Text of US HB 5342 (2025)

IB Union Calendar No. 228 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5342 [Report No. 119–272] Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, 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 Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. 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 Commerce and Justice, Science, and Re- 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 HR 5342 RH lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 2 TITLE I 3 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 4 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 5 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 6 For necessary expenses for international trade activi- 7 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 8 to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract- 9 ing, and retaining business investment in the United 10 States, to carry out activities associated with title VI of 11 division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 12 (Public Law 117–328), and for engaging in trade pro- 13 motional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 14 and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting 15 exports of United States firms, without regard to sections 16 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full med- 17 ical coverage for dependent members of immediate fami- 18 lies of employees stationed overseas and employees tempo- 19 rarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of em- 20 ployees of the International Trade Administration between 21 two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of title 22 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the 23 United States and aliens by contract for services; recog- 24 nizing contributions to export expansion pursuant to Exec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 HR 5342 RH utive Order 10978; rental of space abroad for periods not 1 exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or 2 improvement; purchase or construction of temporary de- 3 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 4 of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para- 5 graph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 6 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 7 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur- 8 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 9 not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $325,000 10 for purchase of armored vehicles without regard to the 11 general purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on 12 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 13 $440,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail- 14 able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 15 $20,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 16 used by the International Trade Administration, notwith- 17 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro- 18 vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head- 19 ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti- 20 dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli- 21 ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 22 first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 23 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 24 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 HR 5342 RH rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 1 Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 2 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in- 3 clude payment for assessments for services provided as 4 part of these activities. 5 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 6 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 7 For necessary expenses for export administration and 8 national security activities of the Department of Com- 9 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 10 export administration field activities both domestically and 11 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 12 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em- 13 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 14 contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 15 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 16 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 17 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi- 18 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa- 19 tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 20 of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 21 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 22 Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 23 seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 24 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 HR 5342 RH of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi- 1 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi- 2 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi- 3 tation otherwise established by law, $303,000,000, of 4 which $122,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 5 Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec- 6 tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu- 7 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 8 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac- 9 tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu- 10 tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro- 11 vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 12 in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 13 information to the public with respect to the export admin- 14 istration and national security activities of the Depart- 15 ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 16 the United States and other governments. 17 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 18 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 19 For grants for economic development assistance as 20 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 21 Act of 1965, and for grants authorized by sections 27, 22 28, and 29 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova- 23 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, and 3723), as 24 amended, $256,500,000 to remain available until ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 HR 5342 RH pended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants under 1 section 27, $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 2 28, and $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 29: 3 Provided, That any deviation from the amounts designated 4 for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 5 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 6 this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro- 7 cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 For necessary expenses of administering the eco- 10 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 11 law, $68,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under 12 this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 13 pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 14 of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 15 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova- 16 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and 17 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 18 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 19 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 20 For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De- 21 velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 22 minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 23 $16,250,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 HR 5342 RH ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco- 3 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 4 of Commerce, $116,000,000, to remain available until 5 September 30, 2027. 6 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 7 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 8 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana- 9 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 10 by law, $288,500,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro- 11 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 12 and marketing activities. 13 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 14 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana- 15 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 16 censuses and programs provided for by law, 17 $1,388,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 18 2027: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 19 funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar- 20 keting activities. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 HR 5342 RH NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 1 ADMINISTRATION 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 4 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad- 5 ministration (NTIA), $46,000,000, to remain available 6 until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, notwith- 7 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 8 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec- 9 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv- 10 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 11 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 12 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec- 13 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off- 14 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 15 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 16 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 17 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 18 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 19 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 20 Government agencies shall remain available until ex- 21 pended. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 HR 5342 RH PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 1 AND CONSTRUCTION 2 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov- 3 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro- 4 priated are available for the administration of all open 5 grants until their expiration. 6 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION 7 For necessary expenses for the design, construction, 8 alteration, improvement, maintenance, and repair of build- 9 ings and facilities managed by the National Telecommuni- 10 cations and Information Administration, not otherwise 11 provided for, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex- 12 pended. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 16 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 17 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in- 18 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec- 19 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 20 of the USPTO, $4,993,670,000, to remain available until 21 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 22 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec- 23 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 24 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 HR 5342 RH 2026, so as to result in a fiscal year 2026 appropriation 1 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 2 That during fiscal year 2026, should the total amount of 3 such offsetting collections be less than $4,993,670,000, 4 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 5 That any amount received in excess of $4,993,670,000 in 6 fiscal year 2026 and deposited in the Patent and Trade- 7 mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex- 8 pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 9 shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro- 10 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 11 for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 12 and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram- 13 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail- 14 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 15 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur- 16 ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 17 the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 18 States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 19 penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 20 President submitted for fiscal year 2027 under section 21 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 22 amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex- 23 penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 24 result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 HR 5342 RH lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as- 1 sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei- 2 ther fiscal year 2026 or fiscal year 2027: Provided further, 3 That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 4 $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2026 for 5 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 6 further, That in fiscal year 2026 from the amounts made 7 available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 8 amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 9 percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 10 employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 11 Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec- 12 tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 13 Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, 14 of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of 15 chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 16 otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 17 for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 18 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 19 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 20 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 21 Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 22 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 23 Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 24 and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 HR 5342 RH accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 1 the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 2 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 3 for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im- 4 puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli- 5 cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 6 provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col- 7 lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 8 to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend- 9 ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 10 (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 11 amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to 12 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as- 13 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re- 14 lated to the USPTO. 15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 16 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 19 Standards and Technology (NIST), $980,000,000, to re- 20 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 21 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 22 Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 23 this heading, $271,572,366 shall be for scientific and tech- 24 nical research projects, which shall be for the purposes, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 HR 5342 RH and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC NIST–STRS’’ in 1 the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the 2 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the 3 amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 4 preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 5 purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 6 be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro- 7 vided further, That NIST may provide local transportation 8 for summer undergraduate research fellowship program 9 participants. 10 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 11 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 12 services, $212,000,000, to remain available until ex- 13 pended, of which $175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 14 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 15 $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro- 16 gram. 17 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 18 For construction of new research facilities, including 19 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 20 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro- 21 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech- 22 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 23 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 24 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $87,760,000, to remain available until 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 HR 5342 RH expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 1 include in the budget justification materials for fiscal year 2 2027 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support 3 of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted 4 with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 5 of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each Na- 6 tional Institute of Standards and Technology construction 7 project having a total multi-year program cost of more 8 than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justifica- 9 tion materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 10 requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subse- 11 quent fiscal years. 12 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 13 ADMINISTRATION 14 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 17 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 18 (NOAA), including maintenance, operation, and hire of 19 aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries 20 management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; 21 grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi- 22 zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 23 to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 24 $4,151,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 HR 5342 RH 2027: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 1 National Ocean Service for the management of national 2 marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala- 3 ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith- 4 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro- 5 vided further, That in addition, $409,640,000 shall be de- 6 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De- 7 velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer- 8 ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi- 9 ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; 10 Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Ob- 11 servers and Training; Fisheries Management Programs 12 and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 13 Provided further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be 14 for payment to the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working 15 Capital Fund’’: Provided further, That of the 16 $4,589,440,000 provided for in direct obligations under 17 this heading, $4,151,800,000 is appropriated from the 18 general fund, $409,640,000 is provided by transfer, and 19 $28,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli- 20 gations: Provided further, That of the amounts appro- 21 priated under this heading, $55,750,390 shall be for the 22 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘NOAA– 23 CZM’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ 24 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 HR 5342 RH That the amounts made available for the projects ref- 1 erenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred 2 for any other purpose: Provided further, That any devi- 3 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 4 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 5 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 6 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 7 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 8 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 9 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 10 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 11 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend- 12 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 13 may be necessary. 14 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 15 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 16 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 17 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 18 $1,589,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 19 2028, except that funds provided for acquisition and con- 20 struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili- 21 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 22 of the $1,602,699,000 provided for in direct obligations 23 under this heading, $1,589,899,000 is appropriated from 24 the general fund, and $12,800,000 is provided from recov- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 HR 5342 RH eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 1 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi- 2 ties in the report, or any use of deobligated balances of 3 funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 4 be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of 5 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com- 6 merce shall include in budget justification materials for 7 fiscal year 2027 that the Secretary submits to Congress 8 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 9 submitted with the budget of the President under section 10 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 11 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 12 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 13 total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 14 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg- 15 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 16 5 subsequent fiscal years. 17 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 18 For necessary expenses associated with the restora- 19 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re- 20 main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, 21 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 22 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 23 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder- 24 ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 HR 5342 RH Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con- 1 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 2 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 3 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu- 4 lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing 5 rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 6 Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 7 guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 8 Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 9 on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 10 available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 11 funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 12 requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 13 of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 14 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 15 For necessary expenses of administering the fishery 16 disaster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson- 17 Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Pub- 18 lic Law 94–265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act 19 (title III of Public Law 99–659), $300,000. 20 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 21 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 22 Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 23 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 24 until expended. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 HR 5342 RH FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 1 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 2 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2026, obligations of direct 3 loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 4 Quota loans and not to exceed $150,000,000 for tradi- 5 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 6 Act of 1936. 7 RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND 8 For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the 9 Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title 10 I of division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 11 2023 (Public Law 117–328)), the National Oceanic and 12 Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect fees 13 pursuant to such section, which shall be credited to this 14 account, to remain available until expended, for the pur- 15 poses specified in subsection (b) of such section, in addi- 16 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 17 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19 For necessary expenses for the management of the 20 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 21 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa- 22 tion, $94,500,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 HR 5342 RH RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 1 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod- 2 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000. 