Text of US HB 5304 (2025)

IB Union Calendar No. 227 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5304 [Report No. 119–271] Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 Mr. ADERHOLT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agen- cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5304 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 5 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 6 September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 7 TITLE I 8 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 9 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 10 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 12 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 13 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 14 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $2,594,412,000 plus 15 reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro- 16 vided: 17 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 18 and training activities and dislocated worker employ- 19 ment and training activities, $1,807,553,000 as fol- 20 lows: 21 (A) $712,000,000 for adult employment 22 and training activities, which shall be available 23 for the period October 1, 2026 through June 24 30, 2027; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5304 RH (B) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 1 employment and training activities, of which 2 $235,553,000 shall be available for the period 3 July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and of 4 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 5 period October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: 6 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 7 outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 8 WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 9 section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur- 10 ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 11 WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica- 12 tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 13 would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 14 out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 15 the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 16 shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re- 17 ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 18 in such manner, and containing such information as 19 the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 20 outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de- 21 scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 22 for any of the programs and activities authorized 23 under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 5304 RH to approval of the application and such reporting re- 1 quirements issued by the Secretary; and 2 (2) for national programs, $786,859,000 as fol- 3 lows: 4 (A) $325,859,000 for the dislocated work- 5 ers assistance national reserve, of which 6 $125,859,000 shall be available for the period 7 July 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, and 8 of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 9 period October 1, 2026 through September 30, 10 2027: Provided, That funds provided to carry 11 out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 12 used to provide assistance to a State for state- 13 wide or local use in order to address cases 14 where there have been worker dislocations 15 across multiple sectors or across multiple local 16 areas and such workers remain dislocated; co- 17 ordinate the State workforce development plan 18 with emerging economic development needs; and 19 train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 20 further, That funds provided to carry out sec- 21 tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 22 used for technical assistance and demonstration 23 projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 24 new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 5304 RH workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 1 section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro- 2 vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 3 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 4 funds to provide technical assistance and carry 5 out additional activities related to the transition 6 to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 7 funds provided under this subparagraph, 8 $120,000,000 shall be for training and employ- 9 ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 10 (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 11 such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 12 (i) $55,000,000 shall be for workers 13 in the Appalachian region, as defined by 14 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 15 Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 16 4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 17 Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 18 2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 19 served by the Northern Border Regional 20 Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 21 15733; and 22 (ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur- 23 pose of developing, offering, or improving 24 educational or career training programs at 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 5304 RH community colleges, defined as public insti- 1 tutions of higher education, as described in 2 section 101(a) of the Higher Education 3 Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 4 degree is primarily the highest degree 5 awarded, with other eligible institutions of 6 higher education, as defined in section 7 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 8 1965, eligible to participate through con- 9 sortia, with community colleges as the lead 10 grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 11 follow the requirements for the program in 12 House Report 116–62: Provided further, 13 That any grant funds used for apprentice- 14 ships shall be used to support only appren- 15 ticeship programs registered under the Na- 16 tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 17 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 18 (B) $65,000,000 for Native American pro- 19 grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 20 shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 21 through June 30, 2027; 22 (C) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities 23 as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 5304 RH shall be available for the period April 1, 2026 1 through June 30, 2027; 2 (D) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 3 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 4 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 5 the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 6 2027; and 7 (E) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 8 through apprenticeships only registered under 9 the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 10 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail- 11 able to the Secretary to carry out activities 12 through grants, cooperative agreements, con- 13 tracts and other arrangements, with States and 14 other appropriate entities, including equity 15 intermediaries and business and labor industry 16 partner intermediaries, which shall be available 17 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 18 2027. 19 Provided, That of the amounts made available for this 20 heading by section 1112 of Public Law 119–4 on October 21 1, 2025, $712,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 5304 RH JOB CORPS 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ- 3 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 4 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter- 5 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 6 purchase of real property for training centers as author- 7 ized by the WIOA, $880,078,000, plus reimbursements, 8 as follows: 9 (1) $801,663,000 for Job Corps Operations, 10 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 11 through June 30, 2027; 12 (2) $61,500,000 for construction, rehabilitation 13 and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 14 available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 15 30, 2029, and which may include the acquisition, 16 maintenance, and repair of major items of equip- 17 ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 18 to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 19 needs of such centers or to achieve administrative ef- 20 ficiencies: Provided further, That any funds trans- 21 ferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be 22 available for obligation after June 30, 2026: Pro- 23 vided further, That the Committees on Appropria- 24 tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 5304 RH ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 1 transfer; and 2 (3) $16,915,000 for necessary expenses of Job 3 Corps: 4 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 5 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 6 Centers. 7 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 8 For payments during fiscal year 2026 of trade ad- 9 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 10 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 11 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 12 employment and case management services, allowances for 13 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 14 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 15 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 16 payments, allowances, training, employment and case 17 management services, and related State administration 18 provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust- 19 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 20 and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 21 and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 22 $50,300,000 together with such amounts as may be nec- 23 essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 24 payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 5304 RH 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 1 Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 2 heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 3 current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 4 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 5 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 6 SERVICE OPERATIONS 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 For authorized administrative expenses, 9 $74,306,000, together with not to exceed $3,650,584,000 10 which may be expended from the Employment Security 11 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 12 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 13 (1) $2,875,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 14 grants to States for the administration of State un- 15 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 16 III of the Social Security Act (including not less 17 than $116,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv- 18 ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 19 such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 20 defined in such section, including those who are 21 profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 22 be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro- 23 vided, That of such amount, $9,000,000 is for con- 24 tinued support of the Unemployment Insurance In- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 5304 RH tegrity Center of Excellence), the administration of 1 unemployment insurance for Federal employees and 2 for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3 8501–8523, and the administration of trade read- 4 justment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment 5 assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assist- 6 ance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 7 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten- 8 sion Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the 9 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and sec- 10 tion 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 11 and shall be available for Federal obligation through 12 December 31, 2026, except that funds for outcome 13 payments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social 14 Security Act shall be available for Federal obligation 15 through March 31, 2027): Provided further, That 16 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec- 17 retary may recapture any funds appropriated under 18 this paragraph that remain unexpended by a State 19 after the period of expenditure for a State (but be- 20 fore such funds have been returned to the Trust 21 Fund), and such recaptured funds shall remain 22 available until expended for reobligation by the Sec- 23 retary to the States to carry out automation activi- 24 ties related to the administration of unemployment 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 5304 RH compensation laws: Provided further, That funds 1 transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 2 not be available until 60 days after the Secretary 3 has submitted a plan to the Committees on Appro- 4 priations of the House of Representatives and the 5 Senate on the planned use of funds; 6 (2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na- 7 tional activities necessary to support the administra- 8 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 9 system; 10 (3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to- 11 gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 12 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 13 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 14 be available for Federal obligation for the period 15 July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; 16 (4) $17,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na- 17 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ- 18 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred- 19 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 20 1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod- 21 ernizing information technology for use in the proc- 22 essing of certification requests), and the provision of 23 technical assistance and staff training under the 24 Wagner-Peyser Act; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 5304 RH (5) $85,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 1 administration of foreign labor certifications and re- 2 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation- 3 ality Act and related laws, of which $62,528,000 4 shall be available for the Federal administration of 5 such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 6 for grants to States for the administration of such 7 activities; and 8 (6) $52,893,000 from the General Fund is to 9 provide workforce information, national electronic 10 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag- 11 ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob- 12 ligation for the period July 1, 2026 through June 13 30, 2027, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 14 to carry out research and demonstration projects re- 15 lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 16 labor force participation of people with disabilities: 17 Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 18 made available for research and demonstration 19 projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis- 20 ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur- 21 poses: 22 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In- 23 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2026 is 24 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 5304 RH 3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 1 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 2 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 3 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 4 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 5 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 6 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 7 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 8 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 9 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 10 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 11 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 12 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 13 for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 14 Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 15 the National Directory of New Hires under section 16 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec- 17 retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 18 under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay- 19 ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 20 Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 21 That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es- 22 tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 23 are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 24 State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 5304 RH immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 1 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 2 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 3 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu- 4 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi- 5 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 6 may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti- 7 ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 8 to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 9 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 10 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 11 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In- 12 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not- 13 withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 14 the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require- 15 ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed- 16 eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu- 17 lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re- 18 quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 19 States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 20 III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 21 in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy- 22 ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 23 in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra- 24 tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 5304 RH making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 1 may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 2 data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 3 to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 4 State and local governments, public and private institu- 5 tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 6 may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 7 of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 8 Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 9 information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 10 which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re- 11 main available until September 30, 2027, for such pur- 12 poses. 13 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 14 OTHER FUNDS 15 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 16 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 17 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 18 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In- 19 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad- 20 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 21 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 22 Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 23 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 5304 RH sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 1 obligation through September 30, 2027. 2 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 3 For expenses of administering employment and train- 4 ing programs, $83,979,000, together with not to exceed 5 $50,941,000 which shall be available from the Employ- 6 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy- 7 ment Trust Fund. 8 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 Not to exceed $276,841,000 may be derived from the 11 Employment Security Administration account in the Un- 12 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 13 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 14 of which— 15 (1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 16 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis- 17 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 18 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em- 19 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 20 such title, and for the expenses described in section 21 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend- 22 iture by the States through September 30, 2028, 23 and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed- 24 eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 5304 RH port to allow for the tracking of participant and per- 1 formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 2 such funds may be used to support such specialists 3 and representatives in the provision of services to 4 transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 5 have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro- 6 gram and have been identified as in need of inten- 7 sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 8 are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 9 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 10 units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 11 of such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to 12 surviving spouses of individuals who died while serv- 13 ing as members of the Armed Forces or as a result 14 of a service-connected disability; 15 (2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi- 16 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 17 10 U.S.C. 1144; 18 (3) $54,048,000 is for Federal administration 19 of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 20 2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 21 Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 22 to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub- 23 lic Law 115–31); and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 5304 RH (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 1 Employment and Training Services Institute under 2 38 U.S.C. 4109: 3 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 4 appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 5 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria- 6 tion from which such reallocation is made. 7 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 8 $65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home- 9 less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 10 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 11 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 12 Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 13 of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 14 September 30, 2026, to provide services under such sec- 15 tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec- 16 tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 17 services to homeless veterans described in section 18 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 19 some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 20 veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 21 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 22 may include, in addition to services to the individuals de- 23 scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet- 24 erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 5304 RH of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 1 paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 2 this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 3 support to allow for the tracking of participant and per- 4 formance information: Provided further, That notwith- 5 standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 6 United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex- 7 penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 8 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 9 the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec- 10 tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 11 be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 12 Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 13 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 14 sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 15 such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 16 (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 17 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 18 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 19 apply. 20 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 23 Security Administration, $181,100,000, of which up to 24 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 5304 RH 2027, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce- 1 ment litigation. 2 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 3 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 4 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor- 5 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in- 6 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 7 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 8 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 9 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 10 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 11 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 12 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ- 13 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep- 14 tember 30, 2026, for the Corporation: Provided, That 15 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 16 year 2026 shall be available for obligations for administra- 17 tive expenses in excess of $494,264,000: Provided further, 18 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici- 19 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 20 100,000 in fiscal year 2026, an amount not to exceed an 21 additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep- 22 tember 30, 2030, for obligations for administrative ex- 23 penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici- 24 pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 5304 RH amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para- 1 graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep- 2 tember 30, 2030 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor- 3 dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor- 4 dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap- 5 proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti- 6 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 7 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 8 an additional amount shall be available for obligation 9 through September 30, 2030 to the extent the Corpora- 10 tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 11 identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 12 a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad- 13 ditional $100 per affected individual. 14 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 17 Compensation Programs, $107,823,000, together with 18 $2,177,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 19 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 20 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 21 SPECIAL BENEFITS 22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex- 24 penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 5304 RH thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 1 year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 2 as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 3 in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 4 the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 5 Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 6 App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 7 Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per- 8 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 9 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 10 Compensation Act, $1,298,385,000, together with such 11 amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse- 12 quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 13 and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 14 15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 15 the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es- 16 tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 17 amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 18 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the 19 employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 20 of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 21 That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep- 22 tember 30, 2025, shall remain available until expended for 23 the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro- 24 vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 5304 RH to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 1 any other corporation or instrumentality required under 2 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 3 the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de- 4 termines to be the cost of administration for employees 5 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2026: 6 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 7 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad- 8 ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 9 $81,808,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 10 follows: 11 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto- 12 mated data processing systems operations and tele- 13 communications systems, $27,549,000; 14 (2) For automated workload processing oper- 15 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 16 intake, and medical bill processing, $25,956,000; 17 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 18 medical review, $25,957,000; 19 (4) For program integrity, $2,346,000; and 20 (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 21 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 22 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 23 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 24 under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 5304 RH ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 1 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu- 2 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 3 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 4 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 5 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 6 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 7 Act, $68,148,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 8 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil- 9 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 10 such claim such identifying information (including Social 11 Security account number) as may be prescribed. 12 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 13 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 14 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 15 275, $24,585,000, to remain available until expended. 16 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 17 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 18 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 19 as may be necessary. 20 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 21 first quarter of fiscal year 2027, $5,900,000, to remain 22 available until expended. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 5304 RH BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 3 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 4 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 5 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev- 6 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 7 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 8 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 9 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2026 for expenses 10 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene- 11 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 12 exceed $50,684,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 13 Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 14 exceed $39,086,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage- 15 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 16 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In- 17 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay- 18 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 19 Department of the Treasury. 20 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi- 23 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 5304 RH agencies and their employees for inspection services ren- 1 dered, $235,000,000. 2 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man- 5 agement Standards, $48,515,000. 6 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 9 and Health Administration, $582,381,000, including not 10 to exceed $115,200,000 which shall be the maximum 11 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 12 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 13 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 14 of State occupational safety and health programs required 15 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 16 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith- 17 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 18 Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis- 19 cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other- 20 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 21 such sums for occupational safety and health training and 22 education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 23 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 24 ending September 30, 2026, to collect and retain fees for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 5304 RH services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab- 1 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 2 the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 3 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 4 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 5 the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 6 appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 7 expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 8 standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 9 is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 10 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 11 camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur- 12 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 13 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 14 any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 15 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 16 included within a category having a Days Away, Re- 17 stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 18 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica- 19 tion code for which such data are published, less than the 20 national average rate as such rates are most recently pub- 21 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 22 Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 23 except— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 5304 RH (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con- 1 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train- 2 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 3 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 4 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita- 5 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 6 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor- 7 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 8 any willful violations found; 9 (3) to take any action authorized by the Act 10 with respect to imminent dangers; 11 (4) to take any action authorized by the Act 12 with respect to health hazards; 13 (5) to take any action authorized by the Act 14 with respect to a report of an employment accident 15 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re- 16 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 17 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga- 18 tion authorized by the Act; and 19 (6) to take any action authorized by the Act 20 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 21 employees for exercising rights under the Act: 22 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 23 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 24 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 5304 RH ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 1 less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 2 Programs. 3 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 6 Health Administration, $348,207,000, including purchase 7 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 8 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas- 9 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 10 mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 11 $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 12 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 13 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 14 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 15 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 16 be available for mine safety and health education and 17 training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 18 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra- 19 tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 20 from fees collected for the approval and certification of 21 equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 22 may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 23 That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build- 24 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 5304 RH private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 1 with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 2 further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 3 is authorized to promote health and safety education and 4 training in the mining community through cooperative 5 programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 6 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec- 7 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin- 8 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 9 provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 10 reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe- 11 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 12 chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 13 That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 14 be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 15 for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 16 event of a major disaster. 17 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta- 20 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 21 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv- 22 ices rendered, $645,952,000, together with not to exceed 23 $68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 5304 RH ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy- 1 ment Trust Fund. 2 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 6 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 7 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 8 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 9 people with disabilities, $37,000,000, of which not less 10 than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 11 projects related to testing effective ways to promote great- 12 er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro- 13 vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 14 available under this heading for research and demonstra- 15 tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 16 Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur- 17 poses. 18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 21 General Act of 1978, $93,187,000, together with not to 22 exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em- 23 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem- 24 ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 5304 RH $2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 1 may be available until expended. 2 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage- 6 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 7 $230,312,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 8 which may be expended from the Employment Security 9 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 10 Fund: Provided, That $4,281,000 shall be used for pro- 11 gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 12 through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That funds 13 available for program evaluation may be used to admin- 14 ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur- 15 ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 16 be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 17 further, That funds available for program evaluation may 18 be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De- 19 partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 21 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad- 22 vance of any transfer. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 5304 RH IT MODERNIZATION 1 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen- 2 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re- 3 lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 4 which shall be available through September 30, 2027. 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 6 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 7 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo- 8 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora- 9 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 10 Level II. 11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 13 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 15 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 16 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 17 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ- 18 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 19 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 20 this section shall not be used to create any new program 21 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 22 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit- 23 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 5304 RH and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 1 of any transfer. 2 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 3 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 4 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex- 5 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 6 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 7 or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 8 and host countries already identified by the United States 9 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 10 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec- 11 tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 12 of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 13 Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 14 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 15 than competitive grants for training individuals who are 16 older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 17 in school within a local educational agency in the occupa- 18 tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 19 visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 20 necessary to support such training. 21 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 22 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad- 23 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 24 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 5304 RH vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 1 in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 2 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 3 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 4 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es- 5 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re- 6 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 7 funds, taking into account factors including the relative 8 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 9 comparable State or local government employees, and the 10 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro- 11 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad- 12 ministration programs. 13 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec- 15 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ- 16 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di- 17 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv- 18 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 19 determined that those services will be more efficiently per- 20 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 21 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 22 (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 23 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 24 appropriation made available to the Employment and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 5304 RH Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin- 1 istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 2 relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund- 3 ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 4 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro- 5 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 6 of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 7 ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 8 account to carry out program integrity activities related 9 to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 10 transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 11 Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 12 or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 13 other arrangements with States and other appropriate en- 14 tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 15 authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 16 obligation through September 30, 2027. 17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 19 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 20 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 21 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 22 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 23 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man- 24 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 5304 RH Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 1 available for obligation through September 30, 2027: Pro- 2 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 3 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 4 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 5 of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua- 6 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 7 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 8 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 9 ‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 10 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 11 Operations’’, ‘‘Veterans’ Employment and Training’’, 12 ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 13 Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Di- 14 vision’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro- 15 grams’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc- 16 cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 17 Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability 18 Employment Policy’’, and funding made available to the 19 ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s 20 Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management’’ ac- 21 count. 22 SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 23 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied hereafter 24 as if the following text is part of such section: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 5304 RH ‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 1 for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 2 disaster to any employee— 3 ‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re- 4 sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 5 an employer not engaged, directly or through an af- 6 filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop- 7 erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con- 8 tracts; 9 ‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver- 10 age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 11 per week or any minimum weekly amount estab- 12 lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 13 number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 14 of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 15 ‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 16 ‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi- 17 viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 18 or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 19 witnesses, or physicians; 20 ‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review- 21 ing factual information to prepare damage esti- 22 mates; 23 ‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda- 24 tions regarding coverage or compensability of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 5304 RH claims or determining liability or value aspects 1 of claims; 2 ‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 3 ‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 4 litigation. 5 ‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 6 the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 7 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 8 ‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis- 9 aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 10 State or Federal agency or department; 11 ‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 12 evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 13 major disaster’ means an individual who timely se- 14 cured or secures a license required by applicable law 15 to engage in and perform the activities described in 16 clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 17 to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 18 that maintains worker compensation insurance cov- 19 erage or protection for its employees, if required by 20 applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 21 State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 22 wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 23 and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 5304 RH ‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 1 by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 2 more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 3 securities of one or more companies, directly or indi- 4 rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 5 control with, another company.’’. 6 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en- 7 actment of this Act. 8 SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 9 CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 10 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 12 a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em- 13 ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em- 14 ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 15 the petition into the United States at any time dur- 16 ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 17 for which the employer is seeking the services of the 18 nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 19 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 20 90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 21 may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 22 States after the date that is 90 days after the start 23 date for which the employer is seeking the services 24 of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 5304 RH (A) completes a new assessment of the 1 local labor market by— 2 (i) listing job orders in local news- 3 papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 4 (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 5 appropriate Department of Labor Elec- 6 tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 7 place of employment; and 8 (B) offers the job to an equally or better 9 qualified United States worker who— 10 (i) applies for the job; and 11 (ii) will be available at the time and 12 place of need. 13 (3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 14 TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 15 consider an employer in the seafood industry who 16 brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 17 during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 18 to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec- 19 tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula- 20 tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 21 (b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec- 22 tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad- 23 mitted to the United States pursuant to section 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 5304 RH 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 1 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 2 SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 3 the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 4 of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 5 employees with similar experience and qualifications for 6 such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 7 wage level for the occupational classification of the posi- 8 tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non- 9 immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 10 available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter- 11 mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 12 2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur- 13 veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 14 Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 15 determines that the methodology and data in the provided 16 survey are not statistically supported. 17 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 18 to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 19 found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 20 rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 21 thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 22 of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi- 23 nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 24 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 5304 RH SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1 law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera- 2 tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 3 $450,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter- 4 mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 5 the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 6 SEC. 113. (a) The Act of March 4, 1913 entitled ‘‘An 7 Act to create a Department of Labor’’ (37 Stat. 736, 8 chapter 141) is amended— 9 (1) in section 11, by inserting ‘‘(except for sec- 10 tion 12)’’ before ‘‘shall take effect’’; and 11 (2) by adding the following after section 11: 12 ‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au- 14 thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 15 agents to provide— 16 ‘‘(1) protection for the Secretary and Deputy 17 Secretary during the performance of official duties 18 by each such officer and during any activity that is 19 preliminary or postliminary to the performance of 20 official duties by each such officer; 21 ‘‘(2) protection, incidental to the protection pro- 22 vided pursuant to paragraph (1), to an individual 23 accompanying each such officer who is participating 24 in an activity or event relating to the official duties 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 5304 RH of each such officer when there is an articulable 1 threat to such individual; 2 ‘‘(3) continuous protection to the Secretary and 3 Deputy Secretary (including during periods not de- 4 scribed in paragraph (1)) if there is an articulable 5 threat of physical harm, in accordance with guide- 6 lines established by the Secretary; and 7 ‘‘(4) protection of another senior officer (includ- 8 ing a person nominated to be the Secretary during 9 the pendency of such nomination) if there is an 10 articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 11 with guidelines established by the Secretary. 12 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES OF THE PROTECTIVE OPER- 13 ATION.— 14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may author- 15 ize officers or special agents employed pursuant to 16 subsection (a)— 17 ‘‘(A) to carry firearms; 18 ‘‘(B) to conduct criminal investigations 19 into potential threats to the security of persons 20 protected under this section; 21 ‘‘(C) to make arrests without a warrant for 22 any offense against the United States com- 23 mitted in the presence of such officer or special 24 agent; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 5304 RH ‘‘(D) to perform protective intelligence 1 work, including identifying and mitigating po- 2 tential threats and conducting advance work to 3 review security matters relating to sites and 4 events; and 5 ‘‘(E) coordinate with local law enforcement 6 agencies. 7 ‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—The authority provided by 8 this section shall be exercised in accordance with 9 any— 10 ‘‘(A) guidelines issued by the Attorney 11 General; and 12 ‘‘(B) such additional guidelines as may be 13 issued by the Secretary. 14 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—The authorities granted under 15 this section may be exercised notwithstanding section 16 1343(b)(1) of Title 31.’’. 17 SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 18 or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro- 19 priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 20 a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop- 21 erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 22 the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other 23 disposition, to include any associated construction project, 24 will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 5304 RH or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 1 property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 2 not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of 3 the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 4 title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi- 5 sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 6 The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to 7 the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 8 such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 9 Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 10 around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 11 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 12 Act may be used to— 13 (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree- 14 ment between the United States Department of 15 Labor and the United States Department of Agri- 16 culture; or 17 (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen- 18 ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 19 the endangerment of the health and safety of the 20 students, the capacity of the program is retained, 21 and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 22 are met. 23 SEC. 116. For the 2-year period beginning on the 24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Adverse Effect 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 5304 RH Wage Rate in effect under 20 CFR 655.120(b) shall be 1 the Adverse Effect Wage Rate in effect on January 31, 2 2023. 3 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce— 5 (1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Adverse Effect Wage 6 Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment 7 of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations 8 in the United States’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 12760 (effec- 9 tive March 30, 2023)); 10 (2) 20 CFR 655.131(b) (relating to joint em- 11 ployer requirements); or 12 (3) the final rule entitled ‘‘Improving Protec- 13 tions for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Em- 14 ployment in the United States’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 15 33898 (effective June 28, 2024)). 16 SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 18 final rule entitled ‘‘Employee or Independent Contractor 19 Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’’, (89 20 Fed. Reg. 1638 (effective March 11, 2024)). 21 SEC. 119. PROHIBITION ON CLOSING, REDUC- 22 ING, OR CONSOLIDATING JOB CORPS CENTERS. 23 None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 24 to close, consolidate, or reduce operations at any Job 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 5304 RH Corps center unless the Secretary of Labor certifies to the 1 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa- 2 tives that such action will not— 3 (1) increase the local youth unemployment rate; 4 (2) increase rates of homelessness in the region 5 served by a Job Corps Center; 6 (3) shift costs to State and municipal govern- 7 ments or nonprofit entities for housing, education, 8 or retraining of displaced students; or 9 (4) negatively affect local public safety, includ- 10 ing increases in youth crime or incarceration. 11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 12 Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 13 TITLE II 14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 15 SERVICES 16 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 17 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 18 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 19 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 20 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai- 21 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 22 That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex- 23 pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 24 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 5304 RH $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car- 1 rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 2 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 3 Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 4 in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 5 made under such law. 6 HEALTH WORKFORCE 7 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 8 Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 9 and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 10 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,366,933,000: Pro- 11 vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro- 12 portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) 13 of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 14 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 15 for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 16 Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 17 and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec- 18 retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con- 19 tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 20 Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec- 21 tion: Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act 22 shall apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 23 756(a) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall 24 be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 5304 RH further, That fees collected for the disclosure of informa- 1 tion under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im- 2 provement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 3 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to re- 4 cover the full costs of operating the programs authorized 5 by such sections and shall remain available until expended 6 for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, 7 That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 8 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 9 may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 10 made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 11 That $130,000,000 shall remain available until expended 12 for the purposes of providing primary health services, as- 13 signing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) partici- 14 pants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 15 treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior- 16 ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 17 and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay- 18 ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 19 section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 20 the amount made available in the previous proviso, not 21 less than 15 percent shall remain available until expended 22 for the purposes of making payments under the NHSC 23 Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of the 24 PHS Act to individuals participating in such program who 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 5304 RH provide primary health services in Indian Health Service 1 facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and 2 Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are de- 3 fined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment 4 priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: 5 Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two 6 provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be 7 applied as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes 8 clinical substance use disorder treatment services, includ- 9 ing those provided by masters level, licensed substance use 10 disorder treatment counselors: Provided further, That of 11 the funds made available under this heading, $7,000,000 12 shall be available to make grants to establish, expand, or 13 maintain optional community-based nurse practitioner fel- 14 lowship programs that are accredited or in the accredita- 15 tion process, with a preference for those in Federally 16 Qualified Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate 17 nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral health: 18 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 19 this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex- 20 pended for activities under section 775 of the PHS Act: 21 Provided further, That the United States may recover liq- 22 uidated damages in an amount determined by the formula 23 under section 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual 24 either fails to begin or complete the service obligated by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 5304 RH a contract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided 1 further, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 2 Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behav- 3 ioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems appro- 4 priate: Provided further, That the Secretary may termi- 5 nate a contract entered into under section 775 of the PHS 6 Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this 7 title for fiscal year 2026 contracts entered into under sec- 8 tion 338B of the PHS Act. 9 Of the funds made available under this heading, 10 $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 11 grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 12 or support graduate education for physicians provided by 13 such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de- 14 velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova- 15 tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such 16 grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu- 17 tions of higher education located in States with a projected 18 primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec- 19 retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim- 20 ited to such public institutions of higher education in 21 States in the top quartile of States with a projected pri- 22 mary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec- 23 retary: Provided further, That the minimum amount of a 24 grant so awarded to such an institution shall be not less 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 5304 RH than $2,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a 1 grant may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: 2 Provided further, That such a grant awarded with respect 3 to a year to such an institution shall be subject to a 4 matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount 5 that is not more than 10 percent of the total amount of 6 Federal funds provided in the grant to such institution 7 with respect to such year. 8 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 9 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 10 PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 11 title V of the Social Security Act, $985,481,000: Provided, 12 That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 13 the Social Security Act, not more than $163,667,000 shall 14 be available for carrying out special projects of regional 15 and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 16 such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects 17 described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 18 501(a)(3) of such Act. 19 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 20 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 21 respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 22 $2,045,630,000, which shall remain available to the Sec- 23 retary through September 30, 2028, for parts A and B 24 of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 5304 RH $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance 1 Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 311(c) 2 of such Act. 3 HEALTH SYSTEMS 4 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 5 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 6 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $122,887,000: 7 Provided, That during the period covered by this Act, the 8 Secretary of Health and Human Services may collect reg- 9 istration fees from members of the Organ Procurement 10 and Transplantation Network (in this title referred to as 11 ‘‘OPTN’’), authorized under section 372 of the PHS Act, 12 for each transplant candidate such members place on the 13 list described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) of such section, 14 including directly or through awards made under sub- 15 section (b)(1)(A) of such section: Provided further, That 16 such fees may be credited to this account, to remain avail- 17 able until expended, to support the operation of the 18 OPTN: Provided further, That the Secretary may dis- 19 tribute fees collected pursuant to the first proviso under 20 this heading among the awardee or awardees described in 21 subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 372 of the PHS Act as 22 the Secretary determines appropriate. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 5304 RH RURAL HEALTH 1 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 2 with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 3 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 4 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $415,407,000, 5 of which $74,277,000 from general revenues, notwith- 6 standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 7 be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 8 flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 9 made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos- 10 pital flexibility grants, up to $23,442,000 shall be avail- 11 able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 12 Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 13 information technology and no less than $5,000,000 shall 14 be available to award grants to public or non-profit private 15 entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical As- 16 sistance Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 17 section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $13,000,000 shall be 18 available for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided fur- 19 ther, That $14,000,000 shall remain available through 20 September 30, 2028, to support the Rural Residency De- 21 velopment Program: Provided further, That $145,000,000 22 shall be for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Pro- 23 gram. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 5304 RH In addition to amounts otherwise available for the 1 same purpose, $100,000,000, for making payments to eli- 2 gible hospitals for the maintenance of health care pro- 3 viders: Provided, That eligible hospitals receiving such 4 payment shall meet the following criteria: (1) have no 5 more than 50 inpatient beds, (2) have an established wage 6 index value of less than 0.90 as determined by the Sec- 7 retary of Health and Human Services under section 8 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 9 1395ww(d)(3)(E)), and (3) be located in a State in the 10 top quintile of States with the highest proportion of resi- 11 dents living under the official poverty line, as established 12 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 13 and revised by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 14 ices in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 15 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)): Provided 16 further, That up to 10 percent of funds made available 17 in this paragraph may be used by eligible hospitals for 18 administrative expenses: Provided further, That payment 19 amounts to eligible hospitals shall be calculated by divid- 20 ing available funding equally among such eligible hos- 21 pitals. 22 HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 23 For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 24 Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 5304 RH for activities funded in other appropriations included in 1 this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis- 2 tration, $223,088,000, of which $45,550,000 shall be for 3 expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of 4 Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 5 agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 6 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 7 may be used to supplement program support funding pro- 8 vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 9 ‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 10 ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 11 and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 12 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 13 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 14 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 15 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re- 16 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 17 after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 18 XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 19 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 20 to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 21 Fund to the Secretary. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 5304 RH CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 1 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 2 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 3 section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 4 Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni- 5 zation and respiratory diseases, $231,358,000. 6 VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, 7 AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 8 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 9 the PHS Act with respect to viral hepatitis, sexually trans- 10 mitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 11 $353,000,000. 12 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 13 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 14 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra- 15 tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 16 zoonotic infectious diseases, $777,372,000: Provided, That 17 of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 18 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 19 for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other 20 related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 21 Federal or State quarantine law. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 5304 RH CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 1 PROMOTION 2 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 3 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre- 4 vention and health promotion, $742,511,000: Provided, 5 That funds made available under this heading may be 6 available for making grants under section 1509 of the 7 PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga- 8 nizations: Provided further, That the proportional funding 9 requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall 10 not apply to funds made available under this heading. 11 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 12 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 13 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 14 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis- 15 abilities, disabilities and health, $208,560,000. 16 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 17 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 18 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 19 informatics, and workforce development, $604,497,000. 20 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 21 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 22 Act with respect to environmental health, $181,850,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 5304 RH INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 1 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 2 Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 3 $665,329,000. 4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 5 HEALTH 6 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 7 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 8 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 9 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 10 Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe- 11 ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 12 health, $312,700,000. 13 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 14 COMPENSATION PROGRAM 15 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 16 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 17 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 18 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 19 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 20 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 21 GLOBAL HEALTH 22 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 23 Act with respect to global health, $473,200,000, of which 24 $293,200,000 shall remain available through September 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 5304 RH 30, 2027 for global public health protection: Provided, 1 That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 2 official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 3 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 4 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of 5 the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness 6 and response, and for expenses necessary to support ac- 7 tivities related to countering potential chemical, biological, 8 radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian populations, 9 $913,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 10 for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 11 title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 12 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 13 without reimbursement to support an activation of the 14 CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc- 15 tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 16 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 17 resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 18 this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 19 this authority which includes the number of staff and 20 funding level broken down by the originating center and 21 number of days detailed, and an update of such report 22 every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 23 reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 5304 RH CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 3 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi- 4 ties and program support for activities funded in other 5 appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 6 Disease Control and Prevention, $523,570,000, of which 7 $360,000,000 shall remain available through September 8 30, 2027, for public health infrastructure and capacity: 9 Provided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection 10 (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to 11 funds appropriated under this heading and in all other ac- 12 counts of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts 13 made available under this heading, $35,000,000, to re- 14 main available until expended, shall be available to the Di- 15 rector of the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases 16 Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by section 231 17 of division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, 18 That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 19 to support a contract for the operation and maintenance 20 of an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout 21 CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address public 22 health preparedness emergencies: Provided further, That 23 employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civil- 24 ian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, munici- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 5304 RH palities, or other organizations under authority of section 1 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be 2 treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 3 only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 4 applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the pe- 5 riod of detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC 6 may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to 7 CDC in this Act for official reception and representation 8 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 9 CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as 10 may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be 11 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there- 12 of: Provided further, That with respect to the previous pro- 13 viso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro- 14 gram and the Respirator Certification Program shall be 15 available through September 30, 2027. 16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc- 19 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 20 $40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 21 Provided, That funds made available to this account in 22 this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition 23 of real property or for construction or improvement of fa- 24 cilities shall be available to make improvements on non- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 5304 RH federally owned property, provided that any improvements 1 that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not 2 exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such 3 improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That 4 funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 5 of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 6 shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re- 7 search facility: Provided further, That funds made avail- 8 able to this account in this or any prior Act that are avail- 9 able for the acquisition of real property or for construction 10 or improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new 11 replacement mine safety research facility shall be available 12 to make improvements on non-federally owned property, 13 provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to 14 federally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Pro- 15 vided further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated 16 balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in 17 accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning 18 Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 19 amounts made available under this heading to support the 20 replacement of the mine safety research facility. 21 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 22 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 24 Act with respect to cancer, $7,272,159,000, of which up 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 5304 RH to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im- 1 provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 2 Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 3 Frederick, Maryland. 4 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 5 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 6 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis- 7 eases, and blood and blood products, $3,990,345,000. 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 9 RESEARCH 10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 11 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 12 $525,163,000. 13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 14 KIDNEY DISEASES 15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis- 17 eases, $2,330,721,000. 18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 19 AND STROKE 20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 21 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 22 $2,633,925,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 5304 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 1 DISEASES 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 4 $6,582,279,000. 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 6 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7 Act with respect to general medical sciences, 8 $3,265,679,000, of which $1,365,002,000 shall be from 9 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro- 10 vided, That not less than $455,956,000 is provided for the 11 Institutional Development Awards program. 12 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 13 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 14 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15 Act with respect to child health and human development, 16 $1,759,078,000: Provided, That amounts made available 17 for the Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy 18 Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative shall 19 come from amounts made available solely under this head- 20 ing. 21 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 23 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 24 $896,549,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 5304 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1 SCIENCES 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 4 $913,979,000. 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 6 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7 Act with respect to aging, $4,507,623,000. 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 9 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 11 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 12 diseases, $685,465,000. 13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 14 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis- 17 orders, $534,333,000. 18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20 Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 5304 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 1 ALCOHOLISM 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 4 $595,318,000. 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 6 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000. 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 9 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 10 Act with respect to mental health, $2,187,843,000. 11 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13 Act with respect to human genome research, 14 $663,200,000. 15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 16 BIOENGINEERING 17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 18 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 19 research, $440,627,000. 20 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 21 INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 23 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 24 $170,384,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 5304 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 1 HEALTH DISPARITIES 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 4 research, $544,395,000. 5 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 6 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 7 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 8 title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 9 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 11 Act with respect to health information communications, 12 $497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 13 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 14 available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 15 in this fiscal year, the National Library of Medicine may 16 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 17 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 18 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re- 19 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 20 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 21 SCIENCES 22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 23 Act with respect to translational sciences, $928,323,000: 24 Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to imple- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 5304 RH ment section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 1 Acceleration Network. 2 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 3 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 4 the Director, NIH, $2,428,914,000: Provided, That fund- 5 ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 6 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro- 7 vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage- 8 ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 9 the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur- 10 ther, That $672,401,000 shall be available for the Com- 11 mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 12 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 13 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 14 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 15 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 16 within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 17 up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren- 18 ovation of facilities as provided for in section 19 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 20 amounts made available under this heading are also avail- 21 able to establish, operate, and support the Research Policy 22 Board authorized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Century 23 Cures Act: Provided further, That the funds made avail- 24 able under this heading for the Office of Research on 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 5304 RH Women’s Health shall also be available for making grants 1 to serve and promote the interests of women in research, 2 and the Director of such Office may, in making such 3 grants, use the authorities available to NIH Institutes and 4 Centers. 5 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Office 6 of the Director, $12,600,000 is appropriated from the 10- 7 year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund described in sec- 8 tion 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 9 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out section 10 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric re- 11 search), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First 12 Research Act. 13 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 14 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren- 15 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 16 or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 17 $352,000,000, to remain available until expended. 18 NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de- 21 scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 22 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 23 in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 24 $226,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 5304 RH vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 1 section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 2 amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 3 Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the NIH 4 to other accounts of the NIH solely for the purposes pro- 5 vided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a deter- 6 mination by the Director of the NIH that funds trans- 7 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary 8 for the purposes provided, such amounts may be trans- 9 ferred back to the Account: Provided further, That the 10 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi- 11 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 12 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 13 For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV 14 of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects 15 for health, $945,000,000, to remain available through 16 September 30, 2028. 17 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 18 ADMINISTRATION 19 MENTAL HEALTH 20 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 21 Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad- 22 vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 23 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 24 $2,667,521,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 5304 RH able under this heading, $100,887,000 shall be for the Na- 1 tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 2 That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 3 no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 4 be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 5 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 6 herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 7 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title 8 XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical 9 assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 10 activities, and further that the total available under this 11 Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 per- 12 cent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part 13 B of title XIX: Provided further, That of the funds made 14 available under this heading for subpart I of part B of 15 title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be avail- 16 able to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided 17 further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made avail- 18 able to carry out the Children’s Mental Health Services 19 program may be used to carry out demonstration grants 20 or contracts for early interventions with persons not more 21 than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing 22 a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 23 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds ap- 24 propriated in this Act for fiscal year 2026: Provided fur- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 5304 RH ther, That $385,000,000 shall be available until Sep- 1 tember 30, 2028 for grants to communities and commu- 2 nity organizations who meet criteria for Certified Commu- 3 nity Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) 4 of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none of the 5 funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be 6 subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That 7 of the funds made available under this heading, 8 $26,420,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the Pro- 9 tecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 10 93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 11 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 12 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 13 with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 14 of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 15 prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 16 and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 17 $3,929,763,000: Provided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be 18 for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 19 Act: Provided further, That of such amount in the pre- 20 ceding proviso not less than 5 percent shall be made avail- 21 able to Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations: Provided 22 further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 23 $79,200,000 shall be available under section 241 of the 24 PHS Act to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 5304 RH of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assist- 1 ance, national data, data collection and evaluation activi- 2 ties, and further that the total available under this Act 3 for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent 4 of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of 5 title XIX: Provided further, That none of the funds pro- 6 vided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid 7 Response Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such 8 Act. 9 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 10 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 11 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $205,009,000. 12 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 13 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 14 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 15 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 16 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 17 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi- 18 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 19 and Mental Health Services Administration, 20 $129,895,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro- 21 vided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 22 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to 23 carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental 24 health, to collect and analyze program data, and to con- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 77 •HR 5304 RH duct public awareness and technical assistance activities: 1 Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be collected 2 for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 3 data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and 4 provided to a public or private entity upon request, which 5 shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 6 available until expended for such purposes: Provided fur- 7 ther, That amounts made available in this Act for carrying 8 out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available 9 through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That funds 10 made available under this heading (other than amounts 11 specified in the first proviso under this heading) may be 12 used to supplement program support funding provided 13 under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse 14 Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 15 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 16 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 17 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 18 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $508,148,791,000, 19 to remain available until expended. 20 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 21 2026, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2026 for unantici- 22 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 23 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 78 •HR 5304 RH In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 1 quarter of fiscal year 2027, $316,514,725,000, to remain 2 available until expended. 3 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 4 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 5 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 6 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 7 quarter. 8 PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 9 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 10 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In- 11 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 12 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 13 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 14 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 15 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 16 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $593,817,000,000. 