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 Union Calendar No. 193
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5166

 [Report No. 119-236]

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for 
 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 5, 2025

 Mr. Joyce of Ohio, 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

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 A BILL

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for 
 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for financial services and general government for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely:

 TITLE I

 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 Departmental Offices

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freedman's Bank 
Building; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and 
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, 
real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the 
performance of official business; executive direction program 
activities; international affairs and economic policy activities; 
domestic finance and tax policy activities, including technical 
assistance to State, local, and territorial entities; and Treasury-wide 
management policies and programs activities, $239,424,000, of which not 
less than $9,000,000 shall be available for the administration of 
financial assistance, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading--

    (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and 
 representation expenses;

    (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of 
 a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under the 
 direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted 
 for solely on the Secretary's certificate; and

    (3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain available until 
 September 30, 2027, for--
        (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
 Internal Control Program;
        (B) information technology modernization 
 requirements;
            (C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the 
 Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund;
            (D) the development and implementation of programs 
 within the Office of Cybersecurity and Critical 
 Infrastructure Protection, including entering into 
 cooperative agreements;
        (E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and
        (F) international operations.

 committee on foreign investment in the united states fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign Investment in 
the United States, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the chairperson of the Committee may transfer such 
amounts to any department or agency represented on the Committee 
(excluding the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts so 
transferred shall remain available until expended for expenses of 
implementing 

section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, (50 
U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any other funds 
available to any department or agency: Provided further, That fees 
authorized by 

section 721

    (p) of such Act shall be credited to this 
appropriation as offsetting collections: Provided further, That the 
total amount appropriated under this heading from the general fund 
shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a total appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $0.

 office of terrorism and financial intelligence

 salaries and expenses

 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and 
to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass 
destruction proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, drug 
kingpins, and other national security threats, $230,533,000, of which 
not less than $3,000,000 shall be available for addressing human rights 
violations and corruption, including activities authorized by the 
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note): 
 Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$500,000 shall be used to test the deployment of artificial 
intelligence and machine learning, enhanced open-source analysis 
technology to strengthen enforcement of sanctions and to detect foreign 
malign economic influence by China, Russia, and other adversaries: 
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$1,000,000 shall be to strengthen activities related to econometrics 
within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis: Provided further, That 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027.

 cybersecurity enhancement account

 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity for systems 
operated by the Department of the Treasury, $99,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That such funds shall 
supplement and not supplant any other amounts made available to the 
Treasury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses for the Treasury Chief 
Information Officer to provide oversight of the investments made under 
this heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supplement and 
not supplant any other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief 
Information Officer.

 department-wide systems and capital investments programs

 (including transfer of funds)

 For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations to 
buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $9,400,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy 
the requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other 
organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be used to support or supplement ``Internal Revenue 
Service or Internal Revenue Service, Technology and Operations 
Support''.

 office of inspector general

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, $47,887,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be for audits and 
investigations conducted pursuant to 

section 1608 of the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies 
of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of 
which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses.

 treasury inspector general for tax administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration in carrying out chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, including purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 
U.S.C. 1343

    (b) ); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax 
Administration; $170,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 
shall be available for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and of which not to 
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses.

 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and training 
expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel to attend 
meetings and training concerned with domestic and foreign financial 
intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for assistance to 
Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$180,193,000, of which not to exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028.

 Bureau of the Fiscal Service

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the Fiscal 
Service, $343,511,000; of which not to exceed $8,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028, is for information systems 
modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.
 In addition, $225,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses for 
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by 

section 1012 of 
Public Law 101-380.

 Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of carrying out 

section 1111 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$158,506,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses; and of which not to 
exceed $50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and 
development programs for laboratory services; and provision of 
laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without 
reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accelerating the 
processing of formula and label applications: Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be for the costs associated 
with enforcement of and education regarding the trade practice 
provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.).

 United States Mint

 united states mint public enterprise fund

 Pursuant to 

section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the 
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the production of 
circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including 
both operating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the 
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 
fiscal year 2026 under such 

section 5136 for circulating coinage and 
protective service capital investments of the United States Mint shall 
not exceed $50,000,000.

 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account

 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory 
Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public Law 103-325), 
including services authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for EX-III, $276,600,000. Of the amount 
appropriated under this heading--

    (1) not less than $170,000,000, notwithstanding 

section 108

    (e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707

    (e) ) with regard to 
 Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 
 Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 
 30, 2027, for financial assistance and technical assistance 
 under subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of 

section 108

    (a)

    (1) , 
 respectively, of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) and
        (B) ), of which up to $1,600,000 may be available for 
 training and outreach under 

section 109 of Public Law 103-325 
 (12 U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be used for the 
 cost of direct loans, of which up to $10,000,000, 
 notwithstanding subsection
            (d) of 

section 108 of Public Law 
 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707
            (d) ), may be available to provide 
 financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
 outreach to community development financial institutions to 
 expand investments that benefit individuals with disabilities: 
 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
 in 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
 Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not 
 to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the funds 
 provided under this paragraph, excluding those made to 
 community development financial institutions to expand 
 investments that benefit individuals with disabilities and 
 those made to community development financial institutions that 
 serve populations living in persistent poverty counties, the 
 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund shall 
 prioritize Financial Assistance awards to organizations that 
 invest and lend in high-poverty areas: Provided further, That 
 for purposes of this section, the term ``high-poverty area'' 
 means any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 
 percent as measured by the 2016-2020 five-year data series 
 available from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of 
 the Census for all States and Puerto Rico or with a poverty 
 rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2010 Island 
 areas Decennial Census data for any territory or possession of 
 the United States;

    (2) not less than $35,000,000, notwithstanding 

section 108

    (e) of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4707

    (e) ), is available 
 until September 30, 2027, for financial assistance, technical 
 assistance, training, and outreach programs designed to benefit 
 Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities 
 and provided primarily through qualified community development 
 lender organizations with experience and expertise in community 
 development banking and lending in Indian country, Native 
 American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and 
 other suitable providers;

    (3) not less than $35,000,000 is available until September 
 30, 2027, for the Bank Enterprise Award program;

    (4) not less than $3,000,000 is available until September 
 30, 2027, to provide grants for loan loss reserve funds and to 
 provide technical assistance for small dollar loan programs 
 under 

section 122 of Public Law 103-325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): 
 Provided, That sections 108
            (d) and 122

    (b)

    (2) of such Public Law 
 shall not apply to the provision of such grants and technical 
 assistance;

    (5) up to $33,600,000 is available for administrative 
 expenses, including administration of Community Development 
 Financial Institutions Fund programs and the New Markets Tax 
 Credit Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for the 
 development of tools to better assess and inform Community 
 Development Financial Institutions investment performance and 
 Community Development Financial Institutions program impacts, 
 and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out 
 the direct loan program; and

    (6) during fiscal year 2026, none of the funds available 
 under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 
 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
 commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under 

section 114A of 
 the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act 
 of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commitments to 
 guarantee bonds and notes under such 

section 114A shall not 
 exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That such 

section 114A 
 shall remain in effect until December 31, 2027: Provided 
 further, That of the funds awarded under this heading, not less 
 than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support 
 investments that serve populations living in persistent poverty 
 counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 
 paragraph and paragraph

    (1) , the term ``persistent poverty 
 counties'' means any county, including county equivalent areas 
 in Puerto Rico, that has had 20 percent or more of its 
 population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 
 measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016-
 2020 five-year data series available from the American 
 Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or any other 
 territory or possession of the United States that has had 20 
 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the 
 past 30 years, as measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island 
 Areas Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bureau of 
 the Census.

 Internal Revenue Service

 taxpayer services

 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to provide 
taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education, 
filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed 
$100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, of which 
not less than $13,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the 
Elderly Program, of which not less than $30,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027 shall be available for low-income 
taxpayer clinic grants, including grants to individual clinics of up to 
$200,000, of which not less than $45,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, shall be available for the Community Volunteer 
Income Tax Assistance Matching Grants Program for tax return 
preparation assistance, and of which not less than $291,200,000 shall 
be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 
Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be for identity theft and 
refund fraud casework.

 enforcement

 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the 
Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to 
provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal 
investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of 
internal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire 
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343

    (b) ), and to provide other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner, $3,000,000,000; of which not to exceed 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027; of which 
not less than $65,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed $35,000,000 shall be 
for investigative technology for the Criminal Investigation Division: 
Provided, That the amount made available for investigative technology 
for the Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to amounts 
made available for the Criminal Investigation Division under the 
``Technology and Operations Support'' heading.

 technology and operations support

 For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Revenue Service to 
support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent 
payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; 
headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and 
statistics of income; telecommunications; information technology 
development, enhancement, operations, maintenance and security; the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343

    (b) ); the operations of 
the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and other services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner; $3,750,826,000, of which not to exceed $275,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027; of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for acquisition of 
equipment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of 
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2028, for research; and of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not 
later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 
Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General 
of the United States detailing major information technology investments 
supporting the Internal Revenue Service's Strategic Operating Plan, 
including short descriptions and detailed, plain language summaries on 
the status of plans, costs, schedule, scope and results of supporting 
programs; prior results and actual expenditures of the prior quarter; 
upcoming deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and 
mitigation strategies associated with ongoing work; reasons for any 
cost or schedule variances; total expenditures by fiscal year; and 
changes if any, to planned cost, schedule, and scope, and reason for 
the change; for each program, the IRS should include a start date, 
estimated completion date, cumulative costs to date, and estimated 
lifecycle costs, and a description of how the investment aligns with 
the Strategic Operating Plan: Provided further, That the Internal 
Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal 
year 2027, a summary of cost and schedule performance information for 
its major information technology systems.

 administrative provisions--internal revenue service

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of an appropriation in this Act 
made available to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to 
any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance 
approval of the Committee: Provided, That, no funds may be 
transferred to ``Enforcement''.
 

Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an employee 
training program, which shall include the following topics: taxpayers' 
rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, 
ethics, and the impartial application of tax law.
 

Sec. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce 
policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of 
taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against identity theft.
 

Sec. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the 
Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and 
increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line 
service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make 
improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a 
priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time 
to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to victims of tax-
related crimes.
 

Sec. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice of 
confirmation of any address change relating to an employer making 
employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent to both the 
employer's former and new address and an officer or employee of the 
Internal Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an offer-
in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud by a 
third party payroll tax preparer.
 

Sec. 106. None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United 
States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States.
 

Sec. 107. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regulatory 
scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs.
 

Sec. 108. None of funds made available by this Act to the Internal 
Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on conferences that do 
not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, documentation 
requirements, and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result of the 
recommendations in the report published on May 31, 2013, by the 
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration entitled ``Review of 
the August 2010 Small Business/Self-Employed Division's Conference in 
Anaheim, California'' (Reference Number 2013-10-037).
 

Sec. 109. None of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended--

    (1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, award, 
 or recognition program; or

    (2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with 
 respect to re-hiring a former employee;
unless such program or process takes into account the conduct and 
Federal tax compliance of such employee or former employee.
 

Sec. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of 

section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return 
information).
 

Sec. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's 
delegate) may use the funds made available in this Act, subject to such 
policies as the Secretary (or the Secretary's delegate) may establish, 
to utilize direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified 
applicants, without regard to any notice or preference requirements, 
directly to positions in the competitive service to process backlogged 
tax returns and return information.
 

Sec. 112. Notwithstanding 

section 1344 of title 31, United States 
Code, funds appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service in this Act 
may be used to provide passenger carrier transportation and protection 
between the Commissioner of Internal Revenue's residence and place of 
employment.
 

Sec. 113. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to develop or provide taxpayers a free, public 
electronic return-filing service option, without the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate, House 
Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Finance Committee.
 

Sec. 114. None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase 
firearms or ammunition for the Internal Revenue Service above the 
levels in the possession of the Internal Revenue Service on December 
22, 2022.

 Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury

 (including transfers of funds)

 

Sec. 115. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in this 
Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and 
cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in 
foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used 
overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the 
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services 
to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
 

Sec. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this 
title made available under the headings ``Departmental Offices--
Salaries and Expenses'', ``Office of Inspector General'', ``Financial 
Crimes Enforcement Network'', ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service'', and 
``Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau'' may be transferred between 
such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That no transfer under this section may increase or decrease 
any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
 

Sec. 117. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
 

Sec. 118. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise 
available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving 
and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
 

Sec. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds from 
the ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service--Salaries and Expenses'' to the Debt 
Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection: 
Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and 
expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Collection 
Fund.
 

Sec. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United States 
Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
 

Sec. 121. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department of the 
Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the United States 
Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or 
all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 
Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.
 

Sec. 122. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the 
transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the Treasury's 
intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of 

section 504 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2026 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2026.
 

Sec. 123. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Industrial Revolving Fund for 
necessary official reception and representation expenses.
 

Sec. 124. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital 
Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days following the 
submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: Provided, 
That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital investment 
spending from all accounts within the Department of the Treasury, 
including but not limited to the Department-wide Systems and Capital 
Investment Programs account, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital 
Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in previous fiscal 
years for each capital investment project that has not been fully 
completed.
 

Sec. 125. During fiscal year 2026--

    (1) none of the funds made available in this or any other 
 Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including 
 the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize any 
 regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a 
 particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is used to 
 determine whether an organization is operated exclusively for 
 the promotion of social welfare for purposes of 

section 501
            (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the 
 proposed regulations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 
 29, 2013)); and

    (2) the standard and definitions as in effect on January 1, 
 2010, which are used to make such determinations shall apply 
 after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes of 
 determining status under 

section 501
            (c) (4) of such Code of 
 organizations created on, before, or after such date.
 

Sec. 126. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the amount of total funds charged to each office by the 
Franchise Fund including the amount charged for each service provided 
by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description of the 
services, a detailed explanation of how each charge for each service is 
calculated, and a description of the role customers have in governing 
in the Franchise Fund.
 

Sec. 127.

    (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each quarter, 
the Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on the activities 
of the Office to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs.

    (b) The reports required under subsection

    (a) shall include--

    (1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 
 object class, office, and activity;

    (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the 
 fiscal year by object class, office, and activity;

    (3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 
 during the previous quarter;

    (4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 
 each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and

    (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 
 performance measures of each office.
            (c) At the request of any such Committees specified in subsection

    (a) , the Office of Financial Research shall make officials available to 
testify on the contents of the reports required under subsection

    (a) .
 

Sec. 128. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, or otherwise allow, whether 
by general or specific license, travel-related or other transactions 
incident to non-educational exchanges described in 

section 515.565

    (b) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 129. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall provide a joint report not later than 90 days 
after the enactment of this Act regarding travel pursuant to sections 
515.565

    (b) , 515.560

    (a)

    (1) , 515.560
            (c) (4)
            (i) , and 515.561 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 130. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of the Treasury to advise or participate in the 
design, build, or development of a United States Central Bank Digital 
Currency or participate in any decision to discontinue circulation or 
use of paper currency as legal tender in the United States.
 

Sec. 131. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to implement or enforce 
beneficial ownership reporting rules pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5336 that 
have been found by a Federal court to be unconstitutional or do not 
reflect Congressional intent, including reporting rules for small 
businesses and homeowners associations. The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this Act describing the status and use of existing beneficial 
ownership information submitted by domestic entities after January 1, 
2024 and currently held by the Department of the Treasury.
 

Sec. 132. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the rule relating to ``Coronavirus State and 
Local Fiscal Recovery Funds'' (88 Fed. Reg. 80584 (November 20, 2023)) 
or any substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 133. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Federal Insurance Office to implement, administer, or enforce 
subsection

    (e)

    (6) of 

section 313 of title 31, United States Code. 
Additionally, none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Office of Financial Research to implement, administer, or 
enforce 

section 5343

    (f) of title 12, United States Code.
 

Sec. 134. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to establish within the Department of the Treasury an advisory 
committee with respect to any environmental, social, or governance 
matter.
 

Sec. 135. Amounts made available under 

section 601

    (f)

    (3) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801

    (f)

    (3) ) shall be available for any 
necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury Office of 
Inspector General with respect to 

section 501 of that Act, subtitle A 
of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, 
and 

section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
 

Sec. 136. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out amendments published on May 29, 2024, with respect to 
sections 515.340, 515.570, 515.582, and 515.584 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 137. The Secretary of the Treasury is directed to issue a 
report to Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the 
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on the 
practicability of establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. 
Digital Asset Stockpile, including a description of any potential 
barriers, the projected impact the reserve and/or stockpile would have 
on the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, existing transfer 
authorities under which an agency would contribute to the Department of 
the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, a description of how Bitcoin and digital 
assets would appear on the federal government's balance sheet, and all 
third party contractors responsible for the custody of the assets.
 

Sec. 138. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, outlining the 
Secretary of the Treasury's plan for the secure and efficient custody 
of the digital assets acquired by the Federal government, including 
assets held under the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and the U.S. Digital 
Asset Stockpile. The report shall describe the custody architecture, 
legal authorities, cybersecurity protocols, and interagency procedures 
for transferring and holding digital assets.
 

Sec. 139. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the 
National Security Agency shall produce a classified report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate within 90 days after the enactment of this Act outlining 
coordination between the two agencies.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE II

 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
 PRESIDENT

 The White House

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law, 
including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 
U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in 
that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to 
exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 
U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, to be available for allocation within the 
Executive Office of the President; and for necessary expenses of the 
Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $71,000,000.

 Executive Residence at the White House

 operating expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White 
House, $16,000,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 
U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.

 reimbursable expenses

 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the 
White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That all 
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be 
made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount 
for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of 
the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting 
collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the Executive 
Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political 
event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the 
event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the 
political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to 
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee during such 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable 
operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that 
such amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such 
notice: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge 
interest and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that 
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest 
and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United 
States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That 
each such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year 
covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating 
expenses of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, 
including the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total 
that consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, 
and the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 
date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to 
reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that includes a 
standard for the classification of any such expense as political or 
nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this paragraph 
may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 
applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, 
United States Code.

 White House Repair and Restoration

 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 
Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105
            (d) , $2,475,000, 
to remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 
resolution of safety and health issues, and continued preventative 
maintenance.

 Council of Economic Advisers

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers in 
carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 
1021 et seq.), $4,200,000.

 National Security Council and Homeland Security Council

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and the 
Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $12,500,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses.

 Office of Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $105,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$12,800,000 shall remain available until expended for continued 
modernization of information resources within the Executive Office of 
the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available for a program to provide 
payments (such as stipends, subsistence allowances, cost 
reimbursements, or awards) to students, recent graduates, and veterans 
recently discharged from active duty who are performing voluntary 
services in the Executive Office of the President under 

section 3111

    (b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable authority and shall be in 
addition to amounts otherwise available to pay or compensate such 
individuals: Provided further, That such payments shall not be 
considered compensation for purposes of such 

section 3111

    (b) and may be 
paid in advance.

 Office of Management and Budget

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the 
United States Government, in accordance with 

section 1105

    (a) of title 
31, United States Code, $129,000,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 
shall be available for official representation expenses: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of 
Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any 
agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations under 
the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of 
witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the Committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on Appropriations or their 
subcommittees: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the annual work plan developed by the Corps of 
Engineers for submission to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be 
used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, 
for evaluating or determining if water resource project or study 
reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the 
Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applicable laws, 
regulations, and requirements relevant to the Civil Works water 
resource planning process: Provided further, That the Office of 
Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in which to 
perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on which the 
Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 
authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is 
initiated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have not 
been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 
committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and 
Budget review period based on the notification from the Director, 
Congress shall assume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 
the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no later than 
14 days after the submission of the budget of the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2027, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall make publicly available on a website a 
tabular list for each agency that submits budget justification 
materials (as defined in 

section 3 of the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at 
minimum, the name of the agency, the date on which the budget 
justification materials of the agency were submitted to Congress, and a 
uniform resource locator where the budget justification materials are 
published on the website of the agency.

 Office of the National Cyber Director

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the National Cyber 
Director, as authorized by 

section 1752 of the William M.

    (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116-283), $18,126,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses.

 Office of National Drug Control Policy

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
participation in joint projects or in the provision of services on 
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public 
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, $19,000,000: 
Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, 
and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without 
fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 
work of the Office.

 federal drug control programs

 high intensity drug trafficking areas program

 (including transfers of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $299,600,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, for drug control 
activities consistent with the approved strategy for each of the 
designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (``HIDTAs''), of which 
not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local 
entities for drug control activities and shall be obligated not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49 
percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments in 
amounts determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used for auditing 
services and associated activities and $1,500,000 shall be for the 
Grants Management System for use by the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy: Provided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior to 
fiscal year 2024 may be used for any other approved activities of that 
HIDTA, subject to reprogramming requirements: Provided further, That 
each HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2025, shall be funded at not 
less than the fiscal year 2025 base level, unless the Director submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate justification for changes to those levels based on clearly 
articulated priorities and published Office of National Drug Control 
Policy performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That 
the Director shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
initial allocation of fiscal year 2026 funding among HIDTAs not later 
than 45 days after enactment of this Act, and shall notify the 
Committees of planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as 
determined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon a 
determination that all or part of the funds so transferred from this 
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein and 
upon notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to 
this appropriation.

 other federal drug control programs

 (including transfers of funds)

 For other drug control activities authorized by the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988 and the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 1998, as amended, $136,150,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available as follows: 
$109,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not more 
than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, and of which 
$2,500,000 shall be made available as directed by 

section 4 of Public 
Law 107-82, as amended by 

section 8204 of Public Law 115-271; 
$3,000,000 for drug court training and technical assistance; 
$14,000,000 for anti-doping activities; up to $2,500,000 for the United 
States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; $1,250,000 for 
the Model Acts Program; and $5,200,000 for activities authorized by 

section 103 of Public Law 114-198: Provided, That amounts made 
available under this heading may be transferred to other Federal 
departments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 
further, That the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to obligating funds under 
this heading for United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping 
Agency, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a spending plan and explanation of the 
proposed uses of these funds: Provided further, That such plan shall 
include the results of an audit of the World Anti-Doping Agency to be 
conducted by external anti-doping experts and experienced independent 
auditors that demonstrate the World Anti-Doping Agency's Executive 
Committee and Foundation are operating consistent with their duties.

 Unanticipated Needs

 For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, 
or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal 
year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $545,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026.

 Information Technology Oversight and Reform

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, 
efficient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the 
Federal Government, $10,000,000: Provided, That the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget may transfer these funds to one or more 
other agencies to carry out projects to meet these purposes.

 Special Assistance to the President

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, 
including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,015,000.

 Official Residence of the Vice President

 operating expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the 
extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice 
President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed 
$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106

    (b)

    (2) , $315,000: Provided, That 
advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may be made 
to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such 
activities.

 Administrative Provisions--Executive Office

 Of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 201. From funds made available in this Act under the headings 
``The White House'', ``Executive Residence at the White House'', 
``White House Repair and Restoration'', ``Council of Economic 
Advisers'', ``National Security Council and Homeland Security 
Council'', ``Office of Administration'', ``Special Assistance to the 
President'', and ``Official Residence of the Vice President'', the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer 
as the President may designate in writing), may, with advance approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation 
to any other such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which 
transferred: Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not 
be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided 
further, That no amount shall be transferred from ``Special Assistance 
to the President'' or ``Official Residence of the Vice President'' 
without the approval of the Vice President.
 

Sec. 202.

    (a) During fiscal year 2026, any Executive order or 
Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the President shall be 
accompanied by a written statement from the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, including costs, 
benefits, and revenues, of such order or memorandum.

    (b) Any such statement shall include--

    (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 
 order or memorandum on the Federal Government;

    (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 
 and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed 
 by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal-year period 
 beginning in fiscal year 2026; and

    (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government as the 
 result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscal-year 
 period beginning in fiscal year 2026.
            (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is issued 
during fiscal year 2026 due to a national emergency, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget may issue the statement required by 
subsection

    (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order or 
memorandum is issued.
            (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential memoranda 
shall only apply for Presidential memoranda estimated to have a 
regulatory cost in excess of $100,000,000.
 

Sec. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
issue a memorandum to all Federal departments, agencies, and 
corporations directing compliance with the provisions in title VII of 
this Act.
 This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office of the President 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE III

 THE JUDICIARY

 Supreme Court of the United States

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as 
required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; of which $18,000,000 is for the personal 
security of the Justices, and for miscellaneous expenses, to be 
expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $148,000,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and associate 
justices of the court.

 care of the building and grounds

 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect 
of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by 40 
U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 under the direction of the Chief Justice, 
$11,388,000, to remain available until expended.

 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

 salaries and expenses

 For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary expenses 
of the court, as authorized by law, $36,735,000.
 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the 
court.

 United States Court of International Trade

 salaries and expenses

 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, and 
necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $21,260,000.
 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and judges of the 
court.

 Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

 salaries and expenses

 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the 
Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, necessary 
expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning 
of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as 
authorized by law, $6,069,055,000 (including the purchase of firearms 
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain 
available until expended for space alteration projects and for 
furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 
construction projects: Provided, That $74,000,000 shall be used for 
actions within the Judiciary's multi-year cybersecurity and information 
technology modernization plan.
 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
under current law for the salaries of circuit and district judges 
(including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from office or from 
regular active service.
 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660), not to exceed 
$9,975,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Trust Fund.

 defender services

 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to 
represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing 
investigative, expert, and other services for such representations as 
authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the maximums 
under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has 
waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions 
for the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875
            (d) (1) ; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983

    (b)

    (1) in connection with certain judicial 
civil forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of 
travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 
4100

    (b) ; and for necessary training and general administrative 
expenses, $1,570,213,000, to remain available until expended.

 fees of jurors and commissioners

 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and 
1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71.1

    (h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1

    (h) ), $19,108,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall 
not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 
U.S.C. 5332.

 court security

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the 
provision of protective guard services for United States courthouses 
and other facilities housing Federal court or Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, and 
maintenance of security systems and equipment for United States 
courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court or 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts operations, building 
ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed 
security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 
by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 
authorized by 

section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to 
Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $892,032,000, of which not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be expended 
directly or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 
shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility Security 
Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and 
the Attorney General: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program to facilitate 
security and emergency management services among the Judiciary, United 
States Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, General Services 
Administration, other Federal agencies, state and local governments and 
the public; and for purposes authorized by the Daniel Anderl Judicial 
Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-263, division C, title 
LIX, subtitle D) and 28 U.S.C. 604

    (a)

    (24) .

 Administrative Office of the United States Courts

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343

    (b) , advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, $102,673,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses.

 Federal Judicial Center

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
authorized by Public Law 90-219, $34,261,000; of which $1,800,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027, to provide education and 
training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 
is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

 United States Sentencing Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $21,641,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and 
representation expenses.

 Administrative Provisions--the Judiciary

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
 

Sec. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may 
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 
except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 
Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in 

section 608.
 

Sec. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries 
and expenses appropriation for ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services'' shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United 
States: Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the 
Judicial Conference.
 

Sec. 304. 

Section 3315

    (a) of title 40, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting ``Federal'' for ``executive'' each place it 
appears.
 

Sec. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561-569, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Marshals 
Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may 
designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, 
the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of 
Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified in 40 
U.S.C. 1315

    (b)

    (2)
        (E) . For building-specific security services at these 
courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service rather 
than the Department of Homeland Security.
 This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
2026''.

 TITLE IV

 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 Federal Funds

 federal payment for resident tuition support

 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be deposited 
into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to be administered 
by the Mayor, for the District of Columbia resident tuition support 
program established and operated under the District of Columbia College 
Access Act of 1999 (sec 38-2701 et seq. D.C. Official Code), 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident's 
academic merit, the income and need of eligible students and such other 
factors as may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resident 
Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal funds 
appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent 
appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and 
any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the account shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 
Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely for the 
purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program: 
Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall 
provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for these 
funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose 
therefor.

 federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in the 
 district of columbia

 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined by the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the 
elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
$70,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of 
providing public safety at events related to the presence of the 
National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support 
requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in 
carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to respond to 
immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 
Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions.

 federal payment to the district of columbia courts

 For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 
including the transfer and hire of motor vehicles, $292,068,000 to be 
allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 
$15,283,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception 
and representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, $142,571,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; for the District of Columbia 
Court System, $91,896,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for 
official reception and representation expenses; and $42,318,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, for capital improvements for 
District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent with 
the District of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities 
condition assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the 
amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Columbia 
Courts for administering bar examinations and processing District of 
Columbia bar admissions may be retained and credited to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, for salaries and 
expenses associated with such activities, notwithstanding 

section 450 
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 

sec. 1-
204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by 
the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the 
same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 
Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days after providing 
written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading among the items and entities funded under this heading: 
Provided further, That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration 
in the District of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program 
substantially similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of 
chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the 
District of Columbia Courts.

 federal payment for defender services in district of columbia courts

 (including rescission of funds)

 For payments authorized under 

section 11-2604 and 

section 11-2605, 
D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under the 
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for counsel 
appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad 
litem representation, training, technical assistance, and such other 
services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad litem 
representation, payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments 
authorized under 

section 21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship, 
Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 
$46,005,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
provided under this heading shall be administered by the Joint 
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as 
funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under this heading, $12,000,000, are 
hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2026.

 federal payment to the court services and

 offender supervision agency for

 the district of columbia

 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor 
vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
District of Columbia, as authorized by the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$286,016,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and 
Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not to exceed $25,000 
is for dues and assessments relating to the implementation of the Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 
2002: Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$203,542,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision 
and Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the 
supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of 
services for or related to such persons, of which up to $4,253,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028, for costs associated 
with the relocation under replacement leases for headquarters offices, 
field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That, of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $82,474,000 shall be available 
to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under this 
heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully complete their 
terms of supervision.

 federal payment to the district of columbia public defender service

 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire of motor 
vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as 
authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997, $53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 
obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 
employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service a program 
substantially similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of 
chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, except that the maximum 
amount of the payment made under the program to any individual may not 
exceed the amount referred to in 

section 3523

    (b)

    (3)
        (B) of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for the purposes of 
engaging with, and receiving services from, Federal Franchise Fund 
Programs established in accordance with 

section 403 of the Government 
Management Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of Columbia 
Public Defender Service shall be considered an agency of the United 
States Government: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
Public Defender Service may enter into contracts for the procurement of 
severable services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 
property and services to the same extent and under the same conditions 
as an executive agency under sections 3902 and 3903 of title 41, United 
States Code.

 federal payment to the criminal justice coordinating council

 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, 
$4,750,000, to remain available until expended, to support initiatives 
related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal justice 
resources in the District of Columbia: Provided, That, $2,300,000 
shall be used for costs related to the JUSTIS modernization efforts.

 federal payment for judicial commissions

 For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, $330,000, 
and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $300,000.

 federal payment for school improvement

 For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the 
District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
for payments authorized under the Scholarships for Opportunity and 
Results Act (division C of Public Law 112-10): Provided, That of such 
payment, $26,250,000 shall be used to carry out the Opportunity 
Scholarship Program under such Act, $17,500,000 shall be used for 
payments to District of Columbia public charter schools under 

section 3004

    (b)

    (2) of such Act, and $8,750,000 shall be used for payments to 
District of Columbia public schools under 

section 3004

    (b)

    (1) of such 
Act: Provided further, That to the extent that funds are available for 
opportunity scholarships and following the priorities included in 

section 3006 of such Act, the Secretary of Education shall make 
scholarships available to students eligible under 

section 3013

    (3) of 
such Act (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who were 
not offered a scholarship during any previous school year: Provided 
further, That within funds provided for opportunity scholarships, up to 
$1,750,000 shall be for the activities specified in sections 3007

    (b) through 3007
            (d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 
activities specified in 

section 3009 of the Act.

 federal payment for the district of columbia national guard

 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National Guard, 
$600,000, to remain available until expended for the Major General 
David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and 
College Access Program.

 federal payment for testing and treatment of hiv/aids

 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the testing 
of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, human 
immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the 
District of Columbia, $4,000,000.

 federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority

 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority, $5,700,000, to remain available until expended, to continue 
implementation of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: 
Provided, That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 
provides a 100 percent match for this payment.

 district of columbia funds

 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the 
current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District of Columbia 
(``General Fund'') for programs and activities set forth under the 
heading ``District of Columbia Budget for the Fiscal Year ending 
September 30, 2026'' and at the rate set forth under such heading, as 
included in the Fiscal Year 2026 Local Budget Act of 2025 submitted to 
Congress by the District of Columbia, as amended as of the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except as provided in 

section 450A of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act (

section 1-204.50a, D.C. Official Code), 
sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47-369.01 and 47-369.02, D.C. Official 
Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in 
this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal 
year 2026 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates included in 
the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request Act of 2025 submitted to Congress 
by the District of Columbia, as amended as of the date of enactment of 
this Act or the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia 
for such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: 
Provided further, That such increases shall be approved by enactment of 
local District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements 
contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, 
That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take 
such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 
meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief 
Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to the 
District during fiscal year 2026, except that the Chief Financial 
Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from 
bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects.
 This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE V

 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Administrative Conference of the United States

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,430,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, of which not to exceed 
$1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses.

 Consumer Product Safety Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' 
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $4,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $142,000,000, of which 
$2,500,000 shall remain available until expended, to carry out the 
program, including administrative costs, authorized by 

section 1405 of 
the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110-140 
as amended), and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended, to carry out the program, including administrative costs, 
authorized by 

section 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial 
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division 
Q of Public Law 117-103).

 administrative provisions--consumer product safety commission

 

Sec. 501. During fiscal year 2026, none of the amounts made 
available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the Safety 
Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 
19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after--

    (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 
 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
 Department of Defense, completes a study to determine--
        (A) the technical validity of the lateral stability 
 and vehicle handling requirements proposed by such 
 standard for purposes of reducing the risk of 
 Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (referred to in this 
 section as ``ROV'') rollovers in the off-road 
 environment, including the repeatability and 
 reproducibility of testing for compliance with such 
 requirements;
        (B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be 
 prevented if the proposed requirements were adopted;
            (C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
 proposal to provide information on a point-of-sale 
 hangtag about a ROV's rollover resistance on a 
 progressive scale; and
            (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the 
 United States military if the proposed requirements 
 were adopted; and

    (2) a report containing the results of the study completed 
 under paragraph

    (1) is delivered to--
        (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
 Transportation of the Senate;
        (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
 House of Representatives;
            (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
 and
            (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
 Representatives.
 

Sec. 502. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any regulation issued 
by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban gas stoves as a 
class of products.
 

Sec. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to finalize or implement the Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact 
Injuries or Table Saws (CPSC Docket No. 2011-0074) published by the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Register on May 12, 
2017 (82 FR 22190).
 

Sec. 504. During fiscal year 2026, none of the amounts made 
available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the Safety 
Standard for Debris Penetration Hazards in off-highway vehicles, 
including recreational off-highway vehicles (referred to in this 
section as ``ROVs'') and utility task vehicles (referred to in this 
section as ``UTVs''), published by the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission in the Federal Register on July 21, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 
43688) until after--

    (1) The National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 
 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
 Department of Defense, completes a study to determine--
        (A) the technical validity of the debris 
 penetration resistance requirements proposed by such 
 standard for purposes of reducing the risk of ROV/UTV 
 debris penetration in the off-road environment, 
 including the repeatability and reproducibility of 
 testing for compliance with such requirements;
        (B) the number of ROV/UTV debris penetrations that 
 would be prevented if the proposed requirements were 
 adopted;
            (C) the effect on the availability and utility of 
 ROVs/UTVs used by the United States military if the 
 proposed requirements were adopted;
            (D) the effect on the availability and utility of 
 ROVs/UTVs used by consumers in the United States if the 
 proposed requirements were adopted; and

    (2) a report containing the results of the study completed 
 under paragraph

    (1) is delivered to--
        (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
 Transportation of the Senate;
        (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
 House of Representatives;
            (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
 and
            (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
 Representatives.

 Election Assistance Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107-252), $17,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be 
made available to the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
for election reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002; of which not less than $2,324,429 shall be for necessary 
expenses of the Office of Inspector General; and of which not to exceed 
$8,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.

 election security grants

 Notwithstanding 

section 104
            (c) (2)
        (B) of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904
            (c) (2)
        (B) ), $15,000,000 is provided to the 
Election Assistance Commission for necessary expenses to make payments 
to States for activities to improve the administration of elections for 
Federal office, including to enhance election technology and make 
election security improvements, as authorized by sections 101, 103, and 
104 of such Act: Provided, That for purposes of applying such 
sections, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 
deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections 101
            (d) (2) and 103

    (a) shall be treated in the same manner as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 
further, That each reference to the ``Administrator of General 
Services'' or the ``Administrator'' in sections 101 and 103 shall be 
deemed to refer to the ``Election Assistance Commission'': Provided 
further, That each reference to ``$5,000,000'' in 

section 103 shall be 
deemed to refer to ``$1,000,000'' and each reference to ``$1,000,000'' 
in 

section 103 shall be deemed to refer to ``$200,000'': Provided 
further, That not later than two years after receiving a payment under 
this heading, a State shall make available funds for such activities in 
an amount equal to 20 percent of the total amount of the payment made 
to the State under this heading: Provided further, That not later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Election 
Assistance Commission shall make the payments to States under this 
heading: Provided further, That States shall submit quarterly financial 
reports and annual progress reports.

 Federal Communications Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as 
authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor 
vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $390,192,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$390,192,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected 
pursuant to 

section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2026 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2026 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided further, That any 
offsetting collections received in excess of $390,192,000 in fiscal 
year 2026 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, 
That remaining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 
excess of the amount specified for collection in each such year and 
otherwise be coming available on October 1, 2025, shall not be 
available for obligation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 
U.S.C. 309

    (j)

    (8)
        (B) , proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding 
system that may be retained and made available for obligation shall not 
exceed $139,000,000 for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That, of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, not less than $12,686,000 
shall be for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General.

 administrative provisions--federal communications commission

 

Sec. 505. 

Section 302 of the Universal Service Antideficiency 
Temporary Suspension Act is amended by striking ``December 31, 2024'' 
each place it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2026''.
 

Sec. 506. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change 
its rules or regulations for universal service support payments to 
implement the February 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 
Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary 
line restrictions on universal service support payments.
 

Sec. 507. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Federal Communications Commission or the Universal Service 
Administrative Company to update the currently applicable minimum 
service standards for fixed or mobile broadband Internet access 
services pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 

Sec. 54.408 without further 
consideration through notice and comment rulemaking procedures of the 
impact these minimum standards have on affordability and consumer 
choice and to reduce the support level pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 

Sec. 54.403

    (a)

    (2) : Provided further, That, the FCC shall consider 
through notice and comment rulemaking procedures the impact that the 
support level for voice service as set forth in 47 C.F.R. 

Sec. 54.403

    (a)

    (2) has on low-income consumers' access to public safety.
 

Sec. 508. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule entitled ``The 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of 
Digital Discrimination,'' (89 Fed. Reg. 4128 (January 22, 2024)), or 
any substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 509. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to establish within the Federal Communications Commission an advisory 
committee with respect to any environmental, social or governance 
matter.

 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 office of the inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, $48,500,000, of which $1,500,00 shall remain available until 
expended, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when 
appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

 Federal Election Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971, $76,500,000, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses.

 Federal Labor Relations Authority

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 
1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and 
consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official 
reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) and rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$29,500,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service 
Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of 
subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed 
intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Federal 
participants at labor-management relations conferences shall be 
credited to and merged with this account, to be available without 
further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.

 Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

 environmental review improvement fund

 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review Improvement Fund 
established pursuant to 

section 41009
            (d) of Public Law 114-94, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended.

 Federal Trade Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $388,700,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to 
contract with a person or persons for collection services in accordance 
with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be available for the programs and activities 
authorized by the TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12): Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $310,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless 
of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $15,000,000 
in offsetting collections derived from fees to implement and enforce 
the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and 
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall 
be credited to this account, and be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2026 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $63,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement 
subsection

    (e)

    (2)
        (B) of 

section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1831t).

 administrative provisions--federal trade commission

 

Sec. 510. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the final rule entitled ``Combating Auto Retail 
Scams Trade Regulation Rule'' (89 Fed. Reg. 590 (January 4, 2024)).
 

Sec. 511. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to finalize or enforce the ``Trade Regulation on the Use of Earnings 
Claims'' or the ``Review of the Business Opportunity Rule'' rulemakings 
without a clear statement of need or unless overlapping rulemaking and 
improvements in self-regulation and consumer protection of industries 
that would be impacted is considered.
 

Sec. 512. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by employees of the Federal Trade Commission to conduct any activity 
with the European Union's European Commission, the United Kingdom's 
Competition and Markets Authority, or the People's Republic of China's 
State Administration for Market Regulation for any merger review, 
investigation, or enforcement action.
 

Sec. 513. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any rule defining or describing 
unfair methods of competition for purposes of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
 

Sec. 514. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement administer, or enforce amendments to part 803 of the 
premerger notification rules that implement 

section 7A of the Clayton 
Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) and to the premerger notification and report form 
and instructions made after June 14, 2021.
 

Sec. 515. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the October 25, 2021, Statement of 
the Commission on Use of Prior Approval Provisions in Merger Orders.
 

Sec. 516. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the November 10, 2022, ``Policy 
Statement Regarding the Scope of Unfair Methods of Competition Under 

Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, Commission File No. 
P221202''.
 

Sec. 517. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to file a complaint unless all Commissioners certify that they have had 
access to review all relevant materials at least 10 business days prior 
to a Commission Meeting or vote on the matter.

 General Services Administration

 real property activities

 federal buildings fund

 limitations on availability of revenue

 (including transfers of funds)

 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections deposited 
into the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of real 
property management and related activities not otherwise provided for, 
including operation, maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and 
leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including 
space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in 
connection with the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space; 
contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and 
moving; repair and alteration of Federally owned buildings, including 
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; 
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise 
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and 
sites; conversion and extension of Federally owned buildings; 
preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; 
construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 
and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for 
public buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase 
contract; in the aggregate amount of $9,197,703,000, of which--

    (1) $319,581,000 shall remain available until expended for 
 repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
 construction services, in addition to amounts otherwise 
 provided for such purposes, of which--
        (A) $269,581,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
 Alterations; and
        (B) $50,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs:
 Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous 
 Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
 shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount 
 identified for each project, except each project in this or any 
 previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 
 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees 
 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
 Senate of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 
 projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be 
 funded under this category only if advance approval is obtained 
 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
 Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That the 
 amounts provided in this or any prior Act for ``Repairs and 
 Alterations'' may be used to fund costs associated with 
 implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to 
 meet the minimum standards for security in accordance with 
 current law and in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines 
 of the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: 
 Provided further, That the difference between the funds 
 appropriated and expended on any projects in this or any prior 
 Act, under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', may be 
 transferred to ``Basic Repairs and Alterations'' or used to 
 fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided 
 further, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for 
 ``Basic Repairs and Alterations'' may be used to pay claims 
 against the Government arising from any projects under the 
 heading ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund authorized 
 increases in prospectus projects;

    (2) $5,606,122,000 for rental of space to remain available 
 until expended; and

    (3) $3,272,000,000 for building operations to remain 
 available until expended: Provided, That the total amount of 
 funds made available from this Fund to the General Services 
 Administration shall not be available for expenses of any 
 construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for 
 which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307

    (a) , has not 
 been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for 
 each project for required expenses for the development of a 
 proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in 
 the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency 
 repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees 
 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
 Senate: Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide 
 reimbursable special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 
 592

    (b)

    (2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 
 lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or 
 other property not in Government ownership or control as may be 
 appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to 
 perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, 
 shall be available from such revenues and collections: 
 Provided further, That revenues and collections and any other 
 sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2026, excluding 
 reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592

    (b)

    (2) , in excess of the 
 aggregate new obligational authority authorized for Real 
 Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act 
 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

 general activities

 government-wide policy

 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for 
Government-wide policy associated with the management of real and 
personal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology management, 
and related technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by statute; 
$69,000,000.

 operating expenses

 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for 
Government-wide activities associated with utilization and donation of 
surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency-wide 
policy direction and management; $52,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$7,500 is for official reception and representation expenses.

 civilian board of contract appeals

 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for the 
activities associated with the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, 
$11,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $72,500,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for information technology 
enhancements related to providing a modern technology case management 
solutions: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for payment for information and detection of fraud against 
the Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government 
property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private 
citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in 
enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

 allowances and office staff for former presidents

 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 (3 
U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $5,200,000.

 federal citizen services fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 
3604; and for necessary expenses authorized by law in support of 
interagency projects that enable the Federal Government to enhance its 
ability to conduct activities electronically, through the development 
and implementation of innovative uses of information technology; 
$55,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 
Provided, That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal 
agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 
 Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 
and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available until 
expended for necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 
enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 
activities electronically through the development and implementation of 
innovative uses of information technology in the aggregate amount not 
to exceed $150,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, 
revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund during 
fiscal year 2026 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and 
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in 
appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, of the total amount 
appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for support functions 
and full-time hires to support activities related to the 
Administration's requirements under title II of the Foundations for 
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-435): Provided 
further, That the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.

 working capital fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For the Working Capital Fund of the General Services 
Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary costs incurred by the Administrator to modernize rulemaking 
systems and to provide support services for Federal rulemaking 
agencies.

 administrative provisions--general services administration

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 518. Funds available to the General Services Administration 
shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
 

Sec. 519. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for 
fiscal year 2026 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be 
transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to 
meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall 
be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.
 

Sec. 520. Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 2026 
request for United States Courthouse construction only if the request:

    (1) meets the design guide standards for construction as established 
and approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial 
Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management and 
Budget;

    (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the 
United States as set out in its approved Courthouse Project Priorities 
plan; and

    (3) includes a standardized courtroom utilization study of 
each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
 

Sec. 521. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning 
services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided 
through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the 
rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by 
the General Services Administration in consideration of the Public 
Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
 

Sec. 522. From funds made available under the heading ``Federal 
Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue'', claims 
against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct 
construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated 
from savings effected in other construction projects with prior 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.
 

Sec. 523. In any case in which the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting 
lease authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress by the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration under 40 U.S.C. 
3307, the Administrator shall ensure that the delineated area of 
procurement is identical to the delineated area included in the 
prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator 
determines that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, the 
Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement to each of such 
committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority 
provided in the resolution.
 

Sec. 524. With respect to projects funded under the heading 
``Federal Citizen Services Fund'', the Administrator of General 
Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for each project 
to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
 

Sec. 525. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available for the purchase of real 
property by the General Services Administration, unless as needed for a 
project authorized pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 3307.
 

Sec. 526. The General Services Administration shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, in coordination with the 
Office of Management and Budget, a report on federal agency office 
space utilization and proposals for increasing efficient use of federal 
office space and monitoring space utilization no later than 120 days 
after enactment of this Act.

 Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation

 salaries and expenses

 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust 
Fund, established by 

section 10 of Public Law 93-642, $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended.

 Merit Systems Protection Board

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, 
the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection 
Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement of 
survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $49,135,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for administrative expenses to 
adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board.

 Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

 morris k. udall and stewart l. udall trust fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,782,000, to remain available for direct 
expenditure until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 
of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
activities authorized by 

section 6

    (7) of Public Law 102-259 and 

section 817

    (a) of Public Law 106-568 (20 U.S.C. 5604

    (7) ): Provided, That all 
current and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of the Interior will remain available until 
expended for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code, and for annual independent financial audits of the 
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to the 
Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-289): 
Provided further, That previous amounts transferred to the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department of the Interior may be transferred 
to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual 
independent financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax 
Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-289): Provided further, That any 
interest earned during fiscal year 2026 from investments made from 
discretionary appropriations to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Trust Fund after the date specified in 20 U.S.C. 

Sec. 5606

    (b)

    (1) shall be available until expended.

 environmental dispute resolution fund

 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry 
out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict 
Resolution Act of 1998, $3,904,000, to remain available until expended.

 National Archives and Records Administration

 operating expenses

 For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the 
National Archives and Records Administration and archived Federal 
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses 
necessary for the review and declassification of documents, the 
activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, the 
operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, 
and cleaning, $400,000,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the Federal 
Government's ability to electronically preserve, manage, and store 
Government records.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act of 
2008, Public Law 110-409, 122 Stat. 4302-16

    (2008) , and chapter 4 of 
title 5, United States Code, and for the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $5,920,000.

 repairs and restoration

 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities 
and museum exhibits, related equipment for public spaces, and to 
provide adequate storage for holdings, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

 national historical publications and

 records commission grants program

 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

 National Credit Union Administration

 community development revolving loan fund

 For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, and 9910, $3,423,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2026, for technical assistance to low-
income designated credit unions.

 Office of Government Ethics

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Government Ethics pursuant to the chapter 131 of title 5, United States 
Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Representative Louise 
McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $22,386,000.

 Office of Personnel Management

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfers of trust funds)

 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Personnel Management in this heading referred to as ``OPM'' pursuant to 
Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act 
of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee 
basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act 
activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 
of duty, $195,722,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $10,710,000 may remain available until 
expended, for information technology modernization, and shall be in 
addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, 
$1,445,000 may be made available for strengthening the capacity and 
capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), 
including the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 
workforce and information technology in support of acquisition 
workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to improve 
acquisition management; and in addition $190,000,000 for administrative 
expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM 
without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 
printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs: Provided 
further, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the 
authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 
8348

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) , 8958

    (f)

    (2)
        (A) , 8988

    (f)

    (2)
        (A) , and 9004

    (f)

    (2)
        (A) of title 
5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal 
Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 
of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided 
further, That the President's Commission on White House Fellows, 
established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, 
during fiscal year 2026, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development of publicity 
materials to provide information about the White House Fellows, except 
that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of 
travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made 
available under this heading may be transferred to an information 
technology working capital fund established for purposes authorized by 
subtitle G of title X of division A of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 40 U.S.C. 
11301 note): Provided further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and 
receive approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer under the preceding proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
transferred to such a fund under such transfer authority from any 
organizational category of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such 
organizational category's budget as identified in the report required 
by 

section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That amounts transferred 
to such a fund shall remain available for obligation through September 
30, 2029.

 office of inspector general

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of trust funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $6,839,000, and in addition, not to exceed 
$29,192,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and 
provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management's 
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as 
determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector 
General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere.

 Office of Special Counsel

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of 
Special Counsel, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $31,585,000.

 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
Board, as authorized by 

section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027.

 Public Buildings Reform Board

 salaries and expenses

 For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Reform Board in 
carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public 
Law 114-287), $3,605,000, to remain available until expended.

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space 
(to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $2,026,330,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $275,000 shall be available 
for a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of 
Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be 
available for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, 
members of their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logistic and 
administrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 
foreign invitees in attendance including:

    (1) incidental expenses such 
as meals;

    (2) travel and transportation; and

    (3) related lodging or 
subsistence.
 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, replication, 
and related costs associated with replacement leases for the 
Commission's office facilities, not to exceed $8,400,000, to remain 
available until expended.
 For purposes of calculating the fee rate under 

section 31

    (j) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee

    (j) ) for fiscal year 
2026, all amounts appropriated under this heading shall be deemed to be 
the regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2026: 
Provided, That fees and charges authorized by 

section 31 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to 
this account as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $2,026,330,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available 
until expended for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 
$8,400,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available until 
expended for move, replication, and related costs under this heading 
associated with replacement leases for the Commission's office 
facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appropriated under 
this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
reduced as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final 
total fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
not more than $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the 
appropriation for move, replication, and related costs associated with 
replacement leases for the Commission's office facilities is 
subsequently de-obligated by the Commission, such amount that was 
derived from the general fund shall be returned to the general fund, 
and such amounts that were derived from fees or assessments collected 
for such purpose shall be paid to each national securities exchange and 
national securities association, respectively, in proportion to any 
fees or assessments paid by such national securities exchange or 
national securities association under 

section 31 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2026.

 administrative provisions--securities and exchange commission

 

Sec. 527. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to compel a private company to make a public offering under the 
Securities Act of 1933 by amending the ``held of record'' definition 
under 

section 12

    (g)

    (1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 

Sec. 528. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement any program that requires a national securities exchange, 
a national securities association, or a member of such an exchange or 
association to collect and provide personally identifiable information 
with respect to a retail market participant to meet the requirements 
relating to an order or a reportable event under 

section 242.613
            (c) (7) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations 
thereof.
 

Sec. 529. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to review or approve the budget for the Financial Accounting Standards 
Board

    (FASB) as described in 15 U.S.C. 7219, until the FASB withdraws 
the Accounting Standards Update on Income Tax Disclosures issued in 
December 2023 (No. 2023-09).
 

Sec. 530. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to develop, promulgate, finalize, implement, or enforce rulemaking that 
would, directly or indirectly, create new disclosure requirements under 
Regulation D or lower the amount of money an issuer can raise through 
Regulation D.
 

Sec. 531. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the final rule entitled ``Cybersecurity Risk 
Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure'' (88 Fed. 
Reg. 51896 (August 4, 2023)).

 Selective Service System

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed 
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $31,300,000: 
 Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President may 
exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 
whenever the President deems such action to be necessary in the 
interest of national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection with the 
induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States.

 Small Business Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, 
and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $298,099,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
available for examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight 
activities: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small Business 
Administration, and certain loan program activities, including fees 
authorized by 

section 5

    (b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from 
all such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out these purposes without 
further appropriations: Provided further, That the Small Business 
Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with 

section 132

    (a) of division K of Public Law 108-447, during fiscal year 2026: Provided 
further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization 
and Accounting System, to be available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided further, That $15,500,000 shall be available for costs 
associated with the certification of small business concerns owned and 
controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans under sections 36A 
and 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f-1; 657f), 
respectively, and 

section 862 of Public Law 116-283, to be available 
until September 30, 2027.

 entrepreneurial development programs

 For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial and 
small business development, $289,550,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That $150,000,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2026 or fiscal year 2027 as 
authorized by 

section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided further, 
That $41,000,000 shall be for marketing, management, and technical 
assistance under 

section 7
            (m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636
            (m) (4) ) by intermediaries that make microloans under the microloan 
program: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available for 
grants to States to carry out export programs that assist small 
business concerns authorized under 

section 22
            (l) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 649
            (l) ): Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 
available for the Native American Outreach program: Provided further, 
That $18,500,000 shall be available for Veterans Outreach: Provided 
further, That $27,000,000 shall be available for Women's Business 
Centers

    (WBC) : Provided further, That no more than $8,500,000 shall be 
available for SCORE: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for the Federal and State Technology

    (FAST) Partnership 
Program.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, $37,020,000.

 office of advocacy

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying out 
the provisions of title II of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et 
seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.), $10,109,000, to remain available until expended.

 business loans program account

 (including transfer of funds)

 For the cost of direct loans, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in 

section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject to 

section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2026 
commitments to guarantee loans under 

section 503 of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 and commitments for loans authorized under 
subparagraph
            (C) of 

section 502

    (7) of the Small Business Investment Act 
of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696

    (7) ) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 
$22,500,000,000, of which $10,000,000,000 shall be reserved for small 
manufacturers in which the primary business of is classified in sector 
31, 32, or 33 of the North American Industrial Classification System 
and all of its production facilities are located in the United States: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2026 commitments for general 
business loans authorized under paragraphs

    (1) through

    (35) of 

section 7

    (a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed $42,500,000,000, of 
which $10,000,000,000 shall be reserved for small manufacturers in 
which the primary business of is classified in sector 31, 32, or 33 of 
the North American Industrial Classification System and all of its 
production facilities are located in the United States, for a 
combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line of 
credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2026 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under 

section 303

    (b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 
exceed $6,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2026, 
guarantees of trust certificates authorized by 

section 5

    (g) of the 
Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $162,000,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and 
Expenses.

 disaster loans program account

 (including transfers of funds)

 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by 

section 7

    (b) of the Small Business Act, $175,000,000, to 
be available until expended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of 
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for audits and 
reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which $165,000,000 is for direct administrative 
expenses of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 
program, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for Salaries and Expenses; and of which $8,400,000 is for indirect 
administrative expenses for the direct loan program, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and 
Expenses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this heading, 
$143,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122

    (2) ): Provided further, That the amount for major disasters 
under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to 

section 251

    (b)

    (2)
            (D) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended.

 administrative provisions--small business administration

 (including transfers of funds)

 

Sec. 532. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under 

section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section.
 

Sec. 533. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act for the Small Business Administration under the 
headings ``Salaries and Expenses'' and ``Business Loans Program 
Account'' may be transferred to the Administration's information 
technology system modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), as 
authorized by 

section 1077

    (b)

    (1) of title X of division A of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, for the 
purposes specified in 

section 1077

    (b)

    (3) of such Act, upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred to 
the IT WCF under this section shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2029.
 

Sec. 534. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Small Business Administration to fund climate change 
initiatives.
 

Sec. 535. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to create, implement, administer, expand, or enforce a direct lending 
program by the Small Business Administration not in effect on January 
1, 2024.
 

Sec. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to hire staff at the District of Columbia office until the Small 
Business Administration senior area manager position at the Coachella 
Valley, California, satellite office is staffed by at least one 
individual.
 

Sec. 537. None of the funds made available by the Act may be used 
to compel a small business to comply with section-704B of the Equal 
Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691c-2).

 United States Postal Service

 payment to the postal service fund

 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free 
and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections
            (c) and
            (d) of 

section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $49,750,000: Provided, That mail 
for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Postal 
Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or 
policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or local child 
support enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a State 
or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for information 
requested or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices: 
Provided further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 
continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as authorized under the 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111-241).

 office of inspector general

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, $274,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service 
Fund and expended as authorized by 

section 603

    (b)

    (3) of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109-435).

 United States Tax Court

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $3,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $55,000,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 
certificate of the judge.

 TITLE VI

 GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

 

Sec. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or 
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
 

Sec. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be 
transferred to other appropriations, except for transfers made pursuant 
to the authority in 

section 3173
            (d) of title 40, United States Code, 
unless expressly so provided herein.
 

Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
 

Sec. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
 

Sec. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government 
employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government 
employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, 
or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 

section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
 

Sec. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code.
 

Sec. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
 

Sec. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to 
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:

    (1) creates a new program;

    (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

    (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;

    (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by the Committee 
on Appropriations of either the House of Representatives or the Senate 
for a different purpose;

    (5) augments existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;

    (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 
10 percent, whichever is less; or

    (7) creates or reorganizes offices, 
programs, or activities unless prior approval is received from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 
restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, or 
activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline for 
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current 
fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall 
include:

    (1) a table for each appropriation, detailing both full-time 
employee equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns to 
display the prior year enacted level, the President's budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, 
if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;

    (2) a delineation in 
the table for each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and activity as detailed in 
this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the budget appendix for the 
respective appropriation, whichever is more detailed, and which shall 
apply to all items for which a dollar amount is specified and to all 
programs for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 
discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; and

    (3) an 
identification of items of special congressional interest: Provided 
further, That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 
expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 
day after the required date that the report has not been submitted to 
the Congress.
 

Sec. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of fiscal year 2026 from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses for fiscal year 2026 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with 
reprogramming guidelines.
 

Sec. 610.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used by the Executive Office of the President to request--

    (1) any official background investigation report on any 
 individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or

    (2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
 organization as described in 

section 501
            (c) of the Internal 
 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 

section 501

    (a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
 Internal Revenue Service.

    (b) Subsection

    (a) shall not apply--

    (1) in the case of an official background investigation 
 report, if such individual has given express written consent 
 for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of 
 such request and during the same presidential administration; 
 or

    (2) if such request is required due to extraordinary 
 circumstances involving national security.
 

Sec. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under chapter 
15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with respect to a 
contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 
established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
 

Sec. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing 
any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living 
allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and 
utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made available to the 
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval.
 

Sec. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with 
any health plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program 
which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.
 

Sec. 614. The provision of 

section 613 shall not apply where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
 

Sec. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial 
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American Act), shall not 
apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
technology (as defined in 

section 11101 of title 40, United States 
Code), that is a commercial product (as defined in 

section 103 of title 
41, United States Code).
 

Sec. 616. Notwithstanding 

section 1353 of title 31, United States 
Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission 
funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, nor may such 
agency or commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-
Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the 
purpose of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in 
any meeting or similar function relating to the official duties of the 
officer or employee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 
commission, or represents a person or entity subject to regulation by 
such agency or commission, unless the person or entity is an 
organization described in 

section 501
            (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

section 501

    (a) of such Code.
 

Sec. 617.

    (a)

    (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to enter into 
contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration of real 
property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must consult with 
the General Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for 
offers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case of 
succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with the current 
lessor.

    (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency lease 
may do so during any period declared by the President to require 
emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency.

    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``Executive agency 
covered by this Act'' means any Executive agency provided funds by this 
Act, but does not include the General Services Administration or the 
United States Postal Service.
 

Sec. 618.

    (a) There are appropriated for the following activities 
the amounts required under current law:

    (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102).

    (2) Payments to--
        (A) the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (28 
 U.S.C. 377

    (o) );
        (B) the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund (28 
 U.S.C. 376
            (c) ); and
            (C) the United States Court of Federal Claims 
 Judges' Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178
            (l) ).

    (3) Payment of Government contributions--
        (A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
 employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, 
 United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees 
 Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and
        (B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
 employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. 
 ch. 87).

    (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
 increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
 and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348).

    (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
 provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
 84 of title 5, United States Code.

    (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any amount 
appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable limitation 
on the use of funds contained in this Act.
 

Sec. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft report entitled 
``Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary 
Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory 
Efforts'' unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to 
Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563.
 

Sec. 620.

    (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded by 
this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of the agency 
has the authority to participate in decisions regarding the budget 
planning process related to information technology.

    (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency funded by 
this Act that are available for information technology shall be 
allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions of 
appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations from the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as 
specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of the 
agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the agency 
and budget officials.
 

Sec. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United States 
Code.
 

Sec. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by a provider of 
electronic communication service to the public or remote computing 
service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is 
in electronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in 
sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in a manner 
that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States.
 

Sec. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to deny an 
Inspector General funded under this Act timely access to any records, 
documents, or other materials available to the department or agency 
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under chapter 4 
of title 5, United States Code, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 
General's access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers 
to the Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector General's 
right of access. A department or agency covered by this section shall 
provide its Inspector General with access to all such records, 
documents, and other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector 
General shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the establishment 
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code. Each Inspector General 
covered by this section shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 
five calendar days any failures to comply with this requirement.
 

Sec. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change 
the rules or regulations of the Commission for universal service high-
cost support for competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a 
way that is inconsistent with paragraph

    (e)

    (5) or

    (e)

    (6) of 

section 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on July 
15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not prohibit the 
Commission from considering, developing, or adopting other support 
mechanisms such as the 5G Fund for Rural America: Provided further, 
That any such other mechanism shall maintain existing high-cost support 
to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers until support under 
such mechanism commences.
 

Sec. 625.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.

    (b) Nothing in subsection

    (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, adjudication activities, or other law enforcement- or 
victim assistance-related activity.
 

Sec. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for 
contractors whose performance has been judged to be below satisfactory, 
behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet the basic 
requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project 
and/or program and unless such awards or incentive fees are consistent 
with 

section 16.401

    (e)

    (2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
 

Sec. 627.

    (a) None of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to pay for travel and conference activities that result in a 
total cost to an Executive branch department, agency, board, or 
commission funded by this Act of more than $500,000 at any single 
conference unless the agency or entity determines that such attendance 
is in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that includes the basis of that determination.

    (b) None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to 
pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 employees, who are 
stationed in the United States, at any single conference occurring 
outside the United States unless the agency or entity determines that 
such attendance is in the national interest and advance notice is 
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 
determination.
 

Sec. 628. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
for first-class or business-class travel by the employees of executive 
branch agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301-
10.122 through 301-10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for expenses related to enhancements to 
www.oversight.gov and to further develop the data analytics 
capabilities of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee to 
enhance transparency, and to prevent, detect, and remediate waste, 
fraud and abuse in federal spending, $5,450,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $450,000 is for enhancements to 
www.oversight.gov, shall be provided for an additional amount for such 
purpose to the Inspectors General Council Fund established pursuant to 

section 11
            (c) (3)
        (B) of chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code: 
Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any amounts or any 
authority available to the Council of the Inspectors General on 
Integrity and Efficiency under 

section 424 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided further, That within 270 days, the PRAC is directed to 
issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs describing 
additional savings to be achieved through the creation of an early 
warning fraud detection program to support federal and state agencies 
and Offices of Inspectors General in their efforts to detect and 
mitigate waste, fraud, abuse, and other improper payments and awards. 
The report should also describe the PRAC's ability to leverage 
artificial intelligence

    (AI) and machine learning models and network 
analysis to identify anomalies or issues not otherwise detected or 
identified in the early warning fraud detection program.
 

Sec. 630. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for public relations, as 
that term is defined in Office and Management and Budget Circular A-87 
(revised May 10, 2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.
 

Sec. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or 
educational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated at 
U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding the programs 
and activities of the agency.
 

Sec. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for 
proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or 
programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees 
receiving Federal funds included in this Act, shall clearly state--

    (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
 project which will be financed with Federal money;

    (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or 
 program; and

    (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
 project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
 sources.
 

Sec. 633. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to finalize, implement, or enforce the rule entitled ``The Enhancement 
and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors'' (89 
Fed. Reg. 21334 (April 12, 2024) or any substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 634. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, issue, or 
implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the disclosure of 
political contributions, contributions to tax exempt organizations, or 
dues paid to trade associations.
 

Sec. 635. Not later than 45 days after the last day of each 
quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
quarterly budget report that includes total obligations of the Agency 
for that quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 
appropriation.
 

Sec. 636. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to procure electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, electric 
vehicle charging stations or infrastructure: Provided, That nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prohibit the procurement of hybrid 
vehicles, including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that utilize both 
an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, provided such 
vehicles are not classified as battery electric vehicles.
 

Sec. 637. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out any program, project, or activity that promotes or 
advances Critical Race Theory or any concept associated with Critical 
Race Theory.
 

Sec. 638. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available to implement, administer, 
apply, enforce, or carry out any office, program, or activity for the 
purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training or 
implementation.
 

Sec. 639. None of the funds made available by this Act may be made 
available to support, directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of 
Virology, or any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of 
the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic 
Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the 
Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the 
regime of Nicolas Maduro Moros, or any other country determined by the 
Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary.
 

Sec. 640. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to enforce the requirements in 

section 316

    (b)

    (4)
            (D) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30118

    (b)

    (4)
            (D) ) that the 
solicitation of contributions from member corporations stockholders and 
executive or administrative personnel, and the families of such 
stockholders or personnel, by trade associations must be separately and 
specifically approved by the member corporation involved prior to such 
solicitation, and that such member corporation does not approve any 
such solicitation by more than one such trade association in any 
calendar year.
 

Sec. 641.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding 

section 7 of title 1, 
United States Code, 

section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or 
any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be used in whole or in part to take any discriminatory action 
against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that such person 
speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, 
or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a 
union of one man and one woman.

    (b) Discriminatory Action Defined.--As used in subsection

    (a) , a 
discriminatory action means any action taken by the Federal Government 
to--

    (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause 
 any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, 
 delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under 

section 501

    (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person 
 referred to in subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any 
 charitable contribution made to or by such person;

    (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, 
 terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal 
 grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, 
 loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, 
 employment, or other similar position or status from or to such 
 person; or

    (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
 unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a Federal 
 benefit program, including admission to, equal treatment in, or 
 eligibility for a degree from an educational program, from or 
 to such person.
            (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.--The Federal 
Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified for 
purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, licensed, 
or certified, respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 
against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person 
speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection

    (a) .
 

Sec. 642. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled 
``Revising Scope of the Mining Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for 
Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
Act'' (88 Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023).
 

Sec. 643. The Postmaster General of the United States Postal 
Service shall notify in writing any Member of Congress at least 30 days 
before the Postal Service releases any stamp (including special stamps, 
semipostal stamps, and any other stamp) depicting a landmark in, a 
significant event or commemoration of an event that occurred in, or an 
individual from, in the case of a Member of the House of 
Representatives, the district or State the Member represents or, in the 
case of a Senator, the State the Senator represents. In this section, 
the term ``Member of Congress'' has the meaning given that term in 

section 2106 of title 5, United States Code, but does not include the 
Vice President.
 

Sec. 644. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to fly or display a flag over or within a facility of the Federal 
Government other than the flag of the United States, a flag bearing an 
official U.S. Government seal or insignia, or the Prisoner of War/
Missing in Action flag.
 

Sec. 645.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the United States Postal Service by this Act may be used 
to prevent any of the following persons from entering, for the purpose 
of conducting oversight, any facility owned or leased by the United 
States Postal Service used for the delivery of letters, printed 
materials, or mailable packages, including acceptance, collection, 
sorting, transportation, or other functions ancillary thereto, or to 
make any temporary modification at any such facility that in any way 
alters what is observed by a visiting member of Congress or such 
designated employee, compared to what would be observed in the absence 
of such modification:

    (1) A Member of Congress.

    (2) An employee of the United States House of 
 Representatives or the United States Senate designated by such 
 a Member for the purposes of this section.

    (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a Member of 
Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to enter a facility 
described in subsection

    (a) for the purpose of conducting oversight.
 

Sec. 646. None of the funds made available by this Act or in any 
prior Act may be used to facilitate the registration of an individual 
who is not a United States citizen to vote in any local, state, or 
Federal election.
 

Sec. 647. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to make new rules that the Administrator of the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget finds has 
resulted in or is likely to result in

    (1) an annual effect on the 
economy of $100,000,000 or more;

    (2) a major increase in costs or 
prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local 
government agencies, or geographic regions; or

    (3) significant adverse 
effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, 
innovation, consumer choice, or the ability of United States-based 
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and 
export markets.
 

Sec. 648. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
plan, support, or implement any sister city activities or exchanges 
between the District of Columbia and any city located within the 
People's Republic of China.
 

Sec. 649. Not later than one year after enactment of this Act, the 
U.S. Government Accountability Office shall issue a report on agencies' 
use of exemptions and exceptions to the Buy American Act and the Trade 
Agreements Act on vehicle procurement for the federal government.
 

Sec. 650. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to lease, procure, or otherwise acquire a vehicle if the manufacturer, 
bidder, or offeror of such vehicle is directly or indirectly an entity 
that--

    (1) is owned by, controlled by, or organized under the laws 
 of the People's Republic of China, including BYD Auto Co., 
 Ltd., Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., or any Subsidiary 
 or affiliate thereof; or

    (2) has a contract or licensing agreement with an entity 
 included on the list maintained by the Secretary of Defense 
 pursuant to 

section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization 
 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note), including 
 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited

    (CATL) , or any 
 subsidiary or affiliate thereof.

 TITLE VII

 GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE

 Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

 (including transfers of funds)

 

Sec. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for 
fiscal year 2026 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such 
department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or 
distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers and employees of such 
department, agency, or instrumentality.
 

Sec. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 

section 1343
            (c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase of 
any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law 
enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover surveillance 
vehicles, and police type), is hereby fixed at $40,000 except station 
wagons for which the maximum shall be $41,140: Provided, That these 
limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for police-type 
vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid 
vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the 
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration 
Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this 
section may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative 
fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost of 
comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the 
limits set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle that is 
a commercial item and which operates on alternative fuel, including but 
not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel 
cell vehicles.
 

Sec. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for 
expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living 
allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.
 

Sec. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or 
employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency 
the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in the continental United States 
unless such person:

    (1) is a citizen of the United States;

    (2) is a 
person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking 
citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b

    (a)

    (3)
        (B) ;

    (3) is a person who 
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 
8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a 
lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible;

    (4) is a 
person who owes allegiance to the United States; or

    (5) is a person who 
is authorized to be employed in the United States pursuant to the 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as set forth in the 
Department of Homeland Security's August 24, 2022 final rule entitled 
``Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals'': Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall be 
considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 
with respect to his or her status are being complied with: Provided 
further, That for purposes of paragraphs

    (2) and

    (3) such affidavits 
shall be submitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as 
necessary: Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit 
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no 
more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: 
Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 
and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: 
Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or employee 
contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in 
action by the Federal Government: Provided further, That this section 
shall not apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the 
Government of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, 
or to international broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary 
employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 
emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 
employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 days of 
nonresident aliens employed by the Department of the Interior or the 
USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement with another country.
 

Sec. 705. Appropriations available to any department or agency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment 
to the General Services Administration for charges for space and 
services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings 
and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the 
Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable 
law.
 

Sec. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act, 
all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting 
from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of 
pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste 
prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for 
the following purposes:

    (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
 recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 14057 
 (December 8, 2021), including any such programs adopted prior 
 to the effective date of the Executive order.

    (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
 including, but not limited to, the development and 
 implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
 prevention programs.

    (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
 deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
 

Sec. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations 
and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are 
otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by 
which they are made available: Provided, That in the event any 
functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently 
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on 
administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
 

Sec. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards 
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees, 
or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which 
do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.
 

Sec. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved 
pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the 
applicable law of the United States.
 

Sec. 710. During the period in which the head of any department or 
agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Federal 
Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds 
office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to 
furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head, 
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 
any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or 
redecoration is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this 
section, the term ``office'' shall include the entire suite of offices 
assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily 
by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
individual.
 

Sec. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or 

section 708 of this 
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national 
security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives 
which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as 
provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012).
 

Sec. 712.

    (a) None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended by any department, agency, or other 
instrumentality of the Federal Government to pay the salaries or 
expenses of any individual appointed to a position of a confidential or 

=== policy ===
determining character that is excepted from the competitive 
service under 

section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, (pursuant to 
schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations) unless the head of the applicable department, agency, or 
other instrumentality employing such schedule C individual certifies to 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C 
position occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily 
in order to detail the individual to the White House.

    (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal 
employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from an element 
of the intelligence community (as that term is defined under 

section 3

    (4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003

    (4) )).
 

Sec. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any 
officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--

    (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
 prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the 
 Federal Government from having any direct oral or written 
 communication or contact with any Member, committee, or 
 subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
 pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee 
 or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer 
 or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such 
 communication or contact is at the initiative of such other 
 officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of 
 such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or

    (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
 reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or 
 efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
 transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
 employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
 condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of 
 the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any 
 of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
 employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such 
 other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or 
 subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph

    (1) ;

    (3) unjustifiably refuses to comply with a duly issued and 
 valid congressional subpoena.
 

Sec. 714.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--

    (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
 and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
 duties;

    (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
 emotional response or psychological stress in some 
 participants;

    (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
 content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
 of course evaluation;

    (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
 religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
 belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
 Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

    (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
 personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
 

Sec. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for 
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for 
publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution 
or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
 

Sec. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home address 
to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such 
disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
 

Sec. 717. None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing, 
telephone, or electronic mailing lists to any person or any 
organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate.
 

Sec. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by private 
contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United 
States not heretofore authorized by Congress.
 

Sec. 719.

    (a) In this section, the term ``agency''--

    (1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
 105;

    (2) includes a military department, as defined under 
 

section 102 of such title and includes the United States Postal 
 Service.

    (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use 
such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use 
official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An 
employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee 
exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301

    (2) , has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the 
performance of official duties.
 

Sec. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and 

section 708 of this 
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Federal 
Accounting Standards Advisory Board

    (FASAB) , shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs.
 

Sec. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and 

section 708 of this 
Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby 
authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available 
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates 
from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds shall 
be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support 
Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, information 
technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, 
and activities, including improving coordination and reducing 
duplication, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-
agency groups designated by the Director (including the President's 
Management Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the 
Chief Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, 
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology 
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital 
initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procurement 
initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for performance 
improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds 
transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to improve 
coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activities related to 
Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and 
not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide innovations, initiatives, 
and activities: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for 
reimbursement of ``General Services Administration, Government-Wide 
Policy'' during fiscal year 2026 shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of 
General Services, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives a detailed 
spend plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided 
further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include:
            (i) the 
amounts currently in the funds authorized under this section and the 
estimate of amounts to be transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 
2026;
            (ii) a detailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 
to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section (including 
total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries are 
provided for by this section);
            (iii) where applicable, a description of 
the funds intended for use by or for the benefit of each executive 
council; and
            (iv) where applicable, a description of the funds intended 
for use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed by 
Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reimbursements may be 
made pursuant to this section until 15 days following notification of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
 

Sec. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may 
breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on 
Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized 
to be present at the location.
 

Sec. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or 

section 708 of this 
Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific 
projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the 
purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by 
Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Management and 
Budget shall provide a report describing the budget of and resources 
connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after 
enactment of this Act.
 

Sec. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publications 
involving the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any 
relevant requirements in part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided, That this section shall apply to direct 
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving 
Federal funds.
 

Sec. 725.

    (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
Individuals' Internet Use.--None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by any Federal agency--

    (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, 
 derived from any means, that includes any personally 
 identifiable information relating to an individual's access to 
 or use of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; 
 or

    (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
 (including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
 obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
 includes any personally identifiable information relating to an 
 individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
 site.

    (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection

    (a) shall not apply to--

    (1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
 particular persons;

    (2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
 information;

    (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
 supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or

    (4) any action described in subsection

    (a)

    (1) that is a 
 system security action taken by the operator of an Internet 
 site and is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site 
 services or to protecting the rights or property of the 
 provider of the Internet site.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-For the purposes of this section:

    (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to 
 implement, interpret, or enforce authorities provided in law.

    (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the 
 agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety 
 and soundness, overall financial condition, management 
 practices and policies and compliance with applicable standards 
 as provided in law.
 

Sec. 726.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision 
providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also 
includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with--

    (1) any of the following religious plans:
        (A) Personal Care's HMO; and
        (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and

    (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the 
 plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious 
 beliefs.
            (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or 
renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to 
discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or 
otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be 
contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions.
            (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage 
of abortion or abortion-related services.
 

Sec. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring the health of 
its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, and supports the 
strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, 
education, and research as performed by nationally recognized oversight 
authorities.
 

Sec. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies 
may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A-126 regarding official travel for 
Government personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program.
 

Sec. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or made available under this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce restrictions or 
limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel 
Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal 
Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the 
detail of executive branch employees to the legislative branch).
 

Sec. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive 
branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be 
used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training 
without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary use 
of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities.
 

Sec. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the 
funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by an executive 
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended for 
broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless the story 
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the 
prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency.
 

Sec. 732. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of 

section 552a of title 5, United States Code 
(popularly known as the Privacy Act), and regulations implementing that 
section.
 

Sec. 733.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used for any 
Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated entity which 
is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 

section 835

    (b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395

    (b) ) or any subsidiary 
of such an entity.

    (b) Waivers.--

    (1) In general.--Any Secretary shall waive subsection

    (a) with respect to any Federal Government contract under the 
 authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that 
 the waiver is required in the interest of national security.

    (2) Report to congress.--Any Secretary issuing a waiver 
 under paragraph

    (1) shall report such issuance to Congress.
            (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal 
Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract.
 

Sec. 734. During fiscal year 2026, for each employee who--

    (1) retires under 

section 8336
            (d) (2) or 8414

    (b)

    (1)
        (B) of 
 title 5, United States Code; or

    (2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III of 
 chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a payment 
 as an incentive to separate, the separating agency shall remit 
 to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
 equal to the Office of Personnel Management's average unit cost 
 of processing a retirement claim for the preceding fiscal year. 
 Such amounts shall be available until expended to the Office of 
 Personnel Management and shall be deemed to be an 
 administrative expense under 

section 8348

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) of title 5, 
 United States Code.
 

Sec. 735.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to recommend or require any entity submitting an offer 
for a Federal contract to disclose any of the following information as 
a condition of submitting the offer:

    (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, 
 independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering 
 communication that is made by the entity, its officers or 
 directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a 
 candidate for election for Federal office or to a political 
 committee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 
 election for Federal office.

    (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment 
 described in paragraph

    (1) ) made by the entity, its officers or 
 directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any 
 person with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the 
 person will use the funds to make a payment described in 
 paragraph

    (1) .

    (b) In this section, each of the terms ``contribution'', 
``expenditure'', ``independent expenditure'', ``electioneering 
communication'', ``candidate'', ``election'', and ``Federal office'' 
has the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.).
 

Sec. 736. None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of an officer or 
employee of the Federal Government, including the President, the Vice 
President, a Member of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident 
Commissioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as 
defined in 

section 133 of title 41, United States Code), or the head of 
an office of the legislative branch.
 

Sec. 737.

    (a)

    (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the 
funds appropriated for fiscal year 2026, by this or any other Act, may 
be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in 

section 5342

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of title 5, United States Code--
        (A) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
 limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 
 fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable 
 wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 
 2026, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the 
 applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in 
 accordance with such section; and
        (B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
 year 2026, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
 survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph
        (A) by 
 more than the sum of--
            (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in 
 fiscal year 2026 under 

section 5303 of title 5, United 
 States Code, in the rates of pay under the General 
 Schedule; and
            (ii) the difference between the overall average 
 percentage of the locality-based comparability payments 
 taking effect in fiscal year 2026 under 

section 5304 of 
 such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and 
 the overall average percentage of such payments which 
 was effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
 section.

    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate 
employee described in subparagraph
        (B) or
            (C) of 

section 5342

    (a)

    (2) of 
title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered by 

section 5348 of 
such title, may be paid during the periods for which paragraph

    (1) is 
in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph

    (1) were paragraph

    (1) applicable to such employee.

    (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to an 
employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid from a 
schedule not in existence on September 30, 2025, shall be determined 
under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.

    (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium 
pay for employees subject to this subsection may not be changed from 
the rates in effect on September 30, 2025, except to the extent 
determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with 
the purpose of this subsection.

    (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for service 
performed after September 30, 2025.

    (6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, 
retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that 
requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement 
or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate 
of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this subsection 
shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.

    (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to permit or 
require the payment to any employee covered by this subsection at a 
rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this subsection 
not in effect.

    (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions 
to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office determines 
that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or 
retention of qualified employees.

    (b) Notwithstanding subsection

    (a) , the adjustment in rates of 
basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal year 
2026 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall 
be--

    (1) not less than the percentage received by employees in 
 the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
 pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 and 
 5304 of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That prevailing 
 rate employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 
 United States Code, and prevailing rate employees described in 
 

section 5343

    (a)

    (5) of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
 considered to be located in the pay locality designated as 
 ``Rest of United States'' pursuant to 

section 5304 of title 5, 
 United States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and

    (2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable 
 pay period beginning after September 30, 2025.
 

Sec. 738.

    (a) The head of any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations 
Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior 
ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding 
the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by 
any such department, agency, board, commission, or office during fiscal 
year 2026 for which the cost to the United States Government was more 
than $100,000.

    (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference 
described in subsection

    (a) held during the applicable period--

    (1) a description of its purpose;

    (2) the number of participants attending;

    (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
 Government, including--
        (A) the cost of any food or beverages;
        (B) the cost of any audio-visual services;
            (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to 
 and from the conference; and
            (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
 determine which costs relate to the conference; and

    (4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
 including--
        (A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
 basis; and
        (B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted 
 by the departmental component or office in evaluating 
 potential contractors for the conference.
            (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head of any such 
department, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the 
Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity without an 
Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of employees 
attending a conference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations 
Act during fiscal year 2026 for which the cost to the United States 
Government was more than $20,000.
            (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by this or 
any other appropriations Act may not be used for the purpose of 
defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection
            (c) that is 
not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes 
related to a project funded by the grant or contract.

    (e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities 
that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to 
that memorandum.
 

Sec. 739. None of the funds made available in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or reduce 
funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in the 
President's budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change 
is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions of this or 
any other appropriations Act.
 

Sec. 740. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply the rule 
entitled ``Competitive Area'' published by the Office of Personnel 
Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 
20180 et seq.).
 

Sec. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce a 
study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to 
contractor performance of any function performed by Federal employees 
pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other 
administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
 

Sec. 742.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be available for a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that requires employees 
or contractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse 
to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting 
or otherwise restricting such employees or contractors from lawfully 
reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or 
law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency 
authorized to receive such information.

    (b) The limitation in subsection

    (a) shall not contravene 
requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other 
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the 
nondisclosure of classified information.
 

Sec. 743.

    (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 
4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or 
agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the 
following provisions: ``These provisions are consistent with and do not 
supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, 
rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order 
relating to

    (1) classified information,

    (2) communications to Congress,

    (3) the reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 
Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 
mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a 
substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or

    (4) any 
other whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 
obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling 
Executive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 
agreement and are controlling.'': Provided, That notwithstanding the 
preceding provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form or 
agreement that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an 
employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain 
provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such 
document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 
require that the person will not disclose any classified information 
received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized 
to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 
shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress, 
or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department 
of Justice, that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of 
law.

    (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented and 
enforced notwithstanding subsection

    (a) if it complies with the 
requirements for such agreement that were in effect when the agreement 
was entered into.
            (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to 
implement or enforce any agreement entered into during fiscal year 2014 
which does not contain substantially similar language to that required 
in subsection

    (a) .
 

Sec. 744. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or 
loan guarantee to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax 
liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and 
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is 
not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the 
authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the 
awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal 
agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and 
has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to 
protect the interests of the Government.
 

Sec. 745. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, 
or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or 
loan guarantee to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony 
criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless a 
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment of the 
corporation and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
 

Sec. 746.

    (a) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 

section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the rate payable to the 
Vice President during calendar year 2026 shall be the rate payable to 
the Vice President on December 31, 2025, by operation of 

section 747 of 
division B of Public Law 118-47.

    (b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 

section 5318 
of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, the 
payable rate during calendar year 2026 for an employee serving in an 
Executive Schedule position, or in a position for which the rate of pay 
is fixed by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 
payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on December 31, 
2025, by operation of 

section 747 of division B of Public Law 118-47. 
Such an employee may not receive a rate increase during calendar year 
2026, except as provided in subsection
            (i) .
            (c) Notwithstanding 

section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(Public Law 96-465) or any other provision of law, a chief of mission 
or ambassador at large is subject to subsection

    (b) in the same manner 
as other employees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate.
            (d) (1) This subsection applies to--
        (A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
 paid a rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 
 level IV of the Executive Schedule; or
        (B) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee 
 in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political 
 appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 
 official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

    (2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, United 
States Code, an employee described in paragraph

    (1) may not receive a 
pay rate increase during calendar year 2026, except as provided in 
subsection
            (i) .

    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee paid a 
rate of basic pay (including any locality based payments under 

section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above 
the official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 
under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 
during calendar year 2026, except as provided in subsection
            (i) . This 
subsection does not apply to employees in the General Schedule pay 
system or the Foreign Service pay system, to employees appointed under 

section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 
pay system whose position would be classified at GS-15 or below if 
chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them.

    (f) Nothing in subsections

    (b) through

    (e) shall prevent employees 
who do not serve under a political appointment from receiving pay 
increases as otherwise provided under applicable law.

    (g) This section does not apply to an individual who makes an 
election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay under 

section 3392
            (c) of title 5, United States Code, for such time as that election 
is in effect.

    (h) This section does not apply to an individual who makes an 
election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay entitlements under 

section 302

    (b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) 
for such time as that election is in effect.
            (i) Notwithstanding subsections

    (b) through

    (e) , an employee in a 
covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an authorized 
movement to a different covered position only if that new position has 
higher-level duties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher 
than the level or range for the position held immediately before the 
movement. Any such increase must be based on the rates of pay and 
applicable limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 
31, 2025, by operation of 

section 747 of division B of Public Law 118-
47.

    (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual 
who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period of time 
subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based on the 
rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates of pay in 
effect on December 31, 2025, by operation of 

section 747 of division B 
of Public Law 118-47.

    (k) If an employee affected by this section is subject to a 
biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2026 but ends in 
calendar year 2027, the bar on the employee's receipt of pay rate 
increases shall apply through the end of that pay period.
            (l) For the purpose of this section, the term ``covered position'' 
means a position occupied by an employee whose pay is restricted under 
this section.
            (m) This section takes effect on the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
 

Sec. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974, the President or the head of the relevant department or 
agency, as the case may be, shall report immediately to the Congress 
all relevant facts and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a 
copy of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 
Comptroller General on the same date the report is transmitted to the 
Congress.
 

Sec. 748.

    (a) Each department or agency of the executive branch of 
the United States Government shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and any other appropriate congressional committees if--

    (1) an apportionment is not made in the required time 
 period provided in 

section 1513

    (b) of title 31, United States 
 Code;

    (2) an approved apportionment received by the department or 
 agency conditions the availability of an appropriation on 
 further action; or

    (3) an approved apportionment received by the department or 
 agency may hinder the prudent obligation of such appropriation 
 or the execution of a program, project, or activity by such 
 department or agency.

    (b) Any notification submitted to a congressional committee 
pursuant to this section shall contain information identifying the 
bureau, account name, appropriation name, and Treasury Appropriation 
Fund Symbol or fund account.
 

Sec. 749. Notwithstanding 

section 1346 of title 31, United States 
Code, or 

section 708 of this Act, funds made available by this or any 
other Act to any Federal agency may be used by that Federal agency for 
interagency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 
recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army Medical Research 
and Development Command, the Congressionally Directed Medical Research 
Programs and the National Institutes of Health research programs.
 

Sec. 750. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and 

section 708 of this 
Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby 
authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General Services 
Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund'' with the approval of 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 
including rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, That 
these funds, in addition to amounts otherwise available, shall be 
administered by the Administrator of General Services to carry out the 
purposes of the Federal Citizen Services Fund and to support 
Government-wide and other multi-agency financial, information 
technology, procurement, and other activities, including services 
authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal agencies to take 
advantage of information technology in sharing information: Provided 
further, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not 
exceed $29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the funds 
transferred to or for reimbursement of ``General Services 
Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund'' during fiscal year 2026 
shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2027: 
Provided further, That not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed spend plan for the funds to be transferred or 
reimbursed: Provided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 
include:
            (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under this 
section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or reimbursed in 
fiscal year 2026;
            (ii) a detailed breakdown of the purposes for all 
funds estimated to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this 
section (including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 
whose salaries are provided for by this section); and
            (iii) where 
applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by or for the 
implementation of specific laws passed by Congress: Provided further, 
That no transfers or reimbursements may be made pursuant to this 
section until 15 days following notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
 

Sec. 751.

    (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds provided in 
this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026 that are 
specified in the disclosure table submitted in compliance with clause 9 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV 
that is included in the report or explanatory statement accompanying 
any such Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award with 
respect to such funds for purposes of the requirements of 2 CFR 
200.334, regarding records retention, and 2 CFR 200.337, regarding 
access by the Comptroller General of the United States.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, amend, 
supersede, or restrict in any manner any requirements otherwise 
applicable to non-Federal entities described in paragraph

    (1) or any 
existing authority of the Comptroller General.
 

Sec. 752. None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be provided to States, cities, or localities that allow 
non-citizens to vote in Federal elections.
 

Sec. 753. None of the funds made available by this Act, or any 
other Act, may be used to make investments under the Thrift Savings 
Plan in certain mutual funds that make investment decisions based 
primarily on environmental, social, or governance criteria.
 

Sec. 754. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be available to--

    (a) classify or facilitate the classification of any 
communications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or mal-
information; or

    (b) partner with or fund nonprofit or other organizations that 
pressure or recommend private companies to censor lawful and 
constitutionally protected speech of United States persons, including 
recommending the censoring or removal of content on social media 
platforms.
 

Sec. 755. None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be used or transferred to another Federal agency, 
board, or commission to recruit, hire, promote, or retain any person 
who either has been convicted of a Federal or State child pornography 
charge, has been convicted of any other Federal or State sexual assault 
charge or has been formally disciplined for using Federal resources to 
access, use, or sell child pornography.
 

Sec. 756. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out 
Executive Order No. 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623; relating to promoting 
access to voting), except for sections 7, 8, and 10 of such Order.
 

Sec. 757. None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any COVID-19 
mask or vaccine mandates.
 

Sec. 758. None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to contract with, grant awards to, or otherwise 
obligate or expend funds to NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing 
business as ``NewsGuard''); Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation 
Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing 
business as ``Global Disinformation Index''); or any other entity, 
including a nonprofit organization (as described by 

section 501
            (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), that engages in operations or 
activities, or produces products, the function of which is to 
demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity (including news 
and information outlets) based on lawful speech of such domestic entity 
under the stated function of ``fact-checking'', or otherwise exposing 
or correcting mis-information, dis-information, or mal-information.
 

Sec. 759. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' contained in any title other than title IV or VIII shall 
not apply to such title IV or VIII.
 

Sec. 760. Each department or agency of the executive branch of the 
United States Government shall comply with the provisions otherwise 
known as the ``Making America Great Again provisions'' set out in 
Executive Order No. 14240 of March 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 13671), 
Executive Order No. 14274 of April 15, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 16445), 
Executive Order No. 14247 of March 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 14011), 
Executive Order No. 14249 of March 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 14001), 
Executive Order No. 14208 of February 10, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 9585), 
Executive Order No. 14331 of August 7, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 38925), 
Executive Order No. 14333 of August 11, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg 39301), 
Executive Order No. 14339 of August 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg 42121), and 
Executive Order No. 14342 of August 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 42129).
 

Sec. 761. None of the funds made available by this Act, or in any 
previous appropriation, may be provided for in insurance plans in the 
Federal Employees Health Benefits program to cover the cost of surgical 
procedures or puberty blockers or hormone therapy for the purpose of 
gender affirming care.
 

Sec. 762.

    (a) During fiscal year 2026, on the date on which a 
request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with 

section 1017 
of Public Law 111-203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request.

    (b) Any notification required by this section shall be made 
available on the Bureau's public website.

 TITLE VIII

 GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 (including transfers of funds)

 

Sec. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds of the 
District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds 
and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been 
entered against the District of Columbia government.
 

Sec. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall be 
used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any 
policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before Congress or any State legislature.
 

Sec. 803.

    (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this Act to 
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District government 
agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditures 
for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which--

    (1) creates new programs;

    (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility 
 center;

    (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
 limited or increased under this Act;

    (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
 program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have 
 been denied or restricted;

    (5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
 deferred through reprogramming;

    (6) augments any existing program, project, or 
 responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in 
 excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or

    (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a 
 specific program, project or responsibility center, unless 
 prior approval is received from the Committees on 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

    (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to approve 
and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local funds under 
this title through November 7, 2026.
 

Sec. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may be 
used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, or 
other costs associated with the offices of United States Senators or 
United States Representatives under 

section 4
            (d) of the District of 
Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3-171; D.C. Official Code, 

sec. 1-123).
 

Sec. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of 
the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to 
provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia with an 
official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only 
in the performance of the officer's or employee's official duties. For 
purposes of this section, the term ``official duties'' does not include 
travel between the officer's or employee's residence and workplace, 
except in the case of--

    (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police 
 Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is 
 otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department;

    (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or 
 employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical 
 Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and 
 is on call 24 hours a day;

    (3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department of 
 Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
 Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 
 Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;

    (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 
 officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 
 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
 a day;

    (5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland 
 Security and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or 
 employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
 Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 
 24 hours a day;

    (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and

    (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
 Columbia.
 

Sec. 806.

    (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may 
be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General or any other 
officer or entity of the District government to provide assistance for 
any petition drive or civil action which seeks to require Congress to 
provide for voting representation in Congress for the District of 
Columbia.

    (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia Attorney 
General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private lawsuits, or 
from consulting with officials of the District government regarding 
such lawsuits.
 

Sec. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may be 
used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose of preventing 
the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location that has been 
determined by the local public health or local law enforcement 
authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution.
 

Sec. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent the 
Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing the issue 
of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, 
but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation enacted on such 
issue should include a ``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions 
for religious beliefs and moral convictions.
 

Sec. 809. No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the 
District of Columbia government under any authority shall be expended 
for any abortion except where the life of the mother would be 
endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is 
the result of an act of rape or incest.
 

Sec. 810.

    (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of 
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the 
Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to 

section 442 
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 

sec. 1-
204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia government for 
fiscal year 2026 that is in the total amount of the approved 
appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services 
and other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
expenditures.

    (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the Chief 
Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that a 
reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program 
requirements.
 

Sec. 811. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District of 
Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, the 
Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools' budgets to actual enrollment. The revised 
appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of the budget that the 
District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to 

section 442 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 

sec. 1-
204.42).
 

Sec. 812.

    (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating funds 
may be transferred to the District of Columbia's enterprise and capital 
funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain appropriation 
authority consistent with the provisions of this Act.

    (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to reprogram 
or transfer for operating expenses any local funds transferred or 
reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from operating 
funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or 
reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the 
provisions of this Act.
            (c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 
or other obligations issued for capital projects.
 

Sec. 813. None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may 
any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so 
provided herein.
 

Sec. 814. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or 
under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025 from appropriations 
of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2026 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2027, for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, 
That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to 
the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests 
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in 

section 803 of this Act.
 

Sec. 815.

    (a)

    (1) During fiscal year 2027, during a period in which 
neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local funds are 
appropriated in the amount provided for any project or activity for 
which local funds are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph

    (2) (subject to any modifications enacted by the District of Columbia as of 
the beginning of the period during which this subsection is in effect) 
at the rate set forth by such Act.

    (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act of the Council 
of the District of Columbia pursuant to which a proposed budget is 
approved for fiscal year 2027 which (subject to the requirements of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia government for fiscal 
year 2027 for purposes of 

section 446 of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (

sec. 1-204.46, D.C. Official Code).

    (b) Appropriations made by subsection

    (a) shall cease to be 
available--

    (1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
 continuing resolution for fiscal year 2027 is in effect; or

    (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District of 
 Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2027.
            (c) An appropriation made by subsection

    (a) is provided under the 
authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall be 
available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by 
this Act.
            (d) An appropriation made by subsection

    (a) shall cover all 
obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity 
during the portion of fiscal year 2027 for which this section applies 
to such project or activity.

    (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during 
any period of fiscal year 2027 if any other provision of law (other 
than an authorization of appropriations)--

    (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
 grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
 such period; or

    (2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
 made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
 be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
 period.

    (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by 
other law.
 

Sec. 816.

    (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States relating to the District of Columbia (

sec. 9-1201.03, D.C. 
Official Code) does not apply with respect to any railroads installed 
pursuant to the Long Bridge Project.

    (b) In this section, the term ``Long Bridge Project'' means the 
project carried out by the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of 
Virginia to construct a new Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long 
Bridge over the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 
other related projects, to expand commuter and regional passenger rail 
service and to provide bike and pedestrian access crossings over the 
Potomac River.
 

Sec. 817. Not later than 45 days after the last day of each 
quarter, each Federal and District government agency appropriated 
Federal funds in this Act shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
quarterly budget report that includes total obligations of the Agency 
for that quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in this 
Act, by the source year of the appropriation.
 

Sec. 818. None of the funds available for obligation or 
expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority 
may be used to carry out the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination 
Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to implement any rule or 
regulation promulgated to carry out such Act.
 

Sec. 819.

    (a) Section 602

    (a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (

sec. 1 206.02

    (a) , D.C. Official Code) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph

    (9) ;

    (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph

    (10) and 
inserting ``; or'' and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (11) enact any act, resolution, rule, regulation, 
 guidance, or other law to permit any person to carry out any 
 activity, or to reduce the penalties imposed with respect to 
 any activity, to which subsection

    (a) of 

section 3 of the 
 Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
 14402) applies (taking into consideration subsection

    (b) of 
 such section).''.

    (b) The Death With Dignity Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 21 182) is hereby 
repealed.
 

Sec. 820.

    (a) No later than 60 calendar days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act the District of Columbia shall submit a report to 
the Committees regarding the District of Columbia's enforcement of the 
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.

    (b) The report submitted shall include:

    (1) how health care providers within the District of Columbia are 
alerted to their responsibility to comply with the Partial Birth 
Abortion Ban Act;

    (2) how the District of Columbia responds to potential violations;

    (3) how many potential violations have been investigated in the 
District of Columbia in the past five years;

    (4) whether the District of Columbia preserved each child's remains 
for appropriate examination during the investigation;

    (5) whether the District of Columbia conducted a thorough 
investigation of the death of each child and what each investigation 
showed;

    (6) whether the Chief Medical Examiner was directed to perform an 
autopsy on each child to determine the method and cause of death in 
accordance with 

section 2906 of the Establishment of the Office of the 
Chief Medical Examiner Act of 2000 (

sec. 5-1405, D.C. Official Code);

    (7) whether the District of Columbia directed a subsequent autopsy 
to be completed by an independent, licensed pathologist to confirm the 
findings of the Chief Medical Examiner; and

    (8) whether the District of Columbia ensured the proper and 
respectful burial of each child.
 

Sec. 821. None of the funds available for obligation or 
expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority 
may be used to enforce the District of Columbia Department of Energy 
and Environment's December 29, 2023, final rule relating to ``Adoption 
of California Vehicle Emission Standards''.
 

Sec. 822. None of the funds available for obligation or 
expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority 
may be used by the District of Columbia to enact or carry out any law 
which prohibits motorists from making right turns on red, including the 
Safer Streets Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-214).
 

Sec. 823. None of the funds available for obligation or 
expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority 
may be used to carry out title IX of the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget 
Support Act of 1996 (

sec. 50-2209.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code).
 

Sec. 824.

    (a) Section 5 of the Corrections Oversight Improvement 
Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-344) is repealed, and the 
provision of law amended by such section (

section 16-5505, D.C. 
Official Code) is restored as if such section had not been enacted into 
law.

    (b) Subsection

    (a) shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of the Corrections Oversight Improvement Omnibus Amendment 
Act of 2022.
 

Sec. 825. None of the funds available for obligation or 
expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority 
may be used to implement the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act 
of 2022 (D. C. Law 24-344) or any activities related to enrolling or 
registering noncitizens into voter rolls for local elections.
 

Sec. 826. An individual who has a valid weapons carry permit from 
any United States state or territory may possess and carry a concealed 
handgun, magazine, and ammunition in the area governed by the District 
of Columbia and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
 

Sec. 827. None of the funds available for obligation or 
expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority 
may be used to carry out the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform 
Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-345).
 

Sec. 828. Sections 102

    (a)

    (3) and 102
            (c) (1)
        (B) of the Youth 
Rehabilitation Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Law 22-197) are hereby 
repealed, and any provision of law amended by these sections is hereby 
restored as if such sections had not been enacted into law.
 

Sec. 829. None of the funds made available for obligation or 
expenditure by the District of Columbia under any authority may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any COVID-19 mask or vaccine 
mandate.
 

Sec. 830.

    (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this Act may 
be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to legalize 
or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or 
distribution of any Schedule I substance under the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols 
derivative.

    (b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the 
District of Columbia government under any authority may be used to 
enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce 
penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 
et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational 
purposes.
 

Sec. 831. None of the funds provided by this Act or available for 
obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia government under 
any authority shall be used in whole or in part to implement the 
provisions of D.C. Law 25-304, the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act 
of 2024 or to implement any rule or regulation promulgated to carry out 
such Act.
 

Sec. 832. None of the funds provided by this Act or available for 
obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia government under 
any authority shall be used in whole or in part to implement or enforce 
provisions of the Consumer Protection Act (

Sec. 28-3901-28-3913) 
against oil and gas companies for environmental claims.
 

Sec. 833. The District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 
(

sec. 38-2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code), is amended--

    (1) in 

section 3--
        (A) in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) , by striking 
 ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$15,000'';
        (B) in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) , by striking 
 ``$50,000'' and inserting ``$75,000''; and
            (C) in subsection

    (b)

    (1) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``; 
 and'' and inserting a semicolon;
            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph
        (B) as 
 subparagraph
            (C) ;
            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph
        (A) the following new subparagraph:
 ``
        (B) after making reductions under subparagraph
        (A) , ratably reduce the amount of the tuition and fee 
 payment of each eligible student who receives more than 
 $10,000 for the award year; and''; and
            (iv) in subparagraph
            (C) , as so 
 redesignated, by striking ``subparagraph
        (A) '' 
 and inserting ``subparagraph
        (B) ''; and

    (2) in 

section 5--
        (A) in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) , by striking ``$2,500'' 
 and inserting ``$3,750'';
        (B) in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) , by striking 
 ``$12,500'' and inserting ``$18,750''; and
            (C) in subsection

    (b)

    (1) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``; 
 and'' and inserting a semicolon;
            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph
        (B) as 
 subparagraph
            (C) ;
            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph
        (A) the following new subparagraph:
 ``
        (B) after making reductions under subparagraph
        (A) , ratably reduce the amount of the tuition and fee 
 payment of each eligible student who receives more than 
 $2,500 for the award year; and''; and
            (iv) in subparagraph
            (C) , as so 
 redesignated, by striking ``subparagraph
        (A) '' 
 and inserting ``subparagraph
        (B) ''.
 

Sec. 834. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV.
 

Sec. 835. No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the 
District of Columbia under any authority may be used to carry out title 
I or title II of the Human Rights Sanctuary Amendment Act of 2022 (

sec. 2-1461.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code).

 TITLE IX

 ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

 spending reduction account

 

Sec. 901. $0.
 This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2026''.
 Union Calendar No. 193

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 5166

 [Report No. 119-236]

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 A BILL

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for 
 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

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 September 5, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
 and ordered to be printed