3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 6 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $50,450,000. 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 10 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart- 11 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 12 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 13 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 14 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 15 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 16 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 17 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 18 public interest. 19 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria- 20 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 21 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 22 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 23 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 HR 5342 RH 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 1 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 2 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria- 3 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De- 4 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be- 5 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 6 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans- 7 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 8 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec- 9 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga- 10 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce- 11 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 12 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap- 13 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 14 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 15 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 16 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 17 of Commerce. 18 SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 19 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 20 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 21 amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 22 Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 23 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2026: Provided, That 24 the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 HR 5342 RH $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow 1 On Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the 2 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se- 3 ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 4 for the Space Weather Follow On Program is 5 $692,800,000. 6 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 7 law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in- 8 cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 9 and security services) necessary to support the operation, 10 maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 11 firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 12 Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 13 authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover 14 Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the mainte- 15 nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele- 16 gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 17 Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis- 18 trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non- 19 reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 20 for services provided under this section or the authority 21 under which the use or occupancy of the space is author- 22 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria- 23 tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 HR 5342 RH SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 1 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog- 2 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac- 3 tivity over its networks. 4 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 5 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 6 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim- 7 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip- 8 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 9 or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 10 local government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or 11 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 12 any foreign government or international organization, for 13 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 14 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos- 15 pheric Administration. 16 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv- 17 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 18 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 19 the Service has provided information to the customer on 20 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 21 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus- 22 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig- 23 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 HR 5342 RH limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re- 1 producing, and delivering such report or document. 2 SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na- 3 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 4 the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 5 into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 6 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per- 7 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex- 8 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 9 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern- 10 ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any 11 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 12 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 13 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na- 14 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper- 15 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail- 16 able until September 30, 2027, for such purposes: Pro- 17 vided further, That all funds within this section and their 18 corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 19 SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 20 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga- 21 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco- 22 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 23 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 24 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 HR 5342 RH the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 1 agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed- 2 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 3 higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 4 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 5 which such amounts have been made available. 6 SEC. 111. Any unobligated balances of expired discre- 7 tionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce 8 Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 9 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may 10 be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations 11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti- 12 fied at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of 13 funds. 14 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 15 and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the 16 employees of the National Weather Service and non-gov- 17 ernmental experts in personnel management, may estab- 18 lish an alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance, 19 including permanent change of station allowance, notwith- 20 standing the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regula- 21 tions prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738. 22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com- 23 merce Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 HR 5342 RH TITLE II 1 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2 JUSTICE OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND 3 ACCOUNTABILITY 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For expenses necessary for the operations, manage- 6 ment, and accountability of the Department of Justice, 7 $142,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 8 until September 30, 2027, and of which not to exceed 9 $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department 10 of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended. 11 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech- 14 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 15 departmental direction, $50,000,000, to remain available 16 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 17 transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 18 available to the Department of Justice for information 19 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter- 20 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur- 21 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 22 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 23 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 24 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 HR 5342 RH under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 1 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 2 procedures set forth in that section. 3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For expenses necessary for the administration of im- 6 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im- 7 migration Review, $844,000,000, of which $10,000,000 8 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 9 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 10 Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That the Executive 11 Office for Immigration Review shall implement case per- 12 formance metrics that are linked to performance evalua- 13 tions for individual immigration judges. 14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 16 General, $97,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 17 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character: 18 Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain 19 available until September 30, 2027. 20 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 23 Commission as authorized, $12,500,000: Provided, That, 24 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 HR 5342 RH ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis- 1 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap- 2 pointed. 3 LEGAL ACTIVITIES 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 7 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ- 8 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi- 9 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 10 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 11 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti- 12 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 13 the District of Columbia, $896,936,000, of which not to 14 exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and 15 information technology projects, including cybersecurity 16 and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 17 until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 18 INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 19 $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 20 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex- 21 ceed $3,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 22 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro- 23 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 24 to exceed $3,000 shall be available to the Criminal Divi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 HR 5342 RH sion for official reception and representation expenses: 1 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 2 Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 3 emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti- 4 gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 5 may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 6 General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations 7 for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, 8 as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 9 Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre- 10 ceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 11 section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli- 12 gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce- 13 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That of 14 the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 15 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 16 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro- 17 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 18 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per- 19 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro- 20 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 21 heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 22 shall remain available until expended. 23 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De- 24 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 HR 5342 RH under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 1 $31,738,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 2 Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 3 expended. 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 5 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti- 6 trust and kindred laws, $310,000,000, to remain available 7 until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 8 available for official reception and representation ex- 9 penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi- 10 sion of law, not to exceed $310,000,000 to be derived from 11 fees collected for premerger notification filings under the 12 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 13 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall 14 be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro- 15 priation, and shall remain available until expended: Pro- 16 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 17 general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 18 are received during fiscal year 2026, so as to result in 19 a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general 20 fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That, notwith- 21 standing section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, 22 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 23 Appropriations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of 24 the funds credited to this account as offsetting collections 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 HR 5342 RH during the current fiscal year shall become available for 1 obligation in any fiscal year except as provided in the pre- 2 ceding two provisos or as provided in a subsequent appro- 3 priations Act. 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 5 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 6 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop- 7 erative agreements, $2,780,410,000: Provided, That of the 8 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $5,600 shall be 9 available for official reception and representation ex- 10 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 11 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 12 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par- 13 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 14 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 15 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 16 Program, as authorized, $205,000,000, to remain avail- 17 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 18 other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 19 collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 20 amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 21 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi- 22 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 23 provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discre- 24 tionary offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 HR 5342 RH title 28, United States Code (as limited by section 1 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be re- 2 tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria- 3 tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 4 further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the 5 Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 6 2026, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi- 7 tors, exceed $205,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 8 available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided 9 in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 10 the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 11 be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 12 2026, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi- 13 tors, (estimated at $205,000,000) and (2) to the extent 14 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de- 15 rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary 16 offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 17 otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 18 2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0. 19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS 20 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 21 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 22 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 23 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 24 States Code, $2,504,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 HR 5342 RH FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 1 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 2 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 3 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad- 4 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $256,000,000, 5 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 7 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur- 8 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 9 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 10 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up- 11 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se- 12 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 13 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro- 14 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 15 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 16 Act. 17 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 18 For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 19 and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 20 Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 21 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 HR 5342 RH UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar- 3 shals Service, $1,722,578,000, of which not to exceed 4 $20,000 shall be available for official reception and rep- 5 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 6 remain available until expended. 7 CONSTRUCTION 8 For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, 9 or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for pris- 10 oner holding and related support, $8,000,000, to remain 11 available until expended. 12 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 13 For necessary expenses related to United States pris- 14 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 15 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 16 Code, $2,538,000,000, to remain available until expended: 17 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid- 18 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce- 19 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 20 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 21 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 22 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 HR 5342 RH NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 4 the National Security Division, $117,200,000, of which 5 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys- 6 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 7 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter- 8 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir- 9 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 10 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 11 transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap- 12 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 13 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir- 14 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 15 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram- 16 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail- 17 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 18 with the procedures set forth in that section. 19 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 20 ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCES 21 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves- 22 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 23 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 24 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 HR 5342 RH ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter- 1 governmental agreements with State and local law en- 2 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros- 3 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 4 crime and drug trafficking, $400,000,000, of which 5 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro- 6 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 7 under this heading may be used under authorities avail- 8 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria- 9 tion. 10 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In- 13 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 14 crimes against the United States, $10,100,437,000, of 15 which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 16 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 17 be available for official reception and representation ex- 18 penses. 19 CONSTRUCTION 20 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip- 21 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 22 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili- 23 ties, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 24 law; conversion, modification, and extension of federally 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 HR 5342 RH owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 1 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 2 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 3 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 4 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad- 7 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un- 8 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 9 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex- 10 penses for conducting drug education and training pro- 11 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici- 12 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 13 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 14 $2,813,924,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 15 remain available until expended and not to exceed $20,000 16 shall be available for official reception and representation 17 expenses: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of 18 Public Law 106–310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to 19 reimburse States, units of local government, Indian Tribal 20 Governments, other public entities, and multi-jurisdic- 21 tional or regional consortia thereof for expenses incurred 22 to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 23 with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conver- 24 sion and extraction operations, tableting operations, or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 HR 5342 RH laboratories and processing operations for fentanyl and 1 fentanyl-related substances which may present a danger 2 to public health or the environment. 3 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 4 EXPLOSIVES 5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To- 7 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 8 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse- 9 ment, including training in connection with the training 10 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 11 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as- 12 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 13 or without reimbursement, $1,207,350,000, of which not 14 to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception and rep- 15 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 16 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 17 by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 18 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex- 19 pended: Provided, That no funds made available by this 20 or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, 21 missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 22 Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or depart- 23 ments: Provided further, That not more than 40 percent 24 of the amounts made available under this heading may 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 39 HR 5342 RH be obligated unless processing times for National Fire- 1 arms Act applications do not exceed 120 days in the case 2 of paper applications and 60 days in the case of electronic 3 applications. 4 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 8 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 9 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 10 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 11 related issues to foreign governments, $8,779,800,000: 12 Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for 13 the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 14 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than 15 2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the ap- 16 propriation for ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for 17 the National Institute of Justice to carry out evaluations 18 of programs and activities related to the First Step Act 19 of 2018 (‘‘First Step Act’’): Provided further, That the 20 Attorney General may transfer to the Department of 21 Health and Human Services such amounts as may be nec- 22 essary for direct expenditures by that Department for 23 medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correc- 24 tional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 40 HR 5342 RH the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter 1 into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary 2 claims processor to determine the amounts payable to per- 3 sons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish 4 health services to individuals committed to the custody of 5 the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not to 6 exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and 7 representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex- 8 ceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 9 necessary operations: Provided further, That, of the 10 amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 11 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to 12 make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim- 13 bursable agreements, and other expenses: Provided fur- 14 ther, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 15 accept donated property and services relating to the oper- 16 ation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit en- 17 tity which has operated such program in the past, notwith- 18 standing the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes 19 services under contracts to the Federal Prison System re- 20 lating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway 21 houses, or other custodial facilities: Provided further, That 22 amounts made available under this heading for programs 23 and activities related to the First Step Act may not be 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 HR 5342 RH transferred, or otherwise made available, to or for admin- 1 istration by the Department of Labor. 2 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 3 For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 4 of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 5 remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 6 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 7 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 8 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili- 9 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ- 10 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 11 force account, $305,520,000, to remain available until ex- 12 pended: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners 13 may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 14 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 15 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here- 16 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 17 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 18 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit- 19 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 20 by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 21 be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 22 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 HR 5342 RH LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 1 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 2 Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 3 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 4 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 5 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com- 6 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 7 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys- 8 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 9 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account- 10 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 11 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 12 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui- 13 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 14 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 15 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 16 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 17 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 18 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 19 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 22 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio- 23 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 24 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 HR 5342 RH et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); title II of the Civil Rights Act 1 of 1968 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act 2 of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights 3 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 4 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 5 Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 6 647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 7 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 8 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and 9 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et 10 seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vi- 11 olence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) 12 (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public 13 Law 108–405) (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Violence Against 14 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 15 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio- 16 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 17 Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of 18 Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 19 Act’’); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 20 115–392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reau- 21 thorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117– 22 103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for related victims services, 23 $640,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 24 vided, That of the amount provided— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 HR 5342 RH (1) $265,000,000 is for grants to combat vio- 1 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 2 1968 Act, and any applicable increases for the 3 amount of such grants, as authorized by section 4 5903 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au- 5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: Provided, 6 $10,000,000 is for any such increases under such 7 section 5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 2026 8 grants funded by amounts provided in this para- 9 graph; 10 (2) $40,000,000 is for transitional housing as- 11 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat- 12 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 13 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 14 (3) $1,000,000 is for the National Institute of 15 Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re- 16 search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 17 women and related issues addressed by grant pro- 18 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 19 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 20 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 21 Justice Programs; 22 (4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to pro- 23 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 24 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 HR 5342 RH assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 1 youth exposed to such violence; and assistance to 2 middle and high school students through education 3 and other services related to such violence; 4 (5) $51,000,000 is for grants to improve the 5 criminal justice response as authorized by part U of 6 title I of the 1968 Act, of which up to $6,000,000 7 is for an initiative to promote effective policing and 8 prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating 9 violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including eval- 10 uation of the effectiveness of funded interventions 11 (‘‘Policing and Prosecution Initiative’’) and 12 $1,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu- 13 tion and investigation of online abuse and harass- 14 ment (‘‘Prosecution and Investigation of Online 15 Abuse Initiative’’): Provided, That subsections (c) 16 and (d) of section 2101 of the 1968 Act shall not 17 apply to the Policing and Prosecution Initiative or 18 the Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse 19 Initiative; 20 (6) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 21 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 22 1994 Act; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 HR 5342 RH (7) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 1 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 2 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 3 (8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 4 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 5 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 6 (9) $40,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic- 7 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 8 (10) $6,000,000 is for enhanced training and 9 services to end violence against and abuse of women 10 in later life, as authorized by section 40801 of the 11 1994 Act; 12 (11) $20,000,000 is for grants to support fami- 13 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 14 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 15 balances available for the programs authorized by 16 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 17 the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 18 Act, shall be available for this program; 19 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 20 to end violence against and abuse of women with 21 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 22 2000 Act; 23 (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 24 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 HR 5342 RH domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 1 the 1994 Act; 2 (14) $5,000,000 is for analysis and research on 3 violence against Indian women, including as author- 4 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 5 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval- 6 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of- 7 fice of Justice Programs; 8 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 9 that provides training and technical assistance on 10 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 11 and Alaska Native women; 12 (16) $20,000,000 is for programs to assist 13 Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal 14 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of 15 the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the 16 grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act 17 shall apply to grants made; 18 (17) $5,000,000 is for an initiative to support 19 cross-designation of Tribal prosecutors as Tribal 20 Special Assistant United States Attorneys; 21 (18) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 22 Line to provide remote services to Deaf victims of 23 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 24 and stalking: Provided, That the definitions and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48 HR 5342 RH grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 1 shall apply to this service line; 2 (19) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim- 3 centered training for law enforcement, and related 4 research and evaluation activities, as authorized by 5 section 41701 of the 1994 Act; and 6 (20) $2,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 7 under title IV the 2015 Act (the ‘‘Rape Survivor 8 Child Custody Act’’). 9 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 10 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS 11 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 12 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 13 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 14 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 15 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 16 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 17 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act 18 (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 19 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 20 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21) (‘‘the PROTECT Act’’); the 21 Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the 22 Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Re- 23 authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 24 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Pub- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49 HR 5342 RH lic Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public 1 Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public 2 Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safe- 3 ty Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh 4 Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public 5 Law 110–401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se- 6 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 7 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 8 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the NICS Improvement Amend- 9 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Violence 10 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 11 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 12 and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198); the 13 First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); and other 14 programs, $55,000,000, to remain available until ex- 15 pended, of which— 16 (1) $33,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 17 programs and other activities as authorized by part 18 C of title I of the 1968 Act; and 19 (2) $22,000,000 is for research, development, 20 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au- 21 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 22 subtitle C of title II of the 2002 Act, and for activi- 23 ties authorized by or consistent with the First Step 24 Act of 2018. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50 HR 5342 RH STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 3 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 4 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 5 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 6 Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 1968 7 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 8 405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 9 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Pro- 10 tection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 11 164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’); the Violence Against 12 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 13 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 14 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 15 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic- 16 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 17 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the Victims of Trafficking Act’’); 18 the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 19 Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se- 20 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 21 Act’’); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 22 Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); the Public Safety Officer Medal 23 of Valor Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–12); the Second 24 Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51 HR 5342 RH Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual 1 Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims 2 of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally 3 Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthoriza- 4 tion and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 5 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 6 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive 7 Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 8 198) (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act 9 of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law 10 (division Q of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s 11 Law’’); the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title 12 III of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep 13 Young Athletes Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act 14 of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) 15 (‘‘the STOP School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 16 2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the 17 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization 18 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185); the SUPPORT for 19 Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); the 20 Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 21 115–391); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 22 115–401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains 23 Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the Violence Against 24 Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52 HR 5342 RH Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); Daniel Anderl 1 Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public Law 2 117–263); and other programs, $2,246,460,000, to re- 3 main available until expended as follows— 4 (1) $897,960,000 is for the Edward Byrne Me- 5 morial Justice Assistance Grant program as author- 6 ized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 7 Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special 8 rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title 9 I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of 10 this Act), including grants authorized by section 11 502(b)(1), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 12 1— 13 (A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert 14 Wilson III memorial initiative on Preventing Vi- 15 olence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring 16 Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR); 17 (B) $15,500,000 is for prison rape preven- 18 tion and prosecution grants to States and units 19 of local government, and other programs, as au- 20 thorized by PREA; 21 (C) $2,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri- 22 cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 23 Act), as amended by Kevin and Avonte’s Law; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53 HR 5342 RH (D) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized 1 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 2 Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 3 185); 4 (E) $12,000,000 is for the Capital Litiga- 5 tion Improvement Grant Program, as author- 6 ized by section 426 of Public Law 108–405, 7 and for grants for wrongful conviction review; 8 (F) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the 9 Ashanti Alert Communications Network as au- 10 thorized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 11 (Public Law 115–401); 12 (G) $5,000,000 is for a rural violent crime 13 initiative, including assistance for law enforce- 14 ment; 15 (H) $30,000,000 is for the Patrick Leahy 16 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, 17 as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 18 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 19 transferred directly to the National Institute of 20 Standards and Technology’s Office of Law En- 21 forcement Standards for research, testing, and 22 evaluation programs; and 23 (I) $402,838,133 is for Byrne Justice 24 projects to assist State, local, and Tribal law 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54 HR 5342 RH enforcement efforts to enforce laws, address vio- 1 lent crime, increase prosecutions, improve the 2 criminal justice system (including the correc- 3 tional system), provide victims’ services, and 4 other related activities, which shall be for the 5 purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 6 ‘‘DOJ OJP–Byrne’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Com- 7 munity Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 8 panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts 9 may not be transferred for any other purpose; 10 (2) $234,000,000 is for the State Criminal 11 Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 12 241(I)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 13 U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)); 14 (3) $88,000,000 is for victim services programs 15 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 16 107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the 17 TVPRA of 2005, or programs authorized under 18 Public Law 113–4; 19 (4) $4,800,000 is for intellectual property en- 20 forcement grants including as authorized by section 21 401; 22 (5) $18,000,000 is for sex offender manage- 23 ment assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55 HR 5342 RH Act, and related activities, of which $1,000,000 is 1 for the National Sex Offender Public Website; 2 (6) $88,000,000 is for grants to States to up- 3 grade criminal and mental health records for the 4 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys- 5 tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for 6 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im- 7 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 8 110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 9 (7) $28,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic 10 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 11 I of the 1968 Act, of which $2,500,000 is for grants 12 to strengthen the medical examiner-coroner system; 13 (8) $154,000,000 is for DNA-related and foren- 14 sic programs and activities, of which— 15 (A) $120,000,000 is for the purposes au- 16 thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis 17 Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 18 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 19 Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 per- 20 cent of funds made available under this para- 21 graph may be used for the purposes described 22 in the DNA Training and Education for Law 23 Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 56 HR 5342 RH Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 1 section 303); 2 (B) $14,000,000 is for the purposes de- 3 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic- 4 tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 5 108–405, section 412); 6 (C) $9,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo- 7 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au- 8 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405: 9 Provided, That the grant conditions in section 10 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this pro- 11 gram; and 12 (D) $11,000,000 is for the operation, 13 maintenance, and expansion of the National 14 Missing and Unidentified Persons System; 15 (9) $51,500,000 is for community-based grant 16 programs to improve the response to sexual assault 17 and apply enhanced approaches and techniques to 18 reduce violent crime, including assistance for inves- 19 tigation and prosecution of related cold cases; 20 (10) $14,000,000 is for the court-appointed 21 special advocate program, as authorized by section 22 217 of the 1990 Act; 23 (11) $50,000,000 is for assistance to Indian 24 Tribes; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 57 HR 5342 RH (12) $106,200,000 is for offender reentry pro- 1 grams and research, as authorized by the Second 2 Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199) and by 3 the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 4 (Public Law 115–391), without regard to the time 5 limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of 6 which not to exceed— 7 (A) $5,000,000 is for grants to enhance 8 and maintain parental and family relationships 9 for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidi- 10 vism reduction strategy; 11 (B) $10,000,000 is for a grant program 12 for crisis stabilization and community reentry, 13 as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and 14 Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 15 116–281); and 16 (C) $19,000,000 is for the justice reinvest- 17 ment initiative, as implemented in fiscal year 18 2014, for activities related to criminal justice 19 reform and recidivism reduction: Provided, That 20 no funds are used to support initiatives that 21 promote the closing and repurposing of youth 22 detention facilities; 23 (13) $420,000,000 is for comprehensive opioid 24 use reduction activities, including as authorized by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 58 HR 5342 RH CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 1 address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis- 2 orders consistent with underlying program authori- 3 ties, of which— 4 (A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as 5 authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I 6 of the 1968 Act; 7 (B) $40,000,000 is for mental health 8 courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro- 9 gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH 10 of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill 11 Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re- 12 authorization and Improvement Act of 2008 13 (Public Law 110–416); 14 (C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residen- 15 tial Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris- 16 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 17 1968 Act; 18 (D) $32,000,000 is for a veterans treat- 19 ment courts program; 20 (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon- 21 itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed 22 chemical products; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 59 HR 5342 RH (F) $189,000,000 is for a comprehensive 1 opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder 2 program, of which— 3 (i) $30,000,000 is for grants for local 4 and regional efforts to prevent substance 5 use and misuse: Provided, That priority is 6 given to non-profit organizations imple- 7 menting comprehensive approaches to com- 8 bating substance abuse, including inves- 9 tigations, treatment, and education; and 10 (ii) $17,000,000 is for forensic sup- 11 port for opioid and synthetic drug inves- 12 tigations; 13 (14) $2,000,000 is for a competitive grant pro- 14 gram authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe 15 Act; 16 (15) $82,000,000 is for grants to be adminis- 17 tered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for pur- 18 poses authorized under the STOP School Violence 19 Act; 20 (16) $3,000,000 is for grants to State and local 21 law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 22 with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of- 23 fenses involving civil rights, as authorized by the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 60 HR 5342 RH Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reau- 1 thorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); and 2 (17) $5,000,000 is for a grant program as au- 3 thorized by the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and 4 Privacy Act of 2022 (subtitle D of title LIX of divi- 5 sion E of Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3458– 6 3493; 28 U.S.C. 601 note): 7 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 8 the funds made available under this heading to increase 9 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 10 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 11 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub- 12 lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the 13 spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this 14 Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 15 explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com- 16 petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2026, including 17 changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or 18 weightings, and the application review process. 