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 Calendar No. 140
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2587

 [Report No. 119-55]

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

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 31, 2025

 Mrs. Capito, 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 Labor, Health and Human 
 Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely:

 TITLE I

 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 Employment and Training Administration

 training and employment services

 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA'') and the National 
Apprenticeship Act, $3,977,088,000 plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided:

    (1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
 activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
 and training activities, $2,919,332,000 as follows:
        (A) $875,649,000 for adult employment and training 
 activities, of which $163,649,000 shall be available 
 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and 
 of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
 October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
        (B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which shall 
 be available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 
 30, 2027; and
            (C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker employment 
 and training activities, of which $235,553,000 shall be 
 available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
 2027, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
 the period October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027:
 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to outlying 
 areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall not 
 be subject to the requirements of 

section 127

    (b)

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

    (2) for national programs, $1,057,756,000 as follows:
        (A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
 assistance national reserve, of which $100,859,000 
 shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 through 
 September 30, 2027, and of which $200,000,000 shall be 
 available for the period October 1, 2026 through 
 September 30, 2027: Provided, That funds provided to 
 carry out 

section 132

    (a)

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

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

section 168

    (b) of the WIOA, of the 
 funds provided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 
 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such funds to 
 provide technical assistance and carry out additional 
 activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 
 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
 subparagraph, $115,000,000 shall be for training and 
 employment assistance under sections 168

    (b) , 169
            (c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in such 
 section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows:
            (i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers in the 
 Appalachian region, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 
 14102

    (a)

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

section 4

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

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

section 101

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

section 101

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

section 3

    (7)
        (B) of the WIOA;
        (B) $60,000,000 for Native American programs under 
 

section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
 the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
            (C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
 programs under 

section 167 of the WIOA, including 
 $90,134,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
 70 percent shall be for employment and training 
 services), $6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
 (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
 permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 
 discretionary purposes, which shall be available for 
 the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: 
 Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
 law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
 shall take no action limiting the number or proportion 
 of eligible participants receiving related assistance 
 services or discouraging grantees from providing such 
 services: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
 definition of ``eligible seasonal farmworker'' in 
 

section 167
            (i) (3)
        (A) of the WIOA relating to an 
 individual being ``low-income'', an individual is 
 eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs 
 under 

section 167 of the WIOA under that definition if, 
 in addition to meeting the requirements of clauses
            (i) and
            (ii) of 

section 167
            (i) (3)
        (A) , such individual is a 
 member of a family with a total family income equal to 
 or less than 150 percent of the poverty line;
            (D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as 
 described in 

section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be 
 available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 
 2027;
        (E) $110,000,000 for ex-offender activities, under 
 the authority of 

section 169 of the WIOA, which shall 
 be available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 
 30, 2027: Provided, That of this amount, $30,000,000 
 shall be for competitive grants to national and 
 regional intermediaries for activities that prepare for 
 employment young adults with criminal legal histories, 
 young adults who have been justice system-involved, or 
 young adults who have dropped out of school or other 
 educational programs, with a priority for projects 
 serving high-crime, high-poverty areas;
        (F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality 
 Initiative, under the authority of 

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

section 3

    (7)
        (B) of the WIOA, to be available to the Secretary 
 to carry out activities through grants, cooperative 
 agreements, contracts and other arrangements, with 
 States and other appropriate entities, including equity 
 intermediaries and business and labor industry partner 
 intermediaries, which shall be available for the period 
 July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; and
        (H) $93,501,000 for carrying out Demonstration and 
 Pilot projects under 

section 169
            (c) of the WIOA, which 
 shall be available for the period April 1, 2026 through 
 June 30, 2027, in addition to funds available for such 
 activities under subparagraph
        (A) for the projects, and 
 in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
 ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the 
 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such 
 funds may be used for projects that are related to the 
 employment and training needs of dislocated workers, 
 other adults, or youth: Provided further, That the 10 
 percent funding limitation under such section of the 
 WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided further, 
 That 

section 169

    (b)

    (6)
            (C) of the WIOA shall not apply 
 to such funds: Provided further, That sections 102 and 
 107 of this Act shall not apply to such funds.

 job corps

 (including transfer of funds)

 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 
administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training 
centers as authorized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows:

    (1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be 
 available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;

    (2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
 acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for 
 the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, and which may 
 include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
 of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 
 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such 
 centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided 
 further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding 
 proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 
 2027: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
 least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and

    (3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which 
 shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 
 2025 through September 30, 2026:
 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to 
provide meal services at or for Job Corps Centers.

 community service employment for older americans

 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ``OAA''), $395,000,000, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and may be recaptured 
and reobligated in accordance with 

section 517
            (c) of the OAA.

 federal unemployment benefits and allowances

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

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

section 231

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

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

section 285

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

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

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

 state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

 (including transfer of funds)

 For authorized administrative expenses, $79,066,000, together with 
not to exceed $4,002,084,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (``the 
Trust Fund''), of which--

    (1) $3,226,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
 States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
 laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
 (including not less than $467,000,000 to carry out reemployment 
 services and eligibility assessments under 

section 306 of such 
 Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in such 
 section, including those who are profiled as most likely to 
 exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such services and 
 assessments: Provided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is 
 specified for grants under 

section 306 of the Social Security 
 Act and is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent 
 resolution on the budget and $350,000,000 is additional new 
 budget authority specified for purposes of a concurrent 
 resolution on the budget; and $9,000,000 for continued support 
 of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), 
 the administration of unemployment insurance for Federal 
 employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 5 
 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the administration of trade readjustment 
 allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, and 
 alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 
 1974 and under 

section 231

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

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

section 285

    (a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be available 
 for obligation by the States through December 31, 2026, except 
 that funds used for automation shall be available for Federal 
 obligation through December 31, 2026, and for State obligation 
 through September 30, 2028, or, if the automation is being 
 carried out through consortia of States, for State obligation 
 through September 30, 2032, and for expenditure through 
 September 30, 2033, and funds for competitive grants awarded to 
 States for improved operations and to conduct in-person 
 reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
 insurance improper payment reviews and provide reemployment 
 services and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be 
 available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2026 
 (except that funds for outcome payments pursuant to 

section 306

    (f)

    (2) of the Social Security Act shall be available for 
 Federal obligation through March 31, 2027), and for obligation 
 by the States through September 30, 2028, and funds for the 
 Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be 
 available for obligation by the State through September 30, 
 2027, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads 
 experienced through September 30, 2026 shall be available for 
 Federal obligation through December 31, 2026;

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

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

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

    (4) $20,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
 activities of the Employment Service, including administration 
 of the work opportunity tax credit under 

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

    (5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
 administration of foreign labor certifications and related 
 activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
 related laws, of which $60,528,000 shall be available for the 
 Federal administration of such activities, and $23,282,000 
 shall be available for grants to States for the administration 
 of such activities; and

    (6) $57,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
 workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
 system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
 available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2026 
 through June 30, 2027, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used to 
 carry out research and demonstration projects related to 
 testing effective ways to promote greater labor force 
 participation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the 
 Secretary may transfer amounts made available for research and 
 demonstration projects under this paragraph to the ``Office of 
 Disability Employment Policy'' account for such purposes:
 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2026 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from 
the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 
increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social 
Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of 
the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other 
States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by 
the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social 
Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the 
National Directory of New Hires under 

section 453

    (j)

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

 advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

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

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

section 901

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

 program administration

 For expenses of administering employment and training programs, 
$104,527,000, together with not to exceed $53,906,000 which shall be 
available from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.

 veterans' employment and training

 Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry 
out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United 
States Code, of which--

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

    (b)

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

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

section 4104

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

section 4102A

    (b)

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

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

    (3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 2021A and 2023 
 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 
 may be used to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of 
 Public Law 115-31); and

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

    (1) through

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

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

section 2002

    (a)

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

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

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

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

    (e)

    (2) and 2021A

    (f)

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

section 5

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

    (3) of this heading: Provided further, 
That 

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

 Employee Benefits Security Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall be made 
available through September 30, 2027, for the procurement of expert 
witnesses for enforcement litigation.

 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

 pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``Corporation'') is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
program, including associated administrative expenses, through 
September 30, 2026, for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the 
funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2026 shall be 
available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
$494,264,000: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, not less than $7,588,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of the Office of Inspector General: Provided further, That to 
the extent that the number of new plan participants in plans terminated 
by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2026, an amount not 
to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available through September 
30, 2030, for obligations for administrative expenses for every 20,000 
additional terminated participants: Provided further, That obligations 
in excess of the amounts provided for administrative expenses in this 
paragraph may be incurred and shall be available through September 30, 
2030 for obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination or 
termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related 
expenses after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That an additional 
amount shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2030 to 
the extent the Corporation's costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of 
credit or identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a 
security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an additional $100 
per affected individual.

 Wage and Hour Division

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, including 
reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees 
for inspection services rendered, $260,000,000.

 Office of Labor-Management Standards

 salaries and expenses

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

 Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $105,976,000.

 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs, $120,500,000, together with $2,205,000 which may be expended 
from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39
            (c) , 44
            (d) , and 
44

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

 special benefits

 (including transfer of funds)

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

section 5

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

section 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 special benefits for disabled coal miners

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

 administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness 
 compensation fund

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

 black lung disability trust fund

 (including transfer of funds)

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

section 9501
            (d) (1) ,

    (2) ,

    (6) , and

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

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

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

 Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $632,309,000, which shall be for the purposes and in 
the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the ``Amounts 
Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report 
accompanying this Act, of which amounts made available for State 
Programs shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States 
under 

section 23

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

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

section 24 of the 
Act, except--

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Mine Safety and Health Administration

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and 
trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $387,816,000, which shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee 
Recommendation'' column for Mine Safety and Health Administration in 
the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in 
the report accompanying this Act, of which up to $2,000,000 of the 
amounts made available for Technical Support shall be for mine rescue 
and recovery activities and not less than $10,537,000 of the amounts 
made available for Educational Policy and Development shall be for 
State assistance grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine 
Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of 
training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be 
available for mine safety and health education and training activities: 
 Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to 
$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of 
equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize 
such sums for such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: 
Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration is 
authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the 
mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a 
principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, 
personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national 
organization: Provided further, That any funds available to the 
Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to 
provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 
event of a major disaster.

 Bureau of Labor Statistics

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $635,952,000, 
together with not to exceed $68,000,000 which may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund.

 Office of Disability Employment Policy

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 
Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts furthering the objective 
of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with 
disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be 
for research and demonstration projects related to testing effective 
ways to promote greater labor force participation of people with 
disabilities: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 
available under this heading for research and demonstration projects to 
the ``State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations'' 
account for such purposes.

 Departmental Management

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $363,535,000, together with not 
to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That 
$111,125,000 shall be for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, of 
which $76,725,000 shall be available for obligation through December 
31, 2026: Provided further, That funds available to the Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or operate 
international labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical 
assistance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, grants, 
subgrants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not less than 
$30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative child labor 
internationally and not less than $30,175,000 shall be used to 
implement model programs that address worker rights issues through 
technical assistance in countries with which the United States has free 
trade agreements or trade preference programs: Provided further, That 
$4,281,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 
funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer grants 
for the purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for 
the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open 
competition: Provided further, That funds available for program 
evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the 
Department for such purpose: Provided further, That the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Provided 
further, That $23,000,000 shall be for the Women's Bureau and may be 
used for grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the 
workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made available to the 
Women's Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 shall be used for grants 
authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 
Occupations Act: Provided further, That the Department of Labor shall 
support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its statutory 
responsibilities including carrying out programs, projects, and 
activities funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner.

 it modernization

 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems, $6,889,000, which shall be available through September 30, 
2027.

 office of inspector general

 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$91,187,000, together with not to exceed $5,841,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than $2,000,000 of 
the total amount provided under this heading may be available until 
expended.

 General Provisions

 

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

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

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

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

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

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 106.

    (a) Notwithstanding 

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

section 171 of the WIOA.

    (b) Notwithstanding 

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

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

    (1) and

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

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 107.

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

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

    (b) The accounts referred to in subsection

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

Sec. 108.

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

    (s)

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

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

section 13

    (a)

    (1) .
 ``

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

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

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

Sec. 109.

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

    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph

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

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

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

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

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

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

section 101

    (a)

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

    (a)

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

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

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

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

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

    (h)

    (6)
            (ii) (B) .
 

Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, 
contracts, and other arrangements, not more than $450,000 of excess 
personal property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to 
apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices in 
those programs.
 

Sec. 113.

    (a) The Act entitled ``An Act to create a Department of 
Labor'', approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, chapter 141) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:
 ``

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

    (1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during 
 the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that is 
 preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official 
 duties by the Secretary;
 ``

    (2) provide protection, incidental to the protection 
 provided to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate family 
 of the Secretary who is participating in an activity or event 
 relating to the official duties of the Secretary;
 ``

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

    (1) ) and 
 to the members of the immediate family of the Secretary if 
 there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 
 accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; and
 ``

    (4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor 
 or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor 
 at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat 
 of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established by 
 the Secretary.
 ``

    (b) Authorities.--The Secretary of Labor may authorize a law 
enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection

    (a) , for 
the purpose of performing the duties authorized under subsection

    (a) , 
to--
 ``

    (1) carry firearms;
 ``

    (2) make arrests without a warrant for any offense 
 against the United States committed in the presence of such 
 officer or special agent;
 ``

    (3) perform protective intelligence work, including 
 identifying and mitigating potential threats and conducting 
 advance work to review security matters relating to sites and 
 events;
 ``

    (4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and
 ``

    (5) initiate criminal and other investigations into 
 potential threats to the security of the Secretary, in 
 coordination with the Inspector General of the Department of 
 Labor.
 ``
            (c) Compliance With Guidelines.--A law enforcement officer or 
special agent employed under subsection

    (a) shall exercise any 
authority provided under this section in accordance with any--
 ``

    (1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and
 ``

    (2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.''.

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

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

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

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

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

section 159

    (j) of the WIOA 
 are met; or

    (3) close any Job Corps Centers, except if such closure 
 meets the criterion entitled ``Long-Term Center Performance'' 
 or the criterion entitled ``Evaluation of Continuing Center 
 Operations'' established by 81 FR 12529, the capacity of the 
 program is retained, and the requirements of 

section 159

    (j) of 
 the WIOA are met.

    (rescission) Sec. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 

section 286

    (s)

    (2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356

    (s)

    (2) ), 
$200,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not later than September 
30, 2026.

    (rescission) Sec. 117. Of the funds made available under the heading 
``Employment and Training Administration-Training and Employment 
Services'' pursuant to 

section 1112 of the Full-Year Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119-4), $75,000,000 
are hereby permanently rescinded from amounts made available for the 
dislocated workers assistance national reserve for the period October 
1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor Appropriations 
Act, 2026''.

 TITLE II

 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 Health Resources and Services Administration

 primary health care

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

section 224

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

    (g) through

    (n) and

    (q) of 

section 224 of the PHS Act, and 
for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this Act as ``HHS'') pertaining to administrative 
claims made under such law: Provided further, That the budget 
activities specified in the table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act shall be funded in the amounts specified in such 
table.

 health workforce

 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with 
respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 of the Social 
Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, 
$1,383,376,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Health 
Workforce in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 
2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 

section 751

    (j)

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

    (1) through

    (4) of 

section 756

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

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

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

    (1) through

    (4) of 

section 756

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

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

section 427

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

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

    (a)

    (1)
            (D) , 
333

    (b) , and 333A

    (a)

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

section 338B of such Act: 
Provided further, That, within the amount made available in the 
previous proviso, $24,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
the purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program 
under 

section 338B of the PHS Act, of which $16,000,000 shall be for 
payments to individuals participating in such program who provide 
primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, Tribally-
Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs (as 
those terms are defined by the Secretary) and $8,000,000 shall be for 
payments to individuals participating in such program who provide 
primary health services in Maternity Care Health Professional Target 
Areas, as determined by the Secretary, notwithstanding the assignment 
priorities and limitations under 

section 333

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

section 331

    (a)

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

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

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

section 775

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

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

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

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

section 338B of the PHS Act.
 Amounts made available for Medical Student Education shall remain 
available until expended for grants to public institutions of higher 
education to expand or support graduate education for physicians 
provided by such institutions, including funding for infrastructure 
development, maintenance, equipment, and minor renovations or 
alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such grants, the Secretary 
shall give priority to public institutions of higher education located 
in States with a projected primary care provider shortage, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded 
are limited to such public institutions of higher education in States 
in the top half of States with a projected primary care provider 
shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the 
minimum amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall be 
not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a grant 
may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided further, 
That such a grant awarded with respect to a year to such an institution 
shall be subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an 
amount that is not more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal 
funds provided in the grant to such institution with respect to such 
year.

 maternal and child health

 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
respect to maternal and child health and title V of the Social Security 
Act, $1,160,680,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Maternal and 
Child Health in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 
2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
notwithstanding sections 502

    (a)

    (1) and 502

    (b)

    (1) of the Social Security 
Act, amounts made available for Special Projects of Regional and 
National Significance shall be available for carrying out special 
projects of regional and national significance pursuant to 

section 501

    (a)

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

section 501

    (a)

    (3) of such 
Act, and the budget activities specified in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be funded in the 
amounts specified in such table.

 ryan white hiv/aids program

 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS program, $2,571,041,000, which shall be for the purposes 
and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column 
for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in the ``Amounts Recommended in the 
Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, 
of which the amounts made available for Emergency Assistance (Part A) 
and Comprehensive Care Programs (Part B) shall remain available to the 
Secretary through September 30, 2028, for parts A and B of title XXVI 
of the PHS Act, and of which the amounts made available for the AIDS 
Drug Assistance Program

    (ADAP) shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance 
Programs under the authority of 

section 2616 or 311
            (c) of such Act; and 
of which the amounts made available for Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic 
Initiative shall remain available until expended and shall be available 
to the Secretary for carrying out a program of grants and contracts 
under title XXVI or 

section 311
            (c) of such Act focused on ending the 
nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants issued under such 

section 311
            (c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the PHS Act, 
including the limitation on administrative expenses.

 health systems

 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect to 
health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 
2005, $127,009,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Health Systems 
in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table 
in the report accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made 
available for Hansen's Disease Program - Buildings and Facilities shall 
be available until expended for facility renovations and other 
facilities-related expenses: Provided, That during the period covered 
by this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may collect 
registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network (in this title referred to as ``OPTN''), 
authorized under 

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

    (b)

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

    (b)

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

    (b)

    (1)
        (A) of 

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

 rural health

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

section 427

    (a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety 
Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, 
$373,907,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Rural Health 
in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table 
in the report accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made 
available for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants shall come from general 
revenues, notwithstanding 

section 1820

    (j) of the Social Security Act: 
Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading for Rural 
Hospital Flexibility Grants, up to $21,942,000 shall be available for 
the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality 
improvement and adoption of health information technology, no less than 
$5,000,000 shall be available to award grants to public or non-profit 
private entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance 
Program, and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out 

section 1820

    (g)

    (6) of the Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 

section 1820

    (g)

    (6) available for the purchase and implementation of 
telehealth services and other efforts to improve health care 
coordination for rural veterans between rural providers and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available for State Offices of Rural Health shall be available 
notwithstanding 

section 338J

    (k) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
the amounts for Rural Residency Planning and Development Program shall 
remain available through September 30, 2028.

 family planning

 For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act to 
provide for voluntary family planning projects, $286,479,000: 
Provided, That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall 
not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be 
nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 
activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any 
legislative proposal or candidate for public office.

 hrsa-wide activities and program support

 For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service Act and for 
cross-cutting activities and program support for activities funded in 
other appropriations included in this Act for the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $1,078,036,000, of which $42,050,000 shall be 
for expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of 
Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for 
the advancement of telehealth activities: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ``Primary Health Care'', ``Health 
Workforce'', ``Maternal and Child Health'', ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program'', ``Health Systems'', and ``Rural Health'': Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, $873,748,000 
shall be used for the projects financing the construction and 
renovation (including equipment) of health care and other facilities, 
and for the projects financing one-time grants that support health-
related activities, including training and information technology, and 
in the amounts specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available for projects described 
in the preceding proviso shall be subject to 

section 241 of the PHS Act 
or 

section 205 of this Act.

 vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

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

 covered countermeasures process fund

 For carrying out 

section 319F-4 of the PHS Act, $7,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 immunization and respiratory diseases

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

section 2821 of 
the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory diseases, 
$358,333,000,which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified as appropriations in the table under this heading in the 
report accompanying this Act.

 hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and 
 tuberculosis prevention

 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS Act 
with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted 
diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, $1,381,056,000, which shall be 
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act.

 emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases

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

section 2821 of the 
PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
with respect to emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, 
$711,272,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified as appropriations in table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, up to $1,000,000 from amounts made available for 
Quarantine appropriations shall remain available until expended to pay 
for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other related 
costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal or State 
quarantine law.

 chronic disease prevention and health promotion

 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health promotion, 
$1,088,497,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified as appropriations in table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading may be available for making grants under 

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

section 1503

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

 birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health

 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and 
health, $205,060,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the 
amounts specified in the table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act.

 public health scientific services

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and 
workforce development, $546,553,000, which shall be for the purposes 
and in the amounts specified as appropriations in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $42,944,000 shall be from funds 
available under 

section 241 of the PHS Act for health statistics.

 environmental health

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health, $191,850,000, which shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified as appropriations in the table 
under this heading in the report accompanying this Act.

 injury prevention and control

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to injury prevention and control, $761,379,000, which shall be 
for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act.

 national institute for occupational safety and health

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

section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency 
Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$363,800,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the table under this heading in the report accompanying 
this Act.

 energy employees occupational illness compensation program

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

section 151

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

 global health

 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to global health, $692,843,000, which shall be for the purposes 
and in the amounts specified in the table under this heading in the 
report accompanying this Act, of which:

    (1) the amounts made available 
for the Global HIV/AIDS Program shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027; and

    (2) the amounts made available for the Global 
Public Health Protection shall remain available through September 30, 
2028: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 
official motor vehicles in foreign countries.

 public health preparedness and response

 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of the PHS Act 
with respect to public health preparedness and response, and for 
expenses necessary to support activities related to countering 
potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to 
civilian populations, $933,200,000, which shall be for the purposes and 
in the amounts specified in the table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this title as ``CDC'') 
or the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry may detail staff without reimbursement to support an 
activation of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the 
Director or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority, a full report 
within 30 days after use of this authority which includes the number of 
staff and funding level broken down by the originating center and 
number of days detailed, and an update of such report every 180 days 
until staff are no longer on detail without reimbursement to the CDC 
Emergency Operations Center.

 buildings and facilities

 (including transfer of funds)

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

 cdc-wide activities and program support

 (including transfer of funds)

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

section 2821 of 
the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support for 
activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $381,570,000, which shall 
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified as appropriations in 
the table under this heading in the report accompanying this Act, of 
which the amounts made available for Public Health Infrastructure and 
Capacity appropriations shall remain available through September 30, 
2027: Provided, That paragraphs

    (1) through

    (3) of subsection

    (b) of 

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

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

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

 National Institutes of Health

 national cancer institute

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cancer, $7,374,159,000, of which up to $30,000,000 may be 
used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer 
Institute--Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center 
in Frederick, Maryland: Provided, That not less than $28,000,000 is 
provided for implementation of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, 
Treatment, Access, Research

    (STAR) Act, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That not less than $50,000,000 is 
provided for the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative.

 national heart, lung, and blood institute

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and 
blood products, $3,982,345,000.

 national institute of dental and craniofacial research

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $520,163,000.

 national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $2,320,721,000.

 national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,773,925,000: 
Provided, That, in addition to amounts available for such purpose in 
the appropriations provided to the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 
this Act, not less than $285,295,000 is provided for the Helping to End 
Addiction Long-term

    (HEAL) Initiative: Provided further, That not less 
than $18,000,000 is provided for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network: 
Provided further, That not less than $100,000,000 is provided for 
expanded access grants as authorized by 

section 2 of the Accelerating 
Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act: Provided further, That any 
amounts provided in the previous proviso and remaining after carrying 
out the expanded access grant program described in such proviso shall 
be used to support public-private research partnerships as authorized 
by 

section 3 of the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS 
Act: Provided further, That any amounts provided in the third proviso 
under this heading and remaining after carrying out the public-private 
research partnerships described in the previous proviso shall be used 
for other ALS research identified by the National Institutes of Health 
(referred to in this title as ``NIH'') ALS Strategic Priorities: 
Provided further, That, in addition to amounts available for such 
purpose in the appropriations provided to the National Institute of 
Mental Health in this Act and amounts available for such purposes under 
the heading ``NIH Innovation Account, Cures Act'' in this Act, not less 
than $69,890,000 is provided for the BRAIN Initiative.

 national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $6,592,279,000: Provided, 
That not less than $565,000,000 is provided for research on 
antimicrobial resistance: Provided further, That not less than 
$270,000,000 is provided for research to develop universal flu 
vaccines: Provided further, That not less than $110,000,000 is 
provided for research on Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses: 
 Provided further, That not less than $52,000,000 is provided for 
regional biocontainment laboratories.

 national institute of general medical sciences

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to general medical sciences, $3,244,679,000, of which 
$1,412,482,000 shall be from funds available under 

section 241 of the 
PHS Act: Provided, That not less than $430,956,000 is provided for the 
Institutional Development Awards program.

 eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human 
 development

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to child health and human development, $1,779,078,000: 
Provided, That not less than $73,400,000 is provided for the 
Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for 
Everyone

    (IMPROVE) Initiative: Provided further, That not less than 
$1,300,000 is provided for the Safe to Sleep Campaign.

 national eye institute

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute of environmental health sciences

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute on aging

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to aging, $4,557,623,000: Provided, That not less than 
$12,000,000 is provided to support a national Consortium for Palliative 
Care Research Across the Lifespan.

 national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute of nursing research

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute on drug abuse

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000: Provided, That, in addition to 
amounts available for such purpose in the appropriations provided to 
the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in this 
Act, not less than $365,295,000 is provided for the Helping to End 
Addiction Long-term

    (HEAL) Initiative.

 national institute of mental health

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, $2,193,843,000: Provided further, That, in 
addition to amounts available for such purpose in the appropriations 
provided to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 
in this Act and amounts available for such purposes under the heading 
``NIH Innovation Account, Cures Act'' in this Act, not less than 
$70,028,000 is provided for the BRAIN Initiative.

 national human genome research institute

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

 For carrying out 

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

 national center for complementary and integrative health

 For carrying out 

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

 national institute on minority health and health disparities

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to minority health and health disparities research, 
$534,395,000: Provided, That $6,000,000 is provided for the Initiative 
for Improving Native American Cancer Outcomes: Provided further, That 
$4,000,000 is provided for a Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Health 
Research Office: Provided further, That not less than $12,000,000 is 
provided for the John Lewis Research Endowment Program.

 john e. fogarty international center

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

 national library of medicine

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to health information communications, $497,548,000: Provided, 
That of the amounts available for improvement of information systems, 
$4,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2026, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in 
facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of 
the NIH.

 national center for advancing translational sciences

 For carrying out 

section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to translational sciences, $938,323,000: Provided, That 
$75,000,000 shall be available to implement 

section 480 of the PHS Act, 
relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at 
least $629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
Sciences Awards program.

 office of the director

 (including transfer of funds)

 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
Director, NIH, $2,447,914,000: Provided, That funding shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds credited to the 
NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 
the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That 
$180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influences on Child Health 
Outcomes study: Provided further, That $572,401,000 shall be available 
for the Common Fund established under 

section 402A
            (c) (1) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $90,000,000 is for 
the INCLUDE Initiative: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses 
when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided 
further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of the 
Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for 
construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in 

section 2354

    (a)

    (5)
        (B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall 
be used to carry out 

section 404I of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), 
relating to biomedical and behavioral research facilities: Provided 
further, That $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for the ``Office of Inspector General'' for oversight of 
grant programs and operations of the NIH, including agency efforts to 
ensure the integrity of its grant application evaluation and selection 
processes, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 
for oversight of the NIH: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading are also available to establish, operate, 
and support the Research Policy Board authorized by 

section 2034

    (f) of 
the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That not less than 
$106,480,000 is provided for the Office of Research on Women's Health 
and such funds shall also be available for making grants to serve and 
promote the interests of women in research, and the Director of such 
Office may, in making such grants, use the authorities available to NIH 
Institutes and Centers: Provided further, That not less than 
$10,000,000 of the amount provided in the previous proviso shall be 
made available to support the Building Interdisciplinary Research 
Careers in Women's Health program: Provided further, That not less 
than $12,500,000 is provided for firearm injury and mortality 
prevention research.
 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund 
established under 

section 402A
            (c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 is 
appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric Research 
Initiative Fund described in 

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

section 402

    (b)

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

 buildings and facilities

 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation of, 
and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 
including the acquisition of real property, $350,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

 nih innovation account, cures act

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described in 

section 1001

    (b)

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

section 1001

    (b)

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

section 1001

    (b)

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

 advanced research projects agency for health

 For carrying out 

section 301 and part J of title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to advanced research projects for health, $1,500,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2028.

 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

 mental health

 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect 
to mental health, the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with 
Mental Illness Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 
$2,767,407,000: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $98,887,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic Stress 
Initiative: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $986,532,000 shall be for the Mental Health Block Grant: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$130,000,000 shall be for Children's Mental Health Services: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$66,635,000 shall be for Projects for Assistance in Transition from 
Homelessness: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for Protection and Advocacy for 
Individuals with Mental Illness: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 

section 520A

    (f)

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

section 520A shall be available for 
carrying out 

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

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

section 1920

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

section 1920

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

section 520E

    (b)

    (2) of the PHS Act 
shall not apply to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2026: 
 Provided further, That $385,500,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2028 for grants to communities and community organizations who meet 
criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to 

section 223

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

section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to 

section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That the budget activities 
specified in the table under this heading in the report accompanying 
this Act shall be funded in the amounts specified as appropriations in 
such table: Provided further, That amounts made available for 988 
Lifeline appropriations shall be for the purposes described in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for Assisted Outpatient Treatment appropriations shall be to 
carry out 

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

 substance abuse treatment

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

section 1003 of the 21st 
Century Cures Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 
$4,103,098,000: Provided, That $1,595,000,000 shall be for carrying 
out 

section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That 
of such amount in the preceding proviso not less than 4 percent shall 
be made available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That $1,948,879,000 shall be for the Substance Use Prevention, 
Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant: Provided further, That 
in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be 
available under 

section 241 of the PHS Act:

    (1) $79,200,000 to carry 
out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 

section 1935

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

section 1935

    (b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the 
amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and

    (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: Provided 
further, That $559,219,000 shall be for programs of regional and 
national significance, which shall be for the purposes and in the 
amounts specified in the table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act, other than amounts specified in such table as 
PHS Evaluation Funds: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided for 

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

section 241 of such Act.

 substance abuse prevention

 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to 
substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000, which shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the table under this heading 
in the report accompanying this Act.

 health surveillance and program support

 For program support and cross-cutting activities that supplement 
activities funded under the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance 
Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse Prevention'' in carrying out 
titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy 
for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $175,866,000, which shall be for 
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act, other than amounts 
specified in such table as PHS Evaluation Funds: Provided, That the 
amounts made available for Congressionally Directed Spending shall be 
used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for this account 
in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available for projects described in the preceding proviso 
shall be subject to 

section 241 of the PHS Act or 

section 205 of this 
Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$31,428,000 shall be available under 

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

section 501

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

 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

 healthcare research and quality

 For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A of title 
XI of the Social Security Act, and 

section 1013 of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, 
$345,380,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the table under this heading in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided, That 

section 947
            (c) of the PHS Act shall not apply 
in fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That in addition, amounts 
received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2027.

 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

 grants to states for medicaid

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

 payments to the health care trust funds

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

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

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

section 201

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

section 1844 and 
benefit payments under 

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

 program management

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the 
PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, and 
other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 
not to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 

section 201

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

section 353 of the PHS Act and 

section 1857

    (e)

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

section 1893

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

section 1857

    (e)

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

section 1876 of that 
Act pursuant to 

section 1876

    (k)

    (4)
            (D) of that Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, $397,334,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall be available 
for the Survey and Certification Program: Provided further, That 
amounts available under this heading to support quality improvement 
organizations (as defined in 

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

 health care fraud and abuse control account

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

section 201

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

section 1817

    (k)

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

section 1817

    (k)

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

section 1817

    (k)

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

section 1817

    (k)

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

 Administration for Children and Families

 payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
 programs

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

 low income home energy assistance

 For making payments under subsections

    (b) and
            (d) of 

section 2602 
of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et 
seq.), $4,045,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 2609A

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

section 2609A

    (a)

    (1) , use 
such funds through contracts with private entities that do not qualify 
as nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That all but 
$907,348,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for 
fiscal year 2026 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That, 
after applying all applicable provisions of 

section 2604 of such Act 
and the previous proviso, each State or territory that would otherwise 
receive an allocation that is less than 97 percent of the amount that 
it received under this heading for fiscal year 2025 from amounts 
appropriated pursuant to 

section 1101

    (a)

    (8) of division A of Public Law 
119-4 shall have its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, 
with the portions of other States' and territories' allocations that 
would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively received in 
such fashion for fiscal year 2025 being ratably reduced: Provided 
further, That by November 1 of the current year, the Secretary shall 
award to each State no less than 90 percent of its total allotment, as 
calculated pursuant to the preceding two provisos.

 refugee and entrant assistance

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by 

section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act and 

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

section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (``TVPA''), and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, 
$5,691,033,000, of which $5,641,278,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2028 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 
235: Provided, That amounts available under this heading to carry out 
the TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation with 
respect to activities under such Act: Provided further, That the 
limitation in 

section 205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing 
any appropriation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under this 
heading by substituting ``15 percent'' for ``3 percent'': Provided 
further, That the contribution of funds requirement under 

section 235
            (c) (6)
            (C) 
            (iii) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That for any month in 
fiscal year 2026 that the number of unaccompanied children referred to 
the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to 

section 462 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and 

section 235 of the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 
exceeds 16,000, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, an additional $15,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, shall be made available for obligation for every 
500 unaccompanied children above that level (including a pro rata 
amount for any increment less than 500), for carrying out such sections 
462 and 235.

 payments to states for the child care and development block grant

 For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (``CCDBG Act''), $8,831,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-
income families: Provided, That technical assistance under 

section 658I

    (a)

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

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

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

    (4) and

    (5) of 

section 658O

    (a) of the CCDBG 
Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts required to be 
reserved by the Secretary under 

section 658O

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of such Act, 
$238,446,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organizations: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
award to each State its allotted amount within 30 days of enactment of 
this Act and no less than quarterly thereafter.

 social services block grant

 For making grants to States pursuant to 

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

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

 children and families services programs

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act, 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), 
part B-1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 477
            (i) , 1110, 1114A, and 
1115 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (``CSBG Act''); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX-A of the Social Security 
Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981, $14,900,140,000, which shall be for the purposes and in 
the amounts specified in the table under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act, of which the amounts for Adoption Incentives 
shall remain available through September 30, 2027, and shall be for 
grants to States for adoption and legal guardianship incentive 
payments, as defined by 

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

section 640 of such Act:

    (1) $77,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living 
 adjustment, and with respect to any continuing appropriations 
 act, funding available for a cost of living adjustment shall 
 not be construed as an authority or condition under this Act;

    (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the 
 Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs

    (7)
        (B) and

    (9) of 

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

    (b)

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

section 640

    (a)

    (7)
        (A) of such Act;

    (3) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Colleges 
 and Universities Head Start Partnership Program consistent with 
 

section 648

    (g) of such Act;

    (4) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until 
 September 30, 2027 for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia for 
 the start-up and operation of Head Start services and for the 
 provision of training and technical assistance: Provided, That 
 an agency awarded these funds shall not be subject to the 
 requirements of the system for designation renewal as defined 
 by 

section 641 of the Head Start Act, for this award only, 
 prior to 24 months after the date of such award; and

    (5) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement funding 
 otherwise available for research, evaluation, and Federal 
 administrative costs:
 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the reservation of 
funds under 

section 640

    (a)

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

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) , 640

    (a)

    (2)
            (D) , and 
640

    (a)

    (2)
        (E) of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
award funding for continuation awards and new award cycles that 
continue previous activities under existing awards no later than the 
day following the expiration of the period of performance: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available for Preschool Development 
Grants shall be available until December 31, 2026 for carrying out 
sections 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided 
further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso 
shall be available for technical assistance and evaluation related to 
grants awarded under such 

section 9212: Provided further, That for 
services furnished under the CSBG Act with funds made available for 
such purpose in this fiscal year and in fiscal year 2025, States may 
apply the last sentence of 

section 673

    (2) of the CSBG Act by 
substituting ``200 percent'' for ``125 percent'': Provided further, 
That the amounts made available for Community Economic Development and 
Rural Community Facilities shall be for 

section 680 of the CSBG Act, of 
which the amounts made available for Community Economic Development 
shall be for 

section 680

    (a)

    (2) and the amounts made available for Rural 
Community Facilities shall be for 

section 680

    (a)

    (3)
        (B) of such Act: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

section 675C

    (a)

    (3) of the CSBG 
Act, to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed 
as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under such 
Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with 
such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 
such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of 
intangible assets and program income that permit such assets acquired 
with, and program income derived from, grant funds authorized under 

section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property of such 
grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the 
grant period for any activity consistent with 

section 680

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of 
the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible assets in the form of 
loans, equity investments and other debt instruments, and program 
income may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with 

section 680

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these 
procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after 
November 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds appropriated for 

section 680

    (a)

    (2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 
construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development corporations: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available for Family Violence 
Prevention and Services shall be for carrying out 

section 303

    (a) of the 
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which $7,000,000 shall 
be allocated notwithstanding 

section 303

    (a)

    (2) of such Act for carrying 
out 

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

section 112

    (a)

    (2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: 
 Provided further, That the amounts made available for Disaster Human 
Services Case Management shall be for a human services case management 
system for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 
national case management contract and Federal costs of administering 
the system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the amounts 
made available for Program Direction shall be for improving the Public 
Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to States to 
support data collection for a study of the system's effectiveness: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available for Congressionally 
Directed Spending shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, 
specified for this account in the table titled ``Congressionally 
Directed Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for projects 
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to 

section 241 of 
the PHS Act or 

section 205 of this Act.

 promoting safe and stable families

 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, 

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

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

section 437, $62,515 ,000 
shall be allocated consistent with subsections

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

section 437, $2,750,000, in addition to funds otherwise appropriated in 

section 476 for such purposes, shall be for the Family First 
Clearinghouse and to support evaluation and technical assistance 
relating to the evaluation of child and family services: Provided 
further, That 

section 437

    (b)

    (1) shall be applied to amounts in the 
previous proviso by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``3.3 percent'', and 
notwithstanding 

section 436

    (b)

    (1) , such reserved amounts may be used 
for identifying, establishing, and disseminating practices to meet the 
criteria specified in 

section 471

    (e)

    (4)
            (C) : Provided further, That the 
reservation in 

section 437

    (b)

    (2) and the limitations in 

section 437
            (d) shall not apply to funds specified in the second proviso.

 payments for foster care and permanency

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

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

 Administration for Community Living

 aging and disability services programs

 (including transfer of funds)

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

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

section 14 with respect 
to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-
wide coordination of policy and program activities that assist 
individuals with disabilities, $2,445,737,000, which shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee 
Recommendation'' column for Administration for Community Living in the 
``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the 
report accompanying this Act, other than amounts specified for 
Prevention and Public Health Fund or for State Health Insurance 
Assistance Program

    (SHIP) , of which the amounts made available for 
Congressionally Directed Spending shall be used for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report 
accompanying this Act, together with $55,242,000 to be transferred from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out 

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

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

section 2042 of 
title XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants to 
Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used by an eligible 
system (as defined in 

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

section 102

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

    (8)
        (A) ) that 
is attributable to a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 
physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy the closure of 
State operated intermediate care facilities for people with 
intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable public 
notice of the action has been provided to such individuals (or, in the 
case of mental incapacitation, the legal guardians who have been 
specifically awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 
residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are affected 
by such action, within 90 days of instituting such legal action, which 
informs such individuals (or such legal guardians) of their legal 
rights and how to exercise such rights consistent with current Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure: Provided further, That the limitations in 
the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 
individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a legal 
guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of individuals who 
are a ward of the State or subject to public guardianship: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available for projects described 
in the preceding proviso shall be subject to 

section 241 of the PHS Act 
or 

section 205 of this Act.

 Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

 research, development, and procurement

 For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of title XXVIII of 
the PHS Act, with respect to the research, development, storage, 
production, and procurement of medical countermeasures to counter 
potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats to 
civilian populations, $3,127,991,000: Provided, That of such amount:

    (1) $1,015,000,000, to remain available through September 
 30, 2027, shall be for expenses necessary to support advanced 
 research and development pursuant to 

section 319L of the PHS 
 Act and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical 
 Advanced Research and Development Authority, of which not less 
 than $10,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary to support the 
 Disease X Medical Countermeasure Program;

    (2) $825,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
 be for expenses necessary for procuring security 
 countermeasures (as defined in 

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

    (3) $980,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
 be for expenses necessary to carry out 

section 319F-2

    (a) of the 
 PHS Act; and

    (4) $307,991,000 shall be for expenses necessary to prepare 
 for or respond to an influenza pandemic, of which $280,000,000 
 shall remain available until expended for activities including 
 the development and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, necessary 
 medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance tools: 
 Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 496

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

section 319F-2 of the PHS Act.

 operations, preparedness, and emergency response

 For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and B of title 
XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emergency response activities 
related to countering potential chemical, biological, radiological, and 
nuclear threats and other public health emergencies, $488,606,000: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2028, to 
support emergency operations: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $78,904,000 is provided for the 
National Disaster Medical System: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $309,055,000 is provided for 
Health Care Readiness and Recovery: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $6,240,000 is provided for 
Medical Reserve Corps: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for advanced research and development, 
manufacturing, production, procurement, distribution, and the 
acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally 
owned facilities for the production and purchase of medical 
countermeasures, which may include the development, translation, and 
demonstration at scale of innovations in manufacturing platform.

 Office of the Secretary

 general departmental management

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

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

section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 
$497,144,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts available 
under 

section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human 
services research and evaluation activities: Provided, That of this 
amount, $56,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive contracts 
and grants to public and private entities to fund medically accurate 
and age appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the 
Federal costs associated with administering and evaluating such 
contracts and grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the 
available funds shall be for training and technical assistance, 
evaluation, outreach, and additional program support activities, and of 
the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for replicating programs that 
have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce 
teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage 
pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be 
available for research and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, 
refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for 
preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading from amounts available under 

section 241 of 
the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations 
(including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention 
approaches: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which 
exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance (defined as 
voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual activity): Provided 
further, That funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk 
avoidance shall use medically accurate information referenced to peer-
reviewed publications by educational, scientific, governmental, or 
health organizations; implement an evidence-based approach integrating 
research findings with practical implementation that aligns with the 
needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 
benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing for 
poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 
sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such 
as underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing teen 
sexual activity: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent of the 
funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be 
available for technical assistance and administrative costs of such 
programs: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo 
adoption activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting 
embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and 
administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided 
further, That such services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 
59.5

    (a)

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

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

 medicare hearings and appeals

 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and appeals in the 
Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, to be transferred in appropriate part from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

 office of the national coordinator for health information technology

 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of 
interoperable health information technology, $69,238,000 shall be from 
amounts made available under 

section 241 of the PHS Act.

 office of inspector general

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

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

 office for civil rights

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

 retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

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

 General Provisions

 

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

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

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

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

Sec. 204. Notwithstanding 

section 241

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

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

Sec. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

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

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

Sec. 215.

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

section 402

    (b)

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

section 402

    (b)

    (12) .

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

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

    (a)

    (3) , 405

    (b)

    (1)
        (B) , 
405

    (b)

    (2) , 406

    (a)

    (3)
        (A) , 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.
            (c) Notification.--The Director shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 15 days after the Director exercises the authority under 
subsection

    (a) for any transaction that is expected to cost the NIH in 
excess of $100,000,000.
 

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

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

Sec. 218.

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

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

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

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

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

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

section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; 
 and

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

Sec. 219.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

section 1105

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

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

section 1342

    (b)

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 222.

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

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

    (b) Notwithstanding 

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

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

section 2821

    (b) of such Act.
 

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

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

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

section 1861

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

    (jj) ).
 

Sec. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions 
relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, including with respect to the approval of deviations from 
negotiated rates, shall continue to apply to the National Institutes of 
Health to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions 
were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the 
funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Health and Human Services or to any department or 
agency may be used to develop or implement a modified approach to such 
provisions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal 
effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond 
the proportional effect of such approvals in such quarter.

 (transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for opioid 
addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and addiction, pain 
management, and addiction treatment to other Institutes and Centers of 
the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in the previous 
proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.
 

Sec. 226.

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

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

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

section 330 of the 
 Public Health Service Act.

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

Sec. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise available for 
``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program Management'', the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 
to such account from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program 
management activity related to the Medicare Program: Provided, That 
except for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used to support 
any provision of Public Law 111-148 or Public Law 111-152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other 
amounts within such account.
 

Sec. 228. The Department of Health and Human Services shall 
provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a biannual report 30 days after enactment of 
this Act on staffing described in the report accompanying this Act.
 

Sec. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available for 
salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health and 
Human Services shall also be available to pay travel and related 
expenses of such an employee or of a member of his or her family, when 
such employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a U.S. 
territory, during a period and in a location that are the subject of a 
determination of a public health emergency under 

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

Sec. 230. The Department of Health and Human Services may accept 
donations from the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and 
other groups independent of the Federal Government for the care of 
unaccompanied alien children (as defined in 

section 462

    (g)

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

    (g)

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

Sec. 231. None of the funds made available in this Act under the 
heading ``Department of Health and Human Services--Administration for 
Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance'' may be 
obligated to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied alien 
children (as such term is defined in 

section 462

    (g)

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

    (g)

    (2) )) in any facility that is not 
State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied alien children, except in 
the case that the Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied alien 
children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary basis due to an 
influx of such children or an emergency, provided that--

    (1) the terms of the grant or contract for the operations 
 of any such facility that remains in operation for more than 
 six consecutive months shall require compliance with--
        (A) the same requirements as licensed placements, 
 as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settlement 
 Agreement that the Secretary determines are applicable 
 to non-State licensed facilities; and
        (B) staffing ratios of one

    (1) on-duty Youth Care 
 Worker for every eight

    (8) children or youth during 
 waking hours, one

    (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker for 
 every sixteen

    (16) children or youth during sleeping 
 hours, and clinician ratios to children (including 
 mental health providers) as required in grantee 
 cooperative agreements;

    (2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a 
 contractor's or grantee's non-compliance with paragraph

    (1) if 
 the Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress on 
 the contractor's or grantee's good-faith efforts and progress 
 towards compliance;

    (3) not more than four consecutive waivers under paragraph

    (2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee with respect to a 
 specific facility;

    (4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring 
 requirements set forth in 

section 5.5 of its Policies and 
 Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019;

    (5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation for more 
 than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a minimum of 
 one comprehensive monitoring visit during the first three 
 months of operation, with quarterly monitoring visits 
 thereafter; and

    (6) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
 this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of 
 the House of Representatives and the Senate outlining the 
 requirements of ORR for influx facilities including any 
 requirement listed in paragraph

    (1)
        (A) that the Secretary has 
 determined are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities.
 

Sec. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional notification 
for formal site assessments of potential influx facilities, the 
Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days before operationalizing 
an unlicensed facility, and shall

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

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

Sec. 233. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the House of 
Representatives from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, 
any facility in the United States used for the purpose of maintaining 
custody of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 
defined in 

section 462

    (g)

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

    (g)

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

Sec. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, and make publicly available online, a report with respect to 
children who were separated from their parents or legal guardians by 
the Department of Homeland Security

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

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

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

Sec. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available for 
salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention shall also be available for the primary and secondary 
schooling of eligible dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. 
territory as defined in 

section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess 
of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense.

    (rescission) Sec. 236. Of the unobligated balances in the ``Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund'' established in 

section 223 of division G of Public Law 
110-161, $1,613,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 
30, 2026, except that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were previously designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
 

Sec. 237. The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall 
hereafter require institutions that receive funds through a grant or 
cooperative agreement or other form of extramural award during fiscal 
year 2026 and in future years to complete any investigation undertaken 
due to concerns about harassment, bullying retaliation, or hostile 
working conditions regarding any individual identified as a principal 
investigator or key personnel in an NIH notice of award or progress 
report even if during the course of the investigation the individual 
under investigation leaves their current position and is no longer 
employed by the institution. The Director may hereafter decline 
transfer of an ongoing extramural award to a different institution if 
concerns about harassment, bullying, hostile work environment, or other 
professional misconduct on the part of a principle investigator or key 
personnel named in the Notice of Award or progress report have not been 
resolved to the NIH's satisfaction. The Director of the NIH shall 
hereafter have the authority to share investigation reports, 
conclusions, and results of any investigation of individuals identified 
as a principal investigator or as key personnel in an NIH notice of 
award or progress report due to concerns about harassment, bullying, 
retaliation, or hostile working conditions on an as needed basis with 
any institution that receives funds through a grant or cooperative 
agreement or other form of extramural award during fiscal year 2026 or 
any subsequent fiscal year. The Director may issue regulations 
consistent with this section.
 

Sec. 238. The Department of Health and Human Services shall 
support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its statutory 
responsibilities including carrying out programs, projects, and 
activities funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall submit a detailed plan and 
justification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly available to allow 
for an independent review not less than 60 days prior to initiating the 
execution of any reorganization moving functions, pursuant to any 
authorities otherwise provided, carried out by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention to another component of the Department of Health 
and Human Services, relative to how such functions are funded in this 
Act.
 

Sec. 239. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to increase the proportion of multi-year grants awarded by the National 
Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2026 that are fully funded in the 
first year of the award, relative to the comparable proportion in 
fiscal year 2024, unless the National Institutes of Health awards at 
least the same number of total grants in fiscal year 2026 as in fiscal 
year 2024.
 

Sec. 240.

    (a) Prior to terminating a critical access hospital 
provider agreement with any hospital that was designated and certified 
as a critical access hospital and met the secondary roads criteria 
under 

section 485.610
            (c) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, 
prior to publication of the final rule, titled ``Medicare Program: 
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center 
Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; 
Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of 
Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New 
Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization 
Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19'' by the 
Department of Health and Human Services on November 23, 2022 (87 Fed. 
Reg. 71748), the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services shall--

    (1) provide written notification to the Committee on 
 Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives detailing the 
 justification for the termination, specifically with respect to 
 whether or not the proposed termination is due to the nearest 
 hospital being designated as a rural emergency hospital after 
 January 1, 2023;

    (2) provide a detailed analysis of the rural healthcare 
 impacts of the proposed termination; and

    (3) consult with States that require rural emergency 
 hospitals to be licensed and regulated with minimum hospital 
 standards of operation and provide a pathway for the Centers 
 for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider these facilities 
 as hospitals to ensure continuity in hospital standards.

    (b) In this section:

    (1) The term ``critical access hospital'' has the meaning 
 given that term in 

section 1861
            (mm) (1) of the Social Security 
 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x
            (mm) (1) ).

    (2) The term ``rural emergency hospital'' has the meaning 
 given that term in 

section 1861

    (kkk)

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

    (kkk)

    (2) ).
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE III

 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 Education for the Disadvantaged

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

section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ``HEA''), $19,157,790,000, of which 
$8,229,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027, and of which $10,841,177,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026-2027: Provided, 
That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under 

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

section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That $5,317,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under 

section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $5,317,550,000 shall be for 
education finance incentive grants under 

section 1125A of the ESEA: 
Provided further, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 
of part B of title II, of which $30,000,000 shall be for 

section 2226: 
Provided further, That $375,626,000 shall be for carrying out part C of 
title I of the ESEA: Provided further, That $49,239,000 shall be for 
carrying out part D of title I of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$52,123,000 shall be for carrying out 

section 418A of the HEA: 
Provided further, That subsection

    (b) of 

section 1004 of the ESEA shall 
be applied by substituting the sum of the amounts appropriated for 
parts A, C, and D of title I of the ESEA by division H of Public Law 
113-325 for each of the amounts specified in that subsection: Provided 
further, That subsection

    (a)

    (2) of 

section 1004 of the ESEA shall be 
applied by substituting ``$500,000'' for ``$400,000'' and by 
substituting ``$60,000'' for ``$50,000''.

 Impact Aid

 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,625,151,000, 
of which $1,474,000,000 shall be for basic support payments under 

section 7003

    (b) , $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with 
disabilities under 

section 7003
            (d) , $19,000,000 to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, shall be for construction under 

section 7007

    (b) , $79,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under 

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

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

section 7003

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

section 7003

    (a)

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

section 7003

    (a)

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

 School Improvement Programs

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

section 203 of the 
Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, $5,781,178,000, of which $3,952,312,000 shall become available 
on July 1, 2026, and remain available through September 30, 2027, and 
of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2026, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2027, for academic year 
2026-2027: Provided, That $2,190,080,000 shall be for part A of title 
II of the ESEA: Provided further, That $380,000,000 shall be for part 
B of title I: Provided further, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for part 
B of title IV: Provided further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B 
of title VI, which may be used for construction, renovation, and 
modernization of any public elementary school, secondary school, or 
structure related to a public elementary school or secondary school 
that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 
5 percent limitation in 

section 6205

    (b) of the ESEA on the use of funds 
for administrative purposes shall apply only to direct administrative 
costs: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use $650,000 of 
funds made available in the preceding proviso to carry out 

section 6204 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of 
title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and may be 
used for construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in 

section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall 
apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That 
$50,000,000 shall be for carrying out 

section 203 of the Educational 
Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such 
arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of 
Indian Education has access to services provided under this section: 
Provided further, That $225,000,000 shall be for part B of title V: 
Provided further, That in carrying out such part B the percentage in 

section 316

    (b)

    (1)
        (F) of title III of division H of Public Law 116-260 
shall be deemed 83.33 percent: Provided further, That $1,380,000,000 
shall be for subpart 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That 
$129,000,000 shall be for subpart B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, which shall be available for expenditure by 
educational agencies and institutions for an additional fiscal year 
following the succeeding fiscal year provided by subsection 421

    (b)

    (1) of the General Education Provisions Act.

 Indian Education

 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $194,746,000, of which 
$110,381,000 shall be for subpart 1 of part A of title VI, $72,000,000 
shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be 
for subpart 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 
limitation in sections 6115
            (d) , 6121

    (e) , and 6133

    (g) of the ESEA on the 
use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to direct 
administrative costs: Provided further, That grants awarded under 
sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this 
heading may be for a period of up to 5 years: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may make awards under subpart 3 of part A of title VI 
without regard to the funding limitation in 

section 6133

    (b)

    (1) of the 
ESEA.

 Innovation and Improvement

 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3, and 4 of 
part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 and 4 of part 
F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,183,647,000, which shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee 
Recommendation'' column for Innovation and Improvement in the ``Amounts 
Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report 
accompanying this Act, of which the amounts made available for 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' are for the projects, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying this 
Act and none of the funds made available for such projects shall be 
subject to 

section 302 of this Act: Provided, That $173,000,000 shall 
be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 
available without regard to sections 2201, 2231

    (b) and 2241: Provided 
further, That $675,500,000 shall be for parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 
of part F of title IV, and shall be made available without regard to 
sections 4311, 4409

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

section 4303
            (d) (3)
        (A)
            (i) shall not apply to the funds available for 
part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for 
part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less than $60,000,000 
to carry out 

section 4304, not more than $140,000,000, to remain 
available through March 31, 2027, to carry out 

section 4305

    (b) , from 
which the amount necessary for continuation grants may be available for 
obligation through March 31, 2027, and not more than $16,000,000 to 
carry out the activities in 

section 4305

    (a)

    (3) : Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 

section 4601

    (b) , $235,000,000 shall be available 
through December 31, 2026 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV: 
Provided further, That of the funds available for subpart 4 of part F 
of title IV, not less than $8,000,000 shall be used for grants for 
eligible national nonprofit organizations, as described in the 
Applications for New Awards; Assistance for Arts Education Program 
published in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022, for activities 
described under 

section 4642

    (a)

    (1)
            (C) : Provided further, That the 
competitive preference priority described in such notice shall be given 
only to an eligible national nonprofit organization that previously 
received the competitive preference priority pursuant to such notice.

 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 of part 
F of title IV of the ESEA, $416,000,000, to remain available through 
December 31, 2026: Provided, That $190,000,000 shall be available for 

section 4631, of which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to 
Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided further, That $135,000,000 
shall be for 

section 4625: Provided further, That $91,000,000 shall be 
for 

section 4624.

 English Language Acquisition

 For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $890,000,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027, except that 6.5 percent of such 
amount shall be available on October 1, 2025, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027, to carry out activities under 

section 3111
            (c) (1)
            (C) .

 Special Education

 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, 
$15,517,264,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Special 
Education in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 
2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, of which 
$5,940,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026-2027: Provided, That the 
amount for 

section 611

    (b)

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

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

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

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

section 611

    (g)

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

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

section 612

    (a)

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

section 611

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

section 611
            (d) of the IDEA is reduced under 

section 612

    (a)

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

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

section 612

    (a)

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

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

section 612

    (a)

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

section 612

    (a)

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

section 611 is reduced in 
accordance with 

section 612

    (a)

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

section 611

    (e)

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

section 612

    (a)

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

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

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

section 612

    (a)

    (18)
        (A) as authorized by 

section 612

    (a)

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

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

    (e)

    (2) and 619

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

section 643

    (e)

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

section 643

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

section 643

    (e)

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

section 643

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

section 643

    (e)

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

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

section 638 of IDEA: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding 

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

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

section 635
            (c) of the IDEA.

 Rehabilitation Services

 (including transfer of funds)

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center Act, 
$4,647,295,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Rehabilitation 
Services in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 
2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, of which the amounts 
made available for Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants shall be for 
grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the 
Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts 
provided in this Act that remain available subsequent to the 
reallotment of funds to States pursuant to 

section 110

    (b) of the 
Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at increasing 
competitive integrated employment as defined in 

section 7 of such Act 
for youth and other individuals with disabilities, including related 
Federal administrative expenses, for improving monitoring and oversight 
of grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the 
Rehabilitation Act, and information technology needs under 

section 15 
and titles I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided 
further, That up to 15 percent of the amounts available subsequent to 
reallotment for the activities described in the first proviso from 
funds provided under this paragraph in this Act, may be used for 
evaluation and technical assistance related to such activities: 
Provided further, That any funds made available subsequent to 
reallotment for the activities described in the first proviso may be 
provided to States and other public, private and nonprofit entities, 
including Indian tribes and institutions of higher education for 
carrying out such activities: Provided further, That States and other 
public and nonprofit entities, including Indian tribes and institutions 
of higher education may award subgrants for a portion of the funds to 
other eligible entities: Provided further, That any funds provided in 
this Act and made available subsequent to reallotment for the purposes 
described in the first proviso shall remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided further, That any funds provided in the Full-Year 
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) 
and made available subsequent to reallotment shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
transfer funds provided in this Act and made available subsequent to 
the reallotment of funds to States pursuant to 

section 110

    (b) of the 
Rehabilitation Act to ``Institute of Education Sciences'' for the 
evaluation of outcomes for students receiving services and supports 
under IDEA and under title I, 

section 504 of title V, and title VI of 
the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority 
in this Act.

 Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

 american printing house for the blind

 For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the Blind of 
March 3, 1879, $43,431,000.

 national technical institute for the deaf

 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I 
and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $92,500,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may at 
its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under 

section 207 of such Act.

 gallaudet university

 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986, $167,361,000, of which up to $15,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for construction, as defined by 

section 201

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

section 207 of such Act.

 Career, Technical, and Adult Education

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (``Perkins Act'') 
and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (``AEFLA''), 
$2,181,436,000, of which $1,390,436,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2026, and shall remain available through September 30, 2027, and of 
which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
$1,452,269,000 shall be for carrying out the Perkins Act, of which 
$12,421,000 shall be for national programs, including up to $6,100,000 
shall be available for innovation and modernization grants under such 

section 114

    (e) : Provided further, That $729,167,000 shall be for 
AEFLA, of which $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 
under 

section 242.

 Student Financial Assistance

 For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, and part C of title IV 
of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That $22,475,352,000 shall be for 
subpart 1 of part A, $910,000,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A, and 
$1,230,000,000 shall be for part C.
 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during 
award year 2026-2027 shall be $6,335.

 Student Aid Administration

 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, 
and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of 
title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the Public 
Health Service Act, $2,058,943,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 
student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan servicers on 
the basis of their past performance compared to all loan servicers 
utilizing established common metrics, and on the basis of the capacity 
of each servicer to process new and existing accounts: Provided 
further, That in order to promote accountability and high-quality 
service to borrowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any 
contract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 
environment, unless such an environment provides for the participation 
of multiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the 
Department of Education to manage a unique portfolio of borrower 
accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off 
with certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan borrower 
accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on performance: 
Provided further, That the Department shall re-allocate accounts from 
servicers for recurring non-compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual 
requirements, and applicable laws, including for failure to 
sufficiently inform borrowers of available repayment options: Provided 
further, That such servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability 
to meet contract requirements (including an understanding of Federal 
and State law), future performance on the contracts, and history of 
compliance with applicable consumer protections laws: Provided 
further, That to the extent FSA permits student loan servicing 
subcontracting, FSA shall hold prime contractors accountable for 
meeting the requirements of the contract, and the performance and 
expectations of subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime 
contract and in the overall performance of the prime contractor: 
Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that the Federal loan servicing 
environment incentivizes more support to borrowers at risk of 
delinquency or default: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that 
in such environment contractors have the capacity to meet and are held 
accountable for performance on service levels; are held accountable for 
and have a history of compliance with applicable consumer protection 
laws; and have relevant experience and demonstrated effectiveness: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide monthly briefings to 
the Committees on Appropriations and Education and Workforce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on general 
progress related to Federal student loan servicing and repayment: 
Provided further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency through 
expanded publication of aggregate data on student loan and servicer 
performance: Provided further, That the limitation in 

section 302 of 
this Act regarding transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply 
to transfers to appropriations under this heading by substituting ``10 
percent'' for ``3 percent'' for the purposes of the continuation of 
basic operations, including student loan servicing, business process 
operations, digital customer care, common origination and disbursement, 
cybersecurity activities, and information technology systems: Provided 
further, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, FSA 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated 
uses of funds made available in this account for fiscal year 2026 and 
provide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts awarded, 
change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganization costs, and any 
other activity carried out using amounts provided under this heading 
for fiscal year 2026) no later than 10 days prior to the start of such 
quarter: Provided further, That FSA shall notify the Committees no 
later than 10 days prior to any modification of such spend plan that 
exceeds five percent of the amount appropriated under the heading 
``Student Aid Administration'': Provided further, That the Federal 
student loan servicing environment shall include accountability 
measures that account for the performance of the portfolio and 
contractor compliance with FSA guidelines.

 Higher Education

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

section 117 of the Perkins Act, 
$3,267,926,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column for Higher 
Education in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 
2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act, of which the amounts 
made available for Congressionally Directed Spending are for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table 
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying 
this Act and none of the funds made available for such projects shall 
be subject to 

section 302 of this Act and of which the amounts made 
available for ``Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education'' 
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table 
under that heading in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in 
this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and 

section 102

    (b)

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

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

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

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

section 419N

    (b)

    (2) of the HEA: Provided further, That activities authorized 
under sections 317
            (c) (2)
        (B) , 319
            (c) (2)
        (B) , and 320
            (c) (2)
        (B) of the HEA 
may include construction and maintenance in classrooms, libraries, 
laboratories, and other instructional facilities.

 Howard University

 For partial support of Howard University, $254,018,000, of which 
not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant 
pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain 
available until expended.

 College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

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

section 121 of the HEA, 
$298,000.

 Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
 Account

 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $500,000,000: 
Provided further, That these funds may be used to support loans to 
public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities without 
regard to the limitations within 

section 344

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

 Institute of Education Sciences

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

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

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

section 664 of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $793,106,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2027, which shall be for the purposes 
and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee Recommendation'' column 
for Institute of Education Science in the ``Amounts Recommended in the 
Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' table in the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided, That funds available to carry out 

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

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

 Departmental Management

 program administration

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three 
passenger motor vehicles, $379,907,000: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds provided 
by this Act or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the 
Department of Education available for obligation or expenditure in the 
current fiscal year may be used for any activity relating to 
implementing a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing 
level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or 
functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of Education, 
relative to the principal office functional statement, organization and 
operation of the Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2024: 
Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to an 
internal reorganization of the Budget Service that does not 
decentralize, reduce the staffing level, or alter the overall 
responsibilities, authority, or functionality of the Budget Service of 
the Department of Education, relative to the principal office 
functional statement, staffing level, and operation of the Budget 
Service as in effect on January 1, 2024: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided by this Act may be used to support a number of 
non-career employees that is more than the number of non-career 
employees as of December 31, 2022.

 office for civil rights

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

section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $140,000,000.

 office of inspector general

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

section 212 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $67,500,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027.

 General Provisions

 

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

 (transfer of funds)

 

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

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

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

Sec. 304.

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

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

    (b) Subsection

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

Sec. 305. 

Section 114

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

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

Sec. 306. 

Section 458

    (a)

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

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

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

Sec. 308. Of the amounts made available in this title under the 
heading ``Student Aid Administration'', $2,300,000 shall be used by the 
Secretary of Education to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made 
under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may 
intend to qualify for loan cancellation under 

section 455
            (m) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e
            (m) ), to ensure that borrowers are meeting the 
terms and conditions of such loan cancellation: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall specifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who 
would qualify for loan cancellation under 

section 455
            (m) of such Act 
except that the borrower has made some, or all, of the 120 required 
payments under a repayment plan that is not described under 

section 455
            (m) (A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying 
repayment plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall also 
communicate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of 

section 455
            (m) of such Act and improve the filing of employment 
certification by providing improved outreach and information such as 
outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring prominent access to 
program requirements and benefits on each servicer's website, and 
creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire payment 
certification process electronically and on a centralized website.
 

Sec. 309. The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5 percent from 
any amount made available in this Act for an HEA program, except for 
any amounts made available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the 
HEA, to carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to collect 
and analyze outcome data for any program authorized by the HEA: 
Provided, That no funds made available in this Act for the ``Student 
Aid Administration'' account shall be subject to the reservation under 
this section: Provided further, That any funds reserved under this 
section shall be available through September 30, 2028: Provided 
further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds are 
authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with 
respect to a program or project, the Secretary may also reserve funds 
for such program or project for the purposes described in this section 
so long as the total reservation of funds for such program or project 
does not exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of 
funds reserved under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Workforce of the 
House of Representatives a plan that identifies the source and amount 
of funds reserved under this section, the impact on program grantees if 
funds are withheld for the purposes of this section, and the activities 
to be carried out with such funds.

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 310. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ``Institute 
of Education Sciences'' from amounts available for Program 
Administration, up to $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary 
of Education (``the Secretary'') to provide support services to the 
Institute of Education Sciences (including, but not limited to 
information technology services, lease or procurement of office space, 
human resource services, financial management services, financial 
systems support, budget formulation and execution, legal counsel, equal 
employment opportunity services, physical security, facilities 
management, acquisition and contract management, grants administration 
and policy, and enterprise risk management): Provided, That the 
Secretary shall calculate the actual amounts obligated and expended for 
such support services by using a standard Department of Education 
methodology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any amounts available 
for IES support services in excess of actual amounts needed for IES 
support services, as so calculated, to the ``Program Administration'' 
account from the ``Institute of Education Sciences'' account: Provided 
further, That in order to address any shortfall between amounts 
available for IES support services and amounts needed for IES support 
services, as so calculated, the Secretary may transfer necessary 
amounts to the ``Institute of Education Sciences'' account from the 
``Program Administration'' account: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance of any transfer made 
pursuant to this section.

    (rescission) Sec. 311. Of the unobligated balances in the ``Department of 
Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' established in 

section 313 of 
division H of Public Law 116-260, $197,000,000 are hereby rescinded not 
later than September 30, 2026: Provided, That from any remaining 
unobligated balances in such Fund, the Secretary may transfer up to 
$60,000,000 to ``Innovation and Improvement'' for carrying out 
activities authorized under part C of title IV of the ESEA.

    (rescission) Sec. 312. Of the funds made available under the heading 
``Institute of Education Sciences'' pursuant to 

section 1101

    (a)

    (8) of 
the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public 
Law 119-4) for program administration, $25,000,000 are hereby 
permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2026.
 

Sec. 313. The Secretary shall award to each State an amount as 
required under the applicable provisions of the ESEA, McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, IDEA, Perkins Act, and AEFLA for each formula 
grant program to which funds are appropriated in this Act on the date 
such funds become available for obligation.
 

Sec. 314. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used to transfer significant responsibilities 
related to the carrying out of title I, part A of the ESEA or parts B 
or C of the IDEA from the Department of Education to another department 
or agency: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any 
activities explicitly authorized by any other law: Provided further, 
That the Department of Education shall support staffing levels 
necessary to fulfill its statutory responsibilities including carrying 
out programs, projects, and activities funded in this title of this Act 
in a timely manner.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE IV

 RELATED AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

 salaries and expenses

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Corporation for National and Community Service

 operating expenses

 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ``CNCS'') to carry out 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in this title 
as ``1973 Act'') and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(referred to in this title as ``1990 Act''), $975,525,000, which shall 
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ``Committee 
Recommendation'' column for Corporation for National and Community 
Service in the ``Amounts Recommended in the Bill for Fiscal Year 2026'' 
table in the report accompanying this Act, notwithstanding sections 
198B

    (b)

    (3) , 198S

    (g) , 501

    (a)

    (4)
            (C) , and 501

    (a)

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

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

    (2) the 
amounts made available for State Commission Support Grants shall be 
available to provide assistance to State commissions on national and 
community service, under 

section 126

    (a) of the 1990 Act and 
notwithstanding 

section 501

    (a)

    (5)
        (B) of the 1990 Act;

    (3) of amounts 
made available for Innovation, Assistance, and Other Activities, 
$8,558,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under 

section 501

    (a)

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

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

    (4) of amounts made available for Innovation, Assistance, and Other 
Activities, $6,148,000 shall be available to carry out sections 198

    (k) and 198
            (i) of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That for the purposes of 
carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in 

section 122
            (c) (1)
            (D) may include a determination of need by the local 
community: Provided further, That CNCS shall award to each State their 
allotted amount under AmeriCorps State and National formula grants no 
later than April 1, 2026 and to each state their allotted amount under 
State Service Commission Support Grants and State Commission Investment 
Fund Grants no later than June 1, 2026: Provided further, That the 
Corporation shall support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its 
statutory responsibilities including carrying out programs, projects, 
and activities funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner.

 payment to the national service trust

 (including rescission and transfer of funds)

 For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $180,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional 
funds from the amount provided within ``Operating Expenses'' allocated 
to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National 
Service Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary to 
support the activities of national service participants and after 
notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts 
appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be 
invested under 

section 145

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

    (b) .

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 

section 501

    (a)

    (5) of the 1990 Act and under 

section 504

    (a) of the 1973 Act, 
including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $89,686,000.

 office of inspector general

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $7,595,000.

 administrative provisions

 

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

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

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

section 121

    (e) or the member support Federal share limitations in 

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

section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 403. Donations made to CNCS under 

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

Sec. 404. In addition to the requirements in 

section 146

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

section 148

    (a)

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

section 101 of the Act.
 

Sec. 405. For the purpose of carrying out 

section 189D of the 1990 
Act--

    (1) entities described in paragraph

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

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

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

section 3 of NCPA; and

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

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

Sec. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139

    (b) , 146, and 147 of the 
1990 Act, the Corporation may determine the number of hours required to 
successfully complete any term of service of less than 1,700 hours, 
except that any reduction of the required term of service below 1,700 
hours shall include a corresponding reduction in the amount of any 
national service educational award that may be available under subtitle 
D with regard to that service.
 

Sec. 407. 

Section 148

    (f)

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

Sec. 408. In any case where an individual serving in a position 
eligible for an education award under subtitle D of title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) 
was required to exit the position early at the direction of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service due to lapse in funding 
or premature termination of their program grant or agreement, the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
may--

    (1) deem such individual as having met the requirements of the 
position; and

    (2) award the individual a pro-rated value of the 
educational award equivalent to the ratio of number of hours worked to 
the full value of such award under such subtitle for which the 
individual would otherwise have been eligible.

 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service (``Service'') to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out 
the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees 
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and 
other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including 
those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, 
and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for 
education, training, and professional development of the agency 
workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is 
authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 
services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any 
projects or functions within the Director's jurisdiction.

 Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $18,012,000.

 Institute of Museum and Library Services

 office of museum and library services: grants and administration

 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and 
the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, 
$291,800,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts 
specified in the table under this heading in the report accompanying 
this Act.

 Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary to carry out 

section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $9,405,000: Provided, That in fiscal year 2026 and 
thereafter, for all contracts for goods and services to which the 
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is a party, the 
following Federal Acquisition Regulation

    (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 
52.232-39 and FAR 52.233-4 (or a successor clause).

 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary to carry out 

section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That in fiscal year 2026 and 
thereafter, for all contracts for goods and services to which the 
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is a party, the following Federal 
Acquisition Regulation

    (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 52.232-39 and FAR 
52.233-4 (or a successor clause).

 National Council on Disability

 salaries and expenses

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

 National Labor Relations Board

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations 
Act, 1947, and other laws, $294,224,000, of which $2,240,389 shall be 
for the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in 
organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with 
investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 

section 2

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

section 3

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

 administrative provision

 

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

 National Mediation Board

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway 
Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, 
$15,113,000.

 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $14,449,000.

 Railroad Retirement Board

 dual benefits payments account

 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under 

section 15
            (d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $8,000,000, which 
shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2026 pursuant 
to 

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

 federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

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

section 417 of Public Law 98-76.

 limitation on administration

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

section 7

    (b)

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

section 7

    (b)

    (9) of the Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be 
used to hire students attending qualifying educational institutions or 
individuals who have recently completed qualifying educational programs 
using current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office of 
Personnel Management: Provided further, That of the unobligated 
balances of funds provided under this heading at the end of fiscal year 
2026 not needed for fiscal year 2026, not to exceed $3,292,300 shall 
remain available until expended for information technology improvements 
and investments.

 limitation on the office of inspector general

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

 Social Security Administration

 payments to social security trust funds

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

    (b)

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

 supplemental security income program

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

section 401 of Public Law 92-603, 

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

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

section 201

    (g)

    (1) of the Social Security Act, 
$49,447,965,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year 
and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to 
the Treasury: Provided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall 
be available for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, 
and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and remain available through 
September 30, 2028.
 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, $23,500,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

 limitation on administrative expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses, including the hire and purchase of two 
passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, not more than $14,721,978,000 
may be expended, as authorized by 

section 201

    (g)

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

section 7135

    (b) of such title shall be made 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the 
general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such 
expenditures are made.
 From funds provided under the first paragraph under this heading, 
not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 
2027, is for the costs associated with continuing disability reviews 
under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-
related continuing disability reviews to determine whether earnings 
derived from services demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in 
substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with conducting 
redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act, for the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and 
for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs 
and operations of the Social Security Administration by Special 
Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, 
$273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution 
on the budget and $2,124,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget: 
Provided further, That, of the additional new budget authority 
described in the preceding proviso, up to $15,100,000 may be 
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'', Social Security 
Administration, for the cost of jointly operated co-operative 
disability investigation units: Provided further, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law: Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the 
Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that 
were required by 

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

section 1616
            (d) of the Social Security Act or 

section 212

    (b)

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

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

 office of inspector general

 (including transfer of funds)

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

section 201

    (g)

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

 TITLE V

 GENERAL PROVISIONS

 (transfer of funds)

 

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

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

Sec. 503.

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

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

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

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

    (a) and

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

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

Sec. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for 
proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or 
programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees 
receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited 
to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research 
grants, shall clearly state--

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

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

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

Sec. 506.

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

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

Sec. 507.

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

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

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

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

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

Sec. 508.

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

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

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

    (b) and 

section 498

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

    (b) ).

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

Sec. 509.

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

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

    (b) The limitation in subsection

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

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

section 1173

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

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

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

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

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

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

    (1) of 

section 224

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

    (4) of such section.
 

Sec. 514.

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

    (1) creates new programs;

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

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

    (4) relocates an office or employees;

    (5) reorganizes or renames offices;

    (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or

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

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

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

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

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

Sec. 515.

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

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

Sec. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and each 30 days 
thereafter, each department and related agency funded through this Act 
shall submit an operating plan that details the amount allocated for 
each program, project, and activity funded through this Act, and the 
actual and estimated obligations for each program, project and activity 
funded through this Act by month.
 

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

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

section 208

    (a)

    (6) or

    (7) of the Social 
Security Act.
 

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

Sec. 520.

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

    (b) Nothing in subsection

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

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

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

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

Sec. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or 
educational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated at 
United States taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 
carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made available 
to the agency for advertising or other communications regarding the 
programs and activities of the agency.
 

Sec. 523.

    (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds 
that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 10 Performance 
Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of 

section 526 of division H of Public Law 113-76, except that in carrying 
out such Pilots 

section 526 shall be applied by substituting ``Fiscal 
Year 2026'' for ``Fiscal Year 2014'' in the title of subsection

    (b) and 
by substituting ``September 30, 2030'' for ``September 30, 2018'' each 
place it appears: Provided, That such pilots shall include communities 
that have experienced civil unrest.

    (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Performance 
Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to the authority 
provided by 

section 526 of division H of Public Law 113-76, 

section 524 
of division G of Public Law 113-235, 

section 525 of division H of 
Public Law 114-113, 

section 525 of division H of Public Law 115-31, 

section 525 of division H of Public Law 115-141, 

section 524 of 
division A of Public Law 116-94, 

section 524 of division H of Public 
Law 116-260, 

section 523 of division H of Public Law 117-103, 

section 523 of division H of Public Law 117-328, 

section 523 of division D of 
Public Law 118-47, and 

section 1101

    (a)

    (8) of division A of Public Law 
119-4.
            (c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and prior 
appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies up to an 
additional 5 years to operate under such authorities.
 

Sec. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2026 the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the 
Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a report on 
the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for balances 
that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but 
unexpended, the monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts 
attributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning with 
fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) 
from which balances were derived.
 

Sec. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not less than 3 full business days prior to announcing 
or providing notice of--

    (1) any new or non-competing continuation grant, including 
 supplements, issued at the discretion of such Departments 
 (other than emergency response grants at any time of the year 
 or for grant awards made during the last 10 business days of 
 the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program year); and

    (2) the termination or non-continuation of any grant, 
 including a short-description of the reason for the termination 
 or non-continuation.
 

Sec. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 
Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds for 
elements of a program other than making such purchases if the relevant 
State or local health department, in consultation with the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or local 
jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at risk for, a 
significant increase in hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to 
injection drug use, and such program is operating in accordance with 
State and local law.
 

Sec. 527. Each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall provide answers to questions submitted for the record by 
members of the Committee within 45 business days after receipt.
 

Sec. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contingency 
Fund under 

section 2104

    (n)

    (2) of the Social Security Act and the income 
derived from investment of those funds pursuant to 

section 2104

    (n)

    (2)
            (C) of that Act, $12,685,000,000 shall not be available for 
obligation in this fiscal year.

    (rescission) Sec. 529. Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available in 

section 10301

    (1)
        (A)
            (iii) of Public Law 117-169, $11,661,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.
 

Sec. 530.

    (a) This section applies to:

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

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

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

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

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

    (b) that are unexpended at the 
time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement may 
be deobligated and shall immediately become available and may be 
reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the 
research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 
are available.
 

Sec. 531. Funding opportunity announcements for competitive grant 
programs funded in this Act shall be published no later than four 
months prior to the expiration of the period of availability of such 
funds and the Secretary shall make every effort to award funds for 
competitive grant programs funded in this Act no less than 30 days 
prior to the expiration of their period of availability: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate on every grant program that has 
not been awarded within 30 days of the expiration of their period of 
availability, no more than the day after such date, with a plan for 
timely awarding such funds prior to their expiration.
 

Sec. 532. Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act 
shall provide written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate not less than 45 days prior to 
initiating the execution of any reorganization or workforce action 
increasing, decreasing, or transferring functions of 10 staff members 
or 10 percent of the staffing of an existing affected program of 
office, whichever is less, even without a change in funding and without 
regard to the type of workforce actions such as voluntary, involuntary, 
incentive-based, or any other such action adding or removing staff from 
agency payroll.
 This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2026''.
 Calendar No. 140

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 S. 2587

 [Report No. 119-55]

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 A BILL

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

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 July 31, 2025

 Read twice and placed on the calendar