119-hr5304

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 Union Calendar No. 227
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5304

 [Report No. 119-271]

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
 Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 11, 2025

 Mr. Aderholt, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
 on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
 Services, and Education, and related agencies 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 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely:

 TITLE I

 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 Employment and Training Administration

 training and employment services

 (including rescission of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA'') and the National 
Apprenticeship Act, $2,594,412,000 plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided:

    (1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
 activities and dislocated worker employment and training 
 activities, $1,807,553,000 as follows:
        (A) $712,000,000 for adult employment and training 
 activities, which shall be available for the period 
 October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; and
        (B) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker employment 
 and training activities, of which $235,553,000 shall be 
 available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
 2027, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
 the period October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027:
 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to outlying 
 areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall not 
 be subject to the requirements of 

section 127

    (b)

    (1)
        (B)
            (ii) of 
 such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
 requirements of WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single 
 application for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 
 would otherwise be available to such areas to carry out the 
 activities described in subtitle B of title I of the WIOA: 
 Provided further, That such application shall be submitted to 
 the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as 
 ``Secretary''), at such time, in such manner, and containing 
 such information as the Secretary may require: Provided 
 further, That outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant 
 described in the preceding provisos may use the funds for any 
 of the programs and activities authorized under such subtitle B 
 of title I of the WIOA subject to approval of the application 
 and such reporting requirements issued by the Secretary; and

    (2) for national programs, $786,859,000 as follows:
        (A) $325,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
 assistance national reserve, of which $125,859,000 
 shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 through 
 September 30, 2027, and of which $200,000,000 shall be 
 available for the period October 1, 2026 through 
 September 30, 2027: Provided, That funds provided to 
 carry out 

section 132

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of the WIOA may be used 
 to provide assistance to a State for statewide or local 
 use in order to address cases where there have been 
 worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across 
 multiple local areas and such workers remain 
 dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 
 plan with emerging economic development needs; and 
 train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 
 further, That funds provided to carry out sections 
 168

    (b) and 169
            (c) of the WIOA may be used for technical 
 assistance and demonstration projects, respectively, 
 that provide assistance to new entrants in the 
 workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, 
 That notwithstanding 

section 168

    (b) of the WIOA, of the 
 funds provided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 
 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such funds to 
 provide technical assistance and carry out additional 
 activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 
 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
 subparagraph, $120,000,000 shall be for training and 
 employment assistance under sections 168

    (b) , 169
            (c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in such 
 section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows:
            (i) $55,000,000 shall be for workers in the 
 Appalachian region, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 
 14102

    (a)

    (1) , workers in the Lower Mississippi, 
 as defined in 

section 4

    (2) of the Delta 
 Development Act (Public Law 100-460, 102 Stat. 
 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa

    (2) ), and workers in the 
 region served by the Northern Border Regional 
 Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 15733; and
            (ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the purpose 
 of developing, offering, or improving 
 educational or career training programs at 
 community colleges, defined as public 
 institutions of higher education, as described 
 in 

section 101

    (a) of the Higher Education Act 
 of 1965 and at which the associate's degree is 
 primarily the highest degree awarded, with 
 other eligible institutions of higher 
 education, as defined in 

section 101

    (a) of the 
 Higher Education Act of 1965, eligible to 
 participate through consortia, with community 
 colleges as the lead grantee: Provided, That 
 the Secretary shall follow the requirements for 
 the program in House Report 116-62: Provided 
 further, That any grant funds used for 
 apprenticeships shall be used to support only 
 apprenticeship programs registered under the 
 National Apprenticeship Act and as referred to 
 in 

section 3

    (7)
        (B) of the WIOA;
        (B) $65,000,000 for Native American programs under 
 

section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
 the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
            (C) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as 
 described in 

section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be 
 available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 
 2027;
            (D) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality 
 Initiative, under the authority of 

section 169 of the 
 WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 
 2026 through June 30, 2027; and
        (E) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities through 
 apprenticeships only registered under the National 
 Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in 

section 3

    (7)
        (B) of the WIOA, to be available to the Secretary 
 to carry out activities through grants, cooperative 
 agreements, contracts and other arrangements, with 
 States and other appropriate entities, including equity 
 intermediaries and business and labor industry partner 
 intermediaries, which shall be available for the period 
 July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
 Provided, That of the amounts made available for this heading by 

section 1112 of Public Law 119-4 on October 1, 2025, $712,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.

 job corps

 (including transfer of funds)

 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 
administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training 
centers as authorized by the WIOA, $880,078,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows:

    (1) $801,663,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be 
 available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;

    (2) $61,500,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
 acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for 
 the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, and which may 
 include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
 of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 
 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such 
 centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided 
 further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding 
 proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 
 2026: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
 least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and

    (3) $16,915,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps:
 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to 
provide meal services at or for Job Corps Centers.

 federal unemployment benefits and allowances

 For payments during fiscal year 2026 of trade adjustment benefit 
payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and 

section 246 of that Act; and for 
training, employment and case management services, allowances for job 
search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under 
part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 
1974, and including benefit payments, allowances, training, employment 
and case management services, and related State administration provided 
pursuant to 

section 231

    (a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension 
Act of 2011, sections 405

    (a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension 
Act of 2015, and 

section 285

    (a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
$50,300,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to be 
charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period 
subsequent to September 15, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation provided under 
this heading may remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of 

section 245
            (c) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317
            (c) ).

 state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

 (including transfer of funds)

 For authorized administrative expenses, $74,306,000, together with 
not to exceed $3,650,584,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (``the 
Trust Fund''), of which--

    (1) $2,875,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
 States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
 laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
 (including not less than $116,000,000 to carry out reemployment 
 services and eligibility assessments under 

section 306 of such 
 Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in such 
 section, including those who are profiled as most likely to 
 exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such services and 
 assessments: Provided, That of such amount, $9,000,000 is for 
 continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity 
 Center of Excellence), the administration of unemployment 
 insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members as 
 authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the administration of 
 trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment 
 assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
 the Trade Act of 1974 and under 

section 231

    (a) of the Trade 
 Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405

    (a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and 
 

section 285

    (a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall 
 be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2026, 
 except that funds for outcome payments pursuant to 

section 306

    (f)

    (2) of the Social Security Act shall be available for 
 Federal obligation through March 31, 2027): Provided further, 
 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
 may recapture any funds appropriated under this paragraph that 
 remain unexpended by a State after the period of expenditure 
 for a State (but before such funds have been returned to the 
 Trust Fund), and such recaptured funds shall remain available 
 until expended for reobligation by the Secretary to the States 
 to carry out automation activities related to the 
 administration of unemployment compensation laws: Provided 
 further, That funds transferred pursuant to the preceding 
 proviso shall not be available until 60 days after the 
 Secretary has submitted a plan to the Committees on 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
 on the planned use of funds;

    (2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
 activities necessary to support the administration of the 
 Federal-State unemployment insurance system;

    (3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
 $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for 
 grants to States in accordance with 

section 6 of the Wagner-
 Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
 the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;

    (4) $17,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
 activities of the Employment Service, including administration 
 of the work opportunity tax credit under 

section 51 of the 
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including assisting States in 
 adopting or modernizing information technology for use in the 
 processing of certification requests), and the provision of 
 technical assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser 
 Act;

    (5) $85,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
 administration of foreign labor certifications and related 
 activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
 related laws, of which $62,528,000 shall be available for the 
 Federal administration of such activities, and $23,282,000 
 shall be available for grants to States for the administration 
 of such activities; and

    (6) $52,893,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
 workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
 system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
 available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2026 
 through June 30, 2027, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used to 
 carry out research and demonstration projects related to 
 testing effective ways to promote greater labor force 
 participation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the 
 Secretary may transfer amounts made available for research and 
 demonstration projects under this paragraph to the ``Office of 
 Disability Employment Policy'' account for such purposes:
 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2026 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from 
the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 
increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social 
Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of 
the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other 
States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by 
the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social 
Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the 
National Directory of New Hires under 

section 453

    (j)

    (8) of such Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for 
grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 
Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-
stop career center system, or which are used to support the national 
activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment 
service, or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: Provided 
further, That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations 
under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States and non-State 
entities under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to the 
grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for 
activities authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and 
the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, 
notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under the final 
rule entitled ``Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, 
and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards'' at part 200 of title 2, 
Code of Federal Regulations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at 
the request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, 
may reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the Social 
Security Act to other States participating in the consortium or to the 
entity operating the Unemployment Insurance Information Technology 
Support Center in order to carry out activities that benefit the 
administration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making 
the request: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees for 
the costs associated with additional data collection, analyses, and 
reporting services relating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey 
requested by State and local governments, public and private 
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and may 
utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 
for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, 
methodology, and data to meet the information collection and reporting 
needs of such entities, which shall be credited to this appropriation 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for such purposes.

 advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by sections 905
            (d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, and to the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by 

section 9501
            (c) (1) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the 
revolving fund established by 

section 901

    (e) of the Social Security 
Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and 
to the ``Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances'' account, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2027.

 program administration

 For expenses of administering employment and training programs, 
$83,979,000, together with not to exceed $50,941,000 which shall be 
available from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.

 Veterans' Employment and Training

 (including transfer of funds)

 Not to exceed $276,841,000 may be derived from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry 
out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United 
States Code, of which--

    (1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants 
 under 38 U.S.C. 4102A

    (b)

    (5) to support disabled veterans' 
 outreach program specialists under 

section 4103A of such title 
 and local veterans' employment representatives under 

section 4104

    (b) of such title, and for the expenses described in 
 

section 4102A

    (b)

    (5)
            (C) , which shall be available for 
 expenditure by the States through September 30, 2028, and not 
 to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal expenditures for 
 data systems and contract support to allow for the tracking of 
 participant and performance information: Provided, That, in 
 addition, such funds may be used to support such specialists 
 and representatives in the provision of services to 
 transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have participated 
 in the Transition Assistance Program and have been identified 
 as in need of intensive services, to members of the Armed 
 Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 
 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition units, 
 and to the spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, 
 ill, or injured members, and to surviving spouses of 
 individuals who died while serving as members of the Armed 
 Forces or as a result of a service-connected disability;

    (2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition 
 Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144;

    (3) $54,048,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 2021A and 2023 
 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 
 may be used to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of 
 Public Law 115-31); and

    (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and 
 Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109:
 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropriations 
provided under paragraphs

    (1) through

    (4) above an amount not to exceed 
3 percent of the appropriation from which such reallocation is made.
 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, $65,500,000 is 
for carrying out programs to assist homeless veterans and veterans at 
risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions 
under sections 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsections
            (c) (3) and
            (d) of 

section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 30, 2026, to 
provide services under such section: Provided further, That services 
provided under sections 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 
services to homeless veterans described in 

section 2002

    (a)

    (1) , services 
to veterans who were homeless at some point within the 60 days prior to 
program entry or veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the 
next 60 days, and that services provided under 

section 2023 may 
include, in addition to services to the individuals described in 
subsection

    (e) of such section, services to veterans recently released 
from incarceration who are at risk of homelessness: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding paragraph

    (3) under this heading, funds 
appropriated in this paragraph may be used for data systems and 
contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 
performance information: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
sections 2021

    (e)

    (2) and 2021A

    (f)

    (2) of title 38, United States Code, 
such funds shall be available for expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
1553.
 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the HIRE Vets 
Medallion Award Fund pursuant to 

section 5

    (b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and 
such amounts shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE 
Vets Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such sums shall be in 
addition to any other funds available for such purposes, including 
funds available under paragraph

    (3) of this heading: Provided further, 
That 

section 2
            (d) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2017 (Public Law 115-31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply.

 Employee Benefits Security Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $181,100,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall be made 
available through September 30, 2027, for the procurement of expert 
witnesses for enforcement litigation.

 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

 pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``Corporation'') is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
program, including associated administrative expenses, through 
September 30, 2026, for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the 
funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
$494,264,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the number of 
new plan participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 
100,000 in fiscal year 2026, an amount not to exceed an additional 
$9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 2030, for 
obligations for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional 
terminated participants: Provided further, That obligations in excess 
of the amounts provided for administrative expenses in this paragraph 
may be incurred and shall be available through September 30, 2030 for 
obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination or 
termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related 
expenses after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That an additional 
amount shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2030 to 
the extent the Corporation's costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of 
credit or identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a 
security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an additional $100 
per affected individual.

 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs, $107,823,000, together with $2,177,000 which may be expended 
from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39
            (c) , 44
            (d) , and 
44

    (j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

 special benefits

 (including transfer of funds)

 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except 
administrative expenses not otherwise authorized) accruing during the 
current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; 
continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading ``Civilian 
War Benefits'' in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 
the Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; 

section 5

    (f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obligations incurred 
under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 
percent of the additional compensation and benefits required by 

section 10

    (h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 
$1,298,385,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be 
charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of 
compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 
of the current year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of 
the Employees' Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147

    (a) : 
Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by 
the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the 
time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled 
beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 
unobligated on September 30, 2025, shall remain available until 
expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: 
Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or 
instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147
            (c) to pay an amount for 
its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the 
Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of 
such fair share entities through September 30, 2026: Provided further, 
That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share 
entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act, $81,808,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 
as follows:

    (1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
 processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
 $27,549,000;

    (2) For automated workload processing operations, including 
 document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill 
 processing, $25,956,000;

    (3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
 review, $25,957,000;

    (4) For program integrity, $2,346,000; and

    (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as 
 miscellaneous receipts:
 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 
filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 81, or 
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, provide as part of 
such notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social 
Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.

 administrative expenses, energy employees

 occupational illness compensation fund

 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $68,148,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may require 
that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as 
part of such claim such identifying information (including Social 
Security account number) as may be prescribed.

 special benefits for disabled coal miners

 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 
of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275, $24,585,000, to remain 
available until expended.
 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred 
in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
 For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2027, $5,900,000, to remain available until expended.

 black lung disability trust fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund (the ``Fund''), to remain available until expended, for payment of 
all benefits authorized by 

section 9501
            (d) (1) ,

    (2) ,

    (6) , and

    (7) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 
interest on advances, as authorized by 

section 9501
            (d) (4) of that Act. 
In addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund for 
fiscal year 2026 for expenses of operation and administration of the 
Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by 

section 9501
            (d) (5) : not 
to exceed $50,684,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs, ``Salaries and Expenses''; not to exceed 
$39,086,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Salaries and 
Expenses''; not to exceed $373,000 for transfer to Departmental 
Management, ``Office of Inspector General''; and not to exceed $356,000 
for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury.

 Wage and Hour Division

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, including 
reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees 
for inspection services rendered, $235,000,000.

 Office of Labor-Management Standards

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
Standards, $48,515,000.

 Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $582,381,000, including not to exceed $115,200,000 
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under 

section 23

    (g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ``Act''), 
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State 
occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under 
plans approved by the Secretary under 

section 18 of the Act; and, in 
addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of 
training institute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law 
to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and 
health training and education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2026, to collect and retain fees for services provided to 
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, 
in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer 
national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 
the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, 
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under 
the Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 
or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect to 
any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category 
having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (``DART'') occupational 
injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 
code for which such data are published, less than the national average 
rate as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting 
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with 

section 24 
of the Act, except--

    (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, 
 technical assistance, educational and training services, and to 
 conduct surveys and studies;

    (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
 to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
 found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for 
 violations which are not corrected within a reasonable 
 abatement period and for any willful violations found;

    (3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
 to imminent dangers;

    (4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
 to health hazards;

    (5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
 to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or 
 more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or 
 more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
 investigation authorized by the Act; and

    (6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
 to complaints of discrimination against employees for 
 exercising rights under the Act:
 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any 
person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided 
further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary 
Protection Programs.

 Mine Safety and Health Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $348,207,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid 
work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to 
$2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 
$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected 
by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, 
tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by 
law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health 
education and training activities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 
from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, 
materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums 
for such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: 
Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration is 
authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the 
mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a 
principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, 
personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national 
organization: Provided further, That any funds available to the 
Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to 
provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 
event of a major disaster.

 Bureau of Labor Statistics

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $645,952,000, 
together with not to exceed $68,000,000 which may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund.

 Office of Disability Employment Policy

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 
Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award 
grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training 
and employment of people with disabilities, $37,000,000, of which not 
less than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration projects 
related to testing effective ways to promote greater labor force 
participation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the 
Secretary may transfer amounts made available under this heading for 
research and demonstration projects to the ``State Unemployment 
Insurance and Employment Service Operations'' account for such 
purposes.

 office of inspector general

 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$93,187,000, together with not to exceed $5,841,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than $2,000,000 of 
the amount provided under this heading may be available until expended.

 Departmental Management

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $230,312,000, together with not 
to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That 
$4,281,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 
funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer grants 
for the purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for 
the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open 
competition: Provided further, That funds available for program 
evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the 
Department for such purpose: Provided further, That the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

 it modernization

 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $29,269,000, which shall be available 
through September 30, 2027.

 General Provisions

 

Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Job 
Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall 
be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used 
to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which 
no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
 

Sec. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, 
produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole or 
in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host 
countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor 
prior to enactment of this Act.
 

Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of 
the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants under 

section 414
            (c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce 
Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose 
other than competitive grants for training individuals who are older 
than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school within a 
local educational agency in the occupations and industries for which 
employers are using H-1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related 
activities necessary to support such training.
 

Sec. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ``Employment and Training Administration'' shall be used by a 
recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses 
of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 
vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-133. Where States are recipients of such funds, 
States may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those 
receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking 
into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the 
State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local government 
employees, and the size of the organizations that administer Federal 
programs involved including Employment and Training Administration 
programs.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 106.

    (a) Notwithstanding 

section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 
Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, for 
technical assistance services to grantees to ``Program Administration'' 
when it is determined that those services will be more efficiently 
performed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to 

section 171 of the WIOA.

    (b) Notwithstanding 

section 102, the Secretary may transfer not 
more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation made 
available to the Employment and Training Administration by this Act to 
``Program Administration'' in order to carry out program integrity 
activities relating to any of the programs or activities that are 
funded under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 

section 102 and the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds made available in 
paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of the ``Office of Job Corps'' account to 
paragraph

    (3) of such account to carry out program integrity activities 
related to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 
transferred under this subsection shall be available to the Secretary 
to carry out program integrity activities directly or through grants, 
cooperative agreements, contracts and other arrangements with States 
and other appropriate entities: Provided further, That funds 
transferred under the authority provided by this subsection shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2027.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 107.

    (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 percent 
from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in 
subsection

    (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any of the programs 
or activities that are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved 
under this section shall be transferred to ``Departmental Management'' 
for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the 
Department of Labor, and shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That such funds shall only be available 
if the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits a 
plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried 
out 15 days in advance of any transfer.

    (b) The accounts referred to in subsection

    (a) are: ``Training and 
Employment Services'', ``Job Corps'', ``Community Service Employment 
for Older Americans'', ``State Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Service Operations'', ``Veterans' Employment and Training'', ``Employee 
Benefits Security Administration'', ``Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs'', ``Wage and Hour Division'', ``Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs'', ``Office of Labor Management Standards'', 
``Occupational Safety and Health Administration'', ``Mine Safety and 
Health Administration'', ``Office of Disability Employment Policy'', 
and funding made available to the ``Bureau of International Labor 
Affairs'' and ``Women's Bureau'' within the ``Departmental Management'' 
account.
 

Sec. 108.

    (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 207) shall be applied hereafter as if the following text is part 
of such section:
 ``

    (s)

    (1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for a 
period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to any 
employee--
 ``
        (A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from 
 or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not engaged, 
 directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or 
 marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies 
 or contracts;
 ``
        (B) who receives from such employer on average weekly 
 compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any minimum 
 weekly amount established by the Secretary, whichever is 
 greater, for the number of weeks such employee is engaged in 
 any of the activities described in subparagraph
            (C) ; and
 ``
            (C) whose duties include any of the following:
 ``
            (i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals 
 who suffered injuries or other damages or losses 
 arising from or relating to a disaster, witnesses, or 
 physicians;
 ``
            (ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing 
 factual information to prepare damage estimates;
 ``
            (iii) evaluating and making recommendations 
 regarding coverage or compensability of claims or 
 determining liability or value aspects of claims;
 ``
            (iv) negotiating settlements; or
 ``
            (v) making recommendations regarding litigation.
 ``

    (2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the 
exemption provided by 

section 13

    (a)

    (1) .
 ``

    (3) For purposes of this subsection--
 ``
        (A) the term `major disaster' means any disaster or 
 catastrophe declared or designated by any State or Federal 
 agency or department;
 ``
        (B) the term `employee employed to adjust or evaluate 
 claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster' means 
 an individual who timely secured or secures a license required 
 by applicable law to engage in and perform the activities 
 described in clauses
            (i) through
            (v) of paragraph

    (1)
            (C) relating to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 
 that maintains worker compensation insurance coverage or 
 protection for its employees, if required by applicable law, 
 and withholds applicable Federal, State, and local income and 
 payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and any benefits of such 
 employees; and
 ``
            (C) the term `affiliate' means a company that, by reason 
 of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the 
 outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of one or 
 more companies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled 
 by, or is under common control with, another company.''.

    (b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment of 
this Act.
 

Sec. 109.

    (a) Flexibility With Respect to the Crossing of H-2B 
Nonimmigrants Working in the Seafood Industry.--

    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph

    (2) , if a petition 
 for H-2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood 
 industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants 
 described in the petition into the United States at any time 
 during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for which 
 the employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants 
 without filing another petition.

    (2) Requirements for crossings after 90th day.--An employer 
 in the seafood industry may not bring H-2B nonimmigrants into 
 the United States after the date that is 90 days after the 
 start date for which the employer is seeking the services of 
 the nonimmigrants unless the employer--
        (A) completes a new assessment of the local labor 
 market by--
            (i) listing job orders in local newspapers 
 on 2 separate Sundays; and
            (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
 appropriate Department of Labor Electronic Job 
 Registry and at the employer's place of 
 employment; and
        (B) offers the job to an equally or better 
 qualified United States worker who--
            (i) applies for the job; and
            (ii) will be available at the time and 
 place of need.

    (3) Exemption from rules with respect to staggering.--The 
 Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer in the 
 seafood industry who brings H-2B nonimmigrants into the United 
 States during the 120-day period specified in paragraph

    (1) to 
 be staggering the date of need in violation of 

section 655.20
            (d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
 other applicable provision of law.

    (b) H-2B Nonimmigrants Defined.--In this section, the term ``H-2B 
nonimmigrants'' means aliens admitted to the United States pursuant to 

section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (H)
            (ii) (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101

    (a)

    (15)
        (H)
            (ii) (B) ).
 

Sec. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for the purposes of 
the H-2B program shall be the greater of--

    (1) the actual wage level 
paid by the employer to other employees with similar experience and 
qualifications for such position in the same location; or

    (2) the 
prevailing wage level for the occupational classification of the 
position in the geographic area in which the H-2B nonimmigrant will be 
employed, based on the best information available at the time of filing 
the petition. In the determination of prevailing wage for the purposes 
of the H-2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage surveys 
even in instances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey data 
are available unless the Secretary determines that the methodology and 
data in the provided survey are not statistically supported.
 

Sec. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to enforce 
the definition of corresponding employment found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the 
three-fourths guarantee rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any 
references thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission of 
temporary workers under the H-2B program, the definition of temporary 
need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 214.2

    (h)

    (6)
            (ii) (B) .
 

Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, 
contracts, and other arrangements, up to $450,000 of excess personal 
property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship 
programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those programs.
 

Sec. 113.

    (a) The Act of March 4, 1913 entitled ``An Act to create 
a Department of Labor'' (37 Stat. 736, chapter 141) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 11, by inserting ``(except for 

section 12)'' 
 before ``shall take effect''; and

    (2) by adding the following after 

section 11:

``

SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL.

 ``

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor is authorized to employ 
law enforcement officers or special agents to provide--
 ``

    (1) protection for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary 
 during the performance of official duties by each such officer 
 and during any activity that is preliminary or postliminary to 
 the performance of official duties by each such officer;
 ``

    (2) protection, incidental to the protection provided 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1) , to an individual accompanying each 
 such officer who is participating in an activity or event 
 relating to the official duties of each such officer when there 
 is an articulable threat to such individual;
 ``

    (3) continuous protection to the Secretary and Deputy 
 Secretary (including during periods not described in paragraph

    (1) ) if there is an articulable threat of physical harm, in 
 accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; and
 ``

    (4) protection of another senior officer (including a 
 person nominated to be the Secretary during the pendency of 
 such nomination) if there is an articulable threat of physical 
 harm, in accordance with guidelines established by the 
 Secretary.
 ``

    (b) Authorities of the Protective Operation.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Secretary may authorize officers or 
 special agents employed pursuant to subsection

    (a) --
 ``
        (A) to carry firearms;
 ``
        (B) to conduct criminal investigations into 
 potential threats to the security of persons protected 
 under this section;
 ``
            (C) to make arrests without a warrant for any 
 offense against the United States committed in the 
 presence of such officer or special agent;
 ``
            (D) to perform protective intelligence work, 
 including identifying and mitigating potential threats 
 and conducting advance work to review security matters 
 relating to sites and events; and
 ``
        (E) coordinate with local law enforcement 
 agencies.
 ``

    (2) Guidelines.--The authority provided by this section 
 shall be exercised in accordance with any--
 ``
        (A) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 
 and
 ``
        (B) such additional guidelines as may be issued 
 by the Secretary.
 ``
            (c) Exception.--The authorities granted under this section may be 
exercised notwithstanding 

section 1343

    (b)

    (1) of Title 31.''.
 

Sec. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or divest, by 
any means the Secretary determines appropriate, including an agreement 
or partnership to construct a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of 
the real property on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and the 
Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other disposition, to 
include any associated construction project, will not be subject to any 
requirement of any Federal law or regulation relating to the 
disposition of Federal real property or relating to Federal 
procurement, including but not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 
of title 40 of the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 
title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of 
subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. The net proceeds of 
such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be 
available until expended for such project to carry out the Job Corps 
Program on Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and around San 
Marcos, Texas, respectively.
 

Sec. 115. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to--

    (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement between 
 the United States Department of Labor and the United States 
 Department of Agriculture; or

    (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Centers, except 
 if such closure is necessary to prevent the endangerment of the 
 health and safety of the students, the capacity of the program 
 is retained, and the requirements of 

section 159

    (j) of the WIOA 
 are met.
 

Sec. 116. For the 2-year period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Adverse Effect Wage Rate in effect under 20 
CFR 655.120

    (b) shall be the Adverse Effect Wage Rate in effect on 
January 31, 2023.
 

Sec. 117. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to administer, implement, or enforce--

    (1) the final rule entitled ``Adverse Effect Wage Rate 
 Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants 
 in Non-Range Occupations in the United States'', (88 Fed. Reg. 
 12760 (effective March 30, 2023));

    (2) 20 CFR 655.131

    (b) (relating to joint employer 
 requirements); or

    (3) the final rule entitled ``Improving Protections for 
 Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United 
 States'', (89 Fed. Reg. 33898 (effective June 28, 2024)).
 

Sec. 118. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to administer, implement, or enforce the final rule entitled ``Employee 
or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards 
Act'', (89 Fed. Reg. 1638 (effective March 11, 2024)).
 

Sec. 119. prohibition on closing, reducing, or consolidating job 
corps centers. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to close, consolidate, or reduce operations at any Job Corps center 
unless the Secretary of Labor certifies to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives that such action will 
not--

    (1) increase the local youth unemployment rate;

    (2) increase rates of homelessness in the region served by 
 a Job Corps Center;

    (3) shift costs to State and municipal governments or 
 nonprofit entities for housing, education, or retraining of 
 displaced students; or

    (4) negatively affect local public safety, including 
 increases in youth crime or incarceration.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor Appropriations 
Act, 2026''.

 TITLE II

 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 Health Resources and Services Administration

 primary health care

 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act 
(referred to in this Act as the ``PHS Act'') with respect to primary 
health care and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, 
$1,858,772,000: Provided, That no more than $1,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for carrying out the provisions of 

section 224

    (o) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 
$120,000,000 shall be available until expended for carrying out 
subsections

    (g) through

    (n) and

    (q) of 

section 224 of the PHS Act, and 
for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this Act as ``HHS'') pertaining to administrative 
claims made under such law.

 health workforce

 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with 
respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 of the Social 
Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, 
$1,366,933,000: Provided, That 

section 751

    (j)

    (2) of the PHS Act and 
the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (4) of 

section 756

    (f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That for any program operating 
under 

section 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as 
the ``Secretary'') may hereafter waive any of the requirements 
contained in sections 751
            (d) (2)
        (A) and 751
            (d) (2)
        (B) of such Act for the 
full project period of a grant under such section: Provided further, 
That 

section 756
            (c) of the PHS Act shall apply to paragraphs

    (1) through

    (4) of 

section 756

    (a) of such Act: Provided further, That no 
funds shall be available for 

section 340G-1 of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That fees collected for the disclosure of information under 

section 427

    (b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and 
sections 1128E
            (d) (2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be 
sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the programs 
authorized by such sections and shall remain available until expended 
for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That funds 
transferred to this account to carry out 

section 846 and subpart 3 of 
part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year 
adjustments to awards made under such section and subpart: Provided 
further, That $130,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
the purposes of providing primary health services, assigning National 
Health Service Corps (``NHSC'') participants to expand the delivery of 
substance use disorder treatment services, notwithstanding the 
assignment priorities and limitations under sections 333

    (a)

    (1)
            (D) , 
333

    (b) , and 333A

    (a)

    (1)
        (B)
            (ii) of the PHS Act, and making payments under 
the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 

section 338B of such Act: 
Provided further, That, within the amount made available in the 
previous proviso, not less than 15 percent shall remain available until 
expended for the purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan 
Repayment Program under 

section 338B of the PHS Act to individuals 
participating in such program who provide primary health services in 
Indian Health Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health 
Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are defined 
by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 
limitations under 

section 333

    (b) of such Act: Provided further, That 
for purposes of the previous two provisos, 

section 331

    (a)

    (3)
            (D) of the 
PHS Act shall be applied as if the term ``primary health services'' 
includes clinical substance use disorder treatment services, including 
those provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 
treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be available to make 
grants to establish, expand, or maintain optional community-based nurse 
practitioner fellowship programs that are accredited or in the 
accreditation process, with a preference for those in Federally 
Qualified Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse 
practitioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for activities under 

section 775 of the 
PHS Act: Provided further, That the United States may recover 
liquidated damages in an amount determined by the formula under 

section 338E
            (c) (1) of the PHS Act if an individual either fails to begin or 
complete the service obligated by a contract under 

section 775

    (b) of 
the PHS Act: Provided further, That for purposes of 

section 775
            (c) (1) of the PHS Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behavioral 
health disciplines as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may terminate a contract entered into under 

section 775 of the PHS Act in the same manner articulated in 

section 206 of this title for fiscal year 2026 contracts entered into under 

section 338B of the PHS Act.
 Of the funds made available under this heading, $75,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for grants to public institutions of 
higher education to expand or support graduate education for physicians 
provided by such institutions, including funding for infrastructure 
development, maintenance, equipment, and minor renovations or 
alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such grants, the Secretary 
shall give priority to public institutions of higher education located 
in States with a projected primary care provider shortage, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded 
are limited to such public institutions of higher education in States 
in the top quartile of States with a projected primary care provider 
shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the 
minimum amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall be 
not less than $2,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a grant 
may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided further, 
That such a grant awarded with respect to a year to such an institution 
shall be subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an 
amount that is not more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal 
funds provided in the grant to such institution with respect to such 
year.

 maternal and child health

 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
respect to maternal and child health and title V of the Social Security 
Act, $985,481,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 502

    (a)

    (1) and 502

    (b)

    (1) of the Social Security Act, not more than $163,667,000 
shall be available for carrying out special projects of regional and 
national significance pursuant to 

section 501

    (a)

    (2) of such Act and 
$10,276,000 shall be available for projects described in subparagraphs
        (A) through
        (F) of 

section 501

    (a)

    (3) of such Act.

 ryan white hiv/aids program

 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS program, $2,045,630,000, which shall remain available to 
the Secretary through September 30, 2028, for parts A and B of title 
XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be 
for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 

section 2616 or 311
            (c) of such Act.

 health systems

 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect to 
health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 
2005, $122,887,000: Provided, That during the period covered by this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may collect 
registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network (in this title referred to as ``OPTN''), 
authorized under 

section 372 of the PHS Act, for each transplant 
candidate such members place on the list described in subsection

    (b)

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) of such section, including directly or through awards made 
under subsection

    (b)

    (1)
        (A) of such section: Provided further, That 
such fees may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended, to support the operation of the OPTN: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may distribute fees collected pursuant to the first 
proviso under this heading among the awardee or awardees described in 
subsection

    (b)

    (1)
        (A) of 

section 372 of the PHS Act as the Secretary 
determines appropriate.

 rural health

 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect to 
rural health, 

section 427

    (a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety 
Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, 
$415,407,000, of which $74,277,000 from general revenues, 
notwithstanding 

section 1820

    (j) of the Social Security Act, shall be 
available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility 
grants program: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, up to 
$23,442,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement 
Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 
information technology and no less than $5,000,000 shall be available 
to award grants to public or non-profit private entities for the Rural 
Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Program: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 

section 338J

    (k) of the PHS Act, $13,000,000 shall 
be available for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided further, That 
$14,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2028, to 
support the Rural Residency Development Program: Provided further, 
That $145,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities Opioid Response 
Program.
 In addition to amounts otherwise available for the same purpose, 
$100,000,000, for making payments to eligible hospitals for the 
maintenance of health care providers: Provided, That eligible 
hospitals receiving such payment shall meet the following criteria:

    (1) have no more than 50 inpatient beds,

    (2) have an established wage index 
value of less than 0.90 as determined by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under 

section 1886
            (d) (3)
        (E) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395ww
            (d) (3)
        (E) ), and

    (3) be located in a State in the top 
quintile of States with the highest proportion of residents living 
under the official poverty line, as established by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget and revised by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services in accordance with 

section 673

    (2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902

    (2) ): Provided further, That 
up to 10 percent of funds made available in this paragraph may be used 
by eligible hospitals for administrative expenses: Provided further, 
That payment amounts to eligible hospitals shall be calculated by 
dividing available funding equally among such eligible hospitals.

 hrsa-wide activities and program support

 For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service Act and for 
cross-cutting activities and program support for activities funded in 
other appropriations included in this Act for the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $223,088,000, of which $45,550,000 shall be 
for expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of 
Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for 
the advancement of telehealth activities: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ``Primary Health Care'', ``Health 
Workforce'', ``Maternal and Child Health'', ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program'', ``Health Systems'', and ``Rural Health''.

 vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust 
Fund (the ``Trust Fund''), such sums as may be necessary for claims 
associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to 
vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 
of title XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary.

 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 immunization and respiratory diseases

 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 

section 2821 of 
the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory diseases, 
$231,358,000.

 viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis 
 prevention

 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS Act 
with respect to viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and 
tuberculosis prevention, $353,000,000.

 emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and 

section 2821 of the 
PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
with respect to emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, 
$777,372,000: Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 
for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other related 
costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal or State 
quarantine law.

 chronic disease prevention and health promotion

 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health promotion, 
$742,511,000: Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
may be available for making grants under 

section 1509 of the PHS Act 
for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That the proportional funding requirements under 

section 1503

    (a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under 
this heading.

 birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health

 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and 
health, $208,560,000.

 public health scientific services

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and 
workforce development, $604,497,000.

 environmental health

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health, $181,850,000.

 injury prevention and control

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to injury prevention and control, $665,329,000.

 national institute for occupational safety and health

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act, 

section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency 
Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$312,700,000.

 energy employees occupational illness compensation program

 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall be 
available consistent with the provision regarding administrative 
expenses in 

section 151

    (b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106-
554.

 global health

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to global health, $473,200,000, of which $293,200,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027 for global public health 
protection: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries.

 public health preparedness and response

 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of the PHS Act 
with respect to public health preparedness and response, and for 
expenses necessary to support activities related to countering 
potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats to 
civilian populations, $913,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this title 
as ``CDC'') or the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry may detail staff without reimbursement to support an 
activation of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the 
Director or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority, a full report 
within 30 days after use of this authority which includes the number of 
staff and funding level broken down by the originating center and 
number of days detailed, and an update of such report every 180 days 
until staff are no longer on detail without reimbursement to the CDC 
Emergency Operations Center.

 cdc-wide activities and program support

 (including transfer of funds)

 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 

section 2821 of 
the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support for 
activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $523,570,000, of which 
$360,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2027, for 
public health infrastructure and capacity: Provided, That paragraphs

    (1) through

    (3) of subsection

    (b) of 

section 2821 of the PHS Act shall 
not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and in all other 
accounts of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $35,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available to the Director of the CDC for deposit in 
the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by 

section 231 of division B of Public Law 115-245: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be used to support a 
contract for the operation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct 
support of activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared 
to address public health preparedness emergencies: Provided further, 
That employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and 
commissioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other 
organizations under authority of 

section 214 of the PHS Act, or in 
overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for 
reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any personnel 
ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of 
detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 
from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 
CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as may be derived 
from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 
charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with respect to 
the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation 
Program and the Respirator Certification Program shall be available 
through September 30, 2027.

 buildings and facilities

 (including transfer of funds)

 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, 
installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $40,000,000, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds made 
available to this account in this or any prior Act that are available 
for the acquisition of real property or for construction or improvement 
of facilities shall be available to make improvements on non-federally 
owned property, provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to 
federally owned property do not exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary 
benefit of such improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That 
funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake 
Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a 
replacement mine safety research facility: Provided further, That 
funds made available to this account in this or any prior Act that are 
available for the acquisition of real property or for construction or 
improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new replacement mine 
safety research facility shall be available to make improvements on 
non-federally owned property, provided that any improvements that are 
not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: 
Provided further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated balance 
of any amounts assigned to former employees in accounts of CDC made 
available for Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and 
merged with the amounts made available under this heading to support 
the replacement of the mine safety research facility.

 National Institutes of Health

 national cancer institute

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cancer, $7,272,159,000, of which up to $30,000,000 may be 
used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer 
Institute--Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center 
in Frederick, Maryland.

 national heart, lung, and blood institute

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and 
blood products, $3,990,345,000.

 national institute of dental and craniofacial research

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $525,163,000.

 national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases, $2,330,721,000.

 national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,633,925,000.

 national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $6,582,279,000.

 national institute of general medical sciences

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to general medical sciences, $3,265,679,000, of which 
$1,365,002,000 shall be from funds available under 

section 241 of the 
PHS Act: Provided, That not less than $455,956,000 is provided for the 
Institutional Development Awards program.

 eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human 
 development

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to child health and human development, $1,759,078,000: 
Provided, That amounts made available for the Implementing a Maternal 
Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone

    (IMPROVE) initiative 
shall come from amounts made available solely under this heading.

 national eye institute

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $896,549,000.

 national institute of environmental health sciences

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health sciences, $913,979,000.

 national institute on aging

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to aging, $4,507,623,000.

 national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, 
$685,465,000.

 national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $534,333,000.

 national institute of nursing research

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to nursing research, $197,693,000.

 national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $595,318,000.

 national institute on drug abuse

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000.

 national institute of mental health

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, $2,187,843,000.

 national human genome research institute

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to human genome research, $663,200,000.

 national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, 
$440,627,000.

 national center for complementary and integrative health

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to complementary and integrative health, $170,384,000.

 national institute on minority health and health disparities

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to minority health and health disparities research, 
$544,395,000.

 john e. fogarty international center

 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of 
the PHS Act), $95,162,000.

 national library of medicine

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to health information communications, $497,548,000: Provided, 
That of the amounts available for improvement of information systems, 
$4,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027: Provided 
further, That in this fiscal year, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in 
facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of 
the National Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as 
``NIH'').

 national center for advancing translational sciences

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to translational sciences, $928,323,000: Provided, That 
$75,000,000 shall be available to implement 

section 480 of the PHS Act, 
relating to the Cures Acceleration Network.

 office of the director

 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
Director, NIH, $2,428,914,000: Provided, That funding shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds credited to the 
NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 
the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That 
$672,401,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established under 

section 402A
            (c) (1) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: 
Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of 
the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for 
construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in 

section 2354

    (a)

    (5)
        (B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading are also available to establish, operate, 
and support the Research Policy Board authorized by 

section 2034

    (f) of 
the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading for the Office of Research on Women's 
Health shall also be available for making grants to serve and promote 
the interests of women in research, and the Director of such Office 
may, in making such grants, use the authorities available to NIH 
Institutes and Centers.
 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Office of the 
Director, $12,600,000 is appropriated from the 10-year Pediatric 
Research Initiative Fund described in 

section 9008 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out 

section 402

    (b)

    (7)
        (B)
            (ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric 
research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research 
Act.

 buildings and facilities

 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation of, 
and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 
including the acquisition of real property, $352,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

 nih innovation account, cures act

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described in 

section 1001

    (b)

    (4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition to 
amounts available for such purposes in the appropriations provided to 
the NIH in this Act, $226,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 

section 1001

    (b)

    (3) of such Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred 
under 

section 1001

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the 
Director of the NIH to other accounts of the NIH solely for the 
purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a 
determination by the Director of the NIH that funds transferred 
pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes 
provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.

 advanced research projects agency for health

 For carrying out 

section 301 and part J of title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to advanced research projects for health, $945,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2028.

 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

 mental health

 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect 
to mental health, the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with 
Mental Illness Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 
$2,667,521,000: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $100,887,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic Stress 
Initiative: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

section 520A

    (f)

    (2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out 

section 520A 
shall be available for carrying out 

section 1971 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$21,039,000 shall be available under 

section 241 of the PHS Act to 
carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 

section 1920

    (b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 
and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under 
this Act for 

section 1920

    (b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of 
the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading 
for subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent 
shall be available to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided 
further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry 
out the Children's Mental Health Services program may be used to carry 
out demonstration grants or contracts for early interventions with 
persons not more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of 
developing a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That 

section 520E

    (b)

    (2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 
in this Act for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That $385,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2028 for grants to communities 
and community organizations who meet criteria for Certified Community 
Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to 

section 223

    (a) of Public Law 113-
93: Provided further, That none of the funds provided for 

section 1911 
of the PHS Act shall be subject to 

section 241 of such Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$26,420,000 shall be to carry out 

section 224 of the Protecting Access 
to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note).

 substance abuse treatment

 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to 
substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such Act with respect to 
substance abuse treatment and prevention, 

section 1003 of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 
$3,929,763,000: Provided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be for carrying 
out 

section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That 
of such amount in the preceding proviso not less than 5 percent shall 
be made available to Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $79,200,000 shall 
be available under 

section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart II 
of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 

section 1935

    (b) technical 
assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, 
and further that the total available under this Act for 

section 1935

    (b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
subpart II of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided for 

section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response 
Grants shall be subject to 

section 241 of such Act.

 substance abuse prevention

 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to 
substance abuse prevention, $205,009,000.

 health surveillance and program support

 For program support and cross-cutting activities that supplement 
activities funded under the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance 
Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse Prevention'' in carrying out 
titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy 
for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $129,895,000: Provided, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available 
under 

section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry 
out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and 
analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness and technical 
assistance activities: Provided further, That, in addition, fees may 
be collected for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 
data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a 
public or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended for such 
purposes: Provided further, That amounts made available in this Act 
for carrying out 

section 501

    (o) of the PHS Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading (other than amounts specified in the first 
proviso under this heading) may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance 
Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse Prevention''.

 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

 grants to states for medicaid

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX 
of the Social Security Act, $508,148,791,000, to remain available until 
expended.
 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 2026, for 
the last quarter of fiscal year 2026 for unanticipated costs incurred 
for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended.
 In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2027, $316,514,725,000, to remain available until expended.
 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such 
quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that 
or any subsequent quarter.

 payments to the health care trust funds

 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under 
sections 217

    (g) , 1844, and 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act, 
sections 103
            (c) and 111
            (d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, 

section 278
            (d) (3) of Public Law 97-248, and for administrative expenses 
incurred pursuant to 

section 201

    (g) of the Social Security Act, 
$593,817,000,000.
 In addition, for making matching payments under 

section 1844 and 
benefit payments under 

section 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act that 
were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be 
necessary.

 program management

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the 
PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, and 
other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 
not to exceed $3,474,391,000 to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 

section 201

    (g) of the Social 
Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with 

section 353 of the PHS Act and 

section 1857

    (e)

    (2) of the Social 
Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to 

section 1893

    (h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected 
from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended: Provided, That 
all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations 
established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and 
available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in 
fiscal year 2026 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to 

section 1857

    (e)

    (2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible 
organizations with risk-sharing contracts under 

section 1876 of that 
Act pursuant to 

section 1876

    (k)

    (4)
            (D) of that Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, $407,334,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall be available 
for the Survey and Certification Program: Provided further, That 
amounts available under this heading to support quality improvement 
organizations (as defined in 

section 1152 of the Social Security Act) 
shall not exceed the amount specifically provided for such purpose 
under this heading in division H of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141).

 health care fraud and abuse control account

 In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity 
and program management, $941,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2027, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as authorized by 

section 201

    (g) of the Social Security Act, 
of which $699,058,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services program integrity activities, of which $108,735,000 shall be 
for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 
General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by 

section 1817

    (k)

    (3) of such Act, and of which $133,207,000 shall be for the 
Department of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities 
authorized by 

section 1817

    (k)

    (3) of such Act: Provided, That the 
report required by 

section 1817

    (k)

    (5) of the Social Security Act for 
fiscal year 2026 shall include measures of the operational efficiency 
and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and 
CHIP programs for the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 
is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget, 
and $630,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for 
purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget for additional health 
care fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 from amounts made 
available under this heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 
2026 under 

section 1817

    (k)

    (3)
        (A) of the Social Security Act for the 
Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and abuse.

 Administration for Children and Families

 payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
 programs

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, 
XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 
1960, $4,147,000,000, to remain available until expended; and for such 
purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, $1,800,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.
 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months 
of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

 low income home energy assistance

 For making payments under subsections

    (b) and
            (d) of 

section 2602 
of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et 
seq.), $4,035,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 2609A

    (a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be reserved by the Secretary 
for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of program 
activities for compliance with internal controls, policies and 
procedures, and to supplement funding otherwise available for necessary 
administrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary may, 
in addition to the authorities provided in 

section 2609A

    (a)

    (1) , use 
such funds through contracts with private entities that do not qualify 
as nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That all but 
$902,348,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for 
fiscal year 2026 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That, 
after applying all applicable provisions of 

section 2604 of such Act 
and the previous proviso, each State or territory that would otherwise 
receive an allocation that is less than 97 percent of the amount that 
it received under this heading for fiscal year 2025 from amounts 
appropriated in Public Law 119-4 shall have its allocation increased to 
that 97 percent level, with the portions of other States' and 
territories' allocations that would exceed 100 percent of the amounts 
they respectively received in such fashion for fiscal year 2025 being 
ratably reduced.

 refugee and entrant assistance

 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by 

section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act and 

section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, 
and for carrying out 

section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (``TVPA''), and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, 
$4,292,755,000, of which $4,243,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2028 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 
235: Provided, That amounts available under this heading to carry out 
the TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation with 
respect to activities under such Act: Provided further, That the 
contribution of funds requirement under 

section 235
            (c) (6)
            (C) 
            (iii) of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under this heading: 
 Provided further, That not more than 7 percent of amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for Federal 
administrative costs.

 promoting safe and stable families

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, 

section 436 of the 
Social Security Act, $420,000,000 and, for carrying out, except as 
otherwise provided, 

section 437 of such Act, $62,515,000: Provided, 
That of the funds available to carry out 

section 437, $59,765,000 shall 
be allocated consistent with subsections

    (b) through
            (d) of such 
section: Provided further, That of the funds available to carry out 

section 437, $2,750,000 shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and 
to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to identifying 
or developing child and family services that meet the criteria in 

section 471

    (e)

    (4)
            (C) of such Act, in addition to funds otherwise 
appropriated to support such purposes in 

section 476
            (d) : Provided 
further, That the minimum grant award for kinship navigator programs in 
the case of States and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case 
of Tribes, shall be $25,000.

 payments to states for the child care and development block grant

 For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (``CCDBG Act''), $8,746,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-
income families: Provided, That technical assistance under 

section 658I

    (a)

    (3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through the use of 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements: 
Provided further, That all funds made available to carry out 

section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds 
appropriated for that purpose in such 

section 418 or any other 
provision of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds 
authority in paragraphs

    (4) and

    (5) of 

section 658O

    (a) of the CCDBG 
Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the reservation 
requirements in any other provision of law, of amounts appropriated 
under this heading, not less than 6 percent shall be reserved for 
payments to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, the Secretary 
may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal administrative expenses.

 social services block grant

 For making grants to States pursuant to 

section 2002 of the Social 
Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
subparagraph
        (B) of 

section 404
            (d) (2) of such Act, the applicable 
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out 
State programs pursuant to title XX-A of such Act shall be 10 percent.

 children and families services programs

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act, 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), 
part B-1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 477
            (i) , 1110, 1114A, and 
1115 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (``CSBG Act''); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX-A of the Social Security 
Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981, $14,480,087,000, of which $75,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, shall be for grants to States for adoption 
and legal guardianship incentive payments, as defined by 

section 473A 
of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions and legal 
guardianships completed before September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
$12,271,820,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act, 
including for Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and, of which, 
notwithstanding 

section 640 of such Act:

    (1) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the 
 Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs

    (7)
        (B) and

    (9) of 

section 641
            (c) of the Head Start Act under 
 the Designation Renewal System, established under the authority 
 of sections 641
            (c) (7) , 645A

    (b)

    (12) , and 645A
            (d) of such Act, 
 and such funds shall not be included in the calculation of 
 ``base grant'' in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used 
 in 

section 640

    (a)

    (7)
        (A) of such Act;

    (2) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Colleges 
 and Universities Head Start Partnership Program consistent with 
 

section 648

    (g) of such Act;

    (3) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available for the 
 Marshall Islands and Micronesia for the start-up and operation 
 of Head Start services and for the provision of training and 
 technical assistance; and

    (4) Up to $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement 
 funding otherwise available for research, evaluation, and 
 Federal administrative costs:
 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the reservation of 
funds under 

section 640

    (a)

    (2)
            (C) of such Act in lieu of reducing the 
reservation of funds under sections 640

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) , 640

    (a)

    (2)
            (D) , and 
640

    (a)

    (2)
        (E) of such Act: Provided further, That $810,383,000 shall be 
for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That for 
services furnished under the CSBG Act with funds made available for 
such purpose in this fiscal year and in fiscal year 2025, States may 
apply the last sentence of 

section 673

    (2) of the CSBG Act by 
substituting ``200 percent'' for ``125 percent'': Provided further, 
That $35,383,000 shall be for 

section 680 of the CSGB Act, of which not 
less than $22,383,000 shall be for 

section 680

    (a)

    (2) and not less than 
$13,000,000 shall be for 

section 680

    (a)

    (3)
        (B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out 

section 303

    (a) of 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which $12,000,000 
shall be allocated notwithstanding 

section 303

    (a)

    (2) of such Act for 
carrying out 

section 309 of such Act: Provided further, That the 
percentages specified in 

section 112

    (a)

    (2) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a 
human services case management system for federally declared disasters, 
to include a comprehensive national case management contract and 
Federal costs of administering the system: Provided further, That up 
to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting 
Information System, including grants to States to support data 
collection for a study of the system's effectiveness.

 payments for foster care and permanency

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act, $6,843,000,000.
 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, 
$3,800,000,000.
 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, 

section 474 of title IV-E of the Social Security 
Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated 
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary.

 Administration for Community Living

 aging and disability services programs

 (including transfer of funds)

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (``OAA''), the RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the 
Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 
of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 

section 119 of 
the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, title 
XX-B of the Social Security Act, the Developmental Disabilities 
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 
of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive 
Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and 

section 14 with respect 
to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-
wide coordination of policy and program activities that assist 
individuals with disabilities, $2,425,190,000, together with 
$55,242,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 
carry out 

section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990: Provided, That of amounts made available under this heading to 
carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent of 
such amounts shall be available for developing and implementing 
evidence-based practices for enhancing senior nutrition, including 
medically-tailored meals: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, funds made available under this heading to 
carry out 

section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of 
Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided further, That up 
to 5 percent of the funds provided for adult protective services grants 
under 

section 2042 of title XX of the Social Security Act may be used 
to make grants to Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, 
That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support alternative 
financing programs that provide for the purchase of assistive 
technology devices, such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-
down program; a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance 
program: Provided further, That applicants shall provide an assurance 
that, and information describing the manner in which, the alternative 
financing program will expand and emphasize consumer choice and 
control: Provided further, That State agencies and community-based 
disability organizations that are directed by and operated for 
individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may 
be used by an eligible system (as defined in 

section 102 of the 
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (42 
U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any legal action in a Federal or 
State court on behalf of an individual or group of individuals with a 
developmental disability (as defined in 

section 102

    (8)
        (A) of the 
Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002

    (8)
        (A) ) that is attributable to a mental 
impairment (or a combination of mental and physical impairments), that 
has as the requested remedy the closure of State operated intermediate 
care facilities for people with intellectual or developmental 
disabilities, unless reasonable public notice of the action has been 
provided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, 
the legal guardians who have been specifically awarded authority by the 
courts to make healthcare and residential decisions on behalf of such 
individuals) who are affected by such action, within 90 days of 
instituting such legal action, which informs such individuals (or such 
legal guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such rights 
consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Provided 
further, That the limitations in the immediately preceding proviso 
shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither competent 
to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the 
case of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to public 
guardianship.

 Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

 research, development, and procurement

 For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of title XXVIII of 
the PHS Act, with respect to the research, development, storage, 
production, and procurement of medical countermeasures to counter 
potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats to 
civilian populations, $3,265,000,000: Provided, That of such amount:

    (1) $1,100,000,000, to remain available through September 
 30, 2027, shall be for expenses necessary to support advanced 
 research and development, including of mRNA vaccines, pursuant 
 to 

section 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative 
 expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
 Authority;

    (2) $850,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
 be for expenses necessary for procuring security 
 countermeasures (as defined in 

section 319F-2
            (c) (1)
        (B) of the 
 PHS Act);

    (3) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
 shall be for expenses necessary to carry out 

section 319F-2

    (a) of the PHS Act; and

    (4) $315,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary to prepare 
 for or respond to an influenza pandemic, of which $280,000,000 
 shall remain available until expended for activities including 
 the development and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, necessary 
 medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance tools: 
 Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 496

    (b) of the PHS Act, 
 funds allocated under this paragraph may be used for the 
 construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for 
 the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other 
 biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or 
 renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 
 vaccines or biologics:
 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading for purposes 
of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition to any 
other funds made available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
products purchased with funds made available under this heading may, at 
the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National 
Stockpile pursuant to 

section 319F-2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used by 
the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response to develop, 
acquire, or stockpile medical countermeasures, or to strengthen the 
domestic industrial base, by procuring or acquiring any medical 
equipment, pharmaceutical good, or service produced by a Chinese-owned 
company, unless such equipment, good, or service is otherwise 
unavailable.

 operations, preparedness, and emergency response

 For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and B of title 
XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emergency response activities 
related to countering potential chemical, biological, radiological, and 
nuclear threats and other public health emergencies, $244,606,000: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2028, to 
support emergency operations: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027, for advanced research and development, 
manufacturing, production, procurement, distribution, and the 
acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally 
owned facilities for the production and purchase of medical 
countermeasures, which may include the development, translation, and 
demonstration at scale of innovations in manufacturing platform.

 Office of the Secretary

 general departmental management

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor 
vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and 

section 229 
of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, 
research studies under 

section 1110 of the Social Security Act, and for 
protection services for the Secretary, $333,169,000, together with 
$58,028,000 from the amounts available under 

section 241 of the PHS Act 
to carry out national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for 
minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall 
be for making competitive grants which exclusively implement education 
in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-
marital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding for such 
competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically 
accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publications by 
educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations; 
implement an evidence-based approach integrating research findings with 
practical implementation that aligns with the needs and desired 
outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the benefits associated 
with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, 
healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual coercion, 
dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such as underage 
drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity: 
Provided further, That no more than 10 percent of the funding for such 
competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for 
technical assistance and administrative costs of such programs: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption 
activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, 
through grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative 
services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That 
such services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5

    (a)

    (4) : 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize competitions sponsored by 
the Office of the Secretary to accelerate innovation in the prevention, 
diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases (as authorized by 

section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3719)).
 In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title II of the 
PHS Act to support, except as otherwise provided, activities related to 
safeguarding classified national security information and providing 
intelligence and national security support across the Department and to 
counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, $108,983,000.
 In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, prepare for, or 
respond to an influenza pandemic, $7,009,000.
 In addition to amounts otherwise available, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out activities to Make America 
Healthy Again

    (MAHA) .

 medicare hearings and appeals

 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and appeals in the 
Office of the Secretary, $180,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, to be transferred in appropriate part from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

 office of the national coordinator for health information technology

 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of 
interoperable health information technology, $59,238,000 shall be from 
amounts made available under 

section 241 of the PHS Act.

 office of inspector general

 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$87,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums shall be 
available for investigating non-payment of child support cases for 
which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, necessary 
sums shall be available for carrying out activities authorized under 

section 3022 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj-52).

 office for civil rights

 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$39,798,000.

 retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service 
Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, 
and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 
Dependents' Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during 
the current fiscal year.

 General Provisions

 

Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for 
not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.
 

Sec. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be 
used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this title shall be 
used to prevent the NIH from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of 
an individual at this rate.
 

Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be expended pursuant to 

section 241 of the PHS Act, except for 
funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and 
assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation 
and submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
the planned uses of such funds.
 

Sec. 204. Notwithstanding 

section 241

    (a) of the PHS Act, such 
portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 
percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such 
Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 
or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of programs 
funded in this title.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for HHS in 
this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any 
project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer.
 

Sec. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in 

section 338E
            (c) (2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur up to 
60 days after the effective date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 
2026 under 

section 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 
who has been awarded such contract has not received funds due under the 
contract.
 

Sec. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made 
available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act unless the 
applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages 
family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning 
services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist 
attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.
 

Sec. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider 
of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt from any State 
law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
 

Sec. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 
funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the 
Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation in 
such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider 
Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 
it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals 
for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate 
prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity 
(based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of 
providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided further, 
That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare 
program's coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage 
organization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 
covered services.
 

Sec. 210. None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.
 

Sec. 211. The Secretary shall make available through assignment 
not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in 
child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with 
funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health 
Organization.
 

Sec. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international health 
activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic 
and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during 
fiscal year 2026:

    (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that 
 available to the Secretary of State in 

section 2
            (c) of the 
 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary 
 shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of 
 Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section 
 is exercised in a manner consistent with 

section 207 of the 
 Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes 
 administered by the Department of State.

    (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by 
 advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be 
 necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
 renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United 
 States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall 
 cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has 
 secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable 
 regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 
 requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. 
 The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary 
 of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make 
 available to public or nonprofit private institutions or 
 agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
 lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
 necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international 
 health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS 
 and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental 
 diseases, and other health activities abroad.

    (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel 
 appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, 
 allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 
 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 
 4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by 
 the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide 
 locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) 
 up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 
 (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such 
 personnel under 

section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if 
 such personnel's official duty station were in the District of 
 Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
 shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter I 
 of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or 

section 903 of 
 the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the 
 Foreign Service.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director of 
the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among 
institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two 
Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human 
immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, the 
amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as 
jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the 
Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the ``Office of 
AIDS Research'' account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research 
shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 

section 2353
            (d) (3) of the PHS Act.
 

Sec. 215.

    (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Director of NIH (``Director'') may use funds authorized under 

section 402

    (b)

    (12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions (other 
than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out 
research identified pursuant to or research and activities described in 
such 

section 402

    (b)

    (12) .

    (b) Peer Review.--In entering into transactions under subsection

    (a) , the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including 
consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director 
determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and 
technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that 
would otherwise be required under sections 301

    (a)

    (3) , 405

    (b)

    (1)
        (B) , 
405

    (b)

    (2) , 406

    (a)

    (3)
        (A) , 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.
 

Sec. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds appropriated by this 
Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health 
may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as 
necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities 
authorized herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent of the 
amount made available for National Research Service Awards (``NRSA'') 
shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received 
grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 
1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made available 
to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to 
make NRSA awards for health service research.
 

Sec. 218.

    (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority (``BARDA'') may enter into a contract, for more than one but 
no more than 10 program years, for purchase of research services or of 
security countermeasures, as that term is defined in 

section 319F-
2
            (c) (1)
        (B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b
            (c) (1)
        (B) ), if--

    (1) funds are available and obligated--
        (A) for the full period of the contract or for the 
 first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; 
 and
        (B) for the estimated costs associated with a 
 necessary termination of the contract; and

    (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract 
 will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by 
 encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in 
 administration, performance, and operation of BARDA's programs.

    (b) A contract entered into under this section--

    (1) shall include a termination clause as described by 
 subsection
            (c) of 

section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; 
 and

    (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 
 requirement stated in subsection
            (d) of such section.
 

Sec. 219.

    (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 2027 
budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information 
concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal employees or 
contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, enforcing, 
or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments 
made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal year 
since the enactment of the ACA.

    (b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by all funds 
appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and the amendments 
made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the 
following information:

    (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act 
 under which such funds were appropriated, a statement 
 indicating the program, project, or activity receiving such 
 funds, the Federal operating division or office that 
 administers such program, and the amount of funding received in 
 discretionary or mandatory appropriations.

    (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time 
 equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each 
 authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with 
 paragraph

    (1) .
            (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude from 
the report employees or contractors who--

    (1) are supported through appropriations enacted in laws 
 other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to 
 the passage of the ACA;

    (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities 
 funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or

    (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a 
 requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.
 

Sec. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year 
2027 budget of the President submitted under 

section 1105

    (a) of title 
31, United States Code, information that details the uses of all funds 
used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for 
Health Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment of 
the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2027. Such 
information shall include, for each such fiscal year, the amount of 
funds used for each activity specified under the heading ``Health 
Insurance Exchange Transparency'' in the report accompanying this Act.
 

Sec. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplemental 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other accounts funded 
by this Act to the ``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--Program 
Management'' account, may be used for payments under 

section 1342

    (b)

    (1) of Public Law 111-148 (relating to risk corridors).

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 222.

    (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 

section 4002 of the 
ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the 
activities specified under the heading ``Prevention and Public Health 
Fund'' in the report accompanying this Act.

    (b) Notwithstanding 

section 4002
            (c) of the ACA, the Secretary may 
not further transfer these amounts.
            (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 

section 2821 
of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference to 

section 2821

    (b) of such Act.
 

Sec. 223. Effective during the period beginning on November 1, 
2015 and ending January 1, 2028, any provision of law that refers 
(including through cross-reference to another provision of law) to the 
current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task 
Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and 
prevention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as if--

    (1) such reference to such current recommendations were a 
 reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with 
 respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention 
 last issued before 2009; and

    (2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to 
 any screening mammography modality under 

section 1861

    (jj) of 
 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x

    (jj) ).

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 224. The NIH Director may transfer funds for opioid 
addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and addiction, pain 
management, and addiction treatment to other Institutes and Centers of 
the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in the previous 
proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.
 

Sec. 225.

    (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:

    (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the Exchanges 
 established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
 Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the open 
 enrollment period; and

    (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, 
 including supplements, authorized under 

section 330 of the 
 Public Health Service Act.

    (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate must 
be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any public release 
of enrollment information or the award of such grants.
 

Sec. 226. In addition to the amounts otherwise available for 
``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program Management'', the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 
to such account from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program 
management activity related to the Medicare Program: Provided, That 
except for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used to support 
any provision of Public Law 111-148 or Public Law 111-152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other 
amounts within such account.
 

Sec. 227. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available for 
salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health and 
Human Services shall also be available to pay travel and related 
expenses of such an employee or of a member of his or her family, when 
such employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a U.S. 
territory, during a period and in a location that are the subject of a 
determination of a public health emergency under 

section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act and such travel is necessary to obtain 
medical care for an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot 
be adequately addressed in that location at that time. For purposes of 
this section, the term ``U.S. territory'' means Guam, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, 
American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
 

Sec. 228. The Department of Health and Human Services may accept 
donations from the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and 
other groups independent of the Federal Government for the care of 
unaccompanied alien children (as defined in 

section 462

    (g)

    (2) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279

    (g)

    (2) )) in the care of the 
Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Children and 
Families, including medical goods and services, which may include early 
childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, 
and any other items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children.
 

Sec. 229. In addition to the existing Congressional notification 
for formal site assessments of potential influx facilities, the 
Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days before operationalizing 
an unlicensed facility, and shall

    (1) specify whether the facility is 
hard-sided or soft-sided, and

    (2) provide analysis that indicates that, 
in the absence of the influx facility, the likely outcome is that 
unaccompanied alien children will remain in the custody of the 
Department of Homeland Security for longer than 72 hours or that 
unaccompanied alien children will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 
60 days of bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing the total 
number of children in care at the facility, the average length of stay 
and average length of care of children at the facility, and, for any 
child that has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 
of stay and reason for delay in release.
 

Sec. 230. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the House of 
Representatives from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, 
any facility in the United States used for the purpose of maintaining 
custody of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 
defined in 

section 462

    (g)

    (2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 279

    (g)

    (2) )), provided that such Senator or Member has 
coordinated the oversight visit with the Office of Refugee Resettlement 
not less than two business days in advance to ensure that such visit 
would not interfere with the operations (including child welfare and 
child safety operations) of such facility.
 

Sec. 231. Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, and make publicly available online, a report with respect to 
children who were separated from their parents or legal guardians by 
the Department of Homeland Security

    (DHS) (regardless of whether or not 
such separation was pursuant to an option selected by the children, 
parents, or guardians), subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien 
children, and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during the 
previous month. Each report shall contain the following information:

    (1) the number and ages of children so separated subsequent 
 to apprehension at or between ports of entry, to be reported by 
 sector where separation occurred; and

    (2) the documented cause of separation, as reported by DHS 
 when each child was referred.
 

Sec. 232. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available for 
salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention shall also be available for the primary and secondary 
schooling of eligible dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. 
territory at costs not in excess of those paid for or reimbursed by the 
Department of Defense. For purposes of this section, the term ``U.S. 
territory'' means Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands
 

Sec. 233. The Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 
et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 675C

    (a) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) by striking ``, subject to 
 paragraph

    (3) ''; and
        (B) by striking paragraph

    (3) ; and

    (2) in 

section 680

    (a)

    (2) by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
        (F) Uses of funds.--Funds made available to carry 
 out this paragraph may be used for financing 
 construction and rehabilitation, and for loans or 
 investments, in private business enterprises, including 
 those owned by community development corporations.
 ``
        (G) Ownership of intangible property and 
 earnings.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
 regarding the disposition of intangible assets and 
 program income that permit such assets acquired with, 
 and program income derived from, grants made under this 
 paragraph, to become the sole property of the grantees 
 after a period of not more than 12 years after the end 
 of the grant period for any activity consistent with 
 subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) .
 ``
        (H) Use of intangible assets.--Intangible assets 
 in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt 
 instruments, and program income may be used by grantees 
 for any eligible purpose consistent with subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) .''.

 (rescission and including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 234. Of the unobligated balances in the ``Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund'' established in 

section 223 of division G of Public Law 
110-161, $1,613,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 
30, 2026, except that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were previously designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 
That from any remaining unobligated balances in such Fund, the 
Secretary may transfer up to $30,000,000 to ``General Departmental 
Management'' for cybersecurity: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may obligate funds from such Fund for any program, project, or activity 
for which a notification was submitted before the date of enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 
into such Fund: Provided further, That any amounts transferred into 
such Fund are available for the purposes provided by this section or 
for which a notification was submitted to such Committees on 
Appropriations before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That the authority to transfer amounts under this section is 
in addition to any other transfer authority in law.
 

Sec. 235. None of the funds made available by this Act to the 
National Institutes of Health may be used for facilities and 
administration costs (as defined in 

section 200.414 of title 2, Code of 
Federal Regulations) that exceed 30 percent of an award to an 
applicable educational institution that is an organization subject to 
taxation under 

section 4968 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
 

Sec. 236. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
conduct or support research using human fetal tissue if such tissue is 
obtained pursuant to an induced abortion.
 

Sec. 237.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none 
of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this 
Act, shall be made available to a hospital or any other entity that 
administers any postgraduate physician training program, or any other 
program of training in the health professions, that provides training 
in the performance of, or assisting in the performance of, induced 
abortions, or in counseling or referrals for such abortions, if such 
program--

    (1) provides or requires such training for any participant 
 in such program without the participant first voluntarily 
 electing to opt in to undergo such training; or

    (2) subjects any participant in such program to 
 discrimination on the basis that the participant does not--
        (A) voluntarily elect to opt in to undergo such 
 training; or
        (B) perform, assist in the performance of, or 
 provide counseling or referrals for, such abortions.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit training 
described in subsection

    (a) that is not otherwise allowed by law.
 

Sec. 238.

    (a) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available by this Act may be made available 
either directly, through a State (including through managed care 
contracts with a State), or through any other means, to a prohibited 
entity.

    (b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.--The term ``prohibited entity'' means an 
entity, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and 
clinics--

    (1) that, as of the date of enactment of this Act--
        (A) is an organization described in 

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

section 501

    (a) of such Code;
        (B) is an essential community provider described in 
 

section 156.235 of title 45, Code of Federal 
 Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of 
 this Act), that is primarily engaged in family planning 
 services, reproductive health, and related medical 
 care; and
            (C) performs, or provides any funds to any other 
 entity that performs, abortions other than an abortion 
 performed--
            (i) in the case of a pregnancy that is the 
 result of an act of rape or incest; or
            (ii) in the case where a woman suffers from 
 a physical disorder, physical injury, or 
 physical illness that would, as certified by a 
 physician, place the woman in danger of death 
 unless an abortion is performed, including a 
 life-endangering physical condition caused by, 
 or arising from, the pregnancy itself; and

    (2) for which the total amount of Federal grants to such 
 entity, including grants to any affiliates, subsidiaries, or 
 clinics of such entity, under title X of the Public Health 
 Service Act in fiscal year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000.
            (c) (1) END OF PROHIBITION.--The definition in subsection

    (b) shall 
cease to apply to an entity if such entity certifies that it, including 
its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and clinics, will not 
perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that 
performs, an abortion as described in subsection

    (b)

    (1)
            (C) .

    (2) REPAYMENT.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
 shall seek repayment of any Federal assistance received by any 
 entity that had made a certification described in paragraph

    (1) and subsequently violated the terms of such certification.
 

Sec. 239. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to establish, support, administer, oversee, or issue a grant, contract, 
or cooperative agreement for the purposes of providing information on, 
promoting access to, or facilitating an abortion.
 

Sec. 240. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to require any project under title X of the PHS Act to refer for 
abortions: Provided, That no provider of services under title X of 
the PHS Act shall be required to subvert or operate in conflict with 
any State law limiting referral for abortion/pregnancy counseling.
 

Sec. 241. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 14076 (Protecting 
Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services) or Executive Order 14079 
(Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services).
 

Sec. 242. None of the funds made available by this Act, or 
provided under a previous or subsequent appropriations Act to the 
Department of Health and Human Services, or provided from any account 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees 
available to such Department, may be used to enforce the final rule 
titled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Changes 
to the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements'' 
(86 Fed. Reg. 61555), or any substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled 
``Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender 
Identity or Sexual Orientation'', published by the Executive Office of 
the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).
 

Sec. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
for any social, psychological, behavioral, or medical intervention 
performed for the purposes of intentionally changing the body of an 
individual (including by disrupting the body's development, inhibiting 
its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer 
correspond to the individual's biological sex.
 

Sec. 245. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to issue or implement as a final rule the proposed rule entitled 
``Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities'' published by 
the Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on 
August 4, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 47824) (relating to 

section 1557 of the 
Affordable Care Act) or any successor or substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 246. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to administer, implement, or enforce the final rule entitled 
``Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for 
LGBTQI+ Children'', 89 Fed. Reg. 34818 (effective July 1, 2024) or any 
successor or substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 247. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to administer, implement, or enforce the final rule entitled 
``Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule'', (89 Fed. Reg. 
34384 (effective July 1, 2024)) or any successor or substantially 
similar rule.
 

Sec. 248. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to place an unaccompanied alien child with a sponsor in any case where 
such unaccompanied alien child has been convicted of a crime, or has a 
pending criminal charge relating to gang affiliation or activity, in 
the United States or in such unaccompanied alien child's country of 
origin or country of last habitual residence.
 

Sec. 249. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to administer, implement, or enforce the final rule entitled ``Medicare 
and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care 
Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting'', 
(89 Fed. Reg. 40876 (effective June 21, 2024)) or any successor or 
substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 250. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to administer, implement, or enforce the final rule entitled ``Short-
Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated 
Excepted Benefits Coverage'', (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (effective June 17, 
2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 251. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine that a 
public health emergency exists pursuant to 

section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), or issue any related order that 
would impede, limit, or restrict a citizen's Second Amendment rights.
 

Sec. 252. Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

section 245 (42 U.S.C. 238n) the 
following:

``

SEC. 245A. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.

 ``

    (a) In General.--A qualified party may, in a civil action, obtain 
appropriate relief with regard to a designated violation.
 ``

    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-For purposes of this section:
 ``

    (1) Designated violation.--The term `designated 
 violation' means an actual or threatened violation of--
 ``
        (A) section 507
            (d) of division D of the Further 
 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (or any 
 subsequent substantially similar provision); or
 ``
        (B) any funding condition imposed by the Federal 
 Government pursuant to such 

section 507
            (d) (or such 
 substantially similar provision).
 ``

    (2) Qualified party.--The term `qualified party' means--
 ``
        (A) the Attorney General of the United States;
 ``
        (B) any attorney general of a State; or
 ``
            (C) any person or entity adversely affected by 
 the designated violation without regard to whether such 
 person or entity is a health care provider.
 ``

    (3) State governmental entity.--The term `State 
 governmental entity' means a State, a local government within a 
 State, and any agency or other governmental unit or subdivision 
 of a State, or of such a local government.
 ``
            (c) Administrative Remedies Not Required.--An action under this 
section may be commenced, and relief may be granted, without regard to 
whether the party commencing the action has sought or exhausted any 
available administrative remedies.
 ``
            (d) Defendants.--An action under this section may be maintained 
against a Federal agency committing a designated violation described in 
subsection

    (b)

    (1)
        (A) or any recipient or subrecipient of Federal 
assistance committing a designated violation described in subsection

    (b)

    (1)
        (B) , including a State governmental entity.
 ``

    (e) Nature of Relief.--In an action under this section, the court 
shall grant--
 ``

    (1) all appropriate relief, including injunctive relief, 
 declaratory relief, and compensatory damages, to prevent the 
 occurrence, continuance, or repetition of the designated 
 violation and to compensate for losses resulting from the 
 designated violation; and
 ``

    (2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attorneys' fees 
 and litigation costs.
Relief in an action under this section may include money damages even 
if the defendant is a governmental entity.
 ``

    (f) Abrogation of State Immunity.--No State or governmental 
official that commits a designated violation shall be immune under the 
Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Eleventh 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or any other source 
of law, from an action under subsection

    (a) .''.
 

Sec. 253. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to administer, implement, or enforce the final rule entitled 
``Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the 
Child Care and Development Fund

    (CCDF) '', (89 Fed. Reg. 15366 
(effective April 30, 2024)) insofar as such rule makes changes relating 
to sections 98.16

    (z) and 98.30

    (b)

    (1) of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
 

Sec. 254. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to place an unaccompanied alien child 
with an alien sponsor who has not been admitted (as defined in 
paragraph

    (13) of 

section 101

    (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101

    (a) )) or who is deportable under 

section 237

    (a) of such 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1227

    (a) ).
 

Sec. 255. None of the funds in this Act may be used for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of 
Health, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
to fund or carry out any research relating to gunshot injury or 
mortality prevention that treats crimes committed with a firearm as a 
public health epidemic, including advocating, promoting, or studying 
firearm-related restrictions or policies; firearm disenfranchisement, 
bans, confiscation, or registration, or other gun control measures; and 
any other restriction on firearms: Provided, That nothing shall 
prevent the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National 
Institutes of Health, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration from carrying out research on medical 
procedures, practices, treatments, medicines, and therapies related to 
gunshot injuries and recovery.
 

Sec. 256. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
for research on vertebrate animals for the purpose of studying the 
effects of drugs, surgery, or other interventions to alter the human 
body (including by disrupting the body's development, inhibiting its 
natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond 
to its biological sex.
 

Sec. 257. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to implement CMS-5056-N, ``Implementation of Prior Authorization for 
Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction

    (WISeR) Model,'' or any such model that implements prior authorizations 
in traditional Medicare.
 

Sec. 258. 

Section 752 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
294b) is amended in subsection

    (g) by striking ``fiscal years 2023 
through 2025'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2026 through 2028''.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE III

 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

 education for the disadvantaged

 (including rescission of funds)

 For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act 
as ``ESEA'') and 

section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ``HEA''), $14,850,490,000, of which 
$3,974,313,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027, and of which $10,841,177,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026-2027: Provided, 
That $3,614,089,000 shall be for basic grants under 

section 1124 of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be 
available to the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as 
``Secretary'') on October 1, 2025, to obtain annually updated local 
educational agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the 
Census: Provided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for 
concentration grants under 

section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That $4,825,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under 

section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $4,825,050,000 shall be for 
education finance incentive grants under 

section 1125A of the ESEA: 
Provided further, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 
of part B of title II: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available for this heading by 

section 1112 of title I of division A of 
Public Law 119-4 on October 1, 2025, $938,266,000 are hereby rescinded.

 Impact Aid

 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,630,151,000, 
of which $1,477,000,000 shall be for basic support payments under 

section 7003

    (b) , $49,316,000 shall be for payments for children with 
disabilities under 

section 7003
            (d) , $19,000,000 shall be for 
construction under 

section 7007

    (a) , $80,000,000 shall be for Federal 
property payments under 

section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under 

section 7008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a 
payment for an eligible local educational agency under 

section 7003

    (a) for school year 2025-2026, children enrolled in a school of such agency 
that would otherwise be eligible for payment under 

section 7003

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or 
legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of 
such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 
guardian while on active duty (so long as such children reside on 
Federal property as described in 

section 7003

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) ), are no longer 
eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible students 
under such section, provided such students remain in average daily 
attendance at a school in the same local educational agency they 
attended prior to their change in eligibility status.

 School Improvement Programs

 (including rescission of funds)

 For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by part B 
of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title IV, part B 
of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C of title VI of the 
ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; 

section 203 of the 
Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, $4,840,964,000, of which $3,068,673,000 shall become available 
on July 1, 2026, and remain available through September 30, 2027, and 
of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2026, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2027, for academic year 
2026-2027: Provided, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title 
IV: Provided further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title 
VI, which may be used for construction, renovation, and modernization 
of any public elementary school, secondary school, or structure related 
to a public elementary school or secondary school that serves a 
predominantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 percent 
limitation in 

section 6205

    (b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for 
administrative purposes shall apply only to direct administrative 
costs: Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of title 
VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and may be used for 
construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in 

section 6305 of the 
ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only 
to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That $225,000,000 
shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, That in carrying 
out such part B the percentage in 

section 316

    (b)

    (1)
            (D) of title III of 
division H of Public Law 116-260 shall be deemed 75 percent: Provided 
further, That $1,385,000,000 shall be available for grants under 
subpart 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That funds provided 
by Public Law 117-328 and this Act for subpart B of title VII of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act shall be available for 
expenditure by educational agencies and institutions for an additional 
fiscal year following the succeeding fiscal year provided by subsection 
421

    (b)

    (1) of the General Education Provisions Act: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available for this heading by 

section 1112 of 
title I of division A of Public Law 119-4 on October 1, 2025, 
$1,681,441,000 are hereby rescinded.

 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 of part 
F of title IV of the ESEA, $190,000,000, to remain available through 
December 31, 2026: Provided, That $190,000,000 shall be available for 

section 4631, of which up to $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to 
Violence (Project SERV) program.

 Indian Education

 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $199,746,000, of which 
$72,000,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and 
$17,365,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, 
That the 5 percent limitation in sections 6115
            (d) , 6121

    (e) , and 6133

    (g) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 
only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That grants 
awarded under sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA with funds provided 
under this heading may be for a period of up to 5 years.

 Innovation and Improvement

 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3, and 4 of 
part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 and 4 of part 
F of title IV of the ESEA, $891,000,000: Provided, That $23,000,000 
shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be 
made available without regard to sections 2201, 2231

    (b) and 2241: 
Provided further, That $639,000,000 shall be for parts C, D, and E and 
subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall be made available without 
regard to sections 4311, 4409

    (a) , and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That 

section 4303
            (d) (3)
        (A)
            (i) shall not apply to these funds 
available for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds 
available for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less than 
$65,000,000 to carry out 

section 4304 of the ESEA, amounts made 
available to carry out 

section 4305

    (b) of the ESEA shall remain 
available through March 31, 2027, and not more than $16,000,000 to 
carry out the activities in 

section 4305

    (a)

    (3) of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 

section 4304

    (k)

    (2)
            (C) of the ESEA, in 
making awards under 

section 4304

    (k) , the Secretary may pay a Federal 
share of up to 100 percent of the cost of establishing or enhancing, 
and administering, a per-pupil facilities aid program for each of the 
first two fiscal years for which the program receives funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall permit any State entity, as 
defined under 

section 4303

    (a) , to receive a grant under 

section 4304

    (k) : Provided further, That the Secretary shall permit such a 
State entity to receive such a grant if any form of State or local 
financial support for charter school facilities, such as the 
capitalization of a State revolving loan fund to support charter school 
facilities financing, and not necessarily a program of per-pupil 
facilities aid, will meet the matching requirements of 

section 4304

    (k) 2)
            (C) : Provided further, That the Secretary shall allow 
entities receiving grants under 

section 4303 to use up to 10 percent of 
such grants for activities described in 

section 4303

    (b)

    (2) and up to 5 
percent for the activities described in 

section 4303
            (c) (1)
            (C) : 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 

section 4601

    (b) , $229,000,000 
shall be available through December 31, 2026 for subpart 1 of part F of 
title IV.

 Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

 Special Education

 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, 
$15,493,264,000, of which $5,910,321,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2026, and shall remain available through September 30, 2027, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2026, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2027, for academic year 
2026-2027: Provided, That the amount for 

section 611

    (b)

    (2) of the IDEA 
shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that activity 
during fiscal year 2025, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in 

section 619
            (d) (2)
        (B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in 
the funds appropriated under 

section 611
            (i) of the IDEA, but not less 
than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2025: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to 

section 611
            (d) of 
the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 

section 611

    (g)

    (2) ), subject to the third proviso, any amount by which a 
State's allocation under 

section 611, from funds appropriated under 
this heading, is reduced under 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (B) , according to the 
following: 85 percent on the basis of the States' relative populations 
of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children with 
disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free 
appropriate public education under this part, and 15 percent to States 
on the basis of the States' relative populations of those children who 
are living in poverty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
distribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State whose 
reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading made 
funds available for such a distribution: Provided further, That the 
States shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso 
to local educational agencies in accordance with 

section 611

    (f) : 
Provided further, That the amount by which a State's allocation under 

section 611
            (d) of the IDEA is reduced under 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (B) and 
the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos in fiscal 
year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 
the awards under 

section 611
            (d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any 
subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
provision in 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (B) regarding the fiscal year in which a 
State's allocation under 

section 611
            (d) is reduced for failure to 
comply with the requirement of 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (A) , the Secretary may 
apply the reduction specified in 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (B) over a period of 
consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until the entire reduction 
is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in any fiscal 
year in which a State's allocation under 

section 611 is reduced in 
accordance with 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (B) , reduce the amount a State may 
reserve under 

section 611

    (e)

    (1) by an amount that bears the same 
relation to the maximum amount described in that paragraph as the 
reduction under 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (B) bears to the total allocation the 
State would have received in that fiscal year under 

section 611
            (d) in 
the absence of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall either reduce the allocation of funds under 

section 611 for any 
fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to 
comply with the requirement of 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (A) as authorized by 

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (B) , or seek to recover funds under 

section 452 of 
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided 
further, That the funds reserved under 611
            (c) of the IDEA may be used 
to provide technical assistance to States to improve the capacity of 
the States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 
618 and to administer and carry out other services and activities to 
improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B 
and C of the IDEA: Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds 
made available for the State Personnel Development Grants program under 
part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such 
subpart: Provided further, That States may use funds reserved for 
other State-level activities under sections 611

    (e)

    (2) and 619

    (f) of the 
IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institutions of 
higher education, other public agencies, and private non-profit 
organizations to carry out activities authorized by those sections: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

section 643

    (e)

    (2)
        (A) of the 
IDEA, if 5 or fewer States apply for grants pursuant to 

section 643

    (e) of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each State in an 
amount equal to the maximum amount described in 

section 643

    (e)

    (2)
        (B) of 
such Act: Provided further, That if more than 5 States apply for 
grants pursuant to 

section 643

    (e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall 
award funds to those States on the basis of the States' relative 
populations of infants and toddlers except that no such State shall 
receive a grant in excess of the amount described in 

section 643

    (e)

    (2)
        (B) of such Act: Provided further, That States may use funds 
allotted under 

section 643
            (c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local 
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, other public 
agencies, and private non-profit organizations to carry out activities 
authorized by 

section 638 of IDEA: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding 

section 638 of the IDEA, a State may use funds it 
receives under 

section 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early 
intervention services to a child who previously received services under 
part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of the school year 
following the child's third birthday with parental consent and without 
regard to the procedures in 

section 635
            (c) of the IDEA: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 

section 638 of the IDEA, a State may use 
funds appropriated under Part C of the IDEA to conduct child find, 
public awareness, and referral activities for an individual who is 
expected to become a parent of an infant with a disability (as that 
term is defined in 

section 632

    (5) ), as established by medical or other 
records: Provided further, That any State electing to use funds under 
the preceding proviso shall ensure that, as soon as possible but not 
later than 45 days after the child's birth, it completes the referral 
and eligibility process under this part for that child.

 Rehabilitation Services

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center Act, 
$4,648,295,000, of which $4,504,096,000 shall be for grants for 
vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation 
Act.

 Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

 american printing house for the blind

 For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the Blind of 
March 3, 1879, $44,431,000.

 national technical institute for the deaf

 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I 
and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $94,500,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may at 
its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under 

section 207 of such Act.

 gallaudet university

 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986, $168,361,000, of which up to $15,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for construction, as defined by 

section 201

    (2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount available, the 
University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as 
authorized under 

section 207 of such Act.

 Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education

 Career, Technical, and Adult Education

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (``Perkins Act''), 
$1,475,000,000, of which $684,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 
2026, and shall remain available through September 30, 2027, and of 
which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided, That up to 
$10,152,000 shall be available for innovation and modernization grants 
under such 

section 114

    (e) of the Perkins Act.

 Office of Postsecondary Education

 Higher Education

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, 
III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and 

section 117 of the Perkins Act, 
$2,714,241,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA 
and 

section 102

    (b)

    (6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 
countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign 
language training and international studies in areas that are vital to 
United States national security and who plan to apply their language 
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, 
the professions, or international development: Provided further, That 
of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may 
be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information 
dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of 
the funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of 
title IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided further, That 

section 313
            (d) of the HEA shall not apply to an institution of higher 
education that is eligible to receive funding under 

section 318 of the 
HEA: Provided further, That amounts made available for carrying out 

section 419N of the HEA may be awarded notwithstanding the limitations 
in 

section 419N

    (b)

    (2) of the HEA: Provided further, That activities 
authorized under sections 317
            (c) (2)
        (B) , 319
            (c) (2)
        (B) , and 320
            (c) (2)
        (B) of the HEA may include construction and maintenance in classrooms, 
libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this Act to carry out 
part B of title III of the HEA, $6,000,000 shall be for grants to 
supplement amounts awarded to part B institutions that are junior or 
community colleges, as defined in 

section 312

    (f) of the HEA: Provided 
further, That the supplemental funds described in the preceding proviso 
are in addition to any grant award that any institution may receive 
under 

section 323 of the HEA and shall be allocated in accordance with 
the allotments specified under 

section 324 of such Act.

 Howard University

 For partial support of Howard University, $240,018,000, of which 
not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant 
pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain 
available until expended.

 College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related 
to existing facility loans pursuant to 

section 121 of the HEA, 
$298,000.

 Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
 Account

 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027: 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 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $500,000,000: 
Provided further, That these funds may be used to support loans to 
public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities without 
regard to the limitations within 

section 344

    (a) of the HEA.
 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $528,000.

 Office of Federal Student Aid

 Student Financial Assistance

 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part C of 
title IV of the HEA, $23,254,221,000 which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027.
 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during 
award year 2026-2027 shall be $6,335.

 Student Aid Administration

 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, 
and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of 
title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the Public 
Health Service Act, $2,058,943,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2027.

 Institute of Education Sciences

 For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education Sciences as 
authorized by 

section 208 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act and carrying out activities authorized by the National Assessment 
of Educational Progress Authorization Act, 

section 208 of the 
Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and 

section 664 of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $740,373,000, which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided, That funds 
available to carry out 

section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary 
data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data 
systems, or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That up 
to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out 

section 208 of the 
Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public 
or private organizations or agencies to support activities to improve 
data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, and national 
levels.

 Departmental Management

 program administration

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three 
passenger motor vehicles, $293,007,000.

 office for civil rights

 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
authorized by 

section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $91,000,000.

 office of inspector general

 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, as 
authorized by 

section 212 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $63,000,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027.

 General Provisions

 

Sec. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent 
the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in 
the public schools.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this 
Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any 
project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of any transfer.
 

Sec. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated for 
evaluation purposes under 

section 8601
            (c) of the ESEA shall be 
available from July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.
 

Sec. 304.

    (a) An institution of higher education that maintains an 
endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title III or V of 
the HEA for fiscal year 2026 may use the income from that fund to award 
scholarships to students, subject to the limitation in 

section 331
            (c) (3)
        (B)
            (i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, 
prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an 
allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.

    (b) Subsection

    (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of the 
HEA are reauthorized.
 

Sec. 305. 

Section 114

    (f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c

    (f) ) shall be 
applied by substituting ``2026'' for ``2021''.
 

Sec. 306. 

Section 458

    (a)

    (4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h

    (a) ) shall 
be applied by substituting ``2027'' for ``2021''.
 

Sec. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``Student Aid Administration'' may be available for payments for 
student loan servicing to an institution of higher education that 
services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans under part E of title IV of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.).
 

Sec. 308. The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5 percent from 
any amount made available in this Act for an HEA program, except for 
any amounts made available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the 
HEA, to carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to collect 
and analyze outcome data for any program authorized by the HEA: 
Provided, That no funds made available in this Act for the ``Student 
Aid Administration'' account shall be subject to the reservation under 
this section: Provided further, That any funds reserved under this 
section shall be available through September 30, 2028: Provided 
further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds are 
authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with 
respect to a program or project, the Secretary may also reserve funds 
for such program or project for the purposes described in this section 
so long as the total reservation of funds for such program or project 
does not exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of 
funds reserved under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Workforce of the 
House of Representatives a plan that identifies the source and amount 
of funds reserved under this section, the impact on program grantees if 
funds are withheld for the purposes of this section, and the activities 
to be carried out with such funds.

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 309. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ``Institute 
of Education Sciences'', up to $13,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary of Education (``the Secretary'') to provide support services 
to the Institute of Education Sciences (including, but not limited to 
information technology services, lease or procurement of office space, 
human resource services, financial management services, financial 
systems support, budget formulation and execution, legal counsel, equal 
employment opportunity services, physical security, facilities 
management, acquisition and contract management, grants administration 
and policy, and enterprise risk management): Provided, That the 
Secretary shall calculate the actual amounts obligated and expended for 
such support services by using a standard Department of Education 
methodology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any amounts available 
for IES support services in excess of actual amounts needed for IES 
support services, as so calculated, to the ``Program Administration'' 
account from the ``Institute of Education Sciences'' account: Provided 
further, That in order to address any shortfall between amounts 
available for IES support services and amounts needed for IES support 
services, as so calculated, the Secretary may transfer necessary 
amounts to the ``Institute of Education Sciences'' account from the 
``Program Administration'' account: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance of any transfer made 
pursuant to this section.

 (including rescission and transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 310. Of the unobligated balances in the ``Department of 
Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' established in 

section 313 of 
division H of Public Law 116-260, $197,000,000 are hereby rescinded not 
later than September 30, 2026: Provided, That from any remaining 
unobligated balances in such Fund, the Secretary may transfer up to 
$15,000,000 to ``Student Aid Administration'' for information 
technology, to remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may obligate funds from such Fund for any 
program, project, or activity for which a notification was submitted 
before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may transfer amounts into such Fund: Provided further, That 
any amounts transferred into such Fund are available for the purposes 
provided by this section or for which a notification was submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the authority to transfer amounts under this section is in 
addition to any other transfer authority in law.
 

Sec. 311. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to provide financial assistance to an educational institution that 
allows an individual whose sex is male to participate in an athletic 
program or activity that is designated for women or girls. For the 
purpose of this section, the term ``sex'' means the reproductive 
biology and genetics of an individual as determined solely at birth.
 

Sec. 312. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department 
of Education, or provided under a previous or subsequent appropriations 
Act to such Department, may be used to enforce any of the following 
rules or interpretations related to title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C.1681-1688):

    (1) The final rule titled, ``Nondiscrimination on the Basis 
 of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal 
 Financial Assistance'', 89 Fed. Reg. 33474 (effective August 1, 
 2024).

    (2) The proposed rule titled, ``Nondiscrimination on the 
 Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving 
 Federal Financial Assistance: Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria 
 for Male and Female Athletic Teams'', (88 Fed. Reg. 22860; 
 published April 13, 2023).

    (3) The notice of interpretation titled, ``Enforcement of 
 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 With Respect to 
 Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 
 in Light of Bostock v. Clayton County'', (86 Fed. Reg. 32637; 
 published June 22, 2021).

    (4) Any substantially similar rule or interpretation.
 

Sec. 313. None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
provided to any public institution of higher education that denies to a 
religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is 
otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the institution 
(including full access to the facilities of the institution and 
official recognition of the organization by the institution) because of 
the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or 
standards of conduct of the religious student organization.
 

Sec. 314. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to--

    (1) implement the modifications of statutory and regulatory 
 provisions relating to debt discharge described in the rule 
 published by the Department of Education in the Federal 
 Register on October 12, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 61514), or take any 
 substantially similar action;

    (2) implement, administer, or enforce 

section 682.215 or 
 

section 685 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (relating 
 to income-based repayment and income-driven repayment), as 
 amended by the final regulations published by the Department of 
 Education in the Federal Register on July 10, 2023 (88 Fed. 
 Reg. 43820 et seq.) or take any substantially similar action;

    (3) implement, administer, or enforce 

section 685.401 of 
 title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to borrower 
 defense to repayment), as amended by the final regulations 
 published by the Department of Education in the Federal 
 Register on November 1, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65904 et seq.) or 
 take any substantially similar action;

    (4) implement, administer, or enforce 

section 668.28 of 
 title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the 90/10 
 rule), as added or amended by the final regulations published 
 by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on 
 October 28, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65426 et. seq.) or take any 
 substantially similar action;

    (5) implement, administer, or enforce sections 600.10, 
 600.21, 668.2, 668.13, 668.43, 668.91, 668.402 through 668.409 
 (excluding 

section 668.408), and 668.601 through 668.606 of 
 title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to financial 
 value transparency and gainful employment), as added or amended 
 by the final regulations published by the Department of 
 Education in the Federal Register on October 10, 2023 (88 Fed. 
 Reg. 70004 et. seq.) or take any substantially similar action; 
 or

    (6) finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 
 proposed rule titled ``Student Debt Relief for the William D. 
 Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans), the Federal 
 Family Education Loan

    (FFEL) Program, the Federal Perkins Loan

    (Perkins) Program, and the Health Education Assistance Loan

    (HEAL) Program'' published by the Department of Education in 
 the Federal Register on April 17, 2024 (89 FR 27564) or any 
 substantially similar rule.
 

Sec. 315. The Workforce Pell Grants authorized under 

section 401

    (k) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall hereafter be known and 
designated as ``Trump Grants''.
 

Sec. 316. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by any local education agency to conduct student-involved active 
shooter drills in schools without first providing student participants 
under 16 years old with the ability to opt out of such exercises with 
parental or legal guardianship consent.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE IV

 RELATED AGENCIES

 America First Corps

 operating expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ``CNCS'') to carry out 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in this title 
as ``1973 Act'') and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(referred to in this title as ``1990 Act''), $524,725,000, 
notwithstanding sections 198B

    (b)

    (3) , 198S

    (g) , 501

    (a)

    (4)
            (C) , and 
501

    (a)

    (4)
        (F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading:

    (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be 
used to defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, 
including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management 
of the grants cycle;

    (2) $9,769,000 shall be available to provide 
assistance to State commissions on national and community service, 
under 

section 126

    (a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 

section 501

    (a)

    (5)
        (B) of the 1990 Act;

    (3) $20,923,000 shall be available to 
carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act;

    (4) $8,558,000 shall be available 
for expenses authorized under 

section 501

    (a)

    (4)
        (F) of the 1990 Act, 
which, notwithstanding the provisions of 

section 198P shall be awarded 
by CNCS on a competitive basis; and

    (5) $55,105,000 shall be for the 
Retired Senior Volunteer Program: Provided further, That for the 
purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in 

section 122
            (c) (1)
            (D) may include a determination of need by the local 
community.

 payment to the national service trust

 (including transfer of funds)

 For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $40,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from 
the amount provided within ``Operating Expenses'' allocated to grants 
under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 
Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary to support the 
activities of national service participants and after notice is 
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts 
appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be 
invested under 

section 145

    (b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the 
requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513

    (b) .

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 

section 501

    (a)

    (5) of the 1990 Act and under 

section 504

    (a) of the 1973 Act, 
including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $69,627,000.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $8,595,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall be available until expended.

 administrative provisions

 

Sec. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and 
comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2026, during any grant selection 
process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose 
any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee 
of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive such information.
 

Sec. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National 
Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement 
of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps 
funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share 
requirement as provided in 

section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in 

section 121

    (e) or the member support Federal share limitations in 

section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent 
with 

section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 403. Donations made to CNCS under 

section 196 of the 1990 Act 
for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I 
and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 
Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and 
operations.
 

Sec. 404. In addition to the requirements in 

section 146

    (a) of the 
1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose described in 

section 148

    (a)

    (4) shall be limited to individuals who are veterans as 
defined under 

section 101 of the Act.
 

Sec. 405. For the purpose of carrying out 

section 189D of the 1990 
Act--

    (1) entities described in paragraph

    (a) of such section 
 shall be considered ``qualified entities'' under 

section 3 of 
 the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (``NCPA'');

    (2) individuals described in such section shall be 
 considered ``volunteers'' under 

section 3 of NCPA; and

    (3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 
 established pursuant to 

section 178 of the 1990 Act, are 
 authorized to receive criminal history record information, 
 consistent with Public Law 92-544.
 

Sec. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139

    (b) , 146, and 147 of the 
1990 Act, an individual who successfully completes a term of service of 
not less than 1,200 hours during a period of not more than one year may 
receive a national service education award having a value of 70 percent 
of the value of a national service education award determined under 

section 147

    (a) of the Act.
 

Sec. 407. 

Section 148

    (f)

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) of the 1990 Act shall be applied 
by substituting ``an approved national service position'' for ``a 
national service program that receives grants under subtitle C''.
 

Sec. 408. CNCS and AmeriCorps shall hereafter be known and 
designated as ``America First Corps''.

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People 
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in this title as ``the 
Committee'') established under 

section 8502 of title 41, United States 
Code, $13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any central 
nonprofit agency designated pursuant to 

section 8503
            (c) of title 41, 
United States Code, to perform requirements of the Committee as 
prescribed under 

section 51-3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a written agreement with 
any such central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 
agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting 
provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United 
States Code: Provided further, That such agreement shall include the 
elements listed under the heading ``Committee For Purchase From People 
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled--Written Agreement Elements'' in the 
explanatory statement described in 

section 4 of Public Law 114-113 (in 
the matter preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That any such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee 
under 

section 51-3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to 
executing a written agreement with the Committee: Provided further, 
That no less than $3,150,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Inspector General.

 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary to carry out the closure of the Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service, $7,400,000, to remain available 
until expended.

 Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $16,890,000.

 Institute of Museum and Library Services

 office of museum and library services: grants and administration

 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and 
the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, 
$291,800,000.

 Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary to carry out 

section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $9,405,000.

 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary to carry out 

section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $14,673,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

 National Council on Disability

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as 
authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,850,000.

