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Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
Introduced Jan 6, 2026 · Last action Jan 23, 2026 — Became Public Law No: 119-74.
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Summary
The Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 is a bill that makes consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. It provides funding for various departments and agencies, including the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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[119th Congress Public Law 74]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 119-74
119th Congress
An Act
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2026, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 23, 2026 - [H.R.
6938]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Commerce,
Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and
Environment Appropriations Act, 2026.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy
and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act,
2026''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
DIVISION A--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I--Department of Commerce
Title II--Department of Justice
Title III--Science
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
DIVISION B--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I--Corps of Engineers--Civil
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions
SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 1 USC 1 note.>> REFERENCES.
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. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House
section of the Congressional Record on or about January 7, 2026, and
submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House,
shall have the same effect with respect to
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the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through C of
this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of
conference.
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2026.
DIVISION A-- <<NOTE: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026.>> COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
TITLE I <<NOTE: Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2026.>>
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,
$582,000,000, of which $94,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That $20,000,000 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, <<NOTE: Applicability. Assessments.>> 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
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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, $235,000,000, of which
$94,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
the <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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, <<NOTE: Public information.>> 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, $400,000,000 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
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
division A of this consolidated Act).
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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, $50,000,000.
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,
$118,000,000, 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, $318,500,000:
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, $1,171,849,000, 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), $50,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided,
That, <<NOTE: Fees.>> 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
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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, $1,000,000, 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, $4,956,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, <<NOTE: Reduction.>> 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 $4,956,000,000, this amount
shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount
received in excess of $4,956,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and deposited
in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, <<NOTE: Spending plan.>> 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 <<NOTE: Determination.>> year 2026 from
the amounts made available for
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``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 112-29): 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), $1,249,239,000, 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, $405,331,366 shall be made available for the NIST--STRS
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
matter preceding division A of this consolidated 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
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Partnership, and of which $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA
Program.
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 ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this division in the
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
division A of this consolidated 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 <<NOTE: Spending plan.>> 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 <<NOTE: Budget
estimates. Time periods. 15 USC 1513b note.>> 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, $4,540,392,000, 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,
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$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 in addition $28,000,000 is derived from
recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That of the
amounts provided under this heading, including the amounts in the clause
preceding the first proviso and in the second and third provisos,
$4,862,168,110 shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in
the tables under this heading in the explanatory statement described in
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Act): Provided
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, including the
amounts in the clause preceding the first proviso and in the second and
third provisos, $105,867,890 shall be made available for the NOAA--CZM
and NOAA--ORF projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table
titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending''
included for this division in the explanatory statement described in
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 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, $1,576,899,000, 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 in
addition $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year
obligations: Provided further, That the amounts provided under this
heading, including the amounts in the clause preceding the first proviso
and in the first proviso, shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the tables under this heading in the explanatory statement
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 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, <<NOTE: Budget estimates. Time periods. 15 USC 1513a
note.>> 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
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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, <<NOTE: Grants. State listing. Native
Americans. Conservation. Guidelines.>> 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 <<NOTE: Assessment. Fees.>> 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, which shall be credited to this account,
to remain available until expended, for
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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 $4,500 for
official reception and representation, $92,500,000: Provided,
That <<NOTE: Time period. Reimbursement.>> 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. <<NOTE: Payments. Certification.>> 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 5 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 10 percent by any such
transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
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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, <<NOTE: Notification. Time period.>> That
the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations
at least 15 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. <<NOTE: Incorporation by reference. Applicability. 33 USC
878a note.>> 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. <<NOTE: Reimbursement.>> 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. <<NOTE: Child pornography.>> 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. <<NOTE: Reimbursement.>> 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. <<NOTE: Records.>> 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 <<NOTE: Fees.>> 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.
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Sec. 109. <<NOTE: Grants. Contracts.>> 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. <<NOTE: Contracts.>> 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. <<NOTE: Waiver authority.>> 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. <<NOTE: Notification. Time period.>> 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 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''.
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TITLE II <<NOTE: Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2026.>>
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, $140,000,000, 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,
$38,460,000, 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,
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, $800,000,000,
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 $27,500,000 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.
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United States Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as
authorized, $13,000,000: Provided, That, <<NOTE: Term
extension.>> 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,
$900,000,000, 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 total amount appropriated, not to
exceed $9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Division for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, <<NOTE: Determination.>> 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, <<NOTE: Reimbursement.>> 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
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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, <<NOTE: Fees.>> 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, <<NOTE: Reduction.>> 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, <<NOTE: Spending
plan.>> 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,
$2,621,000,000: 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 <<NOTE: Human trafficking. 42 USC 250a.>> 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, $205,000,000, 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:
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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 $205,000,000, those excess amounts shall be available
in this and future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That <<NOTE: Reduction.>> 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 $0.
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,
$20,000,000: Provided, <<NOTE: Determination.>> That 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
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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,
$1,702,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed $8,900
shall be available for INTERPOL Washington official reception and
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Director of INTERPOL
Washington shall concurrently report to the Deputy Attorney General.
construction
For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized
by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related
support, $8,000,000, 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, $117,200,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for
information technology systems shall remain available until expended:
Provided, <<NOTE: Determination.>> 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
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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
interagency crime and drug enforcement
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, $300,000,000, of
which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, <<NOTE: Reimbursement.>> That any amounts obligated from
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities
available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation:
Provided further, That any amounts obligated from appropriations under
this heading shall only be available for the same purposes for which the
amounts were obligated in fiscal year 2024.
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, $10,609,456,000, 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, $2,580,340,000, of which not to exceed
$75,000,000 shall remain
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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, $1,585,000,000,
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,
$8,100,000,000: 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
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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, <<NOTE: Contracts. Determination.>> 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, <<NOTE: Donations.>> 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 of 2018 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 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,
$279,762,000, 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 <<NOTE: Contracts.>> 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.
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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 $100,000,000 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
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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) $257,000,000 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 <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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; up to $2,000,000 is for a domestic violence
lethality reduction initiative; and up to $5,000,000 is for an
initiative to promote effective policing and prosecution
responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
and stalking, including evaluation of the effectiveness of
funded interventions (``Policing and Prosecution Initiative'');
(6) $79,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, as
authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
(7) $50,500,000 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
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Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions,
and Tribal colleges and universities;
(9) $55,000,000 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) $21,000,000 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) $11,500,000 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) $2,000,000 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) $14,500,000 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, <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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) $14,000,000 is for a grant program as authorized by
section 41801 of the 1994 Act:
Provided, <<NOTE: Applicability.>> That the definitions and
grant conditions in section 109 of the 2022 Act shall apply to
this program;
(19) $10,000,000 is for culturally specific services for
victims, as authorized by section 121 of the 2005 Act;
(20) $4,500,000 is for an initiative to support cross-
designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant
United States Attorneys:
Provided, <<NOTE: Applicability.>> That the definitions and
grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to
this initiative;
(21) $1,000,000 is for an initiative 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, <<NOTE: Applicability.>> That the definitions and
grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to
this initiative;
(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 <<NOTE: Applicability.>> the definitions and grant
conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this
service line;
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(23) $4,500,000 is for grants for outreach and services to
underserved populations, as authorized by section 120 of the
2005 Act;
(24) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial
assistance to victims, including evaluation of the effectiveness
of funded projects: Provided, That <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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 <<NOTE: Applicability.>> the grant conditions in section
40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; and
(27) $5,000,000 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 <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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 Prosecutorial Remedies and
Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-21) (``the PROTECT Act''); 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, $55,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which--
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(1) $33,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs
and other activities as authorized by part C of title I of the
1968 Act; and
(2) $22,000,000 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''); the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) (``the 1968 Act''); the
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child
Abuse Act of 1990 (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 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 Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); 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); 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
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Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-263); and other programs, $2,400,000,000, to
remain available until expended as follows--
(1) $964,000,000 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) $12,500,000 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) $6,000,000 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) $2,500,000 is for a student loan repayment
assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law
110-315;
(E) $15,000,000 is for prison rape prevention and
prosecution grants to States and units of local
government, and other programs, as authorized by PREA;
(F) $2,500,000 is for the Missing Americans Alert
Program (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by
Kevin and Avonte's Law;
(G) $13,000,000 is for grants authorized under the
Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of
2018 (Public Law 115-185);
(H) $11,500,000 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 the program specified in
paragraph (1)(I) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance'' in division B of Public Law
117-328;
(J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti
Alert Communications Network as authorized under the
Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-401);
(K) $2,750,000 is for a grant program to replicate
and support family-based alternative sentencing
programs;
(L) $3,000,000 is for a rural violent crime
initiative, including assistance for law enforcement;
(M) $3,000,000 is for grants authorized under the
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019
(Public Law 116-277);
(N) $1,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under
section 1506 of the 2022 Act; and
(O) $537,978,926 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 ``Community
Project Funding/
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Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this
division in the explanatory statement described in
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
consolidated Act): Provided, That such amounts may not
be transferred for any other purpose;
(2) $202,500,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance
Program, as authorized by section 241(I)(5) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)): Provided, That no
jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater
than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other detainees
housed in State and local detention facilities;
(3) $83,500,000 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 programs authorized
under Public Law 113-4;
(4) $7,500,000 for a grant program to prevent and address
economic, high technology, white collar, and Internet crime,
including as authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110-403, 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;
(5) $19,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as
authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities, of
which $1,000,000 is for the National Sex Offender Public
Website;
(6) $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;
(7) $83,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal and
mental health records for the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System, of which no less than $24,000,000 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) $32,500,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
(9) $138,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and
activities, of which--
(A) $115,000,000 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 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) $6,000,000 is for other local, State, and
Federal forensic activities;
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(C) $13,000,000 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) $50,000,000 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) $111,000,000 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) $403,000,000 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) $86,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized by
section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
(B) $35,000,000 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) $30,000,000 is for grants for Residential
Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as
authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;
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(D) $32,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts
program, of which $4,000,000 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, 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, as authorized by section 4704 of the Matthew Shepard and
James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111-84);
(19) $9,000,000 for grants specified in paragraph (20) under
the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in
division B of Public Law 117-328;
(20) $9,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara-
Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507);
(21) $84,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-community
relations, of which $15,000,000 is for a competitive matching
grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras for State,
local, and Tribal law enforcement; $19,000,000 is for a justice
reinvestment initiative, for activities related to criminal
justice reform and recidivism reduction; and $50,000,000 is for
a community violence intervention and prevention initiative; and
(22) $7,500,000 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
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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, $375,000,000, 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) $50,500,000 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 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 (Public Law 110-401) 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) $2,000,000 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
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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, <<NOTE: Determination.>> 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 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.
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 of 2017 (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), $800,000,000, 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) $253,093,613 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
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of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $32,000,000 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, $5,500,000 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) $11,500,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-199);
(3) $13,500,000 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, <<NOTE: Investigations. Drugs and drug abuse.>> 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) $34,500,000 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 <<NOTE: Investigations. Drugs and drug abuse.>> 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) $18,000,000 is for community policing development
activities in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 1968
Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);
(7) $401,406,387 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 ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this division
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
matter preceding division A of this consolidated 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
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(8) $15,000,000 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. <<NOTE: Abortion.>> 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. <<NOTE: Abortion.>> 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. <<NOTE: Prisons and prisoners. Abortion.>> 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 5 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 10 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(O) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance''; and
(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ``Community Oriented
Policing Services Programs''.
Sec. 206. <<NOTE: Prisons and prisoners.>> 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. <<NOTE: Prisons and prisoners.>> (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.
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(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. <<NOTE: Certification.>> 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. <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
matter preceding division A of this consolidated 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 National
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of 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(O) under the
heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance''.
Sec. 213. <<NOTE: Determination. Time periods. Waiver
authority.>> 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
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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. <<NOTE: Firearms.>> 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. <<NOTE: Time period. Reports.>> 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 Assets
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.
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Sec. 219. <<NOTE: Live tissue. Determination.>> 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. <<NOTE: Plan. Review.>> Any remaining unobligated
balances from amounts originally made available under the heading
``Federal Bureau of Investigation--Construction'' in the Department of
Justice Appropriations Act, 2016 (title II of division B of Public Law
114-113) or in the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2017 (title
II of division B of Public Law 115-31) for the new Federal Bureau of
Investigation consolidated headquarters facility in the National Capital
Region that were subsequently reprogrammed pursuant to a notification
received by the Committees on Appropriations from the Assistant Attorney
General for Administration on July 1, 2025, may not be further obligated
until the Federal Bureau of Investigation submits to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate the
contracted and completed architectural and engineering plan for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation's new headquarters building for review:
Provided, <<NOTE: Classified information.>> That classified portions of
the architectural and engineering plan shall be submitted through a
classified annex.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 2026''.
TITLE <<NOTE: Science Appropriations Act, 2026.>> 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 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
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States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft, $7,250,000,000, 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 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
matter preceding division A of 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, $935,000,000, 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 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, $920,500,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027.
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, <<NOTE: Time period. Budget profile.>>
That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year budget
profile for an integrated system that includes the Space Launch System,
the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Human Landing System, and
associated ground systems.
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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,
$4,175,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.
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,
$143,000,000, 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 explanatory statement
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
consolidated 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, $3,000,000,000, 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
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this heading to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $58,417,135 shall be
made available for the SSMS projects, and in the amounts, specified in
the table titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included for this division in the explanatory statement
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
consolidated 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, $185,336,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2031: Provided, <<NOTE: Contracts. Time period. 51 USC
20145 note.>> 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 <<NOTE: Budget requests. Estimates. 51 USC 30103
note.>> 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, $46,500,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.
administrative provisions
(including transfers of funds)
Funds <<NOTE: 51 USC 20144 note.>> 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 10 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 20 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
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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 <<NOTE: Spending plan.>> 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 <<NOTE: 51 USC 30102 note.>> 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'' (the
Fund). <<NOTE: Deadline. Time periods.>> 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
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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 <<NOTE: Notification. Time period.>> 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.
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 $118,800,000 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, $251,000,000, 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, $938,250,000, 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 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
preceding division A of this consolidated Act) shall be for the purposes
and in not less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such
table.
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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; $355,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,000 is for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, <<NOTE: Contracts.>> 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, $24,160,000, of which
$1,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
Not to exceed 5 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 10 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 <<NOTE: Notification. Time period.>> 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''.
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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, <<NOTE: Donations.>> 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 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,
$435,382,000, 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, <<NOTE: Workforce
proposals. Notifications.>> 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, <<NOTE: Donations.>> That the Chair may accept
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.
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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, $540,000,000, of
which $496,300,000 is for basic field programs and required independent
audits; $6,000,000 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 oversight;
$4,750,000 is for client self-help and information technology;
$4,750,000 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 <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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
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(Public Law 105-119) <<NOTE: 111 Stat. 2510.>> is amended by adding the
following new subsection at the end:
``(d) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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) <<NOTE: 110 Stat. 1321-52.>> 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.), $4,300,000, 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, $23,000,000, 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
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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. <<NOTE: Propaganda.>> 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. <<NOTE: Contracts.>> 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. <<NOTE: Contracts. Notification. Time period.>> (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; unless the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of
funds.
Sec. 506. <<NOTE: Determination.>> (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
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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. <<NOTE: Time period. Reports.>> (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 available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided
further, <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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. <<NOTE: Tobacco and tobacco products.>> 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. <<NOTE: 34 USC 20101 note.>> 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 $1,950,000,000 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
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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. <<NOTE: Discrimination.>> 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. <<NOTE: Audits. Reports.>> (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) <<NOTE: Public information. Web posting.>> 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. <<NOTE: Confidential information.>> 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) <<NOTE: Privacy.>> 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) <<NOTE: Certification.>> 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) <<NOTE: Effective date. Determination. Applicability.>> 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. <<NOTE: Reviews.>> (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
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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) <<NOTE: Assessments. Cyber threats. Foreign
countries.>> 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) <<NOTE: Mitigation strategy.>> developed, in
consultation with NIST, the FBI, and supply chain risk
management experts, a mitigation strategy for any identified
risks;
(2) <<NOTE: Determination.>> 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) <<NOTE: Reports.>> reported that determination to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate and the agency Inspector General.
Sec. 515. <<NOTE: Torture.>> 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. <<NOTE: National security letter.>> 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.
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Sec. 518. <<NOTE: Notifications.>> 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. <<NOTE: Deadline. Determination. Statements. Cost
estimate.>> 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. <<NOTE: Contracts. Grants. Certification. Taxes. Time
periods.>> 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. <<NOTE: Deadlines.>> (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'', $60,000,000, only from prior
year appropriations that remain available until expended; 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 following funds are hereby
permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the
following accounts in the specified amounts--
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(1) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office on
Violence Against Women--Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs'', $36,000,000;
(2) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of
Justice Programs'', $250,000,000; and
(3) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community
Oriented Policing Services'', $25,000,000.
(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 accounts in the specified
amounts--
(1) ``Working Capital Fund'', $210,000,000; and
(2) ``Legal Activities--Assets Forfeiture Fund'',
$113,200,000.
(d) <<NOTE: Reports.>> 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. <<NOTE: Airline travel.>> 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. <<NOTE: Conference attendees.>> 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
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(2) <<NOTE: Determination. Notification. Deadline.>> 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. <<NOTE: Performance plan. Reports.>> 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) <<NOTE: Time period.>> 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. <<NOTE: Light bulbs.>> 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. <<NOTE: China.>> (a) None of the funds made available by
this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP) 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) <<NOTE: Certification.>> The limitations described in
subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or
OSTP, 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) <<NOTE: Determination.>> 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) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> 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
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shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda,
its major participants, and its location and timing.
Sec. 527. <<NOTE: Pornography.>> (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. <<NOTE: Spending plans. Deadline.>> 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, 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. <<NOTE: Contracts.>> 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. <<NOTE: State listing. District of
Columbia. Territories. Medical marijuana.>> 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. <<NOTE: Time period. Reports. China.>> 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.
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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, <<NOTE: Definition.>> 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. <<NOTE: Exports and imports. Canada. Firearms.>> (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 an
officer or employee of the United 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) <<NOTE: President. Determination. Federal Register,
publication. Terrorism.>> 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
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nation. <<NOTE: Termination.>> The President shall terminate the
requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary requirements
have ceased.
Sec. 535. <<NOTE: Firearms. Ammunition.>> 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. <<NOTE: Exports and imports. Firearms.>> 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. <<NOTE: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Detainees.>> 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) <<NOTE: Cuba.>> 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. <<NOTE: Detainees. Cuba.>> (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
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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) <<NOTE: Deadline. Allocations.>> 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 explanatory statement described in
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 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 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
preceding division A of this consolidated 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) <<NOTE: Notifications.>> 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
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(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) <<NOTE: Time period.>> 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) <<NOTE: Time period. Reports.>> 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. <<NOTE: Applicability.>> 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 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 Commerce, Justice, 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.
Sec. 543. <<NOTE: Virginia.>> None of the funds made available by
this Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center or the ATF National Canine
Division from Front Royal, Virginia, to another location.
Sec. 544. (a) Of the amounts made available under the heading
``Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities'', $507,000,000
shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts
previously appropriated under such heading for fiscal year 2026 in
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
117-58): Provided, That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this
subsection shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
(b) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--National Telecommunications and Information Administration--
Salaries and Expenses'', $50,000,000 shall be
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derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts previously
appropriated under the heading ``National Telecommunications and
Information Administration'' in division J of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), of which $25,000,000 shall
be from amounts repurposed or transferred for salaries and expenses,
administration, and oversight of programs pursuant to section 542 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42) and
$25,000,000 shall be from amounts made available under the heading
``Middle Mile Deployment'': Provided, That amounts derived by transfer
pursuant to this subsection shall continue to be treated as amounts
specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
(c) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--Economic Development Administration--Economic Development
Assistance Programs'', $16,276,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated under the
heading ``National Telecommunications and Information Administration''
in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
117-58) and repurposed or transferred for salaries and expenses,
administration, and oversight of programs pursuant to section 542 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42): Provided,
That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this subsection shall
continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of
division A of Public Law 118-5.
(d) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Procurement,
Acquisition and Construction'', $44,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the unobligated balances of the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring
Expenses Fund.
This division may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
DIVISION B-- <<NOTE: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026.>> ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
TITLE I
CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army
pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.
investigations
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection
and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood and
storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration,
and related needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and
specifications of proposed river and harbor,
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flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous
investigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed
studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction,
$150,384,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary <<NOTE: Work plan.>> shall not deviate from the work plan,
once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress.
construction
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor,
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem
restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for conducting
detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects
(including those involving participation by States, local governments,
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but
such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not
constitute a commitment of the Government to construction);
$3,169,966,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$217,983,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,
shall be to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities
under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; and of which
such sums as are necessary to cover 25 percent of the costs of
construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland
waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust
Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law:
Provided, <<NOTE: Work plan.>> That the Secretary shall not deviate from
the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
mississippi river and tributaries
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and
related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $531,588,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $9,768,000, to be derived from the
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors: Provided,
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
operation and maintenance
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of
existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic
ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; providing
security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, including
administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor channels
provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve
essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized by law;
surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes and connecting
waters; clearing
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and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation,
$6,013,217,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$3,245,249,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,
shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible operations and
maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland
harbors, of which $416,760,000 shall be for donor and energy ports as
specified in section 102 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020;
of which $40,000,000, to be derived from the general fund of the
Treasury, shall be for the design and construction to replace Federal
dredges, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such
purposes, and shall be transferred to and merged with funds available
for such purposes in the revolving fund established by the first section
of the Act of July 27, 1953 (33 U.S.C. 576); of which such sums as may
be necessary shall be derived from amounts collected in this or prior
fiscal years under section 210 of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (16
U.S.C. 460d-3) and are not otherwise appropriated shall be for resource
protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities related
to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is
available; of which such sums as become available from fees collected
under section 217 of Public Law 104-303 shall be used to cover the cost
of operation and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities
for which such fees have been collected; and of which $62,000,000, to be
derived from the general fund of the Treasury, shall be to carry out
subsection (c) of section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and
Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and shall be designated as
being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 14003 of
division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
(Public Law 116-136): Provided, <<NOTE: Allocation.>> That funding
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for donor and energy
ports shall be allocated solely in accordance with section 2106 of the
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014: Provided
further, <<NOTE: Allocation. Time period.>> That 1 percent of the total
amount of funds provided for each of the programs, projects, or
activities funded under this heading shall not be allocated to a field
operating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the
fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers to
fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines to
be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engineers shall
allocate during the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not
been used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance with the
amounts provided for the programs, projects, or activities: Provided
further, That <<NOTE: Work plan.>> the Secretary shall not deviate from
the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
regulatory program
For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to
regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $221,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027.
formerly utilized sites remedial action program
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the
United States resulting from work performed as part of
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the Nation's early atomic energy program, $75,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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Votes
SenateRoll Call 11Jan 15, 2026
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 82 - 15. Record Vote Number: 11.
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SenateRoll Call 10Jan 15, 2026
Cloture on the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 14. Record Vote Number: 10. (CR S230)
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SenateRoll Call 7Jan 12, 2026
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 13. Record Vote Number: 7. (CR S128)
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HouseRoll Call 7Jan 8, 2026
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 397 - 28 (Roll no. 7). (text: CR H151-199)
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HouseRoll Call 6Jan 8, 2026
On Retaining Divisions B and C Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 419 - 6 (Roll no. 6).
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HouseRoll Call 5Jan 8, 2026
On Retaining Division A Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 375 - 47 (Roll no. 5).
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