Text of US HB 9260 (2026)

IB Union Calendar No. 604 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9260 [Report No. 119–696] Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 11, 2026 Mr. ADERHOLT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agen- cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 9260 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 5 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 6 September 30, 2027, and for other purposes, namely: 7 TITLE I 8 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 9 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 10 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 12 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 13 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 14 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $2,601,912,000 plus 15 reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro- 16 vided: 17 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 18 and training activities and dislocated worker employ- 19 ment and training activities, $1,807,553,000 as fol- 20 lows: 21 (A) $712,000,000 for adult employment 22 and training activities, which shall be available 23 for the period October 1, 2027 through June 24 30, 2028; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 9260 RH (B) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 1 employment and training activities, of which 2 $235,553,000 shall be available for the period 3 July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028, and of 4 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 5 period October 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028: 6 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 7 outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 8 WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 9 section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur- 10 ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 11 WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica- 12 tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 13 would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 14 out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 15 the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 16 shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re- 17 ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 18 in such manner, and containing such information as 19 the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 20 outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de- 21 scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 22 for any of the programs and activities authorized 23 under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 9260 RH to approval of the application and such reporting re- 1 quirements issued by the Secretary; and 2 (2) for national programs, $794,359,000 as fol- 3 lows: 4 (A) $325,859,000 for the dislocated work- 5 ers assistance national reserve, of which 6 $125,859,000 shall be available for the period 7 July 1, 2027 through September 30, 2028, and 8 of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 9 period October 1, 2027 through September 30, 10 2028: Provided, That funds provided to carry 11 out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 12 used to provide assistance to a State for state- 13 wide or local use in order to address cases 14 where there have been worker dislocations 15 across multiple sectors or across multiple local 16 areas and such workers remain dislocated; co- 17 ordinate the State workforce development plan 18 with emerging economic development needs; and 19 train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 20 further, That funds provided to carry out sec- 21 tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 22 used for technical assistance and demonstration 23 projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 24 new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 9260 RH workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 1 section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro- 2 vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 3 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 4 funds to provide technical assistance and carry 5 out additional activities related to the transition 6 to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 7 funds provided under this subparagraph, 8 $135,000,000 shall be for training and employ- 9 ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 10 (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 11 such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 12 (i) $60,000,000 shall be for workers 13 in the Appalachian region, as defined by 14 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 15 Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 16 4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 17 Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 18 2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 19 served by the Northern Border Regional 20 Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 21 15733; and 22 (ii) $75,000,000 shall be for the pur- 23 pose of developing, offering, or improving 24 educational or career training programs at 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HR 9260 RH community colleges, defined as public insti- 1 tutions of higher education, as described in 2 section 101(a) of the Higher Education 3 Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 4 degree is primarily the highest degree 5 awarded, with other eligible institutions of 6 higher education, as defined in section 7 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 8 1965, eligible to participate through con- 9 sortia, with community colleges as the lead 10 grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 11 follow the requirements for the program in 12 House Report 116–62: Provided further, 13 That any grant funds used for apprentice- 14 ships shall be used to support only appren- 15 ticeship programs registered under the Na- 16 tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 17 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 18 (B) $65,000,000 for Native American pro- 19 grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 20 shall be available for the period July 1, 2027 21 through June 30, 2028; 22 (C) $107,500,000 for YouthBuild activities 23 as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 7 •HR 9260 RH shall be available for the period April 1, 2027 1 through June 30, 2028; 2 (D) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 3 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 4 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 5 the period July 1, 2027 through June 30, 6 2028; and 7 (E) $290,000,000 to expand opportunities 8 through apprenticeships only registered under 9 the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 10 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail- 11 able to the Secretary to carry out activities 12 through grants, cooperative agreements, con- 13 tracts and other arrangements, with States and 14 other appropriate entities, including equity 15 intermediaries and business and labor industry 16 partner intermediaries, which shall be available 17 for the period July 1, 2027 through June 30, 18 2028: 19 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 20 heading in paragraph (1)(A) on October 1, 2026, by Pub- 21 lic Law 119–75, $712,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 8 •HR 9260 RH JOB CORPS 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ- 3 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 4 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter- 5 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 6 purchase of real property for training centers as author- 7 ized by the WIOA, $880,078,000, plus reimbursements, 8 as follows: 9 (1) $801,663,000 for Job Corps Operations, 10 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2027 11 through June 30, 2028; 12 (2) $61,500,000 for construction, rehabilitation 13 and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 14 available for the period July 1, 2027 through June 15 30, 2030, and which may include the acquisition, 16 maintenance, and repair of major items of equip- 17 ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 18 to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 19 needs of such centers or to achieve administrative ef- 20 ficiencies: Provided further, That any funds trans- 21 ferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be 22 available for obligation after June 30, 2028: Pro- 23 vided further, That the Committees on Appropria- 24 tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 9 •HR 9260 RH ate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 1 transfer; and 2 (3) $16,915,000 for necessary expenses of Job 3 Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 4 period October 1, 2026 through September 30, 5 2027: 6 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 7 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 8 Centers. 9 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 10 For payments during fiscal year 2027 of trade ad- 11 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 12 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 13 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 14 employment and case management services, allowances for 15 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 16 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 17 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 18 payments, allowances, training, employment and case 19 management services, and related State administration 20 provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust- 21 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 22 and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 23 and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 24 $28,800,000 together with such amounts as may be nec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 10 •HR 9260 RH essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 1 payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 3 Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 4 heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 5 current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 6 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 7 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 8 SERVICE OPERATIONS 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For authorized administrative expenses, 11 $64,306,000, together with not to exceed $4,055,584,000 12 which may be expended from the Employment Security 13 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 14 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 15 (1) $3,276,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 16 grants to States for the administration of State un- 17 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 18 III of the Social Security Act (including not less 19 than $517,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv- 20 ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 21 such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 22 defined in such section, including those who are 23 profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 24 be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 11 •HR 9260 RH vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci- 1 fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu- 2 rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of a con- 3 current resolution on the budget and $400,000,000 4 is additional new budget authority specified for pur- 5 poses of a concurrent resolution on the budget; and 6 $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy- 7 ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 8 administration of unemployment insurance for Fed- 9 eral employees and for ex-service members as au- 10 thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin- 11 istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem- 12 ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter- 13 native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 14 Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 15 Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sec- 16 tions 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex- 17 tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 18 Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be avail- 19 able for Federal obligation through December 31, 20 2027, except that funds for outcome payments pur- 21 suant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act 22 shall be available for Federal obligation through 23 March 31, 2028: Provided, That notwithstanding 24 any other provision of law, the Secretary may recap- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 12 •HR 9260 RH ture any funds appropriated under this paragraph 1 that remain unexpended by a State after the period 2 of expenditure for a State (but before such funds 3 have been returned to the Trust Fund), and such re- 4 captured funds shall remain available until expended 5 for reobligation by the Secretary to the States to 6 carry out automation activities related to the admin- 7 istration of unemployment compensation laws: Pro- 8 vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to 9 the preceding proviso shall not be available until 60 10 days after the Secretary has submitted a plan to the 11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 12 resentatives and the Senate on the planned use of 13 funds; 14 (2) $22,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na- 15 tional activities necessary to support the administra- 16 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 17 system; 18 (3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to- 19 gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 20 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 21 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 22 be available for Federal obligation for the period 23 July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 13 •HR 9260 RH (4) $15,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na- 1 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ- 2 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred- 3 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 4 1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod- 5 ernizing information technology for use in the proc- 6 essing of certification requests), and the provision of 7 technical assistance and staff training under the 8 Wagner-Peyser Act; 9 (5) $87,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 10 administration of foreign labor certifications and re- 11 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation- 12 ality Act and related laws, of which $64,528,000 13 shall be available for the Federal administration of 14 such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 15 for grants to States for the administration of such 16 activities; and 17 (6) $42,893,000 from the General Fund is to 18 provide workforce information, national electronic 19 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag- 20 ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob- 21 ligation for the period July 1, 2027 through June 22 30, 2028, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 23 to carry out research and demonstration projects re- 24 lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 14 •HR 9260 RH labor force participation of people with disabilities: 1 Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 2 made available for research and demonstration 3 projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis- 4 ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur- 5 poses: 6 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In- 7 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2027 is 8 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 9 3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 10 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 11 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 12 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 13 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 14 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 15 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 16 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 17 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 18 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 19 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 20 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 21 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 22 for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 23 Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 24 the National Directory of New Hires under section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 15 •HR 9260 RH 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec- 1 retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 2 under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay- 3 ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 4 Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 5 That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es- 6 tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 7 are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 8 State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 9 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 10 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 11 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 12 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu- 13 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi- 14 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 15 may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti- 16 ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 17 to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 18 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 19 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 20 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In- 21 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not- 22 withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 23 the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require- 24 ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 16 •HR 9260 RH eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu- 1 lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re- 2 quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 3 States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 4 III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 5 in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy- 6 ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 7 in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra- 8 tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 9 making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 10 may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 11 data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 12 to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 13 State and local governments, public and private institu- 14 tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 15 may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 16 of section 9a of title 29, United States Code, for the Na- 17 tional Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, meth- 18 odology, and data to meet the information collection and 19 reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited 20 to this appropriation and shall remain available until Sep- 21 tember 30, 2028, for such purposes. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 17 •HR 9260 RH ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 1 OTHER FUNDS 2 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 3 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 4 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 5 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In- 6 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad- 7 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 8 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 9 Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 10 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 11 sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 12 obligation through September 30, 2028. 13 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 14 For expenses of administering employment and train- 15 ing programs, $109,527,000, together with not to exceed 16 $43,906,000 which shall be available from the Employ- 17 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy- 18 ment Trust Fund. 19 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 20 SERVICE 21 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 22 Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 23 Employment Security Administration account in the Un- 24 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 18 •HR 9260 RH chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 1 of which— 2 (1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 3 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis- 4 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 5 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em- 6 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 7 such title, and for the expenses described in section 8 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend- 9 iture by the States through September 30, 2029, 10 and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed- 11 eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup- 12 port to allow for the tracking of participant and per- 13 formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 14 such funds may be used to support such specialists 15 and representatives in the provision of services to 16 transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 17 have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro- 18 gram and have been identified as in need of inten- 19 sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 20 are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 21 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 22 units, to the spouses or other family caregivers of 23 such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to sur- 24 viving spouses of individuals who died while serving 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 19 •HR 9260 RH as members of the Armed Forces or as a result of 1 a service-connected disability; 2 (2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi- 3 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 4 10 U.S.C. 1144; 5 (3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 6 of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 7 2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 8 Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 9 to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub- 10 lic Law 115–31); and 11 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 12 Employment and Training Services Institute under 13 38 U.S.C. 4109: 14 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 15 appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 16 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria- 17 tion from which such reallocation is made. 18 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 19 $65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home- 20 less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 21 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 22 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 23 Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 24 of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 20 •HR 9260 RH September 30, 2027, to provide services under such sec- 1 tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec- 2 tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 3 services to homeless veterans described in section 4 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 5 some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 6 veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 7 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 8 may include, in addition to services to the individuals de- 9 scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet- 10 erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 11 of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 12 paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 13 this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 14 support to allow for the tracking of participant and per- 15 formance information: Provided further, That notwith- 16 standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 17 United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex- 18 penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 19 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 20 the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec- 21 tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 22 be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 23 Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 24 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 21 •HR 9260 RH sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 1 such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 2 (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 3 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 4 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 5 apply. 6 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 9 Security Administration, $181,100,000, of which up to 10 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 11 2028, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce- 12 ment litigation. 13 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 14 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 15 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor- 16 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in- 17 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 18 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 19 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 20 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 21 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 22 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 23 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ- 24 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 22 •HR 9260 RH tember 30, 2027, for the Corporation: Provided, That 1 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 2 year 2027 shall be available for obligations for administra- 3 tive expenses in excess of $484,264,000: Provided further, 4 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici- 5 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 6 100,000 in fiscal year 2027, an amount not to exceed an 7 additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep- 8 tember 30, 2031, for obligations for administrative ex- 9 penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici- 10 pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 11 amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para- 12 graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep- 13 tember 30, 2031 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor- 14 dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor- 15 dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap- 16 proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti- 17 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 18 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 19 an additional amount shall be available for obligation 20 through September 30, 2031 to the extent the Corpora- 21 tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 22 identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 23 a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad- 24 ditional $100 per affected individual. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 23 •HR 9260 RH WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi- 3 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 4 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren- 5 dered, $235,000,000. 6 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man- 9 agement Standards, $48,515,000. 10 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 13 Compensation Programs, $107,823,000, together with 14 $2,177,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 15 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 16 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 17 U.S.C. 939(c), 944(d), 944(j)). 18 SPECIAL BENEFITS 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex- 21 penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au- 22 thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 23 year authorized by chapter 81 of title 5, United States 24 Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 24 •HR 9260 RH heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security 1 Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com- 2 pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 3 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 4110); obligations 4 incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 5 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional 6 compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 7 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 8 $1,508,251,000, together with such amounts as may be 9 necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropria- 10 tion for the payment of compensation and other benefits 11 for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 12 year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the 13 Employees’ Compensation Fund established under section 14 8147(a) of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That 15 amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of 16 title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary to reimburse 17 an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, 18 for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled bene- 19 ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 20 unobligated on September 30, 2026, shall remain available 21 until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, 22 and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there 23 shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal 24 Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 25 •HR 9260 RH required under section 8147(c) of title 5, United States 1 Code to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of 2 administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to 3 be the cost of administration for employees of such fair 4 share entities through September 30, 2027: Provided fur- 5 ther, That of those funds transferred to this account from 6 the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration 7 of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 8 $81,808,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 9 follows: 10 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto- 11 mated data processing systems operations and tele- 12 communications systems, $27,549,000; 13 (2) For automated workload processing oper- 14 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 15 intake, and medical bill processing, $25,956,000; 16 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 17 medical review, $25,957,000; 18 (4) For program integrity, $2,346,000; and 19 (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 20 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 21 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 22 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 23 under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or the 24 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 26 •HR 9260 RH vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying in- 1 formation (including Social Security account number) as 2 such regulations may prescribe. 3 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 4 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 5 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 6 275, $22,085,000, to remain available until expended. 7 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 8 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 9 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 10 as may be necessary. 11 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 12 first quarter of fiscal year 2028, $5,450,000, to remain 13 available until expended. 14 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 15 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 16 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 17 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 18 Act, $66,138,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 19 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil- 20 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 21 such claim such identifying information (including Social 22 Security account number) as may be prescribed. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 27 •HR 9260 RH BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 3 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 4 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 5 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev- 6 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 7 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 8 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 9 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2027 for expenses 10 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene- 11 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 12 exceed $49,984,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 13 Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 14 exceed $39,086,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage- 15 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 16 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In- 17 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay- 18 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 19 Department of the Treasury. 20 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 23 and Health Administration, $576,900,000, including not 24 to exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 28 •HR 9260 RH amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 2 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 3 of State occupational safety and health programs required 4 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 5 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith- 6 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 7 Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis- 8 cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other- 9 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 10 such sums for occupational safety and health training and 11 education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 12 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 13 ending September 30, 2027, to collect and retain fees for 14 services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab- 15 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 16 the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 17 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 18 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 19 the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 20 appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 21 expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 22 standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 23 is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 24 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 29 •HR 9260 RH camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur- 1 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 2 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 3 any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 4 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 5 included within a category having a Days Away, Re- 6 stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 7 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica- 8 tion code for which such data are published, less than the 9 national average rate as such rates are most recently pub- 10 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 11 Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 12 except— 13 (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con- 14 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train- 15 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 16 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 17 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita- 18 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 19 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor- 20 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 21 any willful violations found; 22 (3) to take any action authorized by the Act 23 with respect to imminent dangers; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 30 •HR 9260 RH (4) to take any action authorized by the Act 1 with respect to health hazards; 2 (5) to take any action authorized by the Act 3 with respect to a report of an employment accident 4 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re- 5 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 6 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga- 7 tion authorized by the Act; and 8 (6) to take any action authorized by the Act 9 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 10 employees for exercising rights under the Act: 11 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 12 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 13 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em- 14 ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 15 $210,078,000 shall be for Federal Enforcement: Provided 16 further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for Vol- 17 untary Protection Programs. 18 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 21 Health Administration, $348,207,000, including purchase 22 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 23 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas- 24 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 31 •HR 9260 RH mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 1 $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 2 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 3 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 4 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 5 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 6 be available for mine safety and health education and 7 training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 8 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra- 9 tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 10 from fees collected for the approval and certification of 11 equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 12 may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 13 That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build- 14 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 15 private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 16 with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 17 further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 18 is authorized to promote health and safety education and 19 training in the mining community through cooperative 20 programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 21 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec- 22 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin- 23 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 24 provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 32 •HR 9260 RH reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe- 1 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 2 chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 3 That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 4 be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 5 for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 6 event of a major disaster. 7 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta- 10 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 11 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv- 12 ices rendered, $648,500,000, together with not to exceed 13 $68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ- 14 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy- 15 ment Trust Fund. 16 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 20 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 21 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 22 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 23 people with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less 24 than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 33 •HR 9260 RH projects related to testing effective ways to promote great- 1 er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro- 2 vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 3 available under this heading for research and demonstra- 4 tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 5 Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur- 6 poses. 7 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage- 11 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 12 $241,933,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 13 which may be expended from the Employment Security 14 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 15 Fund: Provided, That $4,281,000 shall be used for pro- 16 gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 17 through September 30, 2028: Provided further, That funds 18 available for program evaluation may be used to admin- 19 ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur- 20 ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 21 be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 22 further, That funds available for program evaluation may 23 be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De- 24 partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 34 •HR 9260 RH Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 1 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad- 2 vance of any transfer: Provided further, That $23,000,000 3 shall be for the Women’s Bureau and may be used for 4 grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the 5 workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made 6 available to the Women’s Bureau, not less than 7 $5,000,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the 8 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations 9 Act. 10 IT MODERNIZATION 11 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen- 12 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re- 13 lated to support systems and modernization, $11,160,000, 14 which shall be available until expended. 15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 18 General Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to 19 exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em- 20 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem- 21 ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 22 $2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 23 may be available until expended. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 35 •HR 9260 RH GENERAL PROVISIONS 1 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 2 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo- 3 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora- 4 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 5 Level II. 6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 8 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 10 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 11 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 12 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ- 13 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 14 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 15 this section shall not be used to create any new program 16 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 17 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit- 18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 19 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 20 of any transfer. 21 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 22 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 23 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex- 24 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 36 •HR 9260 RH manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 1 or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 2 and host countries already identified by the United States 3 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 4 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec- 5 tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 6 of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 7 Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 8 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 9 than competitive grants for training individuals who are 10 older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 11 in school within a local educational agency in the occupa- 12 tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 13 visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 14 necessary to support such training. 15 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 16 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad- 17 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 18 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi- 19 vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 20 in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 21 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 22 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 23 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es- 24 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 37 •HR 9260 RH ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 1 funds, taking into account factors including the relative 2 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 3 comparable State or local government employees, and the 4 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro- 5 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad- 6 ministration programs. 7 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec- 9 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ- 10 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di- 11 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv- 12 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 13 determined that those services will be more efficiently per- 14 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 15 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 16 (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 17 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 18 appropriation made available to the Employment and 19 Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin- 20 istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 21 relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund- 22 ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 23 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro- 24 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 38 •HR 9260 RH of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 1 ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 2 account to carry out program integrity activities related 3 to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 4 transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 5 Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 6 or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 7 other arrangements with States and other appropriate en- 8 tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 9 authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 10 obligation through September 30, 2028. 11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 13 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 14 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 15 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 16 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 17 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man- 18 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 19 Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 20 available for obligation through September 30, 2028: Pro- 21 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 22 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 23 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 39 •HR 9260 RH of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua- 1 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 2 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 3 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 4 ‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 5 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 6 Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra- 7 tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 8 ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 9 Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 10 Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis- 11 tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of- 12 fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 13 available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 14 and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man- 15 agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 16 Employment and Training’’. 17 SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 18 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied hereafter 19 as if the following text is part of such section: 20 ‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 21 for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 22 disaster to any employee— 23 ‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re- 24 sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 40 •HR 9260 RH an employer not engaged, directly or through an af- 1 filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop- 2 erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con- 3 tracts; 4 ‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver- 5 age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 6 per week or any minimum weekly amount estab- 7 lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 8 number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 9 of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 10 ‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 11 ‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi- 12 viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 13 or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 14 witnesses, or physicians; 15 ‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review- 16 ing factual information to prepare damage esti- 17 mates; 18 ‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda- 19 tions regarding coverage or compensability of 20 claims or determining liability or value aspects 21 of claims; 22 ‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 23 ‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 24 litigation. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 41 •HR 9260 RH ‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 1 the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 2 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 3 ‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis- 4 aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 5 State or Federal agency or department; 6 ‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 7 evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 8 major disaster’ means an individual who timely se- 9 cured or secures a license required by applicable law 10 to engage in and perform the activities described in 11 clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 12 to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 13 that maintains worker compensation insurance cov- 14 erage or protection for its employees, if required by 15 applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 16 State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 17 wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 18 and 19 ‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 20 by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 21 more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 22 securities of one or more companies, directly or indi- 23 rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 24 control with, another company.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 42 •HR 9260 RH (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en- 1 actment of this Act. 2 SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 3 CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 4 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 6 a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em- 7 ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em- 8 ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 9 the petition into the United States at any time dur- 10 ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 11 for which the employer is seeking the services of the 12 nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 13 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 14 90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 15 may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 16 States after the date that is 90 days after the start 17 date for which the employer is seeking the services 18 of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 19 (A) completes a new assessment of the 20 local labor market by— 21 (i) listing job orders in local news- 22 papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 23 (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 24 appropriate Department of Labor Elec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 43 •HR 9260 RH tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 1 place of employment; and 2 (B) offers the job to an equally or better 3 qualified United States worker who— 4 (i) applies for the job; and 5 (ii) will be available at the time and 6 place of need. 7 (3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 8 TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 9 consider an employer in the seafood industry who 10 brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 11 during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 12 to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec- 13 tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula- 14 tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 15 (b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec- 16 tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad- 17 mitted to the United States pursuant to section 18 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 20 SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 21 the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 22 of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 23 employees with similar experience and qualifications for 24 such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 44 •HR 9260 RH wage level for the occupational classification of the posi- 1 tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non- 2 immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 3 available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter- 4 mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 5 2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur- 6 veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 7 Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 8 determines that the methodology and data in the provided 9 survey are not statistically supported. 10 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 11 to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 12 found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 13 rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 14 thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 15 of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi- 16 nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 17 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 18 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19 law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera- 20 tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 21 $450,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter- 22 mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 23 the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 45 •HR 9260 RH SEC. 113. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 1 or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro- 2 priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 3 a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop- 4 erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 5 the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other 6 disposition, to include any associated construction project, 7 will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 8 or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 9 property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 10 not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of 11 the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 12 title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi- 13 sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 14 The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to 15 the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 16 such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 17 Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 18 around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 19 SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be used to— 21 (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree- 22 ment between the United States Department of 23 Labor and the United States Department of Agri- 24 culture; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 46 •HR 9260 RH (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen- 1 ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 2 the endangerment of the health and safety of the 3 students, the capacity of the program is retained, 4 and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 5 are met; or 6 (3) close any Job Corps Centers, except if such 7 closure meets the criterion entitled ‘‘Long-Term 8 Center Performance’’ or the criterion entitled ‘‘Eval- 9 uation of Continuing Center Operations’’ established 10 by 81 FR 12529, the capacity of the program is re- 11 tained, and the requirements of section 159(j) of the 12 WIOA are met. 13 (RESCISSION) 14 SEC. 115. Of the unobligated funds available under 15 section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 16 (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $213,000,000 are hereby perma- 17 nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2027. 18 SEC. 116. For the fiscal year covered by this Act, 19 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad- 20 verse Effect Wage Rate in effect under 20 CFR 21 655.120(b) shall be the Adverse Effect Wage Rate in ef- 22 fect on October 2, 2025. 23 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 24 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 47 •HR 9260 RH posed standard title ‘‘Heat Injury and Illness Prevention 1 in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings’’ published by the 2 Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the 3 Federal Register on August 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 4 70698), or any substantially similar standard. 5 SEC. 118. During fiscal year 2027, Job Corps opera- 6 tors (as defined in section 142(7) of the Workforce Inno- 7 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3192(7)) may ac- 8 cept grants, charitable donations, or other assistance, in- 9 cluding materials and equipment, if such grants, dona- 10 tions, or assistance— 11 (1) are used to carry out the purposes of sub- 12 title C of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 13 Act (29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.); and 14 (2) are not used to fulfill any obligation or cost 15 incurred under an agreement entered into pursuant 16 to section 147 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3197). 17 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other- 18 wise made available by this Act may be used to pause or 19 cease operations of a Job Corps campus unless the Sec- 20 retary of Labor has first provided written notice to the 21 operator of the campus and to the Members of Congress 22 representing the campus location identifying the specific 23 conditions that must be met to permit the resumption of 24 operations. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 48 •HR 9260 RH SEC. 120. (a) No funds shall be used by the Secretary 1 to issue a temporary labor certification for nonimmigrant 2 workers under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immi- 3 gration and Nationality Act (INA) filed by, on behalf of, 4 or for the benefit of an employer that has been convicted 5 of a covered human trafficking offense, or an employer 6 that has been found liable for human trafficking in a final 7 judgment in a civil case. 8 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘covered 9 human trafficking offense’’ means a felony violation of 10 chapter 77 of title 18, United States Code, including sec- 11 tions 1589 (forced labor), 1590 (trafficking with respect 12 to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced 13 labor), 1591 (sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, 14 or coercion), 1592 (unlawful conduct with respect to docu- 15 ments in furtherance of trafficking), and 1594 (attempt 16 and conspiracy). 17 (c) An employer described in paragraph (a) shall be 18 permanently ineligible to file or obtain approval of a peti- 19 tion under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the INA. 20 SEC. 121. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used to issue new H-2A prevailing wage deter- 22 minations under 20 CFR 655.120. 23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 24 Appropriations Act, 2027’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 49 •HR 9260 RH TITLE II 1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2 SERVICES 3 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 4 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 5 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 6 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 7 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai- 8 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 9 That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex- 10 pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 11 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 12 $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car- 13 rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 14 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 15 Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 16 in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 17 made under such law. 18 HEALTH WORKFORCE 19 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 20 Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 21 and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 22 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,438,876,000, which 23 shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in 24 the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column for Health 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 50 •HR 9260 RH Workforce in the ‘‘Amounts Recommended in the Bill for 1 Fiscal Year 2027’’ table in the report accompanying this 2 Act: Provided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and 3 the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) 4 through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not 5 apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro- 6 vided further, That for any program operating under sec- 7 tion 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, 8 the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to 9 in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any 10 of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) 11 and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period 12 of a grant under such section: Provided further, That sec- 13 tion 756(c) of the PHS Act shall apply to paragraphs (1) 14 through (4) of section 756(a) of such Act: Provided fur- 15 ther, That no funds shall be available for section 340G– 16 1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That fees collected 17 for the disclosure of information under section 427(b) of 18 the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and 19 sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act 20 shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating 21 the programs authorized by such sections and shall remain 22 available until expended for the National Practitioner 23 Data Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to 24 this account to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 51 •HR 9260 RH part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make 1 prior year adjustments to awards made under such section 2 and subpart: Provided further, That amounts made avail- 3 able for the National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) 4 shall remain available until expended for the purposes of 5 providing primary health services, assigning NHSC par- 6 ticipants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 7 treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior- 8 ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 9 and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay- 10 ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 11 section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 12 the amount made available for the NHSC, not less than 13 15 percent shall remain available until expended for the 14 purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re- 15 payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 16 to individuals participating in such program who provide 17 primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 18 Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In- 19 dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the 20 Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 21 limitations under section 333(b) of the PHS Act, and 22 $8,000,000 shall remain available until expended for pay- 23 ments to individuals participating in such program who 24 provide primary health services in Maternity Care Health 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 52 •HR 9260 RH Professional Target Areas, as determined by the Sec- 1 retary, notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limi- 2 tations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided further, 3 That for purposes of the previous two provisos, section 4 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if the 5 term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical substance 6 use disorder treatment services, including those provided 7 by masters level, licensed substance use disorder treat- 8 ment counselors: Provided further, That amounts made 9 available for the Nurse Practitioner Optional Fellowship 10 Program shall be available to make grants to establish, 11 expand, or maintain optional community-based nurse 12 practitioner fellowship programs that are accredited or in 13 the accreditation process, with a preference for those in 14 Federally Qualified Health Centers, for practicing post- 15 graduate nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral 16 health: Provided further, That amounts made available for 17 Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment shall remain avail- 18 able until expended for activities under section 775 of the 19 PHS Act: Provided further, That the United States may 20 recover liquidated damages in an amount determined by 21 the formula under section 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if 22 an individual either fails to begin or complete the service 23 obligated by a contract under section 775(b) of the PHS 24 Act: Provided further, That for purposes of section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 53 •HR 9260 RH 775(c)(1) of the PHS Act, the Secretary may include 1 other mental and behavioral health disciplines as the Sec- 2 retary deems appropriate: Provided further, That the Sec- 3 retary may terminate a contract entered into under section 4 775 of the PHS Act in the same manner articulated in 5 section 206 of this title for fiscal year 2027 contracts en- 6 tered into under section 338B of the PHS Act. 7 Amounts made available for Medical Student Edu- 8 cation shall remain available until expended for grants to 9 public institutions of higher education to expand or sup- 10 port graduate education for physicians provided by such 11 institutions, including funding for infrastructure develop- 12 ment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renovations or 13 alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such grants, the 14 Secretary shall give priority to public institutions of higher 15 education located in States with a projected primary care 16 provider shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Pro- 17 vided further, That grants so awarded are limited to such 18 public institutions of higher education in States in the top 19 quartile of States with a projected primary care provider 20 shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur- 21 ther, That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded 22 to such an institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 23 per year: Provided further, That such a grant may be 24 awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided fur- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 54 •HR 9260 RH ther, That such a grant awarded with respect to a year 1 to such an institution shall be subject to a matching re- 2 quirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that is not 3 more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal funds 4 provided in the grant to such institution with respect to 5 such year. 6 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 7 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 8 PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 9 title V of the Social Security Act, $1,060,184,000, which 10 shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in 11 the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column for Maternal 12 and Child Health in the ‘‘Amounts Recommended in the 13 Bill for Fiscal Year 2027’’ table in the report accom- 14 panying this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 15 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, 16 amounts made available for Special Projects of Regional 17 and National Significance shall be available for carrying 18 out special projects of regional and national significance 19 pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and 20 $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described in 21 subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of 22 such Act, and the budget activities specified in the table 23 under this heading in the report accompanying this Act 24 shall be funded in the amounts specified in such table. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 55 •HR 9260 RH RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 1 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 2 respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 3 $2,346,155,000, which shall be for the purposes and in 4 the amounts specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommenda- 5 tion’’ column for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in the 6 ‘‘Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2027’’ 7 table in the report accompanying this Act, of which the 8 amounts made available for Emergency Relief Grants 9 (Part A) and Grants to States (Part B) shall remain avail- 10 able to the Secretary through September 30, 2029, for 11 parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which 12 the amounts made available for the AIDS Drug Assistance 13 Program (ADAP) shall be for State AIDS Drug Assist- 14 ance Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 15 311(c) of such Act. 16 HEALTH SYSTEMS 17 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 18 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 19 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $126,887,000; to- 20 gether with such sums as may be collected by the Sec- 21 retary from registration fees from members of the Organ 22 Procurement and Transplantation Network (in this title 23 referred to as ‘‘OPTN’’), authorized under subsection (d) 24 of section 372 of the PHS Act, for each transplant can- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 56 •HR 9260 RH didate such members place on the list described in sub- 1 section (b)(2)(A)(i) of such section, including directly or 2 through awards made under subsection (b)(1)(A) of such 3 section, which shall be credited to this account and remain 4 available until expended to support the operation of the 5 OPTN: Provided, That the Secretary may distribute such 6 fees among the awardee or awardees described in sub- 7 section (b)(1)(A) of section 372 of the PHS Act as the 8 Secretary determines appropriate. 9 RURAL HEALTH 10 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 11 with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 12 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 13 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $475,765,000, 14 which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts speci- 15 fied, other than for ‘‘Rural Hospital Provider Assistance 16 Program’’, in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column 17 for Rural Health in the ‘‘Amounts Recommended in the 18 Bill for Fiscal Year 2027’’ table in the report accom- 19 panying this Act, of which the amounts made available 20 for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants shall come from gen- 21 eral revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the So- 22 cial Security Act: Provided, That of the funds made avail- 23 able under this paragraph for Rural Hospital Flexibility 24 Grants, up to $23,442,000 shall be available for the Small 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 57 •HR 9260 RH Rural Hospital Improvement Program for quality im- 1 provement and adoption of health information technology, 2 no less than $5,000,000 shall be available to award grants 3 to public or non-profit private entities for the Rural Emer- 4 gency Hospital Technical Assistance Program, and up to 5 $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the 6 Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 7 section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and imple- 8 mentation of telehealth services and other efforts to im- 9 prove health care coordination for rural veterans between 10 rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs: 11 Provided further, That the amounts made available for 12 State Offices of Rural Health shall be available notwith- 13 standing section 338J(k) of the PHS Act: Provided fur- 14 ther, That the amounts for the Rural Residency Planning 15 and Development Program shall remain available through 16 September 30, 2029. 17 In addition to amounts otherwise available for the 18 same purpose, $100,000,000, for making payments to eli- 19 gible hospitals for the maintenance of health care pro- 20 viders: Provided, That eligible hospitals receiving such 21 payment shall meet the following criteria: (1) have no 22 more than 50 inpatient beds and (2) have an established 23 wage index value of less than 0.90 as determined by the 24 Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 58 •HR 9260 RH 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1 1395ww(d)(3)(E)): Provided further, That up to 10 per- 2 cent of funds made available in this paragraph may be 3 used by eligible hospitals for administrative expenses: Pro- 4 vided further, That payment amounts to eligible hospitals 5 shall be calculated by dividing available funding equally 6 among such eligible hospitals. 7 HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 8 For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 9 Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 10 for activities funded in other appropriations included in 11 this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis- 12 tration, $648,432,000, of which $45,550,000 shall be for 13 expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of 14 Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 15 agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 16 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 17 may be used to supplement program support funding pro- 18 vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 19 ‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 20 ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 21 and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Provided further, That of the amount 22 made available under this heading, $420,344,000 shall be 23 used for the projects financing the construction and ren- 24 ovation (including equipment) of health care and other fa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 59 •HR 9260 RH cilities, and for the projects financing one-time grants that 1 support health-related activities, including training and in- 2 formation technology, and in the amounts specified in the 3 table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ included in the 4 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none 5 of the funds made available for projects described in the 6 preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 7 PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 8 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 9 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 10 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 11 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re- 12 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 13 after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 14 XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 15 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 16 to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 17 Fund to the Secretary. 18 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 19 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 20 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 21 section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 22 Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni- 23 zation and respiratory diseases, $231,358,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 60 •HR 9260 RH HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 1 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 2 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 3 the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 4 sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 5 $566,000,000. 6 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 7 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 8 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra- 9 tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 10 zoonotic infectious diseases, $815,872,000: Provided, That 11 of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 12 $1,000,000 from amounts made available for Quarantine 13 appropriations shall remain available until expended to 14 pay for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and 15 other related costs of persons quarantined or isolated 16 under Federal or State quarantine law. 17 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 18 PROMOTION 19 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 20 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre- 21 vention and health promotion, $873,199,000: Provided, 22 That funds made available under this heading may be 23 available for making grants under section 1509 of the 24 PHS Act for not less than 21 States, Tribes, or Tribal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 61 •HR 9260 RH organizations: Provided further, That the proportional 1 funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS 2 Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 3 heading. 4 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 5 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 6 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 7 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis- 8 abilities, disabilities and health, $199,460,000. 9 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 10 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 11 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 12 informatics, and workforce development, $739,553,000: 13 Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 14 $42,944,000 shall be from funds available under section 15 241 of the PHS Act for health statistics. 16 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 17 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 18 Act with respect to environmental health, $190,850,000. 19 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 20 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 21 Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 22 $705,829,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 62 •HR 9260 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 1 HEALTH 2 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 3 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 4 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 5 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 6 Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe- 7 ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 8 health, $311,200,000. 9 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 10 COMPENSATION PROGRAM 11 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 12 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 13 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 14 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 15 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 16 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 17 GLOBAL HEALTH 18 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 19 Act with respect to global health, $663,843,000, of which: 20 (1) the amounts made available for the Global HIV/AIDS 21 Program shall remain available through September 30, 22 2028; and (2) the amounts made available for the Global 23 Public Health Protection shall remain available through 24 September 30, 2029: Provided, That funds may be used 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 63 •HR 9260 RH for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in 1 foreign countries. 2 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 3 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of 4 the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness 5 and response, and for expenses necessary to support ac- 6 tivities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, 7 radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 8 $924,000,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 9 for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 10 title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 11 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 12 without reimbursement to support an activation of the 13 CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc- 14 tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 15 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 16 resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 17 this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 18 this authority which includes the number of staff and 19 funding level broken down by the originating center and 20 number of days detailed, and an update of such report 21 every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 22 reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 64 •HR 9260 RH BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc- 3 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 4 $40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 5 Provided, That funds made available to this account in 6 this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition 7 of real property or for construction or improvement of fa- 8 cilities shall be available to make improvements on non- 9 federally owned property, provided that any improvements 10 that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not 11 exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such 12 improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That 13 funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 14 of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 15 shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re- 16 search facility: Provided further, That funds made avail- 17 able to this account in this or any prior Act that are avail- 18 able for the acquisition of real property or for construction 19 or improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new 20 replacement mine safety research facility shall be available 21 to make improvements on non-federally owned property, 22 provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to 23 federally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Pro- 24 vided further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 65 •HR 9260 RH balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in 1 accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning 2 Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 3 amounts made available under this heading to support the 4 replacement of the mine safety research facility. 5 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 8 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi- 9 ties and program support for activities funded in other 10 appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 11 Disease Control and Prevention, $406,570,000: Provided, 12 That the amounts made available for Public Health Infra- 13 structure and Capacity appropriations shall remain avail- 14 able through September 30, 2028: Provided further, That 15 paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 16 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro- 17 priated under this heading and in all other accounts of 18 the CDC: Provided further, That the amounts made avail- 19 able for Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund 20 appropriations shall remain available until expended and 21 shall be available to the Director of the CDC for deposit 22 in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund 23 established by section 231 of division B of Public Law 24 115–245: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 66 •HR 9260 RH this heading may be used to support a contract for the 1 operation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support 2 of activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is pre- 3 pared to address public health preparedness emergencies: 4 Provided further, That employees of CDC or the Public 5 Health Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, 6 detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 7 under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in over- 8 seas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employ- 9 ees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included 10 within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, 11 Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assignment: 12 Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 from 13 amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official re- 14 ception and representation expenses when specifically ap- 15 proved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, That in 16 addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized 17 user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 18 charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 19 respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from 20 the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certifi- 21 cation Program shall be available through September 30, 22 2028. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 67 •HR 9260 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 1 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to cancer, $7,462,159,000, of which up 4 to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im- 5 provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 6 Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 7 Frederick, Maryland. 8 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 9 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 10 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis- 11 eases, and blood and blood products, $4,013,345,000. 12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 13 RESEARCH 14 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 16 $535,163,000. 17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 18 KIDNEY DISEASES 19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis- 21 ease, $2,348,721,000. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 68 •HR 9260 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 1 AND STROKE 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 4 $2,866,925,000. 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 6 DISEASES 7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 9 $6,603,779,000: Provided, That not less than 10 $270,000,000 is provided for research to develop universal 11 flu vaccines. 12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 14 Act with respect to general medical sciences, 15 $3,299,679,000, of which $1,427,482,000 shall be from 16 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro- 17 vided, That not less than $480,956,000 is provided for the 18 Institutional Development Awards program. 19 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 20 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 21 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 22 Act with respect to child health and human development, 23 $1,769,078,000: Provided, That not less than 24 $63,400,000 is provided for the Implementing a Maternal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 69 •HR 9260 RH health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IM- 1 PROVE) Initiative. 2 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 4 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 5 $896,549,000. 6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 7 SCIENCES 8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 9 Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 10 $913,979,000. 11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13 Act with respect to aging, $4,517,623,000. 14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 15 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 16 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 17 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 18 diseases, $685,465,000. 19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 20 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 21 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 22 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis- 23 orders, $534,333,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 70 •HR 9260 RH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 1 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 2 Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 4 ALCOHOLISM 5 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 6 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 7 $595,318,000. 8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 9 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 10 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000. 11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13 Act with respect to mental health, $2,189,843,000. 14 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16 Act with respect to human genome research, 17 $663,200,000. 18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 19 BIOENGINEERING 20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 21 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 22 research, $440,627,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 71 •HR 9260 RH NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 1 INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 4 $170,384,000. 5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 6 HEALTH DISPARITIES 7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 9 research, $546,895,000. 10 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 11 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 12 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 13 title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 14 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16 Act with respect to health information communications, 17 $497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 18 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 19 available until September 30, 2028: Provided further, That 20 in this fiscal year, the National Library of Medicine may 21 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 22 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 23 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re- 24 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 72 •HR 9260 RH NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 1 SCIENCES 2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3 Act with respect to translational sciences, $954,323,000: 4 Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to imple- 5 ment section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 6 Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 7 $629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 8 Sciences Awards program. 9 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 12 the Director, NIH, $2,487,914,000: Provided, That fund- 13 ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 14 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro- 15 vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage- 16 ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 17 the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur- 18 ther, That $572,401,000 shall be available for the Com- 19 mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 20 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 21 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 22 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 23 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 24 within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 73 •HR 9260 RH up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren- 1 ovation of facilities as provided for in section 2 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of 3 the amounts made available under this heading, 4 $200,000,000 shall be for making grants for research fa- 5 cilities for developing research capacity, and in making 6 such grants, the Director of NIH, acting through the Of- 7 fice of the Director or the director of any NIH Institute 8 or Center, may use the authorities for making grants or 9 contracts described in sections 404I and 404L of the PHS 10 Act: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be trans- 11 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for the ‘‘Of- 12 fice of Inspector General’’ for oversight of grant programs 13 and operations of the NIH, including agency efforts to en- 14 sure the integrity of its grant application evaluation and 15 selection processes, and shall be in addition to funds other- 16 wise made available for oversight of the NIH: Provided 17 further, That amounts made available under this heading 18 are also available to establish, operate, and support the 19 Research Policy Board authorized by section 2034(f) of 20 the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That not 21 less than $111,480,000 is provided for the Office of Re- 22 search on Women’s Health and such funds shall also be 23 available for making grants to serve and promote the in- 24 terests of women in research, and the Director of such 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 74 •HR 9260 RH Office may, in making such grants, use the authorities 1 available to NIH Institutes and Centers. 2 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Office 3 of the Director, $12,600,000 is appropriated from the 10- 4 year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund described in sec- 5 tion 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 6 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out section 7 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric re- 8 search). 9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 10 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren- 11 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 12 or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 13 $355,000,000, to remain available until expended. 14 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 15 For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV 16 of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects 17 for health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through 18 September 30, 2029. 19 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 20 ADMINISTRATION 21 MENTAL HEALTH 22 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 23 Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad- 24 vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 75 •HR 9260 RH SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 1 $2,757,627,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail- 2 able under this heading, $102,887,000 shall be for the Na- 3 tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 4 That of the funds made available under this heading, 5 $1,026,532,000 shall be for the Mental Health Block 6 Grant: Provided further, That of the funds made available 7 under this heading, $132,000,000 shall be for Children’s 8 Mental Health Services: Provided further, That of the 9 funds made available under this heading, $66,635,000 10 shall be for Projects for Assistance in Transition from 11 Homelessness: Provided further, That of the funds made 12 available under this heading, $42,000,000 shall be for 13 Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Ill- 14 ness: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 15 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car- 16 rying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out 17 section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in 18 addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be 19 available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 20 subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 21 section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data 22 collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 23 total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 24 shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 76 •HR 9260 RH for subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That 1 of the funds made available under this heading for subpart 2 I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent 3 shall be available to support evidence-based crisis systems: 4 Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts 5 made available to carry out the Children’s Mental Health 6 Services program may be used to carry out demonstration 7 grants or contracts for early interventions with persons 8 not more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of de- 9 veloping a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, 10 That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply 11 to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2027: Pro- 12 vided further, That $385,500,000 shall be available until 13 September 30, 2029 for grants to communities and com- 14 munity organizations who meet criteria for Certified Com- 15 munity Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 16 223(a) of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none 17 of the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act 18 shall be subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided fur- 19 ther, That the budget activities specified in the table under 20 this heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be 21 funded in the amounts specified as appropriations in such 22 table: Provided further, That amounts made available for 23 988 Lifeline appropriations shall be for the purposes de- 24 scribed in the report accompanying this Act: Provided fur- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 77 •HR 9260 RH ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 1 $23,420,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the Pro- 2 tecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 3 93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 4 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 5 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 6 with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 7 of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 8 prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 9 and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 10 $4,069,717,000: Provided, That $1,600,000,000 shall be 11 for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 12 Act: Provided further, That of such amount in the pre- 13 ceding proviso not less than 4.25 percent shall be made 14 available to Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations: Pro- 15 vided further, That in addition to amounts provided here- 16 in, the following amounts shall be available under section 17 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart 18 II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 19 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 20 and evaluation activities, and further that the total avail- 21 able under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not 22 exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 23 II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate 24 substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 78 •HR 9260 RH That $509,838,000 shall be for programs of regional and 1 national significance, which shall be for the purposes and 2 in the amounts specified in the table under this heading 3 in the report accompanying this Act, other than amounts 4 specified in such table as PHS Evaluation Funds: Pro- 5 vided further, That none of the funds provided for section 6 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants 7 shall be subject to section 241 of such Act. 8 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 9 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 10 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $204,009,000, 11 which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts speci- 12 fied in the table under this heading in the report accom- 13 panying this Act. 14 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 15 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 16 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 17 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 18 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 19 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi- 20 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 21 and Mental Health Services Administration, 22 $117,255,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro- 23 vided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 24 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 79 •HR 9260 RH carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental 1 health, to collect and analyze program data, and to con- 2 duct public awareness and technical assistance activities: 3 Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be collected 4 for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 5 data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and 6 provided to a public or private entity upon request, which 7 shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 8 available until expended for such purposes: Provided fur- 9 ther, That amounts made available in this Act for carrying 10 out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available 11 through September 30, 2028: Provided further, That funds 12 made available under this heading may be used to supple- 13 ment program support funding provided under the head- 14 ings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, 15 and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 16 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 17 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 18 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 19 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $468,678,021,000, 20 to remain available until expended. 21 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 22 2027, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2027 for unantici- 23 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 24 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 80 •HR 9260 RH In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 1 quarter of fiscal year 2028, $321,205,275,000, to remain 2 available until expended. 3 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 4 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 5 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 6 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 7 quarter. 8 PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 9 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 10 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In- 11 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 12 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 13 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 14 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 15 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 16 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $686,855,000,000. 17 In addition, for making matching payments under 18 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 19 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 20 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 21 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 22 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 23 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 24 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 81 •HR 9260 RH Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil- 1 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 2 to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Fed- 3 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup- 4 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 5 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 6 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 7 PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 8 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 9 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 10 be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 11 which shall be credited to this account and remain avail- 12 able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 13 accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab- 14 lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 15 to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap- 16 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di- 17 rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2027 from Medicare 18 Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 19 of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 20 with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 21 pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 22 further, That of the amount made available under this 23 heading, $425,000,000 shall remain available until Sep- 24 tember 30, 2028, and shall be available for the Survey 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 82 •HR 9260 RH and Certification Program: Provided further, That 1 amounts available under this heading to support quality 2 improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 3 the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe- 4 cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 5 division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 6 (Public Law 115–141). 7 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 8 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro- 9 gram integrity and program management, $969,000,000, 10 to remain available through September 30, 2028, to be 11 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 12 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 13 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 14 Security Act, of which $721,387,000 shall be for the Cen- 15 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 16 activities, of which $109,735,000 shall be for the Depart- 17 ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 18 General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 19 by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 20 $137,878,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 21 carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 22 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re- 23 quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 24 for fiscal year 2027 shall include measures of the oper- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 83 •HR 9260 RH ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 1 in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 2 funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 3 That of the amount provided under this heading, 4 $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of a concur- 5 rent resolution on the budget, and $658,000,000 is addi- 6 tional new budget authority specified for purposes of a 7 concurrent resolution on the budget for additional health 8 care fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, 9 That the Secretary shall provide not less than 10 $35,000,000 from amounts made available under this 11 heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 2027 12 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for 13 the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care 14 fraud and abuse. 15 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 16 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 17 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 18 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 19 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 20 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,792,000,000, to remain 21 available until expended; and for such purposes for the 22 first quarter of fiscal year 2028, $1,700,000,000, to re- 23 main available until expended. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 84 •HR 9260 RH For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 1 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 2 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 3 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 4 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 5 year, such sums as may be necessary. 6 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 7 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 8 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- 9 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 10 $4,055,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 11 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 12 reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train- 13 ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 14 with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup- 15 plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin- 16 istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 17 may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 18 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri- 19 vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza- 20 tions: Provided further, That all but $912,348,000 of the 21 amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 22 as though the total appropriation for such payments for 23 fiscal year 2027 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 24 further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 85 •HR 9260 RH section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 1 State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca- 2 tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 3 received under this heading for fiscal year 2026 from 4 amounts appropriated in division B of Public Law 119– 5 75 shall have its allocation increased to that 97 percent 6 level, with the portions of other States’ and territories’ al- 7 locations that would exceed 100 percent of the amounts 8 they respectively received in such fashion for fiscal year 9 2026 being ratably reduced: Provided further, That by No- 10 vember 1 of the current year, the Secretary shall award 11 to each State no less than 90 percent of its total allotment, 12 as calculated pursuant to the preceding two provisos. 13 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as- 16 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi- 17 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref- 18 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 19 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 20 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 21 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 22 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor- 23 ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $3,577,234,000, of which 24 $3,527,479,000 shall remain available through September 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 86 •HR 9260 RH 30, 2029 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 1 and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 2 heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 3 research and evaluation with respect to activities under 4 such Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 5 205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro- 6 priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under 7 this heading by substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: 8 Provided further, That the contribution of funds require- 9 ment under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wil- 10 berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 11 Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under 12 this heading. 13 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 14 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 15 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 16 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 17 $8,841,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 18 State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 19 low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 20 under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di- 21 rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 22 agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 23 That all funds made available to carry out section 418 24 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 87 •HR 9260 RH funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 1 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res- 2 ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 3 section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 4 That notwithstanding the limitation in subparagraph (B) 5 of section 658O(a)(2) of such Act, of the amounts appro- 6 priated under this heading, not less than 5 percent shall 7 be reserved under subparagraph (A) of such section for 8 payments to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations: Pro- 9 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 10 this heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent 11 for Federal administrative expenses: Provided further, 12 That the Secretary shall award to each State its allotted 13 amount no less than quarterly. 14 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 15 For making grants to States pursuant to section 16 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro- 17 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 18 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 19 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 20 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 21 percent. 22 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 23 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 24 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 88 •HR 9260 RH the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven- 1 tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 2 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 3 American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 4 Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 5 Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 6 and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 7 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 8 Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin- 9 istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 10 XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 11 July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist- 12 ance Act of 1981, $14,587,087,000, of which 13 $77,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 14 2028, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 15 guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 16 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 17 adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep- 18 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That $12,366,820,000 shall 19 be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ- 20 ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 21 of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 22 (1) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 23 by the Secretary to supplement activities described 24 in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 89 •HR 9260 RH the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 1 System, established under the authority of sections 2 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 3 and such funds shall not be included in the calcula- 4 tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 5 such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 6 Act; 7 (2) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Trib- 8 al Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 9 Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 10 and 11 (3) $21,000,000 shall be available to supple- 12 ment funding otherwise available for research, eval- 13 uation, and Federal administrative costs: 14 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res- 15 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 16 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 17 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 18 Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall award 19 funding for continuation awards and new award cycles 20 that continue previous activities under existing awards no 21 later than the day following the expiration of the period 22 of performance: Provided further, That $815,383,000 shall 23 be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 24 further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 90 •HR 9260 RH with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 1 year and in fiscal year 2026, States may apply the last 2 sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub- 3 stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur- 4 ther, That $37,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the 5 CSBG Act, of which not less than $23,383,000 shall be 6 for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $14,000,000 shall 7 be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, 8 That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG 9 Act, to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds 10 are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 11 entity as provided under such Act, and have not been ex- 12 pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 13 for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 14 such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 15 further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures re- 16 garding the disposition of intangible assets and program 17 income that permit such assets acquired with, and pro- 18 gram income derived from, grant funds authorized under 19 section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 20 of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years 21 after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent 22 with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided fur- 23 ther, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 24 investments and other debt instruments, and program in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 91 •HR 9260 RH come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose 1 consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: 2 Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to 3 such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 4 Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 5 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 6 construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments 7 in private business enterprises owned by community devel- 8 opment corporations: Provided further, That 9 $245,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 10 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 11 $9,500,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 12 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 13 Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 14 section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 15 Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 16 under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 17 shall be for a human services case management system 18 for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 19 national case management contract and Federal costs of 20 administering the system: Provided further, That up to 21 $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 22 Reporting Information System, including grants to States 23 to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec- 24 tiveness: Provided further, That $30,010,000 shall be for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 92 •HR 9260 RH the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table 1 under this heading in the report accompanying this Act. 2 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 3 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec- 4 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $420,000,000 and, 5 for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 6 of such Act, $62,515,000: Provided, That of the funds 7 available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 8 allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 9 such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 10 to carry out section 437, $2,750,000, in addition to funds 11 otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such purposes, 12 shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and to support 13 evaluation and technical assistance relating to the evalua- 14 tion of child and family services: Provided further, That 15 notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts 16 in the preceding proviso may be used for identifying, es- 17 tablishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 18 specified in section 471(e)(4)(C). 19 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 20 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 21 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,617,000,000. 22 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 23 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 24 fiscal year 2028, $4,000,000,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 93 •HR 9260 RH For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 1 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 2 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 3 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 4 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 5 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 6 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 9 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 10 RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand- 11 parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 12 of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 13 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 14 and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu- 15 rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 16 Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 17 of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As- 18 sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec- 19 tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 20 Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol- 21 icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis- 22 abilities, $2,439,769,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 23 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 24 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 94 •HR 9260 RH Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 1 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 2 amounts made available under this heading to carry out 3 sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 4 of such amounts shall be available for developing and im- 5 plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 6 nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur- 7 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 8 funds made available under this heading to carry out sec- 9 tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 10 of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 11 further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 12 adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 13 XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 14 to Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, That 15 $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support al- 16 ternative financing programs that provide for the purchase 17 of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest loan 18 fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan 19 fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided 20 further, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, 21 and information describing the manner in which, the alter- 22 native financing program will expand and emphasize con- 23 sumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 24 agencies and community-based disability organizations 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 95 •HR 9260 RH that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis- 1 abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 2 none of the funds made available under this heading may 3 be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 4 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men- 5 tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 6 any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 7 an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 8 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop- 9 mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 10 of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 11 a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 12 physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 13 the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 14 for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 15 unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro- 16 vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca- 17 pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 18 awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 19 residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 20 affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 21 legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 22 guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 23 rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro- 24 cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 96 •HR 9260 RH diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 1 individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 2 legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 3 individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub- 4 lic guardianship. 5 ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND 6 RESPONSE 7 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 8 For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 9 title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 10 development, storage, production, and procurement of 11 medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi- 12 ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu- 13 lations, $3,312,991,000: Provided, That of such amount: 14 (1) $1,060,000,000, to remain available 15 through September 30, 2028, shall be for expenses 16 necessary to support advanced research and develop- 17 ment pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 18 other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad- 19 vanced Research and Development Authority; 20 (2) $880,000,000, to remain available until ex- 21 pended, shall be for expenses necessary for pro- 22 curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec- 23 tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 97 •HR 9260 RH (3) $1,060,000,000, to remain available until 1 expended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry 2 out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 3 (4) $312,991,000 shall be for expenses nec- 4 essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 5 pandemic, of which $285,000,000 shall remain avail- 6 able until expended for activities including the devel- 7 opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec- 8 essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 9 tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 10 of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para- 11 graph may be used for the construction or renova- 12 tion of privately owned facilities for the production 13 of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 14 if the Secretary finds such construction or renova- 15 tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 16 vaccines or biologics: 17 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 18 for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 19 shall be in addition to any other funds made available for 20 such purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 21 with funds made available under this heading may, at the 22 discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 23 National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the 24 PHS Act: Provided further, That none of the funds made 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 98 •HR 9260 RH available under this heading may be used by the Adminis- 1 tration for Strategic Preparedness and Response to de- 2 velop, acquire, or stockpile medical countermeasures, or 3 to strengthen the domestic industrial base, by procuring 4 or acquiring any medical equipment, pharmaceutical good, 5 or service produced by a Chinese-owned company, unless 6 such equipment, good, or service is otherwise unavailable: 7 Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 8 this heading shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS 9 Act. 10 OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY 11 RESPONSE 12 For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 13 B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer- 14 gency response activities related to countering potential 15 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 16 other public health emergencies, $335,606,000: Provided, 17 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 18 $15,000,000 shall remain available through September 19 30, 2029, to support emergency operations: Provided fur- 20 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head- 21 ing, $75,000,000 shall remain available until September 22 30, 2028, for advanced research and development, manu- 23 facturing, production, procurement, distribution, and the 24 acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 99 •HR 9260 RH federally owned facilities for the production and purchase 1 of medical countermeasures, which may include the devel- 2 opment, translation, and demonstration at scale of innova- 3 tions in manufacturing platform. 4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 5 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 7 general departmental management, including hire of six 8 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 9 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 10 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, research 11 studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, and 12 for protection services for the Secretary, $298,648,000, 13 together with $58,028,000 from the amounts available 14 under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national 15 health or human services research and evaluation activi- 16 ties, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 17 specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column for 18 General Departmental Management in the Amounts Rec- 19 ommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2027 table in the 20 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That the budget 21 activities specified in the tables under this heading in the 22 report accompanying this Act shall be funded in the 23 amounts specified in such tables: Provided further, That 24 amounts made available under this heading for Sexual 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 100 •HR 9260 RH Risk Avoidance shall be for making competitive grants 1 which exclusively implement education in sexual risk 2 avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-mar- 3 ital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding for 4 such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use 5 medically accurate information referenced to peer-re- 6 viewed publications by educational, scientific, govern- 7 mental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 8 based approach integrating research findings with prac- 9 tical implementation that aligns with the needs and de- 10 sired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 11 benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequenc- 12 ing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal set- 13 ting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and 14 other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or 15 illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity: 16 Provided further, That no more than 10 percent of the 17 funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid- 18 ance shall be available for technical assistance and admin- 19 istrative costs of such programs: Provided further, That 20 funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities 21 may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, 22 through grants and other mechanisms, medical and ad- 23 ministrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: 24 Provided further, That such services shall be provided con- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 101 •HR 9260 RH sistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That 1 amounts made available under this heading for KidneyX 2 shall be for carrying out prize competitions sponsored by 3 the Office of the Secretary to accelerate innovation in the 4 prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases 5 (as authorized by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler 6 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)): 7 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 8 under this heading for General Departmental Manage- 9 ment, Federal Funds, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 10 for Federal administrative expenses related to compliance 11 by the Office of the Secretary with the reporting require- 12 ments contained in the report accompanying this Act. 13 In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title 14 II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise pro- 15 vided, activities related to safeguarding classified national 16 security information and providing intelligence and na- 17 tional security support across the Department and to 18 counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 19 $108,983,000. 20 In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, pre- 21 pare for, or respond to an influenza pandemic, 22 $7,009,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 102 •HR 9260 RH MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 1 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 2 appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $185,000,000 shall 3 remain available until September 30, 2028, to be trans- 4 ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In- 5 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med- 6 ical Insurance Trust Fund. 7 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 9 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 10 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 11 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de- 12 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor- 13 mation technology, $60,000,000, of which $35,863,000 14 shall be from amounts made available under section 241 15 of the PHS Act. 16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 17 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 18 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 19 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec- 20 tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 21 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for inves- 22 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 23 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro- 24 vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 103 •HR 9260 RH heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 1 activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 2 (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 3 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 4 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 5 Rights, $39,798,000. 6 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 7 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 8 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 9 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 10 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 11 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med- 12 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 13 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 14 required during the current fiscal year. 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 16 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 17 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 18 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 19 the Secretary. 20 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 21 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 22 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 23 of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 24 appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 104 •HR 9260 RH from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi- 1 vidual at this rate. 2 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this or 3 any other Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 4 of the PHS Act, except for funds specifically provided for 5 in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by 6 any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation and 7 submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees 8 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 9 Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds. 10 SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 11 PHS Act, 2.5 percent of any amounts appropriated for 12 programs authorized under such Act shall be made avail- 13 able: (1) from amounts made available under section 241 14 of such Act, for the purposes and in the amounts provided 15 in this Act; or (2) for evaluation (directly, or by grants 16 or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of 17 such programs. 18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 20 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 22 priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 23 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 24 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 105 •HR 9260 RH by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author- 1 ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 2 new program or to fund any project or activity for which 3 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 4 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 5 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 6 in advance of any transfer. 7 SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 8 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 9 such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 10 date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2027 under sec- 11 tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 12 who has been awarded such contract has not received 13 funds due under the contract. 14 SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 15 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 16 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 17 the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 18 the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 19 that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at- 20 tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 21 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 22 law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 23 shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 106 •HR 9260 RH or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 1 abuse, rape, or incest. 2 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 3 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 4 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 5 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth- 6 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or- 7 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 8 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 9 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 10 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita- 11 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 12 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv- 13 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth- 14 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi- 15 care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 16 Advantage organization described in this section shall be 17 responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor- 18 mation about all Medicare covered services. 19 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 20 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro- 21 mote gun control. 22 SEC. 211. In order for HHS to carry out inter- 23 national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 107 •HR 9260 RH infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 1 other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2027: 2 (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv- 3 alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 4 section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori- 5 ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 6 the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 7 to ensure that the authority provided in this section 8 is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 9 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli- 10 cable statutes administered by the Department of 11 State. 12 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 13 funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 14 of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac- 15 quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage- 16 ment of facilities outside of the United States for 17 the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co- 18 operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 19 has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 20 with applicable regulation governing location, set- 21 back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 22 purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 23 authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 24 State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 108 •HR 9260 RH make available to public or nonprofit private institu- 1 tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 2 funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 3 those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 4 assistance for international health activities, includ- 5 ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec- 6 tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 7 and other health activities abroad. 8 (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 9 personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 10 serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 11 those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For- 12 eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 13 through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre- 14 scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 15 authorized to provide locality-based comparability 16 payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 17 of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 18 as a percentage) that would be payable to such per- 19 sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 20 Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 21 the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per- 22 sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 23 basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 24 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 109 •HR 9260 RH the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv- 1 ing in the Foreign Service. 2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 212. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 4 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 5 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 6 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 7 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 8 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 9 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 10 least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 SEC. 213. Of the amounts made available in this Act 13 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 14 immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di- 15 rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re- 16 search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 17 Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 18 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec- 19 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 20 SEC. 214. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 21 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 22 may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 23 PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 24 cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 110 •HR 9260 RH identified pursuant to or research and activities described 1 in such section 402(b)(12). 2 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 3 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 4 review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 5 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro- 6 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 7 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 8 in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro- 9 cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 10 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 11 and 494 of the PHS Act. 12 (c) NOTIFICATION.—The Director shall notify the 13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 14 atives and the Senate not later than 15 days after the 15 Director exercises the authority under subsection (a) for 16 any transaction that is expected to cost the NIH in excess 17 of $100,000,000. 18 SEC. 215. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds ap- 19 propriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 20 National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 21 repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 22 proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 23 herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 111 •HR 9260 RH (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 216. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 2 1 percent of the amount made available for National Re- 3 search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 4 to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 5 Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri- 6 mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 7 who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 8 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 9 made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 10 Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual- 11 ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 12 SEC. 217. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 13 and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 14 a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro- 15 gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 16 countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 17 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 18 if— 19 (1) funds are available and obligated— 20 (A) for the full period of the contract or 21 for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 22 in effect; and 23 (B) for the estimated costs associated with 24 a necessary termination of the contract; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 112 •HR 9260 RH (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 1 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 2 Government by encouraging full and open competi- 3 tion or promoting economy in administration, per- 4 formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 5 (b) A contract entered into under this section— 6 (1) shall include a termination clause as de- 7 scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 8 United States Code; and 9 (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 10 requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 11 SEC. 218. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 12 year 2028 budget justification and on Departmental Web 13 sites information concerning the employment of full-time 14 equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur- 15 poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other- 16 wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 17 amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 18 and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 19 (b) With respect to employees or contractors sup- 20 ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 21 out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 22 the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 23 information: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 113 •HR 9260 RH (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 1 such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 2 a statement indicating the program, project, or ac- 3 tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di- 4 vision or office that administers such program, and 5 the amount of funding received in discretionary or 6 mandatory appropriations. 7 (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 8 full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ- 9 ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 10 detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 11 (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 12 exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 13 (1) are supported through appropriations en- 14 acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro- 15 grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 16 (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 17 activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 18 or 19 (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 20 is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 21 price contracts. 22 SEC. 219. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 23 fiscal year 2028 budget of the President submitted under 24 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 114 •HR 9260 RH tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 1 for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 2 Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact- 3 ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 4 for fiscal year 2028. Such information shall include, for 5 each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 6 activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 7 Exchange Transparency’’ in the report accompanying this 8 Act. 9 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 10 Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 11 the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 12 or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 13 the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 14 Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 15 section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 16 risk corridors). 17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 SEC. 221. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 19 Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 20 section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 21 amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 22 the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 23 report accompanying this Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 115 •HR 9260 RH (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 1 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 2 (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 3 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with- 4 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 5 SEC. 222. Effective during the period beginning on 6 November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2029, any pro- 7 vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 8 to another provision of law) to the current recommenda- 9 tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 10 with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 11 and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in- 12 volved as if— 13 (1) such reference to such current recommenda- 14 tions were a reference to the recommendations of 15 such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 16 screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 17 before 2009; and 18 (2) such recommendations last issued before 19 2009 applied to any screening mammography modal- 20 ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 21 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 22 SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act to the National Institutes of Health may be used for 24 facilities and administration costs (as defined in section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 116 •HR 9260 RH 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations) that ex- 1 ceed 30 percent of an award to an applicable educational 2 institution that is an organization subject to taxation 3 under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 4 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 SEC. 224. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 6 opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and 7 addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to 8 other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for 9 the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees 10 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 11 Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in 12 the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 13 authority provided by law. 14 SEC. 225. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 15 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 16 atives and the Senate: 17 (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 18 the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec- 19 tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 20 enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 21 (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 22 awards, including supplements, authorized under 23 section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 117 •HR 9260 RH (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 1 and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 2 advance of any public release of enrollment information 3 or the award of such grants. 4 SEC. 226. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail- 5 able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro- 6 gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 7 Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account 8 from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 9 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 10 support program management activity related to the Medi- 11 care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 12 purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provi- 13 sion of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or 14 any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 15 supplant any other amounts within such account. 16 SEC. 227. The Department of Health and Human 17 Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations 18 of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual 19 report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de- 20 scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 21 SEC. 228. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 22 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De- 23 partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 24 available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 118 •HR 9260 RH employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 1 employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 2 a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 3 are the subject of a determination of a public health emer- 4 gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 5 and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 6 an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade- 7 quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur- 8 poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 9 Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 10 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 11 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 12 SEC. 229. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 13 ices may in any fiscal year accept gifts of money and other 14 property, including real property, from non-Federal enti- 15 ties to support Early Head Start programs carried out 16 under section 645A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 17 9840a). The provisions of section 231 of the PHS Act (42 18 U.S.C. 238) shall apply to gifts received pursuant to this 19 authority, except that such gifts shall be deposited in a 20 separate account in the Treasury and shall be available 21 to the Secretary without further appropriation and until 22 expended to carry out such programs consistent with the 23 purposes of such section 645A. Conditional gifts may be 24 accepted if recommended by the Secretary. Gifts accepted 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 119 •HR 9260 RH under this authority shall supplement and not supplant 1 Federal funds otherwise available for Early Head Start 2 programs. Acceptance of gifts under this authority shall 3 not confer any special consideration, regulatory influence, 4 procurement advantage, or benefit to or on behalf of any 5 donating entity. 6 SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human 7 Services may accept donations from the private sector, 8 nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde- 9 pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac- 10 companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 11 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 12 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle- 13 ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in- 14 cluding medical goods and services, which may include 15 early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 16 toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 17 the wellbeing of such children. 18 SEC. 231. In addition to the existing Congressional 19 notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 20 facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap- 21 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 22 ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 23 facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard- 24 sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 120 •HR 9260 RH that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out- 1 come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 2 the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 3 longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 4 will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 5 bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 6 Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria- 7 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 8 report detailing the total number of children in care at 9 the facility, the average length of stay and average length 10 of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 11 has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 12 of stay and reason for delay in release. 13 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available in this 14 Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 15 Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 16 for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 17 United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 18 of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 19 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 20 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 21 or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 22 Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 23 days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 121 •HR 9260 RH fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 1 safety operations) of such facility. 2 SEC. 233. Not later than 14 days after the date of 3 enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec- 4 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 5 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 6 publicly available online, a report with respect to children 7 who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 8 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard- 9 less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 10 an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 11 subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 12 and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 13 the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol- 14 lowing information: 15 (1) the number and ages of children so sepa- 16 rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 17 ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa- 18 ration occurred; and 19 (2) the documented cause of separation, as re- 20 ported by DHS when each child was referred. 21 SEC. 234. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 22 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 23 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 24 available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 122 •HR 9260 RH ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 1 at costs not in excess of those paid for or reimbursed by 2 the Department of Defense: Provided, That for purposes 3 of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means Guam, 4 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana 5 Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust 6 Territory of the Pacific Islands. 7 SEC. 235. Funds made available in this Act under 8 each of the headings ‘‘Immunization and Respiratory Dis- 9 eases’’, ‘‘HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Trans- 10 mitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention’’, ‘‘Emerg- 11 ing and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases’’, ‘‘Chronic Disease 12 Prevention and Health Promotion’’, ‘‘Birth Defects, De- 13 velopmental Disabilities, Disabilities and Health’’, ‘‘Public 14 Health Scientific Services’’, ‘‘Environmental Health’’, ‘‘In- 15 jury Prevention and Control’’, ‘‘National Institute for Oc- 16 cupational Safety and Health’’, ‘‘Global Health’’, ‘‘Public 17 Health Preparedness and Response’’, and ‘‘CDC-Wide Ac- 18 tivities and Program Support’’ shall be for the budget ac- 19 tivities, and in the amounts specified in the table under 20 each such heading in the report accompanying this Act. 21 SEC. 236. None of the funds made available by this 22 Act may be used by the National Institutes of Health to 23 conduct or support biomedical research, testing, or experi- 24 mentation on dogs or cats that is classified in pain cat- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 123 •HR 9260 RH egory D or E (or such successor categories) as defined 1 by the Department of Agriculture, except research, test- 2 ing, or experimentation— 3 (1) involving dogs as companion animals; 4 (2) that the National Institutes of Health deter- 5 mines has no other viable alternative; or 6 (3) that permits post-research adoption or re- 7 homing of the dogs or cats on which the research, 8 testing, or experimentation is conducted. 9 (RESCISSION) 10 SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non- 11 recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 12 division G of Public Law 110–161, $2,000,000,000 are 13 hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2027, ex- 14 cept that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 15 were previously designated by the Congress as being for 16 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso- 17 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer- 18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 SEC. 238. None of the funds provided in this Act may 20 be used to conduct or support research using human fetal 21 tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to an induced 22 abortion. 23 SEC. 239. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 24 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 124 •HR 9260 RH funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be made available 1 to a hospital or any other entity that administers any post- 2 graduate physician training program, or any other pro- 3 gram of training in the health professions, that provides 4 training in the performance of, or assisting in the perform- 5 ance of, induced abortions, or in counseling or referrals 6 for such abortions, if such program— 7 (1) provides or requires such training for any 8 participant in such program without the participant 9 first voluntarily electing to opt in to undergo such 10 training; or 11 (2) subjects any participant in such program to 12 discrimination on the basis that the participant does 13 not— 14 (A) voluntarily elect to opt in to undergo 15 such training; or 16 (B) perform, assist in the performance of, 17 or provide counseling or referrals for, such 18 abortions. 19 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to per- 20 mit training described in subsection (a) that is not other- 21 wise allowed by law. 22 SEC. 240. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 23 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 24 otherwise made available herein or hereafter may be made 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 125 •HR 9260 RH available either directly, through a State (including 1 through managed care contracts with a State), or through 2 any other means, to a prohibited entity. 3 (b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited 4 entity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidi- 5 aries, successors, and clinics— 6 (1) that, as of the date of enactment of this 7 Act— 8 (A) is an organization described in section 9 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 10 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 11 of such Code; 12 (B) is an essential community provider de- 13 scribed in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of 14 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 15 enactment of this Act), that is primarily en- 16 gaged in family planning services, reproductive 17 health, and related medical care; and 18 (C) performs, or provides any funds to any 19 other entity that performs, abortions other than 20 an abortion performed— 21 (i) in the case of a pregnancy that is 22 the result of an act of rape or incest; or 23 (ii) in the case where a woman suffers 24 from a physical disorder, physical injury, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 126 •HR 9260 RH or physical illness that would, as certified 1 by a physician, place the woman in danger 2 of death unless an abortion is performed, 3 including a life-endangering physical condi- 4 tion caused by, or arising from, the preg- 5 nancy itself; and 6 (2) for which the total amount of Federal 7 grants to such entity, including grants to any affili- 8 ates, subsidiaries, or clinics of such entity, under 9 title X of the Public Health Service Act in fiscal 10 year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000. 11 (c)(1) END OF PROHIBITION.—The definition in 12 subsection (b) shall cease to apply to an entity if such enti- 13 ty certifies that it, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, 14 successors, and clinics, will not perform, and will not pro- 15 vide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abor- 16 tion as described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 17 (2) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health 18 and Human Services shall seek repayment of any 19 Federal assistance received by any entity that had 20 made a certification described in paragraph (1) and 21 subsequently violated the terms of such certification. 22 SEC. 241. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act may be used to establish, support, administer, oversee, 24 or issue a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 127 •HR 9260 RH the purposes of providing information on, promoting ac- 1 cess to, or facilitating an abortion. 2 SEC. 242. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used to require any project under title X of 4 the PHS Act to refer for abortions: Provided, That no pro- 5 vider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be 6 required to subvert or operate in conflict with any State 7 law limiting referral for abortion/pregnancy counseling. 8 SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this 9 Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral, 10 or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in- 11 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including 12 by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its nat- 13 ural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer 14 correspond to the individual’s biological sex. 15 SEC. 244. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 16 may be used to place an unaccompanied alien child with 17 a sponsor in any case where such unaccompanied alien 18 child has been convicted of a crime, or has a pending 19 criminal charge relating to gang affiliation or activity, in 20 the United States or in such unaccompanied alien child’s 21 country of origin or country of last habitual residence. 22 SEC. 245. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act may be used by the Secretary of Health and Human 24 Services to determine that a public health emergency ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 128 •HR 9260 RH ists pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service 1 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), or issue any related order that 2 would impede, limit, or restrict a citizen’s Second Amend- 3 ment rights. 4 SEC. 246. Title II of the Public Health Service Act 5 (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec- 6 tion 245 (42 U.S.C. 238n) the following: 7 ‘‘SEC. 245A. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. 8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A qualified party may, in a civil 9 action, obtain appropriate relief with regard to a des- 10 ignated violation. 11 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 12 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘des- 13 ignated violation’ means an actual or threatened vio- 14 lation of— 15 ‘‘(A) section 507(d) of division B of the 16 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (or any 17 subsequent substantially similar provision); or 18 ‘‘(B) any funding condition imposed by the 19 Federal Government pursuant to such section 20 507(d) (or such substantially similar provision). 21 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED PARTY.—The term ‘qualified 22 party’ means— 23 ‘‘(A) the Attorney General of the United 24 States; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 129 •HR 9260 RH ‘‘(B) any attorney general of a State; or 1 ‘‘(C) any person or entity adversely af- 2 fected by the designated violation without re- 3 gard to whether such person or entity is a 4 health care provider. 5 ‘‘(3) STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.—The 6 term ‘State governmental entity’ means a State, a 7 local government within a State, and any agency or 8 other governmental unit or subdivision of a State, or 9 of such a local government. 10 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES NOT REQUIRED.— 11 An action under this section may be commenced, and relief 12 may be granted, without regard to whether the party com- 13 mencing the action has sought or exhausted any available 14 administrative remedies. 15 ‘‘(d) DEFENDANTS.—An action under this section 16 may be maintained against a Federal agency committing 17 a designated violation described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or 18 any recipient or subrecipient of Federal assistance com- 19 mitting a designated violation described in subsection 20 (b)(1)(B), including a State governmental entity. 21 ‘‘(e) NATURE OF RELIEF.—In an action under this 22 section, the court shall grant— 23 ‘‘(1) all appropriate relief, including injunctive 24 relief, declaratory relief, and compensatory damages, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 130 •HR 9260 RH to prevent the occurrence, continuance, or repetition 1 of the designated violation and to compensate for 2 losses resulting from the designated violation; and 3 ‘‘(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attor- 4 neys’ fees and litigation costs. 5 Relief in an action under this section may include money 6 damages even if the defendant is a governmental entity. 7 ‘‘(f) ABROGATION OF STATE IMMUNITY.—No State 8 or governmental official that commits a designated viola- 9 tion shall be immune under the Tenth Amendment to the 10 Constitution of the United States, the Eleventh Amend- 11 ment to the Constitution of the United States, or any 12 other source of law, from an action under subsection (a).’’. 13 SEC. 247. None of the funds appropriated or other- 14 wise made available by this Act may be used to place an 15 unaccompanied alien child with an alien sponsor who has 16 not been admitted (as defined in paragraph (13) of section 17 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 18 1101(a))) or who is deportable under section 237(a) of 19 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)). 20 SEC. 248. None of the funds in this Act may be used 21 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Na- 22 tional Institutes of Health, and Substance Abuse and 23 Mental Health Services Administration to fund or carry 24 out any research relating to gunshot injury or mortality 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 131 •HR 9260 RH prevention that treats crimes committed with a firearm 1 as a public health epidemic, including advocating, pro- 2 moting, or studying firearm-related restrictions or policies; 3 firearm disenfranchisement, bans, confiscation, or reg- 4 istration, or other gun control measures; and any other 5 restriction on firearms: Provided, That nothing shall pre- 6 vent the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 7 National Institutes of Health, and the Substance Abuse 8 and Mental Health Services Administration from carrying 9 out research on medical procedures, practices, treatments, 10 medicines, and therapies related to gunshot injuries and 11 recovery. 12 SEC. 249. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used for research on vertebrate animals for 14 the purpose of studying the effects of drugs, surgery, or 15 other interventions to alter the human body (including by 16 disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural 17 functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer cor- 18 respond to its biological sex. 19 SEC. 250. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act or by transfer from any account in the Treasury of 21 the United States may be used by the Interagency Coordi- 22 nating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drink- 23 ing to (1) carry out any activity not authorized under Pub- 24 lic Law 109–422 (42 U.S.C. 201 note) to reduce underage 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 132 •HR 9260 RH drinking; (2) provide input for the development of the Die- 1 tary Guidelines for Americans; or (3) study, analyze, con- 2 sider, or report on alcohol consumption by individuals of 3 legal drinking age, including findings related to such con- 4 sumption in the annual report to Congress. 5 SEC. 251. (a) Not to exceed the amount of funds 6 made available under the heading ‘‘National Institutes of 7 Health’’ in fiscal year 2025 that were obligated during fis- 8 cal year 2025 for more than one year of a multiyear award 9 may be obligated in fiscal year 2027 from amounts made 10 available under such heading in this Act for more than 11 one year of a multiyear award. 12 (b) A multiyear award, as the term is used in this 13 section, includes multiyear awards for grants, cooperative 14 agreements, contracts, and any other financial mecha- 15 nisms. 16 SEC. 252. None of the funds made available in this 17 Act or any other Act may be used to implement CMS- 18 5056-N, ‘‘Implementation of Prior Authorization for Se- 19 lect Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services 20 Reduction (WISeR) Model’’, or any such model that im- 21 plements prior authorizations in traditional Medicare. 22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 23 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2027’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 133 •HR 9260 RH TITLE III 1 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2 OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 3 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 4 For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 5 title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 6 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 7 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 8 in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $16,790,647,000, of which 9 $5,904,470,000 shall become available on July 1, 2027, 10 and shall remain available through September 30, 2028, 11 and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 12 October 1, 2027, and shall remain available through Sep- 13 tember 30, 2028, for academic year 2027–2028: Provided, 14 That $5,036,746,000 shall be for basic grants under sec- 15 tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 16 $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec- 17 retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec- 18 retary’’) on October 1, 2026, to obtain annually updated 19 local educational agency-level census poverty data from 20 the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 21 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 22 section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 23 $5,066,300,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 24 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 134 •HR 9260 RH $5,066,300,000 shall be for education finance incentive 1 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur- 2 ther, That $259,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 3 2 of part B of title II. 4 IMPACT AID 5 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 6 federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 7 ESEA, $1,635,151,000, of which $1,480,000,000 shall be 8 for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 9 $50,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis- 10 abilities under section 7003(d), $19,000,000 shall be for 11 construction under section 7007(a), $81,000,000 shall be 12 for Federal property payments under section 7002, and 13 $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 14 for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 15 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 16 for an eligible local educational agency under section 17 7003(a) for school year 2026–2027, children enrolled in 18 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 19 for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 20 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 21 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 22 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 23 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 24 reside on Federal property as described in section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 135 •HR 9260 RH 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 1 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 2 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 3 at a school in the same local educational agency they at- 4 tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 5 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 7 For carrying out school improvement activities au- 8 thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 9 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 10 V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin- 11 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 12 Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the 13 Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,845,964,000, of which 14 $3,073,673,000 shall become available on July 1, 2027, 15 and remain available through September 30, 2028, and 16 of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo- 17 ber 1, 2027, and shall remain available through September 18 30, 2028, for academic year 2027–2028: shall be for part 19 B of title I: Provided, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for 20 part B of title IV: Provided further, That $45,897,000 21 shall be for part B of title VI, which may be used for 22 construction, renovation, and modernization of any public 23 elementary school, secondary school, or structure related 24 to a public elementary school or secondary school that 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 136 •HR 9260 RH serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body, 1 and that the 5 percent limitation in section 6205(b) of 2 the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 3 shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 4 further, That the Secretary shall use $650,000 of funds 5 made available in the preceding proviso to carry out sec- 6 tion 6204 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 7 $44,953,000 shall be for part C of title VI, which shall 8 be awarded on a competitive basis, and may be used for 9 construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 10 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 11 purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: 12 Provided further, That $230,000,000 shall be for part B 13 of title V: Provided further, That in carrying out such part 14 B the percentage in section 316(b)(1)(G) of title III of 15 division H of Public Law 116–260 shall be deemed 83.33 16 percent: Provided further, That $1,385,000,000 shall be 17 available for grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV: 18 Provided further, That $129,000,000 shall be for subpart 19 B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 20 Act, which shall be available for expenditure by edu- 21 cational agencies and institutions for an additional fiscal 22 year following the succeeding fiscal year provided by sub- 23 section 421(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions 24 Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 137 •HR 9260 RH for this heading on October 1, 2026, by Public Law 119– 1 75, $1,681,441,000 are hereby rescinded. 2 INDIAN EDUCATION 3 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 4 not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 5 $200,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 6 2 of part A of title VI and $18,365,000 shall be for sub- 7 part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 8 limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 9 the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 10 shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 11 further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 12 6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 13 may be for a period of up to 5 years: Provided further, 14 That the Secretary may make awards under subpart 3 of 15 part A of title VI without regard to the funding limitation 16 in section 6133(b)(1) of the ESEA. 17 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 18 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 19 3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E 20 and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 21 $907,000,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the 22 amounts specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ 23 column for Innovation and Improvement in the Amounts 24 Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2027 table in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 138 •HR 9260 RH the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That amounts 1 for subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part B of title II shall be made 2 available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b), and 3 2241: Provided further, That amounts for parts C, D, and 4 E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV shall be made avail- 5 able without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 6 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 7 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for 8 part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds 9 available for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use 10 not less than $60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, not 11 more than $140,000,000, to remain available through 12 March 31, 2028, to carry out section 4305(b), from which 13 the amount necessary for continuation grants may be 14 available for obligation through March 31, 2028, and not 15 more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities in sec- 16 tion 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That, notwithstanding 17 section 4303(c)(1), a State Entity receiving a grant under 18 section 4303 may reserve up to 10 percent of funds to 19 carry out the activities in section 4303(b)(2), up to 5 per- 20 cent for administrative costs, and up to 5 percent to award 21 subgrants, for a period of not more than 1 year, to devel- 22 opers for activities related to preparing applications to au- 23 thorized public chartering authorities to operate charter 24 schools: Provided further, That the Secretary may make 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 139 •HR 9260 RH awards under section 4304(k) to any State entity, as de- 1 fined in section 4303(a), in a State: Provided further, That 2 a State entity receiving such a grant may meet the State 3 share requirements in section 4304(k)(2) using any form 4 of State or local financial support for charter school facili- 5 ties, such as the capitalization of a State revolving loan 6 fund to support charter school facilities financing, and not 7 necessarily a program of per-pupil facilities aid: Provided 8 further, That, notwithstanding section 4304(k)(2)(C), in 9 making awards under section 4304(k), the Secretary may 10 pay a Federal share of up to 100 percent of the cost of 11 establishing or enhancing, and administering, a per-pupil 12 facilities aid program for each of the first two fiscal years 13 for which the program receives assistance: Provided fur- 14 ther, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), $235,000,000 15 shall be available through December 31, 2027 for subpart 16 1 of part F of title IV. 17 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 18 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 19 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $243,643,000, 20 to remain available through December 31, 2027, which 21 shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in 22 the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column for Safe 23 Schools and Citizenship Education in the Amounts Rec- 24 ommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2027 table in the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 140 •HR 9260 RH report accompanying this Act, and of which the amount 1 made available for subpart 3 shall be for the purposes and 2 in the amounts specified in the table under the heading 3 ‘‘School Safety National Activities’’ in the report accom- 4 panying this Act: Provided, That amounts made available 5 under this heading for the Project School Emergency Re- 6 sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program shall remain 7 available until expended. 8 OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE 9 SERVICES 10 SPECIAL EDUCATION 11 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 12 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 13 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,536,264,000, of 14 which $5,955,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 15 2027, and shall remain available through September 30, 16 2028, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 17 on October 1, 2027, and shall remain available through 18 September 30, 2028, for academic year 2027–2028: Pro- 19 vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 20 shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 21 that activity during fiscal year 2026, increased by the 22 amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 23 of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro- 24 priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 141 •HR 9260 RH than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2026: 1 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 2 to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 3 States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub- 4 ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 5 allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 6 under this heading, is reduced under section 7 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 8 the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 9 aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 10 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail- 11 ability of a free appropriate public education under this 12 part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 13 relative populations of those children who are living in pov- 14 erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis- 15 tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 16 whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 17 under this heading made funds available for such a dis- 18 tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 19 such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 20 educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 21 Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo- 22 cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 23 section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 24 States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 142 •HR 9260 RH any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 1 the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 2 for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 3 notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re- 4 garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 5 section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 6 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 7 apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 8 a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 9 the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 10 Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca- 11 tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec- 12 tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re- 13 serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 14 the same relation to the maximum amount described in 15 that paragraph as the reduction under section 16 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 17 would have received in that fiscal year under section 18 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 19 That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 20 funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 21 fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 22 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 23 section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec- 24 tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 143 •HR 9260 RH U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 1 under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech- 2 nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 3 States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 4 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv- 5 ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 6 quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro- 7 vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 8 available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro- 9 gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro- 10 gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 11 That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 12 activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 13 to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu- 14 tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri- 15 vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au- 16 thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not- 17 withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 18 fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 19 of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 20 State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de- 21 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur- 22 ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 23 to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 24 funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 144 •HR 9260 RH populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 1 State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de- 2 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur- 3 ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 4 643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu- 5 cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 6 public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 7 carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 8 Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 9 IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 10 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 11 services to a child who previously received services under 12 part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 13 the school year following the child’s third birthday with 14 parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 15 section 635(c) of the IDEA: Provided further, That not- 16 withstanding section 638 of the IDEA, a State may use 17 funds appropriated under Part C of the IDEA to conduct 18 child find, public awareness, and referral activities for an 19 individual who is expected to become a parent of an infant 20 with a disability (as that term is defined in section 21 632(5)), as established by medical or other records: Pro- 22 vided further, That any State electing to use funds under 23 the preceding proviso shall ensure that, as soon as possible 24 but not later than 45 days after the child’s birth, it com- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 145 •HR 9260 RH pletes the referral and eligibility process under this part 1 for that child: Provided further, That the Secretary may 2 reserve not more than $10,000,000 of the amount appro- 3 priated under section 611 of Part B of the IDEA to pro- 4 vide technical assistance support for State activities au- 5 thorized under sections 609 and 611(e)(2)(C)(ii) of the 6 IDEA: Provided further, That for programs authorized 7 under Part B of the IDEA, the Secretary may extend a 8 waiver granted under section 609 of the IDEA for up to 9 an additional four years, notwithstanding the time limita- 10 tion in section 609(a)(2)(A) of the IDEA. 11 REHABILITATION SERVICES 12 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 13 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 14 National Center Act, $4,772,906,000, of which 15 $4,625,707,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili- 16 tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro- 17 vided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided in 18 this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallot- 19 ment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the 20 Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at in- 21 creasing competitive integrated employment as defined in 22 section 7 of such Act for youth and other individuals with 23 disabilities, including related Federal administrative ex- 24 penses, for improving monitoring and oversight of grants 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 146 •HR 9260 RH for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the 1 Rehabilitation Act, and information technology needs 2 under section 15 and titles I, III, VI, and VII of the Reha- 3 bilitation Act: Provided further, That up to 15 percent of 4 the amounts available subsequent to reallotment for the 5 activities described in the third proviso from funds pro- 6 vided under this paragraph in this Act, may be used for 7 evaluation and technical assistance related to such activi- 8 ties: Provided further, That any funds made available sub- 9 sequent to reallotment for the activities described in the 10 third proviso may be provided to States and other public, 11 private and nonprofit entities, including Indian Tribes and 12 institutions of higher education for carrying out such ac- 13 tivities: Provided further, That States and other public and 14 nonprofit entities, including Indian Tribes and institutions 15 of higher education may award subgrants for a portion 16 of the funds to other eligible entities: Provided further, 17 That any funds provided in this Act and made available 18 subsequent to reallotment for the purposes described in 19 the third proviso shall remain available until September 20 30, 2028: Provided further, That any funds provided in 21 this Act and made available subsequent to the reallotment 22 of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Reha- 23 bilitation Act may be provided to States and other public, 24 private and nonprofit entities, including Indian Tribes and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 147 •HR 9260 RH institutions of higher education, to evaluate employment 1 outcomes of individuals who are receiving or have received 2 services and supports under title I, section 504 of title 3 V, or title VI of the Rehabilitation Act. 4 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 5 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 6 For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 7 of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $46,431,000. 8 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 9 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 10 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 11 of 1986, $95,500,000: Provided, That from the total 12 amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 13 funds for the endowment program as authorized under 14 section 207 of such Act. 15 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 16 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 17 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 18 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 19 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $170,361,000, of 20 which up to $15,000,000, to remain available until ex- 21 pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 22 201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 23 available, the University may at its discretion use funds 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 148 •HR 9260 RH for the endowment program as authorized under section 1 207 of such Act. 2 OFFICE OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT 3 EDUCATION 4 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 5 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 6 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu- 7 cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu- 8 cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 9 $1,460,000,000, of which $669,000,000 shall become 10 available on July 1, 2027, and shall remain available 11 through September 30, 2028, and of which $791,000,000 12 shall become available on October 1, 2027, and shall re- 13 main available through September 30, 2028: Provided, 14 That up to $6,100,000 shall be available for innovation 15 and modernization grants under such section 114(e) of the 16 Perkins Act. 17 OFFICE OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID 18 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 19 For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, and 20 part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,179,352,000 which 21 shall remain available through September 30, 2028: Pro- 22 vided, That $22,725,352,000 shall be for subpart 1 of part 23 A, $546,000,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A, and 24 $908,000,000 shall be for part C. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00148 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 149 •HR 9260 RH The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 1 be eligible during award year 2027–2028 shall be $6,385. 2 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 3 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 4 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 5 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 6 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 7 $2,058,943,000, to remain available through September 8 30, 2028: Provided, That the limitation in section 302 of 9 this Act regarding transfers increasing any appropriation 10 shall apply to transfers to appropriations under this head- 11 ing by substituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’ for the 12 purposes of the continuation of basic operations, including 13 student loan servicing, business process operations, digital 14 customer care, common origination and disbursement, cy- 15 bersecurity activities, and information technology systems. 16 OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 17 HIGHER EDUCATION 18 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 19 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 20 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 21 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, 22 $2,855,010,000, of which $1,817,123,000 shall be for the 23 purposes and in the amounts, other than for ‘‘Aid for In- 24 stitutional Development’’, specified in the ‘‘Committee 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00149 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 150 •HR 9260 RH Recommendation’’ column for Higher Education in the 1 ‘‘Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2027’’ 2 table in the report accompanying this Act, and of which 3 the amounts made available for part B of title VII of the 4 HEA shall be for the purposes and in the amounts speci- 5 fied in the table under the heading ‘‘Fund for the Im- 6 provement of Postsecondary Education’’ in the report ac- 7 companying this Act: Provided, That of the amounts pro- 8 vided under this heading, $508,331,000 shall be for car- 9 rying out part A of title III and title V of the HEA, of 10 which $57,807,000 shall be for carrying out section 316: 11 Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 12 heading, $529,556,000 shall be for carrying out part B 13 of title III and section 723 of the HEA, of which 14 $6,750,000 of the amounts available for section 323 of 15 the HEA shall be for grants to supplement amounts 16 awarded to part B institutions that are junior or commu- 17 nity colleges, as defined in section 312(f) of the HEA: Pro- 18 vided further, That the supplemental funds described in 19 the preceding proviso are in addition to any grant award 20 that any institution may receive under section 323 of the 21 HEA and shall be allocated in accordance with the allot- 22 ments specified under section 324 of such Act: Provided 23 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 24 funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00150 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 151 •HR 9260 RH the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational 1 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to sup- 2 port visits and study in foreign countries by individuals 3 who are participating in advanced foreign language train- 4 ing and international studies in areas that are vital to 5 United States national security and who plan to apply 6 their language skills and knowledge of these countries in 7 the fields of government, the professions, or international 8 development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 9 to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 10 for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa- 11 tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 12 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 13 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be 14 used for evaluation: Provided further, That section 313(d) 15 of the HEA shall not apply to an institution of higher edu- 16 cation that is eligible to receive funding under section 318 17 of the HEA: Provided further, That amounts made avail- 18 able for carrying out section 419N of the HEA may be 19 awarded notwithstanding the limitations in section 20 419N(b)(2) of the HEA: Provided further, That activities 21 authorized under sections 317(c)(2)(B), 319(c)(2)(B), and 22 320(c)(2)(B) of the HEA may include construction and 23 maintenance in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and 24 other instructional facilities. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00151 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 152 •HR 9260 RH HOWARD UNIVERSITY 1 For partial support of Howard University, 2 $254,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 3 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 4 University Endowment Act and shall remain available 5 until expended. 6 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 7 PROGRAM 8 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac- 9 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 10 121 of the HEA, $298,000. 11 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 12 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au- 14 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 15 shall remain available through September 30, 2028: Pro- 16 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 17 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con- 18 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 19 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 20 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 21 $389,319,673: Provided further, That these funds may be 22 used to support loans to public and private Historically 23 Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi- 24 tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00152 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 153 •HR 9260 RH In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 1 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi- 2 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 3 III of the HEA, $528,000. 4 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 5 For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 6 Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 7 of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 8 authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 9 Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu- 10 cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 11 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 12 $493,455,000, to remain available through September 30, 13 2028, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 14 specified in the ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column for 15 Institute of Education Science in the ‘‘Amounts Rec- 16 ommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2027’’ table in the 17 report accompanying this Act. 18 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 19 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 20 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro- 21 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in- 22 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co- 23 lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 24 $374,407,000: Provided, That none of the funds provided 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00153 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 154 •HR 9260 RH by this Act may be used to support a number of non-career 1 employees that is more than the number of non-career em- 2 ployees as of December 31, 2022. 3 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 4 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 5 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 6 of Education Organization Act, $140,000,000. 7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 8 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 9 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 10 of Education Organization Act, $60,750,000, of which 11 $3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 12 2028. 13 GENERAL PROVISIONS 14 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 15 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol- 16 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre- 19 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro- 21 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 22 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro- 23 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 24 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 155 •HR 9260 RH ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro- 1 gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 2 are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com- 3 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 4 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 5 of any transfer. 6 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con- 7 solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 8 the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2027, through 9 September 30, 2028. 10 SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 11 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap- 12 propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 13 2027 may use the income from that fund to award schol- 14 arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 15 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 16 such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 17 be considered to have been an allowable use of that in- 18 come, subject to that limitation. 19 (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 20 and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 21 SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 22 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2027’’ for 23 ‘‘2021’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 156 •HR 9260 RH SEC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1 1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2028’’ for 2 ‘‘2021’’. 3 SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 4 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 5 for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 6 of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per- 7 kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu- 8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 9 SEC. 308. The Secretary may reserve not more than 10 0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 11 for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail- 12 able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 13 carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to col- 14 lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 15 by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 16 this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 17 shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro- 18 vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 19 shall be available through September 30, 2029: Provided 20 further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 21 are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi- 22 ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 23 may also reserve funds for such program or project for 24 the purposes described in this section so long as the total 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00156 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 157 •HR 9260 RH reservation of funds for such program or project does not 1 exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 2 further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 3 obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec- 4 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 5 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com- 6 mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 7 Senate, and the Committee on Education and Workforce 8 of the House of Representatives a plan that identifies the 9 source and amount of funds reserved under this section, 10 the impact on program grantees if funds are withheld for 11 the purposes of this section, and the activities to be carried 12 out with such funds. 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 15 for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ from amounts avail- 16 able for Program Administration, up to $13,000,000 shall 17 be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the Sec- 18 retary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 19 Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa- 20 tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 21 space, human resource services, financial management 22 services, financial systems support, budget formulation 23 and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor- 24 tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00157 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 158 •HR 9260 RH acquisition and contract management, grants administra- 1 tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro- 2 vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 3 amounts obligated and expended for such support services 4 by using a standard Department of Education method- 5 ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 6 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 7 amounts available for IES support services in excess of 8 actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal- 9 culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 10 the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 11 further, That in order to address any shortfall between 12 amounts available for IES support services and amounts 13 needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Sec- 14 retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 15 of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad- 16 ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com- 17 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 18 and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 19 of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 20 (RESCISSION) 21 SEC. 310. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De- 22 partment of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ es- 23 tablished in section 313 of division H of Public Law 116– 24 260, $250,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00158 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 159 •HR 9260 RH September 30, 2027, except that no amounts may be re- 1 scinded from amounts that were previously designated by 2 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 3 suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal- 4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 5 SEC. 311. The Secretary shall award to each State 6 an amount as required under the applicable provisions of 7 the ESEA, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 8 IDEA, Perkins Act, and AEFLA for each formula grant 9 program to which funds are appropriated in this Act on 10 the date such funds become available for obligation. 11 SEC. 312. None of the funds appropriated or other- 12 wise made available by this Act may be made available 13 to a United States institution of higher education that 14 provides recognition, funding, classroom space or services 15 to any student organization which, either individually or 16 through its national headquarters, has provided vocal or 17 material support for a designated foreign terrorist organi- 18 zation, or receives funding for activities from a designated 19 foreign terrorist organization or affiliate thereof. 20 SEC. 313. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used to provide financial assistance to an edu- 22 cational institution that allows an individual whose sex is 23 male to participate in an athletic program or activity that 24 is designated for women or girls. For the purpose of this 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00159 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 160 •HR 9260 RH section, the term ‘‘sex’’ means the reproductive biology 1 and genetics of an individual as determined solely at birth. 2 SEC. 314. None of the funds appropriated or other- 3 wise made available by this Act may be available for a 4 primary or secondary educational institutional that— 5 (1) does not have policies requiring teachers 6 and staff to promptly notify parents about matters 7 related to gender identity generally or any desire or 8 effort of a student to express an identity that does 9 not correspond to the minor child’s sex, or 10 (2) withholds or conceals information from a 11 minor child’s parent or guardian regarding such 12 child’s academic performance; extracurricular activi- 13 ties; physical, emotional, or mental health; or desire 14 or efforts to express an identity that does not cor- 15 respond to the minor child’s sex, unless such infor- 16 mation is withheld pursuant to a court order, inves- 17 tigation by law enforcement, or as required under a 18 State law governing reports of abuse or neglect. 19 SEC. 315. None of the funds made available under 20 this Act may be provided to any public institution of high- 21 er education that denies to a religious student organiza- 22 tion any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise af- 23 forded to other student organizations at the institution 24 (including full access to the facilities of the institution and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00160 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 161 •HR 9260 RH official recognition of the organization by the institution) 1 because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leader- 2 ship standards, or standards of conduct of the religious 3 student organization. 4 SEC. 316. None of the funds made available by this 5 Act may be used to— 6 (1) implement, administer, or enforce section 7 685.401 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re- 8 lating to borrower defense to repayment), as amend- 9 ed by the final regulations published by the Depart- 10 ment of Education in the Federal Register on No- 11 vember 1, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65904 et seq.) or 12 take any substantially similar action; or 13 (2) implement, administer, or enforce section 14 668.28 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re- 15 lating to the 90/10 rule), as added or amended by 16 the final regulations published by the Department of 17 Education in the Federal Register on October 28, 18 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65426 et. seq.) or take any sub- 19 stantially similar action. 20 SEC. 317. None of the funds made available in this 21 Act may be used by any local education agency to conduct 22 student-involved active shooter drills in schools without 23 first providing student participants under 16 years old 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00161 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 162 •HR 9260 RH with the ability to opt out of such exercises with parental 1 or legal guardianship consent. 2 (RESCISSION) 3 SEC. 318. Of the amounts appropriated under section 4 401(b)(7)(A)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 5 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv) for fiscal year 2027, 6 $20,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 7 SEC. 319. (a) Section 455(a)(3) of the Higher Edu- 8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)(3)) is amended 9 by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(D) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO 11 MAKE SUBSIDIZED LOANS TO UNDERGRADUATE 12 STUDENTS.— Subject to paragraph (8) and 13 notwithstanding any provision of this part or 14 part B, for any period of instruction beginning 15 on or after July 1, 2027— 16 ‘‘(i) an undergraduate student shall 17 not be eligible to receive a Federal Direct 18 Stafford loan under this part; and 19 ‘‘(ii) the maximum annual amount of 20 Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford 21 loans such a student may borrow in any 22 academic year (as defined in section 23 481(a)(2)) or its equivalent shall be the 24 maximum annual amount for such student 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00162 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 163 •HR 9260 RH determined under section 428H, plus an 1 amount equal to the amount of Federal 2 Direct Stafford loans the student would 3 have received in the absence of this sub- 4 paragraph.’’. 5 (b) Section 455(a)(8) of the Higher Education Act 6 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)(8)) is amended by adding 7 at the end the following: 8 ‘‘(D) APPLICATION OF PRIOR UNDER- 9 GRADUATE LIMITS.—Paragraph (3)(D) shall 10 not apply during the expected time to credential 11 described in subparagraph (B), with respect to 12 an individual who, as of June 30, 2027, meets 13 the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of sub- 14 paragraph (A).’’. 15 SEC. 320. Section 401(b)(7)(A) of the Higher Edu- 16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)) is amend- 17 ed— 18 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 19 and 20 (2) by striking clause (iv), and inserting the fol- 21 lowing: 22 ‘‘(iv) $16,270,000,000 for fiscal year 23 2027; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00163 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 164 •HR 9260 RH ‘‘(v) $1,236,000,000 for fiscal year 1 2028 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 2 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 3 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 4 statement of the committee of conference accompanying 5 Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 6 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 7 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(8)), the budgetary effects of sec- 8 tions 319 and 320 shall not be estimated— 9 (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act (2 10 U.S.C. 901); 11 (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com- 12 mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 13 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 14 633(a)); and 15 (3) for purposes of section 3(4)(C) of the Stat- 16 utory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 17 932(4)(C)) as being included in an appropriation 18 Act. 19 SEC. 322. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be used to administer Title IV federal student 21 aid programs in a manner that does not designate ad- 22 vanced nursing programs as professional degree programs. 23 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘advanced nursing 24 program’’ means a post-baccalaureate educational pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00164 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 165 •HR 9260 RH gram that prepares students for advanced practice reg- 1 istered nursing licensure, certification, or authorization, 2 including nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, cer- 3 tified nurse-midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, 4 or other advanced practice registered nurse programs. 5 SEC. 323. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act shall be used to alter the fundamental purpose, struc- 7 ture, or implementation of the Federal TRIO Programs 8 under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the 9 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.1070a-11 et 10 seq.), which are intended to provide first-generation stu- 11 dents and low-income students access to higher education, 12 including four-year institutions of higher education, and 13 support the attainment of bachelor’s and graduate de- 14 grees: Provided, That the Secretary shall administer such 15 programs consistent with prior practice and congressional 16 intent to prevent disruption to grantees, participants, and 17 services: Provided further, That amounts made available 18 under this Act for such programs shall be obligated, and 19 awards issued, as expeditiously as practicable after the 20 date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 21 allocation for each of the Federal TRIO Programs shall 22 be not less than the fiscal year 2026 allocation for each 23 such program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 24 publish the notices inviting applications for new awards 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00165 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 166 •HR 9260 RH for the Talent Search program under section 402B of such 1 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-12) and the Educational 2 Opportunity Centers program under section 402F of such 3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-16) no later than December 4 1, 2026: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 5 grant award notifications (both new and non-competing 6 continuation awards notices) for all Federal TRIO pro- 7 grams no later than May 1, 2027. 8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu- 9 cation Appropriations Act, 2027’’. 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00166 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 167 •HR 9260 RH TITLE IV 1 RELATED AGENCIES 2 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 3 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur- 6 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 7 (referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 8 under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 9 $13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any 10 central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 11 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re- 12 quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 13 51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com- 14 mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 15 central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 16 agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re- 17 porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 18 of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 19 such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 20 heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 21 Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele- 22 ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 23 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 24 A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00167 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 168 •HR 9260 RH such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 1 section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 2 prior to executing a written agreement with the Com- 3 mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 4 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 5 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 6 OPERATING EXPENSES 7 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na- 8 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 9 ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 10 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 11 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 12 to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $970,525,000, which shall 13 be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the 14 ‘‘Committee Recommendation’’ column for Corporation 15 for National and Community Service in the ‘‘Amounts 16 Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2027’’ table in 17 the report accompanying this Act, notwithstanding sec- 18 tions 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 19 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 20 amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 21 of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 22 of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 23 of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 24 the grants cycle; (2) the amounts made available for State 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00168 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 169 •HR 9260 RH Commission Support Grants shall be available to provide 1 assistance to State commissions on national and commu- 2 nity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 3 notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 4 of amounts made available for Innovation, Assistance, and 5 Other Activities, $8,558,000 shall be available for ex- 6 penses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 7 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 198P 8 shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis; and 9 (4) of amounts made available for Innovation, Assistance, 10 and Other Activities, $7,148,000 shall be available to 11 carry out sections 198(k) and 198(i) of the 1990 Act: Pro- 12 vided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 13 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 14 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 15 local community: Provided further, That CNCS shall 16 award to each State their allotted amount under 17 AmeriCorps State and National formula grants no later 18 than April 1, 2027 and to each state their allotted amount 19 under State Service Commission Support Grants and 20 State Commission Investment Fund Grants no later than 21 June 1, 2027. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00169 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 170 •HR 9260 RH PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For payment to the National Service Trust estab- 3 lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 4 $160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 5 vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 6 amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 7 to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 8 the National Service Trust upon determination that such 9 transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 10 service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 12 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap- 13 propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 14 may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 15 without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 16 under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 19 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 20 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au- 21 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 22 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em- 23 ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00170 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 171 •HR 9260 RH U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep- 1 tion and representation expenses, $79,686,000. 2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 4 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 5 $10,095,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available until 6 expended. 7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 8 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 9 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 10 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 11 year 2027, during any grant selection process, an officer 12 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov- 13 ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 14 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 15 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re- 16 ceive such information. 17 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 18 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 19 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 20 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 21 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require- 22 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 23 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 24 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00171 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 172 •HR 9260 RH port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 1 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 2 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 3 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 4 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro- 5 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 6 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 7 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro- 8 grams and operations. 9 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 10 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 11 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 12 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 13 101 of the Act. 14 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 15 189D of the 1990 Act— 16 (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 17 section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 18 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 19 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 20 (2) individuals described in such section shall 21 be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 22 NCPA; and 23 (3) State Commissions on National and Com- 24 munity Service established pursuant to section 178 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00172 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 173 •HR 9260 RH of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 1 history record information, consistent with Public 2 Law 92–544. 3 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 4 147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com- 5 pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur- 6 ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na- 7 tional service education award having a value of 70 per- 8 cent of the value of a national service education award 9 determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 10 SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 11 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 12 service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re- 13 ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 14 SEC. 408. In any case where a participant of a posi- 15 tion eligible for an educational award described in subtitle 16 D of title I of the National and Community Service Act 17 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) was required to exit 18 the position early at the direction of the Corporation for 19 National and Community Service and due to cir- 20 cumstances outside the control of the individual, such as 21 a lapse in availability of Federal appropriations, or termi- 22 nation of their position, or the applicable program grant 23 or agreement under the national service laws is released 24 from completing the required term of service for such posi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00173 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 174 •HR 9260 RH tion, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for 1 National and Community Service may— 2 (1) deem such individual as having met the 3 minimum requirements of the position or program 4 for purposes of section 139(c)(1) of the 1990 Act; 5 and 6 (2) notwithstanding section 139(c)(2)(B) of the 7 1990 Act, award the individual a pro-rated value of 8 the educational award that corresponds to the quan- 9 tity of the term of service actually completed by the 10 individual without regard to whether such individual 11 has completed at least 15 percent of their term of 12 service as required under section 139(c) of the 1990 13 Act. 14 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 17 and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func- 18 tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 19 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex- 20 penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 21 Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 22 to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 23 Reform Act, $38,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 24 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00174 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 175 •HR 9260 RH special training activities and other conflict resolution 1 services and technical assistance, including those provided 2 to foreign governments and international organizations, 3 and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 4 merged with this account, and shall remain available until 5 expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv- 6 ices shall be available only for education, training, and 7 professional development of the agency workforce: Pro- 8 vided further, That the Director of the Service is author- 9 ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 10 of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 11 of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic- 12 tion. 13 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 14 COMMISSION 15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 17 and Health Review Commission, $16,909,000. 18 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 19 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 20 AND ADMINISTRATION 21 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 22 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer- 23 ican History and Culture Act, $291,800,000, which shall 24 be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00175 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 176 •HR 9260 RH table under this heading in the report accompanying this 1 Act. 2 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 3 COMMISSION 4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 6 the Social Security Act, $10,698,000. 7 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 10 the Social Security Act, $15,048,000, to be transferred to 11 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 12 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In- 13 surance Trust Fund. 14 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 17 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 18 Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 19 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela- 22 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 23 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 24 $200,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00176 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 177 •HR 9260 RH tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 1 agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga- 2 tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 3 units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 4 section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 5 by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de- 6 fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 7 including in said definition employees engaged in the 8 maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 9 and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 10 nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 11 or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 13 SEC. 409. None of the funds provided by this Act 14 or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 15 Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad- 16 ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em- 17 ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 18 in an election to determine a representative for the pur- 19 poses of collective bargaining. 20 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 23 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap- 24 pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00177 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 178 •HR 9260 RH OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 1 COMMISSION 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 4 and Health Review Commission, $14,223,000. 5 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 6 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 7 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac- 8 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re- 9 tirement Act of 1974, $4,000,000, which shall include 10 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2027 pursuant 11 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi- 12 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 13 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 14 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 15 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 16 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 17 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 18 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 19 year. 20 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 21 ACCOUNTS 22 For payment to the accounts established in the 23 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 24 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00178 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 179 •HR 9260 RH checks, $75,000, to remain available through September 1 30, 2028, which shall be the maximum amount available 2 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 3 76. 4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 5 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 6 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re- 7 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 8 Act, $126,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de- 9 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac- 10 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem- 11 ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 12 notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire- 13 ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 14 only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 15 the previous proviso shall not change the status under 16 Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 17 Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro- 18 vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 19 Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 20 hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 21 or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu- 22 cational programs using current excepted hiring authori- 23 ties established by the Office of Personnel Management. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00179 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 180 •HR 9260 RH LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 2 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 3 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 4 than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire- 5 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac- 6 count. 7 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 8 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 9 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 10 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur- 11 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 12 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 13 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 14 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se- 15 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 16 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 17 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu- 18 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur- 19 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 20 $51,588,254,000, to remain available until expended: Pro- 21 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 22 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 23 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro- 24 vided further, That not more than $70,000,000 shall be 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00180 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 181 •HR 9260 RH available for research and demonstrations under sections 1 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re- 2 main available through September 30, 2029. 3 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 4 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So- 5 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 6 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 7 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 8 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 9 2028, $24,000,000,000, to remain available until ex- 10 pended. 11 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13 For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur- 14 chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 15 $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 16 not more than $14,692,978,000 may be expended, as au- 17 thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 18 from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 19 section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 20 for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 21 That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 22 paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2027 not needed for 23 fiscal year 2027 shall remain available until expended to 24 invest in the Social Security Administration information 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00181 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 182 •HR 9260 RH technology and telecommunications hardware and soft- 1 ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non- 2 payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 3 information technology and telecommunications infra- 4 structure, except unobligated balances of funds described 5 in the first proviso of this paragraph at the end of fiscal 6 year 2027 not needed for fiscal year 2027 shall remain 7 available until expended to invest in the Social Security 8 Advisory Board information technology: Provided further, 9 That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 11 atives and the Senate prior to making unobligated bal- 12 ances available under the authority in the previous pro- 13 viso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 14 funds under this heading for expenditures for official time 15 for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu- 16 ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 17 for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 18 or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 19 shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with inter- 20 est, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise ap- 21 propriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 22 made. 23 From funds provided under the first paragraph under 24 this heading, not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00182 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 183 •HR 9260 RH available through March 31, 2028, is for the costs associ- 1 ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 2 XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 3 continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn- 4 ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 5 ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 6 cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi- 7 bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 8 cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 9 the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 10 programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis- 11 tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro- 12 vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 13 meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget 14 and $2,124,000,000 is additional new budget authority 15 specified for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the 16 budget: Provided further, That, of the additional new 17 budget authority described in the preceding proviso, up 18 to $25,100,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of In- 19 spector General’’, Social Security Administration, for the 20 cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 21 units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 22 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 23 Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 24 the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00183 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 184 •HR 9260 RH on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 1 to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 2 Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 3 Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 4 paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram- 5 ming except as specified in this paragraph. 6 In addition, $175,000,000 to be derived from admin- 7 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay- 8 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 9 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 10 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 11 That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 12 to such sections in fiscal year 2027 exceed $175,000,000, 13 the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2028 only 14 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 15 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 16 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 17 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex- 18 pended. 19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 23 General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 24 exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00184 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 185 •HR 9260 RH authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 1 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 2 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 3 Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex- 4 pended for information technology modernization, includ- 5 ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 6 equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso- 7 ciated with information technology modernization. 8 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 9 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 10 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 11 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 12 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 13 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans- 14 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 16 Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 17 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00185 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 186 •HR 9260 RH TITLE V 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 4 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 5 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 6 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 7 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 8 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 9 were originally appropriated. 10 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 11 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 12 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 13 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 14 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 15 Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 16 and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub- 17 licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis- 18 tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 19 electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres- 20 entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 21 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis- 22 lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 23 Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de- 24 signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00186 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 187 •HR 9260 RH lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu- 1 tive branch of any State or local government, except in 2 presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 3 government itself. 4 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 5 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 6 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 7 any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 8 recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 9 enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad- 10 ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend- 11 ing before the Congress or any State government, State 12 legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 13 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela- 14 tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 15 State, local or Tribal government in policymaking and ad- 16 ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 17 government. 18 (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 19 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 20 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 21 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric- 22 tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 23 marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 24 promotion of gun control. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00187 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 188 •HR 9260 RH SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 1 are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 2 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala- 3 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 4 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc- 5 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 6 authorized to make available for official reception and rep- 7 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 8 available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 9 Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na- 10 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 11 official reception and representation expenses not to ex- 12 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 13 Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 14 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 15 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu- 16 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 17 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 18 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 19 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re- 20 search grants, shall clearly state— 21 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro- 22 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 23 money; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00188 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 189 •HR 9260 RH (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 1 project or program; and 2 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 3 costs of the project or program that will be financed 4 by non-governmental sources. 5 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 6 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 7 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 8 any abortion. 9 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 10 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 11 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben- 12 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 13 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 14 package of services covered by a managed care provider 15 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange- 16 ment. 17 SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre- 18 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 19 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 20 rape or incest; or 21 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 22 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 23 including a life-endangering physical condition 24 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00189 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 190 •HR 9260 RH would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 1 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 2 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con- 3 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 4 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 5 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 6 matching funds). 7 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con- 8 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro- 9 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 10 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro- 11 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 12 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 13 funds). 14 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 15 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 16 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 17 or government subjects any institutional or individual 18 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 19 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov- 20 erage of, or refer for abortions. 21 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 22 includes an individual physician or other health care pro- 23 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 24 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00190 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 191 •HR 9260 RH or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 1 plan. 2 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 3 this Act may be used for— 4 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 5 for research purposes; or 6 (2) research in which a human embryo or em- 7 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub- 8 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 9 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 10 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 11 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 12 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 13 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 14 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 15 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 16 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 17 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 18 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 19 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 20 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 21 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab- 22 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 23 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 24 communications. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00191 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 192 •HR 9260 RH (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 1 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 2 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 3 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 4 to determine therapeutic advantage. 5 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 6 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand- 7 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro- 8 viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 9 health identifier for an individual (except in an individ- 10 ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 11 until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 12 standard. 13 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 14 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 15 a contract with an entity if— 16 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 17 the United States and is subject to the requirement 18 in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 19 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 20 employment of certain veterans; and 21 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 22 required by that section for the most recent year for 23 which such requirement was applicable to such enti- 24 ty. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00192 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 193 •HR 9260 RH SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 1 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in- 2 strumentality of the United States Government, except 3 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro- 4 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 5 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 7 may be made available to any library covered by para- 8 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 9 the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 10 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 11 such section. 12 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 13 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 14 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli- 15 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2027, or provided from 16 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 17 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 18 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 19 through a reprogramming of funds that— 20 (1) creates new programs; 21 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 22 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 23 for any project or activity for which funds have been 24 denied or restricted; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00193 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 194 •HR 9260 RH (4) relocates an office or employees; 1 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 2 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 3 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 4 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 5 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 6 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 7 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 8 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc- 9 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 10 of such reprogramming. 11 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 12 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen- 13 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 14 or expenditure in fiscal year 2027, or provided from any 15 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 16 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 17 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 18 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 19 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 20 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in- 21 cluding construction projects), or activities; 22 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist- 23 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per- 24 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00194 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 195 •HR 9260 RH (3) results from any general savings from a re- 1 duction in personnel which would result in a change 2 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap- 3 proved by Congress; 4 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 5 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 6 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 7 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc- 8 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 9 of such reprogramming. 10 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 11 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap- 12 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis- 13 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can- 14 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re- 15 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec- 16 essary for the work of the committee involved. 17 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 18 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 19 false or misleading. 20 SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 21 each department and related agency funded through this 22 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro- 23 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 24 for fiscal year 2027 that are different than those specified 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00195 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 196 •HR 9260 RH in this Act, the detailed table in the Committee report ac- 1 companying this Act, or the fiscal year 2027 budget re- 2 quest. 3 SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 4 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 7 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree- 8 ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 9 particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 10 value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi- 11 tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2027, but not 12 to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 13 by law. Such report shall include the name of the con- 14 tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern- 15 mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 16 award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 17 transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 18 end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 19 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 20 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So- 21 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 22 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 23 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 24 based on work performed under a social security account 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00196 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 197 •HR 9260 RH number that is not the claimant’s number and the per- 1 formance of such work under such number has formed the 2 basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec- 3 tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 4 SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 5 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 6 the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa- 7 tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 8 to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 9 agreement between the United States and Mexico estab- 10 lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu- 11 rity system established by title II of the Social Security 12 Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 13 not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 14 SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 15 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 16 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 17 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 18 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 19 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 20 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 21 criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi- 22 ties. 23 SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 24 Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00197 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 198 •HR 9260 RH randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 1 contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 2 conference attendance and expenditures: 3 (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con- 4 sidered independent agencies; and 5 (2) attendance at and support for scientific con- 6 ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 7 included in agency totals. 8 SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 9 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 10 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 11 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub- 12 lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax- 13 payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 14 carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 15 made available to the agency for advertising or other com- 16 munications regarding the programs and activities of the 17 agency. 18 SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of 19 each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 20 fiscal year 2027 the Departments of Labor, Health and 21 Human Services and Education and the Social Security 22 Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro- 23 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 24 report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00198 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 199 •HR 9260 RH vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom- 1 mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 2 monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at- 3 tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 4 with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 5 fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 6 SEC. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and 7 Human Services, and Education and the Corporation for 8 National and Community Service shall notify the Commit- 9 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 10 and the Senate not less than 3 full business days prior 11 to announcing or providing notice of— 12 (1) any new or non-competing continuation 13 grant, including supplements, issued at the discre- 14 tion of such Departments (other than emergency re- 15 sponse grants at any time of the year or for grant 16 awards made during the last 10 business days of the 17 fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program year); 18 and 19 (2) the termination or non-continuation of any 20 grant, including a short description of the reason for 21 the termination or non-continuation. 22 SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 23 this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 24 to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00199 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 200 •HR 9260 RH injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita- 1 tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 2 a program other than making such purchases if the rel- 3 evant State or local health department, in consultation 4 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de- 5 termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 6 is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 7 hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 8 drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 9 with State and local law: Provided further, That none of 10 the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 11 operation of a supervised drug consumption facility that 12 permits the consumption onsite of any substance listed in 13 schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 14 (21 U.S.C. 812). 15 SEC. 526. Each department and related agency fund- 16 ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 17 submitted for the record by members of the Committee 18 within 45 business days after receipt. 19 SEC. 527. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin- 20 istration for Children and Families in the Department of 21 Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 22 Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter- 23 agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu- 24 reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00200 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 201 •HR 9260 RH (b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 1 either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 2 basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 3 identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta- 4 tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 5 September 30, 2031: Provided, That when an office ref- 6 erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 7 funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 8 use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 9 funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 10 (c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un- 11 expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 12 or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im- 13 mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 14 fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 15 evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 16 are available. 17 SEC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll- 18 ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 19 Social Security Act and the income derived from invest- 20 ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 21 that Act, $12,330,000,000 shall not be available for obli- 22 gation in this fiscal year. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00201 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 202 •HR 9260 RH (RESCISSION) 1 SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 2 available by sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 3 2402, 2403, 2404, 2501, 2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 4 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 5 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 2921, 3101, 9818, 6 9402, 9833, and 9911 of the American Rescue Plan Act 7 of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $162,000,000 are hereby re- 8 scinded: Provided, That not later than 60 days after the 9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 10 Human Services shall submit to the Committees on Ap- 11 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 12 ate a report specifying the unobligated balances rescinded 13 pursuant to this section by both account and amount from 14 each applicable appropriation in Public Law 117–2. 15 (RESCISSION) 16 SEC. 530. Amounts made available for fiscal year 17 2027 to the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Trust 18 Fund, authorized by the Patient Protection and Afford- 19 able Care Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–148, title VI, sec. 20 6301(e)(1)(A)), are hereby permanently rescinded. 21 (RESCISSION) 22 SEC. 531. Of the offsetting collections derived from 23 fees collected from qualified health plans offered through 24 an Exchange established under Public Law 111–148 to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00202 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 203 •HR 9260 RH operate such an exchange, $1,900,000,000 are hereby re- 1 scinded. 2 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 3 Act may be used by the Department of Labor, including 4 the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, to au- 5 thorize, provide, reimburse, or otherwise recognize mari- 6 juana or any cannabis-derived substance as a compensable 7 medical treatment or benefit under any Federal workers’ 8 compensation program, including the Federal Employees’ 9 Compensation Act, regardless of any change in the sched- 10 uling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act. 11 Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or 12 permit reimbursement for marijuana under any Federal 13 workers’ compensation program. 14 SEC. 533. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 15 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 16 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 17 none of the funds provided by this or any other Act shall 18 be used in whole or in part to take any discriminatory 19 action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis 20 that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sin- 21 cerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that mar- 22 riage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man 23 and one woman. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00203 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 204 •HR 9260 RH (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub- 1 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 2 taken by the Federal Government to— 3 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 4 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 5 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 6 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 7 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 8 in subsection (a); 9 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 10 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 11 such person; 12 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 13 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 14 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 15 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 16 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 17 other similar position or status from or to such per- 18 son; 19 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 20 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 21 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 22 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 23 degree from an educational program, from or to 24 such person; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00204 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 205 •HR 9260 RH (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 1 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 2 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 3 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 4 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 5 paigns from or to such person. 6 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 7 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 8 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 9 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 10 such purposes but for a determination against such person 11 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 12 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 13 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 14 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 15 Act may be used by the Secretaries of Labor, Health and 16 Human Services, or Education, the Commissioner of the 17 Social Security Administration, or the head of any other 18 agency funded in this Act to fly or display a flag over 19 a Federal facility other than— 20 (1) the flag of the United States; 21 (2) the flag of a State, territory, or the District 22 of Columbia; 23 (3) the flag of an Indian Tribal Government; 24 (4) the official Flag of a Federal agency; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00205 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 206 •HR 9260 RH (5) the POW/MIA flag; 1 (6) the flag of the Public Health Service; or 2 (7) the flag of the United States Surgeon Gen- 3 eral. 4 SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated or other- 5 wise made available by this or any other Act may be made 6 available for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, 7 training, programs, offices, officers, policies, or any pro- 8 gram, project, or activity that promotes or advances Crit- 9 ical Race Theory, or any concept associated with Critical 10 Race Theory. 11 SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated or other- 12 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 13 any program, project, or activity that teaches or trains any 14 idea or concept that condones an individual being discrimi- 15 nated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment 16 based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling 17 discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho- 18 logical distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, 19 as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as 20 inherently superior to another race, the United States or 21 its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an 22 individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive 23 by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s 24 moral character as being necessarily determined by race 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00206 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 207 •HR 9260 RH or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions 1 committed in the past by other members of the same race 2 or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been 3 created by a particular race to oppress another race. 4 SEC. 537. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 5 erwise made available by this Act may be made available 6 to a United States institution of higher education unless 7 and until such institution adopts a prohibition on 8 antisemitic conduct that creates a hostile environment in 9 violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 10 all documents relating to student or employee conduct. 11 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 12 made available by this Act may be made available to a 13 United States institution of higher education that has 14 failed to take administrative action against any student, 15 staff member, or student group that commits acts of anti- 16 semitism while utilizing the facilities, grounds, or re- 17 sources of such institution. 18 SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19 law, none of the funds made available by this Act may 20 be made available to support directly or indirectly— 21 (1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in 22 the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 23 China; 24 (2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00207 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 208 •HR 9260 RH (3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the 1 governments of the People’s Republic of China, the 2 Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 3 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 4 Federation, or any other country determined by the 5 Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary; or 6 (4) gain-of-function research. 7 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used to establish, implement, administer, or 9 enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate. 10 SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 11 may be made available for any institution of higher edu- 12 cation (as defined by 20 U.S.C. 1002), that engages in 13 a partnership or other formalized academic collaboration 14 in STEM (as defined in 15 U.S.C. 8841) including but 15 not limited to a joint institute with an entity, such as a 16 college or university that is located, operated, or controlled 17 by the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of 18 the People’s Republic of China. 19 SEC. 541. (a) None of the funds made available by 20 this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 21 may be obligated or expended to procure or purchase com- 22 puters, printers, or interoperable videoconferencing serv- 23 ices needed for an office environment in which the manu- 24 facturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary or parent 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00208 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 209 •HR 9260 RH entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of the 1 equipment is an entity, or parent company of an entity 2 in which the People’s Republic of China has any ownership 3 stake. 4 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) also applies in 5 cases in which the agency has contracted with a third 6 party for the procurement, purchase, or expenditure of 7 funds on any of the equipment and software described in 8 such subsection. 9 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 10 SEC. 542. $0. 11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 12 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 13 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027’’. 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00209 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB Union Calendar No. 604 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9260 [Report No. 119–696] A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other pur- poses. JUNE 11, 2026 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:29 Jun 11, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00210 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H9260.RH H9260 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB