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 Calendar No. 122
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2354

 [Report No. 119-44]

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
 2026, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 17, 2025

Mr. Moran, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
 original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

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 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
 2026, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 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 Commerce and Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for 
other purposes, namely:

 TITLE I

 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 International Trade Administration

 operations and administration

 For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, to carry out activities 
associated with facilitating, attracting, and retaining business 
investment in the United States, to carry out activities associated 
with title VI of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117-328), and for engaging in trade promotional 
activities abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 
agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States 
Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families 
of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted 
overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the International 
Trade Administration between two points abroad, without regard to 

section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens 
of the United States and aliens by contract for services; recognizing 
contributions to export expansion pursuant to Executive Order 10978; 
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses 
of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of 
temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of 
tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 

section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 
countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 
abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 
not to exceed $65,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $350,000 for purchase 
of armored vehicles without regard to the general purchase price 
limitations; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental 
of tie lines, $605,000,000, of which $102,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That $12,000,000 is to 
be derived from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 
Administration, notwithstanding 

section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That, of amounts provided under this heading, 
not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and 
countervailing duty enforcement and compliance activities: Provided 
further, That the provisions of the first sentence of 

section 105

    (f) and all of 

section 108
            (c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455

    (f) and 2458
            (c) ) shall apply in 
carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, 
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for 
services provided as part of these activities.

 Bureau of Industry and Security

 operations and administration

 For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of 

section 2672 of title 28, United 
States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of 
compensation to informers under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 
(subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 
2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized by 

section 1

    (b) of the 
Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401

    (b) ); and purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law 
enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase 
without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law, 
$211,000,000, of which $76,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of 

section 105

    (f) and all of 

section 108
            (c) of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455

    (f) and 2458
            (c) ) shall 
apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That 
payments and contributions collected and accepted for materials or 
services provided as part of such activities may be retained for use in 
covering the cost of such activities, and for providing information to 
the public with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other export 
control programs of the United States and other governments.

 Economic Development Administration

 economic development assistance programs

 For economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works 
and Economic Development Act of 1965, including provision of assistance 
under 

section 207

    (b) of such Act, for trade adjustment assistance, and 
for programs authorized by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980, as amended, $360,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified 
in the table titled ``Economic Development Assistance Programs'' in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading may be used to implement prize competitions as 
authorized by 

section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719).

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of administering the economic development 
assistance programs as provided for by law, $66,000,000: Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 
1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 through 30 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722-
3723), as amended; and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 
1977.

 Minority Business Development Agency

 minority business development

 For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Development Agency 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprises, 
as authorized by law, $55,000,000.

 Economic and Statistical Analysis

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and 
statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$122,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.

 Bureau of the Census

 current surveys and programs

 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, 
$328,500,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may 
be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.

 periodic censuses and programs

 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $1,191,849,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.

 National Telecommunications and Information Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration

    (NTIA) , $55,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535
            (d) , the Secretary of Commerce shall 
charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, 
analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be 
retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum 
services, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting 
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications 
research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned 
functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
Government agencies shall remain available until expended.

 facilities management and construction

 For necessary expenses for the design, construction, alteration, 
improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings and facilities 
managed by the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

 United States Patent and Trademark Office

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfers of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office

    (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits 
instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property and Director of the USPTO, $4,996,100,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and 
surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law are 
received during fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a fiscal year 2026 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2026, should the total amount of such 
offsetting collections be less than $4,996,100,000, this amount shall 
be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount received in 
excess of $4,996,100,000 in fiscal year 2026 and deposited in the 
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall submit a 
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section: Provided further, That any amounts 
reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be 
transferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries 
and Expenses'' account: Provided further, That the budget of the 
President submitted for fiscal year 2027 under 

section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, shall include within amounts provided under 
this heading for necessary expenses of the USPTO any increases that are 
expected to result from an increase promulgated through rule or 
regulation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges assessed 
and collected by the USPTO under any law in either fiscal year 2026 or 
fiscal year 2027: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, 
not to exceed $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2026 for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
in fiscal year 2026 from the amounts made available for ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay

    (1) the 
difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under 

section 8334

    (a) of title 5, United States Code, and 
the normal cost percentage (as defined by 

section 8331

    (17) of that 
title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management

    (OPM) for 
USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter 
III of chapter 83 of that title, and

    (2) the present value of the 
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's 
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement 
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in 
Federal Employees Health Benefits

    (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance

    (FEGLI) , shall be transferred to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB 
Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized 
purposes of those accounts: Provided further, That any differences 
between the present value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 series 
benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's specific 
use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO's financial 
statements, where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and 
collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to 

section 42
            (c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended by 

section 22 of the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112-29): Provided further, 
That within the amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred 
to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for activities 
associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 
USPTO.

 National Institute of Standards and Technology

 scientific and technical research and services

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology

    (NIST) , $1,006,628,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working 
Capital Fund'': Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, $149,469,000 shall be made available for the NIST--STRS 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided further, That the amounts made available for the 
projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for 
any other purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 
undergraduate research fellowship program participants.

 industrial technology services

 For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $175,000,000 
shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of 
which $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Program: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all cooperative agreements 
authorized by 

section 278k of title 15, United States Code, for 
eligible entities in each State and Puerto Rico.

 construction of research facilities

 For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and 
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 
sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-278e), $385,897,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, $257,897,000 shall be made available for the NIST--
Construction projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That up to one percent of amounts made 
available for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso may be 
used for the administrative costs of such projects: Provided further, 
That the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available 
by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Commerce shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal 
year 2027 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under 

section 1105

    (a) of title 31, United States Code) an 
estimate for each National Institute of Standards and Technology 
construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more 
than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justification materials 
shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such 
project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 operations, research, and facilities

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    (NOAA) , including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot 
programs for State-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to 
cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,477,642,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That fees and 
donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of 
national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries 
and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 

section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in 
addition, $399,644,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund 
entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries'', which shall only be used for fishery 
activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries 
Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Training; 
Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and Interjurisdictional 
Fisheries Grants: Provided further, That of the $4,905,286,000 
provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $4,477,642,000 
is appropriated from the general fund, $399,644,000 is provided by 
transfer, and $28,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year 
obligations: Provided further, That of the amount provided for in 
direct obligations under this heading, $4,850,644,000 shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the tables under this heading 
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 
$54,642,000 shall be made available for the NOAA--ORF projects, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
the amounts made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 
proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be for payment to the 
``Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund'': Provided further, 
That any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 
heading in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set forth 
in 

section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition, for 
necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical 
care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents' 
Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.

 procurement, acquisition and construction

 For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,610,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028, except that funds provided for acquisition 
and construction of satellites, vessels, aircraft, and construction of 
facilities shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the $1,623,000,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
heading, $1,610,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund and 
$13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations: 
Provided further, That the $1,623,000,000 provided for in direct 
obligations under this heading shall be for the purposes and in the 
amounts specified in the tables under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in 

section 505 of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in 
budget justification materials for fiscal year 2027 that the Secretary 
submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 
submitted with the budget of the President under 

section 1105

    (a) of 
title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or construction 
project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal 
years.

 pacific coastal salmon recovery

 For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific 
salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, the Secretary 
of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the federally recognized 
Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska), for 
projects necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations 
that are listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified by 
a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations 
necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing rights or native 
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and 
steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary 
of Commerce: Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 
on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be available for 
marketing activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to States 
shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-
kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.

 fisheries disaster assistance

 For necessary expenses of administering the fishery disaster 
assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (Public Law 94-265) and the 
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III of Public Law 99-659), 
$300,000.

 fishermen's contingency fund

 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, 
not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant 
to that Act, to remain available until expended.

 fisheries finance program account

 Subject to 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2026, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$150,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant 
Marine Act of 1936.

 recreational quota entity fund

 For carrying out the provisions of 

section 106 of the Driftnet 
Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of division S of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328)), the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect 
fees pursuant to such section, which shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended, for the purposes specified in 
subsection

    (b) of such section, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes.

 Departmental Management

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the management of the Department of 
Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $9,000 for 
official reception and representation, $94,500,000: Provided, That no 
employee of the Department of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 
a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act to offices 
within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Commerce for 
more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing 
bureau or office is fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the 
employee for the entire period of assignment using funds provided under 
this heading: Provided further, That amounts made available to the 
Department of Commerce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred 
pursuant to 

section 508 of this or any prior Act to the account funded 
under this heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 
that threaten life or property.

 renovation and modernization

 For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization of the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000.

 General Provisions--Department of Commerce

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act 
of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner 
prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used 
for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that 
such payments are in the public interest.
 

Sec. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
 

Sec. 103. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 6 percent by any such 
transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 30 days in advance of the acquisition or 
disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and 
equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law 
appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.
 

Sec. 104. The requirements set forth by 

section 105 of the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by 

section 105 of title I of 
division B of Public Law 113-6, are hereby adopted by reference and 
made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2026: Provided, That the 
life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow On Program is 
$6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational 
Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is $11,700,100,000, and the 
life cycle cost for the Space Weather Follow On Program is 
$692,800,000.
 

Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including but not limited 
to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) necessary to 
support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that 
persons, firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or 
occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been 
delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services 
pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as 
reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority 
under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to 
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which 
initially bears the costs of such services.
 

Sec. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a 
grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright 
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.
 

Sec. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, 
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available 
appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and 
facilities of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States, or of any State, local government, Indian Tribal government, 
Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or 
of any foreign government or international organization, for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
 

Sec. 108. The National Technical Information Service shall not 
charge any customer for a copy of any report or document generated by 
the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided information to 
the customer on how an electronic copy of such report or document may 
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer still 
require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the report 
or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering the Service's 
cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering such report or 
document.
 

Sec. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    (NOAA) , the Administrator of 
NOAA is authorized to:

    (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements 
with;

    (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities provided by; and

    (3) receive and expend funds 
made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State or 
subdivision thereof, local government, Tribal government, Territory, or 
possession or any subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received 
for permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to this 
section shall be deposited under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities'' and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for such purposes: 
Provided further, That all funds within this section and their 
corresponding uses are subject to 

section 505 of this Act.
 

Sec. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior 
appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary 
expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration 
of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall 
be available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate 
entities, including any Federal, State, or local governmental unit, or 
institution of higher education, to aid and promote statistical, 
research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for 
which such amounts have been made available.
 

Sec. 111. The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the 
Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the cost sharing requirements 
under 

section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1461) as necessary at the request of the grant applicant, for 
amounts made available under this Act under the heading ``Procurement, 
Acquisition and Construction'' under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration''.
 

Sec. 112. Any unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 
transferred to the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, 
as authorized by 

section 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 
116-93, may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 30 
days in advance of the planned use of funds.
 

Sec. 113. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the employees of the 
National Weather Service and non-governmental experts in personnel 
management, may establish an alternative or fixed rate for relocation 
allowance, including permanent change of station allowance, 
notwithstanding the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regulations 
prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738.
 

Sec. 114. The National Weather Service shall maintain staffing 
levels by hiring, retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to 
fulfill the mission required under 15 U.S.C. 313 to protect life and 
property to the maximum extent possible.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE II

 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the operations, management, and 
accountability of the Department of Justice, $142,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, 
and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of 
Department of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended.

 justice information sharing technology

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Attorney General may transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from 
funds available to the Department of Justice for information 
technology, to remain available until expended, for enterprise-wide 
information technology initiatives: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained in this Act: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the first proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.

 Executive Office for Immigration Review

 (including transfer of funds)

 For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration-
related activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 
$804,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the 
``Immigration Examinations Fee'' account, and of which not less than 
$29,000,000 shall be available for services and activities provided by 
the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, That not to exceed 
$50,000,000 of the total amount made available under this heading shall 
remain available until September 30, 2030, for build-out and 
modifications of courtroom space.

 Office of Inspector General

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character: Provided, That not to exceed 
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

 United States Parole Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as 
authorized, $13,500,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office of a 
Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until a successor 
has been appointed.

 Legal Activities

 salaries and expenses, general legal activities

 (including transfer of funds)

 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department 
of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 
for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction 
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the 
Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency petitions; 
and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of 
Columbia, $1,028,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for 
litigation support contracts and information technology projects, 
including cybersecurity and hardening of critical networks, shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided 
for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed $900,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 
INTERPOL Washington for official reception and representation expenses: 
 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Division for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 

section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the 
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding 
for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 
may transfer such amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal 
Activities'' from available appropriations for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be 
necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 
and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under 

section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to 
reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and 
expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That any funds provided 
under this heading in prior year appropriations Acts that remain 
available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses 
associated with the election monitoring program under 

section 8 of the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to carry 
out any authorized purposes of the Civil Rights Division: Provided 
further, That amounts repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be 
used to increase the number of permanent positions.
 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of 
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, $22,700,000, to be appropriated from the 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended.

 salaries and expenses, antitrust division

 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred 
laws, $245,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 
exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2026 for premerger 
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements 
Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced

    (1) as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2026 and

    (2) to the extent that any 
remaining general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts 
credited to this account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal 
years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

section 605 of the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds 
credited to this account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal 
years that were unavailable for obligation as of September 30, 2025, 
shall become available for obligation except as provided in the 
preceding proviso: Provided further, That any premerger notification 
filing fees received in excess of $245,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Attorney General shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any 
amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

 salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, 
$2,611,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $19,600 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$40,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a 
task force on human trafficking.

 united states trustee system fund

 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as 
authorized, $220,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits of 
discretionary offsetting collections to the United States Trustee 
System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees 
deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections 
pursuant to 

section 589a of title 28, United States Code (as limited by 

section 589a

    (f)

    (2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That to the extent that 
fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in 
fiscal year 2026, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due 
depositors, exceed $220,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 
available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced

    (1) as such fees 
are received during fiscal year 2026, net of amounts necessary to pay 
refunds due depositors, (estimated at $205,000,000) and

    (2) to the 
extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can be derived 
from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary offsetting 
collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 
appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $15,000,000.

 salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,504,000.

 fees and expenses of witnesses

 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for 
the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private 
counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign 
counsel, $320,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 
witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and 
maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase, 
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications 
equipment and a secure automated information network to store and 
retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading may not be 
transferred pursuant to 

section 205 of this Act.

 salaries and expenses, community relations service

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$22,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 205 of this Act, 
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and 
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the 
Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations 
Service, from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for 
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

 assets forfeiture fund

 For expenses authorized by subparagraphs
        (B) ,
        (F) , and
        (G) of 

section 524
            (c) (1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, to be 
derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

 United States Marshals Service

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,712,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

 construction

 For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized 
by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related 
support, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended.

 federal prisoner detention

 For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in the 
custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by 

section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, $2,236,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 
shall be considered ``funds appropriated for State and local law 
enforcement assistance'' pursuant to 

section 4013

    (b) of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United States Marshals 
Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Air 
Transportation System.

 National Security Division

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National 
Security Division, $122,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for 
information technology systems shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 205 of this Act, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for the activities of the National Security 
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this 
heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for 
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

 Interagency Law Enforcement

 organized crime drug enforcement task forces

 For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 
trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-
governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies 
engaged in the investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in 
transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, $537,000,000, of 
which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That any amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading may 
be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed 
from this appropriation.

 Federal Bureau of Investigation

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United 
States, $10,643,713,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $284,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

 construction

 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, 
furniture, and information technology requirements, related to 
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and sites by 
purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification, 
and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and 
design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

 Drug Enforcement Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential character pursuant to 

section 530C of title 28, United 
States Code; and expenses for conducting drug education and training 
programs, including travel and related expenses for participants in 
such programs and the distribution of items of token value that promote 
the goals of such programs, $2,567,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to exceed 
$90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

section 3672 of Public Law 
106-310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, units of 
local government, Indian Tribal Governments, other public entities, and 
multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for expenses 
incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated with 
clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and extraction 
operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and processing 
operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances which may 
present a danger to public health or the environment: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this Act or any prior 
Department of Justice Appropriations Act shall be available to restart 
the illicit crop imagery program.

 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement 
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives 
and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $1,625,000,000, of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as 
provided by 

section 924
            (d) (2) of title 18, United States Code, and not 
to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to 
investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms 
disabilities under 

section 925
            (c) of title 18, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and 
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal 
firearms disabilities under 

section 925
            (c) of title 18, United States 
Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or 
activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
to other agencies or Departments.

 Federal Prison System

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical 
assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign 
governments, $8,392,588,000: Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 
shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), of which not less than 2 percent 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for the National Institute of 
Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities related to 
the First Step Act of 2018: Provided further, That the Attorney 
General may transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services 
such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 
Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a 
fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the 
amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, 
furnish health services to individuals committed to the custody of the 
Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for necessary operations: Provided further, That, of 
the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in 
advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System may accept donated property and services relating to the 
operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which 
has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact that 
such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release 
services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading for programs 
and activities related to the First Step Act may not be transferred, or 
otherwise made available, to or for administration by the Department of 
Labor.

 buildings and facilities

 For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new 
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and 
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, 
$179,762,000, to remain available until expended, of which $150,000,000 
shall be available only for costs related to construction of new 
facilities: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be 
used for work performed under this appropriation.

 federal prison industries, incorporated

 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by 

section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such corporation.

 limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, 
 incorporated

 Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative 
expenses, and for services as authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined 
in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed accounting 
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of 
claims, and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be 
capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, 
including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection 
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging 
to the corporation or in which it has an interest.

 State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

 Office on Violence Against Women

 violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

 (including transfers of funds)

 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as 
authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 
as amended (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (``the 1968 Act''); title II of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly known as the ``Indian Civil 
Rights Act of 1968'') (Public Law 90-284, as amended) (``the Indian 
Civil Rights Act''); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103-322, as amended) (34 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 
(``the 1994 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools 
to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 
U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims of Trafficking 
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386, as amended) 
(``the 2000 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
405, as amended) (``the 2004 Act''); the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162, 
as amended) (``the 2005 Act''); the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the 
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-22) 
(``the 2015 Act''); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 115-
392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 
(division W of Public Law 117-103) (``the 2022 Act''); and for related 
victims services, $720,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $80,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from amounts available 
for obligation in this Act from the Fund established by 

section 1402 of 
chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101), 
notwithstanding 

section 1402
            (d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with 
the amounts otherwise made available under this heading Provided, That 
except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds 
made available under this heading may be used for expenses related to 
evaluation, training, and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided--

    (1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
 women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, and any 
 applicable increases for the amount of such grants, as 
 authorized by 

section 5903 of the James M. Inhofe National 
 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: Provided, That 
 $10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under such 

section 5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 2026 grants funded by 
 amounts provided in this paragraph;

    (2) $51,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance 
 grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
 stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by 

section 40299 of 
 the 1994 Act;

    (3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice and 
 the Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, evaluation, and 
 statistics of violence against women and related issues 
 addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 
 Women, which shall be transferred to ``Research, Evaluation and 
 Statistics'' for administration by the Office of Justice 
 Programs;

    (4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services 
 to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic 
 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
 assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence; 
 assistance to middle and high school students through education 
 and other services related to such violence, and programs to 
 engage men and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating 
 violence, sexual assault, and stalking: Provided, That 
 unobligated balances available for the programs authorized by 
 sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior 
 to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for this 
 program: Provided further, That 10 percent of the total amount 
 available for this grant program shall be available for grants 
 under the program authorized by 

section 2015 of the 1968 Act: 
 Provided further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 
 

section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;

    (5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the criminal 
 justice response as authorized by part U of title I of the 1968 
 Act, of which up to $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction 
 initiative; and up to $2,000,000 is for a domestic violence 
 lethality reduction initiative;

    (6) $79,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 
 as authorized by 

section 41601 of the 1994 Act;

    (7) $51,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 
 abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by 

section 40295 of the 1994 Act;

    (8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes 
 against women on campus, as authorized by 

section 304 of the 
 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 is for grants to Historically 
 Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, 
 and Tribal colleges and universities;

    (9) $56,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as 
 authorized by 

section 1201 of the 2000 Act;

    (10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to 
 end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as 
 authorized by 

section 40801 of the 1994 Act;

    (11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support families in the 
 justice system, as authorized by 

section 1301 of the 2000 Act: 
 Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs 
 authorized by 

section 1301 of the 2000 Act and 

section 41002 of 
 the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall 
 be available for this program;

    (12) $12,000,000 is for education and training to end 
 violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as 
 authorized by 

section 1402 of the 2000 Act;

    (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on 
 Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as 
 authorized by 

section 41501 of the 1994 Act;

    (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence 
 against Indian women, including as authorized by 

section 904 of 
 the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to 
 ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by 
 the Office of Justice Programs;

    (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides 
 training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual 
 assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;

    (16) $12,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal 
 Governments in exercising special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, 
 as authorized by 

section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights Act: 
 Provided, That the grant conditions in 

section 40002

    (b) of the 
 1994 Act shall apply to grants made;

    (17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the 
 2015 Act;

    (18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program to support 
 restorative justice responses to domestic violence, dating 
 violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evaluations 
 of those responses;

    (19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific services for 
 victims, as authorized by 

section 121 of the 2005 Act;

    (20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-
 designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant 
 United States Attorneys: Provided, That the definitions and 
 grant conditions in 

section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply 
 to this initiative;

    (21) $1,000,000 is for grants to support victims of 
 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
 stalking, including through the provision of technical 
 assistance, as authorized by 

section 206 of the 2022 Act: 
 Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;

    (22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services Line to 
 provide services to Deaf victims of domestic violence, dating 
 violence, sexual assault, and stalking: Provided, That the 
 definitions and grant conditions in 

section 40002 of the 1994 
 Act shall apply to this service line;

    (23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services to 
 underserved populations, as authorized by 

section 120 of the 
 2005 Act;

    (24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial 
 assistance to victims, including evaluation of the 
 effectiveness of funded projects: Provided, That the 
 definitions and grant conditions in 

section 40002 of the 1994 
 Act shall apply to this initiative;

    (25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-centered 
 training for law enforcement, and related research and 
 evaluation activities, as authorized by 

section 41701 of the 
 1994 Act;

    (26) $12,000,000 is for grants to support access to sexual 
 assault nurse examinations, as authorized by 

section 304 of 
 title III of the 2004 Act: Provided, That the grant conditions 
 in 

section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; 
 and

    (27) $5,500,000 is for local law enforcement grants for 
 prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against 
 individuals, as authorized by 

section 1401 of the 2022 Act, and 
 for a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against 
 Individuals, as authorized by 

section 1402 of the 2022 Act: 
 Provided, That the grant conditions in 

section 40002 of the 
 1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph.

 Office of Justice Programs

 research, evaluation and statistics

 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (``title I of the 1968 Act'') (Public Law 90-351); the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) 
(``the 1994 Act''); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 1974 (``the 1974 Act'') (Public Law 93-415); the Missing Children's 
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public Law 
108-21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the 
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (title II of Public Law 101-647); the Second Chance 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473); the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam 
Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Prison Rape Elimination 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the NICS Improvement 
Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the 
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-198); 
the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391); and other programs, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which--

    (1) $27,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs 
 and other activities as authorized by part C of title I of the 
 1968 Act; and

    (2) $33,000,000 is for research, development, and 
 evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part 
 B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle C of title II of the 
 2002 Act, and for activities authorized by or consistent with 
 the First Step Act of 2018.

 state and local law enforcement assistance

 (including transfer of funds)

 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351, as amended) 
(``the 1968 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (title II of Public Law 
101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164) (``the TVPRA of 
2005''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-
248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the Victims of 
Trafficking Act''); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110-180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Prison Rape 
Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the Public 
Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-12); the 
Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing 
Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-403) (``the PRO-IP Act''); the Victims of Crime Act of 
1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the 1984 Act''); 
the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization 
and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); the Violence Against 
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 
Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public 
Law 114-198) (``CARA''); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114-324); Kevin and Avonte's Law (division Q of Public 
Law 115-141) (``Kevin and Avonte's Law''); the Keep Young Athletes Safe 
Act of 2018 (title III of division S of Public Law 115-141) (``the Keep 
Young Athletes Safe Act''); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title 
V of division S of Public Law 115-141) (``the STOP School Violence 
Act''); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law 
115-141); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-185); the SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act (Public Law 115-271); the Second Chance Reauthorization 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391); the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, 
Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111-84); title II of 
Kristen's Act (title II of Public Law 106-468, as amended); the Ashanti 
Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-401); the Missing Persons and 
Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-277); the Jabara-Heyer 
NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the Violence Against Women Act 
Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117-103) (``the 
2022 Act''); the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 
2022 (Public Law 117-263); and other programs, $1,878,146,000, to 
remain available until expended as follows--

    (1) $569,146,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
 Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E 
 of title I of the 1968 Act (except that 

section 1001
            (c) , and 
 the special rules for Puerto Rico under 

section 505

    (g) , of 
 title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this 
 Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1--
        (A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III 
 memorial initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law 
 Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and 
 Survivability

    (VALOR) ;
        (B) $3,000,000 is for the operation, maintenance, 
 and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified 
 Persons System;
            (C) $8,000,000 is for a grant program for State and 
 local law enforcement to provide officer training on 
 responding to individuals with mental illness or 
 disabilities, including for purposes described in the 
 Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 
 (Public Law 117-325);
            (D) $3,000,000 is for a student loan repayment 
 assistance program pursuant to part JJ of title I of 
 the 1968 Act, as amended;
        (E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and 
 prosecution grants to States and units of local 
 government, and other programs, as authorized by PREA: 
 Provided, That for grants requested or issued this 
 fiscal year, 

section 8

    (e)

    (2)
            (D) 
            (iii) 
            (I) of PREA shall 
 be applied by striking ``during the 2-year period 
 beginning 6 years after December 16, 2016'';
        (F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Americans Alert 
 Program (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by 
 Kevin and Avonte's Law;
        (G) $19,000,000 is for grants authorized under the 
 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of 
 2018 (Public Law 115-185);
        (H) $12,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation 
 Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by 

section 426 
 of Public Law 108-405, and for grants for wrongful 
 conviction review;
            (I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on 
 restorative justice;
        (J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti 
 Alert Communications Network as authorized by title II 
 of Kristen's Act, as amended by the Ashanti Alert Act 
 of 2018 (Public Law 115-401), and for related planning, 
 implementation and other support activities;
        (K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to replicate 
 and support family-based alternative sentencing 
 programs;
            (L) $7,000,000 is for a rural violent crime 
 initiative, including assistance for law enforcement;
            (M) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized under the 
 Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 
 (Public Law 116-277);
        (N) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited 
 institutions of higher education to support forensic 
 ballistics programs;
        (O) $3,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under 
 

section 1506 of the 2022 Act; and
        (P) $152,146,000 is for discretionary grants to 
 improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, 
 to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to 
 assist victims of crime (other than compensation), 
 which shall be made available for the OJP--Byrne 
 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
 titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the 
 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such 
 amounts may not be transferred for any other purpose;

    (2) $88,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of 
 trafficking, as authorized by 

section 107

    (b)

    (2) of the Victims 
 of Trafficking Act, by the TVPRA of 2005, or by the 2013 Act, 
 and related activities such as investigations and prosecutions;

    (3) $8,000,000 for a grant program to prevent and address 
 economic, high technology, white collar, and Internet crime, 
 including as authorized by 

section 401 of the PRO-IP Act, of 
 which not less than $2,500,000 is for intellectual property 
 enforcement grants including as authorized by 

section 401, and 
 $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases on Internet of 
 Things device capabilities and to build and execute training 
 modules for law enforcement;

    (4) $19,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as 
 authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;

    (5) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest 
 Partnership Grant Program, as authorized by 

section 2501 of 
 title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 
 transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and 
 Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, 
 testing, and evaluation programs;

    (6) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 
 Website;

    (7) $87,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal 
 and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal 
 Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 
 shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS 
 Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180) and Fix 
 NICS Act of 2018;

    (8) $34,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
 Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;

    (9) $148,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and 
 activities, of which--
        (A) $120,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 
 under 

section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546) (the Debbie Smith DNA 
 Backlog Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 percent 
 of funds made available under this paragraph may be 
 used for the purposes described in the DNA Training and 
 Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, 
 and Court Officers program (Public Law 108-405, 

section 303);
        (B) $10,000,000 is for other local, State, and 
 Federal forensic activities;
            (C) $14,000,000 is for the purposes described in 
 the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant 
 Program (Public Law 108-405, 

section 412); and
            (D) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam 
 Program grants, including as authorized by 

section 304 
 of Public Law 108-405;

    (10) $51,500,000 for community-based grant programs to 
 improve the response to sexual assault including assistance for 
 investigation and prosecution of related cold cases;

    (11) $14,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
 program, as authorized by 

section 217 of the 1990 Act;

    (12) $48,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes;

    (13) $116,000,000 for offender reentry programs and 
 research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 
 (Public Law 110-199) and by the Second Chance Reauthorization 
 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), without regard to the time 
 limitations specified at 

section 6

    (1) of such Act, of which not 
 to exceed--
        (A) $8,000,000 is for a program to improve State, 
 local, and Tribal probation or parole supervision 
 efforts and strategies;
        (B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated 
 parents demonstration programs to enhance and maintain 
 parental and family relationships for incarcerated 
 parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy;
            (C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication sites 
 employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with 
 Enforcement model implementing swift and certain 
 sanctions in probation, of which no less than $500,000 
 shall be used for a project that provides training, 
 technical assistance, and best practices; and
            (D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for crisis 
 stabilization and community reentry, as authorized by 
 the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 
 2020 (Public Law 116-281):
 Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in 
 this paragraph may be used for performance-based awards for Pay 
 for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for 
 Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent Supportive 
 Housing Model and reentry housing;

    (14) $418,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use reduction 
 activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the 
 following programs, which shall address opioid, stimulant, and 
 substance use disorders consistent with underlying program 
 authorities, of which--
        (A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized 
 by 

section 1001

    (a)

    (25)
        (A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
        (B) $40,000,000 is for mental health courts and 
 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 
 authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 
 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime 
 Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 
 (Public Law 110-416);
            (C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residential 
 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as 
 authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;
            (D) $34,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts 
 program, and for other services for veterans in the 
 criminal justice system, of which $5,000,000 is for a 
 national center for veterans justice;
        (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor 
 prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 
 products; and
        (F) $185,000,000 is for a comprehensive opioid, 
 stimulant, and substance use disorder program;

    (15) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized 
 by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act;

    (16) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered by the 
 Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes authorized under the 
 STOP School Violence Act;

    (17) $3,000,000 for grants to State and local law 
 enforcement agencies for the expenses associated with the 
 investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses involving 
 civil rights, including as authorized by the Emmett Till 
 Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 
 (Public Law 114-325);

    (18) $17,000,000 for grants to State, local, and Tribal law 
 enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and 
 training on hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate 
 crimes, including as authorized by 

section 4704 of the Matthew 
 Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public 
 Law 111-84), without regard to 

section 4704

    (b)

    (5) ;

    (19) $9,000,000 for grants to support community-based 
 approaches to advancing justice and reconciliation, 
 facilitating dialogue between all parties, building local 
 capacity, de-escalating community tensions, and preventing hate 
 crimes through conflict resolution and community empowerment 
 and education;

    (20) $9,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara-
 Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507);

    (21) $114,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-
 community relations, of which $27,000,000 is for a competitive 
 matching grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras and 
 related expenses for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement; 
 $32,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment initiative, for 
 activities related to criminal justice reform and recidivism 
 reduction; and $55,000,000 is for a community violence 
 intervention initiative; and

    (22) $10,000,000 for a grant program as authorized by the 
 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public 
 Law 117-263):
 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds 
made available under this heading to increase the number of law 
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net 
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-
administrative public sector safety service: Provided further, That in 
the spending plan submitted pursuant to 

section 528 of this Act, the 
Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and explicitly identify 
all changes in the administration of competitive grant programs for 
fiscal year 2026, including changes to applicant eligibility, priority 
areas or weightings, and the application review process.

 juvenile justice programs

 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (Public Law 93-415) (``the 1974 Act''); title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) (``the 
1968 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); 
the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the 
PROTECT Act (Public Law 108-21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam 
Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401) 
(``the 2008 Act''); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-324); the Missing 
Children's Assistance Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-267); the Juvenile 
Justice Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-385); the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the 1984 
Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public 
Law 114-198); and other juvenile justice programs, $380,000,000, to 
remain available until expended as follows--

    (1) $65,000,000 for programs authorized by 

section 221 of 
 the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to 
 assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants 
 process: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
 paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 
 grant program to support emergency planning among State, local, 
 and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;

    (2) $105,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;

    (3) $55,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of which, 
 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act--
        (A) $4,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent 
 trafficking of girls;
        (B) $16,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth 
 Program;
            (C) $4,500,000 shall be for competitive grants 
 focusing on girls in the juvenile justice system;
            (D) $10,500,000 shall be for an initiative relating 
 to youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance 
 use disorder;
        (E) $9,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating 
 to children exposed to violence; and
        (F) $2,000,000 shall be for the Arts in the 
 Juvenile Justice Demonstration Program;

    (4) $43,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of 
 Child Abuse Act of 1990;

    (5) $105,000,000 for missing and exploited children 
 programs, including as authorized by sections 404

    (b) and 405

    (a) of the 1974 Act (except that 

section 102

    (b)

    (4)
        (B) of the 2008 
 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act);

    (6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training programs for 
 judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by 

section 222 of the 1990 Act; and

    (7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent 
 defense:
 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used 
for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit 
the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, That not more 
than 2 percent of the amounts designated under paragraphs

    (1) through

    (3) and

    (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: 
Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to 
grants and projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of 
the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children programs.

 public safety officer benefits

 (including transfer of funds)

 For payments and expenses authorized under 

section 1001

    (a)

    (4) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such 
sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to 
remain available until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments 
authorized by 

section 1201

    (b) of such Act and for educational 
assistance authorized by 

section 1218 of such Act, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for such disability and 
education payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to 
``Public Safety Officer Benefits'' from available appropriations for 
the Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

 Community Oriented Policing Services

 community oriented policing services programs

 (including transfer of funds)

 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 
2017 (Public Law 115-37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and 
Wellness Act (Public Law 115-113) (``the LEMHW Act''); the SUPPORT for 
Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271); the Supporting and 
Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-32) (``the 
STOIC Act''); and the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 
2022 (Public Law 117-325), $500,167,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That any balances made available through prior 
year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with 

section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading--

    (1) $206,000,000 is for grants under 

section 1701 of title 
 I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring 
 of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q of 
 such title notwithstanding subsection
            (i) of such section: 
 Provided, That, notwithstanding 

section 1704
            (c) of such title 
 (34 U.S.C. 10384
            (c) ), funding for hiring or rehiring a career 
 law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the 
 Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 
 grants a waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 
 of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $34,000,000 
 is for improving Tribal law enforcement, including hiring, 
 equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-
 opioid activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 
 appropriated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for regional 
 information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of 
 title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and 
 merged with ``Research, Evaluation, and Statistics'' for 
 administration by the Office of Justice Programs: Provided 
 further, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
 no less than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 
 Program: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
 under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for training, peer 
 mentoring, mental health program activities, and other support 
 services as authorized under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act: 
 Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
 paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collaborative reform model of 
 technical assistance in furtherance of 

section 1701 of title I 
 of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);

    (2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE 
 Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-199);

    (3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law 
 enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor 
 chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and 
 laboratory dump seizures: Provided, That funds appropriated 
 under this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative 
 purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine 
 traffickers;

    (4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law 
 enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary 
 treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids: Provided, 
 That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
 activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful 
 distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and 
 prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 
 collaboration;

    (5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 
 administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office 
 for purposes authorized under the STOP School Violence Act 
 (title V of division S of Public Law 115-141);

    (6) $25,000,000 is for community policing development 
 activities in furtherance of 

section 1701 of title I of the 
 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);

    (7) $133,167,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and 
 interoperable communications program, and related law 
 enforcement and public safety equipment, which shall be made 
 available for the COPS Tech projects, and in the amounts, 
 specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
 Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
 such amounts may not be transferred for any other purpose: 
 Provided further, That grants funded by such amounts shall not 
 be subject to 

section 1703 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 
 U.S.C. 10383); and

    (8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by the Law 
 Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-
 325).

 General Provisions--Department of Justice

 (including transfers of funds)

 

Sec. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this 
title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of 
not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for 
official reception and representation expenses.
 

Sec. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case 
of rape or incest: Provided, That should this prohibition be declared 
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void.
 

Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be 
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the 
performance of, any abortion.
 

Sec. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside 
the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section in any 
way diminishes the effect of 

section 203 intended to address the 
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
 

Sec. 205. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 6 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to the following--

    (1) paragraph 1
        (P) under the heading ``State and Local Law 
 Enforcement Assistance''; and

    (2) paragraph

    (7) under the heading ``Community Oriented 
 Policing Services Programs''.
 

Sec. 206. None of the funds made available under this title may be 
used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals 
Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 
pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a 
prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as 
appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
 

Sec. 207.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, or to 
rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used 
primarily for recreational purposes.

    (b) Subsection

    (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, or 
purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for inmate 
training, religious, or educational programs.
 

Sec. 208. None of the funds made available under this title shall 
be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information technology 
program having total estimated development costs in excess of 
$100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment 
review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that the information technology 
program has appropriate program management controls and contractor 
oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.
 

Sec. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in 

section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in this Act and in the report 
accompanying this Act, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds 
provided under this title in previous years.
 

Sec. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-
private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A-76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy 
for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated.
 

Sec. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States 
Attorney from the residency requirements of 

section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code.
 

Sec. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in 
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized 
to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by 
this title under the headings ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'', 
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice 
Programs''--

    (1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the Office 
 of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be 
 used by such Office to provide training and technical 
 assistance; and

    (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or 
 reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts 
 appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 
 statistical programs administered by the National Institute of 
 Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be 
 transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National 
 Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to 
 be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical 
 purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant 
 or reimbursement programs.
 This section shall not apply to paragraph 1
        (P) under the heading 
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance''.
 

Sec. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General 
has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may, 
with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making 
appropriations for fiscal years 2023 through 2026 for the following 
programs, waive the following requirements:

    (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local 
 reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the 
 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
 10631 et seq.), the requirements under 

section 2976

    (g)

    (1) of 
 such part (34 U.S.C. 10631

    (g)

    (1) ).

    (2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities 
 as authorized by 

section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act 
 of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30305
            (c) (3) ), the requirements of 

section 6
            (c) (3) of such Act.
 

Sec. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

section 20109

    (a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12109

    (a) ) shall not apply to amounts 
made available by this or any other Act.
 

Sec. 215. None of the funds made available under this Act, other 
than for the national instant criminal background check system 
established under 

section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention 
Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if 
the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the 
individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement 
personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the 
firearm at all times.
 

Sec. 216.

    (a) None of the income retained in the Department of 
Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 
(105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation 
during fiscal year 2026, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 
implementation of a unified Department of Justice financial management 
system.

    (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances 
transferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 
28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 
2026, and any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this 
Act.
            (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances 
available under 

section 524
            (c) (8)
        (E) of title 28, United States Code, 
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2026, and any use, 
obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act.
 

Sec. 217. Discretionary funds that are made available in this Act 
for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate in 
Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under such authorities as 
have been enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in appropriations 
acts in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal year.
 

Sec. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate quarterly 
reports on the Crime Victims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three 
Percent Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly reports 
shall contain at least the same level of information and detail for 
each Fund as was provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate in fiscal year 2024.
 

Sec. 219. None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise support, live tissue 
training, unless the Attorney General issues a written, non-delegable 
determination that such training is medically necessary and cannot be 
replicated by alternatives.
 

Sec. 220. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Justice to target or investigate parents who 
peacefully protest at school board meetings and are not suspected of 
engaging in unlawful activity.
 

Sec. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to investigate or prosecute religious institutions on the basis of 
their religious beliefs.
 

Sec. 222. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for the application of Justice Manual 1-8.200 and 1-8.210, or 
for the application of any associated or substantially similar 
memoranda, policy documents, or informal guidance, to communications to 
and from the Chair, Vice Chair, or staff of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate, or the Chair, Ranking Member, or staff of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
relating to Departmental resources, the application of enacted 
appropriations acts, or the application of Federal laws related to 
appropriations.
 

Sec. 223. The notices of funding opportunities for the grants, 
contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance provided for 
under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities'' shall 
be publicly posted no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act: Provided, That the Department of Justice shall make the 
awards for the grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance provided for under the heading ``State and Local Law 
Enforcement Activities'' by September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 
the requirements of this section may be waived only by submission of a 
letter, signed by the head of the respective grantmaking office, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate explaining in detail the justification for the waiver.
 

Sec. 224. The Attorney General shall retain, preserve, and compile 
any records or evidence related to any investigation, prosecution, 
services provided to victims, or incarceration of Jeffrey Epstein: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate a report that includes information on the 
history of the Jeffrey Epstein case (including the 2008 non-prosecution 
agreement), victims and testimony (including notifications under 

section 3771 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the 
``Crime Victims' Rights Act'')), investigation of co-conspirators, 
internal reviews and misconduct findings by the Department of Justice, 
the current status of investigations into the financial and trafficking 
networks of Jeffrey Epstein, an intelligence assessment of Jeffrey 
Epstein's financial ties, clients, and connections (if any) to the 
United States Government or foreign governments, and oversight failures 
at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York: 
Provided further, That, as necessary to protect privacy, the Attorney 
General may redact the names and personally identifiable information of 
victims from the report submitted to Congress.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE III

 SCIENCE

 Office of Science and Technology Policy

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to 
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, and 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,965,000.

 National Space Council

 For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in carrying 
out the purposes of title V of Public Law 100-685 and Executive Order 
No. 14056, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized 
by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 
for official reception and representation expenses, $1,965,000: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National 
Space Council may accept personnel support from Federal agencies, 
departments, and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 
offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the National Space 
Council for purposes provided herein.

 National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 science

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance 
and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft 
control, and communications activities; program management; personnel 
and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $7,300,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, the total amount specified in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes 
and in not less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such 
table.

 aeronautics

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of aeronautics research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $950,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027.

 space technology

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of space technology research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $975,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That $110,000,000 shall be for the 
development, production, and demonstration of nuclear propulsion 
systems.

 exploration

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of exploration research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $7,783,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, the total amount specified in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes 
and in not less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such 
table.

 space operations

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of space operations research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support and services; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities, 
including operations, production, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; program management; personnel and related 
costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $4,314,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
 Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, the 
total amount specified in the table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes and in not less than 
the amount for each such purpose specified in such table.

 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics engagement

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of aerospace and aeronautical education research and 
development activities, including research, development, operations, 
support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$148,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, the total amount 
specified in the table under this heading in the report accompanying 
this Act shall be for the purposes and in not less than the amount for 
each such purpose specified in such table.

 safety, security and mission services

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration, 
space operations and education research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to 
exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $3,107,079,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That if available balances in the 
``Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund'' are not 
sufficient to provide for the grant disbursements required under the 
third and fourth provisos under such heading in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1989 (Public Law 100-404) as amended by the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-327), up to $1,000,000 shall 
be available from amounts made available under this heading to make 
such grant disbursements: Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $24,679,000 shall be made available 
for the SSMS projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That the amounts made available for the 
projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for 
any other purpose.

 construction and environmental compliance and restoration

 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environmental 
compliance and restoration, $275,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2031: Provided, That proceeds from leases deposited into 
this account shall be available for a period of 5 years to the extent 
and in amounts as provided in annual appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That such proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall 
be available for obligation for fiscal year 2026 in an amount not to 
exceed $33,000,000: Provided further, That each annual budget request 
shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and 
proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to 

section 20145 of title 
51, United States Code.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $47,600,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

 administrative provisions

 (including transfers of funds)

 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall remain 
available, without fiscal year limitation, until a prize is claimed or 
the offer is withdrawn.
 Not to exceed 6 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 12 percent by 
any such transfers. Any funds transferred to ``Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration'' for construction activities 
shall not increase that account by more than 20 percent. Balances so 
transferred shall be merged with and available for the same purposes 
and the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred. 
Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration under previous 
appropriations Acts that remains available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2026 may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall 
retain its original availability and shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
 The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the theme, program, 
project, and activity level. The spending plan, as well as any 
subsequent change of an amount established in that spending plan that 
meets the notification requirements of 

section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under 

section 505 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section.
 Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever is less, of the 
amounts made available in the current-year Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration

    (CECR) appropriation may be 
applied to CECR projects funded under previous years' CECR 
appropriations. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
 Of the amounts made available in this Act under the heading 
``Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement'' 
(``STEM Engagement''), up to $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly 
fund, with an additional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 
made available in this Act under the headings ``Science'', 
``Aeronautics'', ``Space Technology'', ``Exploration'', and ``Space 
Operations'', projects and activities for engaging students in STEM and 
increasing STEM research capacities of universities, including Minority 
Serving Institutions.
 Not to exceed $38,500,000 made available for the current fiscal 
year in this Act within ``Safety, Security and Mission Services'' may 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration. Balances so transferred shall be available 
until expended only for activities described in 

section 30102

    (b)

    (3) of 
title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, and shall remain 
available until expended. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
 There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a 
fund to be known as the ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' (the Fund). Unobligated balances of 
expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding 
fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration

    (NASA) by this or any other Act 
may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 
after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 
purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund. Amounts deposited in 
the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such 
other funds as may be available for such purposes, for facilities 
infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring maintenance, 
necessary for the operation of NASA, subject to approval by the Office 
of Management and Budget. Amounts in the Fund may not be available for 
the purpose described in subsection

    (b)

    (3) of 

section 30102 of title 
51, United States Code. Amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of the planned use 
of funds.
 For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and associated 
programs, amounts that have expired but have not been cancelled in the 
Exploration, Space Operations, Human Space Flight, Space Flight 
Capabilities, and Exploration Capabilities appropriations accounts 
shall remain available through fiscal year 2030 for the liquidation of 
valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal year 2001 
through fiscal year 2013: Provided, That this section shall become 
effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.

 National Science Foundation

 research and related activities

 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 86-209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by 

section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and 
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of 
aircraft; and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $700,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for polar research and operations support, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the United 
States Antarctic program: Provided further, That of the amounts in the 
preceding proviso, not less than $109,310,000 shall be for U.S. 
Antarctic Logistical Support: Provided further, That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.

 major research equipment and facilities construction

 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, 
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized 
travel, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended.

 stem education

 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics, and 
engineering education and human resources programs and activities 
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 
et seq.), including services as authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, the total amount specified in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes 
and in not less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such 
table.

 agency operations and award management

 For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying 
out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et 
seq.); services authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security 
guard services; $444,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,000 is 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 
2026 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services 
to be provided during the next fiscal year.

 office of the national science board

 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved 
in carrying out 

section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), 
$5,090,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $24,410,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

 administrative provisions

 (including transfer of funds)

 Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation in this Act may 
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation 
shall be increased by more than 6 percent by any such transfers. Any 
transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section.
 The Director of the National Science Foundation

    (NSF) shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate at least 30 days in advance of any planned divestment 
through transfer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 
any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (including land, 
structures, and equipment) valued greater than $2,500,000.
 This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations Act, 
2026''.

 TITLE IV

 RELATED AGENCIES

 Commission on Civil Rights

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $14,350,000: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to employ any 
individuals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is 
permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That the Chair may 
accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is not 
explicitly authorized by 

section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be used to separately fund the 
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.

 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 
1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 

section 501 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic 
Information Nondiscrimination Act

    (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233), 
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), and the Pregnant 
Workers Fairness Act (Public Law 117-328), including services as 
authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 

section 1343

    (b) of title 31, 
United States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$32,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for 
authorized services to the Commission, $455,000,000, of which 
$2,788,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, 
That the Commission is authorized to make available for official 
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from 
available funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no 
action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or 
reorganization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified of such 
proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of 

section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use 
any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.

 International Trade Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$122,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less 
than $2,096,176 shall be for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).

 Legal Services Corporation

 payment to the legal services corporation

 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the 
purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $566,000,000, 
of which $522,100,000 is for basic field programs and required 
independent audits; $5,700,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for management and 
grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self-help and information 
technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and 
$2,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: Provided, That the budget 
execution for the payment to the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
carried out in this fiscal year in the same manner as such budget 
execution was carried out in fiscal year 2024 and such payment shall be 
made in full as an annual installment paid to the Corporation at the 
beginning of the fiscal year in such amounts as specified under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Legal Services Corporation may 
continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no 
greater than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC-
based employees as authorized by 

section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code, notwithstanding 

section 1005
            (d) of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d
            (d) ): Provided further, That the authorities 
provided in 

section 205 of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal 
Services Corporation: Provided further, That, for the purposes of 

section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government.

 administrative provisions--legal services corporation

 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, 
or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 
505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all 
references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to 
refer instead to 2025 and 2026, respectively.
 

Section 501 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 
105-119) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end:
 ``
            (d) Modified Governing Body Requirement.--For purposes of this 
Act, 

section 1007
            (c) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2996f
            (c) ) shall be applied by substituting `33 percent' for `60 
percent'.''.
 

Section 502

    (2) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public 
Law 104-134) is amended by striking subparagraph
        (B) in its entirety 
and replacing it with the following:
 ``
        (B) is governed by a board of directors or other 
 governing body, 33 percent of which is comprised of 
 attorneys who are members of the bar of a State, as 
 defined in 

section 1002

    (8) of the Legal Services 
 Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996a

    (8) ), in which the 
 legal assistance is to be provided;''.

 Marine Mammal Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027.

 Office of the United States Trade Representative

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the 
employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 

section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, $65,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses.

 trade enforcement trust fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For activities of the United States Trade Representative authorized 
by 

section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 
2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived 
from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to subsection
            (d) (1) of such section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under 

section 505 of this Act.

 State Justice Institute

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 
et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That, for the purposes of 

section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the United States 
Government.

 TITLE V

 GENERAL PROVISIONS

 (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

 

Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress.
 

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. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
 

Sec. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the 
remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons 
or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall 
not be affected thereby.
 

Sec. 505.

    (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 or initiates a new 
program, project, or activity;

    (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, 
programs, or activities;

    (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions 
or activities presently performed by Federal employees;

    (7) augments 
existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $500,000 or 5 
percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 5 percent funding for any 
program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 5 percent;

    (8) results from any general savings, including savings from a 
reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by Congress; or

    (9) terminates a Federal award or contract for no longer effectuating the 
program goals or agency priorities; unless the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds.

    (b) Any reprogramming notification submitted pursuant to this 
section shall include any out-year budgetary impacts and a separate 
accounting of program or mission impacts on estimated carryover funds.
            (c) Any department or agency funded by this Act that plans a 
reduction-in-force shall notify the Committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate in writing no later than 30 days in 
advance of the date of any such planned personnel action.
            (d) No department or agency shall submit a reprogramming 
notification after July 1, 2026, except in extraordinary circumstances 
that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of 
property: Provided, That any such notification shall include a 
description of the extraordinary circumstances.
 

Sec. 506.

    (a) If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.

    (b)

    (1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized 
purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act shall 
be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled 
in the United States, its territories or possessions.

    (2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given the term 
in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item

    (1) (f)

    (3) .
 

Sec. 507.

    (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the 
status of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances 
the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts 
attributable to each source year of appropriation from which the 
balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, but unexpended, 
the quarterly reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation.

    (b) The report described in subsection

    (a) shall be submitted 
within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
            (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect of a 
reporting requirement described in subsection

    (a) due to a limitation 
of a current accounting system, the department or agency shall fulfill 
such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under such accounting 
system and shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the 
extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.
 

Sec. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken 
in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such 
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in 
this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section 
shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of loan 
collateral or grant property.
 

Sec. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, 
or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of 
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except 
for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or 
tobacco products of the same type.
 

Sec. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
deposited or available in the Fund established by 

section 1402 of 
chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any 
fiscal year in excess of $1,900,000,000 shall not be available for 
obligation until the following fiscal year: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 

section 1402
            (d) of such Act, of the amounts available 
from the Fund for obligation:

    (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and remain 
available until expended for oversight and auditing purposes associated 
with this section; and

    (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 
for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the requirements of 
the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes to improve services for 
victims of crime.
 

Sec. 511. None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate 
the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs 
for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the 
parents or legal guardians of such students.
 

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 appropriations Act.
 

Sec. 513.

    (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce, 
the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services 
Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are 
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the 
progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a 
description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days after 
initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such 
audit is completed.

    (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described in 
subsection

    (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary, 
Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as 
appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the 
public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, 
Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude--

    (1) any matter described in 

section 552

    (b) of title 5, 
 United States Code; and

    (2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the 
 public access to which could be used to commit identity theft 
 or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.
            (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts 
appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or 
President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the 
grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in 
any other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the 
person awarded the grant or contract.
            (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section 
shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 
and requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in such 
subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch ethics 
program to all Federal departments, agencies, and entities.
 

Sec. 514.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the 
National Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system, as defined for security categorization in the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology's

    (NIST) Federal 
Information Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for 
Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information 
Systems'' unless the agency has--

    (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
 systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal 
 Bureau of Investigation

    (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions 
 for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems within 
 the Federal Government;

    (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
 awardee against available and relevant threat information 
 provided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and

    (3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate 
 Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-
 espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such 
 system, including any risk associated with such system being 
 produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
 identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber 
 threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned, 
 directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of China, the 
 Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
 Korea, or the Russian Federation.

    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system reviewed and assessed under subsection

    (a) unless 
the head of the assessing entity described in subsection

    (a) has--

    (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and 
 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for 
 any identified risks;

    (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI, that 
 the acquisition of such system is in the national interest of 
 the United States; and

    (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
 and the agency Inspector General.
 

Sec. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by 
any official or contract employee of the United States Government.
 

Sec. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the 
text of--

    (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
 Singapore Free Trade Agreement;

    (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
 Australia Free Trade Agreement; or

    (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-
 Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
 

Sec. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of 
any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to 
Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy 
Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act 
of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws amended 
by these Acts.
 

Sec. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the program manager 
of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or 
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the 
National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has 
reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased 
by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform the 
respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, 
Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall 
include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; 
a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and 
proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; 
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program 
costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or 
procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project's 
management structure is adequate to control total project or 
procurement costs.
 

Sec. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the 
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of 

section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026.
 

Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount 
greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount 
unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to 
the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its 
knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal 
tax returns required during the three years preceding the 
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to 
certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for 
which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the 
subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or 
the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 
judicial proceeding.

    (rescissions) Sec. 521.

    (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby permanently 
rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following 
accounts in the specified amounts--

    (1) ``Economic Development Administration--Economic 
 Development Assistance Programs'', $30,000,000, only from prior 
 year appropriations; and

    (2) ``Census Working Capital Fund'', $15,000,000.

    (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby 
permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the 
following accounts in the specified amounts--

    (1) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office on 
 Violence Against Women--Violence Against Women Prevention and 
 Prosecution Programs'', $15,000,000;

    (2) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of 
 Justice Programs'', $125,000,000; and

    (3) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community 
 Oriented Policing Services'', $20,000,000.
            (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of 
Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not 
later than September 30, 2026, from the following account in the 
specified amounts: ``Working Capital Fund'', $100,000,000.
            (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report no later than September 1, 2026, specifying the amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to subsections

    (a) ,

    (b) , and
            (c) .

    (e) The amounts rescinded in subsections

    (a) ,

    (b) , and
            (c) shall 
not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

    (f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections

    (b) and
            (c) shall 
not be from--

    (1) amounts provided under subparagraph
        (Q) of paragraph

    (1) under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
 Activities--Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law 
 Enforcement Assistance'' in title II of division B of Public 
 Law 117-103 or Public Law 117-328, or amounts provided under 
 subparagraph
        (R) of paragraph

    (1) under the heading ``State and 
 Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of Justice Programs--
 State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in title II of 
 division C of Public Law 118-42; or

    (2) amounts provided under paragraph

    (7) under the heading 
 ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community 
 Oriented Policing Services--Community Oriented Policing 
 Services Programs'' in title II of division B of Public Law 
 117-103 or Public Law 117-328, or amounts provided under 
 paragraph

    (7) under the heading ``State and Local Law 
 Enforcement Activities--Community Oriented Policing Services--
 Community Oriented Policing Services Programs'' in title II of 
 division C of Public Law 118-42.
 

Sec. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of 
sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 523. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees 
from a Federal department or agency, who are stationed in the United 
States, at any single conference occurring outside the United States 
unless--

    (1) such conference is a law enforcement training or 
 operational conference for law enforcement personnel and the 
 majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforcement 
 personnel stationed outside the United States; or

    (2) such conference is a scientific conference and the 
 department or agency head determines that such attendance is in 
 the national interest and notifies the Committees on 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
 within at least 15 days of that determination and the basis for 
 that determination.
 

Sec. 524. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed 
balances in expired grant accounts and include in its annual 
performance plan and performance and accountability reports the 
following:

    (1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
 instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 
 expired grant accounts.

    (2) The method that the department, agency, or 
 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired 
 grant accounts.

    (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant 
 accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United 
 States.

    (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total 
 number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on 
 the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, 
 or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been 
 obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts.
 

Sec. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made available in this 
Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy Star'' 
qualified or have the ``Federal Energy Management Program'' 
designation.
 

Sec. 526.

    (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    (NASA) , the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy

    (OSTP) , or the National Space 
Council

    (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or 
execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to 
participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with 
China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

    (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities 
belonging to or utilized by NASA.
            (c) The limitations described in subsections

    (a) and

    (b) shall not 
apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, after consultation with 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified--

    (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
 technology, data, or other information with national security 
 or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned 
 company; and

    (2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials 
 who have been determined by the United States to have direct 
 involvement with violations of human rights.
            (d) Any certification made under subsection
            (c) shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 
days prior to the activity in question and shall include a description 
of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major participants, and 
its location and timing.
 

Sec. 527.

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

    (b) Nothing in subsection

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

Sec. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, 
the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices of Science and 
Technology Policy and the United States Trade Representative, the 
National Space Council, and the State Justice Institute shall submit 
spending plans, signed by the respective department or agency head, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided, That the spending plans submitted pursuant to this 
section shall contain at least the same level of detail as the spending 
plans submitted pursuant to this section in fiscal year 2024.
 

Sec. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has 
been judged to be below satisfactory performance or for performance 
that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.
 

Sec. 530. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of 

section 7606 (``Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp 
Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) by the 
Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.
 

Sec. 531. None of the funds made available under this Act to the 
Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States of 
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 
Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, 
and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing 
their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or 
cultivation of medical marijuana.
 

Sec. 532. The Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall provide 
a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any 
employee of such Department or agency, including the purpose of such 
travel.
 

Sec. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, not less than 
10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively, for Public 
Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 and grants authorized by 

section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty counties'' 
means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory 
or possession of the United States.
 

Sec. 534.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United States 
in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada 
of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in 
Category I, 

section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations

    (ITAR) , part 121, as it 
existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of 
subsection

    (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such 
articles.

    (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license--

    (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's 
 Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 
 from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 
 States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles 
 enumerated in subsection

    (a) ; and

    (2) does not permit the export without a license of--
        (A) fully automatic firearms and components and 
 parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the 
 Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal 
 Government of Canada;
        (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers

    (frames) or 
 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in 
 Category I, other than for end use by the Federal 
 Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of 
 Canada; or
            (C) articles for export from Canada to another 
 foreign destination.
            (c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of 
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export 
without a license of any unclassified articles specified in subsection

    (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or 
temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in 
the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
            (d) The President may require export licenses under this section on 
a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first 
in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented 
or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in 
subsection

    (a) , such that a significant diversion of such articles has 
and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in 
the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The President shall 
terminate the requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary 
requirements have ceased.
 

Sec. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving 
appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or 
expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 
any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778

    (b)

    (1)
        (B) and 
qualified pursuant to 27 CFR 

section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to 
import United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or 
ammunition.
 

Sec. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act 
on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if--

    (1) all other requirements of law with respect to the 
 proposed importation are met; and

    (2) no application for the importation of such model of 
 shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the 
 Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that 
 the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily 
 adaptable to sporting purposes.
 

Sec. 537. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the 
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
 

Sec. 538. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or 
assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its 
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other 
detainee who--

    (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
 Forces of the United States; and

    (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
 of Defense.
 

Sec. 539.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire, 
or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual described in subsection
            (c) for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
effective control of the Department of Defense.

    (b) The prohibition in subsection

    (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
            (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--

    (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
 the Armed Forces of the United States; and

    (2) is--
        (A) in the custody or under the effective control 
 of the Department of Defense; or
        (B) otherwise under detention at United States 
 Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
 

Sec. 540. Funds made available to the Department of Commerce and 
the Department of Justice in this Act and any remaining unobligated 
balances of funds made available to the Department of Commerce and the 
Department of Justice in prior year Acts, other than amounts 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 or from amounts made available 
under the heading ``Department of Justice--Legal Activities--Fees and 
Expenses of Witnesses'', shall be available to provide payments 
pursuant to 

section 901
            (i) (2) of title IX of division J of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b
            (i) (2) ): 
Provided, That payments made pursuant to the matter preceding this 
proviso may not exceed $5,000,000 for the Department of Commerce and 
$10,000,000 for the Department of Justice.
 

Sec. 541.

    (a)

    (1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts made available from the 
Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors

    (CHIPS) for 
America Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of 

section 102

    (a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117-
167) not otherwise allocated pursuant to 

section 546

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) of 
division C of Public Law 118-42, including the transfer authority in 
such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the accounts specified, 
in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activities 
specified, in the table titled ``Department of Commerce Allocation of 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal 
Year 2026'' in the report accompanying this Act.

    (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
National Science Foundation shall allocate amounts made available from 
the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors

    (CHIPS) for 
America Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to 

section 102
            (d) (1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 
117-167), to the account specified, in the amounts specified, and for 
the projects and activities specified in the table titled ``National 
Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026'' in 
the report accompanying this Act.

    (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts 
that are made available for any fiscal year under 

section 102

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 or under 

section 102
            (d) (2) of such Act if 
there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part 
of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter 
preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, 
apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of 
programs allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, which may be 
allocated only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for such 
purposes in subsection

    (a) of this section.
            (c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and subject to the terms and 
conditions in 

section 505 of this Act--

    (1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate funds 
 allocated to Industrial Technology Services for 

section 9906 of 
 Public Law 116-283 by subsection

    (a)

    (1) of this section; and

    (2) the Director of the National Science Foundation may 
 reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS for America Workforce 
 and Education Fund by subsection

    (a)

    (2) of this section.
            (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President 
for fiscal year 2027, the Director of the National Science Foundation, 
as appropriate, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate proposed allocations by account 
and by program, project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for 
amounts made available under 

section 102
            (d) (2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
for fiscal year 2027.

    (e) The Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation, 
as appropriate, shall each provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 
of balances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection

    (a)

    (1) of this 
section and prior appropriations Acts, the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Supply Chain 
Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 

section 543

    (a)

    (2) of 
division B of Public Law 117-328, and the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and 
Education Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection

    (a)

    (2) of 
this section and prior appropriations Acts, including all uncommitted, 
committed, and unobligated funds.
 

Sec. 542. In making Federal financial assistance, the Department 
of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the 
National Science Foundation shall continue to apply the negotiated 
indirect cost rates for Institutions of Higher Education in 

section 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect 
to the approval of deviations from negotiated indirect cost rates, to 
the same extent and in the same manner as such negotiated indirect cost 
rates were applied in fiscal year 2024: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this or prior Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and the National Science Foundation may be used to 
develop, modify, or implement changes to such fiscal year 2024 
negotiated indirect cost rates.
 This Act may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
 Calendar No. 122

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 S. 2354

 [Report No. 119-44]

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 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
 2026, and for other purposes.

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 July 17, 2025

 Read twice and placed on the calendar