17 In addition, for making matching payments under 18 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 19 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 20 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 21 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 22 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 23 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 24 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 79 •HR 5304 RH Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil- 1 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 2 to exceed $3,474,391,000 to be transferred from the Fed- 3 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup- 4 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 5 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 6 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 7 PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 8 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 9 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 10 be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 11 which shall be credited to this account and remain avail- 12 able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 13 accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab- 14 lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 15 to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap- 16 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di- 17 rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2026 from Medicare 18 Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 19 of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 20 with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 21 pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 22 further, That of the amount made available under this 23 heading, $407,334,000 shall remain available until Sep- 24 tember 30, 2027, and shall be available for the Survey 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 80 •HR 5304 RH and Certification Program: Provided further, That 1 amounts available under this heading to support quality 2 improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 3 the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe- 4 cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 5 division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 6 (Public Law 115–141). 7 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 8 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro- 9 gram integrity and program management, $941,000,000, 10 to remain available through September 30, 2027, to be 11 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 12 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 13 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 14 Security Act, of which $699,058,000 shall be for the Cen- 15 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 16 activities, of which $108,735,000 shall be for the Depart- 17 ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 18 General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 19 by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 20 $133,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 21 carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 22 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re- 23 quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 24 for fiscal year 2026 shall include measures of the oper- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 81 •HR 5304 RH ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 1 in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 2 funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 3 That of the amount provided under this heading, 4 $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of a concur- 5 rent resolution on the budget, and $630,000,000 is addi- 6 tional new budget authority specified for purposes of a 7 concurrent resolution on the budget for additional health 8 care fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, 9 That the Secretary shall provide not less than 10 $35,000,000 from amounts made available under this 11 heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 2026 12 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for 13 the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care 14 fraud and abuse. 15 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 16 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 17 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 18 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 19 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 20 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $4,147,000,000, to remain 21 available until expended; and for such purposes for the 22 first quarter of fiscal year 2027, $1,800,000,000, to re- 23 main available until expended. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 82 •HR 5304 RH For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 1 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 2 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 3 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 4 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 5 year, such sums as may be necessary. 6 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 7 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 8 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- 9 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 10 $4,035,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 11 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 12 reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train- 13 ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 14 with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup- 15 plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin- 16 istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 17 may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 18 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri- 19 vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza- 20 tions: Provided further, That all but $902,348,000 of the 21 amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 22 as though the total appropriation for such payments for 23 fiscal year 2026 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 24 further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 83 •HR 5304 RH section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 1 State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca- 2 tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 3 received under this heading for fiscal year 2025 from 4 amounts appropriated in Public Law 119–4 shall have its 5 allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the por- 6 tions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 7 would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 8 received in such fashion for fiscal year 2025 being ratably 9 reduced. 10 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 11 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as- 12 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi- 13 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref- 14 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 15 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 16 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 17 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 18 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor- 19 ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $4,292,755,000, of which 20 $4,243,000,000 shall remain available through September 21 30, 2028 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 22 and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 23 heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 24 research and evaluation with respect to activities under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 84 •HR 5304 RH such Act: Provided further, That the contribution of funds 1 requirement under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William 2 Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza- 3 tion Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available 4 under this heading: Provided further, That not more than 5 7 percent of amounts made available under this heading 6 shall be available for Federal administrative costs. 7 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 8 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec- 9 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $420,000,000 and, 10 for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 11 of such Act, $62,515,000: Provided, That of the funds 12 available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 13 allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 14 such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 15 to carry out section 437, $2,750,000 shall be for the Fam- 16 ily First Clearinghouse and to support evaluation and 17 technical assistance relating to identifying or developing 18 child and family services that meet the criteria in section 19 471(e)(4)(C) of such Act, in addition to funds otherwise 20 appropriated to support such purposes in section 476(d): 21 Provided further, That the minimum grant award for kin- 22 ship navigator programs in the case of States and terri- 23 tories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of Tribes, shall 24 be $25,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 85 •HR 5304 RH PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 1 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 3 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 4 $8,746,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 5 State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 6 low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 7 under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di- 8 rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 9 agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 10 That all funds made available to carry out section 418 11 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 12 funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 13 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res- 14 ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 15 section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 16 That notwithstanding the reservation requirements in any 17 other provision of law, of amounts appropriated under this 18 heading, not less than 6 percent shall be reserved for pay- 19 ments to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided 20 further, That of the amounts made available under this 21 heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for 22 Federal administrative expenses. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 86 •HR 5304 RH SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 1 For making grants to States pursuant to section 2 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro- 3 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 4 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 5 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 6 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 7 percent. 8 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 9 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 10 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 11 the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven- 12 tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 13 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 14 American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 15 Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 16 Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 17 and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 18 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 19 Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin- 20 istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 21 XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 22 July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- 23 ance Act of 1981, $14,480,087,000, of which 24 $75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 87 •HR 5304 RH 2027, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 1 guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 2 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 3 adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep- 4 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That $12,271,820,000 shall 5 be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ- 6 ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 7 of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 8 (1) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 9 by the Secretary to supplement activities described 10 in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 11 the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 12 System, established under the authority of sections 13 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 14 and such funds shall not be included in the calcula- 15 tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 16 such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 17 Act; 18 (2) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Trib- 19 al Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 20 Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 21 (3) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available 22 for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia for the 23 start-up and operation of Head Start services and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 88 •HR 5304 RH for the provision of training and technical assist- 1 ance; and 2 (4) Up to $21,000,000 shall be available to 3 supplement funding otherwise available for research, 4 evaluation, and Federal administrative costs: 5 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res- 6 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 7 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 8 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 9 Act: Provided further, That $810,383,000 shall be for 10 making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided further, 11 That for services furnished under the CSBG Act with 12 funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal year 13 and in fiscal year 2025, States may apply the last sentence 14 of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by substituting ‘‘200 15 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided further, That 16 $35,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the CSGB Act, 17 of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be for section 18 680(a)(2) and not less than $13,000,000 shall be for sec- 19 tion 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That 20 $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 21 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 22 $12,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 23 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 24 Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 89 •HR 5304 RH section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 1 Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 2 under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 3 shall be for a human services case management system 4 for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 5 national case management contract and Federal costs of 6 administering the system: Provided further, That up to 7 $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 8 Reporting Information System, including grants to States 9 to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec- 10 tiveness. 11 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 12 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 13 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,843,000,000. 14 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 15 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 16 fiscal year 2027, $3,800,000,000. 17 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 18 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 19 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 20 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 21 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 90 •HR 5304 RH ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 1 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 4 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 5 RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand- 6 parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 7 of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 8 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 9 and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu- 10 rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 11 Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 12 of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As- 13 sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec- 14 tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 15 Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol- 16 icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis- 17 abilities, $2,425,190,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 18 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 19 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 20 Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 21 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 22 amounts made available under this heading to carry out 23 sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 24 of such amounts shall be available for developing and im- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 91 •HR 5304 RH plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 1 nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur- 2 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 3 funds made available under this heading to carry out sec- 4 tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 5 of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 6 further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 7 adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 8 XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 9 to Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, That 10 $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support al- 11 ternative financing programs that provide for the purchase 12 of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest loan 13 fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan 14 fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided 15 further, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, 16 and information describing the manner in which, the alter- 17 native financing program will expand and emphasize con- 18 sumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 19 agencies and community-based disability organizations 20 that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis- 21 abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 22 none of the funds made available under this heading may 23 be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 24 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 92 •HR 5304 RH tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 1 any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 2 an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 3 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop- 4 mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 5 of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 6 a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 7 physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 8 the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 9 for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 10 unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro- 11 vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca- 12 pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 13 awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 14 residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 15 affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 16 legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 17 guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 18 rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro- 19 cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme- 20 diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 21 individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 22 legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 23 individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub- 24 lic guardianship. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 93 •HR 5304 RH ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND 1 RESPONSE 2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 3 For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 4 title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 5 development, storage, production, and procurement of 6 medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi- 7 ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu- 8 lations, $3,265,000,000: Provided, That of such amount: 9 (1) $1,100,000,000, to remain available 10 through September 30, 2027, shall be for expenses 11 necessary to support advanced research and develop- 12 ment, including of mRNA vaccines, pursuant to sec- 13 tion 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative 14 expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and 15 Development Authority; 16 (2) $850,000,000, to remain available until ex- 17 pended, shall be for expenses necessary for pro- 18 curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec- 19 tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 20 (3) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 21 expended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry 22 out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 23 (4) $315,000,000 shall be for expenses nec- 24 essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 94 •HR 5304 RH pandemic, of which $280,000,000 shall remain avail- 1 able until expended for activities including the devel- 2 opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec- 3 essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 4 tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 5 of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para- 6 graph may be used for the construction or renova- 7 tion of privately owned facilities for the production 8 of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 9 if the Secretary finds such construction or renova- 10 tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 11 vaccines or biologics: 12 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 13 for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 14 shall be in addition to any other funds made available for 15 such purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 16 with funds made available under this heading may, at the 17 discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 18 National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the 19 PHS Act: Provided further, That none of the funds made 20 available under this heading may be used by the Adminis- 21 tration for Strategic Preparedness and Response to de- 22 velop, acquire, or stockpile medical countermeasures, or 23 to strengthen the domestic industrial base, by procuring 24 or acquiring any medical equipment, pharmaceutical good, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 95 •HR 5304 RH or service produced by a Chinese-owned company, unless 1 such equipment, good, or service is otherwise unavailable. 2 OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY 3 RESPONSE 4 For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 5 B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer- 6 gency response activities related to countering potential 7 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 8 other public health emergencies, $244,606,000: Provided, 9 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 10 $5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 11 2028, to support emergency operations: Provided further, 12 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 13 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 14 2027, for advanced research and development, manufac- 15 turing, production, procurement, distribution, and the ac- 16 quisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non- 17 federally owned facilities for the production and purchase 18 of medical countermeasures, which may include the devel- 19 opment, translation, and demonstration at scale of innova- 20 tions in manufacturing platform. 21 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 22 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 24 general departmental management, including hire of six 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 96 •HR 5304 RH passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 1 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 2 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, research 3 studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, and 4 for protection services for the Secretary, $333,169,000, 5 together with $58,028,000 from the amounts available 6 under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national 7 health or human services research and evaluation activi- 8 ties: Provided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be 9 for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: 10 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 11 this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for making competitive 12 grants which exclusively implement education in sexual 13 risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from non- 14 marital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding for 15 such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use 16 medically accurate information referenced to peer-re- 17 viewed publications by educational, scientific, govern- 18 mental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 19 based approach integrating research findings with prac- 20 tical implementation that aligns with the needs and de- 21 sired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 22 benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequenc- 23 ing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal set- 24 ting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 97 •HR 5304 RH other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or 1 illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity: 2 Provided further, That no more than 10 percent of the 3 funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid- 4 ance shall be available for technical assistance and admin- 5 istrative costs of such programs: Provided further, That 6 funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities 7 may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, 8 through grants and other mechanisms, medical and ad- 9 ministrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: 10 Provided further, That such services shall be provided con- 11 sistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That 12 of the funds made available under this heading, 13 $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize competitions 14 sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to accelerate in- 15 novation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 16 kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the Steven- 17 son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 18 3719)). 19 In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title 20 II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise pro- 21 vided, activities related to safeguarding classified national 22 security information and providing intelligence and na- 23 tional security support across the Department and to 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 98 •HR 5304 RH counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 1 $108,983,000. 2 In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, pre- 3 pare for, or respond to an influenza pandemic, 4 $7,009,000. 5 In addition to amounts otherwise available, 6 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for car- 7 rying out activities to Make America Healthy Again 8 (MAHA). 9 MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 10 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 11 appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $180,000,000 shall 12 remain available until September 30, 2027, to be trans- 13 ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In- 14 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med- 15 ical Insurance Trust Fund. 16 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 17 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 18 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 19 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 20 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de- 21 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor- 22 mation technology, $59,238,000 shall be from amounts 23 made available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 99 •HR 5304 RH OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 2 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 3 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec- 4 tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 5 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for inves- 6 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 7 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro- 8 vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 9 heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 10 activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 11 (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 12 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 13 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 14 Rights, $39,798,000. 15 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 16 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 17 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 18 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 19 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 20 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med- 21 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 22 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 23 required during the current fiscal year. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 100 •HR 5304 RH GENERAL PROVISIONS 1 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 2 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 3 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 4 the Secretary. 5 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 6 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 7 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 8 of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 9 appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 10 from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi- 11 vidual at this rate. 12 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this or 13 any other Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 14 of the PHS Act, except for funds specifically provided for 15 in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by 16 any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation and 17 submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees 18 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 19 Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds. 20 SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 21 PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 22 but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro- 23 priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 24 made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 101 •HR 5304 RH or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 1 programs funded in this title. 2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 4 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 6 priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 7 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 8 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 9 by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author- 10 ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 11 new program or to fund any project or activity for which 12 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 13 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 14 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 15 in advance of any transfer. 16 SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 17 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 18 such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 19 date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2026 under sec- 20 tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 21 who has been awarded such contract has not received 22 funds due under the contract. 23 SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 24 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 102 •HR 5304 RH PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 1 the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 2 the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 3 that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at- 4 tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 5 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 6 law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 7 shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 8 or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 9 abuse, rape, or incest. 10 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 11 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 12 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 13 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth- 14 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or- 15 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 16 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 17 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 18 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita- 19 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 20 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv- 21 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth- 22 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi- 23 care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 24 Advantage organization described in this section shall be 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 103 •HR 5304 RH responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor- 1 mation about all Medicare covered services. 2 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 3 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro- 4 mote gun control. 5 SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 6 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 7 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 8 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 9 by the Agency for International Development, the United 10 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 11 World Health Organization. 12 SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter- 13 national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 14 infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 15 other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2026: 16 (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv- 17 alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 18 section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori- 19 ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 20 the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 21 to ensure that the authority provided in this section 22 is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 23 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 104 •HR 5304 RH cable statutes administered by the Department of 1 State. 2 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 3 funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 4 of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac- 5 quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage- 6 ment of facilities outside of the United States for 7 the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co- 8 operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 9 has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 10 with applicable regulation governing location, set- 11 back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 12 purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 13 authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 14 State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 15 make available to public or nonprofit private institu- 16 tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 17 funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 18 those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 19 assistance for international health activities, includ- 20 ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec- 21 tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 22 and other health activities abroad. 23 (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 24 personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 105 •HR 5304 RH serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 1 those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For- 2 eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 3 through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre- 4 scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 5 authorized to provide locality-based comparability 6 payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 7 of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 8 as a percentage) that would be payable to such per- 9 sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 10 Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 11 the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per- 12 sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 13 basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 14 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 15 the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv- 16 ing in the Foreign Service. 17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 19 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 20 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 21 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 22 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 23 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 106 •HR 5304 RH House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 1 least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 4 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 5 immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di- 6 rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re- 7 search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 8 Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 9 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec- 10 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 11 SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 12 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 13 may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 14 PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 15 cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 16 identified pursuant to or research and activities described 17 in such section 402(b)(12). 18 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 19 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 20 review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 21 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro- 22 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 23 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 24 in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 107 •HR 5304 RH cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 1 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 2 and 494 of the PHS Act. 3 SEC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds ap- 4 propriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 5 National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 6 repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 7 proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 8 herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 11 1 percent of the amount made available for National Re- 12 search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 13 to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 14 Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri- 15 mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 16 who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 17 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 18 made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 19 Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual- 20 ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 21 SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 22 and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 23 a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro- 24 gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 108 •HR 5304 RH countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 1 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 2 if— 3 (1) funds are available and obligated— 4 (A) for the full period of the contract or 5 for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 6 in effect; and 7 (B) for the estimated costs associated with 8 a necessary termination of the contract; and 9 (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 10 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 11 Government by encouraging full and open competi- 12 tion or promoting economy in administration, per- 13 formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 14 (b) A contract entered into under this section— 15 (1) shall include a termination clause as de- 16 scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 17 United States Code; and 18 (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 19 requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 20 SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 21 year 2027 budget justification and on Departmental Web 22 sites information concerning the employment of full-time 23 equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur- 24 poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 109 •HR 5304 RH wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 1 amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 2 and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 3 (b) With respect to employees or contractors sup- 4 ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 5 out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 6 the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 7 information: 8 (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 9 such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 10 a statement indicating the program, project, or ac- 11 tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di- 12 vision or office that administers such program, and 13 the amount of funding received in discretionary or 14 mandatory appropriations. 15 (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 16 full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ- 17 ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 18 detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 19 (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 20 exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 21 (1) are supported through appropriations en- 22 acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro- 23 grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 110 •HR 5304 RH (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 1 activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 2 or 3 (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 4 is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 5 price contracts. 6 SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 7 fiscal year 2027 budget of the President submitted under 8 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa- 9 tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 10 for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 11 Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact- 12 ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 13 for fiscal year 2027. Such information shall include, for 14 each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 15 activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 16 Exchange Transparency’’ in the report accompanying this 17 Act. 18 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 19 Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 20 the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 21 or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 22 the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 23 Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 111 •HR 5304 RH section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 1 risk corridors). 2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 4 Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 5 section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 6 amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 7 the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 8 report accompanying this Act. 9 (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 10 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 11 (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 12 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with- 13 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 14 SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on 15 November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2028, any pro- 16 vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 17 to another provision of law) to the current recommenda- 18 tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 19 with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 20 and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in- 21 volved as if— 22 (1) such reference to such current recommenda- 23 tions were a reference to the recommendations of 24 such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 112 •HR 5304 RH screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 1 before 2009; and 2 (2) such recommendations last issued before 3 2009 applied to any screening mammography modal- 4 ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 5 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 SEC. 224. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 8 opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and 9 addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to 10 other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for 11 the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees 12 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 13 Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in 14 the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 15 authority provided by law. 16 SEC. 225. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 17 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 18 atives and the Senate: 19 (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 20 the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec- 21 tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 22 enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 113 •HR 5304 RH (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 1 awards, including supplements, authorized under 2 section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 3 (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 4 and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 5 advance of any public release of enrollment information 6 or the award of such grants. 7 SEC. 226. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail- 8 able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro- 9 gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 10 Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account 11 from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 12 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 13 support program management activity related to the Medi- 14 care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 15 purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provi- 16 sion of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or 17 any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 18 supplant any other amounts within such account. 19 SEC. 227. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 20 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De- 21 partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 22 available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 23 employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 24 employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 114 •HR 5304 RH a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 1 are the subject of a determination of a public health emer- 2 gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 3 and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 4 an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade- 5 quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur- 6 poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 7 Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 8 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 9 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 10 SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human 11 Services may accept donations from the private sector, 12 nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde- 13 pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac- 14 companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 15 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 16 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle- 17 ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in- 18 cluding medical goods and services, which may include 19 early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 20 toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 21 the wellbeing of such children. 22 SEC. 229. In addition to the existing Congressional 23 notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 24 facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 115 •HR 5304 RH propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 1 ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 2 facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard- 3 sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 4 that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out- 5 come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 6 the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 7 longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 8 will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 9 bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 10 Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria- 11 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 12 report detailing the total number of children in care at 13 the facility, the average length of stay and average length 14 of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 15 has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 16 of stay and reason for delay in release. 17 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available in this 18 Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 19 Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 20 for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 21 United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 22 of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 23 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 24 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 116 •HR 5304 RH or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 1 Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 2 days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter- 3 fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 4 safety operations) of such facility. 5 SEC. 231. Not later than 14 days after the date of 6 enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec- 7 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 8 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 9 publicly available online, a report with respect to children 10 who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 11 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard- 12 less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 13 an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 14 subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 15 and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 16 the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol- 17 lowing information: 18 (1) the number and ages of children so sepa- 19 rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 20 ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa- 21 ration occurred; and 22 (2) the documented cause of separation, as re- 23 ported by DHS when each child was referred. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 117 •HR 5304 RH SEC. 232. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 1 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 3 available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi- 4 ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 5 at costs not in excess of those paid for or reimbursed by 6 the Department of Defense. For purposes of this section, 7 the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means Guam, the Common- 8 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the 9 Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory 10 of the Pacific Islands 11 SEC. 233. The Community Services Block Grant Act 12 (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) is amended— 13 (1) in section 675C(a)— 14 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘, subject 15 to paragraph (3)’’; and 16 (B) by striking paragraph (3); and 17 (2) in section 680(a)(2) by adding at the end 18 the following: 19 ‘‘(F) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail- 20 able to carry out this paragraph may be used 21 for financing construction and rehabilitation, 22 and for loans or investments, in private busi- 23 ness enterprises, including those owned by com- 24 munity development corporations. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 118 •HR 5304 RH ‘‘(G) OWNERSHIP OF INTANGIBLE PROP- 1 ERTY AND EARNINGS.—The Secretary shall es- 2 tablish procedures regarding the disposition of 3 intangible assets and program income that per- 4 mit such assets acquired with, and program in- 5 come derived from, grants made under this 6 paragraph, to become the sole property of the 7 grantees after a period of not more than 12 8 years after the end of the grant period for any 9 activity consistent with subsection (a)(2)(A). 10 ‘‘(H) USE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS.—In- 11 tangible assets in the form of loans, equity in- 12 vestments and other debt instruments, and pro- 13 gram income may be used by grantees for any 14 eligible purpose consistent with subsection 15 (a)(2)(A).’’. 16 (RESCISSION AND INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 234. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non- 18 recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 19 division G of Public Law 110–161, $1,613,000,000 are 20 hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2026, ex- 21 cept that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 22 were previously designated by the Congress as being for 23 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso- 24 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 119 •HR 5304 RH gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That from 1 any remaining unobligated balances in such Fund, the 2 Secretary may transfer up to $30,000,000 to ‘‘General 3 Departmental Management’’ for cybersecurity: Provided 4 further, That the Secretary may obligate funds from such 5 Fund for any program, project, or activity for which a no- 6 tification was submitted before the date of enactment of 7 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may trans- 8 fer amounts into such Fund: Provided further, That any 9 amounts transferred into such Fund are available for the 10 purposes provided by this section or for which a notifica- 11 tion was submitted to such Committees on Appropriations 12 before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 13 That the authority to transfer amounts under this section 14 is in addition to any other transfer authority in law. 15 SEC. 235. None of the funds made available by this 16 Act to the National Institutes of Health may be used for 17 facilities and administration costs (as defined in section 18 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations) that ex- 19 ceed 30 percent of an award to an applicable educational 20 institution that is an organization subject to taxation 21 under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 22 SEC. 236. None of the funds provided in this Act may 23 be used to conduct or support research using human fetal 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 120 •HR 5304 RH tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to an induced 1 abortion. 2 SEC. 237. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 3 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 4 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be made available 5 to a hospital or any other entity that administers any post- 6 graduate physician training program, or any other pro- 7 gram of training in the health professions, that provides 8 training in the performance of, or assisting in the perform- 9 ance of, induced abortions, or in counseling or referrals 10 for such abortions, if such program— 11 (1) provides or requires such training for any 12 participant in such program without the participant 13 first voluntarily electing to opt in to undergo such 14 training; or 15 (2) subjects any participant in such program to 16 discrimination on the basis that the participant does 17 not— 18 (A) voluntarily elect to opt in to undergo 19 such training; or 20 (B) perform, assist in the performance of, 21 or provide counseling or referrals for, such 22 abortions. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 121 •HR 5304 RH (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to per- 1 mit training described in subsection (a) that is not other- 2 wise allowed by law. 3 SEC. 238. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 4 other provision of law, none of the funds made available 5 by this Act may be made available either directly, through 6 a State (including through managed care contracts with 7 a State), or through any other means, to a prohibited enti- 8 ty. 9 (b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited 10 entity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidi- 11 aries, successors, and clinics— 12 (1) that, as of the date of enactment of this 13 Act— 14 (A) is an organization described in section 15 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 16 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 17 of such Code; 18 (B) is an essential community provider de- 19 scribed in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of 20 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 21 enactment of this Act), that is primarily en- 22 gaged in family planning services, reproductive 23 health, and related medical care; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 122 •HR 5304 RH (C) performs, or provides any funds to any 1 other entity that performs, abortions other than 2 an abortion performed— 3 (i) in the case of a pregnancy that is 4 the result of an act of rape or incest; or 5 (ii) in the case where a woman suffers 6 from a physical disorder, physical injury, 7 or physical illness that would, as certified 8 by a physician, place the woman in danger 9 of death unless an abortion is performed, 10 including a life-endangering physical condi- 11 tion caused by, or arising from, the preg- 12 nancy itself; and 13 (2) for which the total amount of Federal 14 grants to such entity, including grants to any affili- 15 ates, subsidiaries, or clinics of such entity, under 16 title X of the Public Health Service Act in fiscal 17 year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000. 18 (c)(1) END OF PROHIBITION.—The definition in 19 subsection (b) shall cease to apply to an entity if such enti- 20 ty certifies that it, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, 21 successors, and clinics, will not perform, and will not pro- 22 vide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abor- 23 tion as described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 123 •HR 5304 RH (2) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health 1 and Human Services shall seek repayment of any 2 Federal assistance received by any entity that had 3 made a certification described in paragraph (1) and 4 subsequently violated the terms of such certification. 5 SEC. 239. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act may be used to establish, support, administer, oversee, 7 or issue a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for 8 the purposes of providing information on, promoting ac- 9 cess to, or facilitating an abortion. 10 SEC. 240. None of the funds made available by this 11 Act may be used to require any project under title X of 12 the PHS Act to refer for abortions: Provided, That no pro- 13 vider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be 14 required to subvert or operate in conflict with any State 15 law limiting referral for abortion/pregnancy counseling. 16 SEC. 241. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex- 18 ecutive Order 14076 (Protecting Access to Reproductive 19 Healthcare Services) or Executive Order 14079 (Securing 20 Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services). 21 SEC. 242. None of the funds made available by this 22 Act, or provided under a previous or subsequent appro- 23 priations Act to the Department of Health and Human 24 Services, or provided from any account in the Treasury 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 124 •HR 5304 RH of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail- 1 able to such Department, may be used to enforce the final 2 rule titled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and 3 Regulatory Changes to the Omnibus COVID-19 Health 4 Care Staff Vaccination Requirements’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 5 61555), or any substantially similar rule. 6 SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this 7 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex- 8 ecutive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating 9 Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual 10 Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the 11 President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023). 12 SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral, 14 or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in- 15 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including 16 by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its nat- 17 ural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer 18 correspond to the individual’s biological sex. 19 SEC. 245. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be used to issue or implement as a final rule 21 the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Nondiscrimination in Health 22 Programs and Activities’’ published by the Department of 23 Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on 24 August 4, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 47824) (relating to section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 125 •HR 5304 RH 1557 of the Affordable Care Act) or any successor or sub- 1 stantially similar rule. 2 SEC. 246. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 4 final rule entitled ‘‘Designated Placement Requirements 5 Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children’’, 6 89 Fed. Reg. 34818 (effective July 1, 2024) or any suc- 7 cessor or substantially similar rule. 8 SEC. 247. None of the funds made available by this 9 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 10 final rule entitled ‘‘Unaccompanied Children Program 11 Foundational Rule’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 34384 (effective July 12 1, 2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 13 SEC. 248. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 14 may be used to place an unaccompanied alien child with 15 a sponsor in any case where such unaccompanied alien 16 child has been convicted of a crime, or has a pending 17 criminal charge relating to gang affiliation or activity, in 18 the United States or in such unaccompanied alien child’s 19 country of origin or country of last habitual residence. 20 SEC. 249. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 22 final rule entitled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 23 Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facili- 24 ties and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 126 •HR 5304 RH Reporting’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 40876 (effective June 21, 1 2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 2 SEC. 250. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 4 final rule entitled ‘‘Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insur- 5 ance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits 6 Coverage’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (effective June 17, 7 2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 8 SEC. 251. None of the funds made available by this 9 Act may be used by the Secretary of Health and Human 10 Services to determine that a public health emergency ex- 11 ists pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service 12 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), or issue any related order that 13 would impede, limit, or restrict a citizen’s Second Amend- 14 ment rights. 15 SEC. 252. Title II of the Public Health Service Act 16 (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec- 17 tion 245 (42 U.S.C. 238n) the following: 18 ‘‘SEC. 245A. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. 19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A qualified party may, in a civil 20 action, obtain appropriate relief with regard to a des- 21 ignated violation. 22 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 127 •HR 5304 RH ‘‘(1) DESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘des- 1 ignated violation’ means an actual or threatened vio- 2 lation of— 3 ‘‘(A) section 507(d) of division D of the 4 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 5 (or any subsequent substantially similar provi- 6 sion); or 7 ‘‘(B) any funding condition imposed by the 8 Federal Government pursuant to such section 9 507(d) (or such substantially similar provision). 10 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED PARTY.—The term ‘qualified 11 party’ means— 12 ‘‘(A) the Attorney General of the United 13 States; 14 ‘‘(B) any attorney general of a State; or 15 ‘‘(C) any person or entity adversely af- 16 fected by the designated violation without re- 17 gard to whether such person or entity is a 18 health care provider. 19 ‘‘(3) STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.—The 20 term ‘State governmental entity’ means a State, a 21 local government within a State, and any agency or 22 other governmental unit or subdivision of a State, or 23 of such a local government. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 128 •HR 5304 RH ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES NOT REQUIRED.— 1 An action under this section may be commenced, and relief 2 may be granted, without regard to whether the party com- 3 mencing the action has sought or exhausted any available 4 administrative remedies. 5 ‘‘(d) DEFENDANTS.—An action under this section 6 may be maintained against a Federal agency committing 7 a designated violation described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or 8 any recipient or subrecipient of Federal assistance com- 9 mitting a designated violation described in subsection 10 (b)(1)(B), including a State governmental entity. 11 ‘‘(e) NATURE OF RELIEF.—In an action under this 12 section, the court shall grant— 13 ‘‘(1) all appropriate relief, including injunctive 14 relief, declaratory relief, and compensatory damages, 15 to prevent the occurrence, continuance, or repetition 16 of the designated violation and to compensate for 17 losses resulting from the designated violation; and 18 ‘‘(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attor- 19 neys’ fees and litigation costs. 20 Relief in an action under this section may include money 21 damages even if the defendant is a governmental entity. 22 ‘‘(f) ABROGATION OF STATE IMMUNITY.—No State 23 or governmental official that commits a designated viola- 24 tion shall be immune under the Tenth Amendment to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 129 •HR 5304 RH Constitution of the United States, the Eleventh Amend- 1 ment to the Constitution of the United States, or any 2 other source of law, from an action under subsection (a).’’. 3 SEC. 253. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 5 final rule entitled ‘‘Improving Child Care Access, Afford- 6 ability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development 7 Fund (CCDF)’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 15366 (effective April 30, 8 2024)) insofar as such rule makes changes relating to sec- 9 tions 98.16(z) and 98.30(b)(1) of title 45, Code of Federal 10 Regulations. 11 SEC. 254. None of the funds appropriated or other- 12 wise made available by this Act may be used to place an 13 unaccompanied alien child with an alien sponsor who has 14 not been admitted (as defined in paragraph (13) of section 15 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16 1101(a))) or who is deportable under section 237(a) of 17 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)). 18 SEC. 255. None of the funds in this Act may be used 19 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Na- 20 tional Institutes of Health, and Substance Abuse and 21 Mental Health Services Administration to fund or carry 22 out any research relating to gunshot injury or mortality 23 prevention that treats crimes committed with a firearm 24 as a public health epidemic, including advocating, pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 130 •HR 5304 RH moting, or studying firearm-related restrictions or policies; 1 firearm disenfranchisement, bans, confiscation, or reg- 2 istration, or other gun control measures; and any other 3 restriction on firearms: Provided, That nothing shall pre- 4 vent the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 5 National Institutes of Health, and the Substance Abuse 6 and Mental Health Services Administration from carrying 7 out research on medical procedures, practices, treatments, 8 medicines, and therapies related to gunshot injuries and 9 recovery. 10 SEC. 256. None of the funds made available by this 11 Act may be used for research on vertebrate animals for 12 the purpose of studying the effects of drugs, surgery, or 13 other interventions to alter the human body (including by 14 disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural 15 functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer cor- 16 respond to its biological sex. 17 SEC. 257. None of the funds made available in this 18 Act may be used to implement CMS-5056-N, ‘‘Implemen- 19 tation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the 20 Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) 21 Model,’’ or any such model that implements prior author- 22 izations in traditional Medicare. 23 SEC. 258. Section 752 of the Public Health Service 24 Act (42 U.S.C. 294b) is amended in subsection (g) by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 131 •HR 5304 RH striking ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 2025’’ and inserting 1 ‘‘fiscal years 2026 through 2028’’. 2 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 3 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 4 TITLE III 5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6 OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 7 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 9 For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 10 title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 11 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 12 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 13 in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $14,850,490,000, of which 14 $3,974,313,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, 15 and shall remain available through September 30, 2027, 16 and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 17 October 1, 2026, and shall remain available through Sep- 18 tember 30, 2027, for academic year 2026–2027: Provided, 19 That $3,614,089,000 shall be for basic grants under sec- 20 tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 21 $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec- 22 retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec- 23 retary’’) on October 1, 2025, to obtain annually updated 24 local educational agency-level census poverty data from 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 132 •HR 5304 RH the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 1 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 2 section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 3 $4,825,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 4 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 5 $4,825,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 6 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur- 7 ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 8 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That of the 9 amounts made available for this heading by section 1112 10 of title I of division A of Public Law 119-4 on October 11 1, 2025, $938,266,000 are hereby rescinded. 12 IMPACT AID 13 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 14 federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 15 ESEA, $1,630,151,000, of which $1,477,000,000 shall be 16 for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 17 $49,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis- 18 abilities under section 7003(d), $19,000,000 shall be for 19 construction under section 7007(a), $80,000,000 shall be 20 for Federal property payments under section 7002, and 21 $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 22 for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 23 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 24 for an eligible local educational agency under section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 133 •HR 5304 RH 7003(a) for school year 2025–2026, children enrolled in 1 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 2 for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 3 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 4 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 5 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 6 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 7 reside on Federal property as described in section 8 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 9 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 10 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 11 at a school in the same local educational agency they at- 12 tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 13 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 14 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 15 For carrying out school improvement activities au- 16 thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 17 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 18 V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin- 19 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 20 Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the 21 Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,840,964,000, of which 22 $3,068,673,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, 23 and remain available through September 30, 2027, and 24 of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 134 •HR 5304 RH ber 1, 2026, and shall remain available through September 1 30, 2027, for academic year 2026–2027: Provided, That 2 $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 3 further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, 4 which may be used for construction, renovation, and mod- 5 ernization of any public elementary school, secondary 6 school, or structure related to a public elementary school 7 or secondary school that serves a predominantly Native 8 Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 percent limitation 9 in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for 10 administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis- 11 trative costs: Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be 12 for part C of title VI, which shall be awarded on a com- 13 petitive basis, and may be used for construction, and that 14 the 5 percent limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA on 15 the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 16 only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That 17 $225,000,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided fur- 18 ther, That in carrying out such part B the percentage in 19 section 316(b)(1)(D) of title III of division H of Public 20 Law 116–260 shall be deemed 75 percent: Provided fur- 21 ther, That $1,385,000,000 shall be available for grants 22 under subpart 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, 23 That funds provided by Public Law 117–328 and this Act 24 for subpart B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Home- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 135 •HR 5304 RH less Assistance Act shall be available for expenditure by 1 educational agencies and institutions for an additional fis- 2 cal year following the succeeding fiscal year provided by 3 subsection 421(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions 4 Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 5 for this heading by section 1112 of title I of division A 6 of Public Law 119-4 on October 1, 2025, $1,681,441,000 7 are hereby rescinded. 8 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 9 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 10 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $190,000,000, 11 to remain available through December 31, 2026: Provided, 12 That $190,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 13 which up to $10,000,000, to remain available until ex- 14 pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re- 15 sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program. 16 INDIAN EDUCATION 17 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 18 not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 19 $199,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 20 2 of part A of title VI and $17,365,000 shall be for sub- 21 part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 22 limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 23 the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 24 shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 136 •HR 5304 RH further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 1 6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 2 may be for a period of up to 5 years. 3 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 4 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 5 3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E 6 and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 7 $891,000,000: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be for 8 subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 9 available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 10 2241: Provided further, That $639,000,000 shall be for 11 parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 12 and shall be made available without regard to sections 13 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 14 That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to these 15 funds available for part C of title IV: Provided further, 16 That of the funds available for part C of title IV, the Sec- 17 retary shall use not less than $65,000,000 to carry out 18 section 4304 of the ESEA, amounts made available to 19 carry out section 4305(b) of the ESEA shall remain avail- 20 able through March 31, 2027, and not more than 21 $16,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 22 4305(a)(3) of the ESEA: Provided further, That notwith- 23 standing section 4304(k)(2)(C) of the ESEA, in making 24 awards under section 4304(k), the Secretary may pay a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 137 •HR 5304 RH Federal share of up to 100 percent of the cost of estab- 1 lishing or enhancing, and administering, a per-pupil facili- 2 ties aid program for each of the first two fiscal years for 3 which the program receives funding: Provided further, 4 That the Secretary shall permit any State entity, as de- 5 fined under section 4303(a), to receive a grant under sec- 6 tion 4304(k): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 7 permit such a State entity to receive such a grant if any 8 form of State or local financial support for charter school 9 facilities, such as the capitalization of a State revolving 10 loan fund to support charter school facilities financing, 11 and not necessarily a program of per-pupil facilities aid, 12 will meet the matching requirements of section 13 4304(k)2)(C): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 14 allow entities receiving grants under section 4303 to use 15 up to 10 percent of such grants for activities described 16 in section 4303(b)(2) and up to 5 percent for the activities 17 described in section 4303(c)(1)(C): Provided further, That 18 notwithstanding section 4601(b), $229,000,000 shall be 19 available through December 31, 2026 for subpart 1 of 20 part F of title IV. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 138 •HR 5304 RH OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE 1 SERVICES 2 SPECIAL EDUCATION 3 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 4 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 5 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,493,264,000, of 6 which $5,910,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 7 2026, and shall remain available through September 30, 8 2027, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 9 on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available through 10 September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026–2027: Pro- 11 vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 12 shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 13 that activity during fiscal year 2025, increased by the 14 amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 15 of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro- 16 priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 17 than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2025: 18 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 19 to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 20 States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub- 21 ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 22 allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 23 under this heading, is reduced under section 24 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 139 •HR 5304 RH the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 1 aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 2 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail- 3 ability of a free appropriate public education under this 4 part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 5 relative populations of those children who are living in pov- 6 erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis- 7 tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 8 whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 9 under this heading made funds available for such a dis- 10 tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 11 such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 12 educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 13 Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo- 14 cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 15 section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 16 States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 17 any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 18 the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 19 for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 20 notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re- 21 garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 22 section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 23 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 24 apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 140 •HR 5304 RH a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 1 the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 2 Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca- 3 tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec- 4 tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re- 5 serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 6 the same relation to the maximum amount described in 7 that paragraph as the reduction under section 8 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 9 would have received in that fiscal year under section 10 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 11 That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 12 funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 13 fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 14 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 15 section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec- 16 tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 17 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 18 under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech- 19 nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 20 States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 21 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv- 22 ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 23 quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro- 24 vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 141 •HR 5304 RH available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro- 1 gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro- 2 gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 3 That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 4 activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 5 to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu- 6 tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri- 7 vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au- 8 thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not- 9 withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 10 fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 11 of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 12 State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de- 13 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur- 14 ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 15 to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 16 funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 17 populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 18 State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de- 19 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur- 20 ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 21 643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu- 22 cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 23 public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 24 carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 142 •HR 5304 RH Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 1 IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 2 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 3 services to a child who previously received services under 4 part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 5 the school year following the child’s third birthday with 6 parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 7 section 635(c) of the IDEA: Provided further, That not- 8 withstanding section 638 of the IDEA, a State may use 9 funds appropriated under Part C of the IDEA to conduct 10 child find, public awareness, and referral activities for an 11 individual who is expected to become a parent of an infant 12 with a disability (as that term is defined in section 13 632(5)), as established by medical or other records: Pro- 14 vided further, That any State electing to use funds under 15 the preceding proviso shall ensure that, as soon as possible 16 but not later than 45 days after the child’s birth, it com- 17 pletes the referral and eligibility process under this part 18 for that child. 19 REHABILITATION SERVICES 20 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 21 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 22 National Center Act, $4,648,295,000, of which 23 $4,504,096,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili- 24 tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 143 •HR 5304 RH SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 1 DISABILITIES 2 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 3 For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 4 of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $44,431,000. 5 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 6 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 7 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 8 of 1986, $94,500,000: Provided, That from the total 9 amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 10 funds for the endowment program as authorized under 11 section 207 of such Act. 12 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 13 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 14 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 15 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 16 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $168,361,000, of 17 which up to $15,000,000, to remain available until ex- 18 pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 19 201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 20 available, the University may at its discretion use funds 21 for the endowment program as authorized under section 22 207 of such Act. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 144 •HR 5304 RH OFFICE OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT 1 EDUCATION 2 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 3 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 4 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu- 5 cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’), $1,475,000,000, of 6 which $684,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 7 2026, and shall remain available through September 30, 8 2027, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available 9 on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available through 10 September 30, 2027: Provided, That up to $10,152,000 11 shall be available for innovation and modernization grants 12 under such section 114(e) of the Perkins Act. 13 OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 14 HIGHER EDUCATION 15 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 16 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 17 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 18 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, 19 $2,714,241,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 20 other provision of law, funds made available in this Act 21 to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) 22 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 23 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 24 countries by individuals who are participating in advanced 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 145 •HR 5304 RH foreign language training and international studies in 1 areas that are vital to United States national security and 2 who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of 3 these countries in the fields of government, the profes- 4 sions, or international development: Provided further, That 5 of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 6 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 7 outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro- 8 vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 9 available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 10 IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided fur- 11 ther, That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not apply to 12 an institution of higher education that is eligible to receive 13 funding under section 318 of the HEA: Provided further, 14 That amounts made available for carrying out section 15 419N of the HEA may be awarded notwithstanding the 16 limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the HEA: Provided 17 further, That activities authorized under sections 18 317(c)(2)(B), 319(c)(2)(B), and 320(c)(2)(B) of the HEA 19 may include construction and maintenance in classrooms, 20 libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities: 21 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 22 this Act to carry out part B of title III of the HEA, 23 $6,000,000 shall be for grants to supplement amounts 24 awarded to part B institutions that are junior or commu- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 146 •HR 5304 RH nity colleges, as defined in section 312(f) of the HEA: Pro- 1 vided further, That the supplemental funds described in 2 the preceding proviso are in addition to any grant award 3 that any institution may receive under section 323 of the 4 HEA and shall be allocated in accordance with the allot- 5 ments specified under section 324 of such Act. 6 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 7 For partial support of Howard University, 8 $240,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 9 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 10 University Endowment Act and shall remain available 11 until expended. 12 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 13 PROGRAM 14 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac- 15 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 16 121 of the HEA, $298,000. 17 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 18 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 19 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au- 20 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 21 shall remain available through September 30, 2027: Pro- 22 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 23 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con- 24 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 147 •HR 5304 RH these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 1 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 2 $500,000,000: Provided further, That these funds may be 3 used to support loans to public and private Historically 4 Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi- 5 tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 6 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 7 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi- 8 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 9 III of the HEA, $528,000. 10 OFFICE OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID 11 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 12 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 13 and part C of title IV of the HEA, $23,254,221,000 which 14 shall remain available through September 30, 2027. 15 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 16 be eligible during award year 2026–2027 shall be $6,335. 17 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 18 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 19 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 20 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 21 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 22 $2,058,943,000, to remain available through September 23 30, 2027. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 148 •HR 5304 RH INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 1 For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 2 Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 3 of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 4 authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 5 Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu- 6 cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 7 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 8 $740,373,000, which shall remain available through Sep- 9 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That funds available to carry 10 out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 11 Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and sec- 12 ondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, 13 and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 14 systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 15 funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 16 Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public 17 or private organizations or agencies to support activities 18 to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, 19 State, and national levels. 20 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 21 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 22 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 23 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in- 24 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00148 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 149 •HR 5304 RH lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 1 $293,007,000. 2 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 3 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 4 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 5 of Education Organization Act, $91,000,000. 6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 7 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 8 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 9 of Education Organization Act, $63,000,000, of which 10 $3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 11 2027. 12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 13 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 14 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol- 15 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 16 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 18 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 20 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 21 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro- 22 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 23 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant- 24 ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00149 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 150 •HR 5304 RH gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 1 are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com- 2 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 4 of any transfer. 5 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con- 6 solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 7 the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2026, through 8 September 30, 2027. 9 SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 10 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap- 11 propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 12 2026 may use the income from that fund to award schol- 13 arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 14 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 15 such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 16 be considered to have been an allowable use of that in- 17 come, subject to that limitation. 18 (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 19 and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 20 SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 21 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2026’’ for 22 ‘‘2021’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00150 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 151 •HR 5304 RH SEC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1 1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2027’’ for 2 ‘‘2021’’. 3 SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 4 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 5 for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 6 of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per- 7 kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu- 8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 9 SEC. 308. The Secretary may reserve not more than 10 0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 11 for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail- 12 able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 13 carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to col- 14 lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 15 by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 16 this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 17 shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro- 18 vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 19 shall be available through September 30, 2028: Provided 20 further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 21 are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi- 22 ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 23 may also reserve funds for such program or project for 24 the purposes described in this section so long as the total 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00151 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 152 •HR 5304 RH reservation of funds for such program or project does not 1 exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 2 further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 3 obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec- 4 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 5 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com- 6 mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 7 Senate, and the Committee on Education and Workforce 8 of the House of Representatives a plan that identifies the 9 source and amount of funds reserved under this section, 10 the impact on program grantees if funds are withheld for 11 the purposes of this section, and the activities to be carried 12 out with such funds. 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 15 for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $13,000,000 16 shall be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the 17 Secretary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 18 Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa- 19 tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 20 space, human resource services, financial management 21 services, financial systems support, budget formulation 22 and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor- 23 tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 24 acquisition and contract management, grants administra- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00152 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 153 •HR 5304 RH tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro- 1 vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 2 amounts obligated and expended for such support services 3 by using a standard Department of Education method- 4 ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 5 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 6 amounts available for IES support services in excess of 7 actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal- 8 culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 9 the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 10 further, That in order to address any shortfall between 11 amounts available for IES support services and amounts 12 needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Sec- 13 retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 14 of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad- 15 ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com- 16 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 17 and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 18 of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 19 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20 SEC. 310. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De- 21 partment of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ es- 22 tablished in section 313 of division H of Public Law 116– 23 260, $197,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 24 September 30, 2026: Provided, That from any remaining 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00153 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 154 •HR 5304 RH unobligated balances in such Fund, the Secretary may 1 transfer up to $15,000,000 to ‘‘Student Aid Administra- 2 tion’’ for information technology, to remain available 3 through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That the 4 Secretary may obligate funds from such Fund for any pro- 5 gram, project, or activity for which a notification was sub- 6 mitted before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 7 further, That the Secretary may transfer amounts into 8 such Fund: Provided further, That any amounts trans- 9 ferred into such Fund are available for the purposes pro- 10 vided by this section or for which a notification was sub- 11 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 12 of Representatives and the Senate before the date of en- 13 actment of this Act: Provided further, That the authority 14 to transfer amounts under this section is in addition to 15 any other transfer authority in law. 16 SEC. 311. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to provide financial assistance to an edu- 18 cational institution that allows an individual whose sex is 19 male to participate in an athletic program or activity that 20 is designated for women or girls. For the purpose of this 21 section, the term ‘‘sex’’ means the reproductive biology 22 and genetics of an individual as determined solely at birth. 23 SEC. 312. None of the funds provided in this Act to 24 the Department of Education, or provided under a pre- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 155 •HR 5304 RH vious or subsequent appropriations Act to such Depart- 1 ment, may be used to enforce any of the following rules 2 or interpretations related to title IX of the Education 3 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C.1681-1688): 4 (1) The final rule titled, ‘‘Nondiscrimination on 5 the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activi- 6 ties Receiving Federal Financial Assistance’’, 89 7 Fed. Reg. 33474 (effective August 1, 2024). 8 (2) The proposed rule titled, ‘‘Nondiscrimina- 9 tion on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or 10 Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: 11 Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female 12 Athletic Teams’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 22860; published 13 April 13, 2023). 14 (3) The notice of interpretation titled, ‘‘En- 15 forcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments 16 of 1972 With Respect to Discrimination Based on 17 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Light of 18 Bostock v. Clayton County’’, (86 Fed. Reg. 32637; 19 published June 22, 2021). 20 (4) Any substantially similar rule or interpreta- 21 tion. 22 SEC. 313. None of the funds made available under 23 this Act may be provided to any public institution of high- 24 er education that denies to a religious student organiza- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 156 •HR 5304 RH tion any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise af- 1 forded to other student organizations at the institution 2 (including full access to the facilities of the institution and 3 official recognition of the organization by the institution) 4 because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leader- 5 ship standards, or standards of conduct of the religious 6 student organization. 7 SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used to— 9 (1) implement the modifications of statutory 10 and regulatory provisions relating to debt discharge 11 described in the rule published by the Department of 12 Education in the Federal Register on October 12, 13 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 61514), or take any substan- 14 tially similar action; 15 (2) implement, administer, or enforce section 16 682.215 or section 685 of title 34, Code of Federal 17 Regulations (relating to income-based repayment 18 and income-driven repayment), as amended by the 19 final regulations published by the Department of 20 Education in the Federal Register on July 10, 2023 21 (88 Fed. Reg. 43820 et seq.) or take any substan- 22 tially similar action; 23 (3) implement, administer, or enforce section 24 685.401 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00156 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 157 •HR 5304 RH lating to borrower defense to repayment), as amend- 1 ed by the final regulations published by the Depart- 2 ment of Education in the Federal Register on No- 3 vember 1, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65904 et seq.) or 4 take any substantially similar action; 5 (4) implement, administer, or enforce section 6 668.28 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re- 7 lating to the 90/10 rule), as added or amended by 8 the final regulations published by the Department of 9 Education in the Federal Register on October 28, 10 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65426 et. seq.) or take any sub- 11 stantially similar action; 12 (5) implement, administer, or enforce sections 13 600.10, 600.21, 668.2, 668.13, 668.43, 668.91, 14 668.402 through 668.409 (excluding section 15 668.408), and 668.601 through 668.606 of title 34, 16 Code of Federal Regulations (relating to financial 17 value transparency and gainful employment), as 18 added or amended by the final regulations published 19 by the Department of Education in the Federal Reg- 20 ister on October 10, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 70004 et. 21 seq.) or take any substantially similar action; or 22 (6) finalize, implement, administer, or enforce 23 the proposed rule titled ‘‘Student Debt Relief for the 24 William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Di- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00157 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 158 •HR 5304 RH rect Loans), the Federal Family Education Loan 1 (FFEL) Program, the Federal Perkins Loan (Per- 2 kins) Program, and the Health Education Assist- 3 ance Loan (HEAL) Program’’ published by the De- 4 partment of Education in the Federal Register on 5 April 17, 2024 (89 FR 27564) or any substantially 6 similar rule. 7 SEC. 315. The Workforce Pell Grants authorized 8 under section 401(k) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 9 shall hereafter be known and designated as ‘‘Trump 10 Grants’’. 11 SEC. 316. None of the funds made available in this 12 Act may be used by any local education agency to conduct 13 student-involved active shooter drills in schools without 14 first providing student participants under 16 years old 15 with the ability to opt out of such exercises with parental 16 or legal guardianship consent. 17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu- 18 cation Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 19 TITLE IV 20 RELATED AGENCIES 21 AMERICA FIRST CORPS 22 OPERATING EXPENSES 23 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na- 24 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00158 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 159 •HR 5304 RH ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 1 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 2 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 3 to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $524,725,000, notwith- 4 standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 5 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 6 amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 7 of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 8 of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 9 of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 10 the grants cycle; (2) $9,769,000 shall be available to pro- 11 vide assistance to State commissions on national and com- 12 munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 13 notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 14 $20,923,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of 15 the 1990 Act; (4) $8,558,000 shall be available for ex- 16 penses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 17 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 198P 18 shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis; and 19 (5) $55,105,000 shall be for the Retired Senior Volunteer 20 Program: Provided further, That for the purposes of car- 21 rying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in sec- 22 tion 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by 23 the local community. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00159 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 160 •HR 5304 RH PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For payment to the National Service Trust estab- 3 lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 4 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 5 vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 6 amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 7 to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 8 the National Service Trust upon determination that such 9 transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 10 service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 12 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap- 13 propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 14 may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 15 without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 16 under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 19 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 20 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au- 21 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 22 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em- 23 ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00160 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 161 •HR 5304 RH U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep- 1 tion and representation expenses, $69,627,000. 2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 4 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 5 $8,595,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available until 6 expended. 7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 8 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 9 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 10 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 11 year 2026, during any grant selection process, an officer 12 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov- 13 ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 14 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 15 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re- 16 ceive such information. 17 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 18 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 19 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 20 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 21 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require- 22 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 23 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 24 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00161 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 162 •HR 5304 RH port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 1 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 2 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 3 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 4 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro- 5 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 6 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 7 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro- 8 grams and operations. 9 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 10 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 11 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 12 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 13 101 of the Act. 14 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 15 189D of the 1990 Act— 16 (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 17 section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 18 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 19 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 20 (2) individuals described in such section shall 21 be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 22 NCPA; and 23 (3) State Commissions on National and Com- 24 munity Service established pursuant to section 178 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00162 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 163 •HR 5304 RH of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 1 history record information, consistent with Public 2 Law 92–544. 3 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 4 147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com- 5 pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur- 6 ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na- 7 tional service education award having a value of 70 per- 8 cent of the value of a national service education award 9 determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 10 SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 11 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 12 service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re- 13 ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 14 SEC. 408. CNCS and AmeriCorps shall hereafter be 15 known and designated as ‘‘America First Corps’’. 16 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 17 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur- 20 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 21 (referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 22 under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 23 $13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any 24 central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00163 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 164 •HR 5304 RH 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re- 1 quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 2 51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com- 3 mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 4 central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 5 agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re- 6 porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 7 of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 8 such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 9 heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 10 Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele- 11 ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 12 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 13 A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 14 such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 15 section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 16 prior to executing a written agreement with the Com- 17 mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 18 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 19 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21 For expenses necessary to carry out the closure of 22 the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 23 $7,400,000, to remain available until expended. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00164 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 165 •HR 5304 RH FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 1 COMMISSION 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 4 and Health Review Commission, $16,890,000. 5 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 6 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 7 AND ADMINISTRATION 8 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 9 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer- 10 ican History and Culture Act, $291,800,000. 11 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 12 COMMISSION 13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 15 the Social Security Act, $9,405,000. 16 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 19 the Social Security Act, $14,673,000, to be transferred to 20 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 21 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In- 22 surance Trust Fund. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00165 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 166 •HR 5304 RH NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 3 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 4 Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 5 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela- 8 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 9 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 10 $200,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria- 11 tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 12 agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga- 13 tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 14 units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 15 section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 16 by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de- 17 fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 18 including in said definition employees engaged in the 19 maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 20 and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 21 nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 22 or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00166 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 167 •HR 5304 RH ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 1 SEC. 409. None of the funds provided by this Act 2 or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 3 Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad- 4 ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em- 5 ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 6 in an election to determine a representative for the pur- 7 poses of collective bargaining. 8 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 11 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap- 12 pointed by the President, $14,300,000. 13 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 14 COMMISSION 15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 17 and Health Review Commission, $14,214,000. 18 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 19 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 20 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac- 21 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re- 22 tirement Act of 1974, $5,000,000, which shall include 23 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2026 pursuant 24 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00167 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 168 •HR 5304 RH tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 1 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 2 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 3 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 4 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 5 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 6 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 7 year. 8 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 9 ACCOUNTS 10 For payment to the accounts established in the 11 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 12 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 13 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 14 30, 2027, which shall be the maximum amount available 15 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 16 76. 17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 18 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 19 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re- 20 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 21 Act, $126,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de- 22 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac- 23 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem- 24 ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00168 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 169 •HR 5304 RH notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire- 1 ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 2 only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 3 the previous proviso shall not change the status under 4 Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 5 Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro- 6 vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 7 Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 8 hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 9 or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu- 10 cational programs using current excepted hiring authori- 11 ties established by the Office of Personnel Management. 12 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 13 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 14 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 15 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 16 than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire- 17 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac- 18 count. 19 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 20 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 21 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 22 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur- 23 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 24 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00169 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 170 •HR 5304 RH SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 1 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se- 2 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 3 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 4 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu- 5 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur- 6 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 7 $49,447,966,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 8 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 9 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 10 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro- 11 vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 12 available for research and demonstrations under sections 13 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re- 14 main available through September 30, 2028. 15 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 16 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So- 17 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 18 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 19 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 20 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 21 2027, $23,500,000,000, to remain available until ex- 22 pended. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00170 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 171 •HR 5304 RH LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur- 3 chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 4 $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 5 not more than $14,621,978,000 may be expended, as au- 6 thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 7 from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 8 section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 9 for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 10 That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 11 paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2026 not needed for 12 fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until expended to 13 invest in the Social Security Administration information 14 technology and telecommunications hardware and soft- 15 ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non- 16 payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 17 information technology and telecommunications infra- 18 structure: Provided further, That the Commissioner of So- 19 cial Security shall notify the Committees on Appropria- 20 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior 21 to making unobligated balances available under the au- 22 thority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That re- 23 imbursement to the trust funds under this heading for ex- 24 penditures for official time for employees of the Social Se- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00171 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 172 •HR 5304 RH curity Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for 1 facilities or support services for labor organizations pursu- 2 ant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in 3 section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Sec- 4 retary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the 5 general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as pos- 6 sible after such expenditures are made. 7 From funds provided under the first paragraph under 8 this heading, not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain 9 available through March 31, 2027, is for the costs associ- 10 ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 11 XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 12 continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn- 13 ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 14 ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 15 cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi- 16 bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 17 cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 18 the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 19 programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis- 20 tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro- 21 vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 22 meet the terms of a concurrent resolution the budget and 23 $2,124,000,000 is additional new budget authority speci- 24 fied for purposes of a concurrent resolution of the budget: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00172 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 173 •HR 5304 RH Provided further, That, of the additional new budget au- 1 thority described in the preceding proviso, up to 2 $24,600,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspec- 3 tor General’’, Social Security Administration, for the cost 4 of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 5 units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 6 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 7 Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 8 the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 9 on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 10 to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 11 Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 12 Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 13 paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram- 14 ming except as specified in this paragraph. 15 In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from admin- 16 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay- 17 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 18 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 19 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 20 That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 21 to such sections in fiscal year 2026 exceed $170,000,000, 22 the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2027 only 23 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00173 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 174 •HR 5304 RH In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 1 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 2 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex- 3 pended. 4 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be used to reduce availability of phone services 6 for Social Security beneficiaries or to close any Social Se- 7 curity field offices. 8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 12 General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 13 exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 14 authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 15 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 16 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 17 Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex- 18 pended for information technology modernization, includ- 19 ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 20 equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso- 21 ciated with information technology modernization. 22 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 23 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 24 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00174 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 175 •HR 5304 RH Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 1 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 2 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans- 3 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 5 Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 6 TITLE V 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS 8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 10 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 11 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 12 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 13 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 14 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 15 were originally appropriated. 16 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 17 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 18 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 19 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 20 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 21 Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 22 and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub- 23 licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis- 24 tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00175 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 176 •HR 5304 RH electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres- 1 entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 2 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis- 3 lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 4 Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de- 5 signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu- 6 lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu- 7 tive branch of any State or local government, except in 8 presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 9 government itself. 10 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 11 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 12 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 13 any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 14 recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 15 enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad- 16 ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend- 17 ing before the Congress or any State government, State 18 legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 19 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela- 20 tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 21 State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad- 22 ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 23 government. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00176 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 177 •HR 5304 RH (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 1 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 2 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 3 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric- 4 tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 5 marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 6 promotion of gun control. 7 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 8 are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 9 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala- 10 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 11 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc- 12 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 13 authorized to make available for official reception and rep- 14 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 15 available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 16 Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na- 17 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 18 official reception and representation expenses not to ex- 19 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 20 Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 21 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 22 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu- 23 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 24 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00177 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 178 •HR 5304 RH funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 1 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re- 2 search grants, shall clearly state— 3 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro- 4 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 5 money; 6 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 7 project or program; and 8 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 9 costs of the project or program that will be financed 10 by non-governmental sources. 11 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 12 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 13 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 14 any abortion. 15 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 16 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 17 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben- 18 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 19 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 20 package of services covered by a managed care provider 21 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange- 22 ment. 23 SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre- 24 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00178 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 179 •HR 5304 RH (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 1 rape or incest; or 2 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 3 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 4 including a life-endangering physical condition 5 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 6 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 7 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 8 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con- 9 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 10 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 11 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 12 matching funds). 13 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con- 14 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro- 15 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 16 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro- 17 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 18 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 19 funds). 20 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 21 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 22 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 23 or government subjects any institutional or individual 24 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00179 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 180 •HR 5304 RH health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov- 1 erage of, or refer for abortions. 2 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 3 includes an individual physician or other health care pro- 4 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 5 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 6 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 7 plan. 8 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 9 this Act may be used for— 10 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 11 for research purposes; or 12 (2) research in which a human embryo or em- 13 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub- 14 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 15 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 16 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 17 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 18 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 19 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 20 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 21 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 22 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 23 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00180 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 181 •HR 5304 RH SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 1 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 2 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 3 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab- 4 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 5 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 6 communications. 7 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 8 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 9 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 10 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 11 to determine therapeutic advantage. 12 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 13 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand- 14 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro- 15 viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 16 health identifier for an individual (except in an individ- 17 ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 18 until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 19 standard. 20 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 21 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 22 a contract with an entity if— 23 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 24 the United States and is subject to the requirement 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00181 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 182 •HR 5304 RH in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 1 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 2 employment of certain veterans; and 3 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 4 required by that section for the most recent year for 5 which such requirement was applicable to such enti- 6 ty. 7 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 8 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in- 9 strumentality of the United States Government, except 10 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro- 11 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 12 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 14 may be made available to any library covered by para- 15 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 16 the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 17 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 18 such section. 19 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 20 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 21 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli- 22 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from 23 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 24 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00182 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 183 •HR 5304 RH by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 1 through a reprogramming of funds that— 2 (1) creates new programs; 3 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 4 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 5 for any project or activity for which funds have been 6 denied or restricted; 7 (4) relocates an office or employees; 8 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 9 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 10 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 11 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 12 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 13 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 14 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 15 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc- 16 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 17 of such reprogramming. 18 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 19 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen- 20 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 21 or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any 22 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 23 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 24 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00183 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 184 •HR 5304 RH through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 1 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 2 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in- 3 cluding construction projects), or activities; 4 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist- 5 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per- 6 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 7 (3) results from any general savings from a re- 8 duction in personnel which would result in a change 9 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap- 10 proved by Congress; 11 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 12 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 13 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 14 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc- 15 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 16 of such reprogramming. 17 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 18 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap- 19 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis- 20 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can- 21 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re- 22 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec- 23 essary for the work of the committee involved. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00184 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 185 •HR 5304 RH (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 1 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 2 false or misleading. 3 SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 4 each department and related agency funded through this 5 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro- 6 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 7 for fiscal year 2026 that are different than those specified 8 in this Act, the detailed table in the Committee report ac- 9 companying this Act, or the fiscal year 2026 budget re- 10 quest. 11 SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 12 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 13 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 14 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 15 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree- 16 ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 17 particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 18 value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi- 19 tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2026, but not 20 to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 21 by law. Such report shall include the name of the con- 22 tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern- 23 mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 24 award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00185 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 186 •HR 5304 RH transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 1 end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 2 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 3 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So- 4 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 5 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 6 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 7 based on work performed under a social security account 8 number that is not the claimant’s number and the per- 9 formance of such work under such number has formed the 10 basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec- 11 tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 12 SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 13 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 14 the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa- 15 tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 16 to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 17 agreement between the United States and Mexico estab- 18 lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu- 19 rity system established by title II of the Social Security 20 Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 21 not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 22 SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 23 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00186 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 187 •HR 5304 RH network unless such network blocks the viewing, 1 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 2 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 3 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 4 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 5 criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi- 6 ties. 7 SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 8 Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo- 9 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 10 contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 11 conference attendance and expenditures: 12 (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con- 13 sidered independent agencies; and 14 (2) attendance at and support for scientific con- 15 ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 16 included in agency totals. 17 SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 18 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 19 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 20 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub- 21 lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax- 22 payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 23 carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 24 made available to the agency for advertising or other com- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00187 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 188 •HR 5304 RH munications regarding the programs and activities of the 1 agency. 2 SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of 3 each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 4 fiscal year 2026 the Departments of Labor, Health and 5 Human Services and Education and the Social Security 6 Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro- 7 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 8 report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro- 9 vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom- 10 mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 11 monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at- 12 tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 13 with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 14 fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 15 SEC. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and 16 Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com- 17 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 18 and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com- 19 petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 20 issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 21 3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 22 a grant award is announced by the Department or its of- 23 fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 24 of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00188 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 189 •HR 5304 RH business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 1 program year). 2 SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3 this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 4 to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 5 injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita- 6 tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 7 a program other than making such purchases if the rel- 8 evant State or local health department, in consultation 9 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de- 10 termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 11 is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 12 hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 13 drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 14 with State and local law: Provided further, That none of 15 the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 16 operation of a supervised drug consumption facility that 17 permits the consumption onsite of any substance listed in 18 schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 19 (21 U.S.C. 812). 20 SEC. 526. Each department and related agency fund- 21 ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 22 submitted for the record by members of the Committee 23 within 45 business days after receipt. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00189 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 190 •HR 5304 RH SEC. 527. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin- 1 istration for Children and Families in the Department of 2 Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 3 Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter- 4 agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu- 5 reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 6 (b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 7 either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 8 basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 9 identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta- 10 tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 11 September 30, 2030: Provided, That when an office ref- 12 erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 13 funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 14 use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 15 funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 16 (c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un- 17 expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 18 or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im- 19 mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 20 fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 21 evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 22 are available. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00190 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 191 •HR 5304 RH (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll- 2 ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 3 Social Security Act and the income derived from invest- 4 ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 5 that Act, $12,835,000,000 are hereby permanently re- 6 scinded. 7 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 8 SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 9 available by sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 10 2402, 2403, 2404, 2501, 2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 11 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 12 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 3101, and 9911 of 13 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 14 2), $183,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That not 15 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 16 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit 17 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 18 resentatives and the Senate a report specifying the unobli- 19 gated balances rescinded pursuant to this section by both 20 account and amount from each applicable appropriation 21 in Public Law 117–2. 22 SEC. 530. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 23 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 24 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00191 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 192 •HR 5304 RH none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro- 1 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 2 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par- 3 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 4 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 5 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 6 a union of one man and one woman. 7 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub- 8 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 9 taken by the Federal Government to— 10 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 11 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 12 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 13 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 14 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 15 in subsection (a); 16 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 17 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 18 such person; 19 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 20 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 21 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 22 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 23 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00192 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 193 •HR 5304 RH other similar position or status from or to such per- 1 son; 2 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 3 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 4 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 5 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 6 degree from an educational program, from or to 7 such person; or 8 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 9 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 10 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 11 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 12 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 13 paigns from or to such person. 14 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 15 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 16 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 17 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 18 such purposes but for a determination against such person 19 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 20 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 21 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 22 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act may be used by the Secretaries of Labor, Health and 24 Human Services, or Education, the Commissioner of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00193 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 194 •HR 5304 RH Social Security Administration, or the head of any other 1 agency funded in this Act to fly or display a flag over 2 a Federal facility other than— 3 (1) the flag of the United States; 4 (2) the flag of a State, territory, or the District 5 of Columbia; 6 (3) the flag of an Indian Tribal Government; 7 the official Flag of a Federal agency; 8 (4) the POW/MIA flag; 9 (5) the flag of the Public Health Service; or 10 (6) the flag of the United States Surgeon Gen- 11 eral. 12 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise carry 14 out the following— 15 (1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Pro- 16 tecting Public Health and the Environment and Re- 17 storing Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; 18 (2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling 19 the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; 20 (3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relat- 21 ing to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Re- 22 settle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Cli- 23 mate Change on Migration; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00194 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 195 •HR 5304 RH (4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate- 1 Related Financial Risk; 2 (5) Executive Order 14037, relating to 3 Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars 4 and Trucks; 5 (6) Executive Order 14057, relating to Cata- 6 lyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs through 7 Federal Sustainability; 8 (7) Executive Order 14082, relating to Imple- 9 mentation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provi- 10 sions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; and 11 (8) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revital- 12 izing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental 13 Justice for All. 14 SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or other- 15 wise made available by this Act may be made available 16 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex- 17 ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 18 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 19 under-served communities through the Federal govern- 20 ment); Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 21 Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 22 accessibility in the Federal workforce); or Executive Order 23 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relat- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00195 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 196 •HR 5304 RH ing to further advancing racial equity and support for un- 1 derserved communities through the Federal Government). 2 SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated or other- 3 wise made available by this Act may be made available 4 for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, training, 5 programs, offices, officers, policies, or any program, 6 project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical 7 Race Theory, or any concept associated with Critical Race 8 Theory. 9 SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated or other- 10 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 11 any program, project, or activity that teaches or trains any 12 idea or concept that condones an individual being discrimi- 13 nated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment 14 based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling 15 discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho- 16 logical distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, 17 as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as 18 inherently superior to another race, the United States or 19 its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an 20 individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive 21 by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s 22 moral character as being necessarily determined by race 23 or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions 24 committed in the past by other members of the same race 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00196 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 197 •HR 5304 RH or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been 1 created by a particular race to oppress another race. 2 SEC. 536. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 3 erwise made available by this Act may be made available 4 to a United States institution of higher education unless 5 and until such institution adopts a prohibition on 6 antisemitic conduct that creates a hostile environment in 7 violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 8 all documents relating to student or employee conduct. 9 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 10 made available by this Act may be made available to a 11 United States institution of higher education that has 12 failed to take administrative action against any student, 13 staff member, or student group that commits acts of anti- 14 semitism while utilizing the facilities, grounds, or re- 15 sources of such institution. 16 SEC. 537. Notwithstanding any other provision of 17 law, none of the funds made available by this Act may 18 be made available to support directly or indirectly— 19 (1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in 20 the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 21 China; 22 (2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 23 (3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the 24 governments of the People’s Republic of China, the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00197 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 198 •HR 5304 RH Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 1 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 2 Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 3 under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 4 other country determined by the Secretary of State 5 to be a foreign adversary; or 6 (4) gain-of-function research. 7 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used to establish, implement, administer, or 9 enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate. 10 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 11 Act may be used to enter into a procurement contract, 12 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 13 with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or guarantee 14 to, any entity identified under section 1260H of the Wil- 15 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 16 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) or 17 any subsidiary of such entity. 18 SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 19 may be made available for any institution of higher edu- 20 cation (as defined by 20 U.S.C. 1002), that engages in 21 a partnership or other formalized academic collaboration 22 in STEM (as defined in 15 U.S.C. 8841) including but 23 not limited to a joint institute with an entity, such as a 24 college or university that is located, operated, or controlled 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00198 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 199 •HR 5304 RH by the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of 1 the People’s Republic of China. 2 SEC. 541. (a) None of the funds made available by 3 this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 4 may be obligated or expended to procure or purchase com- 5 puters, printers, or interoperable videoconferencing serv- 6 ices needed for an office environment in which the manu- 7 facturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary or parent 8 entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of the 9 equipment is an entity, or parent company of an entity 10 in which the People’s Republic of China has any ownership 11 stake. 12 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) also applies in 13 cases in which the agency has contracted with a third 14 party for the procurement, purchase, or expenditure of 15 funds on any of the equipment and software described in 16 such subsection. 17 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 18 SEC. 542. $0. 19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 20 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 21 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00199 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 227 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5304 [Report No. 119–271] A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other pur- poses. SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:18 Sep 11, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00200 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H5304.RH H5304 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS