be used for
economic and community development in conjunction with the
priorities described in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)):
Provided further, That of such additional amount, $86,000,000
shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three
Appalachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs
to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
such section, $33,000,000 shall be distributed in equal
amounts to the three Appalachian States with the subsequent
greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities,
and $11,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized
Indian tribes, without regard to their status as certified or
uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of abandoned
mine lands and other related activities in accordance with
the terms and conditions described in the report accompanying
this Act and shall be used for economic and community
development in conjunction with the priorities in section
403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977:  Provided further, That such payments shall be made to
States and federally recognized Indian tribes not later than
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Indian Affairs

Bureau of Indian Affairs

operation of indian programs

(including transfers of funds)

For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
5301 et seq.), $1,918,712,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided herein; of
which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and
representation expenses, of which not to exceed $78,494,000
shall be for welfare assistance payments:  Provided, That in
cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary of the
Interior may exceed such cap for welfare payments from the
amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to
Indian communities affected by the disaster:  Provided
further, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal
organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use
their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare
assistance costs:  Provided further, That not to exceed
$69,995,000 shall remain available until expended for housing
improvement, road maintenance, land acquisition, attorney
fees, litigation support, land records improvement, hearings
and appeals, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, $8,491,000 shall be for projects specified for
Special Initiatives in the table titled ``Congressionally
Directed Spending Items'' in the report accompanying this
Act:  Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to
a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of
September 30, 2027, may be transferred during fiscal year
2028 to an Indian forest land assistance account established
for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the
holder's trust fund account:  Provided further, That any such
unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on
September 30, 2028:  Provided further, That in order to
enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles
of clothing for personnel:  Provided further, That funds for
trust, probate, and administrative functions may, as needed,
be transferred to the ``Office of the Secretary--Departmental
Operations'' account:  Provided further, That the Bureau of
Indian Affairs may accept transfers of funds from United
States Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other
funding available for reconstruction or repair of roads owned
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the National
Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C.
202(b)(1).

indian land consolidation

For the acquisition of fractional interests to further land
consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land
Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-462),
and the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public
Law 108-374), $4,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That any provision of the Indian Land
Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-462)
that requires or otherwise relates to application of a lien
shall not apply to the acquisitions funded herein.

contract support costs

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian
Education for fiscal year 2026, such sums as may be
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no amounts made available under this
heading shall be available for transfer to another budget
account.

payments for tribal leases

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases
pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal
year 2026, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be
available for obligation through September 30, 2027:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
amounts made available under this heading shall be available
for transfer to another budget account.

construction

(including transfer of funds)

For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other
facilities, including architectural and engineering services
by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands;
and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law
87-483; $136,280,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the
construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be
transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation:  Provided further,
That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program
pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall
be made available on a nonreimbursable basis:  Provided
further, That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration appropriation for the
appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion
needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian
Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act
(Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 1749):  Provided further, That
amounts provided under this heading are made available for
the modernization of Federal field communication
capabilities, in addition to amounts otherwise made available
for such purpose.

indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to
indians

For payments and necessary administrative expenses for
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements
pursuant to Public Laws 99-264, 101-618, and 117-349 and for
implementation of other land and water rights settlements,
$976,000, to remain available until expended.

indian guaranteed loan program account

For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans,
$13,329,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, of
which $2,125,000 is for administrative expenses, as
authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974:  Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed
$185,707,188.

Bureau of Indian Education

operation of indian education programs

For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian
education programs, as authorized by law, including the
Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of
1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $1,131,617,000 to remain
available until September 30, 2027, except as otherwise
provided herein:  Provided, That federally recognized Indian
tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized
Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for
unmet welfare assistance costs:  Provided further, That not
to exceed $833,592,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-
funded schools and other education programs shall become
available on June 1, 2026, and shall remain available until
September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, including but not limited to the
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et
seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978
(25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $95,822,000 within and only
from such amounts made available for school operations shall
be available for administrative cost grants associated with
grants approved prior to June 1, 2026:  Provided further,
That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field
employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or
other identifying articles of clothing for personnel.

education construction

For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of
buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the
operation of Indian education programs, including
architectural and engineering services by contract;
acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; $234,725,000,
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That in order
to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the
Secretary of the Interior may assume control of a project and
all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any
Public Law 100-297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee
receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act,
has not completed the planning and design phase of the
project and commenced construction.

administrative provisions

The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian
Education may carry out the operation of Indian programs by
direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements,
compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation with
States and other organizations.
Notwithstanding Public Law 87-279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the
Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in support
of the management, operation, and maintenance of the Power
Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of
Indian Education for central office oversight and Executive
Direction and Administrative Services (except Executive
Direction and Administrative Services funding for Tribal
Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities
operations and maintenance) shall be available for contracts,
grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau
of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal
Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the
Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not diminish
the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe,
or the government-to-government relationship between the
United States and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to
access future appropriations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the
amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools

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under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support
the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the
State of Alaska.
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall
be used to support expanded grades for any school or
dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by
the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of
Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, except
that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this prohibition
to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the
Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support
accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of Indian
Education, or more than one grade to expand the elementary
grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with a K-2 grade
structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made available
in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau
shall be available, in accordance with the Bureau's funding
formula, only to the schools in the Bureau school system as
of September 1, 1996, and to any school or school program
that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available
under this Act may not be used to establish a charter school
at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section
1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)),
except that a charter school that is in existence on the date
of the enactment of this Act and that has operated at a
Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue
to operate during that period, but only if the charter school
pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the
Bureau for the use of the real and personal property
(including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school
are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau
does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of
the State in which the school is located if the charter
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools
sharing a campus with a charter school and performing
functions related to the charter school's operation and
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal
employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United
States Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113,
if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect
and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution formula
based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101-301, the Secretary
shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative cost
funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution
formula.
Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as
of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive
this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide
language and cultural immersion educational programs for non-
public schools located within the jurisdictional area of the
tribal government which exclusively serve tribal members, do
not include grades beyond those currently served at the
existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational
environment with educator presence and academic facilities
comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all
applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety
standards, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and
demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a
satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs,
such as for transportation or other impacts to students such
as those caused by busing students extended distances:
Provided, That no funds available under this Act may be used
to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation,
construction, or other facilities-related costs for such
assets that are not owned by the Bureau:  Provided further,
That the term ``satellite school'' means a school location
physically separated from the existing Bureau school by more
than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing school in
all other respects.
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations within
Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of Indian
Education Programs may be used to execute requested
adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated by an
Indian tribe.

Bureau of Trust Funds Administration

federal trust programs

(including transfer of funds)

For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and
grants, $100,009,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $17,152,000 from this or any other Act,
may be available for settlement support:  Provided, That
funds for trust management improvements and litigation
support may, as needed, be transferred to or merged with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, ``Operation of Indian Programs''
and Bureau of Indian Education, ``Operation of Indian
Education Programs'' accounts; the Office of the Solicitor,
``Salaries and Expenses'' account; and the Office of the
Secretary, ``Departmental Operations'' account:  Provided
further, That funds made available through contracts or
grants obligated during fiscal year 2026, as authorized by
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et
seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement of
performance for any Indian trust account that has not had
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or
less:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an
annual account statement and maintain a record of any such
accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to
be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account
holder:  Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct
administrative errors of either disbursements from or
deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after
September 30, 2002:  Provided further, That erroneous
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain
available in this account for this purpose:  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall not be required to
reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less
than $1,000 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts
claimant:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102
of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of
1994 (Public Law 103-412) or any other provision of law, the
Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of individuals
whose whereabouts are unknown for a continuous period of at
least 5 years and shall not be required to generate periodic
statements of performance for the individual accounts:
Provided further, That with respect to the preceding proviso,
the Secretary shall continue to maintain sufficient records
to determine the balance of the individual accounts,
including any accrued interest and income, and such funds
shall remain available to the individual account holders.

Departmental Offices

Office of the Secretary

departmental operations

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses for management of the Department of
the Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as
authorized by law, $127,418,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes and in
the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation''
column for Departmental Offices, Office of the Secretary,
Departmental Operations in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act, of which not to
exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and
representation expenses, of which up to $1,000,000 from
amounts made available for Leadership and administration
shall be available for workers compensation payments and
unemployment compensation payments associated with the
orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines, of
which not less than $1,086,000 shall be provided to the
Indian Arts and Crafts Board to carry out activities related
to enforcement of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990
(Public Law 101-644), as amended, and of which $14,295,000
for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities
from amounts made available for Leadership and administration
shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds
for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities
from amounts made available for Leadership and administration
may, as needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ``Operation of Indian Programs'' and Bureau
of Indian Education ``Operation of Indian Education
Programs'' accounts and the Bureau of Trust Funds
Administration ``Federal Trust Programs'' account:  Provided
further, That funds made available through contracts or
grants obligated during fiscal year 2026, as authorized by
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et
seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee.

administrative provisions

For fiscal year 2026, up to $550,000 of the payments
authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may
be retained for administrative expenses of the Payments in
Lieu of Taxes Program:  Provided, That the amounts provided
under this Act specifically for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes
program are the only amounts available for payments
authorized under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code:
Provided further, That in the event the sums appropriated for
any fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are
insufficient to make the full payments authorized by that
chapter to all units of local government, then the payment to
each local government shall be made proportionally:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment
to individual units of local government to correct for prior
overpayments or underpayments:  Provided further, That no
payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of
the payment is less than $100.

Insular Affairs

assistance to territories

For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$120,367,000, of which: (1) $108,390,000 shall remain
available until expended for territorial assistance,
including general technical assistance, maintenance
assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and
natural resources activities, and brown tree snake control
and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C.
1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in
addition to current local revenues, for construction and
support of governmental functions;

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grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized
by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by
law; and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana
Islands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat.
272); and (2) $11,977,000 shall be available until September
30, 2027, for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular
Affairs:  Provided, That all financial transactions of the
territorial and local governments herein provided for,
including such transactions of all agencies or
instrumentalities established or used by such governments,
may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at
its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31,
United States Code:  Provided further, That Northern Mariana
Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to
those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representatives
on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern
Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104-134:  Provided
further, That the funds for the program of operations and
maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize
routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital
infrastructure with territorial participation and cost
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the
grantee's commitment to timely maintenance of its capital
assets:  Provided further, That any appropriation for
disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal
matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants
provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5170c).

compact of free association

For grants and necessary expenses, $813,000, to remain
available until expended, to support Federal services and
programs provided to the Republic of Palau, the Republic of
the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

Administrative Provisions

(including transfer of funds)

At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may
transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided
under section 104(e) of Public Law 108-188 and Public Law
104-134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of
Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed
loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the
subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for
the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of
1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act for construction and repair projects in Guam,
and such funds shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That
such loans or loan guarantees may be made without regard to
the population of the area, credit elsewhere requirements,
and restrictions on the types of eligible entities under the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  Provided
further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of
Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made
available to make or guarantee loans under such authorities.

Office of the Solicitor

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$97,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.

Office of Inspector General

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$67,000,000.

Department-Wide Programs

wildland fire management

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire
suppression operations, fire science and research, emergency
rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire
assistance by the Department of the Interior, $1,148,171,000,
of which $383,657,000 shall remain available until expended,
of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be for the
renovation or construction of fire facilities:  Provided,
That such funds are also available for repayment of advances
to other appropriation accounts from which funds were
previously transferred for such purposes:  Provided further,
That of the funds provided $214,450,000 is for fuels
management and post-fire activities:  Provided further, That
of the funds provided $10,000,000 is for burned area
rehabilitation:  Provided further, That of the funds provided
$4,000,000 is for the Joint Fire Science Program:  Provided
further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be
furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds
available from this appropriation:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or
office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection
rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of
United States property, may be credited to the appropriation
from which funds were expended to provide that protection,
and are available without fiscal year limitation:  Provided
further, That using the amounts designated under this title
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into
procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for
(1) fuels management and post-fire activities, or (2)
training and monitoring associated with such activities:
Provided further, That activities for the purposes specified
in the preceding proviso may occur on Federal land, or on
non-Federal land when such activities benefit resources on
Federal land or federally-recognized Tribal land:  Provided
further, That not to exceed 15 percent of funds provided for
fuels management and post-fire activities may be used for
activities on non-Federal land:  Provided further, That the
costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the
Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared,
as mutually agreed on by the affected parties:  Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use up to 10
percent of amounts made available for Fuels Management to
enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with a state,
Tribe, county or municipal government, non-governmental
organization or private entity to support hazardous fuel
reduction projects that incorporate treatments in landscapes
across ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal lands:
Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the
Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes
of fuels management activities, may obtain maximum
practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit,
or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews,
Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109-154), or related
partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups;
(3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that
will hire or train locally a significant percentage, defined
as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete
such contracts:  Provided further, That in implementing this
section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to
field units to ensure accountability and consistent
application of the authorities provided herein:  Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be
used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of
carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and
conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in
connection with wildland fire management activities:
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use
wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases of real
property with local governments, at or below fair market
value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire
facilities on such leased properties, including but not
limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other
initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make
advance payments for any such lease or for construction
activity associated with the lease:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated
for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $50,000,000 between the Departments when such
transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire
management programs and projects:  Provided further, That
funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available
for support of Federal emergency response actions:  Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available for assistance to or through the Department of
State in connection with forest and rangeland research,
technical information, and assistance in foreign countries,
and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be
available to support forestry, wildland fire management, and
related natural resource activities outside the United States
and its territories and possessions, including technical
assistance, education and training, and cooperation with
United States and international organizations:  Provided
further, That funds made available under this heading in this
Act and unobligated balances made available under this
heading in prior Acts, other than amounts designated by the
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be
available, in addition to any other funds made available for
such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal wildland
firefighter base salary increases provided under section
40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117-58:  Provided further, That
of the funds provided under this heading, $383,657,000 shall
be available for wildfire suppression operations and is
provided to meet the terms of section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S.
Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation
establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House
of Representatives.

wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

(including transfers of funds)

In addition to the amounts provided under the heading
``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--
Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression
operations, $370,000,000, to remain available until
transferred, is additional new budget authority as specified
for purposes of section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives:
Provided, That such amounts may be transferred to and merged
with amounts made available

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under the headings ``Department of Agriculture--Forest
Service--Wildland Fire Management'' and ``Department of the
Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire
Management'' for wildfire suppression operations in the
fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred:  Provided
further, That amounts may be transferred to the ``Wildland
Fire Management'' accounts in the Department of Agriculture
or the Department of the Interior only upon the notification
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all
wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under that
heading in this and prior appropriations Acts to the agency
to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated
within 30 days:  Provided further, That the transfer
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any
other transfer authority provided by law:  Provided further,
That, in determining whether all wildfire suppression
operations funds appropriated under the heading ``Wildland
Fire Management'' in this and prior appropriations Acts to
either the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the
Interior will be obligated within 30 days pursuant to the
preceding proviso, any funds transferred or permitted to be
transferred pursuant to any other transfer authority provided
by law shall be excluded.

central hazardous materials fund

For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior
and any of its component offices and bureaus for the response
action, including associated activities, performed pursuant
to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) (CERCLA),
$9,661,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided,
That amounts provided under this heading in this or any prior
Act shall not be available to fund liabilities or obligations
of the United States, or any agency or department thereof,
for past or future response actions or costs agreed to
pursuant to section 122 of CERCLA or imposed by court order
in any action pursuant to CERCLA or other Federal or State
environmental law.

energy community revitalization program

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior to
inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to
hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant to
section 40704 of Public Law 117-58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), and
carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, $4,800,000, to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That such amount
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes:  Provided further, That amounts appropriated under
this heading are available for program management and
oversight of these activities:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may transfer the funds provided under this heading
in this Act to any other account in the Department to carry
out such purposes, and may expend such funds directly, or
through grants:  Provided further, That these amounts are not
available to fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.)
obligations agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court,
whether for payment of funds or for work to be performed.

natural resource damage assessment and restoration

natural resource damage assessment fund

To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and
54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,715,000, to remain available
until expended.

working capital fund

For the operation and maintenance of a departmental
financial and business management system, data management,
information technology improvements of general benefit to the
Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of
facilities and operations throughout the Department,
$107,710,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other
Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital
Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and
depreciation of equipment without prior advance notification
and approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Interior may assess reasonable charges
to State, local, and tribal government employees for training
services provided by the National Indian Program Training
Center, other than training related to Public Law 93-638:
Provided further, That the Secretary may lease or otherwise
provide space and related facilities, equipment, or
professional services of the National Indian Program Training
Center to State, local and tribal government employees or
persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or
recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of
title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for
similar space, facilities, equipment, or services in the
vicinity of the National Indian Program Training Center:
Provided further, That all funds received pursuant to the two
preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall
be available until expended, and shall be used by the
Secretary for necessary expenses of the National Indian
Program Training Center:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements to
support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue's collection
and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral
revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.

administrative provision

There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available
resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may
be obtained by donation, purchase, or through available
excess surplus property:  Provided, That existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in
value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement
aircraft.

office of natural resources revenue

For necessary expenses for management of the collection and
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue
proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agreements, as
authorized by law, $167,937,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027; of which $59,751,000 shall remain
available until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue
management activities:  Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $50,000 shall be available for
refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian
leases in which the Secretary of the Interior concurred with
the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian
allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable
erroneous payments.

General Provisions, Department of the Interior

(including transfers of funds)

emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau

Sec. 101.  Notwithstanding section 129 of this title,
appropriations made in this title shall be available for
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the
emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft,
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment
damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other
unavoidable causes:  Provided, That no funds shall be made
available under this authority until funds specifically made
available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies
shall have been exhausted:  Provided further, That all funds
used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a
supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as
promptly as possible.

emergency transfer authority--department-wide

Sec. 102.  Notwithstanding section 129 of this title, the
Secretary of the Interior may authorize the expenditure or
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of
the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency
prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its
jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or
actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other
unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage
assessment activities related to actual oil spills or
releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the
authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C.
7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section
410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year
funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit
assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy
State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the
Surface Mining Act:  Provided, That appropriations made in
this title for wildland fire operations shall be available
for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding
fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies
for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in
connection with their use for wildland fire operations, with
such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently
available at the time of receipt thereof:  Provided further,
That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made
available under this authority until the Secretary determines
that funds appropriated for ``wildland fire suppression''
shall be exhausted within 30 days:  Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished
by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as
promptly as possible:  Provided further, That such
replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata
basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.

authorized use of funds

Sec. 103.  Appropriations made to the Department of the
Interior in this title shall be available for services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, in total
amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of
motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement
vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire
of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment
for telephone service in private residences in the field,

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when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary;
and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary,
for library membership in societies or associations which
issue publications to members only or at a price to members
lower than to subscribers who are not members.

authorized use of funds, indian trust management

Sec. 104.  Appropriations made in this Act under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian
Education, and Bureau of Trust Funds Administration and any
unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made
under the same headings shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management and reform activities.
Total funding for settlement support activities shall not
exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such
purpose. The Secretary shall notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of the
expenditure or transfer of any funds under this section,
including the amount expended or transferred and how the
funds will be used.

redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs

Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any
Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base
funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring
funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment,
overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution
methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal
Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal
year 2026. Under circumstances of dual enrollment,
overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution
methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.

ellis, governors, and liberty islands

Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands,
waters, or interests therein, including the use of all or
part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New
York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of
operating and maintaining facilities in the support of
transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis,
Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and
administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated
funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary
consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is
authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases,
concession contracts, or other agreements for the use of such
facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
determine reasonable:  Provided, That for purposes of 54
U.S.C. 200306(a), such lands, waters, or interests acquired
under this heading shall be considered to be within the
exterior boundary of a System unit authorized or established.

outer continental shelf inspection fees

Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the
Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which
shall be deposited in the ``Offshore Safety and Environmental
Enforcement'' account, from the designated operator for
facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c).
(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are
above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in
place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year
2026 shall be--
(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with
processing equipment or gathering lines;
(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any
combination of active or inactive wells; and
(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with
any combination of active or inactive wells.
(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all
inspections completed in fiscal year 2026. Fees for fiscal
year 2026 shall be--
(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water
depths of 500 feet or more; and
(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water
depths of less than 500 feet.
(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via
non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E,
F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections completed in
fiscal year 2026. Fees for fiscal year 2026 shall be--
(1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in
water depths of 2,500 feet or more;
(2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in
water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and
(3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in
water depths of less than 500 feet.
(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under
subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required within 30
days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated
operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of
the month in which the inspection occurred, with payment
required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill
designated operators under subsection (d) with payment
required by the end of the following quarter.

contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities

Sec. 108.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear
cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and other
appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts
in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 of title
41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term
restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long-
term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses
and burros by such organizations or entities on private land.
Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10
years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.

mass marking of salmonids

Sec. 109.  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service
shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect
threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a
system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for
harvest, that are released from federally operated or
federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to
fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked
fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified
by commercial and recreational fishers.

contracts and agreements with indian affairs

Sec. 110.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during fiscal year 2026, in carrying out work involving
cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments or any
political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record
obligations against accounts receivable from any such
entities, except that total obligations at the end of the
fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources
available at the end of the fiscal year.

department of the interior experienced services program

Sec. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law
relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or
enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit
organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the
talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other
provisions of law administered by the Secretary and
consistent with such provisions of law.
(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement
would not--
(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently
employed by the Department, including partial displacement
through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment
benefits;
(2) result in the use of an individual under the Department
of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or
function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff
status from the same or substantially equivalent job within
the Department; or
(3) affect existing contracts for services.

obligation of funds

Sec. 112.  Amounts appropriated by this Act to the
Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation
and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.

separation of accounts

Sec. 113.  The Secretary of the Interior, in order to
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education,
may transfer funds among and between the successor offices
and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in
conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in
this Act.

payments in lieu of taxes (pilt)

Sec. 114.  Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2026'' for
``fiscal year 2019''.

disclosure of departure or alternate procedure approval

Sec. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case in
which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management prescribes or approves
any departure or use of alternate procedure or equipment, in
regards to a plan or permit, under 30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR
550.141; 30 CFR 550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 CFR 250.142,
the head of such bureau shall post a description of such
departure or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on
such bureau's publicly available website not more than 15
business days after such issuance.
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential
business information.

long bridge project

Sec. 116. (a) Authorization of Conveyance.--Hereafter,
until the expiration of authority pursuant to subsection (e),
on request by the State of Virginia or the District of
Columbia for the purpose of the construction of rail and
other infrastructure relating to the Long Bridge Project, the
Secretary of the Interior may convey to the State or the
District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to any portion of the
approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land
depicted as ``Permanent Impact to NPS Land'' on the Map dated
May 15, 2020, that is identified by the State or the District
of Columbia.
(b) Terms and Conditions.--Such conveyance of the National
Park Service land under subsection (a) shall be subject to
any terms and conditions that the Secretary may require. If
such conveyed land is no longer being used for the purposes
specified in this section, the lands or interests therein
shall revert to the National Park Service after they have
been restored or remediated to the satisfaction of the
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(c) Corrections.--The Secretary and the State or the
District of Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement,
may--
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the National Park
Service land to be conveyed to the State or the District of
Columbia under subsection (a); and
(2) correct any minor errors in the Map referred to in
subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Long bridge project.--The term ``Long Bridge Project''
means the rail project, as identified by the Federal Railroad
Administration, from Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington,
Virginia, to L'Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC,
which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service.
(3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Virginia.
(e) Termination of Authority.--The authority provided by
this section shall expire once the conveyance described in
subsection (a) has been completed.

interagency motor pool

Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes or
authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally-
Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100-297 may
obtain interagency motor vehicles and related services for
performance of any activities carried out under such grants
to the same extent as if they were contracting under the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

appraiser pay authority

Sec. 118.  For fiscal year 2026, funds made available in
this or any other Act or otherwise made available to the
Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and Valuation
Services Office may be used by the Secretary of the Interior
to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay for employees
of the Department of the Interior in the Appraiser (GS-1171)
job series at grades 11 through 15 carrying out appraisals of
real property and appraisal reviews conducted in support of
the Department's realty programs at rates no greater than 15
percent above the minimum rates of basic pay normally
scheduled, and such higher rates shall be consistent with
subsections (e) through (h) of section 5305 of title 5,
United States Code.

sage-grouse

Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to
write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)--
(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus
urophasianus); and
(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct
population segment of greater sage-grouse.

state conservation grants

Sec. 120.  For expenses necessary to carry out section
200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park
Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conservation
Grants program to provide to States, the District of
Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to support
state program administrative costs.

historic preservation fund deposits

Sec. 121.  Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code,
shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2026'' for
``fiscal year 2023''.

interior authority for operating efficiencies

Sec. 122. (a) In fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Secretary
of the Interior may authorize and execute agreements to
achieve operating efficiencies among and between two or more
component bureaus and offices through the following
activities:
(1) co-locating in facilities leased or owned by any such
component bureau or office and sharing related utilities and
equipment;
(2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reimbursable
basis for up to 5 business days; and
(3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to meet mission
requirements.
(b) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be to
support areas of mission alignment between and among
component bureaus and offices or where geographic proximity
allows for efficiencies.
(c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements authorized
under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear costs for such
agreements in a manner that reflects their approximate
benefit and share of total costs, which may or may not
include indirect costs.
(d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection (c),
the Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of funds in
advance or on a reimbursable basis.

emergency law enforcement ceiling

Sec. 123.  Section 103101 of title 54, United States Code,
is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking ``$250,000'' and
inserting ``$500,000''.

contribution authority extension

Sec. 124.  Section 113 of division G of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), as amended by
section 114 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6), is further amended by striking
``In fiscal years 2014 through 2024'' and inserting ``In
fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter''.

field unit local hiring

Sec. 125.  The Secretary of the Interior may recruit and
directly appoint qualified individuals into the competitive
service who are certified as maintaining a permanent and
exclusive residence in the vicinity of a field unit, into any
position at or below grades GS-9 or WG-15 or equivalent
within such field unit:  Provided, That any action authorized
herein shall be consistent with the merit principles of
section 2301 of such title 5, and with the public notice
requirements of section 3327 of such title 5:  Provided
further, That appointments under this authority shall be
considered compliant with all applicable provisions of
chapter 33 of title 5.

permit extension

Sec. 126.  The first section of Public Law 99-338, as
amended by subsection (c)(1) of section 139 of division E of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-
447), is further amended--
(1) by striking ``3 renewals'' and inserting ``7
renewals''; and
(2) by striking ``of Southern California Edison Company''.

redesignation

Sec. 127.  The Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree
National Park shall hereafter be known and designated as the
``Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center''.

grant application requirements

Sec. 128.  Section 1521 of the American Indian, Alaska
Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act
(20 U.S.C. 4441) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``private,''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``be Native Hawaiians or'' and inserting
``include Native Hawaiians and''; and
(ii) by striking the comma at the end and inserting ``;
and'';
(B) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (D);
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``of office''; and
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (B).

denali

Sec. 129. (a) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act--
(1) the Secretary of the Department of the Interior shall--
(A) use funds made available for the Immediate Office of
the Secretary to reinstate the name ``Denali'' for the
mountain located at 63.0692 N, 151.0070 W, in the State of
Alaska, consistent with 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f; and
(B) use funds made available under the heading ``United
States Geological Survey--Surveys, Investigations, and
Research'' to update the Geographic Names Information System
to reflect the renaming and reinstatement of ``Denali'' and
to notify all interested parties of the renaming.
(2) the United States Geological Survey shall use funds
made available under the heading ``United States Geological
Survey--Surveys, Investigations, and Research'' to update the
Science Data Catalog to comply with the requirements of
subsection (a)(1).
(b) Within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Department of the Interior, using funds made available
for Leadership and Administration, shall update all public-
facing materials, including signage, websites, published
materials, or any other materials to refer to the mountain in
subsection (a)(1) as ``Denali'' and any reference in a law,
map, regulation, document, paper or other record of the
United States to the mountain described in subsection (a)(1)
shall be deemed to be a reference to ``Denali''.
(c) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year
2026 appropriations or any other Act, in any prior fiscal
year appropriations or any other Act, or in any future fiscal
year appropriations or any other Act may be used by the
President of the United States or his or her designee, the
Secretary of the Interior or his or her designee, or the U.S.
Board on Geographic Names to provide a Federal designation to
the mountain described in subsection (a)(1) with any name
other than ``Denali''.
(d) For an additional amount for ``Departmental Offices--
Office of the Secretary--Departmental Operations'',
$1,000,000, shall be made available for Leadership and
Administration upon completion of the requirements in
subsections (a) and (b).

maintaining national parks as federal land

Sec. 130.  The Department of the Interior shall maintain
all Federal lands designated as, or as a part of, a national
park unit, a national scenic or national historic trail, or a
wild and scenic river as of May 2, 2025 as Federal land and
continue to operate such unit, trail, or river as an entity
of the National Park Service including for such purposes as
Federal employee staffing and entry, permit, and other fee
collections.

TITLE II

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Office of the Administrator

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator,
$107,883,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the
Administrator in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''

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table in the report accompanying this Act, of which amounts
made available for Immediate Office of the Administrator are
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table
titled ``Immediate Office of the Administrator'' in the
report accompanying this Act.

Science and Technology

For science and technology, including research and
development activities, which shall include research and
development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; necessary
expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses;
procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and other operating
expenses in support of research and development, $742,595,000
to remain available until September 30, 2027, which shall be
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for Environmental
Protection Agency, Science and Technology in the ``Department
of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying
this Act, of which the amounts made available for Research:
National Priorities are for the projects specified for such
purpose in the table titled ``Congressional Directed Spending
Items'' in the report accompanying this Act.

Environmental Programs and Management

For environmental programs and management, including
necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel
and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or
associations which issue publications to members only or at a
price to members lower than to subscribers who are not
members; administrative costs of the brownfields program
under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal
combustion residual permit program under section 2301 of the
Water and Waste Act of 2016; $2,869,076,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Environmental Protection Agency,
Environmental Programs and Management, in the ``Department of
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying
this Act:  Provided, That funds included under this heading
from amounts made available for Enforcement may be used for
environmental justice implementation and training grants, and
associated program support costs:  Provided further, That of
amounts made available for Environmental Programs and
Management, $36,000,000 is to carry out the Energy Star
Program pursuant to section 324(c) of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C 6294a(c)):  Provided further, That
amounts made available under this heading for Alaska
Contaminated Lands shall remain available until expended and
shall be for grants, including grants that may be awarded on
a non-competitive basis, interagency agreements, and
associated program support costs to establish and implement a
program to assist Alaska Native Regional Corporations,
Alaskan Native Village Corporations, federally-recognized
tribes in Alaska, Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations and
Alaska Native Nonprofit Associations, and intertribal
consortia comprised of Alaskan tribal entities to address
contamination on lands conveyed under or pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)
that were or are contaminated at the time of conveyance and
are on an inventory of such lands developed and maintained by
the Environmental Protection Agency:  Provided further, That
grants awarded using amounts made available under this
heading for Alaska Contaminated Lands may be used by a
recipient to supplement other funds provided by the
Environmental Protection Agency through individual media or
multi-media grants or cooperative agreements and, in addition
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up to
$2,000,000 of the amounts made available for Alaska
Contaminated Lands may be reserved for use by the
Environmental Protection Agency for salaries, expenses, and
administration of the program and for grants related to such
program that address contamination on lands conveyed under or
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are contaminated at the
time of conveyance and are on the EPA inventory of such
lands.
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for necessary expenses of activities described in
section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)):  Provided, That fees collected pursuant
to that section of that Act and deposited in the ``TSCA
Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary offsetting receipts in
fiscal year 2026 shall be retained and used for necessary
salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended:  Provided further, That the sum
herein appropriated in this paragraph from the general fund
for fiscal year 2026 shall be reduced by the amount of
discretionary offsetting receipts received during fiscal year
2026, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more
than $0:  Provided further, That to the extent that amounts
realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those amounts
in excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the ``TSCA
Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary offsetting receipts in
fiscal year 2026, shall be retained and used for necessary
salaries and expenses in this account, and shall remain
available until expended:  Provided further, That of the
funds included in the first paragraph under this heading, the
Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project shall be
allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of any
fees appropriated, not less than the amount of appropriations
for that program project for fiscal year 2014.

Office of Inspector General

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act
of 1978, $44,030,000, to remain available until September 30,
2027:  Provided, That the Office of Inspector General shall
continue to be subject to the terms, conditions, and
requirements specified under this heading in Senate Report
118-83.

Buildings and Facilities

For construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,
$31,679,000, to remain available until expended.

Hazardous Substance Superfund

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6),
and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, maintenance, and
operation of aircraft, $291,912,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Substance
Superfund in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the
report accompanying this Act, consisting of such sums as are
available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2025, and not
otherwise appropriated from the Trust Fund, as authorized by
section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $291,912,000 as
a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of
SARA:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading
may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with
section 111(a) of CERCLA:  Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, $11,328,000 shall be
paid to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to
remain available until September 30, 2027, and $30,343,000
shall be paid to the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation
to remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided
further, That section 122(b)(3) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C.
9622(b)(3)) shall be applied in this fiscal year by inserting
before the period: ``, including for the hire, maintenance,
and operation of aircraft'':  Provided further, That the
matter preceding the first proviso in section 443(b) of title
IV of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
(Public Law 117-328) shall be applied in this fiscal year by
inserting before the semicolon ``, including for the hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft'':  Provided further,
That amounts repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground
storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $87,350,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $63,838,760 shall be for
carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup
activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act; and $23,511,000 shall be for carrying out the
other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in
section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code:  Provided, That
the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made
available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the
Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to
federally recognized Indian tribes for the development and
implementation of programs to manage underground storage
tanks.

Inland Oil Spill Programs

For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental
Protection Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and operation of
aircraft, $16,506,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.

State and Tribal Assistance Grants

For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance,
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and
performance partnership grants, $4,386,109,000, to remain
available until expended, of which--
(1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capitalization
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title
VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which
$1,126,101,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for
the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452
of the Safe Drinking Water Act:  Provided, That $349,668,000
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capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving
Funds and $247,569,000 of the funds made available for
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Funds shall be for the construction of drinking water,
wastewater, and storm water infrastructure and for water
quality protection in accordance with the terms and
conditions specified for such grants for the projects and in
the amounts specified in the report accompanying this Act for
projects specified for ``STAG--Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund [SRF]'' and ``STAG--Clean Water State Revolving Fund
[SRF]'' in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending Items'' in the report accompanying this Act, and,
for purposes of these grants, each grantee shall contribute
not less than 20 percent of the cost of the project unless
the grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency:  Provided
further, That $19,000,000 of the funds appropriated under
this heading for capitalization grants for the Clean Water
State Revolving Funds and for capitalization grants for the
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes, may be used by the
Administrator for salaries, expenses, and administration for
Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed
Spending Items:  Provided further, That the amounts in the
preceding proviso under this heading shall not be available
for obligation until the report, as specified under this
heading in the report accompanying this Act is received by
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That for
fiscal year 2026, to the extent there are sufficient eligible
project applications and projects are consistent with State
Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds
made available under this title to each State for Clean Water
State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by
the State for projects to address green infrastructure, water
or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally
innovative activities:  Provided further, That for fiscal
year 2026, funds made available under this title to each
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization
grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used for
projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy
efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative
activities:  Provided further, That $1,500,000 of funds made
available for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under
this heading under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) shall be used to continue
research and data collection in support of conducting the
Clean Watersheds Needs Survey:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a
State water pollution control revolving fund that may be used
by a State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts
included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal
year 2026 and prior years where such amounts represent costs
of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are
or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for
separately from other assets in the fund, and used for
eligible purposes of the fund, including administration:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding
the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section
201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made
under title II of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may also be made
for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) solely for
facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications,
and estimates for any proposed project for the construction
of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or
replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or
more principal residences or small commercial establishments:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding
the provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of
section 201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for
facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications,
and estimates for any proposed project for the construction
of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or
replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or
more principal residences or small commercial establishments:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding
any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and
regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a total of
$2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator for
grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used for
grants for training, technical assistance, and educational
programs relating to the operation and management of the
treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026, funds reserved
under section 518(c) of such Act shall be available for
grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of
such Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native
Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203:  Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding the limitation on
amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds
appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and
notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 1452(i)
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of
the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater,
for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be reserved by
the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section
1452(i) of such Acts:  Provided further, That for fiscal year
2026, notwithstanding the amounts specified in section 205(c)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent
of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved
under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the
Administrator for grants made under title II of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States
Virgin Islands:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2026,
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in
section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5
percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water
Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made
under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act:
Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available
under this title to each State for Clean Water State
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent of the
funds made available under this title to each State for
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants
shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to
eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal,
negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of
these), and shall be so used by the State only where such
funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible
recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt
obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt was
incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act, or
where such debt was incurred prior to the date of enactment
of this Act if the State, with concurrence from the
Administrator, determines that such funds could be used to
help address a threat to public health from heightened
exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State
emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to
public health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal
drinking water supply before the date of enactment of this
Act:  Provided further, That in a State in which such an
emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more
than 14 percent of the funds made available under this title
to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to
eligible recipients:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300j-12(o)), the Administrator shall reserve up to
$12,000,000 of the amounts made available for fiscal year
2026 for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water
State Revolving Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for
unregulated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of such
Act:  Provided further, That the funds made available under
this heading for Community Project Funding/Congressionally
Directed Spending grants in this or prior appropriations Acts
are not subject to compliance with Federal procurement
requirements for competition and methods of procurement
applicable to Federal financial assistance, if a Community
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending recipient
has procured services or products through contracts entered
into prior to the date of enactment of this legislation that
complied with state and/or local laws governing competition:
Provided further, That the Administrator may provide funding
by grant or cooperative agreement to States to administer or
to support administration of any Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending project when the State and
the project recipient agree on such administration:  Provided
further, That of the funds made available to the
Administrator to administer the Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending projects, the Administrator
may provide funding through grant or cooperative agreement to
the States which administer Community Project Funding/
Congressional Directed Spending projects on a pro rata bases:
Provided further, That when a State administers the grant or
cooperative agreement for any Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending projects, the projects will
be subject to the same requirements that apply to the Clean
Water State Revolving Fund or Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund project grants:  Provided further, That the funds made
available under this heading for Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending grants in this or prior
appropriations Acts are not subject to compliance with
Federal procurement requirements for competition and methods
of procurement applicable to Federal financial assistance, if
a Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
recipient has procured services or products through contracts
that were entered into in compliance with State and/or local
laws governing competitions:  Provided further, That when a
State does not administer or support administration of any
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending
project, the Environmental Protection Agency shall continue
to administer such projects:  Provided further, That the
Administrator may provide funding to the U.S. Department of
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administer or to support administration of any Community
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending project for
Tribal recipients when the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services and the Tribal project recipient agree;
(2) $36,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering,
planning, design, construction and related activities in
connection with the construction of high priority water and
wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico
Border, after consultation with the appropriate border
commission:  Provided, That no funds provided by this
appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other
critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United
States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made
available to a county or municipal government unless that
government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or
other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the
development or construction of any additional colonia areas,
or the development within an existing colonia the
construction of any new home, business, or other structure
which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary
infrastructure;
(3) $40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska
to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs
of rural and Alaska Native Villages:  Provided, That of these
funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25
percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State
of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide
priority list established in conjunction with the Agency and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer,
waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State
of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et
seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the
funds provided for projects in regional hub communities;
(4) $98,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency
agreements, and associated program support costs:  Provided,
That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance in
persistent poverty counties:  Provided further, That for
purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty
counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or more
of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years,
as measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any territory or
possession of the United States;
(5) $60,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII,
subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
(6) $68,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in
accordance with the terms and conditions in the report
accompanying this Act;
(7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a)
through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300j-19a):  Provided, That for fiscal year 2026,
funds provided under subsections (a) through (j) of such
section of such Act may be used--
(A) by a State to provide assistance to benefit one or more
owners of drinking water wells that are not public water
systems or connected to a public water system for necessary
and appropriate activities related to a contaminant pursuant
to subsection (j) of such section of such Act; and
(B) to support a community described in subsection (c)(2)
of such section of such Act;
(8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d)
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-24(d));
(9) $32,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19b);
(10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l)
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a(l));
(11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under section
104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1254(b)(8));
(12) $39,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301);
(13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b)
of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law
115-270);
(14) $3,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) of
the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4282(a)), of which not
more than 2 percent shall be for administrative costs to
carry out such section:  Provided, That notwithstanding
section 302(a) of such Act, the Administrator may also
provide grants pursuant to such authority to intertribal
consortia consistent with the requirements in 40 CFR
35.504(a), to former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as
determined by the Secretary of the Interior), and Alaska
Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203;
(15) $8,500,000 shall be for grants under section 103(b)(3)
of the Clean Air Act for wildfire smoke preparedness grants
in accordance with the terms and conditions in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That not more than 3
percent shall be for administrative costs to carry out such
section;
(16) $20,364,000 shall be for projects specified for STAG-
Other in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending
Items'' in the report accompanying this Act;
(17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under section 1459F of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19g);
(18) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 2001 of
the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law
115-270, 42 U.S.C. 300j-3c note):  Provided, That the
Administrator may award grants to and enter into contracts
with tribes, intertribal consortia, public or private
agencies, institutions, organizations, and individuals,
without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and
section 6101 of title 41, United States Code, and enter into
interagency agreements as appropriate;
(19) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 50217(b)
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (33 U.S.C.
1302f(b); Public Law 117-58);
(20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under section 124 of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1276);
(21) $2,000,000 shall be for grants for remediation of
above ground leaking fuel tanks pursuant to Public Law 106-
554; and
(22) $1,106,333,000 shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal
Assistance Grants, Categorical grants, in the ``Department of
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying
this Act.

Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account

For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed
loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and
Innovation Act of 2014, $56,870,000, to remain available
until expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided
further, That these funds shall be made available to eligible
recipients pursuant to 33 United States Code 3904 and for
eligible activities pursuant to 33 United States Code 3906
under the terms and conditions of the Water Infrastructure
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 United States Code
3901-3915) to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans, including capitalized interest, and
total loan principal, including capitalized interest, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$11,000,000,000:  Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely
for the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed
loans for projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State
infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by
section 5033(e) of such Act:  Provided further, That the use
of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this
heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans
for any project shall be in accordance with the criteria
published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR
39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading
``Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program
Account'' in division D of the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94):  Provided
further, That none of the direct loans or loan guarantee
authority made available under this heading shall be
available for any project unless the Administrator and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget have
certified in advance in writing that the direct loan or loan
guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply with the
criteria referenced in the previous proviso:  Provided
further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office may request, and the
Administrator shall promptly provide, documentation and
information relating to a project identified in a Letter of
Interest submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice
of Funding Availability for applications for credit
assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and
Innovation Act Program, including with respect to a project
that was initiated or completed before the date of enactment
of this Act.
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to
sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance
and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this
account, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section
5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
of 2014, $7,640,000, to remain available until September 30,
2027.

Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

(including transfers of funds)

For fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, in carrying out the Agency's function to implement
directly Federal environmental programs required or
authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal
program, may award cooperative agreements to federally
recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if
authorized by their member tribes, to assist the
Administrator in implementing Federal environmental programs
for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, except that
no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds
designated for State financial assistance agreements.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration
service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal
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Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-8), to remain available until expended.
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C.
136w-8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA
(7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2026.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is
authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with
section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.
6939g) for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until
expended.
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to
$368,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative under the heading ``Environmental
Programs and Management'' to the head of any Federal
department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to
carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into an
interagency agreement with the head of such Federal
department or agency to carry out these activities; and to
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit
organizations, institutions, and individuals for planning,
research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in
furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and
Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance
Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
Program Accounts, are available for the construction,
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $300,000
per project.
For fiscal year 2026, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)),
the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts
appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act
to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h)
and 518(e) of that Act.
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts
appropriated under the heading ``Environmental Programs and
Management'' for fiscal year 2026 from amounts made available
for Southern New England Estuaries to provide grants to
implement the Southeast New England Watershed Restoration
Program.
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section
320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not
less than $2,535,714 of the funds made available under this
title for the National estuary program/Coastal waterways
shall be for making competitive awards described in section
320(g)(4).
For fiscal year 2026, the Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, using funds
appropriated under the headings ``Environmental Programs and
Management'' and ``Science and Technology'', contract
directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for
the temporary or intermittent personal services of students
or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for
the purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States
Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries,
and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to
tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal
employees for any other purpose:  Provided, That amounts used
for this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may
not exceed $2,000,000.
In this fiscal year and each fiscal year through 2031, the
Administrator may, after consultation with the Office of
Personnel Management, employ up to 100 persons at any one
time at the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the
authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 209.
The Environmental Protection Agency shall provide the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate with copies of any available Department of
Treasury quarterly certification of trust fund receipts
collected from section 13601 of Public Law 117-169 and
section 80201 of Public Law 117-58, an annual operating plan
for such receipts showing amounts allocated by program area
and program project, and quarterly reports for such receipts
of obligated balances by program area and program project.
The Environmental Protection Agency shall maintain staffing
levels within the Office of Research and Development by
hiring, retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to
maintain the fiscal year 2021 missions and capacities of the
Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, the Center
for Computational Toxicology and Exposures, the Center for
Public Health and Environmental Assessment, the Center for
Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, the Air,
Climate, and Energy Research Program, the Chemical Safety for
Sustainability Research Program, the Health and Environmental
Risk Assessment Program, the Homeland Security Research
Program, the Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Research
Program, the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research
Program, the National Air and Radiation Environmental
Laboratory, the National Center for Radiation Field
Operations, the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions
Laboratory, the National Enforcement Investigations Center,
and each of the ten regional laboratories.

TITLE III

RELATED AGENCIES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary
for Natural Resources and Environment, $1,000,000:  Provided,
That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the
Natural Resources and Environment mission area for salaries
and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative
support staff for the office.

Forest Service

forest service operations

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, $1,106,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2029:  Provided, That a portion of the funds
made available under this heading shall be for the base
salary and expenses of employees in the Chief's Office, the
Work Environment and Performance Office, the Business
Operations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer's
Office to carry out administrative and general management
support functions:  Provided further, That funds provided
under this heading shall be available for the costs of
facility maintenance, repairs, and leases for buildings and
sites where these administrative, general management and
other Forest Service support functions take place; the costs
of all utility and telecommunication expenses of the Forest
Service, as well as business services; and, for information
technology, including cybersecurity requirements:  Provided
further, That funds provided under this heading may be used
for necessary expenses to carry out administrative and
general management support functions of the Forest Service
not otherwise provided for and necessary for its operation.

forest and rangeland research

For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as
authorized by law, $308,497,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2029, which shall be for the purposes and in
the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation''
column for Forest Service, Forest and Rangeland Research in
the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That all authorities for
the use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and
cooperative agreements, available to execute amounts made
available under this heading, are also available in the
utilization of funds for Fire Science Research from amounts
made available for Research and development programs:
Provided further, That the five regional research stations,
the International Institute of Tropical Forestry, and the
Forest Products Laboratory shall receive no less than fiscal
year 2024 funding to continue operations.

state, private, and tribal forestry

For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing
technical and financial assistance to States, territories,
possessions, tribes, and others, and for forest health
management, including for invasive plants, and conducting an
international program and trade activities as authorized,
$319,594,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029,
as authorized by law, which shall be for the purposes and in
the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation''
column for Forest Service, State, Private, and Tribal
Forestry in the ``Department of the Interior, Environment,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the
report accompanying this Act, of which amounts made available
for Forest resource information and analysis are for the
projects specified for such purpose in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the report
accompanying this Act.

national forest system

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and
utilization of the National Forest System, and for hazardous
fuels management on or adjacent to such lands,
$1,866,143,000, to remain available through September 30,
2029, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
Forest Service, National Forest System, in the ``Department
of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying
this Act:  Provided, That for the funds provided for and
deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Fund, section 4003(d)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be
applied by substituting ``20'' for ``10'' and section
4003(d)(3)(B) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be applied by
substituting ``4'' for ``2'':  Provided further, That of the
funds provided for Hazardous Fuels, not to exceed $30,000,000
may be used to make grants, using any authorities available
to the Forest Service under the ``State, Private, and Tribal
Forestry'' appropriation, for the purpose of creating
incentives for increased use of biomass from National Forest
System lands:  Provided further, That of the funds provided
for Hazardous Fuels, no more

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than 15 percent may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture
to, with respect to Federal land, or on non-Federal land if
the Secretary determines such activities benefit resources on
Federal land, enter into procurement contracts or cooperative
agreements for hazardous fuels management activities, issue
grants for procurement contracts or cooperative agreements
for hazardous fuels management activities, or pay for
training or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels
management activities on Federal land, or on non-Federal land
if the Secretary determines such activities benefit resources
on Federal land:  Provided further, That funds made available
to implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law
106-393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal
lands in accordance with authorities made available to the
Forest Service under the ``State, Private, and Tribal
Forestry'' appropriation:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant
Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in
calculating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may
provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to
a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation
practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal
year in which the cost of the conservation practice is
incurred, and that the amount credited shall remain available
to the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as
appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made
and each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for
conservation practices approved by the Secretary:  Provided
further, That amounts made available for Salaries and
Expenses may be used for the base salary and expenses of
employees that carry out the functions funded by the
``Capital Improvement and Maintenance'' account, the ``Range
Betterment Fund'' account, and the ``Management of National
Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses'' account.

capital improvement and maintenance

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, $151,250,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2029, for construction, capital improvement,
maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and other
facilities and infrastructure; for construction,
reconstruction, and decommissioning of roads that are no
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part
of the transportation system; and for maintenance of forest
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16
U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205:  Provided, That
$6,000,000 shall be for activities authorized by 16 U.S.C.
538(a):  Provided further, That $20,850,000 shall be for
projects specified for Construction Projects in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in the
report accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That funds
becoming available in fiscal year 2026 under the Act of March
4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General
Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer
or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are
appropriated.

acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of
the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the
Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests,
California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National
Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $664,000, to be
derived from forest receipts.

acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from
funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments,
public school districts, or other public school authorities,
and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-
Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Exchange Acts,
pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to
remain available through September 30, 2029, (16 U.S.C. 516-
617a, 555a; Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589, Public Law
76-591; and Public Law 78-310).

range betterment fund

For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection,
and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the
prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on
lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant
to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, to remain
available through September 30, 2029, of which not to exceed
6 percent shall be available for administrative expenses
associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation,
protection, and improvements.

gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2029, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.

management of national forest lands for subsistence uses

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage
Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2029.

wildland fire management

(including transfers of funds)

For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest
System lands and water, $2,426,111,000, to remain available
until expended:  Provided, That such funds, including
unobligated balances under this heading, are available for
repayment of advances from other appropriations accounts
previously transferred for such purposes:  Provided further,
That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal
year for hazardous fuels management may be transferred to the
``National Forest System'' account:  Provided further, That
such funds shall be available to reimburse State and other
cooperating entities for services provided in response to
wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent
such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire
emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency
management agency:  Provided further, That funds provided
shall be available for support to Federal emergency response:
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any
cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any
non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by
the affected parties:  Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading in this Act and unobligated
balances made available under this heading in prior Acts,
other than amounts designated by the Congress as being for an
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any
other funds made available for such purpose, to continue
uninterrupted the Federal wildland firefighter base salary
increases provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law
117-58:  Provided further, That of the funds provided under
this heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire
suppression operations and is provided to meet the terms of
section 4004(b)(5)(B) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress),
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022,
and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives.

wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

(including transfers of funds)

In addition to the amounts provided under the heading
``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire
Management'' for wildfire suppression operations,
$2,480,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is
additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of
section 4004(b)(5) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and
to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives:  Provided, That
such amounts may be transferred to and merged with amounts
made available under the headings ``Department of the
Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire
Management'' and ``Department of Agriculture--Forest
Service--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression
operations in the fiscal year in which such amounts are
transferred:  Provided further, That amounts may be
transferred to the ``Wildland Fire Management'' accounts in
the Department of the Interior or the Department of
Agriculture only upon the notification of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire
suppression operations funds appropriated under that heading
in this and prior appropriations Acts to the agency to which
the funds will be transferred will be obligated within 30
days:  Provided further, That the transfer authority provided
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer
authority provided by law:  Provided further, That, in
determining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management''
in this and prior appropriations Acts to either the
Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior
will be obligated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding
proviso, any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred
pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by law
shall be excluded.

communications site administration

(including transfer of funds)

Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section
8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public
Law 115-334), shall be deposited in the special account
established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be
available to cover the costs described in subsection (c)(3)
of such section of such Act, and shall remain available until
expended:  Provided, That such amounts shall be transferred
to the ``National Forest System'' account.

administrative provisions--forest service

(including transfers of funds)

Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal
year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor
vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess
sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease,
operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to
maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs;
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law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the
purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and
alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7
U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests
therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant
to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for debt
collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
Funds made available under the heading ``Forest Service
Operations'' may be transferred to other appropriations
affected by the Forest Service budget restructure outlined in
section 435 of division D of the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94):  Provided, That
any transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not
decrease the funds made available under the heading ``Forest
Service Operations'' or increase the funds appropriated to
any other account in this fiscal year by more than a total of
ten percent:  Provided further, That such transfer authority
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by
law.
Notwithstanding the last paragraph under this heading, any
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may
be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation
for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-
over or damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and
fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions upon the
Secretary of Agriculture's notification of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire suppression
funds appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire
Management'' will be obligated within 30 days:  Provided,
That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be
replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the
Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer
to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire
management, fuels management, and State fire assistance when
such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire
management programs and projects.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in
this or prior Acts may be used to transfer any functions,
personnel, or resources from the United States Forest Service
to the Department of the Interior for the purposes of
establishing a U.S. Wildland Fire Service within the
Department of the Interior.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in
this or prior Acts may be used to transfer any functions or
funding for Hazardous Fuels currently performed by the United
States Forest Service to any other Department or agency:
Provided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, Hazardous
Fuels includes prescribed fire activities, mechanical
treatments, transportation assistance grants, wood innovation
grants, and any other fuels reduction activities or projects.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest
Service may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary
funds appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act to or
within the National Forest System Account, or reprogram funds
to be used for the purposes of Hazardous Fuels and urgent
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands
and water:  Provided, That such transferred funds shall
remain available through September 30, 2028:  Provided
further, That none of the funds transferred pursuant to this
paragraph shall be available for obligation without written
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for assistance to or through the U.S. Department of State and
other Departments in connection with forest and rangeland
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign
countries, and shall be available to support forestry and
related natural resource activities outside the United States
and its territories and possessions, including technical
assistance, education and training, and cooperation with
United States government, private sector, and international
organizations:  Provided, That amounts made available for
International Programs and Trade may utilize all authorities
related to forestry, research, and cooperative assistance
regardless of program designations.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
to enter into a cooperative agreement with the section
509(a)(3) Supporting Organization, ``Forest Service
International Foundation'' to assist the Foundation in
meeting administrative, project, and other expenses, and may
provide for the Foundation's use of Forest Service personnel
and facilities.
Notwithstanding the last paragraph under this heading,
funds appropriated to the Forest Service from amounts made
available for Vegetation and Watershed Management shall be
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal,
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros
from National Forest System lands, and for the performance of
cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in
this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year
shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section
702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C.
7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107-171 (7 U.S.C.
8316(b)).
Notwithstanding the last paragraph under this heading, not
more than $82,000,000 of funds made available under the
heading ``Forest Service Operations'' shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture and
not more than $14,500,000 of funds available under the
heading ``Forest Service Operations'' shall be transferred to
the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable
Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges:
Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or
limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested by the
Forest Service in order to obtain information technology
services, including telecommunications and system
modifications or enhancements, from the Working Capital Fund
of the Department of Agriculture.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out
by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out
under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16
U.S.C. 1721 et seq.).
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
593, of the funds made available under the heading ``National
Forest System'', up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump
sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation
partnership projects in support of the Forest Service
mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs
expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest
System lands or related to Forest Service programs:
Provided, That of the Federal funds made available to the
Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be available for
administrative expenses:  Provided further, That the
Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal
financial assistance, private contributions to match funds
made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-
one basis:  Provided further, That the Foundation may
transfer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient
has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, of the
funds made available under the heading ``National Forest
System'', up to $3,000,000 may be advanced to the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share
conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are
incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System lands or
related to Forest Service programs:  Provided, That such
funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the
Foundation or its sub-recipients:  Provided further, That the
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-
Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
Amounts made available under the heading ``National Forest
System'' in this fiscal year, including available
collections, may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture,
acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into
Federal financial assistance grants and cooperative
agreements to support forest or grassland collaboratives in
the accomplishment of activities benefitting both the public
and the National Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent
non-Federal lands. Eligible activities are those that will
improve or enhance Federal investments, resources, or lands,
including for collaborative and collaboration-based
activities, including but not limited to facilitation,
planning, and implementing projects, technical assistance,
administrative functions, operational support, participant
costs, and other capacity support needs, as identified by the
Forest Service. Eligible recipients are Indian tribal
entities (defined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government,
local governments, private and nonprofit entities, for-profit
organizations, and educational institutions. The Secretary of
Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service,
may enter into such cooperative agreements notwithstanding
chapter 63 of title 31 when the Secretary determines that the
public interest will be benefited and that there exists a
mutual interest other than monetary considerations.
Transactions subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal
Regulations shall be publicly advertised and require
competition when required by such Title 2. For those
transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, the agency may require public advertising and
competition when deemed appropriate. The term ``forest and
grassland collaboratives'' means groups of individuals or
entities with diverse interests participating in a
cooperative process to share knowledge, ideas, and resources
about the protection, restoration, or enhancement of natural
and other resources on Federal and adjacent non-Federal
lands, the improvement or maintenance of public access to
Federal lands, or the reduction of risk to such lands caused
by natural disasters.
For this fiscal year, amounts made available under the
headings ``National Forest

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System'' and ``Forest and Rangeland Research'' from amounts
made available for Salaries and expenses under each such
heading may be used for expenses associated with primary and
secondary schooling for dependents of agency personnel
stationed in Puerto Rico, who are subject to transfer and
reassignment to other locations in the United States, at a
cost not in excess of those authorized for the Department of
Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the Chief
of the Forest Service that public schools available in the
locality are unable to provide adequately for the education
of such dependents. Congress hereby ratifies and approves
payments by the Forest Service made in accordance with this
paragraph to agency employees stationed in Puerto Rico after
August 2, 2005.
Amounts made available for National Forest System to the
Forest Service shall be available for interactions with and
providing technical assistance to rural communities and
natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural
development purposes.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2),
and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to
meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose
of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities
maintenance and decommissioning.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, not
to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the
General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel
and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance
or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings,
training sessions, management reviews, land purchase
negotiations, and similar matters unrelated to civil
litigation:  Provided, That future budget justifications for
both the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture
should clearly display the sums previously transferred and
the sums requested for transfer.
An eligible individual who is employed in any project
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service
shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
The Forest Service may employ or contract with an
individual who is enrolled in a training program at a
longstanding Civilian Conservation Center (as defined in
section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for
necessary hours of work on National Forest System lands.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
to pay, from a single account, the base salary and expenses
of employees who carry out functions funded by other accounts
for Enterprise Program, Geospatial Technology and
Applications Center, National Applications Liaison Office,
Job Corps, and National Technology and Development Program.
The Forest Service shall maintain staffing levels by
hiring, retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to
fulfill the mission required under title 7, title 16, title
30, title 43, and title 54, United States Code, including to
protect natural and cultural resources, provide and maintain
appropriate access and recreation for visitors, provide
safety precautions for visitors and staff, maintain physical
and natural infrastructure, provide information and respond
to stakeholders and the general public, conduct tribal
consultation, provide for administrative support, administer
forestry assistance programs, provide technical assistance to
states, tribes and private landowners, manage energy and
minerals resources, and carry out other activities in support
of effectively operating the National Forest System and
carrying out programs administered by the Forest Service in a
timely manner.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

indian health services

For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5,
1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to the Indian Health Service, $82,409,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, except as
otherwise provided herein, which shall be in addition to
funds previously appropriated under this heading that become
available on October 1, 2025; in addition, $264,702,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, for the Electronic
Health Record System and the Indian Healthcare Improvement
Fund, of which $74,138,000 is for the Indian Health Care
Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out
activities typically funded under the Indian Health
Facilities account; and, in addition, $4,805,147,000, which
shall become available on October 1, 2026, and remain
available through September 30, 2028, except as otherwise
provided herein; together with payments received during the
fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for services
furnished by the Indian Health Service:  Provided, That funds
made available to tribes and tribal organizations through
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or
compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract
award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or
tribal organization without fiscal year limitation:  Provided
further, That from the amounts that become available on
October 1, 2026, $2,500,000 shall be available for grants or
contracts with public or private institutions to provide
alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, including
alcohol detoxification services:  Provided further, That from
the amounts that become available on October 1, 2026,
$996,755,000 shall remain available until expended for
Purchased/Referred Care:  Provided further, That of the total
amount specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/
Referred Care, $54,000,000 shall be for the Indian
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund:  Provided further, That
from the amounts that become available on October 1, 2026, up
to $51,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
implementation of the loan repayment program under section
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act:  Provided
further, That from the amounts that become available on
October 1, 2026, $58,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for costs related to or resulting from
accreditation emergencies, including supplementing activities
funded under the heading ``Indian Health Facilities'', of
which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts
otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care:  Provided
further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Government
as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the
preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be
deposited in the Fund authorized by section 108A of that Act
(25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain available until expended
and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C.
1616a-1(c)), funds shall be available to make new awards
under the loan repayment and scholarship programs under
sections 104 and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a):
Provided further, That the amounts made available within
this account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention
Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery
Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for
the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy
authority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot
Programs at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for
transformation and modernization costs of the Indian Health
Service Electronic Health Record system, for national quality
and oversight activities, to improve collections from public
and private insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally
operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or reduce the
transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal health
initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of
Excellence, for Alzheimer's activities, for Village Built
Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for
accreditation emergencies shall be allocated at the
discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and
shall remain available until expended:  Provided further,
That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual
contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years,
provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the
funds are appropriated:  Provided further, That the amounts
collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under
the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until
expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and
XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related to
the planning, design, or construction of new facilities:
Provided further, That funding contained herein for
scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations
until expended:  Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian
Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, and from
tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities
pursuant to Public Law 93-638, such individually identifiable
health information relating to disabled children as may be
necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1400 et seq.):  Provided further, That none of the funds
provided that become available on October 1, 2026, may be
used for implementation of the Electronic Health Record
System or the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund:  Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or
any other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the
Electronic Health Record system shall be available for
obligation or expenditure for the selection or implementation
of a new Information Technology infrastructure system, unless
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in
advance of such obligation.

contract support costs

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for
contract support costs associated

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with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal year
2026, such sums as may be necessary:  Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made
available under this heading shall be available for transfer
to another budget account:  Provided further, That amounts
obligated but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization
for contract support costs for such agreements for the
current fiscal year shall be applied to contract support
costs due for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years.

payments for tribal leases

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases
pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal
year 2026, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be
available for obligation through September 30, 2027:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
amounts made available under this heading shall be available
for transfer to another budget account.

indian health facilities

For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition,
improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary
facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of
plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites,
purchase and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of
trailers; and for provision of domestic and community
sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7
of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such
Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to environmental health and facilities support
activities of the Indian Health Service, $8,726,000, to
remain available until expended, which shall be in addition
to funds previously appropriated under this heading that
become available on October 1, 2025; in addition,
$289,306,000, to remain available until expended, for
Sanitation Facilities Construction and Health Care Facilities
Construction; and, in addition, $519,500,000, which shall
become available on October 1, 2026, and remain available
until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning,
design, construction, renovation, or expansion of health
facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may
be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be
located:  Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may
be used for fiscal year 2027 by the Indian Health Service to
purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for
distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal
facilities:  Provided further, That none of the funds
provided that become available on October 1, 2026, may be
used for Health Care Facilities Construction or for
Sanitation Facilities Construction:  Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated under this heading for fiscal year
2026 for Sanitation Facilities Construction, $10,806,000
shall be for projects specified for Sanitation Facilities
Construction in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending Items'' in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to the
Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities
construction for new homes funded with grants by the housing
programs of the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development.

administrative provisions--indian health service

Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health
Service shall be available for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment;
purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities;
payments for telephone service in private residences in the
field, when authorized under regulations approved by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or
allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and
for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the
functions or activities of the Indian Health Service:
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may
be extended health care at all tribally administered or
Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to
the account of the facility providing the service and shall
be available without fiscal year limitation:  Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other law or regulation,
funds transferred from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to the Indian Health Service shall be
administered under Public Law 86-121, the Indian Sanitation
Facilities Act and Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, That
funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act,
except those used for administrative and program direction
purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at
curtailing Federal travel and transportation:  Provided
further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments
or charges by the Department of Health and Human Services
unless such assessments or charges are identified in the
budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the
reprogramming process:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously
or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization
through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I
or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), may be
deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract
under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V
of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to
the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to
implement the final rule published in the Federal Register on
September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human
Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care
services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health
Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the
increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, and
such request has been included in an appropriations Act and
enacted into law:  Provided further, That with respect to
functions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes
or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is
authorized to provide goods and services to those entities on
a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with
subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received
therefrom, along with the funds received from those entities
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be
credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account from
which the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That
reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead
costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or
technical assistance:  Provided further, That the Indian
Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel
serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service
housing allowances equivalent to those that would be provided
to members of the Commissioned Corps of the United States
Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such
hospitals:  Provided further, That none of the funds made
available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be
used for non-federally recognized Tribes or Tribal
Organizations:  Provided further, That the appropriation
structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered
without advance notification to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.

National Institutes of Health

national institute of environmental health sciences

For necessary expenses for the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set
forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.
9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986, $79,714,000.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

toxic substances and environmental public health

For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set
forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, $81,619,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment
under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR
may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or
activities, including, without limitation, biomedical
testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and
referral to accredited healthcare providers:  Provided
further, That in performing any such health assessment or
health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of
ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section
104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA:  Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for
ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles
pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2026,
and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

Executive Office of the President

council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to
the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of
Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act
of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to
exceed $750 for official reception and representation
expenses, $4,629,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding section
202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and
duties of the Council.

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Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant
to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of
passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, the rental of space (to
include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $14,400,000:  Provided, That
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board)
shall have not more than three career Senior Executive
Service positions:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the individual appointed to the
position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold
the position of Inspector General of the Board:  Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the
Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the duties
of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall not appoint
any individuals to positions within the Board.

Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi
Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531,
$7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That funds shall be used for certifying applicants
eligible for relocation, reviewing appeals, providing
relocation homes, the temporary administration of land taken
into trust, and related activities:  Provided further, That
funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to
be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including
evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents,
those in significantly substandard housing, and all others
certified as eligible and not included in the preceding
categories:  Provided further, That none of the funds
contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office
of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single
Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was
physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi
Tribe unless a new or replacement home is provided for such
household:  Provided further, That no relocatee will be
provided with more than one new or replacement home:
Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any
certified eligible relocatees who have selected and received
an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a
replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the
land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Public Law 93-531 (88
Stat. 1716).

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development

payment to the institute

For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A
of title XV of Public Law 99-498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.),
$13,482,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2026,
and shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

Smithsonian Institution

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art,
science, and history; development, preservation, and
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,
dissemination, and exchange of information and publications;
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
agreements of no more than 30 years including lease
agreements with the same terms as the multi-year contracting
authority provided in section 3903 of title 41, United States
Code, except that notwithstanding such section, lease
agreements may be for a period of not more than 30 years, and
protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to
exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for
employees, $924,521,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027, except as otherwise provided herein, which shall be
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for Smithsonian
Institution, Salaries and Expenses in the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act; of
which the amounts made available for National Museum of the
American Latino, the amounts made available for Smithsonian
American Women's History Museum, $2,461,000 of the amounts
made available for National Museum of Natural History for
exhibition reinstallation and the repatriation of skeletal
remains, the amounts made available for Major scientific
instruction, and $435,000 of the amounts made available for
Smithsonian Exhibits for collections acquisition shall remain
available until expended; and including such funds as may be
necessary from amounts made available for Administration to
support American overseas research centers:  Provided, That
funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments
to independent contractors performing research services or
participating in official Smithsonian presentations:
Provided further, That the Smithsonian Institution may expend
Federal appropriations designated in this Act for lease or
rent payments, as rent payable to the Smithsonian
Institution, and such rent payments may be deposited into the
general trust funds of the Institution to be available as
trust funds for expenses associated with the purchase of a
portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC, to the extent that federally supported
activities will be housed there:  Provided further, That the
use of such amounts in the general trust funds of the
Institution for such purpose shall not be construed as
Federal debt service for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer
of risk to, or an obligation of the Federal Government:
Provided further, That no appropriated funds may be used
directly to service debt which is incurred to finance the
costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 600 Maryland
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, and
constructing improvements to such building:  Provided
further, That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian
Institution for the sale of its ownership interest, or any
portion thereof, in such building so acquired may not take
effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which begins
on the date on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian submits
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the Committees on House
Administration and Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate a report, as outlined in the
explanatory statement described in section 4 of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133
Stat. 2536) on the intended sale:  Provided further, That up
to $1,000,000 made available under this heading in this Act
may be transferred between such appropriations if the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of
such transfer.

facilities capital

For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian
Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by
section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and
for construction, including necessary personnel,
$120,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109.

National Gallery of Art

salaries and expenses

For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of
Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and
administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by
the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the
public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9,
76th Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of
the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art
associations or societies whose publications or services are
available to members only, or to members at a price lower
than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of
uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor,
for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for
protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance,
alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms,
or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms
and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $173,254,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027, of which not to
exceed $3,875,000 for the special exhibition program shall
remain available until expended.

repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10
years, that address space needs created by the ongoing
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided,
That funds made available in prior Acts under this heading
for the design and construction of an off-site storage
facility in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution may
be used for the repair, restoration, and renovation of other
National Gallery of Art buildings, grounds, and facilities:
Provided further, That contracts awarded for environmental
systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or
renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be
negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis
of contractor qualifications as well as price.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

operations and maintenance

For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance, and
security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, including rent of temporary office space in the

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District of Columbia during renovations of such Center,
$32,340,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356)
including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027.

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts

grants and administration

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 for the support of
projects and productions in the arts, including arts
education and public outreach activities, through assistance
to organizations and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the
Act, for program support, and for administering the functions
of the Act, $207,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified
in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for National
Endowment for the Arts, Grants and Administration, in the
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act.

National Endowment for the Humanities

grants and administration

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 for support of
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Act and for administering the functions of the Act, and to
carry out the matching grant program pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Act, including for the purposes of section
7(h) of the Act, $207,000,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for
National Endowment for the Humanities, Grants and
Administration, in the ``Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That
appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be
available for obligation from amounts made available for
Matching Grants only in such amounts as may be equal to the
total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other
property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the
National Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of
sections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and
preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not
previously been appropriated.

Administrative Provisions

None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any
grant or contract documents which do not include the text of
18 U.S.C. 1913:  Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities may be used for official reception and
representation expenses:  Provided further, That funds from
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official
reception and representation expenses:  Provided further,
That the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts
may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the
amount of such grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums
appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year:  Provided
further, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to
the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority
from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson:
Provided further, That no award made by the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be cancelled
without 60 days prior written notification to the award
recipient, the state humanities council for awards made by
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the state arts
agency for awards made by the National Endowment for the
Arts, and to the Committees on Appropriation of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.

Commission of Fine Arts

salaries and expenses

For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter
91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,661,000:  Provided,
That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the
full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be
credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to
remain available until expended without further
appropriation:  Provided further, That the Commission is
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers,
artwork, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history
and design of the Nation's Capital or the history and
activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of
artistic display, study, or education:  Provided further,
That one-tenth of 1 percent of the funds provided under this
heading may be used for official reception and representation
expenses.

national capital arts and cultural affairs

For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190
(20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000:  Provided, That the item
relating to ``National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs'' in
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into law by section
101(d) of Public Law 99-190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), shall be
applied in fiscal year 2026 in the second paragraph by
inserting ``, calendar year 2020 excluded'' before the first
period:  Provided further, That in determining an eligible
organization's annual income for calendar years 2021, 2022,
2023, and 2024, funds or grants received by the eligible
organization from any supplemental appropriations made
available in 2020 and 2021 in connection with the public
health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services on January 31, 2020 (including renewals
thereof) shall be counted as part of the eligible
organization's annual income.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (Public Law 89-665), $8,585,000.

National Capital Planning Commission

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning
Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$8,750,000:  Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the
funds provided under this heading may be used for official
reception and representational expenses associated with
hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and
physical development of world capitals.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

holocaust memorial museum

For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as
authorized by Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310),
$66,731,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, of
which $1,000,000 shall be for the Museum's equipment
replacement program, $4,000,000 shall be for the Museum's
repair and rehabilitation program, and $2,014,000 shall be
for the Museum's outreach initiatives program.

United States Semiquincentennial Commission

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate
observances and activities associated with the 250th
anniversary of the founding of the United States, as
authorized by Public Law 116-282, the technical amendments to
Public Law 114-196, $15,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027.

TITLE IV

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(including transfers of funds)

restriction on use of funds

Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or
distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on
which Congressional action is not complete other than to
communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C.
1913.

obligation of appropriations

Sec. 402.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

disclosure of administrative expenses

Sec. 403.  The amount and basis of estimated overhead
charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including
working capital fund charges, from programs, projects,
activities and subactivities to support government-wide,
departmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or
headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be
presented in annual budget justifications and subject to
approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates
shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for
approval not less than 90 days before implementation.

mining applications

Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act
shall be obligated or expended to accept or process
applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim
located under the general mining laws.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the
Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim
concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the
Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all
requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode
claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and
section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill
site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by
the applicant by that date.
(c) Report.--On September 30, 2027, the Secretary of the
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under
the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).

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(d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent
applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the
request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior
shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party
contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the
mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application
as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management
shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the
third-party contractor in accordance with the standard
procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the
retention of third-party contractors.

contract support costs, prior year limitation

Sec. 405.  Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
(Public Law 113-235) shall continue in effect in fiscal year
2026.

contract support costs, fiscal year 2026 limitation

Sec. 406.  Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year
2026 under the headings ``Department of Health and Human
Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs'' and
``Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support Costs'' are the
only amounts available for contract support costs arising out
of self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants,
compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2026
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian
Education, and the Indian Health Service:  Provided, That
such amounts provided by this Act are not available for
payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years,
or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments
awarding contract support costs for prior years.

forest management plans

Sec. 407.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be
considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974
(16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years
have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the
National Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the
Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et
seq.) or any other law:  Provided, That if the Secretary is
not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within the
funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the
National Forest System, this section shall be void with
respect to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may
order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.

prohibition within national monuments

Sec. 408.  No funds provided in this Act may be expended to
conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under
either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.)
within the boundaries of a National Monument established
pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.)
as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where
such activities are allowed under the Presidential
proclamation establishing such monument.

limitation on takings

Sec. 409.  Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of
declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without
the advance notification and approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That this provision
shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of
1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the
State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration
purposes.

prohibition on no-bid contracts

Sec. 410.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be
used to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract
is entered into in accordance with the requirements of
Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of
title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition
Regulation, unless--
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be
entered into without regard for these requirements, including
formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian
tribes;
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-
638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws
that specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe
as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e));
or
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of
enactment of this Act.

posting of reports

Sec. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on
the public website of that agency any report required to be
submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the
determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve
the national interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national
security; or
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so
only after such report has been made available to the
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less
than 45 days.

national endowment for the arts grant guidelines

Sec. 412.  Of the funds provided to the National Endowment
for the Arts--
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an
individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a
literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or
American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure
that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made
to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be
used to make a grant to any other organization or individual
to conduct activity independent of the direct grant
recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments
made in exchange for goods and services.
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group,
unless the application is specific to the contents of the
season, including identified programs or projects.

national endowment for the arts program priorities

Sec. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts
shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or
awarding financial assistance for projects, productions,
workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population
of individuals, including urban minorities, who have
historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities
programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income
below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
(2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised
annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a
family of the size involved.
(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act
of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson
of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that
priority is given to providing services or awarding financial
assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs
that will encourage public knowledge, education,
understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and
Humanities Act of 1965--
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of
national impact or availability or are able to tour several
States;
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15
percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State,
excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually
and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each
grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to
improve and support community-based music performance and
education.

status of balances of appropriations

Sec. 414.  The Department of the Interior, the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate
monthly reports on the status of balances of appropriations
including all uncommitted, committed, obligated, and
unobligated funds in each program and activity within 30 days
of enactment of this Act.

extension of grazing permits

Sec. 415.  The terms and conditions of section 325 of
Public Law 108-108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing
permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not subject
to administration under section 402 of the Federal Lands
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in
effect for fiscal year 2026.

funding prohibition

Sec. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network
unless such network is designed to block access to
pornography websites.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal
investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.

humane transfer and treatment of animals

Sec. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the
Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land

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administered by the Forest Service (referred to in this
section as the ``Secretary concerned''), may transfer excess
wild horses and burros that have been removed from land
administered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal,
State, and local government agencies for use as work animals.
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under
subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Federal,
State, or local government agency.
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under
subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse
or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92-195
(commonly known as the ``Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros
Act'') (16 U.S.C. 1332)).
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving
an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a)
shall not--
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results in
the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial
product;
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a
manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro
for processing into a commercial product; or
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the
recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe
injury, illness, or advanced age.
(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available
for--
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild
horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
concerned (including a contractor); or
(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the
destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a
commercial product.

forest service facility realignment and enhancement authorization
extension

Sec. 418.  Section 503(f) of Public Law 109-54 (16 U.S.C.
580d note) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30,
2026'' for ``September 30, 2019''.

use of american iron and steel

Sec. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a
State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by
section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
12) shall be used for a project for the construction,
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system
or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products
used in the project are produced in the United States.
(2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel'' products
means the following products made primarily of iron or steel:
lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other
municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and
restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast
concrete, and construction materials.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category
of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the
``Administrator'') finds that--
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the
public interest;
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and
of a satisfactory quality; or
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the
United States will increase the cost of the overall project
by more than 25 percent.
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver
under this section, the Administrator shall make available to
the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and
information available to the Administrator concerning the
request, and shall allow for informal public input on the
request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based
on the request. The Administrator shall make the request and
accompanying information available by electronic means,
including on the official public Internet Web site of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent
with United States obligations under international
agreements.
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the
funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking
Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions
described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight
of the requirements of this section.

local cooperator training agreements and transfers of excess equipment
and supplies for wildfires

Sec. 420.  The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer
fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire
protection associations, and similar organizations to provide
for wildland fire training and equipment, including supplies
and communication devices. Notwithstanding section 121(c) of
title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of title 40,
United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized to
transfer title to excess Department of the Interior
firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the
functions of the Department's wildland fire management
program to such organizations.

reprogramming guidelines

Sec. 421.  None of the funds made available in this Act, in
this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the
advance notification and approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the
reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying
this Act.

local contractors

Sec. 422.  Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112-74
shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2026'' for
``fiscal year 2019''.

shasta-trinity marina fee authority authorization extension

Sec. 423.  Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110-161
(121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting
``fiscal year 2026'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

interpretive association authorization extension

Sec. 424.  Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113-76
(16 U.S.C. 565a-1 note) shall be applied by substituting
``September 30, 2026'' for ``September 30, 2019''.

forest botanical products fee collection authorization extension

Sec. 425.  Section 339 of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted
into law by Public Law 106-113; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), as
amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108-108 and section
432 of Public Law 113-76, shall be applied by substituting
``fiscal year 2026'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

chaco canyon

Sec. 426.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing under
43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil and gas leasing,
any Federal lands within the withdrawal area identified on
the map of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park
prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and dated April 2,
2019, prior to the completion of the cultural resources
investigation identified in the explanatory statement
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-
260).

tribal leases

Sec. 427. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
5324(l)), the initial lease term shall commence no earlier
than the date of receipt of the lease proposal.
(b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human
Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal year
2026 consult with tribes and tribal organizations through
public solicitation and other means regarding the
requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and transparent
process for the payment of such leases.

forest ecosystem health and recovery fund

Sec. 428.  The authority provided under the heading
``Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund'' in title I of
Public Law 111-88, as amended by section 117 of division F of
Public Law 113-235, is further amended by striking ``through
fiscal year 2020'' each place it appears and inserting
``hereafter''.

allocation of projects, land and water conservation fund

Sec. 429. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture, as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made
available for expenditure from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to subsection
(a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the
agencies and accounts specified, in the amounts specified,
and for the projects and activities specified in the table
titled ``Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation
Fund Fiscal year 2026'' in the report accompanying this Act.
(2) If any portion of a project specified in the table
titled ``Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation
Fund Fiscal Year 2026'' in the report accompanying this Act
is intended to be carried out within the Federal land unit or
project boundary as specified in such table (or any prior
allocation table incorporated by reference into a prior Act,
as applicable) but outside the specific tracts for the
project described in the corresponding project data sheet
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations required by
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, not
later than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary of
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture expends amounts
on the project, the Secretary of the Interior or the
Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall provide
written notice to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations of such expenditure.
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any
amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under
subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States
Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United
States Code, other than in amounts and for projects and
activities that are allocated by subsections (a)(1) and
(a)(2) of this section:  Provided, That in any fiscal year,
the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the
allocation of amounts for continuing administration of
programs allocated funds from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund, which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more
than the allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1)
and (a)(2) of this section.

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(c)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the
President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary
allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy
Projects at the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to
the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are
prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project,
and that total no less than half the full amount allocated to
each account for that land management Agency under the
allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of title 54,
United States Code:  Provided, That in the event amounts
allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to subsection
(a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code are no
longer needed because a project has been completed or can no
longer be executed, such amounts must be clearly identified
if proposed for reallocation in the annual budget submission.
(2) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the
President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the Interior
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary
allocations for Federal land acquisition projects at the
National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, and the Bureau of Land Management that are in
addition to the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that
are prioritized and detailed by account, program, and
project, and that total no less than half the full amount
allocated to each such account for that land management
Agency under the allocations submitted under section
200303(c)(1) of title 54 United States Code  Provided, That
in the event amount allocated by this Act or any prior Act
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54,
United States Code, are no longer needed because a project
has been completed or can no longer be executed, such amounts
must be clearly identified if proposed for reallocation in
the annual budget submission.
(3) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects
in the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, in the project
lists provided under subsection (a)(2),in the list of
supplementary allocations provided under subsection (a)(2),
and on the supplementary allocations required by paragraphs
(1) and (2) shall be comprised only of projects for which a
willing seller has been identified and for which an appraisal
or market research has been initiated.
(4) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the
President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate project data sheets in the same format and
containing the same level of detailed information that is
found on such sheets in the Budget Justifications annually
submitted by the Department of the Interior with the
President's Budget for the projects in the ``Submission of
Cost Estimates'' required by section 200303(c)(1) of title
54, United States Code, and in the same format and containing
the same level of detailed information that is found on such
sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant to section 427 of
division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2020 (Public Law 116-94) for the list of supplementary
allocations required by paragraph (1) and (2).

status of balances for the national parks and public land legacy
restoration fund and the land and water conservation fund

Sec. 430.  The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports
on the status of balances of projects and activities funded
by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund
for amounts and the status of balances of projects and
activities funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund for
amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this
section, including all uncommitted, committed, and
unobligated funds.

land and water conservation fund project lists

Sec. 431.  Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this section, and every 90 days thereafter, the
President shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations a list of project allocations for the
Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior
(including any prior year outstanding allocations), in
accordance with section 200306 of title 54, United States
Code, for review by the committees. The list shall include
proposed allocations by account, program, and project, and
shall include projects under consideration by the departments
(including projects approved by regional or state offices,
and projects for which funds have been appropriated for a
portion of a multi-stage project), together with an
assessment whether the projects, as of the date of the
submission of the list, are ready to be implemented.

policies relating to biomass energy

Sec. 432.  To support the key role that forests in the
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of the
United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions,
jointly--
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest
bioenergy--
(A) is consistent across all Federal departments and
agencies; and
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest
biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest
management; and
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of
forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies
that--
(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest bioenergy and
recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, provided the
use of forest biomass for energy production does not cause
conversion of forests to non-forest use;
(B) encourage private investment throughout the forest
biomass supply chain, including in--
(i) working forests;
(ii) harvesting operations;
(iii) forest improvement operations;
(iv) forest bioenergy production;
(v) wood products manufacturing; or
(vi) paper manufacturing;
(C) encourage forest management to improve forest health;
and
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest
biomass.

small remote incinerators

Sec. 433.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued on
March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with
respect to units in the State of Alaska that are defined as
``small, remote incinerator'' units in those regulations and,
until a subsequent regulation is issued, the Administrator
shall implement the law and regulations in effect prior to
such date.

timber sale requirements

Sec. 434.  No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be
advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the
value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk
allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal process) when
appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western red
cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs
of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available
to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at
prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red cedar
volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States
domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the
election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar
may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of
the timber sale holder.

prohibition on use of funds

Sec. 435.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may
be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring
the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide,
water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from biological
processes associated with livestock production.

greenhouse gas reporting restrictions

Sec. 436.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be
used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision
requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from
manure management systems.

funding prohibition

Sec. 437.  None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of
ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or
any other law.

firefighter pay cap

Sec. 438. (a) Section 1701 of division B of the Extending
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5
U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law 117-103, is
further amended in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last
sentence and inserting ``Any Services during a given calendar
year that generate payments payable in the subsequent
calendar year shall be disregarded in applying this
subsection''.
(b) The waivers of premium and overtime pay authorized in
subsections (a) through (c) of section 1701 of division B of
the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency
Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law
117-103, shall be applied in fiscal year 2026.

alaska native regional health entities authorization extension

Sec. 439.  Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76)
shall be applied by substituting ``October 1, 2026'' for
``December 24, 2022''.

extension of the alaska native vietnam era veterans land allotment
program

Sec. 440.  Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell,
Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C.
1629g-1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``5-year period''
and inserting ``10-year period''.

cost share waiver

Sec. 441.  The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary
of Agriculture, may waive, in whole or in part, the non-
Federal cost sharing requirement of any appropriate
conservation project under section 212(a)(1) of the

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Public Lands Corps Act (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)):  Provided,
That in the event of such a waiver, the Secretary of the
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, is
authorized to pay up to 100 percent of the costs of such
conservation project.

good neighbor authority

Sec. 442.  Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (16
U.S.C. 2113a), as amended, shall be applied by substituting
``2026'' for ``2024''.

five year construction plan

Sec. 443.  The Department of the Interior and the Forest
Service are directed to maintain updated 5-year deferred
maintenance plans that, to the extent practicable, include a
list of all outstanding deferred maintenance needs, and to
provide them to the Committee on a quarterly basis.

quarterly disaster estimates

Sec. 444.  The Department of the Interior, the United
States Forest Service, and the Environmental Protection
agency shall provide quarterly estimates to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
within 30 days of a quarter closing detailing the costs to
repair, restore, or otherwise remediate damages to Federal
lands and infrastructure caused by disasters and, for the
Environmental Protection Agency, the costs to repair and
improve the resiliency of drinking water and wastewater
infrastructure damaged in states, territories, and on tribal
lands.

american women's history museum and national museum of the american
latino

Sec. 445.  None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to close, halt development of, merge
with or transfer to another function or program, reduce
funding, or otherwise diminish the operations of the
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum or the National
Museum of the American Latino established by Public Law 116-
260 on December 27, 2020.

grant cancellations

Sec. 446.  Any agency receiving funds made available in
this Act shall provide written notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
and the grantee or contractor not less than 7 days after
cancellation of any grant or contract with a value of more
than $200,000 and such notice shall include the reason for
such cancellation, the background, justification, and the
authority for such cancellation.

grant award timeframes

Sec. 447.  All grants and cooperative agreements funded by
amounts made available in this Act shall be awarded to
eligible recipients by not less than the average number of
days between the enactment of annual appropriations for each
fiscal year 2019 through 2022 plus 15 days and the enactment
of this Act.

reorganizations and workforce actions

Sec. 448.  Any agency receiving funds made available in
this Act shall provide written notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
not less than 45 days prior to initiating the execution of
any reorganization or workforce action increasing,
decreasing, or transferring functions of 10 staff members or
10 percent of the staffing of an existing affected program of
or office compared to the actual number of staff of an
existing program or office on the first day of the fiscal
year, whichever is less, even without a change in funding and
without regard to the type of workforce actions such as
voluntary, involuntary, incentive-based, or any other such
action adding or removing staff from agency payroll.

program funding incorporated by reference

Sec. 449.  Amounts provided in this Act shall be allocated
in the amounts specified for the programs, projects and
activities specified in the tables in the report accompanying
this Act titled:
(1) Program Funding for Management of Lands and Resources;
(2) Program Funding for Resource Management;
(3) Program Funding for Operation of the National Park
System;
(4) Program Funding for National Recreation and
Preservation;
(5) Program Funding for National Heritage Areas;
(6) Program Funding for U.S. Geological Survey;
(7) Program Funding for Operation of Indian Programs;
(8) Program Funding for Science & Technology Programs;
(9) Program Funding for National Estuary Programs;
(10) Program Funding for Environmental Programs and
Management;
(11) Program Funding for Forest and Rangeland Research;
(12) Program Funding for State, Private, and Tribal
Forestry; and
(13) Program Funding for National Forest System.

compensation and benefits

Sec. 450.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to transfer, merge, or otherwise shift funding
between appropriations or program projects using the Economy
Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), any working capital fund or similarly
operating account, or any other such mechanism to pay
compensation or benefits for a federal employee unless
expressly provided for in such appropriation unless such
funds are utilized to pay the compensation of a federal
employee performing a detail to fulfill the usual and
longstanding functions of the receiving account.

notifications on leases and disposals

Sec. 451.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to take any official action to terminate a lease or
dispose of a Federal building unless written notice has been
provided to the Committees of jurisdiction of the House of
Representatives and the Senate 180 days prior that discloses
details including the exact location of the property,
including the address as applicable, list of current uses and
Federal occupants, lease terms, and annual cost of the lease
or direct Federal cost of owning and maintaining the
building, and detailed plans related to personnel currently
occupying and activities currently conducted on the property.

rescissions

Sec. 452.  Of the unobligated balances from discretionary
amounts made available by prior appropriations Acts, the
following funds are hereby permanently rescinded from the
following accounts in the specified amounts: ``Environmental
Protection Agency--Buildings and Facilities'', $41,000,000;
and ``John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts--Capital
Repair and Restoration'', $50,000,000:  Provided, That no
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

repurposing

Sec. 453. (a) Of the amounts made available under the
heading ``Department of the Interior--Departmental Offices--
Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire Management'',
$764,514,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated in
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Public Law 117-58) as follows: (1) $250,000,000 from the
unobligated balances under the heading ``Environmental
Protection Agency--State and Tribal Assistance Grants'' from
amounts that will become available for fiscal year 2026 in
paragraph (3); and (2) $515,060,000 from the unobligated
balances under the heading ``Department of the Interior--
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement--
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund'':  Provided, That amounts
derived by transfer as described in the preceding proviso
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5:  Provided further,
That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this section
shall not be available for wildfire suppression operations.
(b) Of the amounts made available under the heading
``Department of the Interior--Departmental Offices--Office of
Inspector General'', $67,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously
appropriated in division J of the Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), including amounts that will
become available for fiscal year 2026, that have been or will
be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the
Department of the Interior for oversight of funding provided
to the Department of the Interior in title VI of division J
of that Act:  Provided, That amounts derived by transfer as
described in the preceding proviso shall continue to be
treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A
of Public Law 118-5.
This division may be cited as the ``Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2026''.

DIVISION D--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

training and employment services

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA'') and the
National Apprenticeship Act, $3,977,088,000 plus
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided:
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training
activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker
employment and training activities, $2,919,332,000 as
follows:
(A) $875,649,000 for adult employment and training
activities, of which $163,649,000 shall be available for the
period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and of which
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1,
2026 through June 30, 2027;
(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which shall be
available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
and
(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker employment and
training activities, of which $235,553,000 shall be available
for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and of
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the period October
1, 2026 through June 30, 2027:
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA
shall not be subject

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to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act:
Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of
WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single application for a
consolidated grant that awards funds that would otherwise be
available to such areas to carry out the activities described
in subtitle B of title I of the WIOA:  Provided further, That
such application shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor
(referred to in this title as ``Secretary''), at such time,
in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require:  Provided further, That outlying areas
awarded a consolidated grant described in the preceding
provisos may use the funds for any of the programs and
activities authorized under such subtitle B of title I of the
WIOA subject to approval of the application and such
reporting requirements issued by the Secretary; and
(2) for national programs, $1,057,756,000 as follows:
(A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance
national reserve, of which $100,859,000 shall be available
for the period July 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, and
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period
October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027:  Provided, That
funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA
may be used to provide assistance to a State for statewide or
local use in order to address cases where there have been
worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across
multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated;
coordinate the State workforce development plan with emerging
economic development needs; and train such eligible
dislocated workers:  Provided further, That funds provided to
carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be used
for technical assistance and demonstration projects,
respectively, that provide assistance to new entrants in the
workforce and incumbent workers:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds
provided under this subparagraph, the Secretary may reserve
not more than 10 percent of such funds to provide technical
assistance and carry out additional activities related to the
transition to the WIOA:  Provided further, That of the funds
provided under this subparagraph, $115,000,000 shall be for
training and employment assistance under sections 168(b),
169(c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in such
section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows:
(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers in the Appalachian
region, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the
Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 4(2) of the Delta
Development Act (Public Law 100-460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C.
2009aa(2)), and workers in the region served by the Northern
Border Regional Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 15733;
and
(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the purpose of developing,
offering, or improving educational or career training
programs at community colleges, defined as public
institutions of higher education, as described in section
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and at which the
associate's degree is primarily the highest degree awarded,
with other eligible institutions of higher education, as
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of
1965, eligible to participate through consortia, with
community colleges as the lead grantee:  Provided, That the
Secretary shall follow the requirements for the program in
House Report 116-62:  Provided further, That any grant funds
used for apprenticeships shall be used to support only
apprenticeship programs registered under the National
Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) of
the WIOA;
(B) $60,000,000 for Native American programs under section
166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period July
1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker
programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including $90,134,000
for formula grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall
be for employment and training services), $6,591,000 for
migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70
percent shall be for permanent housing), and $671,000 for
other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for
the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027:  Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related
regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action
limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants
receiving related assistance services or discouraging
grantees from providing such services:  Provided further,
That notwithstanding the definition of ``eligible seasonal
farmworker'' in section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to
an individual being ``low-income'', an individual is eligible
for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section
167 of the WIOA under that definition if, in addition to
meeting the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section
167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a family with a
total family income equal to or less than 150 percent of the
poverty line;
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in
section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the
period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
(E) $110,000,000 for ex-offender activities, under the
authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall be
available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027:
Provided, That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for
competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries
for activities that prepare for employment young adults with
criminal legal histories, young adults who have been justice
system-involved, or young adults who have dropped out of
school or other educational programs, with a priority for
projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas;
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative,
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall
be available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30,
2027;
(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities through
apprenticeships only registered under the National
Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) of
the WIOA, to be available to the Secretary to carry out
activities through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts
and other arrangements, with States and other appropriate
entities, including equity intermediaries and business and
labor industry partner intermediaries, which shall be
available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
and
(H) $93,501,000 for carrying out Demonstration and Pilot
projects under section 169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be
available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027,
in addition to funds available for such activities under
subparagraph (A) for the projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That such funds may be used for projects that are
related to the employment and training needs of dislocated
workers, other adults, or youth:  Provided further, That the
10 percent funding limitation under such section of the WIOA
shall not apply to such funds:  Provided further, That
section 169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA shall not apply to such
funds:  Provided further, That sections 102 and 107 of this
Act shall not apply to such funds.

job corps

(including transfer of funds)

To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including
Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and
repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase
of real property for training centers as authorized by the
WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be
available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and
acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available
for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, and which
may include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major
items of equipment:  Provided, That the Secretary may
transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the
operational needs of such centers or to achieve
administrative efficiencies:  Provided further, That any
funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not
be available for obligation after June 30, 2027:  Provided
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15
days in advance of any transfer; and
(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which
shall be available for obligation for the period October 1,
2025 through September 30, 2026:
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall
be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps Centers.

community service employment for older americans

To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965
(referred to in this Act as ``OAA''), $395,000,000, which
shall be available for the period April 1, 2026 through June
30, 2027, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accordance
with section 517(c) of the OAA.

federal unemployment benefits and allowances

For payments during fiscal year 2026 of trade adjustment
benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B
of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and
section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment and
case management services, allowances for job search and
relocation, and related State administrative expenses under
part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade
Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, allowances,
training, employment and case management services, and
related State administration provided pursuant to section
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of
2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences
Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended, $50,300,000 together with such amounts as
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent
appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to
September 15, 2026:  Provided, That notwithstanding section
502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation provided under
this heading may remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)).

state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

(including transfer of funds)

For authorized administrative expenses, $79,066,000,
together with not to exceed $4,002,084,000 which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration Account
in the Unemployment Trust Fund (``the Trust Fund''), of
which--

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(1) $3,226,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to
States for the administration of State unemployment insurance
laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act
(including not less than $467,000,000 to carry out
reemployment services and eligibility assessments under
section 306 of such Act, any claimants of regular
compensation, as defined in such section, including those who
are profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may be
eligible for such services and assessments:  Provided, That
of such amount, $117,000,000 is specified for grants under
section 306 of the Social Security Act and is provided to
meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget and
$350,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for
purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget; and
$9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment
Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the administration
of unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-
service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and
the administration of trade readjustment allowances,
reemployment trade adjustment assistance, and alternative
trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and
under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade
Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be available for
obligation by the States through December 31, 2026, except
that funds used for automation shall be available for Federal
obligation through December 31, 2026, and for State
obligation through September 30, 2028, or, if the automation
is being carried out through consortia of States, for State
obligation through September 30, 2032, and for expenditure
through September 30, 2033, and funds for competitive grants
awarded to States for improved operations and to conduct in-
person reemployment and eligibility assessments and
unemployment insurance improper payment reviews and provide
reemployment services and referrals to training, as
appropriate, shall be available for Federal obligation
through December 31, 2026 (except that funds for outcome
payments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security
Act shall be available for Federal obligation through March
31, 2027), and for obligation by the States through September
30, 2028, and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity
Center of Excellence shall be available for obligation by the
State through September 30, 2027, and funds used for
unemployment insurance workloads experienced through
September 30, 2026 shall be available for Federal obligation
through December 31, 2026;
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national
activities necessary to support the administration of the
Federal-State unemployment insurance system;
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together with
$21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for
grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-
Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for
the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
(4) $20,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national
activities of the Employment Service, including
administration of the work opportunity tax credit under
section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including
assisting States in adopting or modernizing information
technology for use in the processing of certification
requests), and the provision of technical assistance and
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act;
(5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the
administration of foreign labor certifications and related
activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and
related laws, of which $60,528,000 shall be available for the
Federal administration of such activities, and $23,282,000
shall be available for grants to States for the
administration of such activities; and
(6) $57,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-
stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be
available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2026
through June 30, 2027, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used
to carry out research and demonstration projects related to
testing effective ways to promote greater labor force
participation of people with disabilities:  Provided, That
the Secretary may transfer amounts made available for
research and demonstration projects under this paragraph to
the ``Office of Disability Employment Policy'' account for
such purposes:
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly
Insured Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2026 is
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 3,075,000, an
additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available
for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level
(including a pro rata amount for any increment less than
100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act:
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act that
are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title
III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to
assist other States in carrying out activities under such
title III if the other States include areas that have
suffered a major disaster declared by the President under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds
appropriated for grants to States under title III of the
Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for
the use of the National Directory of New Hires under section
453(j)(8) of such Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary
may use funds appropriated for grants to States under title
III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of
States to the entity operating the State Information Data
Exchange System:  Provided further, That funds appropriated
in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop
career center system, or which are used to support the
national activities of the Federal-State unemployment
insurance, employment service, or immigration programs, may
be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with States
and non-State entities:  Provided further, That States
awarded competitive grants for improved operations under
title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to
support the national activities of the Federal-State
unemployment insurance system, may award subgrants to other
States and non-State entities under such grants, subject to
the conditions applicable to the grants:  Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this Act for activities
authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the
Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation
efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles
prescribed under the final rule entitled ``Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards'' at part 200 of title 2,
Code of Federal Regulations:  Provided further, That the
Secretary, at the request of a State participating in a
consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to
such State under title III of the Social Security Act to
other States participating in the consortium or to the entity
operating the Unemployment Insurance Information Technology
Support Center in order to carry out activities that benefit
the administration of the unemployment compensation law of
the State making the request:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated with
additional data collection, analyses, and reporting services
relating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey
requested by State and local governments, public and private
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations
and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions
of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey
infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the information
collection and reporting needs of such entities, which shall
be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available
until September 30, 2027, for such purposes.

advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security
Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as
authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund
established by section 901(e) of the Social Security Act, to
the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509,
and to the ``Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances''
account, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be
available for obligation through September 30, 2027.

program administration

For expenses of administering employment and training
programs, $104,527,000, together with not to exceed
$53,906,000 which shall be available from the Employment
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund.

veterans' employment and training

Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the
Employment Security Administration account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of
which--
(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants
under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans'
outreach program specialists under section 4103A of such
title and local veterans' employment representatives under
section 4104(b) of such title, and for the expenses described
in section 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for
expenditure by the States through September 30, 2028, and not
to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal expenditures
for data systems and contract support to allow for the
tracking of participant and performance information:
Provided, That, in addition, such funds may be used to
support such specialists and representatives in the provision
of services to transitioning members of the Armed Forces who
have participated in the Transition Assistance Program and
have been identified as in need of intensive services, to
members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured
and receiving treatment in military treatment facilities or
warrior transition units, to the spouses or other family
caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to
surviving spouses of individuals who died while serving as
members of the Armed Forces or as a result of a service-
connected disability;
(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition
Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144;
(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration of chapters
41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 2021A and 2023
of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That up to
$500,000 may be used to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division
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(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and
Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109:
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the
appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4)
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation
from which such reallocation is made.
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury,
$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless
veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021,
2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided,
That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 30,
2026, to provide services under such section:  Provided
further, That services provided under sections 2021 or under
2021A may include, in addition to services to homeless
veterans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to
veterans who were homeless at some point within the 60 days
prior to program entry or veterans who are at risk of
homelessness within the next 60 days, and that services
provided under section 2023 may include, in addition to
services to the individuals described in subsection (e) of
such section, services to veterans recently released from
incarceration who are at risk of homelessness:  Provided
further, That notwithstanding paragraph (3) under this
heading, funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used for
data systems and contract support to allow for the tracking
of participant and performance information:  Provided
further, That notwithstanding sections 2021(e)(2) and
2021A(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, such funds shall
be available for expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553.
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the HIRE
Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) of the
HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available to the
Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program,
as authorized by such Act, and shall remain available until
expended:  Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to
any other funds available for such purposes, including funds
available under paragraph (3) of this heading:  Provided
further, That section 2(d) of division O of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31; 38 U.S.C. 4100
note) shall not apply.

Employee Benefits Security Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security
Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall
be made available through September 30, 2027, for the
procurement of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``Corporation'')
is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial
assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the
Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be
necessary in carrying out the program, including associated
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2026, for the
Corporation:  Provided, That none of the funds available to
the Corporation for fiscal year 2026 shall be available for
obligations for administrative expenses in excess of
$494,264,000:  Provided further, That of the amount made
available under this heading, not less than $7,588,000 shall
be for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General:
Provided further, That to the extent that the number of new
plan participants in plans terminated by the Corporation
exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2026, an amount not to exceed
an additional $9,200,000 shall be available through September
30, 2030, for obligations for administrative expenses for
every 20,000 additional terminated participants:  Provided
further, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided
for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be incurred
and shall be available through September 30, 2030 for
obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination
or termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer
program related expenses after approval by the Office of
Management and Budget and notification of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate:  Provided further, That an additional amount shall be
available for obligation through September 30, 2030 to the
extent the Corporation's costs exceed $250,000 for the
provision of credit or identity monitoring to affected
individuals upon suffering a security incident or privacy
breach, not to exceed an additional $100 per affected
individual.

Wage and Hour Division

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division,
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies
and their employees for inspection services rendered,
$260,000,000.

Office of Labor-Management Standards

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management
Standards, $48,515,000.

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, $105,976,000.

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with $2,205,000
which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance
with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

special benefits

(including transfer of funds)

For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses
(except administrative expenses not otherwise authorized)
accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits as
provided for under the heading ``Civilian War Benefits'' in
the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the
Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944;
section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012);
obligations incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act
(42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,
$1,298,385,000, together with such amounts as may be
necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation
for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any
period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, for
deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees'
Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a):
Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 5
U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is
not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the
salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary:  Provided
further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on
September 30, 2025, shall remain available until expended for
the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses:
Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred
to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any
other corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C.
8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of
administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be
the cost of administration for employees of such fair share
entities through September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That
of those funds transferred to this account from the fair
share entities to pay the cost of administration of the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act, $81,808,000 shall be
made available to the Secretary as follows:
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data
processing systems operations and telecommunications systems,
$27,549,000;
(2) For automated workload processing operations, including
document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill
processing, $25,956,000;
(3) For periodic roll disability management and medical
review, $25,957,000;
(4) For program integrity, $2,346,000; and
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as
miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits
under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim,
such identifying information (including Social Security
account number) as such regulations may prescribe.

special benefits for disabled coal miners

For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275,
$24,585,000, to remain available until expended.
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act,
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts
as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV for the first
quarter of fiscal year 2027, $5,900,000, to remain available
until expended.

administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness
compensation fund

For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $68,148,000,
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the
Secretary may require that any person filing a claim for
benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim such
identifying information (including Social Security account
number) as may be prescribed.

black lung disability trust fund

(including transfer of funds)

Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund (the ``Fund''), to remain available
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest on
advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. In
addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund
for fiscal year 2026 for expenses of operation and
administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as
authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed

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$50,684,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, ``Salaries and Expenses''; not to
exceed $39,086,000 for transfer to Departmental Management,
``Salaries and Expenses''; not to exceed $373,000 for
transfer to Departmental Management, ``Office of Inspector
General''; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into
miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of
the Treasury.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, $632,309,000, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Occupational Safety and Health
Administration in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for
Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act,
of which amounts made available for State Programs shall be
the maximum amount available for grants to States under
section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the
``Act'') and such grants shall be no less than 50 percent of
the costs of State occupational safety and health programs
required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary
under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal
year of training institute course tuition and fees, otherwise
authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums
for occupational safety and health training and education:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary
is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, to collect and retain fees for services provided to
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize
such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a,
to administer national and international laboratory
recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and
products used by workers in the workplace:  Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph
shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue,
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or
order under the Act which is applicable to any person who is
engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees:
Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or
enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the
Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who
is included within a category having a Days Away, Restricted,
or Transferred (``DART'') occupational injury and illness
rate, at the most precise industrial classification code for
which such data are published, less than the national average
rate as such rates are most recently published by the
Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in
accordance with section 24 of the Act, except--
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation,
technical assistance, educational and training services, and
to conduct surveys and studies;
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for
violations which are not corrected within a reasonable
abatement period and for any willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect
to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect
to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect
to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one
or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two
or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such
investigation authorized by the Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect
to complaints of discrimination against employees for
exercising rights under the Act:
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not
apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10
or fewer employees:  Provided further, That not less than
$3,500,000 of the amounts made available for Federal
Assistance shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs.

Mine Safety and Health Administration

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, including purchase and bestowal of
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and
first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$387,816,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for Mine Safety and Health Administration in the ``Amounts
Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the
report accompanying this Act, of which up to $2,000,000 of
the amounts made available for Technical Support shall be for
mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than
$10,537,000 of the amounts made available for Educational
Policy and Development shall be for State assistance grants:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed
$750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and
Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of
training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be
collected, to be available for mine safety and health
education and training activities:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to
$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and
certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use
in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities:
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to accept
lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from
public and private sources and to prosecute projects in
cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private:
Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health
Administration is authorized to promote health and safety
education and training in the mining community through
cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety
associations:  Provided further, That the Secretary is
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety
Association as a principal safety association and,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide funds
and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including
service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as
officers in local chapters or in the national organization:
Provided further, That any funds available to the Department
of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to
provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations
in the event of a major disaster.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and
local agencies and their employees for services rendered,
$635,952,000, together with not to exceed $68,000,000 which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

Office of Disability Employment Policy

salaries and expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability
Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and
initiatives, and award grants, cooperative agreements, and
contracts furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to
the training and employment of people with disabilities,
$43,000,000, of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be for
research and demonstration projects related to testing
effective ways to promote greater labor force participation
of people with disabilities:  Provided, That the Secretary
may transfer amounts made available under this heading for
research and demonstration projects to the ``State
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations''
account for such purposes.

Departmental Management

salaries and expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management,
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles,
$363,535,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which may
be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund:  Provided, That
$111,125,000 shall be for the Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, of which $76,725,000 shall be available for
obligation through December 31, 2026:  Provided further, That
funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs
may be used to administer or operate international labor
activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assistance,
and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, grants,
subgrants and other arrangements:  Provided further, That not
less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat
exploitative child labor internationally and not less than
$30,175,000 shall be used to implement model programs that
address worker rights issues through technical assistance in
countries with which the United States has free trade
agreements or trade preference programs:  Provided further,
That $4,281,000 shall be used for program evaluation and
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2027:
Provided further, That funds available for program
evaluation may be used to administer grants for the purpose
of evaluation:  Provided further, That grants made for the
purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open
competition:  Provided further, That funds available for
program evaluation may be transferred to any other
appropriate account in the Department for such purpose:
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at
least 15 days in advance of any transfer:  Provided further,
That $23,000,000 shall be for the Women's Bureau and may be
used for grants to serve and promote the interests of women
in the workforce:  Provided further, That of the amounts made
available to the Women's Bureau, not less than $5,000,000
shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act:  Provided
further, That the Department of Labor shall support staffing
levels necessary to fulfill its statutory responsibilities
including carrying out programs, projects, and activities
funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner.

it modernization

For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized
infrastructure technology

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investment activities related to support systems, $6,889,000,
which shall be available through September 30, 2027.

office of inspector general

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to exceed
$5,841,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund:
Provided, That not more than $2,000,000 of the total amount
provided under this heading may be available until expended.

General Provisions

Sec. 101.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for
the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of
an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an
indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 102.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current
fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be
transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no
such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more
than 3 percent by any such transfer:  Provided, That the
transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used
to create any new program or to fund any project or activity
for which no funds are provided in this Act:  Provided
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15
days in advance of any transfer.
Sec. 103.  In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the
procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or
harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by
forced or indentured child labor in industries and host
countries already identified by the United States Department
of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.
Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in this section,
none of the funds made available to the Department of Labor
for grants under section 414(c) of the American
Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than
competitive grants for training individuals who are older
than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school
within a local educational agency in the occupations and
industries for which employers are using H-1B visas to hire
foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to
support such training.
Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available by this Act
under the heading ``Employment and Training Administration''
shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to
pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct
costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive
Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors
providing goods and services as defined in Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-133. Where States are
recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit
for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and
bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account
factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State,
the compensation levels for comparable State or local
government employees, and the size of the organizations that
administer Federal programs involved including Employment and
Training Administration programs.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary
may transfer funds made available to the Employment and
Training Administration by this Act, either directly or
through a set-aside, for technical assistance services to
grantees to ``Program Administration'' when it is determined
that those services will be more efficiently performed by
Federal employees:  Provided, That this section shall not
apply to section 171 of the WIOA.
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer
not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation
made available to the Employment and Training Administration
by this Act to ``Program Administration'' in order to carry
out program integrity activities relating to any of the
programs or activities that are funded under any such
discretionary appropriations:  Provided, That notwithstanding
section 102 and the preceding proviso, the Secretary may
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds made available in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of the ``Office of Job Corps'' account
to paragraph (3) of such account to carry out program
integrity activities related to the Job Corps program:
Provided further, That funds transferred under this
subsection shall be available to the Secretary to carry out
program integrity activities directly or through grants,
cooperative agreements, contracts and other arrangements with
States and other appropriate entities:  Provided further,
That funds transferred under the authority provided by this
subsection shall be available for obligation through
September 30, 2027.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75
percent from each appropriation made available in this Act
identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out
evaluations of any of the programs or activities that are
funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under this
section shall be transferred to ``Departmental Management''
for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within
the Department of Labor, and shall be available for
obligation through September 30, 2027:  Provided, That such
funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days
in advance of any transfer.
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are:
``Training and Employment Services'', ``Job Corps'',
``Community Service Employment for Older Americans'', ``State
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations'',
``Employee Benefits Security Administration'', ``Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs'', ``Wage and Hour Division'',
``Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'', ``Office
of Labor Management Standards'', ``Occupational Safety and
Health Administration'', ``Mine Safety and Health
Administration'', ``Office of Disability Employment Policy'',
funding made available to the ``Bureau of International Labor
Affairs'' and ``Women's Bureau'' within the ``Departmental
Management, Salaries and Expenses'' account, and ``Veterans'
Employment and Training''.
Sec. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following
text is part of such section:
``(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for
a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster
to any employee--
``(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from
or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not
engaged, directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting,
selling, or marketing property, casualty, or liability
insurance policies or contracts;
``(B) who receives from such employer on average weekly
compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any minimum
weekly amount established by the Secretary, whichever is
greater, for the number of weeks such employee is engaged in
any of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and
``(C) whose duties include any of the following:
``(i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals who
suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from or
relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians;
``(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing factual
information to prepare damage estimates;
``(iii) evaluating and making recommendations regarding
coverage or compensability of claims or determining liability
or value aspects of claims;
``(iv) negotiating settlements; or
``(v) making recommendations regarding litigation.
``(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the
exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).
``(3) For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) the term `major disaster' means any disaster or
catastrophe declared or designated by any State or Federal
agency or department;
``(B) the term `employee employed to adjust or evaluate
claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster'
means an individual who timely secured or secures a license
required by applicable law to engage in and perform the
activities described in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph
(1)(C) relating to a major disaster, and is employed by an
employer that maintains worker compensation insurance
coverage or protection for its employees, if required by
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, State, and
local income and payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and
any benefits of such employees; and
``(C) the term `affiliate' means a company that, by reason
of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the
outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of one
or more companies, directly or indirectly, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, another
company.''.
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of
enactment of this Act.
Sec. 109. (a) Flexibility With Respect to the Crossing of
H-2B Nonimmigrants Working in the Seafood Industry.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition
for H-2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood
industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants
described in the petition into the United States at any time
during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for
which the employer is seeking the services of the
nonimmigrants without filing another petition.
(2) Requirements for crossings after 90th day.--An employer
in the seafood industry may not bring H-2B nonimmigrants into
the United States after the date that is 90 days after the
start date for which the employer is seeking the services of
the nonimmigrants unless the employer--
(A) completes a new assessment of the local labor market
by--
(i) listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 separate
Sundays; and
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the appropriate
Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at the
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(B) offers the job to an equally or better qualified United
States worker who--
(i) applies for the job; and
(ii) will be available at the time and place of need.
(3) Exemption from rules with respect to staggering.--The
Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer in the
seafood industry who brings H-2B nonimmigrants into the
United States during the 120-day period specified in
paragraph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation
of section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal
Regulations, or any other applicable provision of law.
(b) H-2B Nonimmigrants Defined.--In this section, the term
``H-2B nonimmigrants'' means aliens admitted to the United
States pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)).
Sec. 110.  The determination of prevailing wage for the
purposes of the H-2B program shall be the greater of--(1) the
actual wage level paid by the employer to other employees
with similar experience and qualifications for such position
in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage level for
the occupational classification of the position in the
geographic area in which the H-2B nonimmigrant will be
employed, based on the best information available at the time
of filing the petition. In the determination of prevailing
wage for the purposes of the H-2B program, the Secretary
shall accept private wage surveys even in instances where
Occupational Employment Statistics survey data are available
unless the Secretary determines that the methodology and data
in the provided survey are not statistically supported.
Sec. 111.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in
20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition
found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Further,
for the purpose of regulating admission of temporary workers
under the H-2B program, the definition of temporary need
shall be that provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B).
Sec. 112.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements,
contracts, and other arrangements, not more than $450,000 of
excess personal property, at a value determined by the
Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for the purpose of
training apprentices in those programs.
Sec. 113. (a) The Act entitled ``An Act to create a
Department of Labor'', approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736,
chapter 141) is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor is authorized to
employ law enforcement officers or special agents to--
``(1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during
the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that is
preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official
duties by the Secretary;
``(2) provide protection, incidental to the protection
provided to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate
family of the Secretary who is participating in an activity
or event relating to the official duties of the Secretary;
``(3) provide continuous protection to the Secretary
(including during periods not described in paragraph (1)) and
to the members of the immediate family of the Secretary if
there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in
accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; and
``(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor
or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor
at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat
of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established
by the Secretary.
``(b) Authorities.--The Secretary of Labor may authorize a
law enforcement officer or special agent employed under
subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the duties
authorized under subsection (a), to--
``(1) carry firearms;
``(2) make arrests without a warrant for any offense
against the United States committed in the presence of such
officer or special agent;
``(3) perform protective intelligence work, including
identifying and mitigating potential threats and conducting
advance work to review security matters relating to sites and
events;
``(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and
``(5) initiate criminal and other investigations into
potential threats to the security of the Secretary, in
coordination with the Inspector General of the Department of
Labor.
``(c) Compliance With Guidelines.--A law enforcement
officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall
exercise any authority provided under this section in
accordance with any--
``(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and
``(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.''.
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of
enactment of this Act.
Sec. 114.  The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or
divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate,
including an agreement or partnership to construct a new Job
Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on which
the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and the Gary Job Corps
Center are situated. Any sale or other disposition, to
include any associated construction project, will not be
subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation
relating to the disposition of Federal real property or
relating to Federal procurement, including but not limited to
subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States
Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United
States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I of
title 41 of the United States Code. The net proceeds of such
a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be
available until expended for such project to carry out the
Job Corps Program on Treasure Island and the Job Corps
Program in and around San Marcos, Texas, respectively.
Sec. 115.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to--
(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement between
the United States Department of Labor and the United States
Department of Agriculture;
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Centers, except
if such closure is necessary to prevent the endangerment of
the health and safety of the students, the capacity of the
program is retained, and the requirements of section 159(j)
of the WIOA are met; or
(3) close any Job Corps Centers, except if such closure
meets the criterion entitled ``Long-Term Center Performance''
or the criterion entitled ``Evaluation of Continuing Center
Operations'' established by 81 FR 12529, the capacity of the
program is retained, and the requirements of section 159(j)
of the WIOA are met.

(rescission)

Sec. 116.  Of the unobligated funds available under section
286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1356(s)(2)), $200,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded
not later than September 30, 2026.

(rescission)

Sec. 117.  Of the funds made available under the heading
``Employment and Training Administration-Training and
Employment Services'' pursuant to section 1112 of the Full-
Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of
Public Law 119-4), $75,000,000 are hereby permanently
rescinded from amounts made available for the dislocated
workers assistance national reserve for the period October 1,
2025, through September 30, 2026.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

TITLE II

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

primary health care

For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ``PHS Act'') with
respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health
Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000:  Provided, That the
Secretary shall make continuation awards no later than the
day following the expiration of the period of performance:
Provided further, That no more than $1,000,000 shall be
available until expended for carrying out the provisions of
section 224(o) of the PHS Act:  Provided further, That no
more than $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for
carrying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section
224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the
Department of Health and Human Services (referred to in this
Act as ``HHS'') pertaining to administrative claims made
under such law:  Provided further, That the budget activities
specified in the table under this heading in the report
accompanying this Act shall be funded in the amounts
specified in such table.

health workforce

For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act
with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921
of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986, $1,383,376,000, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Health Workforce in the ``Amounts
Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the
report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That section
751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the proportional funding amounts
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS
Act shall not apply to funds made available under this
heading:  Provided further, That for any program operating
under section 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1,
2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to
in this title as the ``Secretary'') may hereafter waive any
of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and
751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period of a
grant under such section:  Provided further, That section
756(c) of the PHS Act shall apply to paragraphs (1) through
(4) of section 756(a) of such Act:  Provided further, That no
funds shall be available for section 340G-1 of the PHS Act:
Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of
information under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of
the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the
full costs of operating the programs authorized by such
sections and shall remain available until expended for the
National Practitioner Data Bank:  Provided further, That
funds transferred to this account to carry out section 846
and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be
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adjustments to awards made under such section and subpart:
Provided further, That amounts made available for the
National Health Service Corps (``NHSC'') shall remain
available until expended for the purposes of providing
primary health services, assigning National Health Service
Corps participants to expand the delivery of substance use
disorder treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment
priorities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D),
333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making
payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section
338B of such Act:  Provided further, That, within the amount
made available in the previous proviso, $24,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for the purposes of making
payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section
338B of the PHS Act, of which $16,000,000 shall be for
payments to individuals participating in such program who
provide primary health services in Indian Health Service
facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban
Indian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the
Secretary) and $8,000,000 shall be for payments to
individuals participating in such program who provide primary
health services in Maternity Care Health Professional Target
Areas, as determined by the Secretary, notwithstanding the
assignment priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of
such Act:  Provided further, That for purposes of the
previous two provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act
shall be applied as if the term ``primary health services''
includes clinical substance use disorder treatment services,
including those provided by masters level, licensed substance
use disorder treatment counselors:  Provided further, That
amounts made available for the Nurse Practitioner Optional
Fellowship Program shall be available to make grants to
establish, expand, or maintain optional community-based nurse
practitioner fellowship programs that are accredited or in
the accreditation process, with a preference for those in
Federally Qualified Health Centers, for practicing
postgraduate nurse practitioners in primary care or
behavioral health:  Provided further, That amounts made
available for Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment shall remain
available until expended for activities under section 775 of
the PHS Act:  Provided further, That the United States may
recover liquidated damages in an amount determined by the
formula under section 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an
individual either fails to begin or complete the service
obligated by a contract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act:
Provided further, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of
the PHS Act, the Secretary may include other mental and
behavioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems
appropriate:  Provided further, That the Secretary may
terminate a contract entered into under section 775 of the
PHS Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this
title for fiscal year 2026 contracts entered into under
section 338B of the PHS Act.
Amounts made available for Medical Student Education shall
remain available until expended for grants to public
institutions of higher education to expand or support
graduate education for physicians provided by such
institutions, including funding for infrastructure
development, maintenance, equipment, and minor renovations or
alterations:  Provided, That, in awarding such grants, the
Secretary shall give priority to public institutions of
higher education located in States with a projected primary
care provider shortage, as determined by the Secretary:
Provided further, That grants so awarded are limited to such
public institutions of higher education in States in the top
half of States with a projected primary care provider
shortage, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further,
That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded to such an
institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 per year:
Provided further, That such a grant may be awarded for a
period not to exceed 5 years:  Provided further, That such a
grant awarded with respect to a year to such an institution
shall be subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal
funds in an amount that is not more than 10 percent of the
total amount of Federal funds provided in the grant to such
institution with respect to such year.

maternal and child health

For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS
Act with respect to maternal and child health and title V of
the Social Security Act, $1,160,680,000, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Maternal and Child Health in the
``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That
notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the
Social Security Act, amounts made available for Special
Projects of Regional and National Significance shall be
available for carrying out special projects of regional and
national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such
Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described
in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such
Act, and the budget activities specified in the table under
this heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be
funded in the amounts specified in such table.

ryan white hiv/aids program

For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to
the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,571,041,000, which shall
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal
Year 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, of
which the amounts made available for Emergency Assistance
(Part A) and Comprehensive Care Programs (Part B) shall
remain available to the Secretary through September 30, 2028,
for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which
the amounts made available for the AIDS Drug Assistance
Program (ADAP) shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance
Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 311(c) of
such Act; and of which the amounts made available for Ending
the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Initiative shall remain available until
expended and shall be available to the Secretary for carrying
out a program of grants and contracts under title XXVI or
section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending the nationwide
HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants issued under such section
311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the PHS
Act, including the limitation on administrative expenses.

health systems

For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with
respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic
and Research Act of 2005, $127,009,000, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Health Systems in the ``Amounts
Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the
report accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made
available for Hansen's Disease Program - Buildings and
Facilities shall be available until expended for facility
renovations and other facilities-related expenses:  Provided,
That during the period covered by this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services may collect registration fees from
members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
(in this title referred to as ``OPTN''), authorized under
section 372 of the PHS Act, for each transplant candidate
such members place on the list described in subsection
(b)(2)(A)(i) of such section, including directly or through
awards made under subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section:
Provided further, That such fees may be credited to this
account, to remain available until expended, to support the
operation of the OPTN:  Provided further, That the Secretary
may distribute fees collected pursuant to the first proviso
under this heading among the awardee or awardees described in
subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 372 of the PHS Act as the
Secretary determines appropriate.

rural health

For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with
respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal
Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820
of the Social Security Act, $373,907,000, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Rural Health in the ``Amounts
Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the
report accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made
available for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants shall come
from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the
Social Security Act:  Provided, That of the funds made
available under this heading for Rural Hospital Flexibility
Grants, up to $21,942,000 shall be available for the Small
Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality
improvement and adoption of health information technology, no
less than $5,000,000 shall be available to award grants to
public or non-profit private entities for the Rural Emergency
Hospital Technical Assistance Program, and up to $1,000,000
shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social
Security Act, with funds provided for grants under section
1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation of
telehealth services and other efforts to improve health care
coordination for rural veterans between rural providers and
the Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That
the amounts made available for State Offices of Rural Health
shall be available notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS
Act:  Provided further, That the amounts for Rural Residency
Planning and Development Program shall remain available
through September 30, 2028.

family planning

For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act
to provide for voluntary family planning projects,
$286,479,000:  Provided, That amounts provided to said
projects under such title shall not be expended for
abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be
nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for
any activity (including the publication or distribution of
literature) that in any way tends to promote public support
or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for
public office.

hrsa-wide activities and program support

For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service Act
and for cross-cutting activities and program support for
activities funded in other appropriations included in this
Act for the Health Resources and Services Administration,
$1,078,036,000, of which $42,050,000 shall be for expenses
necessary for the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth,
including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for
the advancement of telehealth activities:  Provided, That
funds made available under this heading may be used to
supplement program support funding provided under the
headings ``Primary

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Health Care'', ``Health Workforce'', ``Maternal and Child
Health'', ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program'', ``Health
Systems'', and ``Rural Health'':  Provided further, That of
the amount made available under this heading, $873,748,000
shall be used for the projects financing the construction and
renovation (including equipment) of health care and other
facilities, and for the projects financing one-time grants
that support health-related activities, including training
and information technology, and in the amounts specified in
the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending''
included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided
further, That none of the funds made available for projects
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to
section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act.

vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Trust Fund (the ``Trust Fund''), such sums as may be
necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury
or death with respect to vaccines administered after
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of
the PHS Act, to remain available until expended:  Provided,
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed
$15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the
Secretary.

covered countermeasures process fund

For carrying out section 319F-4 of the PHS Act, $7,000,000,
to remain available until expended.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

immunization and respiratory diseases

For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section
2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, with respect to immunization and
respiratory diseases, $358,333,000,which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified as appropriations in
the table under this heading in the report accompanying this
Act.

hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and
tuberculosis prevention

For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS
Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually
transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention,
$1,381,056,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the table under this heading in the
report accompanying this Act.

emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821
of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic
infectious diseases, $711,272,000, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified as appropriations in
table under this heading in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, up to $1,000,000 from amounts made available for
Quarantine appropriations shall remain available until
expended to pay for the transportation, medical care,
treatment, and other related costs of persons quarantined or
isolated under Federal or State quarantine law.

chronic disease prevention and health promotion

For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of
the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and
health promotion, $1,088,497,000, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified as appropriations in
table under this heading in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That funds made available under this heading may
be available for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS
Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal
organizations:  Provided further, That the proportional
funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act
shall not apply to funds made available under this heading.

birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health

For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS
Act with respect to birth defects, developmental
disabilities, disabilities and health, $205,060,000, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
table under this heading in the report accompanying this Act.

public health scientific services

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act
with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health
informatics, and workforce development, $546,553,000, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified as
appropriations in the table under this heading in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That in addition to amounts
provided herein, $42,944,000 shall be from funds available
under section 241 of the PHS Act for health statistics.

environmental health

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act
with respect to environmental health, $191,850,000, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified as
appropriations in the table under this heading in the report
accompanying this Act.

injury prevention and control

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act
with respect to injury prevention and control, $761,379,000,
which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified
in the table under this heading in the report accompanying
this Act.

national institute for occupational safety and health

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act,
sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine
Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20,
21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with
respect to occupational safety and health, $363,800,000,
which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified
in the table under this heading in the report accompanying
this Act.

energy employees occupational illness compensation program

For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000,
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That this
amount shall be available consistent with the provision
regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) of
division B, title I of Public Law 106-554.

global health

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act
with respect to global health, $692,843,000, which shall be
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table
under this heading in the report accompanying this Act, of
which: (1) the amounts made available for the Global HIV/AIDS
Program shall remain available through September 30, 2027;
and (2) the amounts made available for the Global Public
Health Protection shall remain available through September
30, 2028:  Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries.

public health preparedness and response

For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of the
PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness and
response, and for expenses necessary to support activities
related to countering potential biological, nuclear,
radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations,
$933,200,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the table under this heading in the
report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That the Director of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to
in this title as ``CDC'') or the Administrator of the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff
without reimbursement to support an activation of the CDC
Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director or
Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority, a
full report within 30 days after use of this authority which
includes the number of staff and funding level broken down by
the originating center and number of days detailed, and an
update of such report every 180 days until staff are no
longer on detail without reimbursement to the CDC Emergency
Operations Center.

buildings and facilities

(including transfer of funds)

For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction,
installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities,
$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds made available to this account in this
or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition of
real property or for construction or improvement of
facilities shall be available to make improvements on non-
federally owned property, provided that any improvements that
are not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed
$2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such improvements
accrues to CDC:  Provided further, That funds previously set-
aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn
Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a
replacement mine safety research facility:  Provided further,
That funds made available to this account in this or any
prior Act that are available for the acquisition of real
property or for construction or improvement of facilities in
conjunction with the new replacement mine safety research
facility shall be available to make improvements on non-
federally owned property, provided that any improvements that
are not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed
$5,000,000:  Provided further, That in addition, the prior
year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned to former
employees in accounts of CDC made available for Individual
Learning Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the
amounts made available under this heading to support the
replacement of the mine safety research facility.

cdc-wide activities and program support

(including transfer of funds)

For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section
2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and
program support for activities funded in other appropriations
included in this Act for the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, $381,570,000, which shall be for the purposes and
in the amounts specified as appropriations in the table under
this heading in the report accompanying this Act, of which
the amounts made available for Public Health Infrastructure
and Capacity appropriations shall remain available through
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That paragraphs (1) through
(3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act

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shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and
in all other accounts of the CDC:  Provided further, That the
amounts made available for Infectious Diseases Rapid Response
Reserve Fund appropriations shall remain available until
expended and shall be available to the Director of the CDC
for deposit in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve
Fund established by section 231 of division B of Public Law
115-245:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading may be used to support a contract for the
operation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of
activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to
address public health preparedness emergencies:  Provided
further, That employees of CDC or the Public Health Service,
both civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to States,
municipalities, or other organizations under authority of
section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall
be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes
only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling
applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period
of detail or assignment:  Provided further, That CDC may use
up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act
for official reception and representation expenses when
specifically approved by the Director of CDC:  Provided
further, That in addition, such sums as may be derived from
authorized user fees, which shall be credited to the
appropriation charged with the cost thereof:  Provided
further, That with respect to the previous proviso,
authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program and
the Respirator Certification Program shall be available
through September 30, 2027.

National Institutes of Health

national cancer institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to cancer, $7,374,159,000, of which up to
$30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and
improvements at the National Cancer Institute--Frederick
Federally Funded Research and Development Center in
Frederick, Maryland:  Provided, That not less than
$28,000,000 is provided for implementation of the Childhood
Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, Research (STAR) Act,
and shall remain available until expended:  Provided further,
That not less than $50,000,000 is provided for the Childhood
Cancer Data Initiative.

national heart, lung, and blood institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and
blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000.

national institute of dental and craniofacial research

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases,
$520,163,000.

national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease,
$2,320,721,000.

national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to neurological disorders and stroke,
$2,773,925,000:  Provided, That, in addition to amounts
available for such purpose in the appropriations provided to
the National Institute on Drug Abuse in this Act, not less
than $285,295,000 is provided for the Helping to End
Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative:  Provided further,
That not less than $18,000,000 is provided for the
Undiagnosed Diseases Network:  Provided further, That not
less than $100,000,000 is provided for expanded access grants
as authorized by section 2 of the Accelerating Access to
Critical Therapies for ALS Act:  Provided further, That any
amounts provided in the previous proviso and remaining after
carrying out the expanded access grant program described in
such proviso shall be used to support public-private research
partnerships as authorized by section 3 of the Accelerating
Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act:  Provided further,
That any amounts provided in the third proviso under this
heading and remaining after carrying out the public-private
research partnerships described in the previous proviso shall
be used for other ALS research identified by the National
Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as ``NIH'')
ALS Strategic Priorities:  Provided further, That, in
addition to amounts available for such purpose in the
appropriations provided to the National Institute of Mental
Health in this Act and amounts available for such purposes
under the heading ``NIH Innovation Account, Cures Act'' in
this Act, not less than $69,890,000 is provided for the BRAIN
Initiative.

national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to allergy and infectious diseases,
$6,592,279,000:  Provided, That not less than $565,000,000 is
provided for research on antimicrobial resistance:  Provided
further, That not less than $270,000,000 is provided for
research to develop universal flu vaccines:  Provided
further, That not less than $110,000,000 is provided for
research on Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses:
Provided further, That not less than $52,000,000 is provided
for regional biocontainment laboratories.

national institute of general medical sciences

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to general medical sciences, $3,244,679,000, of
which $1,412,482,000 shall be from funds available under
section 241 of the PHS Act:  Provided, That not less than
$430,956,000 is provided for the Institutional Development
Awards program.

eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human
development

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to child health and human development,
$1,779,078,000:  Provided, That not less than $73,400,000 is
provided for the Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy
Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative:  Provided
further, That not less than $1,300,000 is provided for the
Safe to Sleep Campaign.

national eye institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders,
$896,549,000.

national institute of environmental health sciences

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to environmental health sciences, $913,979,000.

national institute on aging

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to aging, $4,557,623,000:  Provided, That not
less than $12,000,000 is provided to support a national
Consortium for Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan.

national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin
diseases, $685,465,000.

national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to deafness and other communication disorders,
$534,333,000.

national institute of nursing research

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000.

national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $595,318,000.

national institute on drug abuse

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000:  Provided, That,
in addition to amounts available for such purpose in the
appropriations provided to the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke in this Act, not less than
$365,295,000 is provided for the Helping to End Addiction
Long-term (HEAL) Initiative.

national institute of mental health

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to mental health, $2,193,843,000:  Provided
further, That, in addition to amounts available for such
purpose in the appropriations provided to the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in this Act
and amounts available for such purposes under the heading
``NIH Innovation Account, Cures Act'' in this Act, not less
than $70,028,000 is provided for the BRAIN Initiative.

national human genome research institute

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to human genome research, $663,200,000.

national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering
research, $440,627,000.

national center for complementary and integrative health

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to complementary and integrative health,
$170,384,000.

national institute on minority health and health disparities

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to minority health and health disparities
research, $534,395,000:  Provided, That $6,000,000 is
provided for the Initiative for Improving Native American
Cancer Outcomes:  Provided further, That $4,000,000 is
provided for a Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Health
Research Office:  Provided further, That not less than
$12,000,000 is provided for the John Lewis Research Endowment
Program.

john e. fogarty international center

For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of
title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000.

national library of medicine

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to health information communications,
$497,548,000:  Provided, That of the amounts available for
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That
in fiscal year 2026, the National Library of Medicine may
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of
services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under
the jurisdiction of the NIH.

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national center for advancing translational sciences

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act
with respect to translational sciences, $938,323,000:
Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to implement
section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures
Acceleration Network:  Provided further, That at least
$629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational
Sciences Awards program.

office of the director

(including transfer of funds)

For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the
Director, NIH, $2,447,914,000:  Provided, That funding shall
be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only:  Provided further, That
all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund shall remain
available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which
they are deposited:  Provided further, That $180,000,000
shall be for the Environmental Influences on Child Health
Outcomes study:  Provided further, That $572,401,000 shall be
available for the Common Fund established under section
402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act:  Provided further, That of the
funds provided, $90,000,000 is for the INCLUDE Initiative:
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall
be for official reception and representation expenses when
specifically approved by the Director of the NIH:  Provided
further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office
of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make
grants for construction or renovation of facilities as
provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act:
Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be used to carry out
section 404I of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating to
biomedical and behavioral research facilities:  Provided
further, That $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for the ``Office of Inspector
General'' for oversight of grant programs and operations of
the NIH, including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of
its grant application evaluation and selection processes, and
shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for
oversight of the NIH:  Provided further, That amounts made
available under this heading are also available to establish,
operate, and support the Research Policy Board authorized by
section 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act:  Provided
further, That not less than $106,480,000 is provided for the
Office of Research on Women's Health and such funds shall
also be available for making grants to serve and promote the
interests of women in research, and the Director of such
Office may, in making such grants, use the authorities
available to NIH Institutes and Centers:  Provided further,
That not less than $10,000,000 of the amount provided in the
previous proviso shall be made available to support the
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health
program:  Provided further, That not less than $12,500,000 is
provided for firearm injury and mortality prevention
research.
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund
established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000
is appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric
Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the
purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS
Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in the
Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act.

buildings and facilities

For the study of, construction of, demolition of,
renovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities
of or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real
property, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended.

nih innovation account, cures act

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described
in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in
addition to amounts available for such purposes in the
appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, $226,000,000,
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such
amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 1001(b)(3) of
such Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under
section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by
the Director of the National Institutes of Health to other
accounts of the National Institutes of Health solely for the
purposes provided in such Act:  Provided further, That upon a
determination by the Director that funds transferred pursuant
to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes
provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the
Account:  Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other
transfer authority provided by law.

advanced research projects agency for health

For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV of the
PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects for
health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through September
30, 2028.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

mental health

For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with
respect to mental health, the Protection and Advocacy for
Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the SUPPORT for
Patients and Communities Act, $2,767,407,000:  Provided, That
of the funds made available under this heading, $98,887,000
shall be for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $986,532,000 shall be for the Mental Health Block
Grant:  Provided further, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $130,000,000 shall be for Children's
Mental Health Services:  Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $66,635,000 shall be for
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $40,000,000 shall be for Protection and Advocacy for
Individuals with Mental Illness:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds
appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall be available
for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act:  Provided
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein,
$21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS
Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS
Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, national
data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further
that the total available under this Act for section 1920(b)
activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts
appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX:  Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading
for subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least
5 percent shall be available to support evidence-based crisis
systems:  Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the
amounts made available to carry out the Children's Mental
Health Services program may be used to carry out
demonstration grants or contracts for early interventions
with persons not more than 25 years of age at clinical high
risk of developing a first episode of psychosis:  Provided
further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not
apply to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2026:
Provided further, That $385,500,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2028 for grants to communities and community
organizations who meet criteria for Certified Community
Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of
Public Law 113-93:  Provided further, That none of the funds
provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to
section 241 of such Act:  Provided further, That the budget
activities specified in the table under this heading in the
report accompanying this Act shall be funded in the amounts
specified as appropriations in such table:  Provided further,
That amounts made available for 988 Lifeline appropriations
shall be for the purposes described in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That amounts made
available for Assisted Outpatient Treatment appropriations
shall be to carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access to
Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22
note).

substance abuse treatment

For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with
respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such
Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and prevention,
section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, and the SUPPORT
for Patients and Communities Act, $4,103,098,000:  Provided,
That $1,595,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 1003 of
the 21st Century Cures Act:  Provided further, That of such
amount in the preceding proviso not less than 4 percent shall
be made available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations:
Provided further, That $1,948,879,000 shall be for the
Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services
Block Grant:  Provided further, That in addition to amounts
provided herein, the following amounts shall be available
under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry
out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund
section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data
collection and evaluation activities, and further that the
total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for
subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to
evaluate substance abuse treatment programs:  Provided
further, That $559,219,000 shall be for programs of regional
and national significance, which shall be for the purposes
and in the amounts specified in the table under this heading
in the report accompanying this Act, other than amounts
specified in such table as PHS Evaluation Funds:  Provided
further, That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of
the PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject
to section 241 of such Act.

substance abuse prevention

For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with
respect to substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
table under this heading in the report accompanying this Act.

health surveillance and program support

For program support and cross-cutting activities that
supplement activities funded under the headings ``Mental
Health'', ``Substance Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance
Abuse Prevention'' in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of
the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals
with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, $175,866,000, which shall be
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table
under this heading in the report accompanying this Act, other
than amounts specified in such table as PHS Evaluation Funds:

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Provided, That the amounts made available for
Congressionally Directed Spending shall be used for the
projects, and in the amounts, specified for this account in
the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending''
included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided
further, That none of the funds made available for projects
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to
section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act:
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided
herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of
the PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry out
national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect
and analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness and
technical assistance activities:  Provided further, That, in
addition, fees may be collected for the costs of
publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis
completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a
public or private entity upon request, which shall be
credited to this appropriation and shall remain available
until expended for such purposes:  Provided further, That
amounts made available in this Act for carrying out section
501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available through
September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading (other than amounts specified in
the first proviso under this heading) may be used to
supplement program support funding provided under the
headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance Abuse Treatment'',
and ``Substance Abuse Prevention''.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

healthcare research and quality

For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A
of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003, $345,380,000, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table under
this heading in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided,
That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal
year 2026:  Provided further, That in addition, amounts
received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable
and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be
credited to this appropriation and shall remain available
until September 30, 2027.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

grants to states for medicaid

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI
and XIX of the Social Security Act, $508,148,791,000, to
remain available until expended.
In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31,
2026, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2026 for
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year,
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended.
In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first
quarter of fiscal year 2027, $316,514,725,000, to remain
available until expended.
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter
with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect
during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter
and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.

payments to the health care trust funds

For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund,
as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D-16 of the
Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social
Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law
97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $593,817,000,000.
In addition, for making matching payments under section
1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D-16 of the
Social Security Act that were not anticipated in budget
estimates, such sums as may be necessary.

program management

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI,
XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII
and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not to exceed
$3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical
Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the
Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in
accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the
Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h) of the Social Security
Act, and such sums as may be collected from authorized user
fees and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this
account and remain available until expended:  Provided, That
all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from
organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act
shall be credited to and available for carrying out the
purposes of this appropriation:  Provided further, That the
Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2026
from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible
organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876
of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act:
Provided further, That of the amount made available under
this heading, $397,334,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027, and shall be available for the Survey and
Certification Program:  Provided further, That amounts
available under this heading to support quality improvement
organizations (as defined in section 1152 of the Social
Security Act) shall not exceed the amount specifically
provided for such purpose under this heading in division H of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-
141).

health care fraud and abuse control account

In addition to amounts otherwise available for program
integrity and program management, $941,000,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2027, to be transferred from
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which
$699,058,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services program integrity activities, of which $108,735,000
shall be for the Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud and abuse
activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and
of which $133,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice
to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section
1817(k)(3) of such Act:  Provided, That the report required
by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal
year 2026 shall include measures of the operational
efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds provided
by this appropriation:  Provided further, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is provided to meet
the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget, and
$630,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for
purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget for
additional health care fraud and abuse control activities:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide not less
than $35,000,000 from amounts made available under this
heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 2026 under
section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the
Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud
and abuse.

Administration for Children and Families

payments to states for child support enforcement and family support
programs

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I,
IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the
Act of July 5, 1960, $4,147,000,000, to remain available
until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter
of fiscal year 2027, $1,800,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and
XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960,
for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for
unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year,
such sums as may be necessary.

low income home energy assistance

For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of
section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $4,045,000,000:  Provided,
That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, not more
than $9,600,000 may be reserved by the Secretary for
technical assistance, training, and monitoring of program
activities for compliance with internal controls, policies
and procedures, and to supplement funding otherwise available
for necessary administrative expenses to carry out such Act,
and the Secretary may, in addition to the authorities
provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through
contracts with private entities that do not qualify as
nonprofit organizations:  Provided further, That all but
$907,348,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such
payments for fiscal year 2026 was less than $1,975,000,000:
Provided further, That, after applying all applicable
provisions of section 2604 of such Act and the previous
proviso, each State or territory that would otherwise receive
an allocation that is less than 97 percent of the amount that
it received under this heading for fiscal year 2025 from
amounts appropriated pursuant to section 1101(a)(8) of
division A of Public Law 119-4 shall have its allocation
increased to that 97 percent level, with the portions of
other States' and territories' allocations that would exceed
100 percent of the amounts they respectively received in such
fashion for fiscal year 2025 being ratably reduced:  Provided
further, That by November 1 of the current year, the
Secretary shall award to each State no less than 90 percent
of its total allotment, as calculated pursuant to the
preceding two provisos.

refugee and entrant assistance

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance
activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education
Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization
Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
(``TVPA''), and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998,
$5,691,033,000, of which $5,641,278,000 shall remain
available through September 30, 2028 for carrying out such
sections 414, 501, 462, and 235:  Provided,

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That amounts available under this heading to carry out the
TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation with
respect to activities under such Act:  Provided further, That
the limitation in section 205 of this Act regarding transfers
increasing any appropriation shall apply to transfers to
appropriations under this heading by substituting ``15
percent'' for ``3 percent'':  Provided further, That the
contribution of funds requirement under section
235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 shall not
apply to funds made available under this heading:  Provided
further, That for any month in fiscal year 2026 that the
number of unaccompanied children referred to the Department
of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 462 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 and section 235 of the William
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization
Act of 2008 exceeds 16,000, as determined by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, an additional $15,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be made
available for obligation for every 500 unaccompanied children
above that level (including a pro rata amount for any
increment less than 500), for carrying out such sections 462
and 235.

payments to states for the child care and development block grant

For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990 (``CCDBG Act''), $8,831,387,000 shall be used to
supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for
child care assistance for low-income families:  Provided,
That technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such
Act may be provided directly, or through the use of
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or interagency
agreements:  Provided further, That all funds made available
to carry out section 418 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for that purpose in
such section 418 or any other provision of law, shall be
subject to the reservation of funds authority in paragraphs
(4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act:  Provided
further, That in addition to the amounts required to be
reserved by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such
Act, $238,446,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal
organizations:  Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, the Secretary may reserve up to
0.5 percent for Federal administrative expenses:  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall award to each State its
allotted amount within 30 days of enactment of this Act and
no less than quarterly thereafter.

social services block grant

For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the
Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000:  Provided, That
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such
Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph
for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX-
A of such Act shall be 10 percent.

children and families services programs

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student
Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and
Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title
II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption
Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B-1 of
title IV and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and
1115 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services
Block Grant Act (``CSBG Act''); and for necessary
administrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI,
XIV, XVI, and XX-A of the Social Security Act, the Act of
July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act
of 1981, $14,900,140,000, which shall be for the purposes and
in the amounts specified in the table under this heading in
the report accompanying this Act, of which the amounts for
Adoption Incentives shall remain available through September
30, 2027, and shall be for grants to States for adoption and
legal guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section
473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions
and legal guardianships completed before September 30, 2026:
Provided, That the amounts made available for Head Start
shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act,
including for Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and,
of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act:
(1) $77,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living
adjustment, and with respect to any continuing appropriations
act, funding available for a cost of living adjustment shall
not be construed as an authority or condition under this Act;
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the
Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs
(7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head Start Act under
the Designation Renewal System, established under the
authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of
such Act, and such funds shall not be included in the
calculation of ``base grant'' in subsequent fiscal years, as
such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act;
(3) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Colleges
and Universities Head Start Partnership Program consistent
with section 648(g) of such Act;
(4) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2027 for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia
for the start-up and operation of Head Start services and for
the provision of training and technical assistance: Provided,
That an agency awarded these funds shall not be subject to
the requirements of the system for designation renewal as
defined by section 641 of the Head Start Act, for this award
only, prior to 24 months after the date of such award; and
(5) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement funding
otherwise available for research, evaluation, and Federal
administrative costs:
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the
reservation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act
in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections
640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall award funding for
continuation awards and new award cycles that continue
previous activities under existing awards no later than the
day following the expiration of the period of performance:
Provided further, That the amounts made available for
Preschool Development Grants shall be available until
December 31, 2026 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of
the Every Student Succeeds Act:  Provided further, That up to
3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall be
available for technical assistance and evaluation related to
grants awarded under such section 9212:  Provided further,
That for services furnished under the CSBG Act with funds
made available for such purpose in this fiscal year and in
fiscal year 2025, States may apply the last sentence of
section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by substituting ``200
percent'' for ``125 percent'':  Provided further, That the
amounts made available for Community Economic Development and
Rural Community Facilities shall be for section 680 of the
CSBG Act, of which the amounts made available for Community
Economic Development shall be for section 680(a)(2) and the
amounts made available for Rural Community Facilities shall
be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act:  Provided further,
That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, to
the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are
distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity
as provided under such Act, and have not been expended by
such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover
into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity
consistent with program purposes:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the
disposition of intangible assets and program income that
permit such assets acquired with, and program income derived
from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG
Act to become the sole property of such grantees after a
period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant
period for any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A)
of the CSBG Act:  Provided further, That intangible assets in
the form of loans, equity investments and other debt
instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for
any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of
the CSBG Act:  Provided further, That these procedures shall
apply to such grant funds made available after November 29,
1999:  Provided further, That funds appropriated for section
680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing
construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in
private business enterprises owned by community development
corporations:  Provided further, That the amounts made
available for Family Violence Prevention and Services shall
be for carrying out section 303(a) of the Family Violence
Prevention and Services Act, of which $7,000,000 shall be
allocated notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of such Act for
carrying out section 309 of such Act:  Provided further, That
the percentages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds
appropriated under this heading:  Provided further, That the
amounts made available for Disaster Human Services Case
Management shall be for a human services case management
system for federally declared disasters, to include a
comprehensive national case management contract and Federal
costs of administering the system:  Provided further, That up
to $2,000,000 of the amounts made available for Program
Direction shall be for improving the Public Assistance
Reporting Information System, including grants to States to
support data collection for a study of the system's
effectiveness:  Provided further, That the amounts made
available for Congressionally Directed Spending shall be used
for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for this
account in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for
projects described in the preceding proviso shall be subject
to section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act.

promoting safe and stable families

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436
of the Social Security Act, $420,000,000 and, for carrying
out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act,
$62,515,000:  Provided, That of the funds available to carry
out section 437, $62,515 ,000 shall be allocated consistent
with subsections (b) through (d) of such section:  Provided
further, That of the funds available to carry out section
437, $2,750,000, in addition to funds otherwise appropriated
in section 476 for such purposes, shall be for the Family
First Clearinghouse and to support evaluation and technical
assistance relating to the evaluation of

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child and family services:  Provided further, That section
437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous proviso
by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``3.3 percent'', and
notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may
be used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating
practices to meet the criteria specified in section
471(e)(4)(C):  Provided further, That the reservation in
section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall
not apply to funds specified in the second proviso.

payments for foster care and permanency

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E
of the Social Security Act, $6,843,000,000.
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E
of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2027, $3,800,000,000.
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV-E of
the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current
fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

Administration for Community Living

aging and disability services programs

(including transfer of funds)

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Older Americans Act of 1965 (``OAA''), the RAISE Family
Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act,
sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 of the
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008,
title XX-B of the Social Security Act, the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts
2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II
and VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-wide
coordination of policy and program activities that assist
individuals with disabilities, $2,445,737,000, which shall be
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for Administration for
Community Living in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for
Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act,
other than amounts specified for Prevention and Public Health
Fund or for State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP),
of which the amounts made available for Congressionally
Directed Spending shall be used for the projects, and in the
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report
accompanying this Act, together with $55,242,000 to be
transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to
carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1990:  Provided, That of amounts made available under
this heading to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the
OAA, up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for
developing and implementing evidence-based practices for
enhancing senior nutrition, including medically-tailored
meals:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, funds made available under this
heading to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be
transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance
with such section:  Provided further, That up to 5 percent of
the funds provided for adult protective services grants under
section 2042 of title XX of the Social Security Act may be
used to make grants to Tribes and tribal organizations:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under
this heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in
section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals
with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to
pursue any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf
of an individual or group of individuals with a developmental
disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the
Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights
Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a
mental impairment (or a combination of mental and physical
impairments), that has as the requested remedy the closure of
State operated intermediate care facilities for people with
intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable
public notice of the action has been provided to such
individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the
legal guardians who have been specifically awarded authority
by the courts to make healthcare and residential decisions on
behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such action,
within 90 days of instituting such legal action, which
informs such individuals (or such legal guardians) of their
legal rights and how to exercise such rights consistent with
current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:  Provided further,
That the limitations in the immediately preceding proviso
shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither
competent to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the
proviso apply in the case of individuals who are a ward of
the State or subject to public guardianship:  Provided
further, That none of the funds made available for projects
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to
section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act.

Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

research, development, and procurement

For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of title
XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research,
development, storage, production, and procurement of medical
countermeasures to counter potential chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian populations,
$3,127,991,000:  Provided, That of such amount:
(1) $1,015,000,000, to remain available through September
30, 2027, shall be for expenses necessary to support advanced
research and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS
Act and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical
Advanced Research and Development Authority, of which not
less than $10,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary to
support the Disease X Medical Countermeasure Program;
(2) $825,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be for expenses necessary for procuring security
countermeasures (as defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the
PHS Act);
(3) $980,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be for expenses necessary to carry out section 319F-2(a) of
the PHS Act; and
(4) $307,991,000 shall be for expenses necessary to prepare
for or respond to an influenza pandemic, of which
$280,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
activities including the development and purchase of
vaccines, antivirals, necessary medical supplies,
diagnostics, and surveillance tools:  Provided, That
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds
allocated under this paragraph may be used for the
construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for
the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other
biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or
renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such
vaccines or biologics:
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading
for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures shall
be in addition to any other funds made available for such
purposes:  Provided further, That products purchased with
funds made available under this heading may, at the
discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic
National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F-2 of the PHS Act.

operations, preparedness, and emergency response

For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and B of
title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emergency
response activities related to countering potential chemical,
biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and other
public health emergencies, $488,606,000:  Provided, That of
the amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000
shall remain available through September 30, 2028, to support
emergency operations:  Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading, $78,904,000 is provided
for the National Disaster Medical System:  Provided further,
That of the amounts made available under this heading,
$309,055,000 is provided for Health Care Readiness and
Recovery:  Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, $6,240,000 is provided for
Medical Reserve Corps:  Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2027, for advanced research and
development, manufacturing, production, procurement,
distribution, and the acquisition, construction, alteration,
or renovation of non-federally owned facilities for the
production and purchase of medical countermeasures, which may
include the development, translation, and demonstration at
scale of innovations in manufacturing platform.

Office of the Secretary

general departmental management

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general
departmental management, including hire of six passenger
motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI,
and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico
Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under
section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $497,144,000,
together with $64,828,000 from the amounts available under
section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or
human services research and evaluation activities:  Provided,
That of this amount, $56,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS
prevention and treatment activities:  Provided further, That
of the funds made available under this heading, $101,000,000
shall be for making competitive contracts and grants to
public and private entities to fund medically accurate and
age appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for
the Federal costs associated with administering and
evaluating such contracts and grants, of which not more than
10 percent of the available funds shall be for training and
technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional
program support activities, and of the remaining amount 75
percent shall be for replicating programs that have been
proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce
teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage
pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 25 percent
shall be available for research and demonstration grants to
develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and
innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy:
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this
heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS
Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations
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longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention
approaches:  Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for making
competitive grants which exclusively implement education in
sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from
non-marital sexual activity):  Provided further, That funding
for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall
use medically accurate information referenced to peer-
reviewed publications by educational, scientific,
governmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence-
based approach integrating research findings with practical
implementation that aligns with the needs and desired
outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the benefits
associated with self-regulation, success sequencing for
poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and
resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth
risk behaviors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use
without normalizing teen sexual activity:  Provided further,
That no more than 10 percent of the funding for such
competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be
available for technical assistance and administrative costs
of such programs:  Provided further, That funds provided in
this Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to
provide to individuals adopting embryos, through grants and
other mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed
necessary for such adoptions:  Provided further, That such
services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4):
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize
competitions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to
accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of
the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15
U.S.C. 3719)).
In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title II
of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise provided,
activities related to safeguarding classified national
security information and providing intelligence and national
security support across the Department and to counter
cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, $108,983,000.
In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, prepare
for, or respond to an influenza pandemic, $7,009,000.

medicare hearings and appeals

For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and appeals in
the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2027, to be transferred in
appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Fund.

office of the national coordinator for health information technology

For expenses necessary for the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the
development and advancement of interoperable health
information technology, $69,238,000 shall be from amounts
made available under section 241 of the PHS Act.

office of inspector general

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General,
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for
investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the
Inspector General Act of 1978, $87,000,000:  Provided, That
of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for
providing protective services to the Secretary and
investigating non-payment of child support cases for which
non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this
heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out
activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act (42
U.S.C. 300jj-52).

office for civil rights

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
$39,798,000.

retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health
Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for
payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection
Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of
dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents'
Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during the
current fiscal year.

General Provisions

Sec. 201.  Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception
and representation expenses when specifically approved by the
Secretary.
Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated in this title
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a
grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of
Executive Level II:  Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH
from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an individual
at this rate.
Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except
for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other
taps and assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior
to the preparation and submission of a report by the
Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of
such funds.
Sec. 204.  Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act,
such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more
than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs
authorized under such Act shall be made available for the
evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and the
implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in this
title.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current
fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred between
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased
by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:  Provided, That
the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be
used to create any new program or to fund any project or
activity for which no funds are provided in this Act:
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at
least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
Sec. 206.  In lieu of the timeframe specified in section
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such
section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of a
contract awarded in fiscal year 2026 under section 338B of
such Act, or at any time if the individual who has been
awarded such contract has not received funds due under the
contract.
Sec. 207.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act
unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary
that it encourages family participation in the decision of
minors to seek family planning services and that it provides
counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce
minors into engaging in sexual activities.
Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be
exempt from any State law requiring notification or the
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse,
rape, or incest.
Sec. 209.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used
to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary
denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible
entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because
the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide,
pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for
abortions:  Provided, That the Secretary shall make
appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment
to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of
the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's
enrollees):  Provided further, That nothing in this section
shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage
for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization
described in this section shall be responsible for informing
enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare
covered services.
Sec. 210.  None of the funds made available in this title
may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun
control.
Sec. 211.  The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health
Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in
AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency
for International Development, the United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health
Organization.
Sec. 212.  In order for HHS to carry out international
health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health
activities abroad during fiscal year 2026:
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that
available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary
shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief
of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this
section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable
statutes administered by the Department of State.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by
advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be
necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration,
renovation, and management of facilities outside of the
United States for the use of HHS. The Department of State
shall cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS
has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with
applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other
facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by
this Act. The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative
agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit private
institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries,
funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in
those countries as necessary to conduct programs of
assistance for international health activities, including
activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious
diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other
health activities abroad.
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel
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Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to
those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 4086 and
subject to such regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The
Secretary is further authorized to provide locality-based
comparability payments (stated as a percentage) up to the
amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as
a percentage) that would be payable to such personnel under
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if such
personnel's official duty station were in the District of
Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this
subsection shall be on the same basis as that provided under
subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or
section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to
individuals serving in the Foreign Service.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 213.  The Director of the NIH, jointly with the
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3
percent among institutes and centers from the total amounts
identified by these two Directors as funding for research
pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus:  Provided,
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days
in advance of any transfer.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 214.  Of the amounts made available in this Act for
NIH, the amount for research related to the human
immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director
of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall
be made available to the ``Office of AIDS Research'' account.
The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer
from such account amounts necessary to carry out section
2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.
Sec. 215. (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Director of NIH (``Director'') may use
funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to
enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative
agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified
pursuant to or research and activities described in such
section 402(b)(12).
(b) Peer Review.--In entering into transactions under
subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review
procedures (including consultation with appropriate
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be
appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review
procedures that would otherwise be required under sections
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and
494 of the PHS Act.
(c) Notification.--The Director shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate not later than 15 days after the Director exercises
the authority under subsection (a) for any transaction that
is expected to cost the NIH in excess of $100,000,000.
Sec. 216.  Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds appropriated
by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or
improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and
efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not
to exceed $5,000,000 per project.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 217.  Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent
of the amount made available for National Research Service
Awards (``NRSA'') shall be made available to the
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have
received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747
of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available
for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA
awards for health service research.
Sec. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority (``BARDA'') may enter into a contract,
for more than one but no more than 10 program years, for
purchase of research services or of security countermeasures,
as that term is defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(1)(B)), if--
(1) funds are available and obligated--
(A) for the full period of the contract or for the first
fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and
(B) for the estimated costs associated with a necessary
termination of the contract; and
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract
will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by
encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in
administration, performance, and operation of BARDA's
programs.
(b) A contract entered into under this section--
(1) shall include a termination clause as described by
subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States
Code; and
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice
requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.
Sec. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal
year 2027 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites
information concerning the employment of full-time equivalent
Federal employees or contractors for the purposes of
implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying
out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments made by
that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal year
since the enactment of the ACA.
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by
all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA
(and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall
include, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act
under which such funds were appropriated, a statement
indicating the program, project, or activity receiving such
funds, the Federal operating division or office that
administers such program, and the amount of funding received
in discretionary or mandatory appropriations.
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time
equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each
authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with
paragraph (1).
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude
from the report employees or contractors who--
(1) are supported through appropriations enacted in laws
other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to
the passage of the ACA;
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities
funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a
requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.
Sec. 220.  The Secretary shall publish, as part of the
fiscal year 2027 budget of the President submitted under
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information
that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health
Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment
of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal
year 2027. Such information shall include, for each such
fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity
specified under the heading ``Health Insurance Exchange
Transparency'' in the report accompanying this Act.
Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal
Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred
from other accounts funded by this Act to the ``Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services--Program Management'' account,
may be used for payments under section 1342(b)(1) of Public
Law 111-148 (relating to risk corridors).

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section
4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts
specified, and for the activities specified under the heading
``Prevention and Public Health Fund'' in the report
accompanying this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the
Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under
section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without
reference to section 2821(b) of such Act.
Sec. 223.  Effective during the period beginning on
November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2028, any provision of
law that refers (including through cross-reference to another
provision of law) to the current recommendations of the
United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to
breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention shall be
administered by the Secretary involved as if--
(1) such reference to such current recommendations were a
reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with
respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and
prevention last issued before 2009; and
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to
any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)).
Sec. 224.  In making Federal financial assistance, the
provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45,
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the
approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue
to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same
extent and in the same manner as such provisions were applied
in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the funds
appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made
available to the Department of Health and Human Services or
to any department or agency may be used to develop or
implement a modified approach to such provisions, or to
intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of
the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond
the proportional effect of such approvals in such quarter.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 225.  The NIH Director may transfer funds for opioid
addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and
addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to other
Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the same
purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate:  Provided, That the transfer authority provided in
the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer
authority provided by law.

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Sec. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate:
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the Exchanges
established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the open
enrollment period; and
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant awards,
including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the
Public Health Service Act.
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in advance
of any public release of enrollment information or the award
of such grants.
Sec. 227.  In addition to the amounts otherwise available
for ``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program
Management'', the Secretary of Health and Human Services may
transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account from the Federal
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program management
activity related to the Medicare Program:  Provided, That
except for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used
to support any provision of Public Law 111-148 or Public Law
111-152 (or any amendment made by either such Public Law) or
to supplant any other amounts within such account.
Sec. 228.  The Department of Health and Human Services
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and Senate a biannual report 30 days after
enactment of this Act on staffing described in the report
accompanying this Act.
Sec. 229.  Funds appropriated in this Act that are
available for salaries and expenses of employees of the
Department of Health and Human Services shall also be
available to pay travel and related expenses of such an
employee or of a member of his or her family, when such
employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a
U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that are
the subject of a determination of a public health emergency
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such
travel is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness,
injury, or medical condition that cannot be adequately
addressed in that location at that time. For purposes of this
section, the term ``U.S. territory'' means Guam, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands,
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands.
Sec. 230.  The Department of Health and Human Services may
accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental
organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal
Government for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as
defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of
Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Children and
Families, including medical goods and services, which may
include early childhood developmental screenings, school
supplies, toys, clothing, and any other items intended to
promote the wellbeing of such children.
Sec. 231.  None of the funds made available in this Act
under the heading ``Department of Health and Human Services--
Administration for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant
Assistance'' may be obligated to a grantee or contractor to
house unaccompanied alien children (as such term is defined
in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility that is not State-licensed
for the care of unaccompanied alien children, except in the
case that the Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied
alien children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary
basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency,
provided that--
(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the operations
of any such facility that remains in operation for more than
six consecutive months shall require compliance with--
(A) the same requirements as licensed placements, as listed
in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settlement Agreement that the
Secretary determines are applicable to non-State licensed
facilities; and
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker
for every eight (8) children or youth during waking hours,
one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16)
children or youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios
to children (including mental health providers) as required
in grantee cooperative agreements;
(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a
contractor's or grantee's non-compliance with paragraph (1)
if the Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress
on the contractor's or grantee's good-faith efforts and
progress towards compliance;
(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under paragraph
(2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee with respect to
a specific facility;
(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring
requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Policies and
Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019;
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation for more
than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a minimum of
one comprehensive monitoring visit during the first three
months of operation, with quarterly monitoring visits
thereafter; and
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate outlining the
requirements of ORR for influx facilities including any
requirement listed in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has
determined are not applicable to non-State licensed
facilities.
Sec. 232.  In addition to the existing Congressional
notification for formal site assessments of potential influx
facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed
facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-
sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates
that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely
outcome is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in
the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer
than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will be
otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing such a
facility online, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a report detailing the total
number of children in care at the facility, the average
length of stay and average length of care of children at the
facility, and, for any child that has been at the facility
for more than 60 days, their length of stay and reason for
delay in release.
Sec. 233.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the
House of Representatives from entering, for the purpose of
conducting oversight, any facility in the United States used
for the purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise
housing, unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section
462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator or Member has
coordinated the oversight visit with the Office of Refugee
Resettlement not less than two business days in advance to
ensure that such visit would not interfere with the
operations (including child welfare and child safety
operations) of such facility.
Sec. 234.  Not later than 14 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly
available online, a report with respect to children who were
separated from their parents or legal guardians by the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of whether
or not such separation was pursuant to an option selected by
the children, parents, or guardians), subsequently classified
as unaccompanied alien children, and transferred to the care
and custody of ORR during the previous month. Each report
shall contain the following information:
(1) the number and ages of children so separated subsequent
to apprehension at or between ports of entry, to be reported
by sector where separation occurred; and
(2) the documented cause of separation, as reported by DHS
when each child was referred.
Sec. 235.  Funds appropriated in this Act that are
available for salaries and expenses of employees of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be
available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligible
dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as
defined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess of
those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense.

(rescission)

Sec. 236.  Of the unobligated balances in the
``Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' established in section 223 of
division G of Public Law 110-161, $1,613,000,000 are hereby
rescinded not later than September 30, 2026, except that no
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were previously
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.
Sec. 237.  The Director of the National Institutes of
Health shall hereafter require institutions that receive
funds through a grant or cooperative agreement or other form
of extramural award during fiscal year 2026 and in future
years to complete any investigation undertaken due to
concerns about harassment, bullying retaliation, or hostile
working conditions regarding any individual identified as a
principal investigator or key personnel in an NIH notice of
award or progress report even if during the course of the
investigation the individual under investigation leaves their
current position and is no longer employed by the
institution. The Director may hereafter decline transfer of
an ongoing extramural award to a different institution if
concerns about harassment, bullying, hostile work
environment, or other professional misconduct on the part of
a principle investigator or key personnel named in the Notice
of Award or progress report have not been resolved to the
NIH's satisfaction. The Director of the NIH shall hereafter
have the authority to share investigation reports,
conclusions, and results of any investigation of individuals
identified as a principal investigator or as key personnel in
an NIH notice of award or progress report due to concerns
about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working
conditions on an as needed basis with any institution that
receives funds through a grant or cooperative agreement or
other form of extramural award during fiscal year 2026 or any
subsequent fiscal year. The Director may issue regulations
consistent with this section.

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Sec. 238.  The Department of Health and Human Services
shall support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its
statutory responsibilities including carrying out programs,
projects, and activities funded in this title of this Act in
a timely manner:  Provided, That the Secretary shall submit a
detailed plan and justification to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, and make publicly available to allow for an
independent review not less than 60 days prior to initiating
the execution of any reorganization moving functions,
pursuant to any authorities otherwise provided, carried out
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to another
component of the Department of Health and Human Services,
relative to how such functions are funded in this Act.
Sec. 239.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to increase the proportion of multi-year grants
awarded by the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year
2026 that are fully funded in the first year of the award,
relative to the comparable proportion in fiscal year 2024,
unless the National Institutes of Health awards at least the
same number of total grants in fiscal year 2026 as in fiscal
year 2024.
Sec. 240. (a) Prior to terminating a critical access
hospital provider agreement with any hospital that was
designated and certified as a critical access hospital and
met the secondary roads criteria under section 485.610(c) of
title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to publication
of the final rule, titled ``Medicare Program: Hospital
Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center
Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ
Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies,
Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician
Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient
Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital
Quality Star Rating; COVID-19'' by the Department of Health
and Human Services on November 23, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 71748),
the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services shall--
(1) provide written notification to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives detailing the
justification for the termination, specifically with respect
to whether or not the proposed termination is due to the
nearest hospital being designated as a rural emergency
hospital after January 1, 2023;
(2) provide a detailed analysis of the rural healthcare
impacts of the proposed termination; and
(3) consult with States that require rural emergency
hospitals to be licensed and regulated with minimum hospital
standards of operation and provide a pathway for the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider these facilities
as hospitals to ensure continuity in hospital standards.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ``critical access hospital'' has the meaning
given that term in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)).
(2) The term ``rural emergency hospital'' has the meaning
given that term in section 1861(kkk)(2) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(kkk)(2)).
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2026''.

TITLE III

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Education for the Disadvantaged

For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title
II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(referred to in this Act as ``ESEA'') and section 418A of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as
``HEA''), $19,157,790,000, of which $8,229,490,000 shall
become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2027, and of which $10,841,177,000
shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026-
2027:  Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic
grants under section 1124 of the ESEA:  Provided further,
That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to
the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as
``Secretary'') on October 1, 2025, to obtain annually updated
local educational agency-level census poverty data from the
Bureau of the Census:  Provided further, That $1,362,301,000
shall be for concentration grants under section 1124A of the
ESEA:  Provided further, That $5,317,550,000 shall be for
targeted grants under section 1125 of the ESEA:  Provided
further, That $5,317,550,000 shall be for education finance
incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA:  Provided
further, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart
2 of part B of title II, of which $30,000,000 shall be for
section 2226:  Provided further, That $375,626,000 shall be
for carrying out part C of title I of the ESEA:  Provided
further, That $49,239,000 shall be for carrying out part D of
title I of the ESEA:  Provided further, That $52,123,000
shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA:  Provided
further, That subsection (b) of section 1004 of the ESEA
shall be applied by substituting the sum of the amounts
appropriated for parts A, C, and D of title I of the ESEA by
division H of Public Law 113-325 for each of the amounts
specified in that subsection:  Provided further, That
subsection (a)(2) of section 1004 of the ESEA shall be
applied by substituting ``$500,000'' for ``$400,000'' and by
substituting ``$60,000'' for ``$50,000''.

Impact Aid

For carrying out programs of financial assistance to
federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the
ESEA, $1,625,151,000, of which $1,474,000,000 shall be for
basic support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under
section 7003(d), $19,000,000 to remain available through
September 30, 2027, shall be for construction under section
7007(b), $79,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments
under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section
7008:  Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of
a payment for an eligible local educational agency under
section 7003(a) for school year 2025-2026, children enrolled
in a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible
for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due
to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a
parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such
children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal
guardian while on active duty (so long as such children
reside on Federal property as described in section
7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section,
shall be considered as eligible students under such section,
provided such students remain in average daily attendance at
a school in the same local educational agency they attended
prior to their change in eligibility status.

School Improvement Programs

For carrying out school improvement activities authorized
by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A
of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts
B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical
Assistance Act of 2002; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
$5,781,178,000, of which $3,952,312,000 shall become
available on July 1, 2026, and remain available through
September 30, 2027, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become
available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026-2027:
Provided, That $2,190,080,000 shall be for part A of title II
of the ESEA:  Provided further, That $380,000,000 shall be
for part B of title I:  Provided further, That $1,329,673,000
shall be for part B of title IV:  Provided further, That
$45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, which may be
used for construction, renovation, and modernization of any
public elementary school, secondary school, or structure
related to a public elementary school or secondary school
that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body, and
that the 5 percent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA
on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply
only to direct administrative costs:  Provided further, That
the Secretary shall use $650,000 of funds made available in
the preceding proviso to carry out section 6204 of the ESEA:
Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of
title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and
may be used for construction, and that the 5 percent
limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds
for administrative purposes shall apply only to direct
administrative costs:  Provided further, That $50,000,000
shall be for carrying out section 203 of the Educational
Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make
such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure
that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services
provided under this section:  Provided further, That
$225,000,000 shall be for part B of title V:  Provided
further, That in carrying out such part B the percentage in
section 316(b)(1)(F) of title III of division H of Public Law
116-260 shall be deemed 83.33 percent:  Provided further,
That $1,380,000,000 shall be for subpart 1 of part A of title
IV:  Provided further, That $129,000,000 shall be for subpart
B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act,
which shall be available for expenditure by educational
agencies and institutions for an additional fiscal year
following the succeeding fiscal year provided by subsection
421(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act.

Indian Education

For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA,
$194,746,000, of which $110,381,000 shall be for subpart 1 of
part A of title VI, $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 2 of
part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be for subpart 3 of
part A of title VI:  Provided, That the 5 percent limitation
in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of the ESEA on the
use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to
direct administrative costs:  Provided further, That grants
awarded under sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA with funds
provided under this heading may be for a period of up to 5
years:  Provided further, That the Secretary may make awards
under subpart 3 of part A of title VI without regard to the
funding limitation in section 6133(b)(1) of the ESEA.

Innovation and Improvement

For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3,
and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and
subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA,
$1,183,647,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column
for Innovation and Improvement in the ``Amounts Recommended
in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report
accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made available
for ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' are for the

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projects, and in the amounts, specified for this account in
the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the
report accompanying this Act and none of the funds made
available for such projects shall be subject to section 302
of this Act:  Provided, That $173,000,000 shall be for
subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made
available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 2241:
Provided further, That $675,500,000 shall be for parts C, D,
and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall be made
available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a), and 4601
of the ESEA:  Provided further, That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i)
shall not apply to the funds available for part C of title
IV:  Provided further, That of the funds available for part C
of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less than
$60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, not more than
$140,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 2027, to
carry out section 4305(b), from which the amount necessary
for continuation grants may be available for obligation
through March 31, 2027, and not more than $16,000,000 to
carry out the activities in section 4305(a)(3):  Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), $235,000,000
shall be available through December 31, 2026 for subpart 1 of
part F of title IV:  Provided further, That of the funds
available for subpart 4 of part F of title IV, not less than
$8,000,000 shall be used for grants for eligible national
nonprofit organizations, as described in the Applications for
New Awards; Assistance for Arts Education Program published
in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022, for activities
described under section 4642(a)(1)(C):  Provided further,
That the competitive preference priority described in such
notice shall be given only to an eligible national nonprofit
organization that previously received the competitive
preference priority pursuant to such notice.

Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3
of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $416,000,000, to remain
available through December 31, 2026:  Provided, That
$190,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of which up
to $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence
(Project SERV) program:  Provided further, That $135,000,000
shall be for section 4625:  Provided further, That
$91,000,000 shall be for section 4624.

English Language Acquisition

For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA,
$890,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2026,
and shall remain available through September 30, 2027, except
that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October
1, 2025, and shall remain available through September 30,
2027, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C).

Special Education

For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and
Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,517,264,000, which shall be for
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Special Education in the
``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act, of which
$5,940,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, and
shall remain available through September 30, 2027, and of
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1,
2026, and shall remain available through September 30, 2027,
for academic year 2026-2027:  Provided, That the amount for
section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of
the amount available for that activity during fiscal year
2025, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in
section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in
the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but
not less than the amount for that activity during fiscal year
2025:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without
regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other
States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)),
subject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State's
allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated under
this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B),
according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the
States' relative populations of children aged 3 through 21
who are of the same age as children with disabilities for
whom the State ensures the availability of a free appropriate
public education under this part, and 15 percent to States on
the basis of the States' relative populations of those
children who are living in poverty:  Provided further, That
the Secretary may not distribute any funds under the previous
proviso to any State whose reduction in allocation from funds
appropriated under this heading made funds available for such
a distribution:  Provided further, That the States shall
allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to
local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f):
Provided further, That the amount by which a State's
allocation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under
section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to States
under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or any
subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating the
awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any
subsequent fiscal years:  Provided further, That,
notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B)
regarding the fiscal year in which a State's allocation under
section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the
requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply
the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a
period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until
the entire reduction is applied:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State's
allocation under section 611 is reduced in accordance with
section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve
under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same
relation to the maximum amount described in that paragraph as
the reduction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total
allocation the State would have received in that fiscal year
under section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall either reduce the
allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal year
following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized
by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under
section 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20
U.S.C. 1234a):  Provided further, That the funds reserved
under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical
assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States to
meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 618
and to administer and carry out other services and activities
to improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use
under parts B and C of the IDEA:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may use funds made available for the State
Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1
of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such subpart:
Provided further, That States may use funds reserved for
other State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and
619(f) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational
agencies, institutions of higher education, other public
agencies, and private non-profit organizations to carry out
activities authorized by those sections:  Provided further,
That, notwithstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5
or fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e)
of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each
State in an amount equal to the maximum amount described in
section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act:  Provided further, That if
more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section
643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to those
States on the basis of the States' relative populations of
infants and toddlers except that no such State shall receive
a grant in excess of the amount described in section
643(e)(2)(B) of such Act:  Provided further, That States may
use funds allotted under section 643(c) of the IDEA to make
subgrants to local educational agencies, institutions of
higher education, other public agencies, and private non-
profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by
section 638 of IDEA:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding
section 638 of the IDEA, a State may use funds it receives
under section 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early
intervention services to a child who previously received
services under part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the
beginning of the school year following the child's third
birthday with parental consent and without regard to the
procedures in section 635(c) of the IDEA.

Rehabilitation Services

(including transfer of funds)

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National
Center Act, $4,647,295,000, which shall be for the purposes
and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Rehabilitation Services in the
``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act, of which the
amounts made available for Vocational Rehabilitation State
Grants shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation
services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act:  Provided,
That the Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that
remain available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to
States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act
for innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive
integrated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act for
youth and other individuals with disabilities, including
related Federal administrative expenses, for improving
monitoring and oversight of grants for vocational
rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation
Act, and information technology needs under section 15 and
titles I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation Act:
Provided further, That up to 15 percent of the amounts
available subsequent to reallotment for the activities
described in the first proviso from funds provided under this
paragraph in this Act, may be used for evaluation and
technical assistance related to such activities:  Provided
further, That any funds made available subsequent to
reallotment for the activities described in the first proviso
may be provided to States and other public, private and
nonprofit entities, including Indian tribes and institutions
of higher education for carrying out such activities:
Provided further, That States and other public and nonprofit
entities, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education may award subgrants for a portion of the funds to
other eligible entities:  Provided further, That any funds
provided in this Act and made available subsequent to
reallotment for the purposes described in the first proviso
shall remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided
further, That any funds provided in the Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4)
and made available subsequent to reallotment shall remain
available

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until September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may transfer funds provided in this Act and made
available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States
pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act to
``Institute of Education Sciences'' for the evaluation of
outcomes for students receiving services and supports under
IDEA and under title I, section 504 of title V, and title VI
of the Rehabilitation Act:  Provided further, That the
transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to
any other transfer authority in this Act.

Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

american printing house for the blind

For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the
Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000.

national technical institute for the deaf

For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under
titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986,
$92,500,000:  Provided, That from the total amount available,
the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the
endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such
Act.

gallaudet university

For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of
Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education
of the Deaf Act of 1986, $167,361,000, of which up to
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
construction, as defined by section 201(2) of such Act:
Provided, That from the total amount available, the
University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment
program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.

Career, Technical, and Adult Education

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
(``Perkins Act'') and the Adult Education and Family Literacy
Act (``AEFLA''), $2,181,436,000, of which $1,390,436,000
shall become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2027, and of which
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2026, and
shall remain available through September 30, 2027:  Provided,
That $1,452,269,000 shall be for carrying out the Perkins
Act, of which $12,421,000 shall be for national programs,
including up to $6,100,000 shall be available for innovation
and modernization grants under such section 114(e):  Provided
further, That $729,167,000 shall be for AEFLA, of which
$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under
section 242.

Student Financial Assistance

For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, and part C of
title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which shall remain
available through September 30, 2027:  Provided, That
$22,475,352,000 shall be for subpart 1 of part A,
$910,000,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A, and
$1,230,000,000 shall be for part C.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be
eligible during award year 2026-2027 shall be $6,335.

Student Aid Administration

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of
title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B,
C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act,
$2,058,943,000, to remain available through September 30,
2027:  Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new
student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan
servicers on the basis of their past performance compared to
all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, and
on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new
and existing accounts:  Provided further, That in order to
promote accountability and high-quality service to borrowers,
the Secretary shall not award funding for any contract
solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing
environment, unless such an environment provides for the
participation of multiple student loan servicers that
contract directly with the Department of Education to manage
a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the full life-
cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with certain
limited exceptions, and allocates student loan borrower
accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on
performance:  Provided further, That the Department shall re-
allocate accounts from servicers for recurring non-compliance
with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, and applicable
laws, including for failure to sufficiently inform borrowers
of available repayment options:  Provided further, That such
servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability to meet
contract requirements (including an understanding of Federal
and State law), future performance on the contracts, and
history of compliance with applicable consumer protections
laws:  Provided further, That to the extent FSA permits
student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall hold prime
contractors accountable for meeting the requirements of the
contract, and the performance and expectations of
subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime contract
and in the overall performance of the prime contractor:
Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that the Federal loan
servicing environment incentivizes more support to borrowers
at risk of delinquency or default:  Provided further, That
FSA shall ensure that in such environment contractors have
the capacity to meet and are held accountable for performance
on service levels; are held accountable for and have a
history of compliance with applicable consumer protection
laws; and have relevant experience and demonstrated
effectiveness:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
provide monthly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations
and Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives
and the Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on general progress related
to Federal student loan servicing and repayment:  Provided
further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency through
expanded publication of aggregate data on student loan and
servicer performance:  Provided further, That the limitation
in section 302 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any
appropriation shall apply to transfers to appropriations
under this heading by substituting ``10 percent'' for ``3
percent'' for the purposes of the continuation of basic
operations, including student loan servicing, business
process operations, digital customer care, common origination
and disbursement, cybersecurity activities, and information
technology systems:  Provided further, That not later than 45
days after enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of
funds made available in this account for fiscal year 2026 and
provide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts
awarded, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganization
costs, and any other activity carried out using amounts
provided under this heading for fiscal year 2026) no later
than 10 days prior to the start of such quarter:  Provided
further, That FSA shall notify the Committees no later than
10 days prior to any modification of such spend plan that
exceeds five percent of the amount appropriated under the
heading ``Student Aid Administration'':  Provided further,
That the Federal student loan servicing environment shall
include accountability measures that account for the
performance of the portfolio and contractor compliance with
FSA guidelines.

Higher Education

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and
section 117 of the Perkins Act, $3,267,926,000, which shall
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
``Committee Recommendation'' column for Higher Education in
the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act, of which the
amounts made available for Congressionally Directed Spending
are for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for this
account in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act and none of
the funds made available for such projects shall be subject
to section 302 of this Act and of which the amounts made
available for ``Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education'' shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the table under that heading in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to
carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be
used to support visits and study in foreign countries by
individuals who are participating in advanced foreign
language training and international studies in areas that are
vital to United States national security and who plan to
apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries
in the fields of government, the professions, or
international development:  Provided further, That of the
funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent
may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and
information dissemination activities:  Provided further, That
up to 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2
of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for
evaluation:  Provided further, That section 313(d) of the HEA
shall not apply to an institution of higher education that is
eligible to receive funding under section 318 of the HEA:
Provided further, That amounts made available for carrying
out section 419N of the HEA may be awarded notwithstanding
the limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the HEA:  Provided
further, That activities authorized under sections
317(c)(2)(B), 319(c)(2)(B), and 320(c)(2)(B) of the HEA may
include construction and maintenance in classrooms,
libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities.

Howard University

For partial support of Howard University, $254,018,000, of
which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching
endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment
Act and shall remain available until expended.

College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of
the HEA, $298,000.

Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program
Account

For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as
authorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which
shall remain

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available through September 30, 2027:  Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974:  Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $500,000,000:  Provided further,
That these funds may be used to support loans to public and
private Historically Black Colleges and Universities without
regard to the limitations within section 344(a) of the HEA.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing
Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the
HEA, $528,000.

Institute of Education Sciences

For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education
Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department of
Education Organization Act and carrying out activities
authorized by the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, $793,106,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2027, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Institute of Education Science in
the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026''
table in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That
funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational
Technical Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide
elementary and secondary data systems with early childhood,
postsecondary, and workforce data systems, or to further
develop such systems:  Provided further, That up to
$6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 of
the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for
awards to public or private organizations or agencies to
support activities to improve data coordination, quality, and
use at the local, State, and national levels.

Departmental Management

program administration

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of
three passenger motor vehicles, $379,907,000:  Provided,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds provided by this Act or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education available
for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year may
be used for any activity relating to implementing a
reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing
level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority,
or functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of
Education, relative to the principal office functional
statement, organization and operation of the Budget Service
as in effect on January 1, 2024:  Provided further, That the
preceding proviso shall not apply to an internal
reorganization of the Budget Service that does not
decentralize, reduce the staffing level, or alter the overall
responsibilities, authority, or functionality of the Budget
Service of the Department of Education, relative to the
principal office functional statement, staffing level, and
operation of the Budget Service as in effect on January 1,
2024:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided by
this Act may be used to support a number of non-career
employees that is more than the number of non-career
employees as of December 31, 2022.

office for civil rights

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as
authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education
Organization Act, $140,000,000.

office of inspector general

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General,
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education
Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which $3,000,000 shall
remain available through September 30, 2027.

General Provisions

Sec. 301.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to
prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer
and meditation in the public schools.

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 302.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:
Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any
project or activity for which no funds are provided in this
Act:  Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
Sec. 303.  Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated
for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA
shall be available from July 1, 2026, through September 30,
2027.
Sec. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated
for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2026 may use
the income from that fund to award scholarships to students,
subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the
HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, prior to the
enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an
allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and
V of the HEA are reauthorized.
Sec. 305.  Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f))
shall be applied by substituting ``2026'' for ``2021''.
Sec. 306.  Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ``2027'' for
``2021''.
Sec. 307.  Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading
``Student Aid Administration'' may be available for payments
for student loan servicing to an institution of higher
education that services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans
under part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.).
Sec. 308.  Of the amounts made available in this title
under the heading ``Student Aid Administration'', $2,300,000
shall be used by the Secretary of Education to conduct
outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D of title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may intend to qualify
for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that borrowers are meeting the
terms and conditions of such loan cancellation:  Provided,
That the Secretary shall specifically conduct outreach to
assist borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation
under section 455(m) of such Act except that the borrower has
made some, or all, of the 120 required payments under a
repayment plan that is not described under section 455(m)(A)
of such Act, to encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying
repayment plan:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
also communicate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full
requirements of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the
filing of employment certification by providing improved
outreach and information such as outbound calls, electronic
communications, ensuring prominent access to program
requirements and benefits on each servicer's website, and
creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire
payment certification process electronically and on a
centralized website.
Sec. 309.  The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5
percent from any amount made available in this Act for an HEA
program, except for any amounts made available for subpart 1
of part A of title IV of the HEA, to carry out rigorous and
independent evaluations and to collect and analyze outcome
data for any program authorized by the HEA:  Provided, That
no funds made available in this Act for the ``Student Aid
Administration'' account shall be subject to the reservation
under this section:  Provided further, That any funds
reserved under this section shall be available through
September 30, 2028:  Provided further, That if, under any
other provision of law, funds are authorized to be reserved
or used for evaluation activities with respect to a program
or project, the Secretary may also reserve funds for such
program or project for the purposes described in this section
so long as the total reservation of funds for such program or
project does not exceed any statutory limits on such
reservations:  Provided further, That not later than 30 days
prior to the initial obligation of funds reserved under this
section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education
and Workforce of the House of Representatives a plan that
identifies the source and amount of funds reserved under this
section, the impact on program grantees if funds are withheld
for the purposes of this section, and the activities to be
carried out with such funds.

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 310.  Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for
``Institute of Education Sciences'' from amounts available
for Program Administration, up to $20,000,000 shall be
available for the Secretary of Education (``the Secretary'')
to provide support services to the Institute of Education
Sciences (including, but not limited to information
technology services, lease or procurement of office space,
human resource services, financial management services,
financial systems support, budget formulation and execution,
legal counsel, equal employment opportunity services,
physical security, facilities management, acquisition and
contract management, grants administration and policy, and
enterprise risk management):  Provided, That the Secretary
shall calculate the actual amounts obligated and expended for
such support services by using a standard Department of
Education methodology for allocating the cost of all such
support services:  Provided further, That the Secretary may
transfer any amounts available for IES support services in
excess of actual amounts needed for IES support services, as
so calculated, to the ``Program Administration'' account from
the ``Institute of Education Sciences'' account:  Provided
further, That in order to address any shortfall between
amounts available for IES support services and amounts needed
for IES support services, as so calculated, the Secretary may
transfer necessary amounts to the ``Institute of Education
Sciences'' account from the ``Program Administration''
account:  Provided further, That the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
are notified at least 14 days in advance of any transfer made
pursuant to this section.

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(rescission)

Sec. 311.  Of the unobligated balances in the ``Department
of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' established in
section 313 of division H of Public Law 116-260, $197,000,000
are hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2026:
Provided, That from any remaining unobligated balances in
such Fund, the Secretary may transfer up to $60,000,000 to
``Innovation and Improvement'' for carrying out activities
authorized under part C of title IV of the ESEA.

(rescission)

Sec. 312.  Of the funds made available under the heading
``Institute of Education Sciences'' pursuant to section
1101(a)(8) of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act,
2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4) for program
administration, $25,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded
not later than September 30, 2026.
Sec. 313.  The Secretary shall award to each State an
amount as required under the applicable provisions of the
ESEA, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, IDEA, Perkins
Act, and AEFLA for each formula grant program to which funds
are appropriated in this Act on the date such funds become
available for obligation.
Sec. 314.  None of the funds appropriated in this or any
other appropriations Act may be used to transfer significant
responsibilities related to the carrying out of title I, part
A of the ESEA or parts B or C of the IDEA from the Department
of Education to another department or agency:  Provided, That
this section shall not apply to any activities explicitly
authorized by any other law:  Provided further, That the
Department of Education shall support staffing levels
necessary to fulfill its statutory responsibilities including
carrying out programs, projects, and activities funded in
this title of this Act in a timely manner.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

TITLE IV

RELATED AGENCIES

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in
this title as ``the Committee'') established under section
8502 of title 41, United States Code, $13,124,000:  Provided,
That in order to authorize any central nonprofit agency
designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, United
States Code, to perform requirements of the Committee as
prescribed under section 51-3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a written
agreement with any such central nonprofit agency:  Provided
further, That such agreement shall contain such auditing,
oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary to implement
chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code:  Provided
further, That such agreement shall include the elements
listed under the heading ``Committee For Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled--Written Agreement
Elements'' in the explanatory statement described in section
4 of Public Law 114-113 (in the matter preceding division A
of that consolidated Act):  Provided further, That any such
central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under section
51-3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to
executing a written agreement with the Committee:  Provided
further, That no less than $3,150,000 shall be available for
the Office of Inspector General.

Corporation for National and Community Service

operating expenses

For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and
Community Service (referred to in this title as ``CNCS'') to
carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
(referred to in this title as ``1973 Act'') and the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in this title
as ``1990 Act''), $975,525,000, which shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee
Recommendation'' column for Corporation for National and
Community Service in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill
for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report accompanying this
Act, notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g),
501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act:  Provided,
That of the amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1
percent of program grant funds may be used to defray the
costs of conducting grant application reviews, including the
use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of
the grants cycle; (2) the amounts made available for State
Commission Support Grants shall be available to provide
assistance to State commissions on national and community
service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and
notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) of
amounts made available for Innovation, Assistance, and Other
Activities, $8,558,000 shall be available for expenses
authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which,
notwithstanding the provisions of section 198P shall be
awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis; and (4) of amounts
made available for Innovation, Assistance, and Other
Activities, $6,148,000 shall be available to carry out
sections 198(k) and 198(i) of the 1990 Act:  Provided
further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act,
satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may
include a determination of need by the local community:
Provided further, That CNCS shall award to each State their
allotted amount under AmeriCorps State and National formula
grants no later than April 1, 2026 and to each state their
allotted amount under State Service Commission Support Grants
and State Commission Investment Fund Grants no later than
June 1, 2026:  Provided further, That the Corporation shall
support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its statutory
responsibilities including carrying out programs, projects,
and activities funded in this title of this Act in a timely
manner.

payment to the national service trust

(including rescission and transfer of funds)

For payment to the National Service Trust established under
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $180,000,000, to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That CNCS may
transfer additional funds from the amount provided within
``Operating Expenses'' allocated to grants under subtitle C
of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust upon
determination that such transfer is necessary to support the
activities of national service participants and after notice
is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further,
That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National
Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the
1990 Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds
under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b).

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of administration as provided under
section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of
the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment
of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $89,686,000.

office of inspector general

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$7,595,000.

administrative provisions

Sec. 401.  CNCS shall make any significant changes to
program requirements, service delivery or policy only through
public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2026,
during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of
CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection
information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly,
to any person other than an officer or employee of CNCS that
is authorized by CNCS to receive such information.
Sec. 402.  AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum
share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that
they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet
the overall minimum share requirement as provided in section
2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without
regard to the operating costs match requirement in section
121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in
section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver
consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal
Regulations.
Sec. 403.  Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the
1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and
operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to
supplement and not supplant current programs and operations.
Sec. 404.  In addition to the requirements in section
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the
purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to
individuals who are veterans as defined under section 101 of
the Act.
Sec. 405.  For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of
the 1990 Act--
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such section
shall be considered ``qualified entities'' under section 3 of
the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (``NCPA'');
(2) individuals described in such section shall be
considered ``volunteers'' under section 3 of NCPA; and
(3) State Commissions on National and Community Service
established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are
authorized to receive criminal history record information,
consistent with Public Law 92-544.
Sec. 406.  Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 147 of
the 1990 Act, the Corporation may determine the number of
hours required to successfully complete any term of service
of less than 1,700 hours, except that any reduction of the
required term of service below 1,700 hours shall include a
corresponding reduction in the amount of any national service
educational award that may be available under subtitle D with
regard to that service.
Sec. 407.  Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act shall be
applied by substituting ``an approved national service
position'' for ``a national service program that receives
grants under subtitle C''.
Sec. 408.  In any case where an individual serving in a
position eligible for an education award under subtitle D of
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) was required to exit the position early
at the direction of the Corporation for National and
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termination of their program grant or agreement, the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and
Community Service may-- (1) deem such individual as having
met the requirements of the position; and (2) award the
individual a pro-rated value of the educational award
equivalent to the ratio of number of hours worked to the full
value of such award under such subtitle for which the
individual would otherwise have been eligible.

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service (``Service'') to carry out the functions
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses
necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978;
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,
$53,705,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training
activities and other conflict resolution services and
technical assistance, including those provided to foreign
governments and international organizations, and for
arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with
this account, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be
available only for education, training, and professional
development of the agency workforce:  Provided further, That
the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use
on behalf of the United States gifts of services and real,
personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or
functions within the Director's jurisdiction.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Review Commission, $18,012,000.

Institute of Museum and Library Services

office of museum and library services: grants and administration

For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of
1996 and the National Museum of African American History and
Culture Act, $291,800,000, which shall be for the purposes
and in the amounts specified in the table under this heading
in the report accompanying this Act.

Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the
Social Security Act, $9,405,000:  Provided, That in fiscal
year 2026 and thereafter, for all contracts for goods and
services to which the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access
Commission is a party, the following Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 52.232-39 and FAR
52.233-4 (or a successor clause).

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the
Social Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to this
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund:
Provided, That in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter, for all
contracts for goods and services to which the Medicare
Payment Advisory Commission is a party, the following Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 52.232-
39 and FAR 52.233-4 (or a successor clause).

National Council on Disability

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the National Council on
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, $3,850,000.

National Labor Relations Board

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations
Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-
Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $294,224,000,
of which $2,240,389 shall be for the Office of the Inspector
General:  Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall
be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural
laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings,
directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the
Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management
Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the
Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition
employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or
operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent
of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming
purposes.

administrative provision

Sec. 409.  None of the funds provided by this Act or
previous Acts making appropriations for the National Labor
Relations Board may be used to issue any new administrative
directive or regulation that would provide employees any
means of voting through any electronic means in an election
to determine a representative for the purposes of collective
bargaining.

National Mediation Board

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by
the President, $15,113,000.

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission, $14,449,000.

Railroad Retirement Board

dual benefits payments account

For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account,
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act
of 1974, $8,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming
available in fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount,
not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall
be available proportional to the amount by which the product
of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds the
amount available for payment of vested dual benefits:
Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be
credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day
of each month in the fiscal year.

federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2027, which shall be the
maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417
of Public Law 98-76.

limitation on administration

For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board
(``Board'') for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act
and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $126,000,000, to
be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from
the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to
the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the
Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to hire
attorneys only through the excepted service:  Provided
further, That the previous proviso shall not change the
status under Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by
the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the
Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to hire
students attending qualifying educational institutions or
individuals who have recently completed qualifying
educational programs using current excepted hiring
authorities established by the Office of Personnel
Management:  Provided further, That of the unobligated
balances of funds provided under this heading at the end of
fiscal year 2026 not needed for fiscal year 2026, not to
exceed $3,292,300 shall remain available until expended for
information technology improvements and investments.

limitation on the office of inspector general

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized
by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than
$14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement
accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account.

Social Security Administration

payments to social security trust funds

For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund,
as provided under sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the
Social Security Act, $15,000,000.

supplemental security income program

For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security
Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public
Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216,
including payment to the Social Security trust funds for
administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $49,447,965,000, to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That any portion
of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year
and not obligated by the State during that year shall be
returned to the Treasury:  Provided further, That not more
than $91,000,000 shall be available for research and
demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the
Social Security Act, and remain available through September
30, 2028.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social
Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027,
$23,500,000,000, to remain available until expended.

limitation on administrative expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses, including the hire and purchase of
two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, not more than
$14,721,978,000 may be expended, as authorized by section
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of
the trust funds referred to in such section:  Provided, That
not less than $2,700,000 shall be

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for the Social Security Advisory Board:  Provided further,
That unobligated balances of funds provided under this
paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2026 not needed for
fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until expended to
invest in the Social Security Administration information
technology and telecommunications hardware and software
infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll
administrative expenses associated solely with this
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure,
except unobligated balances of funds described in the first
proviso of this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2026 not
needed for fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until
expended to invest in the Social Security Advisory Board
information technology:  Provided further, That the
Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate prior to making unobligated balances available under
the authority in the previous proviso:  Provided further,
That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for
expenditures for official time for employees of the Social
Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for
facilities or support services for labor organizations
pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to
in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the
Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the
general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible
after such expenditures are made.
From funds provided under the first paragraph under this
heading, not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain available
through March 31, 2027, is for the costs associated with
continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the
Social Security Act, including work-related continuing
disability reviews to determine whether earnings derived from
services demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in
substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with
conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of
the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative
disability investigation units, and for the cost associated
with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations
of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant
United States Attorneys:  Provided, That, of such amount,
$273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent
resolution on the budget and $2,124,000,000 is additional new
budget authority specified for purposes of a concurrent
resolution on the budget:  Provided further, That, of the
additional new budget authority described in the preceding
proviso, up to $15,100,000 may be transferred to the ``Office
of Inspector General'', Social Security Administration, for
the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability
investigation units:  Provided further, That such transfer
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority
provided by law:  Provided further, That the Commissioner
shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the
fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of
these funds, similar to the reports that were required by
section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104-121 for fiscal years 1996
through 2002:  Provided further, That none of the funds
described in this paragraph shall be available for transfer
or reprogramming except as specified in this paragraph.
In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from administration
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected
pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or
section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain
available until expended:  Provided, That to the extent that
the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal
year 2026 exceed $170,000,000, the amounts shall be available
in fiscal year 2027 only to the extent provided in advance in
appropriations Acts.
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security
Protection Act, which shall remain available until expended.

office of inspector general

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act
of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to exceed
$82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by
section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund:  Provided, That $2,000,000
shall remain available until expended for information
technology modernization, including related hardware and
software infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative
expenses directly associated with information technology
modernization.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the
``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security
Administration, to be merged with this account, to be
available for the time and purposes for which this account is
available:  Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be
transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days
in advance of any transfer.

TITLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(transfer of funds)

Sec. 501.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended
balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to
current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred
balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same
periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.
Sec. 502.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public
Law 111-148 shall be used, other than for normal and
recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity
or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic
communication, radio, television, or video presentation
designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation
before the Congress or any State or local legislature or
legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or
any State or local legislature itself, or designed to support
or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative
action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State
or local government, except in presentation to the executive
branch of any State or local government itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or
transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-148
shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or
contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient,
related to any activity designed to influence the enactment
of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative
action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the
Congress or any State government, State legislature or local
legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and
recognized executive-legislative relationships or
participation by an agency or officer of a State, local or
tribal government in policymaking and administrative
processes within the executive branch of that government.
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed,
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction
on any legal consumer product, including its sale or
marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or
promotion of gun control.
Sec. 504.  The Secretaries of Labor and Education are
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and
$20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and
expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official
reception and representation expenses; the Director of the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to
make available for official reception and representation
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for
``Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and
Expenses''; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board
is authorized to make available for official reception and
representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds
available for ``National Mediation Board, Salaries and
Expenses''.
Sec. 505.  When issuing statements, press releases,
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and
local governments and recipients of Federal research grants,
shall clearly state--
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or
project which will be financed with Federal money;
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or
program; and
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the
project or program that will be financed by non-governmental
sources.
Sec. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act,
and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of
the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated
in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage
that includes coverage of abortion.
(c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package
of services covered by a managed care provider or
organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
Sec. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding
section shall not apply to an abortion--
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or
incest; or
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a
life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from
the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a
physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an
abortion is performed.
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or
private person of State, local, or private funds (other than
a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching
funds).
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from
offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such
coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's
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(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State
or local government, if such agency, program, or government
subjects any institutional or individual health care entity
to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity
does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for
abortions.
(2) In this subsection, the term ``health care entity''
includes an individual physician or other health care
professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization,
a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan,
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or
plan.
Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used for--
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research
purposes; or
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of
injury or death greater than that allowed for research on
fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo
or embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human
subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of
this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis,
cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or
human diploid cells.
Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization
of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the
schedules of controlled substances established under section
202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and
recognized executive-congressional communications.
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when
there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to
determine therapeutic advantage.
Sec. 510.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under
section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or
providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier
for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an
employer or a health care provider), until legislation is
enacted specifically approving the standard.
Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract
with an entity if--
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United
States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d)
regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of
Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by
that section for the most recent year for which such
requirement was applicable to such entity.
Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act
or any other appropriation Act.
Sec. 513.  None of the funds made available by this Act to
carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made
available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section
224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children's Internet
Protection Act, unless such library has made the
certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.
Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through
a reprogramming of funds that--
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted;
(4) relocates an office or employees;
(5) reorganizes or renames offices;
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities
presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent
relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and
are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such
reprogramming.
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent,
whichever is less, that--
(1) augments existing programs, projects (including
construction projects), or activities;
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in
personnel which would result in a change in existing
programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent
relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and
are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such
reprogramming.
Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a
Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political
affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the
position that the candidate holds with respect to political
issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of
the committee involved.
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or
misleading.
Sec. 516.  Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and each
30 days thereafter, each department and related agency funded
through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details
the amount allocated for each program, project, and activity
funded through this Act, and the actual and estimated
obligations for each program, project and activity funded
through this Act by month.
Sec. 517.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a report on the number and amount of
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding
$500,000, individually or in total for a particular project,
activity, or programmatic initiative, in value and awarded by
the Department on a non-competitive basis during each quarter
of fiscal year 2026, but not to include grants awarded on a
formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include
the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding,
the governmental purpose, including a justification for
issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report
shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after
the end of the quarter for which the report is submitted.
Sec. 518.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social
Security, for purposes of administering Social Security
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act,
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage
based on work performed under a social security account
number that is not the claimant's number and the performance
of such work under such number has formed the basis for a
conviction of the claimant of a violation of section
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.
Sec. 519.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social
Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees
of the Social Security Administration to administer Social
Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the
United States and Mexico establishing totalization
arrangements between the social security system established
by title II of the Social Security Act and the social
security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise be
payable but for such agreement.
Sec. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and
exchanging of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal
investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
Sec. 521.  For purposes of carrying out Executive Order
13589, Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12
dated May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual
appropriations bills relating to conference attendance and
expenditures:
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered
independent agencies; and
(2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences
shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency
totals.
Sec. 522.  Federal agencies funded under this Act shall
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for
advertising or educational purposes, including emails or
Internet postings, that the communication is printed,
published, or produced and disseminated at United States
taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry
out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made
available to the agency for advertising or other
communications regarding the programs and activities of the
agency.
Sec. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal
discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to
carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such
Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 of
division H of Public Law 113-76, except that in carrying out
such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting

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``Fiscal Year 2026'' for ``Fiscal Year 2014'' in the title of
subsection (b) and by substituting ``September 30, 2030'' for
``September 30, 2018'' each place it appears:  Provided, That
such pilots shall include communities that have experienced
civil unrest.
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal
discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being
carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 526
of division H of Public Law 113-76, section 524 of division G
of Public Law 113-235, section 525 of division H of Public
Law 114-113, section 525 of division H of Public Law 115-31,
section 525 of division H of Public Law 115-141, section 524
of division A of Public Law 116-94, section 524 of division H
of Public Law 116-260, section 523 of division H of Public
Law 117-103, section 523 of division H of Public Law 117-328,
section 523 of division D of Public Law 118-47, and section
1101(a)(8) of division A of Public Law 119-4.
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and
prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies
up to an additional 5 years to operate under such
authorities.
Sec. 524.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each
calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal
year 2026 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services
and Education and the Social Security Administration shall
provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate a report on the status of balances
of appropriations:  Provided, That for balances that are
unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but
unexpended, the monthly reports shall separately identify the
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation
(beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible,
earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived.
Sec. 525.  The Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education and the Corporation for National and
Community Service shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
not less than 3 full business days prior to announcing or
providing notice of--
(1) any new or non-competing continuation grant, including
supplements, issued at the discretion of such Departments
(other than emergency response grants at any time of the year
or for grant awards made during the last 10 business days of
the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program year); and
(2) the termination or non-continuation of any grant,
including a short-description of the reason for the
termination or non-continuation.
Sec. 526.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase
sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of
any illegal drug:  Provided, That such limitation does not
apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other
than making such purchases if the relevant State or local
health department, in consultation with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or
local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at
risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or
an HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program
is operating in accordance with State and local law.
Sec. 527.  Each department and related agency funded
through this Act shall provide answers to questions submitted
for the record by members of the Committee within 45 business
days after receipt.
Sec. 528.  Of amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment
Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the Social
Security Act and the income derived from investment of those
funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act,
$12,685,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this
fiscal year.

(rescission)

Sec. 529.  Of the unobligated balances of amounts made
available in section 10301(1)(A)(iii) of Public Law 117-169,
$11,661,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 530. (a) This section applies to: (1) the
Administration for Children and Families in the Department of
Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation
Office and the statistical-related cooperative and
interagency agreements and contracting activities of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor.
(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are either
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or
transferred to the functions and organizations identified in
subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or statistical
purposes shall be available for obligation through September
30, 2030:  Provided, That when an office referenced in
subsection (a) receives research and evaluation funding from
multiple appropriations, such offices may use a single
Treasury account for such activities, with funding advanced
on a reimbursable basis.
(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are
unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or
cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall
immediately become available and may be reobligated in that
fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research,
evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts
are available.
Sec. 531.  Funding opportunity announcements for
competitive grant programs funded in this Act shall be
published no later than four months prior to the expiration
of the period of availability of such funds and the Secretary
shall make every effort to award funds for competitive grant
programs funded in this Act no less than 30 days prior to the
expiration of their period of availability:  Provided, That
the Secretary shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate on every grant
program that has not been awarded within 30 days of the
expiration of their period of availability, no more than the
day after such date, with a plan for timely awarding such
funds prior to their expiration.
Sec. 532.  Any agency receiving funds made available in
this Act shall provide written notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
not less than 45 days prior to initiating the execution of
any reorganization or workforce action increasing,
decreasing, or transferring functions of 10 staff members or
10 percent of the staffing of an existing affected program of
office, whichever is less, even without a change in funding
and without regard to the type of workforce actions such as
voluntary, involuntary, incentive-based, or any other such
action adding or removing staff from agency payroll.
This division may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.

DIVISION E--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments
of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

salaries and expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$185,965,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $3,764,000 shall be available for the immediate Office
of the Secretary;
(2) $1,348,000 shall be available for the immediate Office
of the Deputy Secretary;
(3) $27,780,000 shall be available for the Office of the
General Counsel:  Provided, That the Secretary of
Transportation (referred to in this title as ``the
Secretary'') shall report to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations on the implementation of all sections under
title V of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law
118-63) not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act;
(4) $20,222,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which
$3,970,000 is for the Office for Multimodal Freight
Infrastructure and Policy:  Provided, That the Secretary must
obtain reprogramming approval from the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations under section 405 of this Act
prior to executing the authorities of section 118(g)(2)-(3)
of title 49, United States Code;
(5) $21,505,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;
(6) $3,807,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs;
(7) $20,024,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration;
(8) $5,664,000 shall be available for the Office of Public
Affairs and Public Engagement;
(9) $2,332,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Executive Secretariat;
(10) $15,484,000 shall be available for the Office of
Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response;
(11) $16,957,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Information Officer;
(12) $1,494,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal
Government Affairs;
(13) $41,644,000 shall be available for shared services as
authorized in section 327 of title 49, United States Code,
for the Office of the Secretary that would otherwise be
provided by the Working Capital Fund, in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes; and
(14) $3,940,000 shall be available for information
technology development, modernization, and enhancement, in
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes:
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to
transfer funds appropriated under this heading among the
purposes specified in the first proviso under this heading:
Provided further, That such transfers combined shall not
increase or decrease the amount appropriated for any purpose
specified in the first proviso under this heading by more
than 4 percent:  Provided further, That notice of any change
in funding greater than 4 percent shall be submitted for
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
not later than 7 business days in advance of any such change:
Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be for
allocation within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there may be credited to this appropriation up to
$2,500,000 in funds received in user fees.

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research and technology

For necessary expenses related to the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $32,705,000,
of which $21,000,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That of such amounts that are available until
expended, $9,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the
Advanced Research Projects Agency--Infrastructure (ARPA-I) as
authorized by section 119 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That within the funds made available under
the preceding proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be
available for research on durability, resiliency, and
sustainability of bridges and other infrastructure and shall
be directed to an accredited university of higher education
in the northeast United States that has experience leading a
regional university transportation center and a proven record
of developing, patenting, deploying, and commercializing
innovative composite materials and technologies for bridge
and other transportation applications, as well as conducting
research and developing prototypes using very large-scale
polymer-based additive manufacturing:  Provided further, That
of such amounts that are available until expended, $4,000,000
shall be for the Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of
Excellence as authorized in section 105 of title I of
division H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2020 (Public Law 116-94):  Provided further, That of such
amounts that are available until expended, $3,000,000 shall
be for activities relating to complementary positioning,
navigation, and timing technologies demonstrations as
identified in the U.S. Department of Transportation
Complementary PNT Action Plan (March 2024):  Provided
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to
be available until expended, funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources for expenses incurred for training:  Provided
further, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial
proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative
Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a
reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation.

national infrastructure investments

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional
project assistance grant program under section 6702 of title
49, United States Code, $250,000,000, to remain available
until expended:  Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) of title
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made
available under this heading in this Act:  Provided further,
That of the amounts made available under this heading in this
Act, not less than 5 percent shall be awarded to projects in
historically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent
poverty as defined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49,
United States Code:  Provided further, That grants awarded
under this heading in this Act for eligible projects for
planning, preparation, or design shall not be subject to a
minimum grant size:  Provided further, That in distributing
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the
Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an
equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate
balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas,
including Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of
transportation modes:  Provided further, That for amounts
made available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary
shall give priority to projects that require a contribution
of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing
package:  Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made
available under this heading in this Act:  Provided further,
That of the amounts awarded under this heading in this Act,
not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible
projects located in rural areas and not more than 50 percent
shall be allocated for eligible projects located in urbanized
areas:  Provided further, That for the purpose of determining
if an award for planning, preparation, or design under this
heading in this Act is an urban award, the project location
is the location of the project being planned, prepared, or
designed:  Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up
to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this heading
in this Act, and may transfer portions of such amounts to the
Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration, the
Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit
Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the
Maritime Administration to fund the award and oversight of
grants and credit assistance made under the program
authorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States
Code:  Provided further, That for amounts made available
under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider
and award projects based solely on the selection criteria as
identified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49,
United States Code.

national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

For necessary expenses of the National Surface
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by
49 U.S.C. 116, $9,850,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend
fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover
the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and
all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of
servicing such credit instruments:  Provided further, That
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs:
Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to other
amounts made available for such purposes and are not subject
to any obligation limitation or the limitation on
administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United
States Code.

rural and tribal infrastructure advancement

For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal
infrastructure advancement as authorized in section 21205 of
Public Law 117-58, $10,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2028:  Provided, That the Secretary may enter
into cooperative agreements with philanthropic entities, non-
profit organizations, other Federal agencies, State or local
governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, or other
technical assistance providers, to provide such technical
assistance, planning, and capacity building to State, local,
or Tribal governments, United States territories,
metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, or
other political subdivisions of State or local governments.

railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and loan
guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United States
Code, and such authority shall exist as long as any such
direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding.

financial management capital

For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the
Department of Transportation's financial systems and re-
engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2027.

cyber security initiatives

For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives,
including necessary upgrades to network and information
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity management
and authentication capabilities, securing and protecting
data, implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives,
and implementation of enhanced security controls on agency
computers and mobile devices, $60,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027.

office of civil rights

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$12,228,000.

transportation planning, research, and development

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development
activities, and making grants, $34,259,000, to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount,
$5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency
Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC):
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this
appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts
transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred
under this heading for IIPIC activities not related to
transportation infrastructure:  Provided further, That the
tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available
to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation
only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide
funding to the Department in accordance with the preceding
proviso:  Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, $9,647,000 shall be made
available for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for
congressionally directed spending in the table entitled
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That amounts made
available in the preceding proviso for such projects shall
not diminish or prejudice any application or geographic
region for other discretionary grant or loan awards made by
the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, That of
the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000
shall be made available for an independent review of airspace
design, civil-military coordination, and operational safety
in the National Capital Region, with particular focus on
airspace activities at Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport.

working capital fund

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
outlays of the Working Capital Fund as authorized in section
327 of title 49, United States Code, not to exceed
$650,000,000, shall be paid from appropriations made
available to the Department of Transportation:  Provided,
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis
to entities within the Department of Transportation:
Provided further, That the limitation under this heading on
operating expenses shall not apply to entities external to
the Department of Transportation or for funds provided in
Public Law 117-58:  Provided further, That no funds made
available by this Act to an agency of the Department shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without majority
approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and
approval of the Secretary:  Provided further, That no
assessments may be levied against any program, budget
activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless
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such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are
approved by such Committees:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may provide non-commodity information technology
services in a consolidated or shared manner for operating
administrations through the Working Capital Fund:  Provided
further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to the
Federal Aviation Administration, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation, and the Office of Inspector
General:  Provided further, That an operating administration
may determine that certain non-commodity information
technology services do not provide a direct benefit to the
operating administration and shall not be required to
obligate funds appropriated by this Act to the Office of the
Secretary pursuant to section 188 of this Act:  Provided
further, That if the determination in the preceding proviso
concludes that non-commodity information technology services
do not provide a direct benefit to the operating
administration, those services shall remain within the
operating administration:  Provided further, That not less
than 30 days prior to using the authority provided in the
preceding four provisos, the Secretary shall provide the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a plan
describing the non-commodity information technology services
consolidated or shared through the Working Capital Fund:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly
briefings to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on all activities relating to non-commodity
information technology services as authorized under this
heading:  Provided further, That unless otherwise specified
under this heading, the Working Capital Fund shall only
deliver services consisting of administration and commodity
information technology:  Provided further, That the
departmental consolidation of activities including human
resources, procurement, governmental affairs, public affairs
and public engagement, and civil rights are prohibited:
Provided further, That amounts within the Working Capital
Fund are not available to provide services not specifically
authorized under this heading.

small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach

For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business
utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That not less
than 11 small business transportation resource centers shall
be maintained and operated:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United States Code,
such amounts may be used for business opportunities related
to any mode of transportation:  Provided further, That
appropriations made available under this heading shall be
available for any purpose consistent with prior year
appropriations that were made available under the heading
``Office of the Secretary--Minority Business Resource Center
Program''.

payments to air carriers

(airport and airway trust fund)

In addition to funds made available from any other source
to carry out the essential air service program under sections
41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States Code,
$513,637,231, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That in
determining between or among carriers competing to provide
service to a community, the Secretary may consider the
relative subsidy requirements of the carriers:  Provided
further, That basic essential air service minimum
requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity
requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United
States Code:  Provided further, That amounts authorized to be
distributed for the essential air service program under
section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be
made available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration:
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse such
amounts from fees credited to the account established under
section 45303 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided
further, That, notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2026, the requirements
established under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section
41731(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply
to maintain eligibility under section 41731 of title 49,
United States Code.

administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

(including rescissions)

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available by this Act to
the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the
Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds
appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act,
except for activities underway on the date of enactment of
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have
completed the normal reprogramming process for congressional
notification.
Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall post on the website of the
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of
the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for
each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance
to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.
Sec. 103.  In addition to authority provided by section 327
of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working
Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full
payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from
all Federal agencies from available funds for transit benefit
distribution services that are necessary to carry out the
Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program
under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of SAFETEA-
LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note):  Provided, That the Department shall
maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Working
Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide
uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees:
Provided further, That such reserve shall not exceed 1 month
of benefits payable and may be used only for the purpose of
providing for the continuation of transit benefits:  Provided
further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be fully
reimbursed by each customer agency from available funds for
the actual cost of the transit benefit.
Sec. 104.  Receipts collected in the Department's Working
Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49,
United States Code, for unused transit and van pool benefits,
in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2026
collections, shall be available until expended in the
Department's Working Capital Fund to provide contractual
services in support of section 189 of this Act:  Provided,
That obligations in fiscal year 2026 of such collections
shall not exceed $1,000,000.
Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this title may be obligated
or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an
employee of the Department of Transportation without the
prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration.
Sec. 106.  In addition to authority provided by section 327
of title 49, United States Code, the Department's
Administrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to
transfer information technology equipment, software, and
systems from departmental sources or other entities and
collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return
full cost of transferred assets.
Sec. 107.  None of the funds provided in this Act to the
Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit
assistance unless not less than 3 days before any application
approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 and
604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary provides
notification in writing to the following committees: the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee
on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives:  Provided, That such notification shall
include, but not be limited to, the name of the project
sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit
assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee,
or line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
Sec. 108.  The Secretary of Transportation may transfer
amounts awarded to a federally recognized Tribe under a
funding agreement entered into under part 29 of title 49,
Code of Federal Regulations, from the Department of
Transportation's operating administrations to the Office of
Tribal Government Affairs:  Provided, That any amounts
retroceded or reassumed under such part may be transferred
back to the appropriate operating administration.
Sec. 109. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of
Transportation or the Department of Transportation's
operating administrations in this Act for the costs of award,
administration, or oversight of financial assistance under
the programs identified in subsection (c) may be transferred
to the account identified in section 801 of division J of
Public Law 117-58, as amended by section 425 of title IV of
division L of Public Law 117-103, to remain available until
expended, for the necessary expenses of award,
administration, or oversight of any financial assistance
programs in the Department of Transportation.
(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this section
are available in addition to amounts otherwise available for
such purpose.
(c) The programs from which funds made available under this
Act may be transferred under subsection (a) are--
(1) the local and regional project assistance program under
section 6702 of title 49, United States Code; and
(2) the university transportation centers program under
section 5505 of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 109A.  For amounts provided for this fiscal year and
prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-
58 shall be applied by substituting ``30 percent'' for ``40
percent'':  Provided, That if the Secretary determines that
there are insufficient merit-worthy applications for the
amounts provided for fiscal year 2022 through fiscal year
2026 in division J of Public Law 117-58 for competitive
grants as authorized in section 24112 of division B of Public
Law 117-58 to meet the requirement in section 24112(c)(2)(B)
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use the unutilized
amounts to make other grants as authorized in section 24112
of division B of Public Law 117-58:  Provided further, That
amounts repurposed pursuant to this section shall continue to
be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division
A of Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 109B.  The Secretary may transfer up to $1,641,000
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under the heading ``Office of the Secretary--Salaries and
Expenses'' to the Department's operating administrations for
rent payments:  Provided, That such amounts transferred for
rent payments that are no longer needed may be transferred
back to such account.
Sec. 109C.  The remaining unobligated balances, as of
September 30, 2026, from amounts made available for
``Department of Transportation--Office of the Secretary--
National Infrastructure Investments'' in division J of Public
Law 117-58 for local and regional project assistance under
section 6702 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year
2022 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of
additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on
September 30, 2026, for an additional amount for fiscal year
2026, to remain available until September 30, 2031, and shall
be available, without additional competition, for completing
the funding of awards made pursuant to section 6702 of title
49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2022 funding, in
addition to other funds as may be available for such
purposes:  Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to
this section that were previously designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H.
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th Congress),
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022,
and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives:  Provided
further, That the amount of additional new budget authority
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to such section 4001(a) and to
legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement
in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 109D.  None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act shall be used to cancel or seek to renegotiate an
existing contract under the essential air service program
under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States
Code, before the standard period of rebidding occurring prior
to a contract's expiration unless in response to an explicit
written request from the EAS Community.  Provided, That this
section shall only apply to existing contracts under which
the carrier is in compliance with the contract terms.
Sec. 109E.  Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining
from--
(1) ``Transportation Planning, Research, and Development''
account in title I of division A of Public Law 111-117,
$108,147.49 is hereby permanently rescinded; and
(2) ``Transportation Planning, Research, and Development''
account in title I of division F of Public Law 108-199,
$744,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.
Sec. 109F.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made
available for ``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement
Financing Program'' in section 420 of title IV of division G
of Public Law 116-6, $25,476 is hereby permanently rescinded.
Sec. 109G.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made
available for ``Department of Transportation--Office of the
Secretary--Salaries and Expenses'' in Public Law 119-4,
$20,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.

Federal Aviation Administration

operations

(airport and airway trust fund)

For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), not otherwise provided for, including
operations and research activities related to commercial
space transportation, administrative expenses for research
and development, establishment of air navigation facilities,
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of
aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and
maps sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $13,818,183,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, of which
$13,127,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund:  Provided, That of the amounts made available
under this heading--
(1) not less than $1,876,039,000 shall be available for
aviation safety activities, of which--
(A) not less than $379,223,000 shall be for aircraft
certification service; and
(B) not less than $100,000,000 shall be for the Office of
Aerospace Medicine;
(2) $10,378,148,000 shall be available for air traffic
organization activities, of which--
(A) not less than $279,200,000 shall be used to fund direct
operations of the current air traffic control towers in the
contract tower program, including the contract tower cost
share program, and any airport that is currently qualified or
that will qualify for the program during the fiscal year;
(B) $8,000,000 shall be for the pilot program to convert
high activity air traffic control towers operating under the
contract tower program to FAA staffed visual flight rules
towers, as authorized under section 625 of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2024, and to prioritize the contract
towers as required under section 625(a)(2) of such Act;
(C) not less than $14,000,000 shall be for the Office of
Spectrum Engineering; and
(D) $6,000,000 shall be for unmanned aircraft system test
sites;
(3) $41,546,000 shall be available for commercial space
transportation activities;
(4) $970,124,000 shall be available for finance and
management activities;
(5) $67,249,000 shall be available for NextGen and
operations planning activities;
(6) $161,174,000 shall be available for security and
hazardous materials safety activities; and
(7) $323,903,000 shall be available for staff offices, of
which--
(A) not less than $7,500,000 shall be for the minority
serving institutes internship program;
(B) not less than $1,000,000 shall be for the human
intervention motivation study contract and the flight
attendant drug and alcohol program contract; and
(C) $3,000,000 shall be for the FAA's veterans' pilot
training program:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, not less than $9,700,420,000 shall be for the
level specified for ``Salaries and Benefits'' in the ``FY
2026 Request'' column in Exhibit II-5 of the FAA's FY 2026
President's Budget Submission, as submitted to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations on May 30, 2025:
Provided further, That not to exceed 3 percent of any budget
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be
transferred to any budget activity under this heading:
Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease
any appropriation under this heading by more than 3 percent:
Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 3 percent
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section:  Provided further, That not later than
30 days after the submission of the budget request, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall
transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted
to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of the
Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C.
44506 note):  Provided further, That the amounts made
available under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for
each day after 30 days after the submission of the budget
request that such report has not been transmitted to
Congress:  Provided further, That not later than 30 days
after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator
shall transmit to Congress a companion report that describes
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan,
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring
goals by fiscal year:  Provided further, That the amounts
made available under this heading shall be reduced by
$100,000 for each day after the date that is 30 days after
the submission of the budget request that such report has not
been transmitted to Congress:  Provided further, That not
later than 60 days after the submission of the budget
request, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a
companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for
staffing, hiring, and training airways transportation systems
specialists in a format similar to the one utilized for the
controller staffing plan, including stated attrition
estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year:
Provided further, That the amounts made available under this
heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after the
date that is 60 days after the submission of the budget
request that such report has not been submitted to Congress:
Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a
grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety
standards:  Provided further, That none of the funds made
available by this Act shall be available for new applicants
for the second career training program:  Provided further,
That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be
available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after
the date of the enactment of this Act:  Provided further,
That there may be credited to this appropriation, as
offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the
provision of agency services, including receipts for the
maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and
for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates,
including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates,
or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair
or alteration forms:  Provided further, That not later than
120 days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
a report on all expenditures related to the contract tower
program from the most recent fiscal year, including a
breakout for administrative costs, contract support expenses,
insurance, equipment procured and installed in contract
towers, new starts, and aggregate payments for operating the
contract towers:  Provided further, That not later than 180
days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
a report on the FAA's ongoing efforts and future plans to
equip contract towers with radar displays and other
technology that the FAA believes are necessary to enhance
aviation safety:  Provided further, That none of the funds
made available by this Act for aeronautical charting and
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are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated
through, the Working Capital Fund:  Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act or any other Act may be used to eliminate the
contract weather observers program at any airport.

facilities and equipment

(airport and airway trust fund)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, technical support services,
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment,
as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49,
United States Code, including initial acquisition of
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service
testing, including construction of test facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant;
construction and furnishing of quarters and related
accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal
Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where
such accommodations are not available; and the purchase,
lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made available
under this heading, including aircraft for aviation
regulation and certification; to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, $4,000,000,000, of which $670,000,000
is for personnel and related expenses and shall remain
available until September 30, 2027, and $3,330,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That
the sums appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be
made available for the purposes, and in the amounts,
specified for spending in the table entitled ``Allocation of
FAA Facilities and Equipment Funding in This Act--Fiscal Year
2026'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided further, That the sums appropriated under this
heading in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) shall be made
available for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for
spending in the table entitled ``Allocation of FAA Facilities
and Equipment Funding in the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act--Fiscal Year 2026'' included in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That amounts
repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso shall continue
to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of
division A of Public Law 118-5:  Provided further, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the
establishment, improvement, and modernization of national
airspace systems:  Provided further, That not later than 30
days after submission of the budget request, the Secretary of
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an investment
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2027
through 2031, with total funding for each year of the plan
constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget.

research, engineering, and development

(airport and airway trust fund)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$290,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2028:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation as
offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for
research, engineering, and development:  Provided further,
That the sums appropriated under this heading shall be made
available for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in
the table entitled ``Research, Engineering, and Development''
included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided
further, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, $30,000,000 shall be for aviation workforce
development programs, as authorized under section 625 of the
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40132
note):  Provided further, That of the amounts set aside under
the preceding proviso, $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for manufacturing workforce grants as authorized
under section 625 (a)(3) and $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for not more than two community
colleges that are sponsors of a general aviation airport
identified in the National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems:  Provided further, That grants awarded in the
previous proviso for community colleges shall be awarded for
an amount not less than $5,000,000 per award:  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall award such grant under the
preceding proviso notwithstanding section 625(b)(2) of the
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40132
note).

grants-in-aid for airports

(liquidation of contract authorization)

(limitation on obligations)

(airport and airway trust fund)

(including transfer of funds)

For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49,
United States Code, and under other law authorizing such
obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning
of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at
airports of such title; for grants authorized under section
41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection
activities and administration of airport safety programs,
including those related to airport operating certificates
under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code,
$4,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided,
That none of the amounts made available under this heading
shall be available for the planning or execution of programs
the obligations for which are in excess of $4,000,000,000, in
fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title
49, United States Code:  Provided further, That none of the
amounts made available under this heading shall be available
for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems,
reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport
improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive
detection systems:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the
Government's share of allowable project costs under paragraph
(2) of such section for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such
section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a
large or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a
multi-phased construction project for which the project
sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the
construction project:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of amounts limited under this
heading, not less than $160,000,000 shall be available for
administration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the
airport cooperative research program, $41,827,000 shall be
available for the airport technology research program and of
which, $6,000,000 shall be available for the airfield
technology program authorized under section 1014 of Public
Law 118-63, of which $3,000,000 is for concrete pavement
research and $3,000,000 is for asphalt pavement research, and
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available and transferred to ``Office of the Secretary,
Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out the small community air
service development program:  Provided further, That in
addition to airports eligible under section 41743 of title
49, United States Code, such program may include the
participation of an airport that serves a community or
consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport,
according to Federal Aviation Administration hub
classifications effective at the time the Office of the
Secretary issues a request for proposals.

grants-in-aid for airports

For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for
Airports'', to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter
471 of title 49, United States Code, subchapter 1 of chapter
475 of such title, and section 767 of the FAA Reauthorization
Act of 2024 (Public Law 118-63), $319,368,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2028:  Provided, That amounts
made available under this heading shall be derived from the
general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, or
minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, United
States Code:  Provided further, That the amounts made
available under this heading shall not be subject to any
limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports
program set forth in any Act:  Provided further, That the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may
retain up to 1 percent of the amounts made available under
this heading to fund the award and oversight by the
Administrator of grants made under this heading:  Provided
further, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $269,368,000 shall be made available for the projects,
and in the amounts, specified for congressionally directed
spending in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That amounts made available in the preceding
proviso for such projects shall not diminish or prejudice any
application or geographic region for other discretionary
grant or loan awards made by the Department of
Transportation:  Provided further, That funds made available
under this section shall not be subject to or considered
under section 47115(j)(3)(B), 47115(j)(3)(C), or
47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49, United States Code; and
(2) up to $50,000,000 shall be made available to the
Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports
that include, but are not limited to, projects that are
eligible under section 47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49, United
States Code:  Provided, That of amounts made available under
this heading, $25,000,000 shall be made available for the
Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants for airports
with scheduled commercial service in calendar year 2024, that
serve essential air service markets as reported in October
2024, reported and certified zero dollars total debt at end
of year on the form FAA-5100-127 submitted before the date of
enactment of this Act for fiscal year 2024, and were
allocated an amount under the heading ``Grants-in-Aid for
Airports'' in division B of Public Law 116-136 equal to or
less than the amount designated for a regional airport under
paragraph (4) under such heading:  Provided further, That the
funds made available under the preceding proviso shall be
prioritized for airports participating in the FAA Contract
Tower Program.

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administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years
under the federally funded research and development center
contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during
fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations
requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation
Administration without cost building construction,
maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport
sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic
control, air navigation, or weather reporting:  Provided,
That the prohibition on the use of funds in this section does
not apply to negotiations between the agency and airport
sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for
these items or to grant assurances that require airport
sponsors to provide land without cost to the Federal Aviation
Administration for air traffic control facilities.
Sec. 112.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code,
from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, United
States Code, and any amount remaining in such account at the
close of any fiscal year may be made available to satisfy
section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, for the
subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 113.  Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged
with and available for the same purposes as such
appropriation.
Sec. 114.  None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be available for paying premium pay under section
5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee
actually performed work during the time corresponding to such
premium pay.
Sec. 115.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal
Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift
certificate through use of a Government-issued credit card.
Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act
may be used to implement or to continue to implement any
limitation on the ability of any owner or operator of a
private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a
blocking of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration
number, Mode S transponder code, flight identification, call
sign, or similar identifying information from any ground
based display to the public that would allow the real-time or
near real-time flight tracking of that aircraft's movements,
except data made available to a Government agency, for the
noncommercial flights of that owner or operator.
Sec. 117.  None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than
nine political and Presidential appointees in the Federal
Aviation Administration:  Provided, That of the nine
political and Presidential appointee positions in the Federal
Aviation Administration, not less than one position shall be
within each of the following offices and no appointee shall
be in any other office: the Office of the Administrator, the
Office of the Deputy Administrator, the Office of the General
Counsel, the Office of Government and Industry Affairs, the
Office of Communications, the Office of Airports, and the
Office for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment.
Sec. 118.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title
49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation
Administration provides to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related to
aeronautical navigation products and explains how such fees
are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642.
Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to close or relocate a regional operations center of
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services or
personnel unless the Administrator notifies the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full
business days in advance.
Sec. 119A.  None of the funds made available by or limited
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New
Jersey.
Sec. 119B.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration to withhold from consideration and approval
any new application for participation in the contract tower
program, or for reevaluation of cost-share program
participants so long as the Federal Aviation Administration
has received an application from the airport, and so long as
the Administrator determines such tower is eligible using the
factors set forth in Federal Aviation Administration
published establishment criteria.
Sec. 119C.  None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office,
or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or
the technical center unless the Administrator submits a
request for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of
this Act.
Sec. 119D.  Section 44502(e) of title 49, United States
Code, shall be applied by inserting the following after
paragraph (4):
``(5) Limitations.--
``(A) Systems or equipment.--Eligible air traffic systems
or equipment identified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of
paragraph (3) of this subsection to be transferred to the
Administrator under this subsection must have been purchased
by the transferor airport on or after October 5, 2018.
``(B) Other systems or equipment.--Eligible air traffic
systems or equipment identified in subparagraph (D) of
paragraph (3) of this subsection to be transferred to the
Administrator under this subsection must have been purchased
by the transferor airport on or after October 1, 2024.
``(6) Airports classified as a basic or local general
aviation airport.--An airport that is categorized as a basic
or local general aviation airport under the most recently
published national plan of integrated airport systems under
section 47103 may only transfer an eligible air traffic
system or equipment under this subsection in accordance with
the exception provided in paragraph (4) if such system or
equipment was purchased by the transferor airport on or after
October 1, 2024.''.
Sec. 119E.  None of the funds in this or any other Act
shall be used to plan, design, or implement the privatization
or separation of the air traffic organization functions of
the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sec. 119F.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be used for the
construction of a new Air Traffic Control Training Academy
except for the Federal Aviation Administration's existing
Training Academy located at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center.
Sec. 119G.  Notwithstanding section 40122(c) of title 49,
United States Code, for this year and thereafter, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in
consultation with the Federal Air Surgeon, may increase the
annual rate of basic pay for positions in the Office of
Aerospace Medicine requiring a medical degree up to the
annual compensation paid under section 102 of title 3, United
States Code.
Sec. 119H.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration is directed to provide a spend plan and a
briefing within 30 days of enactment of this Act, and each
month thereafter during fiscal year 2026, to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations on all activities and
efforts funded by this Act and section 40003 of Public Law
119-21 for the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic
control modernization efforts:  Provided, That the
Administrator shall make available for each briefing the
Federal Aviation Administration's Chief Financial Officer and
the Assistant Administrator for Policy, International
Affairs, and Environment, and the Federal Aviation
Administration's Air Traffic Organization's Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Technology Officer.

Federal Highway Administration

limitation on administrative expenses

(highway trust fund)

(including transfer of funds)

Not to exceed $507,435,977 together with advances and
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway
Administration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for
administration and operation of the Federal Highway
Administration:  Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall
be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in
accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States
Code.

federal-aid highways

(limitation on obligations)

(highway trust fund)

Funds available for the implementation or execution of
authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs shall not exceed total obligations of
$62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 2026:  Provided, That the
limitation on obligations under this heading shall only apply
to contract authority authorized from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account), unless otherwise
specified in law:  Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading for the Highway Research and
Development Program, $8,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for research leading to sustainable
stormwater management technologies and techniques to reduce
the impacts of 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone on salmon-bearing
streams:  Provided further, That the Federal Highway
Administration shall implement this research as specified
under the heading ``Stormwater Management'' in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading for the Highway Research
and Development Program, $5,000,000, shall be to carry out
section 11502 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(23 U.S.C. 148 note).

(liquidation of contract authorization)

(highway trust fund)

For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs, $63,396,105,821 shall be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account),
to remain available until expended.

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highway infrastructure programs

(including transfer of funds)

There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary
$1,136,425,000, of which $555,200,000 shall be derived from
the unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated
under the heading ``Federal Highway Administration--Highway
Infrastructure Programs'' in division J of Public Law 117-58,
as follows: (1) $24,000,000 from amounts previously
appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 for
operations and administration of the Federal Highway
Administration; (2) $75,000,000 from amounts previously
appropriated for fiscal year 2022 in paragraph (2) for the
Joint Office of Energy and Transportation; (3) $220,000,000
from amounts previously appropriated for fiscal years 2023,
2024, and 2025 in paragraph (2) for grants to States or
localities that require additional assistance to
strategically deploy electric vehicle charging
infrastructure; and (4) $236,200,000 from amounts that will
become available for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph (2), of
which $100,000,000 shall be from the grants to States or
localities that require additional assistance to
strategically deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure
and of which $15,000,000 shall be from the operations and
administration of the Federal Highway Administration:
Provided, That amounts derived by transfer as described in
the matter preceding this proviso shall continue to be
treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A
of Public Law 118-5:  Provided further, That the funds made
available under this heading shall be in addition to any
funds provided for fiscal year 2026 in this or any other Act
for: (1) ``Federal-aid Highways'' under chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code; (2) the Appalachian development
highway system as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public
Law 102-240; (3) activities eligible under the Tribal
transportation program under section 202 of title 23, United
States Code; (4) activities eligible under the Federal lands
transportation program under section 203 of such title; (5)
activities eligible under the Federal land access program
under section 204 of such title; (6) the Northern Border
Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); (7) the
Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et
seq.); (8) the Denali Commission; or (9) activities eligible
under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and shall
not affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in
any other Act:  Provided further, That, except for the funds
made available under this heading for the Northern Border
Regional Commission, the Southwest Border Regional
Commission, and the Denali Commission, section 11101(e) of
Public Law 117-58 shall apply to funds made available under
this heading:  Provided further, That amounts made available
under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on
obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety
construction programs set forth in any Act making annual
appropriations:  Provided further, That of the sums
appropriated under this heading--
(1) $581,225,000, which shall be derived from the general
fund and shall be available until September 30, 2029, shall
be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for
congressionally directed spending in the table entitled
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report
accompanying this Act:  Provided, That amounts made available
in the preceding proviso for such projects shall not diminish
or prejudice any application or geographic region for other
discretionary grant or loan awards made by the Department of
Transportation:  Provided further, That, except as otherwise
provided under this heading, the funds made available under
this paragraph shall be administered as if apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided further,
That funds made available under this paragraph that are used
for Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated
under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, except that
the set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of section
202(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and subsections
(a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 202 of such title, and
section 1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 117-
58), shall not apply to such funds;
(2) $50,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for
construction of the Appalachian development highway system,
as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240:
Provided, That for the purposes of funds made available under
this paragraph, the term ``Appalachian State'' means a State
that contains 1 or more counties (including any political
subdivision located within the area) in the Appalachian
region as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United
States Code:  Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading for construction of the Appalachian
development highway system shall remain available until
expended:  Provided further, That, except as provided in the
following proviso, funds made available under this heading
for construction of the Appalachian development highway
system shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter
1 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided further, That a
project carried out with funds made available under this
heading for construction of the Appalachian development
highway system shall be carried out in the same manner as a
project under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code:
Provided further, That subject to the following proviso,
funds made available under this heading for construction of
the Appalachian development highway system shall be
apportioned to Appalachian States according to the
percentages derived from the 2012 Appalachian development
highway system cost-to-complete estimate, adopted in
Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and
confirmed as each Appalachian State's relative share of the
estimated remaining need to complete the Appalachian
development highway system, adjusted to exclude those
corridors that such States have no current plans to complete,
as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development Highway
System Completion Report, unless those States have modified
and assigned a higher priority for completion of an
Appalachian development highway system corridor, as reported
in the 2020 Appalachian Development Highway System Future
Outlook:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall adjust
apportionments made under the preceding proviso so that no
Appalachian State shall be apportioned an amount in excess of
30 percent of the amount made available for construction of
the Appalachian development highway system under this
heading:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult
with the Appalachian Regional Commission in making
adjustments under the preceding two provisos:  Provided
further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an
expenditure is made for construction of the Appalachian
development highway system under this heading shall be up to
100 percent;
(3) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Southwest Border
Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants,
in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the
Southwest Border Regional Commission for such purpose, for
authorized activities, including for administration of grants
or cooperative agreements to support interjurisdictional
planning activities advancing transportation infrastructure:
Provided, That a grant made with funds made available under
this paragraph shall be administered in the same manner as a
grant made under subtitle V of title 40, United States Code;
(4) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Northern Border
Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants,
in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the
Northern Border Regional Commission for such purpose, to
carry out pilot projects that demonstrate the capabilities of
wood-based infrastructure projects:  Provided, That a grant
made with funds made available under this paragraph shall be
administered in the same manner as a grant made under
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code;
(5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali
Commission for activities eligible under section 307(d) of
the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note;
Public Law 105-277):  Provided, That funds made available
under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of
such Act:  Provided further, That except as otherwise
provided under section 307(e) of such Act or this heading,
funds made available under this paragraph shall be
administered as if directly appropriated to the Denali
Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act,
including the requirement in section 307(e) of such Act that
the local community provides a 10 percent non-Federal match
in the form of any necessary land or planning and design
funds:  Provided further, That such funds shall be available
until expended:  Provided further, That the Federal share of
the costs for which an expenditure is made with funds
transferred under this paragraph shall be up to 90 percent;
(6) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali
Commission to carry out the Denali access system program
under section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42
U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277):  Provided, That a
transfer under this paragraph shall not be subject to section
311 of such Act:  Provided further, That except as otherwise
provided under this heading, funds made available under this
paragraph shall be administered as if directly appropriated
to the Denali Commission and subject to applicable provisions
of such Act:  Provided further, That funds made available
under this paragraph shall not be subject to section
309(j)(2) of such Act:  Provided further, That funds made
available under this paragraph shall be available until
expended:  Provided further, That the Federal share of the
costs for which an expenditure is made with funds transferred
under this paragraph shall be up to 100 percent;
(7) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the pollinator-
friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way
program under section 332 of title 23, United States Code;
(8) $10,000,000 shall be for the national scenic byways
program under section 162 of title 23, United States Code:
Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under this
heading, the funds made available under this paragraph shall
be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code;
(9) $25,000,000 shall be to carry out the Tribal high
priority projects program under section 1123 of MAP-21 (as
amended by Public Law 117-58);
(10) $62,200,000 shall be for capital construction grants
under the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program as
authorized under section 11509(d) of division A of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58):
Provided, That funds made available under this paragraph
shall only be available for projects in States that
previously received a competitive grant award and signed a
grant agreement of not less than $145,000,000 under section
177 of title 23,

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United States Code, and such funds were subsequently
rescinded by an act of Congress;
(11) $350,000,000 shall be for a competitive highway bridge
program for States that--
(A) have--
(i) a population density of less than 115 individuals per
square mile; or
(ii) a population of less than 1,100,000 individuals; and
(B) have--
(i) less than 26 percent of total bridges classified as in
good condition; or
(ii) greater than or equal to 4.9 percent of total bridges
classified as in poor condition:
Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent of
total bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive
not less than $32,500,000 of the funds made available in this
paragraph for grant applications for projects eligible under
this paragraph:  Provided further, That if the Secretary
determines that eligible applications from any such State
meeting the criteria under the preceding proviso are
insufficient to make awards of at least $32,500,000, the
Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to provide other
grants to States eligible under this paragraph:  Provided
further, That no State shall be awarded more than $55,000,000
in awards from funds made available under this paragraph for
grant applications for projects eligible under this
paragraph:  Provided further, That the funds made available
under this paragraph shall be used for highway bridge
replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that
demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway bridge
projects and, except as otherwise provided in this heading,
shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code:  Provided further, That the
requirements of section 144(j)(5) of title 23, United States
Code, shall not apply to funds made available under this
paragraph:  Provided further, That for purposes of this
paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate population and
population density figures based on the latest available data
from the decennial census conducted under section 141(a) of
title 13, United States Code:  Provided further, That for
purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the
percentages of bridge counts (including the percentages of
bridge counts classified as in poor and good condition) based
on the national bridge inventory as of June 2024; and
(12) $25,000,000 shall be for a competitive Type 3 highway
bridge program for the replacement or rehabilitation of
bridges that--(A) are owned by a county; (B) are classified
as a Type 3 bridge by the Bureau of Reclamation; (C) are
eligible under the Federal lands access program, as described
in section 204 of title 23, United States Code; and (D) cross
a water conveyance structure owned by the Bureau of
Reclamation:  Provided, That the Secretary, in consultation
with the Bureau of Reclamation, shall prioritize awards to
projects that will lead to--(i) improved water delivery; (ii)
improved bridge conditions; and (iii) improved safety,
efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and
goods over Type 3 bridges crossing a water conveyance
structure owned by the Bureau of Reclamation:  Provided
further, That only a county owning a bridge meeting the
conditions in this paragraph shall be an eligible applicant
for a grant under this paragraph:  Provided further, That,
except as otherwise provided under this heading, funds made
available under this paragraph shall be administered as if
allocated under section 204 of such title, except that such
funds shall not be subject to subsections (b) or (c) of such
section:  Provided further, That for the purposes of funds
made available under this paragraph, the term ``Type 3
bridge'' means a bridge classified as a Type 3 bridge by the
Bureau of Reclamation as defined in its Reclamation Manual
Directives and Standards FAC 07-01 (as updated on June 9,
2023):  Provided further, That funds made available under
this paragraph shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for
which an expenditure is made with funds made available under
this paragraph shall be 100 percent:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of Transportation shall issue the notice of
funding opportunity for the funds made available under this
paragraph no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall
make grants for the funds made available under this paragraph
no later than 270 days after enactment of this Act.

administrative provisions--federal highway administration

(including rescissions)

Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of
Transportation shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid highways--
(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses and
programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code;
and
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated
balance of amounts--
(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway
safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or
apportioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of
title 23, United States Code); and
(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in a
previous fiscal year;
(3) determine the proportion that--
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways,
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for
the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction
programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of
subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for
section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than
programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated
by the Secretary under authorized Federal-aid highway and
highway safety construction programs, or apportioned by the
Secretary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States
Code, by multiplying--
(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by
(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such
program for such fiscal year; and
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under
paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts
apportioned for the national highway performance program in
section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt
from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts
apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the
proportion that--
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs
that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to
each State for such fiscal year; bears to
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United
States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
(b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to
obligations under or for--
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance
Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95
Stat. 1701);
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987
(101 Stat. 198);
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in
effect on June 8, 1998);
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in
effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts
for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but
only to the extent that the obligation authority has not
lapsed or been used;
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in
effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119
Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance
with that section were not subject to a limitation on
obligations at the time at which the funds were initially
made available for obligation; and
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2026, only in an amount
equal to $639,000,000).
(c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after
August 1 of such fiscal year--
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made
available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed
cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to
obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed
during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States
having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under
sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United
States Code.
(d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to
Transportation Research Programs.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to
contract authority for Federal-aid transportation research
programs carried out under--(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United
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Transportation Act; and (C) title III of division A of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58).
(2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and
(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed
on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.
(e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds
(excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202
of title 23, United States Code) that--
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year
for Federal-aid highway programs; and
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the
States (or will not be apportioned to the States under
section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be
available for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the
imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.
(2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1)
in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation
authority under subsection (a)(5).
(3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in
section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received
by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of
data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to
chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may be credited
to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of
reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses.
Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under
his or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement
for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of
Transportation shall make an informal public notice and
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and
the reasons therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary shall
post on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America
requirements.
Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to make a grant for a project under section 117 of
title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least
60 days before making a grant under that section, provides
written notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an evaluation
and justification for the project and the amount of the
proposed grant award.
Sec. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section
165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project
eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of
title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or
territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obligation
limitation:  Provided, That the Department of Transportation
for the State or territory for which the earmarked amount was
originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of
its intent to use its authority under this section and
submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying the
projects to which the funding would be applied.
Notwithstanding the original period of availability of funds
to be obligated under this section, such funds and associated
obligation limitation shall remain available for obligation
for a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which
the Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a
project carried out with funds made available under this
section shall be the same as associated with the earmark.
(b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule
XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a
prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was
authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10
fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and
administered by the Federal Highway Administration; or
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior
law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was
authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10
fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and
administered by the Federal Highway Administration.
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised
only for those projects or activities that have obligated
less than 10 percent of the amount made available for
obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and
shall be applied to projects within the same general
geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was
designated, except that a State or territory may apply such
authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or
activities the State or territory certifies have been closed
and for which payments have been made under a final voucher.
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the
information provided by the States and territories annually
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 125.  The remaining unobligated balances, as of
September 30, 2026, from amounts made available for
``Department of Transportation--Federal Highway
Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs'' in division
J of Public Law 117-58 for the Nationally Significant Freight
and Highway Projects program under section 117 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2023 are hereby
permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2026, for an
additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available
until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, without
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards
made pursuant to section 117 of title 23, United States Code,
for fiscal year 2023 funding, in addition to other funds as
may be available for such purposes:  Provided, That the
amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that were
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71
(115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th Congress),
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022,
and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives:  Provided
further, That the amount of additional new budget authority
provided by this section is designated by the Congress as
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to such section
4001(a)(1) and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 126.  The remaining unobligated balances, as of
September 30, 2026, from amounts made available for
``Department of Transportation--Federal Highway
Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs'' in division
J of Public Law 117-58 for the bridge investment program
under section 124 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2023 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of
additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on
September 30, 2026, for an additional amount for fiscal year
2026, to remain available until September 30, 2031, and shall
be available, without additional competition, for completing
the funding of awards made pursuant to section 124 of title
23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2023 funding, in
addition to other funds as may be available for such
purposes:  Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to
this section that were previously designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H.
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th Congress),
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022,
and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives:  Provided
further, That the amount of additional new budget authority
provided by this section is designated by the Congress as
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to such section
4001(a)(1) and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 127.  Not later than 30 days after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue updated
draft National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula
Program Guidance for public comment:  Provided, That not
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Transportation shall issue final NEVI Formula
Program Guidance.
Sec. 128. (a) If this Act is enacted on or before September
30, 2025, the remaining unobligated balances, as of September
30, 2025, from amounts made available for ``Department of
Transportation--Federal Highway Administration--Highway
Infrastructure Programs'' in division L of Public Law 117-103
for competitive awards for activities eligible under section
176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2022 are hereby permanently rescinded,
and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent
to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby
appropriated on September 30, 2025, for an additional amount
for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30,
2030, and shall be available, without additional competition,
for completing the funding of awards made pursuant to section
176 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2022
funding, in addition to other funds as may be available for
such purposes:  Provided, That this section shall become
effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30,
2026, from amounts made available for ``Department of
Transportation--Federal Highway Administration--Highway
Infrastructure Programs'' in division L of Public Law 117-328
for competitive awards for activities eligible under section
176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2023 are hereby permanently rescinded,
and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent
to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby
appropriated on September 30, 2026, for an additional amount
for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until September 30,
2031, and shall be available, without additional competition,
for completing the funding of awards made pursuant to section
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2023 funding, in addition to other funds as may be available
for such purposes.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

motor carrier safety operations and programs

(liquidation of contract authorization)

(limitation on obligations)

(highway trust fund)

For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation,
execution and administration of motor carrier safety
operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title
49, United States Code, as amended by the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $390,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements
received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
the sum of which shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds available for implementation, execution,
or administration of motor carrier safety operations and
programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall
not exceed total obligations of $390,000,000, for ``Motor
Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year
2026:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available
under this heading--
(1) not less than $63,098,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2028, shall be for
development, modernization, enhancement, and continued
operation and maintenance of information technology and
information management; and
(2) $14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028, shall be for the research and technology
program:  Provided further, That the activities funded in
paragraphs (1) and (2) in the preceding proviso may be
accomplished through direct expenditures, direct research
activities, grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, intra-
agency or interagency agreements, or other agreements with
public organizations.

motor carrier safety grants

(liquidation of contract authorization)

(limitation on obligations)

(highway trust fund)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United
States Code, $536,600,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds
available for the implementation or execution of motor
carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of
$536,600,000 in fiscal year 2026 for ``Motor Carrier Safety
Grants'':  Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading--
(1) $422,500,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2027, shall be for the motor carrier safety
assistance program;
(2) $45,200,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial driver's
license program implementation program;
(3) $62,400,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2027, shall be for the high priority program;
(4) $1,500,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle
operators grant program; and
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle
enforcement training and support grant program.

administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

Sec. 130.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or
any other Act may be obligated or expended to implement,
administer, or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of
title 49, United States Code, or any regulation issued by the
Secretary pursuant to such section, with respect to the use
of electronic logging devices by operators of commercial
motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) of such title,
transporting livestock as defined in section 602 of the
Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C.
1471) or insects.
Sec. 131.  None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to require the use of inward facing
cameras by a motor carrier or require a motor carrier to
register an apprenticeship program with the Department of
Labor as a condition for participation in the safe driver
apprenticeship pilot program.
Sec. 132.  The Secretary shall update the Department's
regulations to ensure that non-compliance with section
391.11(b)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations,
triggers an out-of-service order.
Sec. 133.  The Secretary shall submit to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations information on the number
of certificates issued by training providers on the training
provider registry not later than 90 days after enactment of
this Act and bi-annually after initial submission of such
information:  Provided, That the Secretary shall submit a
plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
including any resource requirements, on how the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration will conduct regular audits of
the training provider registry not later than 120 days after
enactment of this Act.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

operations and research

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety,
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of
title 49, United States Code, $210,000,000, of which
$65,000,000 shall remain available through September 30,
2027, and of which $145,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously
appropriated in division J of the Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) as follows: (1) $95,000,000
from amounts previously appropriated for fiscal years 2023,
2024, and 2025, and amounts that will become available for
fiscal year 2026 in paragraph (3) under the heading
``Department of Transportation--National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration--Supplemental Highway Traffic Safety
Programs''; and (2) $50,000,000 from amounts that will become
available for fiscal year 2026 under the heading ``Department
of Transportation--National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration--Crash Data'':  Provided, That amounts derived
by transfer as described in the matter preceding this proviso
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.

operations and research

(liquidation of contract authorization)

(limitation on obligations)

(highway trust fund)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code,
including behavioral research on automated driving systems
and advanced driver assistance systems and improving consumer
responses to safety recalls, section 25024 of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58),
and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
$209,600,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available
until expended:  Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the planning or execution of programs
the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2026, are in
excess of $209,600,000:  Provided further, That of the sums
appropriated under this heading--
(1) $202,000,000 shall be for programs authorized under
section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including
behavioral research on automated driving systems and advanced
driver assistance systems and improving consumer responses to
safety recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58); and
(2) $7,600,000 shall be for the national driver register
authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That within the $209,600,000 obligation
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall be in
addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on
obligations for future years:  Provided further, That amounts
for behavioral research on automated driving systems and
advanced driver assistance systems and improving consumer
responses to safety recalls are in addition to any other
funds provided for those purposes for fiscal year 2026 in
this Act.

highway traffic safety grants

(liquidation of contract authorization)

(limitation on obligations)

(highway trust fund)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United
States Code, and grant administration expenses under chapter
4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain available until
expended, $849,654,625, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):  Provided, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
planning or execution of programs for which the total
obligations in fiscal year 2026 are in excess of $849,654,625
for programs authorized under sections 402, 404, and 405 of
title 23, United States Code, and grant administration
expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this
heading--
(1) $393,400,000 shall be for highway safety programs under
section 402 of title 23, United States Code;
(2) $367,500,000 shall be for national priority safety
programs under section 405 of title 23, United States Code;
(3) $44,300,000 shall be for the high visibility
enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, United
States Code; and
(4) $44,454,625 shall be for grant administrative expenses
under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private
buildings or structures:  Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for national
priority safety programs under section 405 of title 23,
United States Code, for impaired driving countermeasures (as
described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be
available for technical assistance to the States:  Provided
further, That with respect to the ``Transfers'' provision
under section 405(a)(10) of title 23, United States Code, any
amounts transferred to increase the amounts made available
under section 402 shall include the obligation authority for
such amounts:  Provided further,

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That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority
granted under the preceding proviso or under section
405(a)(10) of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days.

administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety
administration

Sec. 140.  The limitations on obligations for the programs
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in
this Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation
authority was made available in previous public laws but only
to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or
been used.
Sec. 141.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available
to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of
the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States
Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State
management reviews and to pay for core competency development
training and related expenses for highway safety staff.

Federal Railroad Administration

safety and operations

For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $264,549,000, of
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

railroad research and development

For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $43,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading,
up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section
20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for the
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
improvements at the Transportation Technology Center:
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this
heading, not less than $2,500,000 shall be available pursuant
to section 20108(j) of title 49, United States Code, to
establish and maintain a center of excellence.

federal-state partnership for intercity passenger rail

For necessary expenses related to Federal-State partnership
for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized by section
24911 of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000, to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may
withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under
this heading in this Act for the costs of award and project
management oversight of grants carried out under title 49,
United States Code:  Provided further, That, of amounts made
available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for a grant
to the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to
rehabilitate and repair the Washington Union Station complex,
and section 24911(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code,
shall not apply to that grant.

consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

(including transfer of funds)

For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail
infrastructure and safety improvements grants, as authorized
by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code,
$151,524,000:  Provided, That for amounts made available
under this heading in this Act, $51,524,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be made available for the
projects, and in the amounts, specified for congressionally
directed spending in the table entitled ``Congressionally
Directed Spending'' included in the report accompanying this
Act:  Provided further, That amounts made available in the
preceding proviso for such projects shall not diminish or
prejudice any application or geographic region for other
discretionary grant or loan awards made by the Department of
Transportation:  Provided further, That requirements under
subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United
States Code, shall not apply to the first proviso under this
heading in this Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading in this Act, $100,000,000
shall be available to the Secretary to distribute as
discretionary grants under this heading in this Act, of which
$55,200,000 shall remain available until expended, and of
which $44,800,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
unobligated balances of amounts that will become available
for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph (2) under the heading
``Federal Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure
Programs'' in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58):  Provided further, That amounts
derived by transfer as described in the preceding proviso
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5:  Provided further,
That for amounts made available under this heading in this
Act, eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) of title 49,
United States Code, shall also include railroad systems
planning (including the preparation of regional intercity
passenger rail plans and State rail plans) and railroad
project development activities (including railroad project
planning, preliminary engineering, design, environmental
analysis, feasibility studies, and the development and
analysis of project alternatives):  Provided further, That
section 22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not
apply to amounts made available under this heading in this
Act for projects that implement or sustain positive train
control systems otherwise eligible under section 22907(c)(1)
of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That
amounts made available under this heading in this Act for
projects selected for commuter rail passenger transportation
may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the
appropriate agencies to be administered in accordance with
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided
further, That for amounts made available under this heading
in this Act, eligible recipients under section 22907(b)(7) of
title 49, United States Code, shall include any holding
company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as
those terms are defined in section 20102 of title 49, United
States Code):  Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A)
of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts
made available under this heading in this Act:  Provided
further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under
this heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are
announced in a notice of funding opportunity that includes
funds made available under this heading in this Act:
Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply
to funds made available under this heading in the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public
Law 117-58):  Provided further, That unobligated balances
remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment of this
Act may be used for any eligible project under section
22907(c) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further,
That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the
amounts made available under this heading in this Act for the
costs of award and project management oversight of grants
carried out under title 49, United States Code.

northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger
corporation

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities
associated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by
section 22101(a) of division B of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $850,000,000, to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the
amounts made available under both this heading in this Act
and the ``National Network Grants to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation'' heading in this Act to fund the costs
of project management and oversight of activities authorized
by section 22101(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act (Public Law 117-58):  Provided further, That in addition
to the project management oversight funds authorized under
section 22101(c) of division B of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), the Secretary
shall retain an additional $5,000,000 of the amounts made
available under this heading in this Act to fund expenses
associated with the Northeast Corridor Commission established
under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code.

national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities
associated with the National Network as authorized by section
22101(b) of division B of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), $1,577,000,000, to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary shall
retain an additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided under
this heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with the
State-Supported Route Committee established under section
24712 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further,
That none of the funds provided under this heading in this
Act shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection
(a) or (c) of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code,
with respect to long-distance routes (as defined in section
24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the
sole operator on a host railroad's line and a positive train
control system is not required by law or regulation, or,
except in an emergency or during maintenance or construction
outages impacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue,
reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the
route of rail service on any portion of such route operated
in fiscal year 2018, including implementation of service
permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United
States Code, in lieu of rail service:  Provided further, That
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation may use up to
$66,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading
in this Act for corridor development activities as authorized
by section 22101(h) of division B of Public Law 117-58:
Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made
available under this heading in this Act shall be for the
modernization project identified in the report accompanying
this Act.

administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

(including rescissions)

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 150.  The amounts made available to the Secretary or
to the Federal Railroad Administration for the costs of
award, administration, and project management oversight of
financial assistance which are administered by the Federal
Railroad Administration, in this and prior Acts, may be
transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration's
``Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance''
account for the necessary expenses to support the award,
administration, project management oversight, and technical
assistance of financial assistance administered by the
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Administration, in the same manner as appropriated for in
this and prior Acts:  Provided, That this section shall not
apply to amounts that were previously designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Sec. 151.  None of the funds made available to the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual
employee:  Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive
the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific employees
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a
risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:
Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a
summary of all overtime payments incurred by Amtrak for 2025
and the three prior calendar years:  Provided further, That
such summary shall include the total number of employees that
received waivers and the total overtime payments Amtrak paid
to employees receiving waivers for each month for 2025 and
for the three prior calendar years.
Sec. 152.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in
contravention of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).
Sec. 153.  None of the funds made available to the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings ``Northeast
Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation'' and ``National Network Grants to the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation'' may be used to reduce the
total number of Amtrak Police Department uniformed officers
patrolling on board passenger trains or at stations,
facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level on May
1, 2019.
Sec. 154.  For amounts made available under the heading
``Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail''
for fiscal year 2026 in this Act and in title VIII of
division J of Public Law 117-58, the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation shall be considered an entity
eligible to receive a grant under section 24911(a) of title
49, United States Code:  Provided, That section 24911(f)(2)
of title 49 shall not apply to grants made available to the
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.
Sec. 155.  It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed
transportation access for 4,200,000 riders in 39 States and
the District of Columbia and are particularly important in
rural areas; and
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should
be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National
Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United
States Code).
Sec. 156.  Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining
from--
(1) ``Railroad Safety Grants'' account totaling $795,331.70
appropriated by Public Law 114-113 is hereby permanently
rescinded;
(2) ``Grants to the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation'' account totaling $20.00 appropriated by Public
Law 104-50 is hereby permanently rescinded;
(3) ``Capital Assistance to States--Intercity Passenger
Rail Grant Program'' account totaling $292,181.41
appropriated by Public Law 111-8 is hereby permanently
rescinded;
(4) ``Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and
Intercity Passenger Rail Service'' account totaling $9,912.54
appropriated by Public Law 111-117 is hereby permanently
rescinded;
(5) ``Railroad Research and Development'' account totaling
$1,008,385 appropriated by Public Law 109-115 is hereby
permanently rescinded; and
(6) ``National Network Grants to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation'' account totaling $76,633.70
appropriated by Public Law 115-31 is hereby permanently
rescinded.

Federal Transit Administration

transit formula grants

(liquidation of contract authorization)

(limitation on obligations)

(highway trust fund)

For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal public
transportation assistance program in this account, and for
payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314,
5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section
20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of Public
Law 114-94, $14,642,000,000, to be derived from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That funds available for
the implementation or execution of programs authorized under
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318,
5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section
20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of Public
Law 114-94, shall not exceed total obligations of
$14,642,000,000 in fiscal year 2026.

transit infrastructure grants

For an additional amount for ferry boat grants under
section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, Tribal
technical assistance under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such
title, bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such
title, accelerating innovative mobility initiative grants
under section 5312 of such title, congressionally directed
spending for projects and activities eligible under chapter
53 of such title, ferry service for rural communities under
section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117-58, and
operating assistance to improve public safety in transit
systems, $140,857,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the sums provided under this heading in
this Act--
(1) $30,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat grants as
authorized under section 5307(h) of such title:  Provided,
That of the amounts provided in this paragraph, no less than
$7,000,000 shall be available for low or zero emission
ferries or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell
components and the infrastructure to support such ferries;
(2) $500,000 shall be available for technical assistance
and resources to Tribes through the national rural
transportation assistance program authorized under section
5311(b)(3)(C) of such title;
(3) $1,500,000 shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected under
section 5318 of such title;
(4) $5,000,000 shall be available for the accelerating
innovative mobility initiative as authorized under section
5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That such
amounts shall be available for competitive grants to improve
mobility and enhance the rider experience with a focus on
innovative service delivery models, creative financing, novel
partnerships, and integrated payment solutions in order to
help disseminate proven innovation mobility practices
throughout the public transportation industry;
(5) $58,857,000 shall be available for the projects, and in
the amounts, specified for congressionally directed spending
in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending''
included in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That
amounts made available in this paragraph for such projects
shall not diminish or prejudice any application or geographic
region for other discretionary grant or loan awards made by
the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, That
unless otherwise specified, applicable requirements under
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to
amounts made available in this paragraph, except that the
Federal share of the costs for a project in this paragraph
shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the net costs of
the project, unless the Secretary approves a higher maximum
Federal share of the net costs of the project consistent with
administration of similar projects funded under chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code;
(6) $25,000,000 shall be available for ferry service for
rural communities under section 71103 of division G of Public
Law 117-58:  Provided, That for amounts made available in
this paragraph, notwithstanding section 71103(a)(2)(B),
eligible service shall include passenger ferry service that
serves at least two rural areas with a single segment over 15
miles between the two rural areas:  Provided further, That
for amounts made available in this paragraph, notwithstanding
section 71103(e)(1) and 71103(e)(2), eligible service shall
include passenger ferry service that receives funds
apportioned under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That entities that provide eligible
service pursuant to the preceding two provisos may use
amounts made available in this paragraph for public
transportation capital projects to support any ferry service
between two rural areas; and
(7) $20,000,000 shall be available for costs related to
operating equipment and facilities for use in public
transportation to improve public safety in transit systems:
Provided, That the Secretary shall provide amounts made
available in this paragraph as if such amounts were provided
under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, as
applicable:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 5307 of such title,
amounts made available in this paragraph shall be available
for the operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in
public transportation eligible under section 5307 of such
title:  Provided further, That amounts made available in this
paragraph shall be for eligible recipients under section 5307
of such title for such operating costs to improve public
safety, reduce crime, and increase security in transit
systems:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate
amounts made available in this paragraph to the 10 eligible
recipients with the highest ridership in fiscal year 2024:
Provided further, That amounts shall be provided to eligible
recipients proportionally based on ridership in fiscal year
2024:  Provided further, That no eligible recipient may
receive an allocation of more than 50 percent of the total
amounts made available in this paragraph:  Provided further,
That the Secretary shall distribute any excess funds above
the 50 percent threshold in the preceding proviso to all
other eligible recipients in this paragraph proportionally
based on ridership in fiscal year 2024:  Provided further,
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts made available in
this paragraph to eligible recipients no later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation on
obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any
other Act.

technical assistance and training

For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of title
49, United States Code,

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$7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That the assistance provided under this heading
does not duplicate the activities of section 5311(b) or
section 5312 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided
further, That amounts made available under this heading are
in addition to any other amounts made available for such
purposes:  Provided further, That amounts made available
under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on
obligations set forth in this or any other Act.

capital investment grants

For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital
investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United
States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114-94),
$1,950,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$100,000,000 shall be allocated to projects authorized under
section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act:  Provided, That the amounts made
available under this heading in this Act shall be made
available for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in
the table entitled ``Allocation of FTA Capital Investment
Grants Funding in this Act for Fiscal Year 2026'' included in
the report accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall make allocations for amounts made available
under this heading in this Act and under this heading in
division J of Public Law 117-58 no later than 120 days after
the enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall continue to administer the capital investment
grants program in accordance with the procedural and
substantive requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United
States Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation Act:  Provided further, That projects
that receive a grant agreement under the expedited project
delivery for capital investment grants pilot program under
section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding
provided for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United
States Code, without further evaluation or rating under such
section:  Provided further, That such funding shall not
exceed the Federal share under section 3005(b):  Provided
further, That for funds made available under this heading in
division J of Public Law 117-58 the second through sixth
provisos shall be treated as inapplicable for fiscal year
2026:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed under this
heading in this Act shall continue to be treated as amounts
specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-
5.

grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of
the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-432), $150,000,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation
shall approve grants for capital and preventive maintenance
expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for
each specific project:  Provided further, That the Secretary
shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority has placed the highest priority on those
investments that will improve the safety of the system before
approving such grants.

administrative provisions--federal transit administration

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs
of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any
authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for
obligation, or to any other authority previously made
available for obligation.
Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading
``Capital Investment Grants'' of the Federal Transit
Administration for projects specified in this Act not
obligated by September 30, 2029, and other recoveries, shall
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the
purposes for which they were originally provided.
Sec. 162.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 2025, under any section
of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain
available for expenditure, may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading for
any such section.
Sec. 163.  None of the funds made available by this Act or
any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments or
withhold funds from apportionments pursuant to section
9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
9503(e)(4)).
Sec. 164.  None of the funds made available by this Act or
any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project
advancement or approval for any project seeking a Federal
contribution from the capital investment grants program of
greater than 40 percent of project costs as authorized under
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 165. (a) Of the unobligated balances made available
for the ``Rural Transportation Accessibility Incentive
Program'' under section 3038 of Public Law 105-178,
$4,072,214 shall be transferred to and administered under
section 5311 of title 49, United States Code.
(b) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``New
Freedom'' under section 5317 of title 49, United States Code,
as amended by Public Law 109-59, $43,716,920 shall be
transferred and administered under section 5310 of title 49,
United States Code.
Sec. 166. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2026 for
grants under sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United
States Code, may be used for up to 100 percent of the
eligible net costs of a project, notwithstanding subsection
(d) of section 5310 and subsection (g) of section 5311 of
such title.
(b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 49,
United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which
an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized
Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 5339(b)
of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the option of
such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
(c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49,
United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which
an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized
Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 5339(c)
of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the option of
such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
Sec. 167.  Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended in subsection (q)--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``Corridor preservation'' and inserting ``Real property
interests'';
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``right-of-way'' each time it appears and
inserting ``real property interests''; and
(B) by inserting ``acquired'' after ``may use the''; and
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Right-of-way'' and
inserting ``Real property interests''.
Sec. 168.  None of the funds made available under this Act
shall be used in awarding or amending a contract or
subcontract to an entity that, at any time on or after
December 20, 2019, met the criteria described in section
5323(u) of title 49, United States Code, or to any entity
resulting from a reorganization or restructuring of such
entity, or to any successor, subsidiary, affiliate, joint
venture, or co-owned enterprise of such an entity, without
regard to whether such reorganized or restructured entity,
successor, subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture, or co-owned
enterprise meets the criteria under such section.
Sec. 169.  Of the unobligated balances made available for
the following programs authorized by Public Law 109-59, the
Secretary shall make $68,000,000 available for transportation
assistance, including assistance with transit planning,
capital projects, and operating assistance, for surface,
commuter, and public transportation systems necessary to
support the mobility needs of the international quadrennial
Olympic and Paralympic events as authorized by section
1223(e) of Public Law 105-178--
(1) ``Clean Fuels Grant Program'' under section 5308 of
title 49, United States Code;
(2) ``Alternatives Analysis Program'' under section 5339 of
title 49, United States Code;
(3) ``Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants'' under
section 5316 of title 49, United States Code;
(4) ``bus and bus-related equipment and facilities'' under
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided, That such assistance shall be for any eligible
entity as defined by section 6702 of title 49, United States
Code, that serves or supports service to a venue that is part
of the 2028 international quadrennial Olympic or Paralympic
events:  Provided further, That such assistance may be
provided through direct grants or cooperative agreements for
which the Federal share shall not exceed 80 percent, with the
exception of assistance for a supplement public
transportation bus system which shall be no less than 90
percent:  Provided further, That these amounts shall be in
addition to other amounts made available for such purpose:
Provided further, That amounts made available in this section
may be transferred to other operating administrations of the
Department to administer the amounts made available in this
section as appropriate:  Provided further, That any amounts
that are no longer needed under that part may be made
available for the original purposes:  Provided further, That
amounts made available in this section shall only be
available for obligation for the purposes specifically
authorized in this section in this Act for a period not to
exceed two fiscal years after the official closing of the
2028 international quadrennial Olympic and Paralympic events.
Sec. 169A.  Of the unobligated balances made available for
the following programs authorized by Public Law 109-59, the
Secretary shall make $78,115,871 available for costs related
to the planning and operating equipment and facilities for
use in public transportation that supplement regular transit
services in support of matches or other public events held in
domestic host cities for the FIFA World Cup 2026--
(1) ``Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public
Lands'' under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code;
and
(2) ``bus and bus-related equipment and facilities'' under
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided, That the Secretary shall provide amounts made
available in this section as if such amounts were provided
under sections 5307 or 5311 of title 49, United States Code,
as applicable:  Provided further, That notwithstanding
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 5307 of such title,
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this section shall be available for the operating cost of
equipment and facilities for use in public transportation
eligible under sections 5307 or 5311 of such title:  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall solicit applications for
assistance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act
and shall request from applicants seeking assistance cost
estimates or demonstrated costs of supplemental public
transportation service related to the FIFA World Cup 2026:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall evaluate
applications for assistance based on the cost estimates or
demonstrated costs submitted by applicants and shall award
amounts made available in this section based on the
applicant's share of the total amount of cost estimates or
demonstrated costs received by the Secretary in response to
the solicitation in the preceding proviso:  Provided further,
That unless otherwise specified, applicable requirements
under chapter 53 of such title shall apply to amounts made
available in this section, except that the Federal share of
the costs for which any grant is made from amounts made
available in this section shall be, at the option of the
recipient, up to 80 percent:  Provided further, That any
amounts that are no longer needed under this section may be
made available for the original purposes:  Provided further,
That amounts made available in this section shall only be
available for obligation for the purposes specifically
authorized in this section in this Act for a period not to
exceed one fiscal year after the official closing of the FIFA
World Cup 2026 events.

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the
Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs
set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal
year.

operations and maintenance

(harbor maintenance trust fund)

For necessary expenses to conduct the operations,
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on
portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and
maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, $40,624,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238):
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, not less than $15,950,000 shall be for the seaway
infrastructure program.

Maritime Administration

maritime security program

(including rescission)

For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag
merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46,
United States Code, to serve the national security needs of
the United States, $390,000,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That of the unobligated balances
remaining from fiscal year 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
appropriations made available under this heading, $33,400,000
are hereby permanently rescinded.

cable security fleet

(including rescission)

For the cable security fleet program, as authorized under
chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the
unobligated balances remaining from fiscal year 2021 and 2022
appropriations made available under this heading, $12,000,000
are hereby permanently rescinded.

tanker security program

(including rescission)

For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under
section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, $122,400,000,
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the
unobligated balances remaining from fiscal year 2022, 2023,
and 2024 appropriations available under this heading,
$77,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.

operations and training

For necessary expenses of operations and training
activities authorized by law, $240,898,000:  Provided, That
of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $101,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2027, for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine
Academy;
(2) $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at the
United States Merchant Marine Academy;
(3) $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
the capital improvement program at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy;
(4) $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2027, for the maritime environmental and technical assistance
program authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United
States Code; and
(5) $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for
the United States marine highway program to make grants for
the purposes authorized under section 55601 of title 46,
United States Code:
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 3510 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 (46
U.S.C. 51318):  Provided further, That the Administrator of
the Maritime Administration shall transmit to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations an annual capital
improvement program plan not later than 30 days after the
submission of the budget request:  Provided further, That
available balances under this heading for the short sea
transportation program or America's marine highway program
(now known as the United States marine highway program) from
prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out
activities authorized under section 55601 of title 46, United
States Code.

state maritime academy operations

For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training
activities for State Maritime Academies, $143,400,000:
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $7,800,000 shall remain available until expended for
maintenance, repair, and life extension of training ships at
the State Maritime Academies;
(2) $115,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
the national security multi-mission vessel program, of
which--
(A) $60,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to design,
plan, construct infrastructure, and purchase equipment
necessary to berth such ships, as determined by the
Secretary:  Provided, That such funds may be used to
reimburse State Maritime Academies for costs incurred prior
to the date of enactment of this Act; and
(B) $55,000,000 shall be for expenses related to the
operation, integration, oversight, and management of national
security multi-mission vessel school ships, including
insurance, maintenance, repair, and equipment costs;
(3) $4,800,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2030, for the student incentive program;
(4) $9,800,000 shall remain available until expended for
training ship fuel assistance; and
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2027, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies.

assistance to small shipyards

To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under
section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $30,000,000,
to remain available until expended.

ship disposal

For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete
vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime
Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available until
expended.

maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

(including rescission)

(including transfer of funds)

For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed
loan program, $3,940,000, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriations for ``Maritime
Administration--Operations and Training'':  Provided, That of
the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations
available under this heading, $25,000,000 are hereby
permanently rescinded.

port infrastructure development program

To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized
under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, and
section 3501(9) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
fiscal year 2025 (Public Law 118-159), $96,482,000, to remain
available until expended:  Provided, That of the sums
appropriated under this heading in this Act--
(1) $75,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal seaports,
inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports:  Provided, That for
grants awarded under this paragraph in this Act, the minimum
grant size shall be $1,000,000; and
(2) $21,482,000 shall be for the projects, and in the
amounts, specified for congressionally directed spending
included in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That amounts made available in this paragraph for
such projects shall not diminish or prejudice any applicant
or geographic region for other discretionary grant or loan
awards made by the Department of Transportation.

administrative provisions--maritime administration

Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property
under control of the Maritime Administration:  Provided, That
payments received therefor shall be credited to the
appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain
available until expended:  Provided further, That rental
payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for
items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall
be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

operational expenses

For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $31,312,000, of
which $4,500,000

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shall remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided,
That not less than $2,000,000 of the amounts made available
under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants
as authorized under section 60130 of title 49, United States
Code:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue a
notice of funding opportunity for such funds not later than
120 days after enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That
the Secretary shall make grant awards for such funds not
later than August 30, 2026.

hazardous materials safety

For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration, $73,660,000, of which $12,070,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2028, of which
$1,000,000 shall be made available for carrying out section
5107(i) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided, That up
to $800,000 in fees collected under section 5108(g) of title
49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the general
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts:  Provided
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to
be available until expended, funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources for expenses incurred for training, for
reports publication and dissemination, and for travel
expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials
exemptions and approvals functions.

pipeline safety

(pipeline safety fund)

(oil spill liability trust fund)

For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United
States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law
101-380), $218,186,000, to remain available until September
30, 2028, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $180,786,000 shall be
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $200,000
shall be derived from the fees collected under section 60303
of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the
Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance reviews
of liquefied natural gas facilities; of which $200,000 shall
be derived from the fees collected under section 60117, of
title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the Pipeline
Safety Design Review Account for facility design safety
reviews; and of which $7,000,000 shall be derived from fees
collected under section 60302 of title 49, United States
Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural Gas Storage
Facility Safety Account for the purpose of carrying out
section 60141 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided,
That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts made available
under this heading shall be for the one-call State grant
program:  Provided further, That any amounts made available
under this heading in this Act or in prior Acts for research
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or research other
transactions agreements (OTAs) shall require written
notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before such
research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or
research OTAs are announced by the Department of
Transportation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
the report on pipeline safety testing enhancement as required
pursuant to section 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure
of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of
Public Law 116-260):  Provided further, That the Secretary
may obligate amounts made available under this heading to
engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any
other public improvements for research facilities at the
Transportation Technology Center after the Secretary submits
an updated research plan and the report in the preceding
proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
and after such plan and report in the preceding proviso are
approved by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations:  Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 is for
the National Center of Excellence for Liquefied Natural Gas
Safety authorized under section 111 of the Protecting Our
Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020
(PIPES) Act.

emergency preparedness grants

(limitation on obligations)

(emergency preparedness fund)

For expenses necessary to carry out the emergency
preparedness grants program, not more than $46,825,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2028, from amounts made
available by section 5116(h) and subsections (b) and (c) of
section 5128 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided, That
notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States
Code, not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available
from this account shall be available to pay the
administrative costs of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e),
and 5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided
further, That notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of
section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and the
limitation on obligations provided under this heading, prior
year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be
available to develop and deliver hazardous materials
emergency response training for emergency responders,
including response activities for the transportation of crude
oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous
commodities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection
Association standards, and to make such training available
through an electronic format:  Provided further, That the
prior year recoveries made available under this heading shall
also be available to carry out sections 5116(a)(1)(C),
5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 49, United
States Code.

Office of Inspector General

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $116,452,000:  Provided, That the Inspector
General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out
the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended
(5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), to investigate allegations of fraud,
including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C.
1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation
by the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, That
none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act
shall be used to impede or prevent the Inspector General (or
Acting Inspector General) of the Department of Transportation
from exercising the independent authority over all personnel
decisions, as authorized under section 406 of title 5, United
States Code.

General Provisions--Department of Transportation

Sec. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be
available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of
passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability
insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries
on official department business; and uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5,
United States Code.
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations to the Department and its operating
administrations shall be available for the purchase,
maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft
systems that advance the missions of the Department of
Transportation or an operating administration of the
Department of Transportation.
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, or
contracted for by the Department prior to the date of
enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized by Congress
as if this provision was in effect when the system was
purchased, procured, or contracted for.
Sec. 181.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the
Department of Transportation shall be available for services
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
Sec. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available by
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined
in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) obtained
by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a
motor vehicle record as defined in section 2725(1) of title
18, United States Code, except as provided in section 2721 of
title 18, United States Code, for a use permitted under
section 2721 of title 18, United States Code.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not
withhold amounts made available by this Act for any grantee
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.
Sec. 183.  None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 125
political and Presidential appointees in the Department of
Transportation:  Provided, That none of the personnel covered
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside
the Department of Transportation.
Sec. 184.  Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be
credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's
``Federal-Aid Highways'' account and to the Federal Railroad
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except
for State rail safety inspectors participating in training
pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 185.  None of the funds made available by this Act or
in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117-58 to the
Department of Transportation may be used to make, modify the
scope or terms and conditions of, terminate, rescind, or
reduce a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of
intent, federally funded cooperative agreement, full funding
grant agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any
project competitively selected to receive any discretionary
grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan
guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, federally
funded cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agreement
is announced or is notified of such changes by the Department
or its operating administrations:  Provided, That the
Secretary of Transportation shall provide the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list
of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters
of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full

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funding grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to
the notification required under the preceding proviso:
Provided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent
notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds from the
emergency relief program:  Provided further, That no
notification shall involve funds that are not available for
obligation.
Sec. 186.  Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor
fees, and other funds received by the Department of
Transportation from travel management centers, charge card
programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the
Department of Transportation and allocated to organizational
units of the Department of Transportation using fair and
equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until
expended.
Sec. 187.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if
any funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject to a
reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
transmission of such reprogramming notice shall be provided
solely to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
and such reprogramming action shall be approved or denied
solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide
notice to other congressional committees of the action of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on such
reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on
which the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 188.  Funds appropriated by this Act to the operating
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the
Secretary for the costs related to assessments or
reimbursable agreements only when such amounts are for the
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide a
direct benefit to the applicable operating administration or
administrations.
Sec. 189.  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for
developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit
benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United
States Code, including distribution of transit benefits by
various paper and electronic media.
Sec. 190.  The Department of Transportation may use funds
provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract
under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code utilizing
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not
otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regulation,
policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal
Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration
grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or
construction project with which the Department of
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient
certifies the following:
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a
pool of readily available but unemployed individuals
possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the
work that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate
provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor
does not displace any of its existing employees in order to
satisfy such hiring preference; and
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or
delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does
not delay or displace any transportation project in the
applicable statewide transportation improvement program or
transportation improvement program.
Sec. 191.  None of the funds made available by this act may
be used to require a recipient of Federal funds to display
signage containing the name of the President, Vice President,
or any member of the President's Cabinet as a condition of
the receipt of such funds.
Sec. 192.  None of the funds made available by this Act or
any prior Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a
lesser office, or reorganize a regional, division, or field
office, unless such action is provided for in this Act, the
report accompanying this Act, or section 40003 of Public Law
119-21:  Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall
maintain all regional, division, and field offices for each
operating administration in effect on September 30, 2024
unless such action is provided for in this Act, the report
accompanying this Act, or section 40003 of Public Law 119-21,
and shall ensure that each such office has sufficient staff
to carry out all statutorily authorized activities.
Sec. 193.  The Secretary shall issue a new notice of
funding opportunity for eight new university transportation
centers, as authorized under section 5505 of title 49, United
States Code:  Provided, That in selecting such university
transportation center awards, the Secretary shall first
prioritize (a) any applicants that had previously been
selected as a university transportation center focusing on
transportation infrastructure durability and composite
materials and were required to re-compete before the end of
the typical five-year term and who currently participate in
the Department of Transportation's Advanced Research Projects
Agency--Infrastructure program and (b) any applicant that had
their university transportation center designation cancelled
in May 2025 by the Department of Transportation:  Provided
further, That such university transportation center awards
shall be made available using any unobligated amounts
remaining from the university transportation centers program,
which have not been committed to any existing university
transportation center grantees:  Provided further, That any
such unobligated amounts shall include funds made available
in section 11101(c)(1)(E) of the Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) and funds made available
under the heading ``Highway Infrastructure Program'' in Title
VIII of Division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act (Public Law 117-58):  Provided further, That amounts
repurposed or transferred pursuant to this section shall
continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b)
of division A of Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 194.  Not later than 180 days after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations a report that provides a list of
(1) each grant, federally funded cooperative agreement, other
transaction agreement, and contract that was obligated and
subsequently terminated or reduced in scope in fiscal year
2025 and remains terminated or reduced in scope as of the
date of enactment of this Act, and, (2) each grant, federally
funded cooperative agreement, other transaction agreement,
and contract for which the terms and conditions of agreements
were changed or modified in fiscal year 2025:  Provided, That
such report shall include an explanation for each termination
or modification, the recipient, the location of the project
or service, and the source of funding.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of
Transportation Appropriations Act, 2026''.

TITLE II

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Management and Administration

executive offices

For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices,
which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary,
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and
Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for Faith,
$17,500,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated
under this heading not less than $2,500,000 shall be for the
Office of the Deputy Secretary, of which not less than
$500,000 shall be for the Office of Gender-Based Violence
Prevention and not less than $1,200,000 shall be for the
Office of Disaster Management:  Provided further, That not to
exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under this
heading shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development (referred to in this title as ``the
Secretary'') for official reception and representation
expenses as the Secretary may determine.

administrative support offices

For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative
Support Offices, $590,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated
under this heading--
(1) $89,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer;
(2) $103,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the
General Counsel;
(3) $224,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Administration;
(4) $47,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Human Capital Officer;
(5) $26,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Procurement Officer;
(6) $46,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field
Policy and Management;
(7) $3,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and
(8) $52,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Information Officer:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading may be used for necessary administrative and non-
administrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise
provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5,
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading
may be used for advertising and promotional activities that
directly support program activities funded in this title.

program offices

For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices,
$903,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $250,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Public and Indian Housing;
(2) $142,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Community Planning and Development;
(3) $395,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Housing;
(4) $34,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy
Development and Research;
(5) $72,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and
(6) $10,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

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information technology fund

For Department-wide and program-specific information
technology systems and infrastructure, $365,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That
not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the
Secretary shall brief the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on all information technology modernization
efforts as required in the report accompanying this Act.

Public and Indian Housing

tenant-based rental assistance

For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-
based rental assistance authorized under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in
this heading ``the Act''), not otherwise provided for,
$33,354,709,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be available on October 1, 2025 (in addition to the
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading
that shall be available on October 1, 2025), and
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be available on October 1, 2026:  Provided, That of the
sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $33,974,000,000 shall be available for renewals of
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions
contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any
provision of law authorizing such assistance under section
8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of other special
purpose incremental vouchers:  Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, from amounts provided under this
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar
year 2026 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for
each public housing agency based on validated voucher
management system (VMS) or successor system leasing and cost
data for the prior calendar year and by applying an inflation
factor as established by the Secretary, by notice published
in the Federal Register, and by making any necessary
adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time
renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant
protection and choice neighborhoods vouchers:  Provided
further, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph
may be used to fund a total number of unit months under lease
which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level of
units under contract, except for public housing agencies
participating in the moving to work (MTW) demonstration,
which are instead governed in accordance with the
requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW
agreements, if any, or as necessary on a temporary basis and
within available resources to facilitate the transition of
residents assisted by emergency housing vouchers (Public Law
117-2; 135 Stat. 58) to tenant-based rental assistance under
the housing assistance payment contract under section 8(o) of
the Act:  Provided further, That any leasing or associated
costs authorized for emergency housing vouchers in the
preceding proviso above the public housing agency's
authorized level of units under contract shall not be
included in the calculation of the agency's renewal funding
allocation for any subsequent fiscal year:  Provided further,
That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay
within the amount specified under this paragraph (except as
otherwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each public
housing agency's allocation otherwise established pursuant to
this paragraph:  Provided further, That except as provided in
the following provisos, the entire amount specified under
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this
paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies
based on the allocation and pro rata method described above,
and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment
of this Act or March 1, 2026:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may extend the notification period only after the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified at
least 10 business days in advance of the extension:  Provided
further, That public housing agencies participating in the
MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance with the
requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW
agreements, if any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata
adjustments under the preceding provisos:  Provided further,
That the Secretary may perform a statutory offset of public
housing agencies' calendar year 2026 allocations based on the
excess amounts of public housing agencies' net restricted
assets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in
accordance with VMS or successor system data in calendar year
2025 that is verifiable and complete), as determined by the
Secretary:  Provided further, That public housing agencies
participating in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject
to the statutory offset:  Provided further, That for amounts
subject to the single fund budget authority provisions of
their MTW agreements, excess amounts shall be offset only to
the extent permitted by section 239 of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113):  Provided
further, That for public housing agencies in the MTW
demonstration subject to single fund budget authority
provisions, the Secretary shall provide not less than 60 days
to appeal such offsets and shall not offset amounts that have
been committed to capital improvement, development, and other
repositioning activities that are scheduled to close within
12 months of enactment of this Act, as evidenced in funding
applications, project schedules, or other commitments to
third parties implementing such activities, to the extent
that reserve amounts excluded from offset under such section
239 are insufficient to cover such commitments:  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall not offset any portion of a
public housing agency's excess amounts if offsetting such
portion would result in a public housing agency being put in
a shortfall position in calendar year 2026, as estimated by
HUD prior to the offset's implementation, as determined by
the Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
use any such offset amounts referred to in the preceding five
provisos throughout the calendar year to prevent the
termination of rental assistance for families as the result
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Secretary, and
to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding
allocations:  Provided further, That the Secretary may waive
or specify alternative requirements for section 5A and
section 8(o) of the Act or any regulation applicable to such
statutes related to the administration of waiting lists,
local preferences, portability, and public housing agency
plan and public hearing requirements to facilitate or
expedite the transition of residents assisted by emergency
housing vouchers (Public Law 117-2; 135 Stat. 58) to tenant-
based rental assistance under the housing assistance payment
contract under section 8(o) of the Act:  Provided further,
That up to $400,000,000 shall be available only:
(A) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing
agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public
housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as
determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability
under section 8(r) of the Act;
(B) for vouchers that were not in use during the previous
12-month period in order to be available to meet a commitment
pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for
a funding obligation not yet expended in the previous
calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity to develop
affordable housing for an agency added to the MTW
demonstration under the expansion authority provided in
section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
(division L of Public Law 114-113);
(C) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans
Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers;
(D) for public housing agencies that despite taking
reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the
Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental
assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding;
(E) for adjustments in the allocations for public housing
agencies that--
(i) are leasing a lower-than-average percentage of their
authorized vouchers,
(ii) have low amounts of budget authority in their net
restricted assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic
reserves, relative to other agencies, and
(iii) are not participating in the MTW demonstration, to
enable such agencies to lease more vouchers;
(F) for withheld payments in accordance with section
8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months in the previous calendar
year that were subsequently paid by the public housing agency
after the agency's actual costs were validated;
(G) for public housing agencies that have experienced
increased costs or loss of units in an area for which the
President declared a disaster under title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5170 et seq.); and
(H) for costs associated with mainstream vouchers:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts
under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by
the Secretary;
(2) $429,709,000 shall be available for section 8 rental
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units
that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of
the Act, conversion of section 23 projects to assistance
under section 8, relocation of witnesses (including victims
of violent crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a
law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers
under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under
section 8(t) of the Act, choice neighborhood vouchers,
mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection
assistance including replacement and relocation assistance or
for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of
unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 202
properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced
pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the
authority as provided under this Act:  Provided, That when a
public housing development is submitted for demolition or
disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may
provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an
imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental
assistance from amounts made available under this paragraph
for units assisted under a project-based subsidy contract
funded under the ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' heading
under this title where the owner has received a notice of
default and the units pose an imminent health and safety risk
to residents:  Provided further, That of the amounts made
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than $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protection
assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, to
residents residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to
pay rents greater than 30 percent of household income, as the
result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or
section 202 loan that requires the permission of the
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not
eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance
under existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability
restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program
administered by the Secretary:  Provided further, That such
tenant protection assistance made available under the
preceding proviso may be provided under the authority of
section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act:  Provided
further, That any tenant protection voucher made available
from amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued by
any public housing agency, except the replacement vouchers as
defined by the Secretary by notice, when the initial family
that received any such voucher no longer receives such
voucher, and the authority for any public housing agency to
issue any such voucher shall cease to exist:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may only provide replacement
vouchers for units that were occupied within the previous 24
months that cease to be available as assisted housing,
subject only to the availability of funds;
(3) $2,906,000,000 shall be available for administrative
and other expenses of public housing agencies in
administering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance
program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the
Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that need
additional funds to administer their section 8 programs,
including fees associated with section 8 tenant protection
rental assistance, the administration of disaster related
vouchers, HUD-VASH vouchers, and other special purpose
incremental vouchers:  Provided, That no less than
$2,876,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall
be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar year
2026 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and
related appropriations Act provisions) as in effect
immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and
Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276):
Provided further, That if the amounts made available under
this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined
under the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease the
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage
applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this
paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full
payment of amounts determined under the preceding proviso,
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this
heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose
vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts
were appropriated:  Provided further, That all public housing
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be
funded in accordance with the requirements of the MTW
demonstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, and
shall be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as
under the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That amounts
provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities
related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance
authorized under section 8, including related development
activities;
(4) $15,000,000 shall be available for incremental rental
voucher assistance for use through a supported housing
program administered in conjunction with the Department of
Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937:  Provided, That the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make such
funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (competition
provision) of this title, to public housing agencies that
partner with eligible VA medical centers or other entities as
designated by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, based on geographical need for such assistance as
identified by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, public housing agency administrative performance,
and other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development in consultation with the Secretary of
the Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or
specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any
provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development administers in connection with
the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except
for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination,
labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements
are necessary for the effective delivery and administration
of such voucher assistance:  Provided further, That
assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue
to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over:
Provided further, That of the total amount made available
under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 may be for additional
fees established by and allocated pursuant to a method
determined by the Secretary for administrative and other
expenses (including those eligible activities defined by
notice to facilitate leasing, such as security deposit
assistance and costs related to the retention and support of
participating owners) of public housing agencies in
administering HUD-VASH vouchers;
(5) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family
unification program as authorized under section 8(x) of the
Act:  Provided, That the amounts made available under this
paragraph are provided as follows:
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new incremental
voucher assistance, which shall continue to remain available
for family unification upon turnover; and
(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new incremental
voucher assistance to assist eligible youth as defined by
such section 8(x)(2)(B) of the Act, which shall continue to
remain available for such eligible youth upon turnover:
Provided, That such amounts shall be available on a
noncompetitive basis to public housing agencies that partner
with public child welfare agencies to identify such eligible
youth, that request such assistance to timely assist such
eligible youth, and that meet any other criteria as specified
by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
review utilization of such assistance and assistance
originating from appropriations made available for youth
under this heading in any prior Act that the Secretary made
available on a noncompetitive basis, at an interval to be
determined by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher
assistance that is no longer needed based on such review
shall be recaptured by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant
to the preceding proviso:
Provided further, That any public housing agency
administering new incremental voucher assistance originating
from appropriations made available for the family unification
program under this heading in this or any prior Act that the
Secretary made available on a competitive basis that
determines it no longer has an identified need for such
assistance upon turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the
Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the agency and
reallocate it to any other public housing agency or agencies
based on need for voucher assistance in connection with such
specified program or eligible youth, as applicable; and
(6) the Secretary shall separately track all special
purpose vouchers funded under this heading and continue to
provide timely updates on budget, utilization, spending and
leasing trends for all vouchers by purpose on the voucher
data dashboard on the publicly accessible website of the
Department:  Provided, That upon turnover, special purpose
vouchers issued pursuant to section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013)
funded under this or any other heading in this or prior Acts,
shall be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities.

housing certificate fund

(including rescissions)

Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover,
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the heading
``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' and the heading
``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', for fiscal year 2026 and
prior years may be used for renewal of or amendments to
section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-based
contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for
which such funds were appropriated:  Provided, That any
obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal year
1974 and prior fiscal years that have been terminated shall
be rescinded:  Provided further, That amounts heretofore
recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year,
from section 8 project-based contracts from source years
fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby
rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority,
equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to
remain available until expended, for the purposes set forth
under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise
available.

public housing fund

For 2026 payments to public housing agencies for the
operation and management of public housing, as authorized by
section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ``Act''), and to carry out capital and
management activities for public housing agencies, as
authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1437g(d)), $8,397,326,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2029:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated
under this heading--
(1) $4,873,326,000 shall be available for the Secretary to
allocate pursuant to the operating fund formula at part 990
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, for 2026 payments;
(2) $214,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to
allocate pursuant to a need-based application process
notwithstanding section 203 of this title and not subject to
such operating fund formula to public housing agencies that
experience, or are at risk of, financial shortfalls, as
determined by the Secretary:  Provided, That after all such
shortfall needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any
remaining funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata
basis pursuant to such operating fund formula;
(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to
allocate pursuant to the capital fund formula at section
905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations:  Provided,
That for funds described under this paragraph, the limitation
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be 25 percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary may
waive the limitation in the preceding proviso to allow public
housing agencies to fund activities authorized under section
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary
shall notify public housing agencies requesting waivers under
the preceding proviso if the request is approved or denied
within 14 days of submitting the request:  Provided further,
That from the funds made available under this paragraph, the
Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2026 to
public housing agencies that are designated high performers:
Provided further, That the Department shall notify public
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days
of enactment of this Act;
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to
make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, to
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs,
including safety and security measures necessary to address
crime and drug-related activity, as well as needs resulting
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural
disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and
natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring
in fiscal year 2026:  Provided, That of the amount made
available under this paragraph, not less than $10,000,000
shall be for safety and security measures:  Provided further,
That in addition to the amount in the preceding proviso for
such safety and security measures, any amounts that remain
available, after all applications received on or before
September 30, 2027, for emergency capital needs have been
processed, shall be allocated to public housing agencies for
such safety and security measures;
(5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants
to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce residential
health hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint
(by carrying out the activities of risk assessments,
abatement, and interim controls, as those terms are defined
in section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide,
mold, radon, and fire safety:  Provided, That not less than
$25,000,000 of the amounts provided under this paragraph
shall be awarded for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint
hazards, except that if such amount is undersubscribed any
remaining amounts may be awarded to qualified applicants for
other purposes under this paragraph:  Provided further, That
for purposes of environmental review, a grant under this
paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or
activities under title I of the Act for purposes of section
26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the
regulations implementing such section; and
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of
administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive
grants to public housing agencies in receivership, designated
troubled or substandard, or otherwise at risk, as determined
by the Secretary, for costs associated with public housing
asset improvement, in addition to other amounts for that
purpose provided under any heading under this title:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2026, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to any
Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and the
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any
authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the Act
regarding the extension of the time periods under such
section:  Provided further, That for purposes of such section
9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts,
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will
result in outlays, immediately or in the future:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may authorize a public housing
agency with at least one property with a low physical
inspection score to use operating reserve funds or any
amounts allocated to such agency pursuant to the operating
fund formula from amounts made available in this and prior
Acts for any eligible activities under section 9(d)(1) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1))
under such conditions or criteria as established by the
Secretary, including that such use would not put such agency
at risk of financial shortfall.

assisted housing inspections and risk assessments

For the Department's inspection and assessment programs,
including travel, training, and program support contracts,
$50,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2028:
Provided, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under the
heading ``Public Housing Fund'' in prior Acts to support
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment
activities shall be available for the purposes authorized
under this heading in addition to the purposes for which such
funds originally were appropriated.

choice neighborhoods initiative

For competitive grants under the choice neighborhoods
initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ``Act'') unless
otherwise specified under this heading), for transformation,
rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public
and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of
poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income
neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public
assets, transportation, and access to jobs, $40,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2030:  Provided, That
grant funds may be used for resident and community services,
community development, and affordable housing needs in the
community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed
properties to affordable housing:  Provided further, That the
use of amounts made available under this heading shall not be
deemed to be for public housing, notwithstanding section
3(b)(1) of the Act:  Provided further, That grantees shall
commit to an additional period of affordability determined by
the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years:  Provided further,
That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other
Federal, or private funds:  Provided further, That grantees
may include local governments, Tribal entities, public
housing agencies, and nonprofit organizations:  Provided
further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a
public entity:  Provided further, That for purposes of
environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public
housing agency under section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x),
and grants made with amounts available under this heading
shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary
to implement such section:  Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, not less than
$20,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies:
Provided further, That such grantees shall create
partnerships with other local organizations, including
assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident
organizations:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor,
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and
Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage
other appropriate Federal resources:  Provided further, That
not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under
this heading may be provided as grants to undertake
comprehensive local planning with input from residents and
the community:  Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading may be obligated for main street
housing grants under section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1437v(n)):  Provided further, That unobligated balances,
including recaptures, remaining from amounts made available
under the heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed
Public Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior
fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading,
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were
appropriated:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
make grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary
determines:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section
24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may,
until September 30, 2026, obligate any available unobligated
balances made available under this heading in this or any
prior Act.

self-sufficiency programs

For activities and assistance related to self-sufficiency
programs, to remain available until September 30, 2029,
$211,400,000:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under
this heading--
(1) $156,400,000 shall be available for the family self-
sufficiency program to support family self-sufficiency
coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the development of
local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under
sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private
resources, and enable eligible families to achieve economic
independence and self-sufficiency:  Provided, That the
Secretary may use recaptured amounts made available under
this paragraph in prior Acts to provide bonus awards to
programs that are assigned a ranking of performance category
1 based on their publicly available family self-sufficiency
achievement metrics (FAM) scores;
(2) $45,000,000 shall be available for the resident
opportunity and self-sufficiency program to provide for
supportive services, service coordinators, and congregate
services as authorized by section 34 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided, That amounts made
available under this paragraph may be used to renew resident
opportunity and self-sufficiency program grants to allow the
public housing agency, or a new owner, to continue to serve
(or restart service to) residents of a project with
assistance converted from public housing to project-based
rental assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under
section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ``Rental
Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for a jobs-plus
initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus demonstration:
Provided, That funding provided under this paragraph shall be
available for competitive grants to partnerships between
public housing agencies, local workforce investment boards
established under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies
and organizations that provide support to help public housing
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obtain employment and increase earnings:  Provided further,
That applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide
services to residents, partner with workforce investment
boards, and leverage service dollars:  Provided further, That
the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to request
exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements under
sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement the jobs-plus
program, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
approve upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers
or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective
implementation of the jobs-plus initiative as a voluntary
program for residents:  Provided further, That the Secretary
shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers
or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso
no later than 10 days before the effective date of such
notice.

native american programs

For activities and assistance authorized under title I of
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination
Act of 1996 (in this heading ``NAHASDA'') (25 U.S.C. 4111 et
seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian
Tribes, and for related activities and assistance,
$1,354,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030:
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the Native
American housing block grants program, as authorized under
title I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA,
to determine the amount of the allocation under title I of
such Act for each Indian Tribe, the Secretary shall apply the
formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component
based on single-race census data and with the need component
based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the
allocation for each Indian Tribe shall be the greater of the
two resulting allocation amounts:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula allocation
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act;
(2) $100,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants
under the Native American housing block grants program, as
authorized under title I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That the
Secretary shall obligate such amount for competitive grants
to eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply
for funds:  Provided further, That in awarding amounts made
available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider
need and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to
projects that will spur construction and rehabilitation of
housing:  Provided further, That any amounts transferred for
the necessary costs of administering and overseeing the
obligation and expenditure of such additional amounts in
prior Acts may also be used for the necessary costs of
administering and overseeing such additional amount;
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for noncompetitive
grants to recipients that received a Tribal HUD-Veterans
Affairs Supportive Housing grant in prior years, to be
available under the same terms and conditions as funds
specified under paragraph (5) under the heading ``Public and
Indian Housing-Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'' in Public Law
118-42:  Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate, as
determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured
from awards under the Tribal HUD-VASH program under prior
Acts to existing recipients under the Tribal HUD-VASH
program;
(4) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by
title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a):  Provided further, That amounts made
available in this and prior Acts for the cost of such
guaranteed notes and other obligations that are unobligated,
including recaptures and carryover, may be available to
subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and other
obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to
exceed $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2027;
(5) $125,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian
Tribes for carrying out the Indian community development
block grant program under title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding section
106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other
provision of law (including section 203 of this Act), not
more than $10,000,000 may be used for emergencies that
constitute imminent threats to health and safety:  Provided,
That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with amounts
made available in this paragraph shall be expended for
planning and management development and administration; and
(6) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise available
for such purpose, shall be available for providing training
and technical assistance to Indian Tribes, Indian housing
authorities, and Tribally designated housing entities, to
support the inspection of Indian housing units, for contract
expertise, and for training and technical assistance related
to amounts made available under this heading and other
headings in this Act for the needs of Native American
families and Indian country:  Provided, That of the amounts
made available in this paragraph, not less than $2,000,000
shall be for a national organization as authorized under
section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212):  Provided further,
That amounts made available in this paragraph may be used,
contracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary:
Provided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of title
31, United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Grant
and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977), the amounts made
available in this paragraph may be used by the Secretary to
enter into cooperative agreements with public and private
organizations, agencies, institutions, and other technical
assistance providers to support the administration of
negotiated rulemaking under section 106 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C.
4116), the administration of the allocation formula under
section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the
administration of performance tracking and reporting under
section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167).

indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12
U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $1,000,000, to remain available until
expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a):
Provided further, That an additional $400,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be available for
administrative expenses, including management of the loan
guarantee program:  Provided further, That amounts made
available in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed
loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), that
are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, may be
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,200,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027.

native hawaiian housing block grant

For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant program, as
authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221
et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain available until September
30, 2030:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 812(b) of
such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands may not
invest grant amounts made available under this heading in
investment securities and other obligations:  Provided
further, That amounts made available under this heading in
this and prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental
assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families both on and
off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any other
provision of law:  Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of
the amounts made available under this heading may be for
training and technical assistance related to amounts made
available under this heading and other headings in this Act
for the needs of Native Hawaiians and the Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands.

native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by
section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b), any part of which is to be
guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 in total loan
principal, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That the Secretary may enter into commitments to
guarantee loans used for refinancing.

Community Planning and Development

housing opportunities for persons with aids

For carrying out the housing opportunities for persons with
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $529,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2029:  Provided, That the
Secretary shall renew or replace all expiring contracts for
permanent supportive housing that initially were funded under
section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made available under
this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal years that
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new
contracts under such section:  Provided further, That the
process for submitting amendments and approving replacement
contracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice:
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of
this Act.

community development fund

For assistance to States and units of general local
government, and other entities, for economic and community
development activities, and other purposes, $4,541,397,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2029:  Provided, That
of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $3,100,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the
community development block grant program under title I of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ``the Act''):
Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made
with funds made available under this paragraph shall be
expended for planning and management development and
administration:  Provided further, That a metropolitan city,
urban county, unit of general local government, or insular
area that directly or indirectly receives funds under this
paragraph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or
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exchange for any other funds, credits, or non-Federal
considerations, but shall use such funds for activities
eligible under title I of the Act:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds made
available under this paragraph may be provided to a for-
profit entity for an economic development project under
section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated and
selected in accordance with guidelines required under
subsection (e)(2) of section 105;
(2) $60,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to
award grants on a competitive basis to State and local
governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and
multijurisdictional entities for additional activities under
title I of the Act for the identification and removal of
barriers to affordable housing production and preservation,
including new housing construction:  Provided, That eligible
uses of such grants include activities to further develop,
evaluate, and implement housing policy plans, improve housing
strategies, and facilitate affordable housing production and
preservation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
select applicants that (A) have enacted or implemented (or
caused another entity to enact or implement) less restrictive
zoning, land use, or permitting laws and regulations, that
are reasonably expected to preserve or produce new housing
units; and (B) can demonstrate an acute need for housing
affordable to households with incomes below 100 percent of
the area median income:  Provided further, That grantees
shall report to the Secretary on their activities and housing
supply outcomes:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall
analyze observable housing production, preservation, and cost
trends in the participating jurisdictions or geographic
areas:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall annually
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
and make publicly available, a summary of the information
collected in the preceding two provisos:  Provided further,
That funds allocated for such grants shall not adversely
affect the amount of any formula assistance received by a
jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of this heading:  Provided
further, That in administering such amounts the Secretary may
waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision
of title I of the Act except for requirements related to fair
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environment,
and requirements that activities benefit persons of low- and
moderate-income, upon a finding that any such waivers or
alternative requirements are necessary to expedite or
facilitate the use of such amounts:  Provided further, That
the Secretary shall issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity not
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall make grant awards
not later than 300 days after the date of enactment of this
Act;
(3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities
authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and
Communities Act (Public Law 115-271):  Provided, That funds
allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall not adversely
affect the amount of any formula assistance received by a
State under paragraph (1) of this heading:  Provided further,
That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such
activities based on the notice establishing the funding
formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 2019) except that
the formula shall use age-adjusted rates of drug overdose
deaths for 2023 based on data from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; and
(4) $1,351,397,000 shall be available for grants for the
economic development initiative (EDI) for the projects, and
in the amounts, specified for congressionally directed
spending in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That amounts made available under this paragraph
for such projects shall not diminish or prejudice any
application or geographic region for other discretionary
grant or loan awards made by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development:  Provided further, That eligible expenses
of such grants in this and prior Acts may include
administrative, planning, operations and maintenance, and
other costs:  Provided further, That such grants for the EDI
shall be available for reimbursement of otherwise eligible
expenses incurred on or after the date of enactment of this
Act and prior to the date of grant execution:  Provided
further, That none of the amounts made available under this
paragraph for grants for the EDI shall be used for
reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the date of
enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That for amounts made available under
paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of
this Act.

community development loan guarantees program account

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2026, commitments to
guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part
of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal
amount of $400,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in
subsection (k) of such section 108:  Provided, That the
Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding
subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit
subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any
such fees shall be collected in accordance with section
502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided
further, That such commitment authority funded by fees may be
used to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or
other obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-
entitlement communities in the State in accordance with the
requirements of such section 108:  Provided further, That any
State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the
preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such
guarantee to the units of general local government in non-
entitlement areas that received the commitment.

home investment partnerships program

For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.),
$1,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029:
Provided, That the threshold reduction requirements in
sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12746(10), 12747(b)(4)) shall not apply to the amounts made
available under this heading:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12771(b)), all unobligated balances remaining from amounts
recaptured pursuant to such section that remain available
until expended shall be combined with amounts made available
under this heading and allocated in accordance with the
formula under section 217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12747(b)(1)(A)):  Provided further, That the Department shall
notify grantees of their formula allocations within 60 days
after enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That section
218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with
respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its
HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would
expire in any calendar year from 2020 through 2028 under that
section:  Provided further, That section 231(b) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested funds
that otherwise were deducted or would be deducted from the
line of credit in the participating jurisdiction's HOME
Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year from 2020 through
2028 under that section.

preservation and reinvestment initiative for community enhancement

For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize
manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing
communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) under title I
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2030:  Provided, That
recipients of grants provided with amounts made available
under this heading shall be States, units of general local
government, resident-owned manufactured housing communities,
cooperatives, nonprofit entities including consortia of
nonprofit entities, community development financial
institutions, Indian Tribes (as such term is defined in
section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or
other entities approved by the Secretary:  Provided further,
That the Secretary shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes
within such competition:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may approve entities for selection that partner
with one or several residents of such eligible communities or
that propose to implement a grant program that would assist
residents of such eligible communities:  Provided further,
That eligible uses of such grants may include infrastructure,
planning, resident and community services (including
relocation assistance and eviction prevention), resiliency
activities, and providing other assistance to residents or
owners of manufactured homes, which may include providing
assistance for manufactured housing land and site
acquisition:  Provided further, That, except as determined by
the Secretary, participation in this program shall not
encumber the future transfer of title or use of property by
the residents, owners, or communities:  Provided further,
That when selecting recipients, the Secretary shall
prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or
moderately low-income residents and preserve long-term
housing affordability for residents of manufactured housing
or a manufactured housing community:  Provided further, That
eligible manufactured housing communities may include those
that are--
(1) owned by the residents of the manufactured housing
community through a resident-controlled entity, as defined by
the Secretary; or
(2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to binding
agreements that will preserve the community and maintain
affordability on a long-term basis:
Provided further, That resiliency activities means the
reconstruction, repair, or replacement of manufactured
housing and manufactured housing communities to protect the
health and safety of manufactured housing residents and to
address weatherization and energy efficiency needs, except
that for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made available under
this heading may be used only for replacement:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative
requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation
that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of
amounts made available under this heading (except for
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination,
labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that
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or alternative requirement is necessary to facilitate the use
of such amounts.

self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

For the self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity
program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805
note), and for related activities and assistance,
$70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $13,000,000 shall be available for the self-help
homeownership opportunity program as authorized under such
section 11;
(2) $49,000,000 shall be available for the second, third,
and fourth capacity building entities specified in section
4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816
note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural
capacity building activities; and
(3) $8,000,000 shall be available for capacity building by
national rural housing organizations having experience
assessing national rural conditions and providing financing,
training, technical assistance, information, and research to
local nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian
Tribes serving high need rural communities.

homeless assistance grants

For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for
related activities and assistance, $4,530,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That of the
sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the emergency
solutions grants program authorized under subtitle B of such
title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.):  Provided, That the
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation
from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final
amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions grant program
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act;
(2) $4,023,000,000 shall be available for the continuum of
care program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV (42
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the rural housing stability
assistance programs authorized under subtitle D of such title
IV (42 U.S.C. 11408):  Provided, That the Secretary shall
prioritize funding under the continuum of care program to
continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to
reallocate funding from lower performing projects to higher
performing projects:  Provided further, That the Secretary
shall make reasonable adjustments to renewal amounts to
enable renewal projects to operate at substantially the same
levels, including cost-of-living adjustments for supportive
services from the prior grant:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall provide incentives to create projects that
coordinate with housing providers and healthcare
organizations to provide permanent supportive housing and
rapid re-housing services:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may establish by notice an alternative maximum
amount for administrative costs related to the requirements
described in sections 402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A
of such title IV of no more than 5 percent or $50,000,
whichever is greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent
limitation in section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C:
Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the
continuum of care program under this paragraph, $52,000,000
shall be for grants for new rapid re-housing projects and
supportive service projects providing coordinated entry, and
for eligible activities that the Secretary determines to be
critical in order to assist survivors of domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that the
Secretary may make additional grants for such projects and
purposes from amounts made available for such continuum of
care program:  Provided further, That amounts made available
for the continuum of care program under this paragraph and
any remaining unobligated balances under this heading in
prior Acts shall be used to competitively or non-
competitively renew or replace grants for youth homelessness
demonstration projects under the continuum of care program,
notwithstanding any conflict with the requirements of the
continuum of care program:  Provided further, That any
continuum of care, in consultation with their youth action
board, that determines it no longer has an identified need
for funds to renew a youth homelessness demonstration project
shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture
such assistance from the continuum of care and competitively
award it to any other continuum of care with the amounts
provided under this heading under paragraph (4):  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall issue the notice of funding
opportunity for the amounts made available in this paragraph
not later than June 1, 2026 and such amounts shall be awarded
not later than December 1, 2026:  Provided further, That for
fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Secretary shall issue a 2-
year notice of funding opportunity, including any alternative
procedures or requirements as may be necessary to allocate
future appropriations in the second year, for the award of
amounts made available for the continuum of care program
under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), notwithstanding any
conflict with the requirements of the continuum of care
program;
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the national
homeless data analysis project:  Provided, That
notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant and
Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), the
amounts made available under this paragraph and any remaining
unobligated balances under this heading for such purposes in
prior Acts may be used by the Secretary to enter into
cooperative agreements with such entities as may be
determined by the Secretary, including public and private
organizations, agencies, and institutions;
(4) $107,000,000 shall be available to implement projects
to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving
homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities
with a priority for communities with substantial rural
populations in up to eight locations, can dramatically reduce
youth homelessness:  Provided, That of the amount made
available under this paragraph, up to $25,000,000 may be for
youth homelessness system improvement grants to support
communities, including but not limited to the communities
assisted under the matter preceding this proviso, in
establishing and implementing an evidence-based response
system for youth homelessness, or for improving their
existing system, including through the establishment of local
youth advisory boards, collaboration with youth with lived
experience of homelessness in project design and
implementation, improving data collection, management,
utilization and evaluation, cross-system partnerships with
juvenile justice, child welfare, and education systems:
Provided further, That of the amount made available under
this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be to provide
technical assistance to communities, including but not
limited to the communities assisted in the preceding proviso
and the matter preceding such proviso, on improving system
responses to youth homelessness, and collection, analysis,
use, and reporting of data and performance measures under the
comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition
to and in coordination with other technical assistance funds
provided under this title:  Provided further, That the
Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the amount made
available under the preceding proviso to build the capacity
of current technical assistance providers or to train new
technical assistance providers with verifiable prior
experience with systems and programs for youth experiencing
homelessness; and
(5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time awards
under the continuum of care program for new construction,
acquisition, or rehabilitation of new permanent supportive
housing, of which not more than 20 percent of such awards may
be used for other continuum of care eligible activities
associated with such projects and not more than 10 percent of
such awards may be used for project administration:
Provided, That these amounts shall be awarded on a
competitive basis, based on need and other factors to be
determined by the Secretary, including incentives to
establish projects that coordinate with housing providers,
healthcare organizations and social service providers:
Provided further, That not less than $35,000,000 shall be
awarded to applicants for projects within States with
populations less than 2,500,000, except that if such amount
is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be awarded to
qualified applicants for projects in any State:  Provided
further, That the grants for ongoing costs associated with
such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the
continuum of care program subject to the same terms and
conditions as other renewal applicants:
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking
assistance under this heading shall not be required to
provide third party documentation to establish their
eligibility under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to
receive services:  Provided further, That unaccompanied youth
aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and
under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by
youth-serving providers funded under this heading:  Provided
further, That recipients of funds provided under this heading
in this Act or any prior Act may establish preferences for
elderly individuals or families (except for programs provided
to serve homeless youth), or disabled individuals or
families, when implementing the programs:  Provided further,
That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be served by any
project funded under this heading to provide both
transitional housing and rapid re-housing:  Provided further,
That for all matching funds requirements applicable to funds
made available under this heading for this fiscal year and
prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as
a source of match funds other funds administered by the
Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was)
a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such
funds:  Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading shall be available to provide
funding for new projects, except for projects created through
reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the
continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are
evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which they
improve the continuum of care's system performance:  Provided
further, That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds
made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and
prior years for project-based rental assistance for
rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used
for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes
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which such funds were appropriated:  Provided further, That
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover,
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under
this heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior years, except for
rental assistance amounts that were recaptured and made
available until expended, shall be available for the current
purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the
purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

Housing Programs

project-based rental assistance

For activities and assistance for the provision of project-
based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise
provided for, $17,404,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2025 (in addition
to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this
heading that became available October 1, 2025), and
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available on October 1, 2026:  Provided, That the amounts
made available under this heading shall be available for
expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation
contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy
contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section
441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in
projects that are subject to approved plans of action under
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or
the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident
Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other
expenses associated with project-based activities and
assistance funded under this heading:  Provided further, That
of the total amounts provided under this heading, not to
exceed $509,000,000 shall be available for performance-based
contract administrators for section 8 project-based
assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided
further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the
preceding proviso for performance-based contract
administrators for the administration of: interest reduction
payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant
to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance
contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental
assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2));
project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667);
and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959
(Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That
amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ``Annual
Contributions for Assisted Housing'', or the heading
``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for renewals of or
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for
performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding
the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that
are held in residual receipts accounts for any project
subject to a section 8 project-based housing assistance
payments contract that authorizes the Department or a housing
finance agency to require that surplus project funds be
deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts account
and that are in excess of an amount to be determined by the
Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited
in this account, to be available until expended:  Provided
further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the preceding
proviso shall be available in addition to the amount
otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under
this heading.

housing for the elderly

For capital advances, including amendments to capital
advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized
by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q),
for project rental assistance for the elderly under section
202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for
such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such
assistance for up to a 5-year term, for senior preservation
rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as
authorized by section 811(e) of the American Homeownership
and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note),
for supportive services associated with the housing, and for
administrative and other expenses associated with assistance
under this heading, $972,000,000 to remain available until
September 30, 2029:  Provided, That of the amount made
available under this heading, up to $122,000,000 shall be for
service coordinators and the continuation of existing
congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing
projects:  Provided further, That any funding for existing
service coordinators under the preceding proviso shall be
provided within 120 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may enter into two-year
agreements as appropriate with such funding that are subject
to the availability of annual appropriations:  Provided
further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of
section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project
rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for
such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration:
Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, project
funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any
project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance
contract, and that upon termination of such contract are in
excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall
be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account,
to remain available until September 30, 2029:  Provided
further, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to
the preceding proviso shall be available, in addition to the
amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the purposes
authorized under this heading:  Provided further, That
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover,
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under
this heading shall be available for the current purposes
authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for
which such funds originally were appropriated:  Provided
further, That of the total amount made available under this
heading, up to $4,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary to
support preservation transactions of housing for the elderly
originally developed with a capital advance and assisted by a
project rental assistance contract under the provisions of
section 202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959.

housing for persons with disabilities

For capital advances, including amendments to capital
advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons with
disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013),
for project rental assistance for supportive housing for
persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such
Act, for project assistance contracts pursuant to subsection
(h) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added by
section 205(a) of the Housing and Community Development
Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-557: 92 Stat. 2090),
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a
5-year term, for project rental assistance to State housing
finance agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized
under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, for supportive services associated
with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized
by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for administrative and
other expenses associated with assistance funded under this
heading, $265,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2029:  Provided, That, upon the request of the Secretary,
project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for
any project subject to a section 811 project rental
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such
contract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the
Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited
in this account, to remain available until September 30,
2029:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in this
account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available
in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading
for the purposes authorized under this heading:  Provided
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or
appropriated under this heading shall be used for the current
purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the
purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

housing counseling assistance

For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $57,500,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, including up to
$4,500,000 for administrative contract services:  Provided,
That funds shall be used for providing counseling and advice
to tenants and homeowners, both current and prospective, with
respect to property maintenance, financial management or
literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to
assist them in improving their housing conditions, meeting
their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of
tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; and for
housing counselor training:  Provided further, That for
purposes of awarding grants from amounts provided under this
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements,
as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual
appropriations.

payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

For necessary expenses as authorized by the National
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $14,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $14,000,000 shall be
derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund
(established under section 620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
5419(e)):  Provided, That not to exceed the total amount
appropriated under this heading shall be available from the
general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of
collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act:
Provided further, That the amount made available under this
heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such
collections are received during fiscal year 2026 so as to
result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the
general fund estimated at zero,

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and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as
necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2026
appropriation:  Provided further, That for the dispute
resolution and installation programs, the Secretary may
assess and collect fees from any program participant:
Provided further, That such collections shall be deposited
into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein,
may use such collections, as well as fees collected under
section 620 of such Act, for necessary expenses of such Act:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of
section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out
responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the
use of approved service providers that are paid directly by
the recipients of their services.

Federal Housing Administration

mutual mortgage insurance program account

New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured
under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed
$400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2027:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2026, obligations to
make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g)
of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$1,000,000:  Provided further, That the foregoing amount in
the preceding proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and
governmental entities in connection with sales of single
family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly
insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund:  Provided
further, That for administrative contract expenses of the
Federal Housing Administration, $160,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That
to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed
$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2026, an additional
$1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be
available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by
this proviso exceed $30,000,000:  Provided further, That
notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of
section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
20(g)), during fiscal year 2026 the Secretary may insure and
enter into new commitments to insure mortgages under section
255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that the
net credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed
zero.

general and special risk program account

New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the
General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by
sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed $35,000,000,000 in total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, to
remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That
during fiscal year 2026, gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g),
207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall
not exceed $1,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit
and governmental entities in connection with the sale of
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and
formerly insured under such Act.

Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as
amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed
$550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2027:  Provided, That $56,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027, shall be for necessary salaries and
expenses of the Government National Mortgage Association:
Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan
commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1,
2026, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses
shall be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in
additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata
amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall
funds made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000:
Provided further, That receipts from Commitment and
Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be
credited as offsetting collections to this account.

Policy Development and Research

research and technology

For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs
of research and studies relating to housing and urban
problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title
V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C.
1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section
1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for
technical assistance, $131,028,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for
technical assistance, of which $5,000,000 shall be for the
distressed cities technical assistance program:  Provided
further, That with respect to amounts made available under
this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with
philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, State or
local governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, Tribally
designated housing entities, or colleges or universities for
research projects:  Provided further, That with respect to
the preceding proviso, such partners to the cooperative
agreements shall contribute at least a 50 percent match
toward the cost of the project:  Provided further, That for
non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with
the preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply with
section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. note)
in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of
1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation
of award decisions:  Provided further, That of the total
amounts provided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for
competitive grants to nonprofit or governmental entities to
provide legal assistance (including assistance related to
pretrial activities, trial activities, post-trial activities
and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to eligible
low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction:
Provided further, That in awarding grants under the preceding
proviso, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants
that include a marketing strategy for residents of areas with
high rates of eviction, have experience providing no-cost
legal assistance to low-income individuals, and have
sufficient capacity to administer such assistance:  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent
practicable, that the proportion of eligible tenants living
in rural areas who will receive legal assistance with grant
funds made available under this heading is not less than the
overall proportion of eligible tenants who live in rural
areas:  Provided further, That the Department shall maintain
on its publicly accessible website all completed research
funded under this heading by this or any prior Act:  Provided
further, That the Department shall release and publish such
research without regard to the findings within 6 months of
submission of the final report.

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

fair housing activities

For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise
provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), section 561 of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C.
3616a), and this heading, $86,355,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the sums
appropriated under this heading--
(1) $26,355,000 shall be for the fair housing assistance
program under such title VIII;
(2) $56,000,000 shall be for the fair housing initiatives
program under such section 561, of which, not less than
$10,400,000 shall be available for education and outreach
programs, not less than $3,700,000 shall be available for
fair housing organization initiatives, and up to $40,500,000
shall be available for the private enforcement initiative,
except that if any program or initiative is undersubscribed
any remaining amounts may be awarded to qualified applicants
of other programs or initiatives under this paragraph:
Provided, That the Secretary shall issue each notice of
funding opportunity for the fair housing initiatives program
not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this
Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary, for each such
notice, shall make all grant awards not later than 270 days
after the date of enactment of this Act and execute all grant
agreements with recipients not later than 330 days after the
date of enactment of this Act;
(3) $1,000,000 shall be for the Secretary for the creation
and promotion of translated materials and other programs that
support the assistance of persons with limited English
proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
(4) $3,000,000 shall be for the national fair housing
training academy:  Provided, That notwithstanding section
3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may also
assess and collect fees to cover the costs of such academy,
and may use such funds to develop online courses and provide
such training:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this heading may be used to lobby the executive or
legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection
with a specific contract, grant, or loan.

Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

lead hazard reduction

(including transfer of funds)

For the lead hazard reduction program, as authorized by
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the healthy homes
initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing
and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 and
1701z-2), and for related activities and assistance,
$295,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading
are provided as follows:
(1) $155,600,000 shall be for the award of grants pursuant
to such section 1011, of which not less than $105,000,000
shall be provided to areas with the highest lead-based paint
abatement need;
(2) $140,000,000 shall be for the healthy homes initiative,
pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1970, which shall include research,
studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including
education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning
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other housing-related diseases and hazards, and mitigating
housing-related health and safety hazards in housing of low-
income families:  Provided, That $30,000,000 of such amount
shall be for grants to experienced non-profit organizations,
States, local governments, or public housing agencies for
safety and functional home modification repairs and
renovations to meet the needs of low-income seniors to enable
them to remain in their primary residence, of which no less
than $10,000,000 shall be available to meet such needs in
communities with substantial rural populations:  Provided
further, That for funds made available for such grants in the
preceding proviso or under this heading or the heading
``Housing for the Elderly'' in prior Acts, all eligible
activities, except those that would alter the existing
footprint of a structure or improvement in a floodplain or a
wetland, are exempt from environmental review and not subject
to the Federal laws and authorities cited in section 58.5 of
title 24, Code of Federal Regulations; and
(3) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available
under paragraph (2) may be transferred to the heading
``Research and Technology'' for the purposes of conducting
research and studies and for use in accordance with the
provisos under that heading for non-competitive agreements:
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental
review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law
that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the
healthy homes initiative, or the lead technical studies
program, or other demonstrations or programs under this
heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes
under this heading, or under the heading ``Housing for the
Elderly'' under prior Appropriations Acts, shall be
considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of
section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property
Disposition Reform Act of 1994:  Provided further, That each
applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under this
heading shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to
the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant
to a notice of funding opportunity:  Provided further, That
amounts made available under the fifth paragraph under this
heading by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and
Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) shall be transferred
to and merged with the amounts provided under the fifth
paragraph under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' in this
Act and prioritized for qualified projects where the primary
purpose is radon testing and mitigation, except any transfer
pursuant to this provision shall retain its original
availability:  Provided further, That amounts made available
under this heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts,
still remaining available, may be used for any purpose under
this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such
amounts were appropriated if a program competition is
undersubscribed and there are other program competitions
under this heading that are oversubscribed.

Office of Inspector General

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act
of 1978, as amended, $146,000,000:  Provided, That the
Inspector General shall have independent authority over all
personnel and acquisition issues within this office.

General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

(including rescissions)

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget
authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42
U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash,
shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to
the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies
or local governments or local housing agencies with projects
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in
accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous
sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the
budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with
incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest
rate.
Sec. 202.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing
Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a
nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the
purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government
official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 203.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant,
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to
title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and
in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
Sec. 204.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available,
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses,
for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for
utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of
the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government
National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or
any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured
bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
Sec. 205.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or
through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any
appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development shall be available for any program, project or
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget
estimates submitted to Congress.
Sec. 206.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the
Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or
agency and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as
provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2026
for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter
provided:  Provided, That collections of these corporations
and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of
assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the
mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these
corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are
necessary to protect the financial interest of the United
States Government.
Sec. 207.  None of the funds made available by this title
may be used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage
Association that makes applicable requirements under the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
Sec. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
subject to the conditions listed under this section, for
fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or all
project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the
Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more
multifamily housing project or projects to another
multifamily housing project or projects.
(b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based
assistance under this section may be done in phases to
accommodate the financing and other requirements related to
rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to
which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such
project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to
the following conditions:
(1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
(A) For occupied units in the transferring project: The
number of low-income and very low-income units and the
configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the
transferring project shall be no less than when transferred
to the receiving project or projects and the net dollar
amount of Federal assistance provided to the transferring
project shall remain the same in the receiving project or
projects. The Secretary, upon determination of good cause,
including a determination that there will be no loss of
assistance to currently assisted households, may authorize a
different number of such units or a change in such
configuration, or both, at the receiving project or projects
in the event there is a transfer of use restrictions without
an associated transfer of project-based assistance to the
receiving project. The Secretary shall publish a notice in
the Federal Register for public comment containing the
criteria for determinations of good cause no less than 60
days before the effective date of such notice.
(B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: The
Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number of dwelling
units in the receiving project or projects to allow for a
reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current market
demands, as determined by the Secretary and provided there is
no increase in the project-based assistance budget authority.
(2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the
Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically
nonviable, or be reasonably expected to become economically
nonviable when complying with State or Federal requirements
for community integration and reduced concentration of
individuals with disabilities.
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed
applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project
shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the
transferring project and provide a certification of approval
by all appropriate local governmental officials.
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain
eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving
project or projects shall not be required to vacate their
units in the transferring project or projects until new units
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(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the
best interest of the tenants.
(7) If either the transferring project or the receiving
project or projects meets the condition specified in
subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project
resulting from additional financing obtained by the owner
shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien
transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary,
except that the Secretary may waive this requirement upon
determination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate
the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or
rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects.
(8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of
subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving
project or projects shall execute and record either a
continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use
agreement for the project where, in either case, any use
restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than
the existing use restrictions.
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
661a)) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that
appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any
such increased cost.
(d) For purposes of this section--
(1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall
have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations
governing the program under which the project is insured or
assisted;
(2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing
that meets one of the following conditions--
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the
National Housing Act;
(B) housing that has project-based assistance attached to
the structure including projects undergoing mark to market
debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
(C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
(D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such section
existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales
National Affordable Housing Act;
(E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the
Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
8013); or
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use
agreement;
(3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b));
(B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially
rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section
8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately
before October 1, 1983);
(C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s);
(D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or
additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1);
(E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and
(F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
8013(d)(2));
(4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the
multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all
of the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily
required low-income and very low-income use restrictions are
to be transferred;
(5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily
housing project which is transferring some or all of the
project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required
low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the
receiving project or projects; and
(6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development.
(e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an
evaluation of the transfer authority under this section,
including the effect of such transfers on the operational
efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial
conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected
properties.
Sec. 209.  No assistance shall be provided under section 8
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to
any individual who--
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher
education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
(2) is under 24 years of age;
(3) is not a veteran;
(4) is unmarried;
(5) does not have a dependent child;
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is
defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving
assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older
and is at risk of becoming homeless; and
(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents
who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
Sec. 210.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans
under paragraph (1) under the heading ``Native American
Programs'' in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the
same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that
received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only such recipients
shall be eligible to apply for funds made available under
paragraph (2) of such heading.
Sec. 211.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
fiscal year 2026, in managing and disposing of any
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and during
the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract
for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or any other
Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental
assistance payments under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached to
any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the
Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and
the local government that such a multifamily property owned
or having a mortgage held by the Secretary is not feasible
for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8
or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of
rehabilitating and operating the property and all available
Federal, State, and local resources, including rent
adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section
``MAHRAA'') (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environmental
conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective
fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants
of that property, contract for project-based rental
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing
housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The
Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that
project-based contracts remain in effect prior to
foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement
remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major
threats to health and safety after written notice to and
informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other
available remedies, such as partial abatements or
receivership. After disposition of any multifamily property
described in this section, the contract and allowable rent
levels on such properties shall be subject to the
requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
Sec. 212.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400
or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any
asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary in
connection with the operating fund rule:  Provided, That an
agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy
under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from
asset management requirements.
Sec. 213.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in
this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital
improvement, and management of public housing as authorized
by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Secretary shall not
impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset
management that restricts or limits in any way the use of
capital funds for central office costs pursuant to paragraph
(1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a
public housing agency may not use capital funds authorized
under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under
section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating
fund in excess of the amounts permitted under paragraph (1)
or (2) of section 9(g).
Sec. 214.  No official or employee of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as an
allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer has determined that such allotment holder has
implemented an adequate system of funds control and has
received training in funds control procedures and directives.
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a
trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation under the
accounts ``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support
Offices'', ``Program Offices'', ``Government National
Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed
Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and ``Office of
Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
Sec. 215.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
fiscal year 2026, the Secretary may make a notice of funding
opportunity, and a notice of any funding decision, for any
program or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary
that is to be competitively awarded available only on the
Internet at the appropriate Government website or through
other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 216.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related
litigation shall be paid from the individual program office
and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses
appropriations.
Sec. 217.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10
percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds
appropriated for any office under the headings
``Administrative Support Offices'' or ``Program Offices'' to
any other such office under such headings:  Provided, That
the Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 5
business days in advance of any such transfers.
Sec. 218. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance
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safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined by the
Secretary, and comply with any standards under applicable
State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations
relating to the physical condition of any property covered
under a housing assistance payment contract.
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c)
when a multifamily housing project with a contract under
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f) or a contract for similar project-based assistance--
(1) receives a failing score under the uniform physical
condition standards (UPCS) or successor standard; or
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3
days that all exigent health and safety deficiencies, or
those deficiencies requiring correction within 24 hours,
identified by the inspector at the project have been
corrected.
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured
projects with assistance attached to the units under section
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f),
but shall not apply to such units assisted under section
8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public
housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under
section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437g).
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Estate
Assessment Center (``REAC'') inspection, the Secretary shall
provide the owner with a notice of default with a specified
timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting all
deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide a copy of the
notice of default to the tenants, the local government, any
mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If the owner's
appeal results in a passing score, the Secretary may withdraw
the notice of default.
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all
deficiencies specified in the notice of default, if the owner
fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may--
(A) require immediate replacement of project management
with a management agent approved by the Secretary;
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used
solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary
conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the
Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property
affected by the penalty;
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial
abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all
deficiencies have been corrected;
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by
the Secretary under established procedures, who will be
obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept
renewal of the assistance contract if such renewal is
offered;
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another
project or projects and owner or owners;
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or
debarments from Federal programs;
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the
property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial
order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all
project deficiencies;
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to
stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property
through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of
capital provided by a third-party that requires time to
effectuate; or
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies
available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the
Secretary.
(d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to ensure
that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist
relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety
after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants
and the local government, that the property is not feasible
for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8
or other programs, based on consideration of--
(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property
and all available Federal, State, and local resources,
including rent adjustments under section 524 of the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
1997 (``MAHRAA''); and
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a
cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for
project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or
owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other
rental assistance.
(e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all
properties covered by this section that are assessed through
the Real Estate Assessment Center and have failing physical
inspection scores or have received an unsatisfactory
management and occupancy review within the past 36 months.
The report shall include--
(1) identification of the enforcement actions being taken
to address such conditions, including imposition of civil
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and
identification of properties that have such conditions
multiple times;
(2) identification of actions that the Department of
Housing and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of
such identified properties; and
(3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to
further improve the living conditions at properties covered
under a housing assistance payment contract.
The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and House
Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after the
enactment of this Act, and the second report shall be
submitted within 180 days of the transmittal of the first
report.
Sec. 219.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or
any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only
with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance program)
and section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public housing
agency for any amount of salary, including bonuses, for the
chief executive officer of which, or any other official or
employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic pay
payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule
at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year
2026.
Sec. 220.  None of the funds made available by this Act and
provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development
may be used to make, modify the scope or terms and conditions
of, terminate, rescind, or reduce a grant award unless the
Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any
project, State, locality, housing authority, Tribe, nonprofit
organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant
award is announced or is notified of such changes by the
Department or its offices:  Provided, That such notification
shall list each grant award and project description by State
and congressional district.
Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available in this Act
shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, the
Government National Mortgage Association, or the Department
of Housing and Urban Development to insure, securitize, or
establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage or mortgage
backed security that refinances or otherwise replaces a
mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain condemnation
or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other political
subdivision of a State.
Sec. 222.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to terminate the status of a unit of general local
government as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under section 106 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
Sec. 223.  Amounts made available by this Act that are
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or
transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and
functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or statistical
purposes, and that are unexpended at the time of completion
of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, may be
deobligated and shall immediately become available and may be
reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year
for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for
which the amounts are made available to that Office subject
to reprogramming requirements in section 405 of this Act.
Sec. 224.  None of the funds provided in this Act or any
other Act may be used for awards, including performance,
special act, or spot, for any employee of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development subject to administrative
discipline (including suspension from work), in this fiscal
year, but this prohibition shall not be effective prior to
the effective date of any such administrative discipline or
after any final decision over-turning such discipline.
Sec. 225.  With respect to grant amounts awarded under the
heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015
through 2026 for the continuum of care (CoC) program as
authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program income of
grant recipients may count toward meeting the recipient's
matching requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC
costs that supplement the recipient's CoC program.
Sec. 226. (a) From amounts made available under this title
under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the
Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of
funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to
transition from one continuum of care program component to
another.
(b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant,
the funding recipient must have the consent of the continuum
of care and meet standards determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 227.  The promise zone designations and promise zone
designation agreements entered into pursuant to such
designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal years,
shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such agreements (including designation and
agreement time periods).
Sec. 228.  Any public housing agency designated as a Moving
to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of division L of
Public Law 114-113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 2897)
may, upon such designation, use funds (except for special
purpose funding, including special purpose vouchers)
previously allocated to any such public housing agency under
section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
including any reserve funds held by the public housing agency
or funds held by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, pursuant to the authority for use of section 8
or 9 funding provided under such section and section 204 of
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Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-
28), notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were
appropriated.
Sec. 229.  None of the amounts made available by this Act
may be used to prohibit any public housing agency under
receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor from
applying for, receiving, or using funds made available under
the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' for competitive grants to
evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or
that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or be
used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such
funds to carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement
agreement, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar
document for a violation of the lead safe housing or lead
disclosure rules.
Sec. 230.  For fiscal year 2026, if the Secretary
determines or has determined, for any prior formula grant
allocation administered by the Secretary through the Offices
of Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning and
Development, or Housing, that a recipient received an
allocation greater than the amount such recipient should have
received for a formula allocation cycle pursuant to
applicable statutes and regulations, the Secretary may adjust
for any such funding error in the next applicable formula
allocation cycle by (a) offsetting each such recipient's
formula allocation (if eligible for a formula allocation in
the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the amount
of any such funding error, and (b) reallocating any available
balances that are attributable to the offset to the recipient
or recipients that would have been allocated additional funds
in the formula allocation cycle in which any such error
occurred (if such recipient or recipients are eligible for a
formula allocation in the next applicable formula allocation
cycle) in an amount proportionate to such recipient's
eligibility under the next applicable formula allocation
cycle:  Provided, That all offsets and reallocations from
such available balances shall be recorded against funds
available for the next applicable formula allocation cycle:
Provided further, That the term ``next applicable formula
allocation cycle'' means the first formula allocation cycle
for a program that is reasonably available for correction
following such a Secretarial determination:  Provided
further, That if, upon request by a recipient and giving
consideration to all Federal resources available to the
recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary
determines that the offset in the next applicable formula
allocation cycle would critically impair the recipient's
ability to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the
Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or more
formula allocation cycles.
Sec. 231.  The Secretary may transfer from amounts made
available for salaries and expenses under this title
(excluding amounts made available under the heading ``Office
of Inspector General'') to the heading ``Information
Technology Fund'' for unforeseen information technology
needs, including for additional development, modernization,
and enhancement, to remain available until September 30,
2028:  Provided, That the total amount of such transfers
shall not exceed $5,000,000:  Provided further, That this
transfer authority shall not be used to fund information
technology projects or activities that have known out-year
development, modernization, or enhancement costs in excess of
$500,000:  Provided further, That this transfer authority
shall not be used to allocate costs across offices for
broader departmental information technology needs:  Provided
further, That the Secretary shall provide notification to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no fewer than
10 business days in advance of any such transfer.
Sec. 232.  The Secretary shall comply with all process
requirements, including public notice and comment, when
seeking to revise any annual contributions contract:
Provided, That the Secretary shall provide public housing
authorities not less than 60 days for public comment, and the
Secretary shall consider and respond to submitted comments.
Sec. 233.  Amounts made available to the Secretary in this
or any prior Act under the headings ``Project-Based Rental
Assistance'' or ``Housing Certificate Fund'' for performance-
based contract administrators to carry out section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (the Act) (42 U.S.C.
1437f), as implemented by the Secretary in chapter VIII of
title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, may be awarded through
a notice of funding opportunity not subject to procurement
laws or regulations, notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code:  Provided, That such awards shall be
deemed for all purposes to be cooperative agreements:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall award one
cooperative agreement for each State or territory, except
that the Secretary may award more than one agreement for a
State or territory if the population of such State or
territory exceeds 35,000,000:  Provided further, That any
cooperative agreements issued by the Secretary shall, at
minimum, assign the rights and responsibilities as provided
in section 8 of the Act:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall assign such rights and responsibilities to
the furthest extent possible to ensure effective and
efficient program oversight and monitoring:  Provided
further, That when selecting a performance-based contract
administrator, the Secretary shall provide a preference to
applicants that have demonstrated experience with properties
receiving project-based assistance, experience in multifamily
housing preservation, addressing the concerns of low-income
tenants, making assistance payments to owners, and performing
the other functions assigned to a public housing agency under
section 8(b) of the Act:  Provided further, That if, for any
State or territory, no qualified applicant applies under the
relevant notice of funding opportunity, the Secretary may
utilize a procurement contract subject to all procurement
laws and regulations to assist in carrying out section 8 of
the Act in such State or territory:  Provided further, That
the Secretary shall provide for incentive-based fees as part
of such awards:  Provided further, That for notice of funding
opportunity-based awards under this section, eligible
applicants are public housing agencies as defined by section
3(b)(6)(A) of the Act, which shall include nonprofits of such
agencies when operating outside of the State or territory in
which such agency is established.
Sec. 234.  None of the amounts made available in this or
prior Acts may be used to consider family self-sufficiency
achievement metrics (FAM) in determining funding awards for
programs receiving family self-sufficiency program
coordinator funding provided in this or prior Acts except to
provide bonus awards as expressly made available in this or
prior Acts for self-sufficiency programs assigned a ranking
of performance category 1 based on their publicly available
FAM scores.
Sec. 235.  The Secretary may, upon a finding that a waiver
or alternative requirement is necessary for the effective
delivery and administration of funds made available for new
incremental voucher assistance or renewals for the mainstream
program and the family unification program (including the
foster youth to independence program) in this and prior Acts,
waive or specify alternative requirements, other than
requirements related to tenant rights and protections, rent
setting, fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards,
and the environment, for--
(1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regulatory provisions
related to the administration of waiting lists, local
preferences, and the initial term and extensions of tenant-
based vouchers; and
(2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding the timing of referral
of youth leaving foster care.
Sec. 236.  The Secretary shall fulfill their
responsibilities to enforce the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
3601 et seq.):  Provided, That none of the funds made
available by this Act may be used by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to direct a grantee to
undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of
carrying out the interim final rule entitled ``Affirmatively
Furthering Fair Housing Revisions'' (90 Fed. Reg. 11020
(March 3, 2025).
Sec. 237.  The whistleblower protections in section 4712 of
title 41, United States Code, shall apply to any contract,
subcontract, grant, subgrant, or personal services contract
funded from amounts made available in this or prior Acts
(including carryover and recaptures), regardless of when the
agreement was executed.
Sec. 238. (a) For fiscal years 2026 through 2028, upon
request from the owner, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development (``Secretary'') may forgive or restructure the
terms of any indebtedness relating to any remaining principal
and interest under financial assistance made available under
section 201 of the Housing and Community Development
Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a) (``Flex Sub loan'').
(b) The Secretary may only forgive or restructure loans
under this section for properties with--
(1) 200 or fewer assisted units;
(2) a Flex Sub loan with an unpaid principal balance of
$2,000,000 or less;
(3) a score of 80 or higher on the most recent REAC
inspection; and
(4) a most recent management and occupancy review score of
``above average'' or ``superior.''
(c) The Secretary may set such terms and conditions as the
Secretary determines are appropriate for forgiveness or
restructuring under this section, including:
(1) Different maturity dates or interest rate terms.
(2) Extension of affordability use agreements.
(3) Other measures to ensure the long-term stability of
operations at the property.
(d) There is hereby appropriated $3,328,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2029, to carry out the purposes
of this section, in addition to amounts otherwise available
for such purposes.
Sec. 239. (a) Funds previously made available in the
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-55) for initial project rental assistance
contracts associated with the demonstration program under the
heading ``Housing for Persons with Disabilities'' that were
available for obligation through fiscal year 2015 are to
remain available through fiscal year 2030 for the liquidation
of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2012 through
2015; and
(b) Funds previously made available by the Consolidated and
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-
6) for initial project rental assistance contracts associated
with the demonstration program under the heading ``Housing
for Persons with Disabilities'' in the Consolidated and
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(Public Law 112-55) that were available for obligation
through fiscal year 2016 are to remain available through
fiscal year 2031 for the liquidation of valid obligations
incurred in fiscal years 2013 through 2016.
Sec. 240.  Amounts made available for the Office of Housing
under the heading ``Program Offices'' in this and prior Acts
shall also be available, without additional competition, for
cooperative agreements with participating administrative
entities that have been selected under section 513(b) of the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) (MAHRAA) to provide direct
support, including carrying out due diligence and
underwriting functions for owners and for technical
assistance activities, on conditions established by the
Secretary for small properties and owners converting
assistance under the first component or the second component
under the heading ``Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in the
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112-55).
Sec. 241.  None of the funds made available by this Act or
any other Act may be used to close or relocate any field or
regional office, unless such action is provided for in this
Act or the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That the
Secretary shall maintain at least one adequately staffed and
functional field office in each state, consistent with
section 1735f-12 of title 12, United States Code, with no
fewer than one full-time employee per field office, except
for short-term periods of normal staffing turnover.
Sec. 242.  The Secretary shall conduct all rulemaking in
accordance with the policies of part 10 of title 24 of the
Code of Federal Regulations and Executive Order 12866, as
amended, including providing for public participation and not
less than 60 days for the submission of written comments.
Sec. 243.  Not later than 180 days after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations a report that provides a list of
(1) each grant, federally funded cooperative agreement, and
contract that was obligated and subsequently terminated or
reduced in scope in fiscal year 2025, and remains terminated
or reduced in scope as of the date of enactment of this Act,
and (2) each grant, federally funded cooperative agreement,
and contract for which the terms and conditions of agreements
were changed or modified in fiscal year 2025:  Provided, That
such report shall include an explanation for each termination
or modification, the recipient, the location of the project
or service, and the source of funding.
Sec. 244.  For fiscal year 2026, the costs of any rent
incentives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative
requirements of the jobs-plus initiative as described under
the heading ``Self-Sufficiency Programs'' shall not be
charged against the competitive grant amounts made available
under such heading:  Provided, That the amount of any forgone
increases in tenant rent payments due to the implementation
of such rent incentives shall be factored into the public
housing agency's general operating fund eligibility pursuant
to the formula under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'':
Provided further, That the amount of any foregone increases
in tenant rent payments due to the implementation of such
rent incentives implemented on behalf of residents of a
project with assistance converted from public housing to
project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance
under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ``Rental
Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of
division C of Public Law 112-55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f
note) shall be factored into (1) housing assistance payments
made pursuant to project-based subsidy contracts provided
under the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance''; and
(2) housing assistance payments made by public housing
agencies pursuant to project-based assistance contracts under
section 8(o)(13) of such Act, with these costs being renewed
under the heading ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance''.
Sec. 245. (a) With respect to the funds made available for
the continuum of care program authorized under subtitle C of
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading ``Homeless Assistance
Grants'' in this and prior Acts and under section 231 of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)--
(1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall not apply to applications by
or awards for projects to be carried out--
(A) on or off reservation or trust lands for awards made to
Indian Tribes or Tribally designated housing entities; or
(B) on reservation or trust lands for awards made to
eligible entities as defined in section 401 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360);
(2) Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities
shall also be eligible to administer permanent housing rental
assistance under section 423(g) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)).
(b) With respect to funds made available for the continuum
of care program authorized under subtitle C of title IV of
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381
et seq.) under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' in
this title or under section 231 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C.
11364a)--
(1) applications for projects to be carried out on
reservations or trust land shall contain a certification of
consistency with an approved Indian housing plan developed
under section 102 of the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112),
notwithstanding section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) and section 403 of
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361);
(2) Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities
that are recipients of awards for projects on reservations or
trust land shall certify that they are following an approved
housing plan developed under section 102 of NAHASDA (25
U.S.C. 4112); and
(3) a collaborative applicant for a continuum of care whose
geographic area includes only reservation and trust land is
not required to meet the requirement in section 402(f)(2) of
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11360a(f)(2)).
Sec. 246. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(a)) is amended
to read as follows:
``(a) Authority.--To provide access to sources of private
financing to Indian families, Indian housing authorities, and
Indian Tribes, who otherwise could not acquire housing
financing because of the unique legal status of Indian lands
and the unique nature of Tribal economies; and to expand
homeownership opportunities to Indian families, Indian
housing authorities and Indian Tribes on fee simple lands,
the Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 percent of the
unpaid principal and interest due on any loan eligible under
subsection (b) made to an Indian family, Indian housing
authority, or Indian Tribe on trust land and fee simple
land.''.
(b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)(2)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to
construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family
dwellings that are standard housing.''.
(c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, and to expand
homeownership opportunities to Native Hawaiian families who
are eligible to receive a homestead under the Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in
the State of Hawaii'' after ``markets''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to
construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family
dwellings that are standard housing.''.
Sec. 247. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years, except as
determined by the Secretary, when there is a loan
modification under subsection (h)(1)(B), the loan shall not
exceed 40 years;''.
(b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b(c)(5)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years; except, as
determined by the Secretary, when there is a loan
modification under subsection (i)(1)(B) the term of the loan
shall not exceed 40 years;''.
Sec. 248.  Section 105 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Special Activities by Indian Tribes.--Indian Tribes
receiving grants under section 5306(a)(1) of this title
(section 106(a)(1) of this Act) shall be authorized to carry
out activities described in subsection (a)(15) directly.''.
Sec. 249. (a) Any unobligated balances from amounts made
available under the heading, ``Community Development Fund''
in chapter 9 of title II of the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and
Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234) that were
transferred to ``Management and Administration, Salaries and
Expenses'' are hereby permanently rescinded.
(b) Any unobligated balances included under Treasury
Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0108 from amounts transferred
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development from
amounts made available under the heading, ``Unanticipated
Needs'' in chapter 8 of title I of the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-211) are hereby
permanently rescinded.
(c) Any unobligated balances included under Treasury
Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0148, 86-2023/2027-0483 and 86
X 0163 are hereby permanently rescinded.
(d) Of the unobligated balances from amounts included under
Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0304, $4,729,103.98
are hereby permanently rescinded.
(e) Of the unobligated balances from appropriations made
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``Community Development Fund'' prior to fiscal year 2011,
$176,688.49 in Economic Development Initiative grant funds
and $336,275.98 in Special Purpose Grant funds are hereby
rescinded.
(f) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available
under the heading ``Assisted Housing Inspections and Risk
Assessments'', in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and
Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4), $25,000,000 are
hereby permanently rescinded.
(g) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30,
2025, from amounts made available under the heading
``Assisted Housing Inspections and Risk Assessments'' in
division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
(Public Law 118-42) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the
amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30,
2025, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That this subsection shall become effective
immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(h) Of the unobligated balances from amounts included under
Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0313, $1.74 is hereby
permanently rescinded.
Sec. 250.  If this Act is enacted on or before September
30, 2025, the remaining unobligated balances, as of September
30, 2025, from amounts made available under the heading
``Fair Housing Activities'' in division F of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42) are hereby
permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby
appropriated on September 30, 2025, to remain available until
September 30, 2026, and shall be available for completing the
funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2024 fair
housing initiatives program under section 561 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), in
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes:
Provided, That this section shall become effective
immediately upon enactment of this Act.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2026''.

TITLE III

RELATED AGENCIES

Access Board

salaries and expenses

For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
792), $9,955,000:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received for publications and training expenses.

Federal Maritime Commission

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission
as authorized by section 46107 of title 46, United States
Code, including services as authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States
Code; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code,
$40,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That not to exceed $3,500
shall be for official reception and representation expenses.

National Railroad Passenger Corporation

Office of Inspector General

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
Chapter 4), $29,240,000:  Provided, That the Inspector
General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out
the duties specified in such Act, to investigate allegations
of fraud, including false statements to the Government under
section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, by any person
or entity that is subject to regulation by the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the
Inspector General may enter into contracts and other
arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other
services with public agencies and with private persons,
subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern
the obtaining of such services within the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector
General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and
employees as may be necessary for carrying out the functions,
powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General,
subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern
such selections, appointments, and employment within the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided further,
That concurrent with the President's budget request for
fiscal year 2027, the Inspector General shall submit to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget
request for fiscal year 2027 in similar format and substance
to budget requests submitted by executive agencies of the
Federal Government.

National Transportation Safety Board

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the National Transportation
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15;
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, $145,000,000,
of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses.

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act
(42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $158,000,000:  Provided, That the
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation shall notify network
organizations of their full formula grant award by the latter
of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2026.

Surface Transportation Board

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, $40,799,000:  Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$1,250,000 from fees established by the Surface
Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and
authorized expenses under this heading:  Provided further,
That the amounts made available under this heading from the
general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year
2026, to result in a final appropriation from the general
fund estimated at not more than $39,549,000.

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

operating expenses

For necessary expenses, including payment of salaries,
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the
rental of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, of the United States Interagency Council on
Homelessness (in this heading ``the Council'') in carrying
out the functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, $2,000,000:  Provided,
That the Council shall be staffed in accordance with section
11313(a)(5) of title 42, United States Code, and regional
coordinators shall have the proven expertise and demonstrated
experience needed to carry out the duties specified in such
section:  Provided further, That each meeting of the Council
shall be open to the public, and the Council shall post a
public notification of each Council meeting not less than 30
days in advance of each meeting on its website and include
the agenda for each meeting in such posting.

TITLE IV

GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening
in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations,
unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through a procurement contract
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures
are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of
official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of
emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the
content and methods to be used in the training and written
end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age''
belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants'
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing
directly upon the performance of official duties.
Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the
report accompanying this Act, and unless the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified in writing at least
30 days in advance of any reprogramming of funds and provide
prior written approval, none of the funds provided in this
Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the
agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the
collection of fees and available to the agencies funded by
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
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(1) creates a new program;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project,
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by
the Congress;
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity
by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations
for a different purpose;
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in
excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
or
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch,
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency,
administration, or department different from the budget
justifications or most recent organizational charts submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations or the report
accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed:
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall
submit an operating plan to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to
establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year:  Provided
further, That the operating plan shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column
to display the prior year enacted level, the President's
budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year
enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and
its respective prior year enacted level by object class and
program, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, the
report accompanying this Act, or in the budget appendix for
the respective appropriations, whichever is more detailed,
and shall apply to all items for which a dollar amount is
specified and to all programs for which new budget
(obligational) authority is provided, as well as to
discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations;
(3) an organizational chart with the number of full-time
personnel on-board as of the end of the most recent pay
period for each office as approved by this Act or the report
accompanying this Act that provides the same level of detail
provided in the budget justifications or most recent
organizational charts submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations, except as otherwise directed by this Act or
the report accompanying this Act; and
(4) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the
report accompanying this Act, the Departments and agencies
funded in this Act shall not relocate an office or reduce
personnel as a result of a reduction-in-force, deferred
resignation program, use of administrative leave for purposes
unrelated to misconduct, or other workforce restructuring,
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are
notified 30 days before such changes are initiated.
Sec. 407.  The Department of Transportation and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall provide the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
(1) quarterly reports on the status of all funds, including
the start of year unobligated and uncommitted balances, and
the total obligations and recaptures for the fiscal year, by
program, project, and activity;
(2) semiannual reports on staffing levels, hirings, and
separations (including through the deferred resignation
program and any other voluntary retirement programs),
consistent with direction provided in this Act or any report
accompanying this Act; and
(3) additional, updated budget or financial technical
assistance, upon request.
Sec. 408.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2026 from
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for
fiscal year 2026 in this Act, shall remain available through
September 30, 2027, for each such account for the purposes
authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for
approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  Provided
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with
reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this Act.
Sec. 409.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any
Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power
of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for
a public use:  Provided, That for purposes of this section,
public use shall not be construed to include economic
development that primarily benefits private entities:
Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit,
railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as
utility projects which benefit or serve the general public
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-
related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other
structures designated for use by the general public or which
have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that
serve the general public and are subject to regulation and
oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of
an immediate threat to public health and safety or
brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief
and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall
be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain.
Sec. 410.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act
or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 411.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305,
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
Sec. 412.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act shall be made available to any
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy
American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
Sec. 413.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for first-class airline accommodations in
contravention of sections 301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title
41, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 414.  None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more
than 50 employees of a single agency or department of the
United States Government, who are stationed in the United
States, at any single international conference unless the
relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such
attendance is important to the national interest:  Provided,
That for purposes of this section the term ``international
conference'' shall mean a conference occurring outside of the
United States attended by representatives of the United
States Government and of foreign governments, international
organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
Sec. 415.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used by the Surface
Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for
rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount
in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil
suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United
States Code.
Sec. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and
exchanging of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal
investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
Sec. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this
Act timely access to any records, documents, or other
materials available to the department or agency over which
that Inspector General has responsibilities under the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent
or impede that Inspector General's access to such records,
documents, or other materials, under any provision of law,
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the
Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector
General's right of access.
(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall
provide its Inspector General with access to all such
records, documents, and other materials in a timely manner.
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with
statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the
information provided by the establishment over which that
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any
failures to comply with this requirement.
Sec. 418.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive
fees for contractors whose performance has been judged to be
below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has
failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, unless
the Agency determines that any such deviations are due to
unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are
not significant within the overall scope of the project and/
or program unless such awards or incentive fees are
consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition
Regulations.
Sec. 419.  No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of
the United States and has satisfactorily completed his or her
period of active military or naval service, and has within 90
days after his or her release from such service or from
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of
not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his
or her former position and has been certified by the Office
of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the
duties of his or her former position and has not been
restored thereto.
Sec. 420. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under
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41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or
exemption application under section 40109 of that title of an
air carrier already holding an air operators certificate
issued by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-
Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval would
contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-
E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to such
an air carrier where such authorization is consistent with
the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement and
United States law.
Sec. 421. (a) In the table of projects in the explanatory
statement referenced in section 417 of the Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public Law 117-103)--
(1) the item relating to ``Kansas Rail Safety Improvement
Project'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient
``Pittsburg Port Authority (KS)'' and inserting ``Kansas
Department of Transportation''; and
(2) the item relating to ``The Barkers Creek Industrial
Park Power Expansion'' is deemed to be amended by striking
``The Barkers Creek Industrial Park Power Expansion'' and
inserting ``Barkers Creek Industrial Park Access Bridge,
Phase II''.
(b) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the
explanatory statement for division L of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) described in
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act--
(1) the item relating to ``Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring
Disorder Treatment Facility Housing'' is deemed to be amended
by:
(A) striking ``Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring Disorder
Treatment Facility Housing'' and inserting ``HealthPort Co-
Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility''; and
(B) striking recipient ``Lower Shore Clinic Inc.'' and
inserting ``HealthPort, Inc.''; and
(2) the item relating to ``Metra Zero Emission Locomotive
Commuter Rail Pilot'' is deemed to be amended by striking
``Locomotive''.
(c) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the
explanatory statement for division F of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42) described in
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act--
(1) the item relating to ``Hardwoods Permanent Supportive
Housing'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Hardwoods'';
(2) the item relating to ``Cle Elum--First Street Downtown
Revitalization'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``First
Street''; and
(3) the item relating to ``Center for Community Programs in
Livermore Falls and Jay'' is deemed to be amended by striking
recipient ``United Way of the Tri-Valley Area'' and inserting
``Town of Jay''.
Sec. 422. (a) Amounts made available under the heading
``Department of Transportation-Consolidated Rail
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements'' for the item
relating to ``Midway Crossing'' in the table of projects
entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the explanatory statement for division L of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328)
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of
such Act shall be transferred to ``Department of
Transportation--Transit Infrastructure Grants'' and shall be
available under the heading to which transferred for its
original purpose.
(b) The item relating to ``Midway Crossing'' is deemed to
be amended by striking account ``Consolidated Rail
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements'' and inserting
``Transit Infrastructure Grants'' in the table of projects
entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the explanatory statement for division L of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328)
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of
such Act.
Sec. 423.  Each Department and agency funded in this Act
shall maintain on its publicly accessible website:
(1) all notices of funding opportunities (including any
amendments) for all competitive grant programs issued in the
most recent 10 years;
(2) a searchable list of all grant awards for the most
recent 10 years, including any grant awards that have been
modified, terminated, or rescinded; and
(3) all programmatic notices, guidance, and grant agreement
templates that remain in effect for any active grant program.
Sec. 424.  The congressional budget justifications for
fiscal year 2027 to be submitted to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations shall --
(1) use or provide a comparison to the account and sub-
account structure provided under this Act or report
accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed;
(2) present all available budgetary resources from contract
authority, mandatory budget authority, advance
appropriations, and discretionary authority, including
disaster and emergency-designed funding;
(3) provide detailed information on all programs, including
detailed discussion of proposed new initiatives or changes to
the agency financial plan; and
(4) provide detailed tables and organizational charts that
delineate funding for salaries and expenses and the number of
full-time equivalent and full-time positions, as well as
justifications for all funding and staffing changes,
reorganizations, or restructurings:  Provided, That such
information shall be provided at the same level of detail as
provided to support the fiscal year 2025 budget
justifications and amounts provided for salaries and expenses
by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
117-58), and any supplemental disaster or emergency-
designated funding shall be presented separately and
distinctly.
Sec. 425.  No later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the
Departments and agencies funded under this Act shall submit a
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
on current staffing levels for all political and Presidential
appointees in such Departments and agencies and categorized
by which office within such Departments and agencies such
employee is funded from, the office in which such employee
carries out their daily work, such employee's title, and such
employee's pay grade or the equivalent level based on the GS-
scale.
Sec. 426. (a) Prior to issuing any termination notice of
any discretionary award, as defined by section 200.1 of title
2, Code of Federal Regulations, solely under the authority
provided in section 200.340(a)(4) of title 2, Code of Federal
Regulations, the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation or the Secretary of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development shall provide written notification to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the
discretionary award recipient.
(b) Any such written notification shall be provided to the
recipients not less than 120 days prior to the effective date
of any proposed termination, of which not less than 90 days
shall be provided to restructure or re-scope the
discretionary award to better effectuate program goals or
agency priorities as determined by the relevant Secretary:
Provided, That the recipients shall continue to receive
disbursements for valid obligations during the period
provided to restructure or re-scope the discretionary award.
(c) If a recipient is unable to restructure or re-scope the
discretionary award subject to subsection (b) as determined
by the relevant Secretary and the discretionary award is
subsequently terminated, the applicable Department should
first prioritize any eligible and qualified applications
received from such entities in response to the next available
notice of funding opportunity for the relevant program.
(d) The relevant Secretary shall meet all notification of
termination requirements under section 200.341 of title 2,
Code of Federal Regulations.
(e) The requirements under this section shall only apply to
discretionary awards from funds made available--
(1) by this Act;
(2) by prior Transportation, Housing and Urban Development,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, except for amounts
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency or
disaster relief requirement pursuant to a concurrent
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985; and
(3) in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58):
Provided, That this section shall not apply to
discretionary award announcements or awards publicly awarded
after November 1, 2024:  Provided further, That this section
shall not apply to any non-discretionary awards, as defined
by section 200.1 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations.
(f) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section shall
continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b)
of division A of Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 427.  If this Act is enacted on or before September
30, 2025, the remaining unobligated balances, as of September
30, 2025, from amounts made available for ``United States
Interagency Council on Homelessness--Operating Expenses''
under Public Law 119-4, for fiscal year 2025 are hereby
permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2025, for an
additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available
until September 30, 2026, and shall be available in addition
to other funds as may be available for such purposes:
Provided, That this section shall become effective
immediately upon enactment of this Act.
This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2026''.
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