19 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 20 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 21 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 22 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 23 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 24 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 61 HR 5342 RH partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 1 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 2 Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT 3 Act (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act 4 of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the 5 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 6 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the 7 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 8 401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 9 of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice 10 for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 11 324); the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018 (Public 12 Law 115–385); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (chapter 13 XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473) (‘‘the 1984 Act’’); 14 the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 15 (Public Law 114–198); and other juvenile justice pro- 16 grams, $327,000,000, to remain available until expended 17 as follows— 18 (1) $40,000,000 is for formula grants author- 19 ized by section 221 of the 1974 Act; 20 (2) $104,000,000 is for youth mentoring 21 grants; 22 (3) $4,000,000 is for grants to prevent traf- 23 ficking of girls; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 62 HR 5342 RH (4) $13,500,000 is for the Tribal Youth Pro- 1 gram; 2 (5) $4,500,000 is for competitive grants focus- 3 ing on girls in the juvenile justice system; 4 (6) $7,000,000 is for an initiative relating to 5 youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance 6 use disorder; 7 (7) $4,000,000 is for an initiative relating to 8 children exposed to violence; 9 (8) $41,000,000 is for programs authorized by 10 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 11 (9) $105,000,000 is for missing and exploited 12 children programs, including as authorized by sec- 13 tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except 14 that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our 15 Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall 16 not apply for purposes of this Act), and as author- 17 ized by the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008; 18 and 19 (10) $4,000,000 is for child abuse training pro- 20 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 21 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act: 22 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 23 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi- 24 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 63 HR 5342 RH ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 1 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) 2 and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: 3 Provided further, That the two preceding proviso shall not 4 apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sec- 5 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and 6 exploited children programs. 7 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 For payments and expenses authorized under section 10 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 11 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in- 12 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail- 13 able until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments au- 14 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu- 15 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 16 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not- 17 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina- 18 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 19 require additional funding for such disability and edu- 20 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 21 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail- 22 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 23 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 24 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 64 HR 5342 RH viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 1 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 2 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 3 set forth in that section. 4 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 5 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con- 8 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 9 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 10 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 11 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 12 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American 13 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 14 37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 15 Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); 16 the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 17 Law 115–271); and the Supporting and Treating Officers 18 In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC 19 Act’’), $654,138,000, to remain available until expended: 20 Provided, That any balances made available through prior 21 year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 22 with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 23 amount provided under this heading— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 65 HR 5342 RH (1) $256,169,024 is for grants under section 1 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 2 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 3 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not- 4 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro- 5 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 6 title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or re- 7 hiring a career law enforcement officer may not ex- 8 ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 9 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 10 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of 11 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 12 $34,000,000 is for improving Tribal law enforce- 13 ment, including hiring, equipment, training, anti- 14 methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activi- 15 ties: Provided further, That of the amounts appro- 16 priated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for re- 17 gional information sharing activities, as authorized 18 by part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be 19 transferred to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evalua- 20 tion and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 21 of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of the 22 amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less 23 than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 24 Program: Provided further, That of the amounts ap- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 66 HR 5342 RH propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 1 training, peer mentoring, mental health program ac- 2 tivities, and other support services as authorized 3 under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act; 4 (2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by 5 the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 6 (3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to 7 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 8 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth- 9 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei- 10 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 11 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 12 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 13 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet- 14 amine traffickers; 15 (4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to 16 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 17 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her- 18 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 19 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 20 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re- 21 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis- 22 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 23 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 24 collaboration; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 67 HR 5342 RH (5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 1 administered by the Community Oriented Policing 2 Services Office for purposes authorized under the 3 STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 4 Public Law 115–141); and 5 (6) $281,968,976 is for a law enforcement tech- 6 nologies and equipment grant program, which shall 7 be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci- 8 fied for ‘‘DOJ COPS Tech’’ in the table entitled 9 ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom- 10 panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts may 11 not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided 12 further, That grants funded by such amounts shall 13 not be subject to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 14 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383). 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 18 available in this title for official reception and representa- 19 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $1,000 from funds 20 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 21 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re- 22 ception and representation expenses. 23 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 24 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68 HR 5342 RH the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 1 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro- 2 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu- 3 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 4 shall be null and void. 5 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 6 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 7 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 8 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re- 9 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris- 10 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in- 11 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 12 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin- 13 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil- 14 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 15 Prisons. 16 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria- 17 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De- 18 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be- 19 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex- 20 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 21 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 22 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 23 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 24 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 69 HR 5342 RH pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro- 1 vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol- 2 lowing— 3 (1) paragraph 1(I) under the heading ‘‘State 4 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 5 (2) paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Commu- 6 nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 7 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 8 this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 9 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 10 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 11 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 12 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 13 than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 14 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 15 such a prisoner. 16 SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 17 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele- 18 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec- 19 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 20 purposes. 21 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main- 22 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 23 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 24 programs. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 70 HR 5342 RH SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 1 this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 2 enhanced information technology program having total es- 3 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un- 4 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re- 5 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 6 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 7 information technology program has appropriate program 8 management controls and contractor oversight mecha- 9 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 10 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 11 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 12 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi- 13 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 14 in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 15 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 16 this title in previous years. 17 SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 18 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 19 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 20 of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any suc- 21 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 22 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 23 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 71 HR 5342 RH SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 2 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 3 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 4 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 5 from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 6 United States Code. 7 SEC. 212. (a) Subject to subsection (b), with respect 8 to funds made available under this title for grant or reim- 9 bursement programs under the headings ‘‘Office on Vio- 10 lence Against Women’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce- 11 ment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Policing 12 Services’’— 13 (1) up to 1 percent of funds made available for grant 14 or reimbursement programs under such headings, except 15 for amounts appropriated specifically for research, evalua- 16 tion, or statistical programs administered by the National 17 Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 18 may be transferred to and merged with funds provided to 19 the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Jus- 20 tice Statistics, to be used for research, evaluation, or sta- 21 tistical purposes; and 22 (2) not less than 0.4 percent of funds shall be trans- 23 ferred to the Office of Inspector General and remain avail- 24 able until expended for oversight and auditing purposes 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 72 HR 5342 RH associated with programs administered under such ac- 1 counts. 2 (b) This section shall not apply to— 3 (1) paragraph (1)(J) under the heading ‘‘State and 4 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; or 5 (2) paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Community 6 Oriented Policing Services’’; 7 SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 8 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard- 9 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap- 10 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 11 for fiscal years 2022 through 2025 for the following pro- 12 grams, waive the following requirements: 13 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 14 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 15 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 16 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 17 the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 18 part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 19 (2) For grants to protect inmates and safe- 20 guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 21 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 22 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 23 such Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 73 HR 5342 RH SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1 law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 2 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 3 U.S.C. 12109(a)) and section 506(b)(1) of the Omnibus 4 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 5 10157) shall not apply to amounts made available by this 6 or any other Act. 7 SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 8 this Act, other than for the National Instant Criminal 9 Background Check System established under section 103 10 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 11 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 12 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi- 13 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus- 14 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un- 15 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con- 16 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 17 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De- 18 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 19 title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 20 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 21 year 2026, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 22 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan- 23 cial management system. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 74 HR 5342 RH (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal- 1 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 2 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 3 Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 4 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2026, and 5 any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 6 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec- 7 tion 505 of this Act. 8 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli- 9 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 10 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga- 11 tion during fiscal year 2026, and any use, obligation, 12 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 13 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 14 SEC. 217. The Attorney General shall submit to the 15 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 16 atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic- 17 tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 18 Fund, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re- 19 ports shall contain at least the same level of information 20 and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit- 21 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 22 and the Senate in fiscal year 2025. 23 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available under 24 this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 75 HR 5342 RH support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General 1 issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 2 training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated 3 by alternatives. 4 SEC. 219. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to target 6 or investigate parents who peacefully protest at school 7 board meetings and are not suspected of engaging in un- 8 lawful activity. 9 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 10 Act may be used to investigate or prosecute religious insti- 11 tutions on the basis of their religious beliefs. 12 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used by the Antitrust Division to implement, 14 administer, or enforce amendments to part 803 of the 15 premerger notification rules that implement the Hart- 16 Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and to 17 the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification and Report 18 Form and Instructions published on June 29, 2023 (88 19 Fed. Reg. 42178). 20 SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used by employees of the Department of Jus- 22 tice to conduct any activity with the European Union’s 23 European Commission, the United Kingdom’s Competi- 24 tion and Markets Authority, or the People’s Republic of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 76 HR 5342 RH China’s State Administration for Market Regulation for 1 any merger review, investigation, or enforcement action. 2 SEC. 223. The United States District Court for the 3 Eastern District of Kentucky shall have original and ex- 4 clusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from any actions 5 taken by the Attorney General or the Director of the Fed- 6 eral Bureau of Prisons that are necessary for the con- 7 struction of the proposed Federal Bureau of Prisons facil- 8 ity in Letcher County, Kentucky. 9 SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this 10 Act or any other Act shall be used, or transferred to an- 11 other Federal agency, board, or commission to be used, 12 to staff or operate the Foreign Influence Task Force for 13 the purpose of monitoring or labeling constitutionally pro- 14 tected speech by a United States person as misinforma- 15 tion, disinformation, or malinformation. 16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 17 Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 18 TITLE III 19 SCIENCE 20 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 22 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na- 23 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 24 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 77 HR 5342 RH passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 1 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 2 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 3 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum- 4 bia, $7,965,000. 