 National Labor Relations Board

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations 
Act, 1947, and other laws, $200,000,000: Provided, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in 
organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with 
investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 

section 2

    (3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management 
Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 

section 3

    (f) of the Act of June 
25, 1938, and including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 
95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming 
purposes.

 administrative provision

 

Sec. 409. None of the funds provided by this Act or previous Acts 
making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board may be 
used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation that would 
provide employees any means of voting through any electronic means in 
an election to determine a representative for the purposes of 
collective bargaining.

 National Mediation Board

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway 
Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, 
$14,300,000.

 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $14,214,000.

 Railroad Retirement Board

 dual benefits payments account

 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under 

section 15
            (d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $5,000,000, which 
shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2026 pursuant 
to 

section 224
            (c) (1)
        (B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an 
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be 
available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients 
and the average benefit received exceeds the amount available for 
payment of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on 
the first day of each month in the fiscal year.

 federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

 For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the 
payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest 
earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2027, which shall be the maximum amount available for 
payment pursuant to 

section 417 of Public Law 98-76.

 limitation on administration

 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(``Board'') for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $126,000,000, to be derived in 
such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement 
accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment 
insurance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 7

    (b)

    (9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to 
hire attorneys only through the excepted service: Provided further, 
That the previous proviso shall not change the status under Federal 
employment laws of any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board 
prior to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

section 7

    (b)

    (9) of the Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be 
used to hire students attending qualifying educational institutions or 
individuals who have recently completed qualifying educational programs 
using current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office of 
Personnel Management.

 limitation on the office of inspector general

 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for 
audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $14,000,000, to be derived 
from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment 
insurance account.

 Social Security Administration

 payments to social security trust funds

 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under 
sections 201
            (m) and 1131

    (b)

    (2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000.

 supplemental security income program

 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 

section 401 of Public Law 92-603, 

section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as 
amended, and 

section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the 
Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred 
pursuant to 

section 201

    (g)

    (1) of the Social Security Act, 
$49,447,966,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year 
and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to 
the Treasury: Provided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall 
be available for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, 
and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and remain available through 
September 30, 2028.
 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, $23,500,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

 limitation on administrative expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses, including the hire and purchase of two 
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, not more than $14,621,978,000 
may be expended, as authorized by 

section 201

    (g)

    (1) of the Social 
Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in 
such section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be for the 
Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal 
year 2026 not needed for fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until 
expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information 
technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, 
including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses 
associated solely with this information technology and 
telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, That the 
Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to 
making unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 
funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for 
employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
7131, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations 
pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in 

section 7135

    (b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise 
appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.
 From funds provided under the first paragraph under this heading, 
not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 
2027, is for the costs associated with continuing disability reviews 
under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-
related continuing disability reviews to determine whether earnings 
derived from services demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in 
substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with conducting 
redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and 
for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs 
and operations of the Social Security Administration by Special 
Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, 
$273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution 
the budget and $2,124,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of a concurrent resolution of the budget: 
Provided further, That, of the additional new budget authority 
described in the preceding proviso, up to $24,600,000 may be 
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'', Social Security 
Administration, for the cost of jointly operated co-operative 
disability investigation units: Provided further, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law: Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the 
Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that 
were required by 

section 103
            (d) (2) of Public Law 104-121 for fiscal 
years 1996 through 2002: Provided further, That none of the funds 
described in this paragraph shall be available for transfer or 
reprogramming except as specified in this paragraph.
 In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in 
excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to 

section 1616
            (d) of the Social Security Act or 

section 212

    (b)

    (3) of Public Law 
93-66, which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That to 
the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in 
fiscal year 2026 exceed $170,000,000, the amounts shall be available in 
fiscal year 2027 only to the extent provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts.
 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to 

section 303
            (c) of the Social Security Protection Act, which 
shall remain available until expended.
 

Sec. 410. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to reduce availability of phone services for Social Security 
beneficiaries or to close any Social Security field offices.

 office of inspector general

 (including transfer of funds)

 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$32,000,000, together with not to exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred 
and expended as authorized by 

section 201

    (g)

    (1) of the Social Security 
Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for information technology 
modernization, including related hardware and software infrastructure 
and equipment, and for administrative expenses directly associated with 
information technology modernization.
 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ``Limitation 
on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security Administration, to be 
merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for 
which this account is available: Provided, That notice of such 
transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 
15 days in advance of any transfer.

 TITLE V

 GENERAL PROVISIONS

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior 
appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations 
provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the 
same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were 
originally appropriated.
 

Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
 

Sec. 503.

    (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
transferred pursuant to 

section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 shall be 
used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the 
preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation 
before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative 
body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State or local 
legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any proposed or 
pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the 
executive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local government 
itself.

    (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
transferred pursuant to 

section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to 
influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 
legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or 
officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and 
administrative processes within the executive branch of that 
government.
            (c) The prohibitions in subsections

    (a) and

    (b) shall include any 
activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future 
Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, or 
future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 
including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 
advocacy or promotion of gun control.
 

Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to 
make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from 
funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, 
respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the 
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ``Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and Expenses''; and the 
Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $5,000 from funds available for ``National Mediation Board, 
Salaries and Expenses''.
 

Sec. 505. 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, including but not limited 
to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research 
grants, 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. 506.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none 
of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this 
Act, shall be expended for any abortion.

    (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the 
funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, 
shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage 
of abortion.
            (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package of 
services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to 
a contract or other arrangement.
 

Sec. 507.

    (a) The limitations established in the preceding section 
shall not apply to an abortion--

    (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
 incest; or

    (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
 disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
 life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
 the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, 
 place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
 performed.

    (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or 
locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
            (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds).
            (d) (1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be made 
available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local 
government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any 
institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the 
basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide 
coverage of, or refer for abortions.

    (2) In this subsection, the term ``health care entity'' includes an 
individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a 
provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a 
health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, 
organization, or plan.
 

Sec. 508.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for--

    (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
 purposes; or

    (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
 destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
 or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in 
 utero under 45 CFR 46.204

    (b) and 

section 498

    (b) of the Public 
 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g

    (b) ).

    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo or 
embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 
45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived 
by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one 
or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
 

Sec. 509.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or 
other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled 
substances established under 

section 202 of the Controlled Substances 
Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications.

    (b) The limitation in subsection

    (a) shall not apply when there is 
significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of 
such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical 
trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
 

Sec. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to promulgate or adopt any final standard under 

section 1173

    (b) of the 
Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, 
a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's 
capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation 
is enacted specifically approving the standard.
 

Sec. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity 
if--

    (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
 States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212
            (d) regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of 
 Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and

    (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
 that section for the most recent year for which such 
 requirement was applicable to such entity.
 

Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
 

Sec. 513. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry 
out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to 
any library covered by paragraph

    (1) of 

section 224

    (f) of such Act, as 
amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph

    (4) of such section.
 

Sec. 514.

    (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that--

    (1) creates new programs;

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

    (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
 restricted;

    (4) relocates an office or employees;

    (5) reorganizes or renames offices;

    (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or

    (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
 presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 
or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, 
whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in 
advance of such reprogramming.

    (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under 
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less, that--

    (1) augments existing programs, projects (including 
 construction projects), or activities;

    (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
 approved by Congress; or

    (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
 personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
 activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 
or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, 
whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in 
advance of such reprogramming.
 

Sec. 515.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal 
scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or 
voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate 
holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and 
necessary for the work of the committee involved.

    (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.
 

Sec. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department 
and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating 
plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any 
funding allocations for fiscal year 2026 that are different than those 
specified in this Act, the detailed table in the Committee report 
accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 2026 budget request.
 

Sec. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 
particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in value and 
awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during each 
quarter of fiscal year 2026, but not to include grants awarded on a 
formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include the name of 
the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental 
purpose, including a justification for issuing the award on a non-
competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees 
within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report is 
submitted.
 

Sec. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, for 
purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments under title 
II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim for credit for a 
quarter of coverage based on work performed under a social security 
account number that is not the claimant's number and the performance of 
such work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of 
the claimant of a violation of 

section 208

    (a)

    (6) or

    (7) of the Social 
Security Act.
 

Sec. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security 
Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the Social 
Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit payments, 
under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing 
totalization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the social 
security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise be payable but for 
such agreement.
 

Sec. 520.

    (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, or adjudication activities.
 

Sec. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, 
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012, 
and requirements contained in the annual appropriations bills relating 
to conference attendance and expenditures:

    (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 
 independent agencies; and

    (2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 
 shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 
 totals.
 

Sec. 522. 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 
United States 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. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2026 the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the 
Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a report on 
the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for balances 
that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but 
unexpended, the monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts 
attributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning with 
fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) 
from which balances were derived.
 

Sec. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new 
or competitive grant award notifications, including supplements, issued 
at the discretion of such Departments not less than 3 full business 
days before any entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 
by the Department or its offices (other than emergency response grants 
at any time of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 
business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program 
year).
 

Sec. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 
Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds for 
elements of a program other than making such purchases if the relevant 
State or local health department, in consultation with the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or local 
jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at risk for, a 
significant increase in hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to 
injection drug use, and such program is operating in accordance with 
State and local law: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this Act may be used for the operation of a supervised 
drug consumption facility that permits the consumption onsite of any 
substance listed in schedule I of 

section 202 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
 

Sec. 526. Each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall provide answers to questions submitted for the record by 
members of the Committee within 45 business days after receipt.
 

Sec. 527.

    (a) This section applies to:

    (1) the Administration for 
Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services; 
and

    (2) the Chief Evaluation Office and the statistical-related 
cooperative and interagency agreements and contracting activities of 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor.

    (b) Amounts made available under this Act which are either 
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or 
transferred to the functions and organizations identified in subsection

    (a) for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2030: Provided, That 
when an office referenced in subsection

    (a) receives research and 
evaluation funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may use a 
single Treasury account for such activities, with funding advanced on a 
reimbursable basis.
            (c) Amounts referenced in subsection

    (b) that are unexpended at the 
time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement may 
be deobligated and shall immediately become available and may be 
reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the 
research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 
are available.

 (rescission of funds)

 

Sec. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contingency 
Fund under 

section 2104

    (n)

    (2) of the Social Security Act and the income 
derived from investment of those funds pursuant to 

section 2104

    (n)

    (2)
            (C) of that Act, $12,835,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded.

 (rescission of funds)

 

Sec. 529. Of the unobligated balances of funds made available by 
sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2501, 
2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 
2708, 2709, 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 3101, and 9911 of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), $183,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the unobligated 
balances rescinded pursuant to this section by both account and amount 
from each applicable appropriation in Public Law 117-2.
 

Sec. 530.

    (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, or 
previous appropriations Acts, 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;

    (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; or

    (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
 unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal 
 property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora 
 (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 
 charitable fundraising campaigns 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. 531. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, or Education, 
the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, or the head of 
any other agency funded in this Act to fly or display a flag over a 
Federal facility other than--

    (1) the flag of the United States;

    (2) the flag of a State, territory, or the District of 
 Columbia;

    (3) the flag of an Indian Tribal Government; the official 
 Flag of a Federal agency;

    (4) the POW/MIA flag;

    (5) the flag of the Public Health Service; or

    (6) the flag of the United States Surgeon General.
 

Sec. 532. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, enforce, or otherwise carry out the following--

    (1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Protecting Public 
 Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the 
 Climate Crisis;

    (2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling the Climate 
 Crisis at Home and Abroad;

    (3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relating to 
 Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and 
 Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration;

    (4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate-Related 
 Financial Risk;

    (5) Executive Order 14037, relating to Strengthening 
 American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks;

    (6) Executive Order 14057, relating to Catalyzing Clean 
 Energy Industries and Jobs through Federal Sustainability;

    (7) Executive Order 14082, relating to Implementation of 
 the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation 
 Reduction Act of 2022; and

    (8) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revitalizing Our 
 Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.
 

Sec. 533. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available to implement, administer, 
apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 
(86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 
under-served communities through the Federal government); Executive 
Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to 
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal 
workforce); or Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 
10825, relating to further advancing racial equity and support for 
underserved communities through the Federal Government).
 

Sec. 534. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available for diversity, equity, and 
inclusion initiatives, training, programs, offices, officers, policies, 
or any program, project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical 
Race Theory, or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory.
 

Sec. 535. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 
activity that teaches or trains any idea or concept that condones an 
individual being discriminated against or receiving adverse or 
beneficial treatment based on race or sex, that condones an individual 
feeling discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological 
distress on account of that individual's race or sex, as well as any 
idea or concept that regards one race as inherently superior to another 
race, the United States or its institutions as being systemically 
racist or sexist, an individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or 
oppressive by virtue of that individual's race or sex, an individual's 
moral character as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 
individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed in the past 
by other members of the same race or sex, or meritocracy being racist, 
sexist, or having been created by a particular race to oppress another 
race.
 

Sec. 536.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available to a United States 
institution of higher education unless and until such institution 
adopts a prohibition on antisemitic conduct that creates a hostile 
environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 
all documents relating to student or employee conduct.

    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be made available to a United States institution of higher 
education that has failed to take administrative action against any 
student, staff member, or student group that commits acts of 
antisemitism while utilizing the facilities, grounds, or resources of 
such institution.
 

Sec. 537. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be made available to support 
directly or indirectly--

    (1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in the City of 
 Wuhan in the People's Republic of China;

    (2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.;

    (3) 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; or

    (4) gain-of-function research.
 

Sec. 538. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to establish, implement, administer, or enforce any COVID-19 mask or 
vaccine mandate.
 

Sec. 539. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to enter into a procurement contract, memorandum of understanding, or 
cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or 
guarantee to, any entity identified under 

section 1260H of the William 
M.

    (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Public Law 116-283) or any subsidiary of such entity.
 

Sec. 540. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for any institution of higher education (as defined by 20 
U.S.C. 1002), that engages in a partnership or other formalized 
academic collaboration in STEM (as defined in 15 U.S.C. 8841) including 
but not limited to a joint institute with an entity, such as a college 
or university that is located, operated, or controlled by the Chinese 
Communist Party or the Government of the People's Republic of China.
 

Sec. 541.

    (a) None of the funds made available by this Act or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 may be obligated or 
expended to procure or purchase computers, printers, or interoperable 
videoconferencing services needed for an office environment in which 
the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary or parent 
entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of the equipment is an 
entity, or parent company of an entity in which the People's Republic 
of China has any ownership stake.

    (b) The prohibition in subsection

    (a) also applies in cases in 
which the agency has contracted with a third party for the procurement, 
purchase, or expenditure of funds on any of the equipment and software 
described in such subsection.

 spending reduction account

 

Sec. 542. $0.
 This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2026''.
 Union Calendar No. 227

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 5304

 [Report No. 119-271]

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 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
 Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 September 11, 2025

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