5 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 6 For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun- 7 cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 8 100–685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of pas- 9 senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec- 10 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 11 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 12 $1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 13 provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 14 personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 15 and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 16 offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na- 17 tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 18 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 19 SCIENCE 20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 21 in the conduct and support of science research and devel- 22 opment activities, including research, development, oper- 23 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa- 24 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 78 HR 5342 RH and communications activities; program management; per- 1 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 2 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 3 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 4 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 5 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 6 aircraft, $6,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 7 tember 30, 2027. Provided, That of the amount made 8 available under this heading, the total amount specified 9 in the table titled under the subheading ‘‘Science’’ in the 10 table titled ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra- 11 tion’’ in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the 12 purposes and in not less than the amount for each such 13 purpose specified in such subheading. 14 AERONAUTICS 15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 16 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 17 development activities, including research, development, 18 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 19 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con- 20 trol, and communications activities; program manage- 21 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 22 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 23 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur- 24 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 79 HR 5342 RH lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 1 administrative aircraft, $775,000,000, to remain available 2 until September 30, 2027. 3 SPACE TECHNOLOGY 4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 5 in the conduct and support of space technology research 6 and development activities, including research, develop- 7 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 8 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space- 9 craft control, and communications activities; program 10 management; personnel and related costs, including uni- 11 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 12 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex- 13 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 14 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 15 mission and administrative aircraft, $912,827,000, to re- 16 main available until September 30, 2027. 17 EXPLORATION 18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 19 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 20 development activities, including research, development, 21 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 22 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con- 23 trol, and communications activities; program manage- 24 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 80 HR 5342 RH allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 1 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur- 2 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 3 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 4 administrative aircraft, $9,715,800,000, to remain avail- 5 able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Na- 6 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 7 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 8 resentatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual 9 budget submission, a 5-year budget profile for an inte- 10 grated system that includes the Space Launch System, the 11 Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground 12 systems that will ensure a crewed launch as early as pos- 13 sible. 14 SPACE OPERATIONS 15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 16 in the conduct and support of space operations research 17 and development activities, including research, develop- 18 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space- 19 craft control, and communications activities, including op- 20 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re- 21 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 22 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow- 23 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 24 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 81 HR 5342 RH and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 1 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad- 2 ministrative aircraft, $4,150,000,000, to remain available 3 until September 30, 2027. 4 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 6 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 7 technology, exploration, space operations and education 8 research and development activities, including research, 9 development, operations, support, and services; mainte- 10 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 11 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 12 program management; personnel and related costs, includ- 13 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec- 14 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 15 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 16 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen- 17 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte- 18 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air- 19 craft, $3,044,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 20 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That if available balances in 21 the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 22 Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse- 23 ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 24 such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 82 HR 5342 RH Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1 1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart- 2 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- 3 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 4 1995 (Public Law 103–327), up to $1,000,000 shall be 5 available from amounts made available under this heading 6 to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, 7 $26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 8 Stimulate Competitive Research and $58,000,000 shall be 9 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro- 10 gram: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 11 under this heading, $36,831,135 shall be used for the 12 projects, and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘NASA SSMS’’ 13 in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the 14 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the 15 amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 16 preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 17 purpose. 18 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 19 RESTORATION 20 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 21 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi- 22 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad- 23 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 24 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 83 HR 5342 RH property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli- 1 ance and restoration, $200,000,000, to remain available 2 until September 30, 2031: Provided, That proceeds from 3 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 4 period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 5 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 6 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail- 7 able for obligation for fiscal year 2026 in an amount not 8 to exceed $33,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 9 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 10 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col- 11 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 12 Code. 13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 15 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 16 $40,700,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 17 until September 30, 2027. 18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 21 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 22 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 23 Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made 24 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 84 HR 5342 RH nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 1 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap- 2 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 3 be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans- 4 fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ- 5 mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac- 6 tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20 7 percent. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 8 available for the same purposes and the same time period 9 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 10 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram- 11 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 12 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 13 procedures set forth in that section. 14 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro- 15 vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- 16 tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 17 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026 18 may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 19 such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro- 20 vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 21 such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 22 shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 23 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 85 HR 5342 RH Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com- 1 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 2 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro- 3 vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- 4 tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 5 spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 6 amount established in that spending plan that meets the 7 notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 8 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 9 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 10 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 11 section. 12 Amounts made available in the current-year Con- 13 struction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration 14 (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR projects 15 funded under previous years’ CECR appropriations. Use 16 of current-year funds under this provision shall be treated 17 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 18 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com- 19 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 20 Not to exceed $32,600,000 made available for the 21 current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 22 Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap- 23 ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- 24 tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 86 HR 5342 RH pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 1 of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 2 and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 3 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram- 4 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 5 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 6 procedures set forth in that section. 7 Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 8 Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) under the 9 heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra- 10 tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation 11 through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available through 12 fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in- 13 curred in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. 14 Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 15 Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under 16 the heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra- 17 tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation 18 through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through 19 fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in- 20 curred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 21 For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and 22 associated programs, amounts that have expired but have 23 not been cancelled in the Exploration, Space Operations, 24 Human Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 87 HR 5342 RH ploration Capabilities appropriations accounts shall re- 1 main available through fiscal year 2030 for the liquidation 2 of valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal 3 year 2001 through fiscal year 2013. 4 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 5 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 6 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 7 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 8 and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 9 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 10 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 11 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air- 12 craft; and authorized travel; $6,373,000,000, to remain 13 available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the 14 amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 15 $700,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 16 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse- 17 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 18 support and logistical and other related activities for the 19 United States Antarctic program: Provided further, That 20 of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not less than 21 $109,310,000 shall be for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Sup- 22 port: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support 23 services and materials furnished by the National Research 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 88 HR 5342 RH Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 1 research facilities may be credited to this appropriation. 2 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 3 CONSTRUCTION 4 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc- 5 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 6 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu- 7 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 8 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 9 $251,000,000, to remain available until expended. 10 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 11 For agency operations and award management nec- 12 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 13 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 14 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas- 15 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 16 authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 17 States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 18 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 19 Homeland Security for security guard services; 20 $355,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 21 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 22 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 23 heading in fiscal year 2026 for maintenance and operation 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 89 HR 5342 RH of facilities and for other services to be provided during 1 the next fiscal year. 2 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 3 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala- 4 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 5 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 6 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec- 7 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car- 8 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 9 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 10 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,000,000: Provided, That not 11 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 12 and representation expenses. 13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 15 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 16 1978, $18,000,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain 17 available until September 30, 2027. 18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 21 available for the current fiscal year for the National 22 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be- 23 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 24 be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 90 HR 5342 RH fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 1 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 2 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 3 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 4 The Director of the National Science Foundation 5 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 6 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 7 days in advance of any planned divestment through trans- 8 fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 9 any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in- 10 cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 11 than $2,500,000. 12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria- 13 tions Act, 2026’’. 14 TITLE IV 15 RELATED AGENCIES 16 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 19 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 20 $13,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro- 21 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi- 22 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 23 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe- 24 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 91 HR 5342 RH That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 1 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 2 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 3 who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 4 the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 5 out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 6 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 7 used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au- 8 thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 9 of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 10 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 13 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 14 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em- 15 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 16 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 17 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 18 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 19 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend- 20 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 21 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in- 22 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 23 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 24 authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 92 HR 5342 RH Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 1 $31,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 2 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 3 $435,382,000: Provided, That the Commission is author- 4 ized to make available for official reception and represen- 5 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 6 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 7 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 8 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 10 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 11 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 12 this Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and 13 use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Com- 14 mission. 15 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 18 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 19 and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 20 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 21 reception and representation expenses, $134,000,000, to 22 remain available until expended. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 93 HR 5342 RH LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 1 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 2 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 3 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 4 Act of 1974, $300,000,000, of which $259,250,000 is for 5 basic field programs and required independent audits; 6 $6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 7 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 8 additional audits of recipients; $24,000,000 is for manage- 9 ment and grants oversight; $4,500,000 is for client self- 10 help and information technology; $4,250,000 is for a Pro 11 Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay- 12 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor- 13 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 14 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 15 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em- 16 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 17 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 18 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 19 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 20 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora- 21 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 22 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 23 considered an agency of the United States Government. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 94 HR 5342 RH ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES 1 CORPORATION 2 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 3 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur- 4 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 5 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 6 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 7 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 8 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 9 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 10 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2025 and 11 2026, respectively: Provided, That for the purposes of ap- 12 plications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement 13 relating to the proportion of attorneys serving on the gov- 14 erning body of an entity providing legal assistance shall 15 be deemed to be satisfied if at least 33 percent of such 16 governing body is composed of attorneys otherwise meet- 17 ing the criteria established by section 1007(c) of the Legal 18 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)), and sec- 19 tion 502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104–134 shall not apply. 20 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com- 23 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 95 HR 5342 RH Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 1 $1,000,000. 2 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 3 REPRESENTATIVE 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 6 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas- 7 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 8 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 9 United States Code, $51,000,000, of which $1,000,000 10 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 11 the total amount made available under this heading, not 12 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 13 and representation expenses. 14 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 For activities of the United States Trade Representa- 17 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 18 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 19 including transfers, $23,000,000, to be derived from the 20 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 21 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 22 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 23 Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 96 HR 5342 RH STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 3 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 4 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,971,000, of which $500,000 5 shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 6 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 7 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 8 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 9 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 10 United States Government. 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 97 HR 5342 RH TITLE V 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 4 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 5 not authorized by the Congress. 6 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 7 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 8 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 9 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 10 under this Act for any consulting service through procure- 11 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 12 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 13 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 14 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 15 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 16 issued pursuant to existing law. 17 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica- 18 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 19 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica- 20 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 21 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af- 22 fected thereby. 23 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 24 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 98 HR 5342 RH agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli- 1 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from 2 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 3 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 4 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 5 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini- 6 tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 7 a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per- 8 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 9 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of- 10 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro- 11 grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 12 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em- 13 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac- 14 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 15 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 16 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 17 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 18 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 19 change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap- 20 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com- 21 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 22 of such reprogramming of funds. 23 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 24 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 99 HR 5342 RH affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 1 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 2 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 3 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re- 4 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 5 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen- 6 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 7 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula- 8 tions. 9 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au- 10 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 11 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 12 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 13 States, its territories or possessions. 14 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 15 given the term in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, 16 Item (1)(f)(3). 17 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 18 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na- 19 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 20 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 21 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta- 22 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 23 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com- 24 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 100 HR 5342 RH identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 1 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 2 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 3 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 4 obligation. 5 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 6 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 7 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 8 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 9 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 10 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 11 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys- 12 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re- 13 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 14 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 15 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre- 16 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re- 17 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 18 total budgetary resources available to such department or 19 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be- 20 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 21 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 22 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 23 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 24 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 101 HR 5342 RH shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 1 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 2 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 3 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 4 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 5 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 6 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 7 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 8 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 9 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 10 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 11 products of the same type. 12 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 13 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab- 14 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 15 Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex- 16 cess of $2,050,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 17 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith- 18 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 19 available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 20 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office 21 of Inspector General and remain available until expended 22 for oversight and auditing purposes associated with this 23 section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 24 for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 102 HR 5342 RH quirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes 1 to improve services for victims of crime. 2 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 3 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi- 4 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 5 students who participate in programs for which financial 6 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 7 or legal guardians of such students. 8 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 9 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in- 10 strumentality of the United States Government, except 11 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro- 12 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 13 SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart- 14 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na- 15 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na- 16 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor- 17 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 18 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 19 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 20 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 21 may include preliminary findings and a description of 22 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi- 23 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 24 any such audit is completed. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 103 HR 5342 RH (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 1 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 2 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis- 3 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 4 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter- 5 net website maintained by the Department, Administra- 6 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 7 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 8 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 9 title 5, United States Code; and 10 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi- 11 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 12 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 13 unlawful purposes. 14 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 15 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state- 16 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 17 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 18 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 19 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 20 other manner to another person who has a financial inter- 21 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 22 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 23 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 24 which the Director of the Office of Management and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 104 HR 5342 RH Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 1 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 2 and requirements, substantially similar to the require- 3 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 4 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart- 5 ments, agencies, and entities. 6 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 7 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 8 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer- 9 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 10 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate- 11 impact information system, as defined for security cat- 12 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 13 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 14 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat- 15 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys- 16 tems’’ unless the agency has— 17 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor- 18 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 19 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 20 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 21 moderate-impact information systems within the 22 Federal Government; 23 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre- 24 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 105 HR 5342 RH threat information provided by the FBI and other 1 appropriate agencies; and 2 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap- 3 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 4 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 5 with the acquisition of such system, including any 6 risk associated with such system being produced, 7 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 8 identified by the United States Government as pos- 9 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 10 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 11 the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 12 of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 13 or the Russian Federation. 14 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 15 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 16 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re- 17 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 18 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 19 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 20 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 21 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 22 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 23 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 24 the national interest of the United States; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 106 HR 5342 RH (3) reported that determination to the Commit- 1 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa- 2 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen- 3 eral. 4 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 5 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 6 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em- 7 ployee of the United States Government. 8 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 9 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi- 10 lateral trade agreement the text of— 11 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 12 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 13 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 14 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 15 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 16 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 17 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 18 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 19 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author- 20 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 21 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 22 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 23 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 107 HR 5342 RH rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 1 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 2 SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro- 3 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 4 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero- 5 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 6 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason- 7 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in- 8 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 9 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis- 10 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di- 11 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 12 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 13 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 14 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 15 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 16 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 17 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 18 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 19 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti- 20 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 21 statement validating that the project’s management struc- 22 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 23 costs. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 108 HR 5342 RH SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 1 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel- 2 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 3 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec- 4 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 5 3094) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of the 6 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026. 7 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other- 8 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 9 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 10 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro- 11 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 12 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 13 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 14 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 15 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 16 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 17 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi- 18 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 19 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as- 20 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 21 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter- 22 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess- 23 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 24 judicial proceeding. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 109 HR 5342 RH (RESCISSIONS) 1 SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 2 to the Department of Commerce, the following funds are 3 hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 4 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the specified 5 amounts— 6 (1) ‘‘Census Working Capital Fund’’, 7 $15,000,000; and 8 (2) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- 9 istration—Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, 10 $46,299,000, only from prior year appropriations. 11 (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year ap- 12 propriations available to the Department of Justice, the 13 following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not 14 later than September 30, 2026, from the following ac- 15 counts in the specified amounts— 16 (1) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi- 17 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 18 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro- 19 grams’’, $36,000,000; 20 (2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi- 21 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $250,000,000; 22 and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 110 HR 5342 RH (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi- 1 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 2 $25,000,000. 3 (4) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $100,000,000; 4 and 5 (5) ‘‘Legal Activities—Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 6 $175,000,000; and 7 (6) ‘‘Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo- 8 sives, Salaries and Expenses’’, $50,000,000. 9 (c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 10 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 11 of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 12 September 1, 2026, specifying the amount of each rescis- 13 sion made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 14 (d) The amounts rescinded under subsections (a) and 15 (b) shall not be derived from amounts that were des- 16 ignated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief 17 requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the 18 budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 19 Control Act of 1985. 20 (e) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsection (b) 21 shall not be from amounts provided under— 22 (1) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 23 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac- 24 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 111 HR 5342 RH Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di- 1 vision B of Public Law 117–103; 2 (2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘State 3 and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community 4 Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented 5 Policing Services Programs’’ in title II of division B 6 of Public Law 117–103; 7 (3) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 8 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac- 9 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 10 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di- 11 vision B of Public Law 117–328; 12 (4) amounts provided under paragraph (7) 13 under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce- 14 ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv- 15 ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro- 16 grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 17 328; 18 (5) subparagraph (R) of paragraph (1) under 19 the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac- 20 tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 21 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di- 22 vision C of Public Law 118–42; or 23 (6) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘State 24 and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 112 HR 5342 RH Oriented Policing Services Programs’’ in title II of 1 division C of Public Law 118–42. 2 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 3 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 4 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 5 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 6 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 7 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend- 8 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart- 9 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 10 at any single conference occurring outside the United 11 States unless— 12 (1) such conference is a law enforcement train- 13 ing or operational conference for law enforcement 14 personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 15 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 16 outside the United States; or 17 (2) such conference is a scientific conference 18 and the department or agency head determines that 19 such attendance is in the national interest and noti- 20 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 21 of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 22 days of that determination and the basis for that de- 23 termination. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 113 HR 5342 RH SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 1 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in- 2 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro- 3 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 4 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform- 5 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 6 following: 7 (1) Details on future action the department, 8 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 9 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 10 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 11 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 12 in expired grant accounts. 13 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex- 14 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 15 Treasury of the United States. 16 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 17 the total number of expired grant accounts with 18 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 19 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 20 and the total finances that have not been obligated 21 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 22 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 24 Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 114 HR 5342 RH or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, 1 Virginia, to another location. 2 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by 3 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 4 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 5 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 6 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 7 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 8 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat- 9 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com- 10 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 11 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 12 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 13 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 14 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 15 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 16 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 17 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves- 18 tigation, have certified— 19 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 20 technology, data, or other information with national 21 security or economic security implications to China 22 or a Chinese-owned company; and 23 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 24 officials who have been determined by the United 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 115 HR 5342 RH States to have direct involvement with violations of 1 human rights. 2 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 3 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 4 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 5 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 6 the activity in question and shall include a description of 7 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici- 8 pants, and its location and timing. 9 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 10 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 11 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 12 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 13 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 14 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 15 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 16 criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 17 law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 18 SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus- 19 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 20 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 21 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 22 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 23 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 24 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 116 HR 5342 RH Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 1 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 2 signed by the respective department or agency head, to 3 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 4 resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 5 the date of enactment of this Act. 6 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 7 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 8 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 9 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 10 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per- 11 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 12 contract. 13 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 14 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit- 15 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 16 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 17 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 18 SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available under 19 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 20 respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 21 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 22 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken- 23 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi- 24 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 117 HR 5342 RH New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 1 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 2 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da- 3 kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash- 4 ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 5 respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 6 of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 7 Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 8 from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 9 distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari- 10 juana. 11 (b) Funds made available under this Act to the De- 12 partment of Justice may be used to enforce violations of 13 21 U.S.C. 860. 14 SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na- 15 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na- 16 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 17 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 18 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 19 by any employee of such Department or agency, including 20 the purpose of such travel. 21 SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 22 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 23 respectively, for grants authorized by section 27 of the 24 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 118 HR 5342 RH U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 1 poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this sec- 2 tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any 3 county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 4 living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 5 the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 6 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area 7 Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or pos- 8 session of the United States. 9 SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 10 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other- 11 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 12 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in- 13 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 14 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 15 United States in connection with requiring an export li- 16 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac- 17 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 18 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 19 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 20 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 21 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 22 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 23 met by the exporting party for such articles. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 119 HR 5342 RH (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex- 1 port license— 2 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 3 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 4 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 5 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 6 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub- 7 section (a); and 8 (2) does not permit the export without a license 9 of— 10 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo- 11 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 12 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 13 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 14 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 15 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 16 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 17 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu- 18 nicipal Government of Canada; or 19 (C) articles for export from Canada to an- 20 other foreign destination. 21 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di- 22 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per- 23 manent or temporary export without a license of any un- 24 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 120 HR 5342 RH end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem- 1 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 2 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 3 Canadian citizen. 4 SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 6 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 7 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 8 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 9 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 10 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 11 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 12 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori- 13 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 14 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 15 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per- 16 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 17 importation of any model of shotgun if— 18 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 19 the proposed importation are met; and 20 (2) no application for the importation of such 21 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 22 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu- 23 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 121 HR 5342 RH particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 1 sporting purposes. 2 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 4 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 5 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul- 6 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 7 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 9 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 10 ratification for the Treaty. 11 SEC. 539. None of the funds appropriated or other- 12 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 13 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 14 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 15 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 16 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 17 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 18 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 19 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 20 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 21 SEC. 540. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 22 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 23 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 24 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 122 HR 5342 RH vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de- 1 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec- 2 tive control of the Department of Defense. 3 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 4 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 5 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 6 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 7 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 9 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 10 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 11 and 12 (2) is— 13 (A) in the custody or under the effective 14 control of the Department of Defense; or 15 (B) otherwise under detention at United 16 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 17 SEC. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 18 Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 19 made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 20 Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for 21 fiscal year 2026 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 22 section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 23 Public Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in 24 such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 123 HR 5342 RH counts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the 1 projects and activities specified, in the table entitled ‘‘De- 2 partment of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of 3 Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal 4 Year 2026’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 5 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Di- 6 rector of the National Science Foundation shall allocate 7 amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen- 8 tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 9 Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2026 pur- 10 suant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (di- 11 vision A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, 12 in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activi- 13 ties specified in the table entitled ‘‘National Science Foun- 14 dation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ 15 in the report accompanying this Act. 16 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo- 17 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 18 year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 19 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is 20 in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for 21 part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce 22 and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Provided, 23 That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso 24 shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 124 HR 5342 RH ment of amounts for continuing administration of pro- 1 grams allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, 2 which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 3 than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of 4 this section. 5 (c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 6 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria- 7 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 8 subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this 9 Act— 10 (1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate 11 funds allocated to Industrial Technology Services for 12 section 9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection 13 (a)(1) of this section; and 14 (2) the Director of the National Science Foun- 15 dation may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS 16 for America Workforce and Education Fund by sub- 17 section (a)(2) of this section. 18 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 19 the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Com- 20 merce and the Director of the National Science Founda- 21 tion, as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees 22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 23 Senate proposed allocations by account and by program, 24 project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 125 HR 5342 RH amounts made available under section 102(a)(2) and sec- 1 tion 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 2 2027. 3 (e) The Department of Commerce and the National 4 Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the 5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 6 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal- 7 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 8 America Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub- 9 section (a)(1) of this section, and section 543(a)(1) of divi- 10 sion B of Public Law 117–328, the status of balances of 11 projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Sup- 12 ply Chain Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursu- 13 ant to section 543(a)(2) of division B of Public Law 117– 14 328, and the status of balances of projects and activities 15 funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and Edu- 16 cation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 17 (a)(2) of this section and section 543(a)(3) of division B 18 of Public Law 117–328, including all uncommitted, com- 19 mitted, and unobligated funds. 20 SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used to issue, implement, administer, or en- 22 force a proposed or final rule or secretarial action regard- 23 ing the South Atlantic red snapper stock that includes a 24 quota decrease, area closure, or any other action that 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 126 HR 5342 RH would limit access to the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the 1 South Atlantic Region to address overfishing of such stock 2 until the date on which a third-party scientific review re- 3 garding whether the report entitled ‘‘SEDAR 73, South 4 Atlantic Red Snapper, Stock Assessment Report’’ (March 5 2021) is the best scientific information available for pur- 6 poses of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 7 Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is completed. 8 SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 9 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 10 apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau 11 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final rule 12 entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identifica- 13 tion of Firearms’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 24652 (April 26, 2022)). 14 SEC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 15 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 16 apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 14092, ‘‘Re- 17 ducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities 18 Safer.’’ 19 SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 21 carry out, or defend the joint Department of Justice and 22 Department of Homeland Security interim final rule enti- 23 tled ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consid- 24 eration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 127 HR 5342 RH tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078 1 (March 29, 2022)). 2 SEC. 546. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to promul- 4 gate, develop, or implement a regulation, policy, or prac- 5 tice regarding categorical administrative closure, dis- 6 missal, or termination of cases in immigration court. 7 SEC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 9 or carry out any regulation issued by the Bureau of Alco- 10 hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued or finalized 11 on or after January 21, 2021. 12 SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 13 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 14 apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau 15 of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives final rule 16 entitled ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 17 ‘Stabilizing Braces’ ’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6478 (January 31, 18 2023)). 19 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 21 or carry out the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021, 22 memorandum entitled ‘‘Partnership Among Federal, 23 State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 128 HR 5342 RH Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board 1 Members, Teachers, and Staff.’’ 2 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 3 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 4 apply, enforce, or carry out the Office of Science and 5 Technology Policy’s August 25, 2022, Memorandum to 6 Executive Departments and Agencies entitled ‘‘Ensuring 7 Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally 8 Funded Research.’’ 9 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 10 Act or any other Act may be used— for diversity, equity 11 and inclusion initiatives, training, programs, offices, offi- 12 cers, policies, or other executive agency functions. 13 SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 14 Act may be used— 15 (1) by the— 16 (A) Department of Commerce for— 17 (i) the National Institute of Standards 18 and Technology Center of Excellence in 19 Climate Change; or 20 (ii) climate change fisheries research; 21 (B) National Science Foundation for the— 22 (i) U.S. Global Change Research Pro- 23 gram (USGCRP); or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 129 HR 5342 RH (ii) Clean Energy Technology pro- 1 gram; or 2 SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used to provide legal representation to any 4 alien in a removal proceeding. 5 SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act may be used to incentivize any immigration judge to 7 close or dismiss any case without adjudicating the merits 8 of the case. 9 SEC. 555. None of the funds made available for the 10 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program may be used in 11 contravention of section 642 of the Illegal Immigration 12 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. 13 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 14 or any other Act may be used to allow the United States 15 Census Bureau to include aliens who are unlawfully 16 present in the United States in rendering apportionment 17 determinations in subsequent decennial censuses. 18 SEC. 557. None of the funds made available by this 19 Act may be used to pay a compromise settlement in rela- 20 tion to a civil action brought by an alien who is inadmis- 21 sible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I) of the Im- 22 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A) or 23 (7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United States in violation 24 of section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 130 HR 5342 RH (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in connection with conduct described 1 in such section 275(a), unless expressly authorized by law. 2 SEC. 558. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used to review, process, or approve applica- 4 tions for Federal grants, contracts, cooperative agree- 5 ments, or other agreements by any individual or organiza- 6 tion that educates or otherwise trains or informs Federal 7 employees about diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race 8 theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally rel- 9 evant teaching. 10 SEC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 11 Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 12 professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach- 13 es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit- 14 ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 15 concept that condones an individual being discriminated 16 against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 17 on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom- 18 fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis- 19 tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 20 as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 21 superior to another race, the United States or its institu- 22 tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 23 as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 24 of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 131 HR 5342 RH acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 1 individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 2 in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 3 or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 4 by a particular race to oppress another race. 5 SEC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act may be used to promote or contribute to environ- 7 mental, social, and corporate governance (also known as 8 environmental, social, and governance (ESG)) invest- 9 ments. 10 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available by this 11 or any other Act may be used to investigate, litigate, or 12 advocate against any person or recipient, as currently de- 13 fined at section 106.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regula- 14 tions, for defining ‘‘sex’’ as currently used in, inter alia, 15 section 1681 of title 20, United States Code, and sections 16 106.21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 17 44, and 45 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, to 18 mean biological sex, male or female, as determined by the 19 type of gamete an individual produces; and for defining 20 ‘‘boys and girls’’ to mean only biological boys, whose DNA 21 consists of one X sex chromosome and one Y sex chro- 22 mosome, and biological girls, whose DNA consists of two 23 X sex chromosomes. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 132 HR 5342 RH SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used for gun buyback or relinquishment pro- 2 grams. 3 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be used to implement any statute, rule, policy, 5 or interpretive guidance or to disburse any grants or fund- 6 ing that would have the effect of creating, utilizing, sup- 7 porting, or implementing a law or procedure which could 8 result in the confiscation of any firearm without, in all 9 cases, providing the gun owner with notice and oppor- 10 tunity to participate in a hearing. 11 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 12 Act may be used to fund or implement any red flag or 13 extreme risk protection order laws. 14 SEC. 565. None of the funds made available by this 15 or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the 16 Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 17 of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, may 18 be available for obligation or expenditure to study, pre- 19 pare, propose, or adopt any rule, regulation, administra- 20 tive order or secretarial or executive action for the purpose 21 of restricting the production, purchase, sale or transfer of 22 any firearm unless expressly authorized by Congress. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 133 HR 5342 RH SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 1 or any other Act may be used to create, operate, or main- 2 tain a Federal firearms registry. 3 SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per- 5 sonnel to facilitate, advise, promote, or otherwise support 6 any civil actions to which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 7 Firearms and Explosives is not a named party against any 8 licensee or other person purported to be subject to the reg- 9 ulation and oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 10 Firearms and Explosives. 11 SEC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 12 Act may be used for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire- 13 arms and Explosives (ATF) Demand 2 program unless the 14 ATF modifies the Demand 2 reporting thresholds such 15 that the threshold criteria of the Demand 2 program is 16 25 traces or 2.5 percent of traces relative to a licensee’s 17 average number of firearm sales as reported on the most 18 recent Federal firearm license renewal application, which- 19 ever is greater, and ATF certifies to the Federal firearm 20 licensee that every trace counted is directly related to/in- 21 volved in an open/bona fide criminal investigation, and the 22 ‘Time-to-Crime’ is 3 years or less. 23 SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 24 or any other Act may be used to— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 134 HR 5342 RH (1) classify, tax, or register any firearm with an 1 attached ‘‘stabilizing brace’’ or other similar brace 2 or rearward attachment, notwithstanding any ex- 3 tended additional contact surface rearward or use 4 outside of its original design or use as a buttstock 5 or use to enable shoulder fire, as a ‘‘rifle’’, ‘‘short- 6 barreled rifle’’, or ‘‘short-barreled shotgun’’ under 7 the Gun Control Act of 1968, the National Firearms 8 Act of 1934, or any other such act of Congress; or 9 (2) direct any other law enforcement or regu- 10 latory entity to conduct any of the activities de- 11 scribed in paragraph (1) on the ATF’s behalf. 12 SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be made available to support, directly or indi- 14 rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 15 owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 16 Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re- 17 public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 18 the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven- 19 ezuela under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 20 other country determined by the Secretary of State to be 21 a foreign adversary. 22 SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 23 or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 24 or retain any person who either has been convicted of a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 135 HR 5342 RH Federal or State child pornography charge, has been con- 1 victed of any other Federal or State sexual assault charge, 2 or has been formally disciplined for using Federal re- 3 sources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 4 SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 5 or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 6 or retain any person based in whole or in part on such 7 person’s race, national origin, sex, or religion. 8 SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 9 or any other Act may be used to fund any sex-altering 10 surgical procedures in either a Federally owned facility or 11 a private facility leased or used by the Federal Govern- 12 ment. 13 SEC. 574. None of the funds made available by this 14 Act may be used for the Department of Justice’s Repro- 15 ductive Rights Task Force. 16 SEC. 575. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to sue any State or local government 18 over laws that restrict or limit abortion, or to intervene 19 or file an amicus brief in such a case. 20 SEC. 576. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used to sue any State or local government 22 over any law protecting single sex sports, single sex facili- 23 ties, or limiting transgender medical procedures, including 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 136 HR 5342 RH in insurance coverage and age limitations, or to intervene 1 or file an amicus brief in such a case. 2 SEC. 577. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 3 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 4 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 5 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro- 6 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 7 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par- 8 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 9 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 10 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 11 a union of one man and one woman. 12 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub- 13 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 14 taken by the Federal Government to— 15 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 16 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 17 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 18 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 19 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 20 in subsection (a); 21 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 22 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 23 such person; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 137 HR 5342 RH (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 1 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 2 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 3 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 4 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 5 other similar position or status from or to such per- 6 son; 7 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 8 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 9 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 10 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 11 degree from an educational program, from or to 12 such person; or 13 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 14 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 15 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 16 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 17 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 18 paigns from or to such person. 19 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 20 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 21 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 22 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 23 such purposes but for a determination against such person 24 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 138 HR 5342 RH or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 1 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 2 SEC. 578. (a) None of the funds made available by 3 this Act may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or pro- 4 mote exports to the Cuban military or intelligence service 5 or to any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence serv- 6 ice, or an immediate family member thereof or any agency 7 or entity owned or partially owned or operated on behalf 8 of the previously listed. 9 (b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 10 permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 11 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 12 (c) In this section— 13 (1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 14 service’’ includes the Ministry of the Revolutionary 15 Armed Forces, and the Ministry of the Interior, of 16 Cuba, and any subsidiary of either such Ministry; 17 and 18 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 19 means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 20 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph- 21 ew. 22 SEC. 579. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act or any other Act may be used for an Office of Envi- 24 ronmental Justice. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 139 HR 5342 RH SEC. 580. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used to enforce the Department of Commerce 2 rule entitled ‘‘Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquida- 3 tion, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presi- 4 dential Proclamation 10414’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 56868 (Sep- 5 tember 16, 2022)). 6 SEC. 581. None of the funds made available by this 7 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per- 8 sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con- 9 clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in- 10 cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con- 11 tribute funds to an organization or individual. 12 SEC. 582. None of the funds made available by this 13 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary, benefits, 14 bonuses, or expenses of any Federal officer or employee 15 who fails to comply with a duly issued and valid congres- 16 sional subpoena, including any circumstances in which a 17 Federal officer or employee does not produce documents 18 in unredacted form by a date certain provided in a con- 19 gressional subpoena. 20 SEC. 583. (a) None of the funds made available by 21 this Act may be used to conduct an interview in connection 22 with an investigation of a Federal offense, or an investiga- 23 tion in which the agency is assisting a State, local or Trib- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 140 HR 5342 RH al law enforcement agency, unless such interview is re- 1 corded using electronic audio recording equipment. 2 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to custo- 3 dial and noncustodial interviews, but shall not apply with 4 respect to— 5 (1) communications with confidential inform- 6 ants; or 7 (2) interviews of non-United States persons 8 conducted outside the United States. 9 (c) Recordings of such interviews shall be retained 10 for 10 years. 11 SEC. 584. None of the funds made available by this 12 Act may be used to discourage, or implement a policy that 13 serves to discourage, United States Marshals Service em- 14 ployees or personnel from fully enforcing section 1507 of 15 title 18, United States Code. 16 SEC. 585. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to fund the operations or expenses of 18 any Federal employee union. 19 SEC. 586. None of the funds appropriated or other- 20 wise made available by this Act may be made used to— 21 (1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 22 communications by a United States person as misin- 23 formation, disinformation, or malinformation; or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 141 HR 5342 RH (2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or- 1 ganizations that pressure or recommend private 2 companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro- 3 tected speech of United States persons, including 4 recommending the censoring or removal of content 5 on social media platforms. 6 SEC. 587. None of the funds made available by this 7 Act may be used to enforce any COVID-19 vaccine man- 8 dates or passports. 9 SEC. 588. None of the funds made available by this 10 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 11 interim final rule entitled ‘‘Revision of Firearms License 12 Requirements’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 34680 (April 30, 2024)) or 13 any successor rule. 14 SEC. 589. None of the funds made available by this 15 Act may be obligated or expended by the National Oceanic 16 and Atmospheric Administration to issue incidental take 17 authorizations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act 18 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) for any activity related to off- 19 shore wind energy development, conducted under rights 20 granted by lease numbers OCS-A 0532; OCS-A 0498; 21 OCS-A 0499; OCS-A 0549; or OCS-A 0490; until the 22 Comptroller General of the United States submits the 23 study requested on May 15, 2023, on the impact of wind 24 leasing on marine mammals and endangered species, to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 142 HR 5342 RH the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural 2 Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Com- 3 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 4 SEC. 590. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be used by the Department of Justice, for use 6 by the National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys- 7 tem established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 8 Violence Prevention Act, to include any personally identifi- 9 able information of a beneficiary, solely on the basis of 10 a determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 11 pay benefits to a fiduciary for the use and benefit of the 12 beneficiary under section 5502 of Title 38, United States 13 Code. 14 SEC. 591. None of the funds made available by this 15 Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin- 16 ister, apply, enforce, carry out or defend any part of the 17 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 18 final rule entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ 19 as a Dealer in Firearms’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 28968 (April 19, 20 2024)). 21 SEC. 592. None of the funds made available by this 22 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 23 ATF Order 5370.1E regarding Federal Firearms Admin- 24 istrative Action Policy and Procedures, or any subsequent 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 143 HR 5342 RH or other policy, order, or procedure that does not require 1 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 2 to, in all but the most extraordinary circumstances, refrain 3 from revoking or suspending a Federal firearms license 4 for initial violations without at least first issuing a warn- 5 ing letter, working with cooperative licensees to rectify vio- 6 lations in a reasonable time frame, and holding a final 7 warning conference. 8 SEC. 593. None of the funds appropriated or other- 9 wise made available by this Act may be used to sue any 10 State for violating the Rivers and Harbors Act for imple- 11 menting border security measures. 12 SEC. 594. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used by the Bureau of Prisons to assign an 14 individual to a facility that does not correspond to such 15 individual’s biological sex. 16 SEC. 595. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 18 or carry out Executive Order 14043, ‘‘Requiring 19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Em- 20 ployees’’ or Executive Order 14042, ‘‘Ensuring Adequate 21 COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors’’ at any 22 Federal department, bureau, or subagency. 23 SEC. 596. None of the funds made available in this 24 Act may be used to develop or implement rules or guidance 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 144 HR 5342 RH on climate change as a direct response to data cited by 1 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 2 ‘‘Billions Project.’’ 3 SEC. 597. None of the funds made available in this 4 Act may be used to establish, administer, or enforce any 5 rule or regulation that would impose a requirement for 6 a United States Atlantic pelagic longline vessel to pay a 7 fee for any costs associated with the electronic monitoring 8 of such vessel. 9 SEC. 598. None of the funds made available in this 10 Act may be used to enforce any vessel speed restriction 11 for the Rice’s whale that was not in place prior to January 12 20, 2021. 13 SEC. 599. None of the funds made available by this 14 Act may be used by the National Science Foundation to 15 procure, charter, or lease a foreign-flagged vessel for U.S. 16 research activities in Antarctica if a suitable U.S.-built 17 vessel is available for such purposes. 18 TITLE VI 19 OTHER MATTERS 20 SEC. 601. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 21 erwise made available by this Act may be made available 22 to the Department of Justice to pay, or agree to pay, the 23 costs and fees incurred by an alien that are associated 24 with a civil action, including costs and fees authorized sec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 145 HR 5342 RH tion 2412 of title 28, United States Code, involving an 1 alien who entered the United States in violation of section 2 275(a) or section 276(a) of the Immigration and Nation- 3 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a), 1326(a)), in connection with 4 any proceeding or adjudication initiated under such Act. 5 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 6 made available by this Act may be made available to the 7 Department of Justice to pay, or agree to pay, the costs 8 and fees incurred by an alien that are associated with an 9 agency adjudication, including costs and fees authorized 10 under section 504 of title 5, United States Code, involving 11 an alien who entered the United States in violation of sec- 12 tion 275(a) or section 276(a) of the Immigration and Na- 13 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a), 1326(a)), in connection 14 with any proceeding or adjudication initiated under such 15 Act. 16 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated or other- 17 wise made available by this Act may be made available 18 for the implementation, administration, or enforcement of 19 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s final 20 rule published on April 19, 2024, 89 Fed. Reg. 29096, 21 so as to include elective abortion in the definition of ‘‘preg- 22 nancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions’’ requiring 23 reasonable accommodation. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 146 HR 5342 RH SEC. 603. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 2 ‘‘Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Work- 3 place’’ (April 29, 2024) or any similar, related, or suc- 4 cessor guidance. 5 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 7 Administration, nor any part of the Department of Com- 8 merce, to enforce any vessel speed restriction for the 9 North Atlantic Right Whale that was not in place prior 10 to January 20, 2021. 11 SEC. 605. None of the funds in this Act may be used 12 to enforce involuntary compliance, or to inquire more than 13 twice for voluntary compliance with any survey conducted 14 by the Bureau of the Census. 15 SEC. 606. None of the funds made available by this 16 Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 17 Administration to implement the proposed rule entitled 18 ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of 19 Critical Habitat for the Rice’s Whale’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 20 47453 (September 12, 2023)) or any successor rule or 21 regulation. 22 SEC. 607. None of the funds appropriated or other- 23 wise made available by this Act may be used to reschedule 24 marijuana (as such term is defined in section 102 of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 147 HR 5342 RH Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) or to remove 1 marijuana from the schedules established under section 2 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812). 3 SEC. 608. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be used to record, or maintain any recording of, 5 any record delivered to the Attorney General pursuant to 6 section 923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code. 7 SEC. 609. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 8 shall be used for the Out of Business Records Imaging 9 System Database maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, 10 Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. 11 SEC. 610. None of the funds made available by this 12 act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral, 13 or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in- 14 tentionally changing the body of such individual (including 15 by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its nat- 16 ural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer 17 correspond to the individual’s biological sex. 18 SEC. 611. None of the funds made available by this 19 Act may be obligated or expended for any institution of 20 higher education, as defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 1002, 21 that enters into a partnership or other formalized aca- 22 demic collaboration in STEM, as defined by 15 U.S.C. 23 Section 8841(d)(4), including, but not limited, to a joint 24 institute with an entity, such as a college or university, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 148 HR 5342 RH that is located, operated, or controlled by the Chinese 1 Communist Party or the Government of the People’s Re- 2 public of China. 3 SEC. 612. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be disbursed to any state, district, territory, or 5 possession of the United States which imposes a criminal 6 or civil penalty on, or otherwise indirectly dissuades (in- 7 cluding by imposing a financial or other barrier to entry) 8 any ordinary, law-abiding citizen who is carrying a valid 9 license or permit which is issued pursuant to the law of 10 a State, district, territory, or possession and which per- 11 mits the individual to carry a concealed firearm from car- 12 rying a handgun publicly for self-defense according to the 13 same terms authorized by an unrestricted license of or 14 permit issued to a resident of the State and subject only 15 to the same conditions and limitations, except as to eligi- 16 bility to possess or carry, imposed by or under Federal 17 or State law or the law of a political subdivision of a State, 18 that apply to the possession or carrying of a concealed 19 handgun by residents of the State or political subdivision 20 who are licensed by the State or political subdivision to 21 do so, or not prohibited by the State from doing so. 22 SEC. 613. (a) Section 302(a)(4)(B) of the Cuban Lib- 23 erty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 24 (22 U.S.C. 6082(a)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00148 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 149 HR 5342 RH quires ownership’’ and all that follows and inserting the 1 following: ‘‘acquired ownership of such claim— 2 ‘‘(i) before March 12, 1996; or 3 ‘‘(ii) as a successor in interest who 4 did not acquire the property, or claim to 5 the property, in exchange for value or con- 6 sideration.’’. 7 (b) Section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 8 Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023) 9 is amended— 10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (13), (14), and 11 (15) as paragraphs (14), (15), and (16), respec- 12 tively; and 13 (2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol- 14 lowing: 15 ‘‘(13) SUCCESOR IN INTEREST.—The 16 term ‘successor in interest’ means a person who 17 follows another person in ownership or control 18 of property or a claim to property and who re- 19 tains the same rights as the original owner to 20 the property.’’. 21 (c) Section 306(c)(1)(A) of the Cuban Liberty and 22 Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 23 U.S.C. 6085(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘no person’’ 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00149 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 150 HR 5342 RH and inserting ‘‘except as provided by section 302(a)(4)(B), 1 no person’’. 2 (d) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), 3 and (c) shall apply to— 4 (1) any action initiated after the date of the en- 5 actment of this Act; 6 (2) any action pending in any court as of such 7 date of enactment, including any action pending on 8 appeal or otherwise; 9 (3) any action for which the time to file an ap- 10 peal has not expired; or 11 (4) any action that has been dismissed or ad- 12 versely adjudicated by any court because of a judi- 13 cial interpretation of section 302(a) of the Cuban 14 Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) 15 Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6082(a)) that conflicts with 16 the amendment to paragraph (4)(B) of such section 17 as made by subsection (a). 18 (e) In the case of any action under section 302 of 19 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 20 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6082), in which 21 an opinion was issued prior to the effective date of this 22 section, such action may be refiled and decided as though 23 this section were in effect as of the date of the enactment 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00150 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 151 HR 5342 RH of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 1 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996. 2 (f) Section 305 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 3 Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 USC §6084) is 4 repealed. 5 SEC. 614. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act may be used for oyster restoration, recovery, reef con- 7 struction, habitat enhancement, or other related oyster ac- 8 tivities in the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries unless oys- 9 ters planted using such funds are made eligible for man- 10 aged commercial harvest by licensed watermen after a pe- 11 riod of three years from the date of planting. 12 SEC. 615. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used for oyster restoration, recovery, or en- 14 hancement activities in the Chesapeake Bay or its tribu- 15 taries at any site that has been designated as underper- 16 forming for five or more years following initial federal in- 17 vestment, unless the Secretary of Commerce certifies in 18 writing, that the site has a new, independently conducted 19 and peer-reviewed restoration plan that demonstrates a 20 high likelihood of meeting significant ecological or eco- 21 nomic outcomes within 2 years of the enactment of this 22 legislation. 23 SEC. 616. None of the funds within the Coastal Zone 24 Management Act Grant shall be used to block wildfire and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00151 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 152 HR 5342 RH timber production, energy production, housing construc- 1 tion, or military-related activities under the Endangered 2 Species Act. 3 SEC. 617. None of the funds appropriated herein or 4 hereafter may be used to impose a user fee or processing 5 fee, with respect to any function, mission, or activity of 6 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 7 that is not already charged as of October 1, 2025. 8 SEC. 618. (a) None of the funds appropriated herein 9 or hereafter may be used to— 10 (1) enforce the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 11 5801 et seq.) regarding any firearm for which the tax im- 12 posed under section 5811 or 5821 of such Act is $0 pursu- 13 ant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; 14 (2) investigate, prosecute, or otherwise pursue any 15 criminal or civil action, including the imposition of any 16 penalty under the National Firearms Act for any firearm 17 described in paragraph (1). 18 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, here- 19 in and hereafter, no violation of federal law shall accrue 20 and no person shall be considered in violation of the Na- 21 tional Firearms Act, or any other Federal, State, or local 22 law that incorporates by reference the National Firearms 23 Act, with respect to a firearm described in subsection 24 (a)(1). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00152 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 153 HR 5342 RH SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 1 SEC. 619. $0. 2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 3 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00153 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 228 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5342 [Report No. 119–272] A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H5342.RH H5342 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS