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Calendar No. 471 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4942 

[Report No. 118–207] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Ms. BALDWIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

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, 2025, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
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1 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

2 September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

5 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

6 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 

8 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 

9 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $4,019,669,000 plus 

10 reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro11 vided: 

12 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 

13 and training activities, youth activities, and dis14 located worker employment and training activities, 

15 $2,929,332,000 as follows: 

16 (A) $885,649,000 for adult employment 

17 and training activities, of which $173,649,000 

18 shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 

19 through June 30, 2026, and of which 

20 $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 

21 October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 

22 (B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, 

23 which shall be available for the period April 1, 

24 2025 through June 30, 2026; and 
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1 (C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 

2 employment and training activities, of which 

3 $235,553,000 shall be available for the period 

4 July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and of 

5 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 

6 period October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026: 

7 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 

8 outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 

9 WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 

10 section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur11 ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 

12 WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica13 tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 

14 would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 

15 out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 

16 the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 

17 shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re18 ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 

19 in such manner, and containing such information as 

20 the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 

21 outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de22 scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 

23 for any of the programs and activities authorized 

24 under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 
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1 to approval of the application and such reporting re2 quirements issued by the Secretary; and 

3 (2) for national programs, $1,090,337,000 as 

4 follows: 

5 (A) $302,859,000 for the dislocated work6 ers assistance national reserve, of which 

7 $102,859,000 shall be available for the period 

8 July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, and 

9 of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 

10 period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 

11 2026: Provided, That funds provided to carry 

12 out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 

13 used to provide assistance to a State for state14 wide or local use in order to address cases 

15 where there have been worker dislocations 

16 across multiple sectors or across multiple local 

17 areas and such workers remain dislocated; co18 ordinate the State workforce development plan 

19 with emerging economic development needs; and 

20 train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 

21 further, That funds provided to carry out sec22 tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 

23 used for technical assistance and demonstration 

24 projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 

25 new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
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1 workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

2 section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro3 vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 

4 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 

5 funds to provide technical assistance and carry 

6 out additional activities related to the transition 

7 to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 

8 funds provided under this subparagraph, 

9 $115,000,000 shall be for training and employ10 ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 

11 (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 

12 such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 

13 (i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers 

14 in the Appalachian region, as defined by 

15 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 

16 Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 

17 4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 

18 Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 

19 2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 

20 served by the Northern Border Regional 

21 Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 

22 15733; and 

23 (ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur24 pose of developing, offering, or improving 

25 educational or career training programs at 
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1 community colleges, defined as public insti2 tutions of higher education, as described in 

3 section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

4 Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 

5 degree is primarily the highest degree 

6 awarded, with other eligible institutions of 

7 higher education, as defined in section 

8 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 

9 1965, eligible to participate through con10 sortia, with community colleges as the lead 

11 grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

12 follow the requirements for the program in 

13 House Report 116–62: Provided further, 

14 That any grant funds used for apprentice15 ships shall be used to support only appren16 ticeship programs registered under the Na17 tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 

18 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 

19 (B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro20 grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 

21 shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 

22 through June 30, 2026; 

23 (C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 

24 farmworker programs under section 167 of the 

25 WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 
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1 grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 

2 be for employment and training services), 

3 $6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 

4 (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 

5 permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 

6 discretionary purposes, which shall be available 

7 for the period April 1, 2025 through June 30, 

8 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law or related regulation, the 

10 Department of Labor shall take no action lim11 iting the number or proportion of eligible par12 ticipants receiving related assistance services or 

13 discouraging grantees from providing such serv14 ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 

15 definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 

16 section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 

17 individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 

18 eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 

19 programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 

20 that definition if, in addition to meeting the re21 quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 

22 167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a 

23 family with a total family income equal to or 

24 less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 
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1 (D) $110,000,000 for YouthBuild activi2 ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 

3 which shall be available for the period April 1, 

4 2025 through June 30, 2026; 

5 (E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activi6 ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 

7 WIOA, which shall be available for the period 

8 April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026: Provided, 

9 That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 

10 competitive grants to national and regional 

11 intermediaries for activities that prepare for 

12 employment young adults with criminal legal 

13 histories, young adults who have been justice 

14 system-involved, or young adults who have 

15 dropped out of school or other educational pro16 grams, with a priority for projects serving high17 crime, high-poverty areas; 

18 (F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 

19 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 

20 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 

21 the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 

22 2026; 

23 (G) $290,000,000 to expand opportunities 

24 through apprenticeships only registered under 

25 the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
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1 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail2 able to the Secretary to carry out activities 

3 through grants, cooperative agreements, con4 tracts and other arrangements, with States and 

5 other appropriate entities, including equity 

6 intermediaries and business and labor industry 

7 partner intermediaries, which shall be available 

8 for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 

9 2026; and 

10 (H) $109,082,000 for carrying out Dem11 onstration and Pilot projects under section 

12 169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available 

13 for the period April 1, 2025 through June 30, 

14 2026, in addition to funds available for such ac15 tivities under subparagraph (A) for the 

16 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 

17 table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend18 ing’’ included in the report accompanying this 

19 Act: Provided, That such funds may be used for 

20 projects that are related to the employment and 

21 training needs of dislocated workers, other 

22 adults, or youth: Provided further, That the 10 

23 percent funding limitation under such section of 

24 the WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Pro25 vided further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the 
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1 WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided 

2 further, That sections 102 and 107 of this Act 

3 shall not apply to such funds. 

4 JOB CORPS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ7 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter9 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 

10 purchase of real property for training centers as author11 ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 

12 as follows: 

13 (1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 

14 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 

15 through June 30, 2026; 

16 (2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita17 tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 

18 shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 

19 through June 30, 2028, and which may include the 

20 acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 

21 of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 

22 transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 

23 operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad24 ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 

25 funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 
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1 shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 

2 2025: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 

5 any transfer; and 

6 (3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 

7 Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 

8 period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 

9 2025: 

10 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 

11 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 

12 Centers. 

13 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

14 AMERICANS

15 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 

16 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, 

17 which shall be available for the period April 1, 2025 

18 through June 30, 2026, and may be recaptured and reobli19 gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 

20 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

21 For payments during fiscal year 2025 of trade ad22 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 

23 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 

24 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 

25 employment and case management services, allowances for 
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1 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 

2 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 

3 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 

4 payments, allowances, training, employment and case 

5 management services, and related State administration 

6 provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust7 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 

8 and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 

9 and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 

10 $33,900,000 together with such amounts as may be nec11 essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 

12 payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 

13 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 

14 Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 

15 heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 

16 current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 

17 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 

18 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

19 SERVICE OPERATIONS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For authorized administrative expenses, 

22 $84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,954,084,000 

23 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

24 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 

25 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 
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1 (1) $3,172,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 

2 grants to States for the administration of State un3 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 

4 III of the Social Security Act (including not less 

5 than $388,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv6 ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 

7 such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 

8 defined in such section, including those who are 

9 profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 

10 be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro11 vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci12 fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu13 rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 

14 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and $271,000,000 

16 is additional new budget authority specified for pur17 poses of section 251(b)(2)(E) of such Act; and 

18 $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy19 ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 

20 administration of unemployment insurance for Fed21 eral employees and for ex-service members as au22 thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin23 istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem24 ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter25 native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
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1 Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 

2 Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sec3 tions 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex4 tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 

5 Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be avail6 able for obligation by the States through December 

7 31, 2025, except that funds used for automation 

8 shall be available for Federal obligation through De9 cember 31, 2025, and for State obligation through 

10 September 30, 2027, or, if the automation is being 

11 carried out through consortia of States, for State ob12 ligation through September 30, 2031, and for ex13 penditure through September 30, 2032, and funds 

14 for competitive grants awarded to States for im15 proved operations and to conduct in-person reem16 ployment and eligibility assessments and unemploy17 ment insurance improper payment reviews and pro18 vide reemployment services and referrals to training, 

19 as appropriate, shall be available for Federal obliga20 tion through December 31, 2025 (except that funds 

21 for outcome payments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) 

22 of the Social Security Act shall be available for Fed23 eral obligation through March 31, 2026), and for ob24 ligation by the States through September 30, 2027, 

25 and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integ-
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1 rity Center of Excellence shall be available for obli2 gation by the State through September 30, 2026, 

3 and funds used for unemployment insurance work4 loads experienced through September 30, 2025 shall 

5 be available for Federal obligation through Decem6 ber 31, 2025; 

7 (2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na8 tional activities necessary to support the administra9 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 

10 system; 

11 (3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to12 gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 

13 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 

14 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 

15 be available for Federal obligation for the period 

16 July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 

17 (4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na18 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ19 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred20 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

21 1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod22 ernizing information technology for use in the proc23 essing of certification requests), and the provision of 

24 technical assistance and staff training under the 

25 Wagner-Peyser Act; 
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1 (5) $84,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 

2 administration of foreign labor certifications and re3 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation4 ality Act and related laws, of which $61,528,000 

5 shall be available for the Federal administration of 

6 such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 

7 for grants to States for the administration of such 

8 activities; and 

9 (6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 

10 provide workforce information, national electronic 

11 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag12 ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob13 ligation for the period July 1, 2025 through June 

14 30, 2026, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 

15 to carry out research and demonstration projects re16 lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 

17 labor force participation of people with disabilities: 

18 Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 

19 made available for research and demonstration 

20 projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis21 ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur22 poses: 

23 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In24 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2025 is 

25 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
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1 2,121,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 

2 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 

3 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 

4 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 

5 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 

6 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 

7 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 

8 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 

9 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 

10 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 

11 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 

12 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 

13 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 

14 for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 

15 Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 

16 the National Directory of New Hires under section 

17 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 

19 under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay20 ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 

21 Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 

22 That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es23 tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 

24 are used to support the national activities of the Federal25 State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
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1 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 

2 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 

3 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 

4 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu5 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi6 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 

7 may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti8 ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 

9 to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

10 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 

11 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 

12 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In13 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not14 withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 

15 the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require16 ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed17 eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu18 lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re19 quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 

20 States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 

21 III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 

22 in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy23 ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 

24 in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra25 tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 
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1 making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 

2 may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 

3 data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 

4 to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 

5 State and local governments, public and private institu6 tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 

7 may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 

8 of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 

9 Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 

10 information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 

11 which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re12 main available until September 30, 2026, for such pur13 poses. 

14 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

15 OTHER FUNDS

16 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

17 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 

18 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 

19 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In20 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad21 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 

22 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 

23 Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 

24 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 
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1 sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 

2 obligation through September 30, 2026. 

3 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

4 For expenses of administering employment and train5 ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 

6 $54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employ7 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy8 ment Trust Fund. 

9 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

10 Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 

11 Employment Security Administration account in the Un12 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 

13 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 

14 of which— 

15 (1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 

16 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis17 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 

18 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em19 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 

20 such title, and for the expenses described in section 

21 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend22 iture by the States through September 30, 2027, 

23 and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed24 eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup25 port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-
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1 formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 

2 such funds may be used to support such specialists 

3 and representatives in the provision of services to 

4 transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 

5 have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro6 gram and have been identified as in need of inten7 sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 

8 are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 

9 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 

10 units, to the spouses or other family caregivers of 

11 such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to sur12 viving spouses of individuals who died while serving 

13 as members of the Armed Forces or as a result of 

14 a service-connected disability; 

15 (2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi16 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 

17 10 U.S.C. 1144; 

18 (3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 

19 of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 

20 2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 

21 Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 

22 to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub23 lic Law 115–31); and 
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1 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 

2 Employment and Training Services Institute under 

3 38 U.S.C. 4109: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 

5 appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 

6 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria7 tion from which such reallocation is made. 

8 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 

9 $65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home10 less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 

11 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 

12 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 

13 Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 

14 of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 

15 September 30, 2025, to provide services under such sec16 tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec17 tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 

18 services to homeless veterans described in section 

19 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 

20 some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 

21 veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 

22 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 

23 may include, in addition to services to the individuals de24 scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet25 erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 
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1 of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

2 paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 

3 this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 

4 support to allow for the tracking of participant and per5 formance information: Provided further, That notwith6 standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 

7 United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex8 penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 

9 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 

10 the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec11 tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 

12 be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 

13 Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

15 sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 

16 such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 

17 (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 

18 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 

19 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 

20 apply. 

21 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 

24 Security Administration, $206,100,000, of which up to 

25 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
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1 2026, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce2 ment litigation. 

3 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

4 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

5 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor6 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in7 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 

8 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

9 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 

10 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 

11 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

12 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 

13 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ14 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep15 tember 30, 2025, for the Corporation: Provided, That 

16 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 

17 year 2025 shall be available for obligations for administra18 tive expenses in excess of $514,063,000: Provided further, 

19 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

20 not less than $8,384,000 shall be for necessary expenses 

21 of the Office of Inspector General: Provided further, That 

22 to the extent that the number of new plan participants 

23 in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 

24 in fiscal year 2025, an amount not to exceed an additional 

25 $9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 
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1 2029, for obligations for administrative expenses for every 

2 20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided fur3 ther, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided 

4 for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be in5 curred and shall be available through September 30, 2029 

6 for obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termi7 nation or termination expenses or extraordinary multiem8 ployer program related expenses after approval by the Of9 fice of Management and Budget and notification of the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That an addi12 tional amount shall be available for obligation through 

13 September 30, 2029 to the extent the Corporation’s costs 

14 exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or identity 

15 monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a secu16 rity incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an additional 

17 $100 per affected individual. 

18 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi21 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 

22 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren23 dered, $267,500,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man4 agement Standards, $48,515,000. 

5 OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

6 PROGRAMS

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con9 tract Compliance Programs, $110,976,000. 

10 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 

13 Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with 

14 $2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 

15 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 

16 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 

17 SPECIAL BENEFITS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex20 penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au21 thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 

22 year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 

23 as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 

24 in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 

25 the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 
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1 Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 

2 App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 

3 Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per4 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 

5 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

6 Compensation Act, $726,670,000, together with such 

7 amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse8 quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 

9 and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 

10 15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 

11 the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es12 tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 

13 amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 

14 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the 

15 employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 

16 of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 

17 That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep18 tember 30, 2024, shall remain available until expended for 

19 the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro20 vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 

21 to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 

22 any other corporation or instrumentality required under 

23 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 

24 the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de25 termines to be the cost of administration for employees 
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1 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2025: 

2 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 

3 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad4 ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 

5 $84,106,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 

6 follows: 

7 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto8 mated data processing systems operations and tele9 communications systems, $28,323,000; 

10 (2) For automated workload processing oper11 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 

12 intake, and medical bill processing, $26,685,000; 

13 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 

14 medical review, $26,686,000; 

15 (4) For program integrity, $2,412,000; and 

16 (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 

17 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

18 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 

19 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 

20 under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work21 ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 

22 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu23 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
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1 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

2 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

3 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 

4 275, $24,367,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 

6 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 

7 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 

8 as may be necessary. 

9 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 

10 first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $6,000,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

13 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

14 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

15 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

16 Act, $66,966,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil18 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 

19 such claim such identifying information (including Social 

20 Security account number) as may be prescribed. 

21 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 

24 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 

25 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
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1 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 

3 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 

4 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 

5 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2025 for expenses 

6 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene7 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 

8 exceed $51,580,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 

9 Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 

10 exceed $41,570,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage11 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 

12 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In13 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay14 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 

15 Department of the Treasury. 

16 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 

19 and Health Administration, $637,309,000, including not 

20 to exceed $121,000,000 which shall be the maximum 

21 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 

22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 

23 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 

24 of State occupational safety and health programs required 

25 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 
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1 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith2 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 

3 Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis4 cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other5 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 

6 such sums for occupational safety and health training and 

7 education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

8 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 

9 ending September 30, 2025, to collect and retain fees for 

10 services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab11 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 

12 the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 

13 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 

14 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 

15 the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 

16 appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 

17 expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 

18 standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 

19 is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 

20 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 

21 camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur22 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 

23 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 

24 any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 

25 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 
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1 included within a category having a Days Away, Re2 stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 

3 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica4 tion code for which such data are published, less than the 

5 national average rate as such rates are most recently pub6 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 

7 Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 

8 except— 

9 (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con10 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train11 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 

12 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 

13 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita14 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 

15 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor16 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 

17 any willful violations found; 

18 (3) to take any action authorized by the Act 

19 with respect to imminent dangers; 

20 (4) to take any action authorized by the Act 

21 with respect to health hazards; 

22 (5) to take any action authorized by the Act 

23 with respect to a report of an employment accident 

24 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re25 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 
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1 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga2 tion authorized by the Act; and 

3 (6) to take any action authorized by the Act 

4 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 

5 employees for exercising rights under the Act: 

6 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 

7 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 

8 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em9 ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 

10 $12,787,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train11 ing grants: Provided further, That not less than 

12 $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs. 

13 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 

16 Health Administration, $392,816,000, including purchase 

17 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 

18 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas19 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 

20 mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 

21 $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 

22 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 

23 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 

24 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 

25 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 
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1 be available for mine safety and health education and 

2 training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

3 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra4 tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 

5 from fees collected for the approval and certification of 

6 equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 

7 may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 

8 That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build9 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 

10 private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 

11 with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 

12 further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 

13 is authorized to promote health and safety education and 

14 training in the mining community through cooperative 

15 programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 

16 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec17 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin18 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 

20 reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe21 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 

22 chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 

23 That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 

24 be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 
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1 for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 

2 event of a major disaster. 

3 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta6 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 

7 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv8 ices rendered, $634,952,000, together with not to exceed 

9 $68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ10 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy11 ment Trust Fund. 

12 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 

16 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 

17 and initiatives, and award grants, cooperative agreements 

18 and contracts furthering the objective of eliminating bar19 riers to the training and employment of people with dis20 abilities, $43,000,000, of which not less than $9,000,000 

21 shall be for research and demonstration projects related 

22 to testing effective ways to promote greater labor force 

23 participation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the 

24 Secretary may transfer amounts made available under this 

25 heading for research and demonstration projects to the 
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1 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 

2 Operations’’ account for such purposes. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage7 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

8 $394,889,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 

9 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

10 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 

11 Fund: Provided, That $82,725,000 for the Bureau of 

12 International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga13 tion through December 31, 2025: Provided further, That 

14 funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af15 fairs may be used to administer or operate international 

16 labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist17 ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 

18 grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur19 ther, That not less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs 

20 to combat exploitative child labor internationally and not 

21 less than $30,175,000 shall be used to implement model 

22 programs that address worker rights issues through tech23 nical assistance in countries with which the United States 

24 has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: 

25 Provided further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for pro-
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1 gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 

2 through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That funds 

3 available for program evaluation may be used to admin4 ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur5 ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 

6 be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 

7 further, That funds available for program evaluation may 

8 be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De9 partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad12 vance of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds 

13 available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants 

14 to serve and promote the interests of women in the work15 force: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail16 able to the Women’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 

17 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Ap18 prenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 

19 IT MODERNIZATION

20 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen21 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re22 lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 

23 which shall be available through September 30, 2026. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to 

5 exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em6 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem7 ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 

8 $2,000,000 of the total amount provided under this head9 ing may be available until expended. 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo13 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora14 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 

15 Level II. 

16 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre18 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro20 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

21 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 

22 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ23 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 

24 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 

25 this section shall not be used to create any new program 
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1 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 

2 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

5 of any transfer. 

6 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 

7 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex9 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 

10 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 

11 or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 

12 and host countries already identified by the United States 

13 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec15 tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 

16 of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 

17 Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 

18 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 

19 than competitive grants for training individuals who are 

20 older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 

21 in school within a local educational agency in the occupa22 tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 

23 visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 

24 necessary to support such training. 
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1 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad3 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 

4 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi5 vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 

6 in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 

7 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 

8 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 

9 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es10 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re11 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 

12 funds, taking into account factors including the relative 

13 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 

14 comparable State or local government employees, and the 

15 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro16 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad17 ministration programs. 

18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec20 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ21 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di22 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv23 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 

24 determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
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1 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 

2 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 

4 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 

5 appropriation made available to the Employment and 

6 Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin7 istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 

8 relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund9 ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 

10 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro11 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 

12 of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 

13 ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 

14 account to carry out program integrity activities related 

15 to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 

16 transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 

17 Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 

18 or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 

19 other arrangements with States and other appropriate en20 tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 

21 authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 

22 obligation through September 30, 2026. 

23 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 

25 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
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1 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 

2 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 

3 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 

4 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man5 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 

6 Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 

7 available for obligation through September 30, 2026: Pro8 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 

9 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 

10 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua12 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

13 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 

14 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 

15 ‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 

16 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 

17 Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra18 tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 

19 ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 

20 Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 

21 Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis22 tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of23 fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 

24 available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 

25 and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-
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1 agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 

2 Employment and Training’’. 

3 SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 

4 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the 

5 following text is part of such section: 

6 ‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 

7 for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 

8 disaster to any employee— 

9 ‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re10 sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 

11 an employer not engaged, directly or through an af12 filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop13 erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con14 tracts; 

15 ‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver16 age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 

17 per week or any minimum weekly amount estab18 lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 

19 number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 

20 of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 

21 ‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 

22 ‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi23 viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 

24 or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 

25 witnesses, or physicians; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review2 ing factual information to prepare damage esti3 mates; 

4 ‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda5 tions regarding coverage or compensability of 

6 claims or determining liability or value aspects 

7 of claims; 

8 ‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 

9 ‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 

10 litigation. 

11 ‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 

12 the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 

13 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 

14 ‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis15 aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 

16 State or Federal agency or department; 

17 ‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 

18 evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 

19 major disaster’ means an individual who timely se20 cured or secures a license required by applicable law 

21 to engage in and perform the activities described in 

22 clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 

23 to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 

24 that maintains worker compensation insurance cov25 erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
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1 applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 

2 State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 

3 wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 

6 by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 

7 more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 

8 securities of one or more companies, directly or indi9 rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 

10 control with, another company.’’. 

11 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en12 actment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE

14 CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE

15 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 

17 a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em18 ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em19 ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 

20 the petition into the United States at any time dur21 ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 

22 for which the employer is seeking the services of the 

23 nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 

24 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER

25 90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 
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1 may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 

2 States after the date that is 90 days after the start 

3 date for which the employer is seeking the services 

4 of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 

5 (A) completes a new assessment of the 

6 local labor market by— 

7 (i) listing job orders in local news8 papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 

9 (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 

10 appropriate Department of Labor Elec11 tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 

12 place of employment; and 

13 (B) offers the job to an equally or better 

14 qualified United States worker who— 

15 (i) applies for the job; and 

16 (ii) will be available at the time and 

17 place of need. 

18 (3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT

19 TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 

20 consider an employer in the seafood industry who 

21 brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 

22 during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 

23 to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec24 tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula25 tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 
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1 (b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec2 tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad3 mitted to the United States pursuant to section 

4 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 

6 SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 

7 the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 

8 of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 

9 employees with similar experience and qualifications for 

10 such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 

11 wage level for the occupational classification of the posi12 tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non13 immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 

14 available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter15 mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 

16 2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur17 veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 

18 Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 

19 determines that the methodology and data in the provided 

20 survey are not statistically supported. 

21 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

22 to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 

23 found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 

24 rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 

25 thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 
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1 of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi2 nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 

3 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 

4 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera6 tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, not 

7 more than $450,000 of excess personal property, at a 

8 value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship pro9 grams for the purpose of training apprentices in those pro10 grams. 

11 SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 

12 Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 

13 736, chapter 141) is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following new section: 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au16 thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 

17 agents to— 

18 ‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 

19 Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur20 ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 

21 to the performance of official duties by the Sec22 retary; 

23 ‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec24 tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 

25 immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-
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1 pating in an activity or event relating to the official 

2 duties of the Secretary; 

3 ‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec4 retary (including during periods not described in 

5 paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme6 diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 

7 articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 

8 with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 

9 ‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 

10 of Labor or another senior officer representing the 

11 Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 

12 unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 

13 accordance with guidelines established by the Sec14 retary. 

15 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 

16 authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em17 ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 

18 the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 

19 ‘‘(1) carry firearms; 

20 ‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of21 fense against the United States committed in the 

22 presence of such officer or special agent; 

23 ‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in24 cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 
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1 and conducting advance work to review security mat2 ters relating to sites and events; 

3 ‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 

4 agencies; and 

5 ‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 

6 into potential threats to the security of the Sec7 retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 

8 the Department of Labor. 

9 ‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law en10 forcement officer or special agent employed under sub11 section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 

12 section in accordance with any— 

13 ‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 

16 Labor.’’. 

17 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en18 actment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 

20 or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro21 priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 

22 a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop23 erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 

24 the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other 

25 disposition, to include any associated construction project, 
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1 will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 

2 or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 

3 property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 

4 not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of 

5 the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 

6 title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi7 sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 

8 The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to 

9 the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 

10 such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 

11 Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 

12 around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 

13 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to— 

15 (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree16 ment between the United States Department of 

17 Labor and the United States Department of Agri18 culture; or 

19 (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen20 ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 

21 the endangerment of the health and safety of the 

22 students, the capacity of the program is retained, 

23 and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 

24 are met. 
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1 (RESCISSION)

2 SEC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 

3 section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $217,000,000 are hereby perma5 nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2025. 

6 (RESCISSION)

7 SEC. 117. Of the funds made available under the 

8 heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration– 

9 Training and Employment Services’’ in division D of Pub10 lic Law 118–47, $65,000,000 are hereby permanently re11 scinded from the amounts specified in paragraph (2)(A) 

12 under such heading for the period October 1, 2024, 

13 through September 30, 2025. 

14 SEC. 118. Funds made available to the Employment 

15 and Training Administration by this Act, either directly 

16 or through a set-aside, to provide technical assistance 

17 services to grantees may also be used by the Employment 

18 and Training Administration to assist in the establishment 

19 and operation of workforce development technical assist20 ance centers, through grants, contracts, or cooperative 

21 agreements, to provide technical assistance relating to any 

22 of the activities administered by the Employment and 

23 Training Administration. 
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 119. Of the funds appropriated in this title to 

3 Department of Labor accounts available for salaries and 

4 expenses, the Secretary may transfer up to 1 percent from 

5 each such account to the Working Capital Fund for the 

6 design, project management, construction, move solution, 

7 information technology configurations, and other costs as8 sociated with projects that will result in more efficient or 

9 effective use of office or other work space funded by the 

10 transferring appropriation: Provided, That amounts trans11 ferred under this section shall remain available until ex12 pended and shall be in addition to funds otherwise avail13 able for such purposes: Provided further, That the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

16 of any transfer. 

17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 

18 Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

3 SERVICES 

4 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

5 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

6 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 

7 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 

8 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai9 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 

10 That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex11 pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 

12 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 

13 $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car14 rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 

15 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 

16 Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 

17 in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 

18 made under such law. 

19 HEALTH WORKFORCE

20 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 

21 Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 

22 and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 

23 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,411,376,000: Pro24 vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro25 portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) 
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1 of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 

2 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 

3 for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 

4 Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 

5 and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec6 retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con7 tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 

8 Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec9 tion: Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act 

10 shall apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 

11 756(a) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall 

12 be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided 

13 further, That fees collected for the disclosure of informa14 tion under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im15 provement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 

16 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to re17 cover the full costs of operating the programs authorized 

18 by such sections and shall remain available until expended 

19 for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, 

20 That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 

21 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 

22 may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 

23 made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 

24 That $128,600,000 shall remain available until expended 

25 for the purposes of providing primary health services, as-
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1 signing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) partici2 pants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 

3 treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior4 ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 

5 and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay6 ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 

7 section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 

8 the amount made available in the previous proviso, 

9 $16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

10 purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re11 payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 

12 to individuals participating in such program who provide 

13 primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 

14 Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In15 dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the 

16 Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 

17 limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided fur18 ther, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, sec19 tion 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if 

20 the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical sub21 stance use disorder treatment services, including those 

22 provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 

23 treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds 

24 made available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be 

25 available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain 
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1 optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship 

2 programs that are accredited or in the accreditation proc3 ess, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified 

4 Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practi5 tioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided fur6 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

7 $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac8 tivities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided fur9 ther, That the United States may recover liquidated dam10 ages in an amount determined by the formula under sec11 tion 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either 

12 fails to begin or complete the service obligated by a con13 tract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided fur14 ther, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 

15 Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behav16 ioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems appro17 priate: Provided further, That the Secretary may termi18 nate a contract entered into under section 775 of the PHS 

19 Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this 

20 title for fiscal year 2025 contracts entered into under sec21 tion 338B of the PHS Act. 

22 Of the funds made available under this heading, 

23 $36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

24 grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 

25 or support graduate education for physicians provided by 
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1 such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de2 velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova3 tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such 

4 grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu5 tions of higher education located in States with a projected 

6 primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec7 retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim8 ited to such public institutions of higher education in 

9 States in the top half of States with a projected primary 

10 care provider shortage, as determined by the Secretary: 

11 Provided further, That the minimum amount of a grant 

12 so awarded to such an institution shall be not less than 

13 $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a grant 

14 may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Pro15 vided further, That such a grant awarded with respect to 

16 a year to such an institution shall be subject to a matching 

17 requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that is 

18 not more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal 

19 funds provided in the grant to such institution with re20 spect to such year. 

21 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

22 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 

23 PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 

24 title V of the Social Security Act, $1,181,180,000: Pro25 vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 
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1 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than 

2 $213,116,000 shall be available for carrying out special 

3 projects of regional and national significance pursuant to 

4 section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be 

5 available for projects described in subparagraphs (A) 

6 through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act. 

7 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM

8 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 

9 respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 

10 $2,571,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain 

11 available to the Secretary through September 30, 2027, 

12 for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 

13 of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 

14 AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 

15 section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which 

16 $165,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

17 available to the Secretary for carrying out a program of 

18 grants and contracts under title XXVI or section 311(c) 

19 of such Act focused on ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS 

20 epidemic, with any grants issued under such section 

21 311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the 

22 PHS Act, including the limitation on administrative ex23 penses. 
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1 HEALTH SYSTEMS

2 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 

3 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 

4 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $135,009,000, of 

5 which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facil6 ity renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the 

7 National Hansen’s Disease Program. 

8 RURAL HEALTH

9 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 

10 with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 

11 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 

12 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $385,907,000, 

13 of which $64,277,000 from general revenues, notwith14 standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 

15 be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 

16 flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 

17 made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos18 pital flexibility grants, up to $20,942,000 shall be avail19 able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 

20 Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 

21 information technology, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 

22 available to award grants to public or non-profit private 

23 entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical As24 sistance Program, and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 

25 out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 
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1 funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) avail2 able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 

3 services and other efforts to improve health care coordina4 tion for rural veterans between rural providers and the 

5 Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 

6 notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, 

7 $14,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural 

8 Health: Provided further, That $14,000,000 shall remain 

9 available through September 30, 2027, to support the 

10 Rural Residency Development Program: Provided further, 

11 That $155,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities 

12 Opioids Response Program. 

13 FAMILY PLANNING

14 For carrying out the program under title X of the 

15 PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 

16 projects, $286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided 

17 to said projects under such title shall not be expended for 

18 abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec19 tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 

20 activity (including the publication or distribution of lit21 erature) that in any way tends to promote public support 

22 or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 

23 public office. 
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1 HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

2 For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 

3 Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 

4 for activities funded in other appropriations included in 

5 this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis6 tration, $1,092,665,000, of which $44,050,000 shall be 

7 for expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement 

8 of Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 

9 agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 

10 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

11 may be used to supplement program support funding pro12 vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 

13 ‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 

14 ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 

15 and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Provided further, That of the amount 

16 made available under this heading, $871,077,000 shall be 

17 used for the projects financing the construction and ren18 ovation (including equipment) of health care and other fa19 cilities, and for the projects financing one-time grants that 

20 support health-related activities, including training and in21 formation technology, and in the amounts specified in the 

22 table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 

23 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

24 That none of the funds made available for projects de-
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1 scribed in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 

2 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 

3 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

4 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 

5 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 

6 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re7 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 

8 after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 

9 XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 

11 to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 

12 Fund to the Secretary. 

13 COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND

14 For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 

15 $7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

17 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

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

19 section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 

20 Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni21 zation and respiratory diseases, $464,941,000. 

22 HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

23 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

24 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 

25 the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 
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1 sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 

2 $1,394,056,000. 

3 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

5 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra6 tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 

7 zoonotic infectious diseases, $753,272,000: Provided, That 

8 of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 

9 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 

10 for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other 

11 related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 

12 Federal or State quarantine law. 

13 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH

14 PROMOTION

15 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 

16 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre17 vention and health promotion, $1,192,964,000: Provided, 

18 That funds made available under this heading may be 

19 available for making grants under section 1509 of the 

20 PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga21 nizations: Provided further, That the proportional funding 

22 requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall 

23 not apply to funds made available under this heading. 
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1 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 

2 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH

3 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 

4 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis5 abilities, disabilities and health, $210,060,000. 

6 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

7 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 

9 informatics, and workforce development, $481,564,000: 

10 Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 

11 $110,033,000 shall be from funds available under section 

12 241 of the PHS Act for health statistics. 

13 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

14 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

15 Act with respect to environmental health, $193,850,000. 

16 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

17 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

18 Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 

19 $776,379,000. 

20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

21 HEALTH

22 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

23 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 

24 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 

25 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 
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1 Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe2 ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 

3 health, $364,030,000. 

4 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

5 COMPENSATION PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

7 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

8 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 

10 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 

11 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 

12 GLOBAL HEALTH

13 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

14 Act with respect to global health, $697,613,000, of which: 

15 (1) $128,921,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2026 for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) 

17 $296,970,000 shall remain available through September 

18 30, 2027 for global public health protection: Provided, 

19 That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 

20 official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 

21 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

22 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of 

23 the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness 

24 and response, and for expenses necessary to support ac25 tivities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, 
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1 radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 

2 $953,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 

3 for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 

4 title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 

5 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 

6 without reimbursement to support an activation of the 

7 CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc8 tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 

9 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 

11 this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 

12 this authority which includes the number of staff and 

13 funding level broken down by the originating center and 

14 number of days detailed, and an update of such report 

15 every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 

16 reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc20 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 

21 $40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 

22 Provided, That funds made available to this account in 

23 this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition 

24 of real property or for construction or improvement of fa25 cilities shall be available to make improvements on non- 
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1 federally owned property, provided that any improvements 

2 that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not 

3 exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such 

4 improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That 

5 funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 

6 of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 

7 shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re8 search facility: Provided further, That funds made avail9 able to this account in this or any prior Act that are avail10 able for the acquisition of real property or for construction 

11 or improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new 

12 replacement mine safety research facility shall be available 

13 to make improvements on non-federally owned property, 

14 provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to 

15 federally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Pro16 vided further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated 

17 balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in 

18 accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning 

19 Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 

20 amounts made available under this heading to support the 

21 replacement of the mine safety research facility. 

22 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

25 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-
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1 ties and program support for activities funded in other 

2 appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 

3 Disease Control and Prevention, $521,570,000, of which 

4 $365,000,000 shall remain available through September 

5 30, 2026, for public health infrastructure and capacity: 

6 Provided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection 

7 (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to 

8 funds appropriated under this heading and in all other ac9 counts of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts 

10 made available under this heading, $25,000,000, to re11 main available until expended, shall be available to the Di12 rector of the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases 

13 Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by section 231 

14 of division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, 

15 That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 

16 to support a contract for the operation and maintenance 

17 of an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout 

18 CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address public 

19 health preparedness emergencies: Provided further, That 

20 employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civil21 ian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, munici22 palities, or other organizations under authority of section 

23 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be 

24 treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 

25 only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 
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1 applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the pe2 riod of detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC 

3 may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to 

4 CDC in this Act for official reception and representation 

5 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 

6 CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as 

7 may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be 

8 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there9 of: Provided further, That with respect to the previous pro10 viso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro11 gram and the Respirator Certification Program shall be 

12 available through September 30, 2026. 

13 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

14 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

16 Act with respect to cancer, $7,490,159,000, of which up 

17 to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im18 provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 

19 Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 

20 Frederick, Maryland: Provided, That of the amounts made 

21 available under this heading, $216,000,000 is designated 

22 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

23 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg24 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

3 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis4 eases, and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000. 

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL

6 RESEARCH

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 

9 $520,163,000. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND

11 KIDNEY DISEASES

12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

13 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis14 ease, $2,360,721,000. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

16 AND STROKE

17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

18 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 

19 $2,951,925,000: Provided, That of the amounts made 

20 available under this heading, $179,500,000 is designated 

21 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

22 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg23 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

2 DISEASES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 

5 $6,692,279,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to general medical sciences, 

9 $3,269,679,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from 

10 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro11 vided, That not less than $455,956,000 is provided for the 

12 Institutional Development Awards program. 

13 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

14 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

16 Act with respect to child health and human development, 

17 $1,779,078,000. 

18 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

20 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 

21 $896,549,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

2 SCIENCES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 

5 $913,979,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to aging, $4,645,123,000. 

9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND

10 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

12 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 

13 diseases, $685,465,000. 

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER

15 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

16 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

17 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis18 orders, $534,333,000. 

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

21 Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND

2 ALCOHOLISM

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 

5 $595,318,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,667,695,000. 

9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

11 Act with respect to mental health, $2,642,343,000: Pro12 vided, That of the amounts made available under this 

13 heading, $179,500,000 is designated by the Congress as 

14 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

19 Act with respect to human genome research, 

20 $663,200,000. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND

22 BIOENGINEERING

23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

24 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 

25 research, $440,627,000. 
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1 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND

2 INTEGRATIVE HEALTH

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 

5 $170,384,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND

7 HEALTH DISPARITIES

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

9 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 

10 research, $539,395,000. 

11 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

12 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 

13 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 

14 title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 

15 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

16 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

17 Act with respect to health information communications, 

18 $597,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 

19 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 

20 available until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 

21 in fiscal year 2025, the National Library of Medicine may 

22 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 

23 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 

24 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re25 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
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1 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL

2 SCIENCES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to translational sciences, $933,323,000: 

5 Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to imple6 ment section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 

7 Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 

8 $629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 

9 Sciences Awards program. 

10 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 

13 the Director, NIH, $3,096,914,000: Provided, That fund14 ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 

15 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro16 vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage17 ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 

18 the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur19 ther, That $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental 

20 Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided fur21 ther, That $692,401,000 shall be available for the Com22 mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 

23 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 

24 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

25 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 
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1 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 

2 within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 

3 up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren4 ovation of facilities as provided for in section 

5 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 

6 $80,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of 

7 the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating to biomedical and 

8 behavioral research facilities: Provided further, That 

9 $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

10 appropriation for the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for 

11 oversight of grant programs and operations of the NIH, 

12 including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant 

13 application evaluation and selection processes, and shall 

14 be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over15 sight of the NIH: Provided further, That amounts made 

16 available under this heading are also available to establish, 

17 operate, and support the Research Policy Board author18 ized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act: 

19 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 

20 heading for the Office of Research on Women’s Health 

21 shall also be available for making grants to serve and pro22 mote the interests of women in research, and the Director 

23 of such Office may, in making such grants, use the au24 thorities available to NIH Institutes and Centers: Pro25 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
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1 this heading, $625,000,000 is designated by the Congress 

2 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec3 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com6 mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 

7 Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 

8 from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de9 scribed in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

10 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out 

11 section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pedi12 atric research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids 

13 First Research Act. 

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren16 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 

17 or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 

18 $350,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de22 scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 

23 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 

24 in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 

25 $127,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 

2 section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 

3 amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 

4 Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the Na5 tional Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na6 tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 

7 in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 

8 by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the 

9 previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro10 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac11 count: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro12 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans13 fer authority provided by law. 

14 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH

15 For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV 

16 of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects 

17 for health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through 

18 September 30, 2027. 

19 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 MENTAL HEALTH

22 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 

23 Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad24 vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 

25 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 
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1 $2,869,507,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail2 able under this heading, $103,887,000 shall be for the Na3 tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 

4 That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 

5 no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 

6 be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 

7 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 

8 herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 

9 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title 

10 XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical 

11 assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 

12 activities, and further that the total available under this 

13 Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 per14 cent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part 

15 B of title XIX: Provided further, That of the funds made 

16 available under this heading for subpart I of part B of 

17 title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be avail18 able to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided 

19 further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made avail20 able to carry out the Children’s Mental Health Services 

21 program may be used to carry out demonstration grants 

22 or contracts for early interventions with persons not more 

23 than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing 

24 a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 

25 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds ap-
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1 propriated in this Act for fiscal year 2025: Provided fur2 ther, That $400,000,000 shall be available until Sep3 tember 30, 2027 for grants to communities and commu4 nity organizations who meet criteria for Certified Commu5 nity Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) 

6 of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none of the 

7 funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be 

8 subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That 

9 of the funds made available under this heading, 

10 $21,420,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the Pro11 tecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

12 93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 

13 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

14 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 

15 with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 

16 of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 

17 prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 

18 and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 

19 $4,154,098,000: Provided, That $1,600,000,000 shall be 

20 for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 

21 Act: Provided further, That of such amount in the pre22 ceding proviso not less than 4 percent shall be made avail23 able to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided fur24 ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the fol25 lowing amounts shall be available under section 241 of the 
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1 PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part 

2 B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) 

3 technical assistance, national data, data collection and 

4 evaluation activities, and further that the total available 

5 under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not ex6 ceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 

7 II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate 

8 substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, 

9 That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the 

10 PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject 

11 to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the 

12 amounts made available under this heading, $600,000,000 

13 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

14 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

16 1985. 

17 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

18 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 

19 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $246,879,000. 

20 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

21 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 

22 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 

23 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 

24 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 

25 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
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1 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 

2 and Mental Health Services Administration, 

3 $201,492,000: Provided, That of the amount made avail4 able under this heading, $63,337,000 shall be used for the 

5 projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

6 ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re7 port accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none 

8 of the funds made available for projects described in the 

9 preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 

10 PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That 

11 in addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall 

12 be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supple13 ment funds available to carry out national surveys on drug 

14 abuse and mental health, to collect and analyze program 

15 data, and to conduct public awareness and technical as16 sistance activities: Provided further, That, in addition, fees 

17 may be collected for the costs of publications, data, data 

18 tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of 

19 the PHS Act and provided to a public or private entity 

20 upon request, which shall be credited to this appropriation 

21 and shall remain available until expended for such pur22 poses: Provided further, That amounts made available in 

23 this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act 

24 shall remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro25 vided further, That funds made available under this head-
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1 ing (other than amounts specified in the first proviso 

2 under this heading) may be used to supplement program 

3 support funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental 

4 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 

5 Abuse Prevention’’. 

6 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

7 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

8 For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 

9 part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 

10 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 

11 and Modernization Act of 2003, $376,000,000: Provided, 

12 That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in 

13 fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That in addition, 

14 amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, 

15 reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 

16 data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re17 main available until September 30, 2026. 

18 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

19 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

20 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

21 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $383,609,399,000, 

22 to remain available until expended. 

23 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 

24 2025, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2025 for unantici-
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1 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 

2 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

3 In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 

4 quarter of fiscal year 2026, $261,063,820,000, to remain 

5 available until expended. 

6 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 

7 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 

8 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 

9 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 

10 quarter. 

11 PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

12 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 

13 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In14 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 

15 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 

16 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 

17 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 

18 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 

19 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $521,757,000,000. 

20 In addition, for making matching payments under 

21 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 

22 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 

23 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
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1 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

3 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 

4 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 

5 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil6 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 

7 to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Fed8 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup9 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 

10 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 

11 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 

12 PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 

13 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 

14 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 

15 be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 

16 which shall be credited to this account and remain avail17 able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 

18 accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab19 lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 

20 to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap21 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di22 rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2025 from Medicare 

23 Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 

24 of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 

25 with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 
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1 pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 

2 further, That of the amount made available under this 

3 heading, $397,334,000 shall remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2026, and shall be available for the Survey 

5 and Certification Program: Provided further, That 

6 amounts available under this heading to support quality 

7 improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 

8 the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe9 cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 

10 division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

11 (Public Law 115–141). 

12 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

13 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro14 gram integrity and program management, $941,000,000, 

15 to remain available through September 30, 2026, to be 

16 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

17 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

18 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 

19 Security Act, of which $699,058,000 shall be for the Cen20 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 

21 activities, of which $108,735,000 shall be for the Depart22 ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 

23 General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 

24 by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 

25 $133,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 
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1 carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 

2 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re3 quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 

4 for fiscal year 2025 shall include measures of the oper5 ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 

6 in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 

7 funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 

8 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

9 $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 

10 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $630,000,000 is addi12 tional new budget authority specified for purposes of sec13 tion 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care 

14 fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That 

15 the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 

16 from amounts made available under this heading and 

17 amounts made available for fiscal year 2025 under section 

18 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior 

19 Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 

20 abuse. 

21 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

22 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES

23 AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

24 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

25 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 
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1 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,924,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended; and for such purposes for the 

3 first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $1,700,000,000, to re4 main available until expended. 

5 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

6 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 

7 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 

8 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 

9 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 

10 year, such sums as may be necessary. 

11 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

12 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 

13 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist14 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 

15 $4,125,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

16 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $10,000,000 may 

17 be reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, 

18 training, and monitoring of program activities for compli19 ance with internal controls, policies and procedures, and 

20 to supplement funding otherwise available for necessary 

21 administrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the 

22 Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided in 

23 section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts 

24 with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit orga25 nizations: Provided further, That all but $947,348,000 of 
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1 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be allo2 cated as though the total appropriation for such payments 

3 for fiscal year 2025 was less than $1,975,000,000: Pro4 vided further, That, after applying all applicable provisions 

5 of section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 

6 State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca7 tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 

8 received under this heading for fiscal year 2024 from 

9 amounts appropriated in Public Law 118–47 shall have 

10 its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the 

11 portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 

12 would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 

13 received in such fashion for fiscal year 2024 being ratably 

14 reduced: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

15 available under this heading, $2,500,000,000 is des16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as22 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi23 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref24 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 

25 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
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1 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

2 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 

3 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor4 ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $6,355,214,000, of which 

5 $6,304,459,000 shall remain available through September 

6 30, 2027 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 

7 and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 

8 heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 

9 research and evaluation with respect to activities under 

10 such Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 

11 205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro12 priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under 

13 this heading by substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: 

14 Provided further, That the contribution of funds require15 ment under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wil16 berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

17 Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under 

18 this heading: Provided further, That for any month in fis19 cal year 2025 that the number of unaccompanied children 

20 referred to the Department of Health and Human Serv21 ices pursuant to section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 

22 of 2002 and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Traf23 ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 

24 exceeds 16,000, as determined by the Secretary of Health 

25 and Human Services, an additional $15,000,000, to re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2026, shall be made 

2 available for obligation for every 500 unaccompanied chil3 dren above that level (including a pro rata amount for any 

4 increment less than 500), for carrying out such sections 

5 462 and 235: Provided further, That if less than 

6 $65,000,000 has been made available pursuant to the pre7 ceding proviso as of September 15, 2025, then the dif8 ference between $65,000,000 and the amount made avail9 able pursuant to such proviso shall become available, and 

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for car11 rying out such sections 462 and 235. 

12 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

13 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

14 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 

15 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 

16 $10,346,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not sup17 plant State general revenue funds for child care assistance 

18 for low-income families: Provided, That technical assist19 ance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided 

20 directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, coopera21 tive agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided fur22 ther, That all funds made available to carry out section 

23 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 

24 funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 

25 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-
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1 ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 

2 section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 

3 That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved 

4 by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, 

5 $280,000,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organi6 zations: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail7 able under this heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 

8 0.5 percent for Federal administrative expenses: Provided 

9 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

10 heading, $500,000,000 is designated by the Congress as 

11 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

15 For making grants to States pursuant to section 

16 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro17 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 

18 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 

19 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 

20 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 

21 percent. 

22 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

23 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 

24 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 

25 the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven-
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1 tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 

2 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 

3 American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 

4 Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 

5 Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 

6 and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 

7 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 

8 Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin9 istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 

10 XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 

11 July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist12 ance Act of 1981, $15,544,939,000, of which 

13 $75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

14 2026, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 

15 guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 

16 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 

17 adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep18 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That $12,971,820,000 shall 

19 be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ20 ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 

21 of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 

22 (1) $544,000,000 shall be available for a cost 

23 of living adjustment, and with respect to any con24 tinuing appropriations act, funding available for a 
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1 cost of living adjustment shall not be construed as 

2 an authority or condition under this Act; 

3 (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 

4 by the Secretary to supplement activities described 

5 in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 

6 the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 

7 System, established under the authority of sections 

8 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 

9 and such funds shall not be included in the calcula10 tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 

11 such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 

12 Act; 

13 (3) $125,000,000 shall be available for quality 

14 improvement consistent with section 640(a)(5) of 

15 such Act except that any amount of the funds may 

16 be used on any of the activities in such paragraph 

17 of such section; 

18 (4) $10,000,000 shall be available for the Trib19 al Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 

20 Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 

21 (5) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available 

22 until September 30, 2026 for the Marshall Islands 

23 and Micronesia for the start-up and operation of 

24 Head Start services and for the provision of training 

25 and technical assistance: Provided, That an agency 
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1 awarded these funds shall not be subject to the re2 quirements of the system for designation renewal as 

3 defined by section 641 of the Head Start Act, for 

4 this award only, prior to 24 months after the date 

5 of such award; and 

6 (6) Not to exceed $42,000,000 shall be avail7 able to supplement funding otherwise available for 

8 research, evaluation, and Federal administrative 

9 costs: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res11 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 

12 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 

13 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 

14 Act: Provided further, That $315,000,000 shall be avail15 able until December 31, 2025 for carrying out sections 

16 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro17 vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 

18 preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist19 ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 

20 section 9212: Provided further, That $804,383,000 shall 

21 be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 

22 further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 

23 with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 

24 year and in fiscal year 2024, States may apply the last 

25 sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub-
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1 stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur2 ther, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the 

3 CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be 

4 for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall 

5 be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, 

6 That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG 

7 Act, to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds 

8 are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 

9 entity as provided under such Act, and have not been ex10 pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 

11 for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 

12 such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 

13 further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures re14 garding the disposition of intangible assets and program 

15 income that permit such assets acquired with, and pro16 gram income derived from, grant funds authorized under 

17 section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 

18 of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years 

19 after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent 

20 with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided fur21 ther, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 

22 investments and other debt instruments, and program in23 come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose 

24 consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: 

25 Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to 
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1 such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 

2 Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 

3 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 

4 construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments 

5 in private business enterprises owned by community devel6 opment corporations: Provided further, That 

7 $242,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 

8 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 

9 $7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 

10 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 

11 Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 

12 section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

13 Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 

14 under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 

15 shall be for a human services case management system 

16 for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 

17 national case management contract and Federal costs of 

18 administering the system: Provided further, That up to 

19 $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 

20 Reporting Information System, including grants to States 

21 to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec22 tiveness: Provided further, That $42,850,000 shall be used 

23 for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 

24 titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 

25 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none 
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1 of the funds made available for projects described in the 

2 preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 

3 PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That 

4 of the amounts made available under this heading, 

5 $700,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

10 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec11 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 

12 for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 

13 of such Act, $72,515,000: Provided, That of the funds 

14 available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 

15 allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 

16 such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 

17 to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require18 ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 

19 shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 

20 tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, 

21 or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in 

22 section 427(a)(1) of such Act and $2,750,000, in addition 

23 to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such 

24 purposes, shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and 

25 to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to 
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1 the evaluation of child and family services: Provided fur2 ther, That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts 

3 in the previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for 

4 ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), 

5 such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, estab6 lishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 

7 specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That 

8 the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations 

9 in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the 

10 second proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant 

11 award for kinship navigator programs in the case of States 

12 and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of 

13 tribes, shall be $25,000. 

14 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY

15 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

16 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,768,000,000. 

17 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

18 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 

19 fiscal year 2026, $3,600,000,000. 

20 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

21 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 

22 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 

23 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 

24 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
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1 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

2 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro5 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 

6 RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand7 parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 

8 of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 

9 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 

10 and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu11 rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 

12 Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 

13 of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As14 sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec15 tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 

16 Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol17 icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis18 abilities, $2,460,875,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 

19 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

20 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

21 Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 

22 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 

23 amounts made available under this heading to carry out 

24 sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 

25 of such amounts shall be available for developing and im-
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1 plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 

2 nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur3 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

4 funds made available under this heading to carry out sec5 tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 

6 of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 

7 further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 

8 adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 

9 XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 

10 to Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That 

11 none of the funds made available under this heading may 

12 be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 

13 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men14 tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 

15 any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 

16 an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 

17 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop18 mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 

19 of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 

20 a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 

21 physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 

22 the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 

23 for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 

24 unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro25 vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-
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1 pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 

2 awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 

3 residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 

4 affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 

5 legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 

6 guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 

7 rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro8 cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme9 diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 

10 individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 

11 legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 

12 individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub13 lic guardianship: Provided further, That of the amount 

14 made available under this heading, $22,043,000 shall be 

15 used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 

16 table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 

17 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

18 That none of the funds made available for projects de19 scribed in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 

20 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 

21 ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND

22 RESPONSE

23 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT

24 For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 

25 title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 
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1 development, storage, production, and procurement of 

2 medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi3 ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu4 lations, $3,250,991,000: Provided, That of such amount: 

5 (1) $1,070,000,000, to remain available 

6 through September 30, 2026, shall be for expenses 

7 necessary to support advanced research and develop8 ment pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 

9 other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad10 vanced Research and Development Authority; 

11 (2) $835,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, shall be for expenses necessary for pro13 curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec14 tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 

15 (3) $1,010,000,000, to remain available until 

16 expended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry 

17 out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 

18 (4) $335,991,000 shall be for expenses nec19 essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 

20 pandemic, of which $280,000,000 shall remain avail21 able until expended for activities including the devel22 opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec23 essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 

24 tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 

25 of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para-
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1 graph may be used for the construction or renova2 tion of privately owned facilities for the production 

3 of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 

4 if the Secretary finds such construction or renova5 tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 

6 vaccines or biologics: 

7 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 

8 for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 

9 shall be in addition to any other funds made available for 

10 such purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 

11 with funds made available under this heading may, at the 

12 discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 

13 National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the 

14 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

15 available under this heading, $1,500,000,000 is des16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY

20 RESPONSE

21 For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 

22 B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer23 gency response activities related to countering potential 

24 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 

25 other public health emergencies, $576,606,000: Provided, 
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1 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

2 $5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

3 2027, to support emergency operations: Provided further, 

4 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

5 $15,000,000 shall remain available through September 

6 30, 2026, to support coordination of the development, pro7 duction, and distribution of vaccines, therapeutics, and 

8 other medical countermeasures: Provided further, That of 

9 the amounts made available under this heading, 

10 $80,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2026, for advanced research and development, manufac12 turing, production, procurement, distribution, and the ac13 quisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non14 federally owned facilities for the production and purchase 

15 of medical countermeasures, which may include the devel16 opment, translation, and demonstration at scale of innova17 tions in manufacturing platform. 

18 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

19 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

21 general departmental management, including hire of six 

22 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 

23 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 

24 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re25 search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 
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1 Act, $537,144,000, together with $64,828,000 from the 

2 amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 

3 carry out national health or human services research and 

4 evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, 

5 $60,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 

6 treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 

7 made available under this heading, $101,000,000 shall be 

8 for making competitive contracts and grants to public and 

9 private entities to fund medically accurate and age appro10 priate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the 

11 Federal costs associated with administering and evalu12 ating such contracts and grants, of which not more than 

13 10 percent of the available funds shall be for training and 

14 technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional 

15 program support activities, and of the remaining amount 

16 75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have 

17 been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to re18 duce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying 

19 teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 

20 25 percent shall be available for research and demonstra21 tion grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional 

22 models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage 

23 pregnancy: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

24 under this heading from amounts available under section 

25 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry 
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1 out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of 

2 teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided fur3 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

4 $35,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which 

5 exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance 

6 (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual 

7 activity): Provided further, That funding for such competi8 tive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically 

9 accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publica10 tions by educational, scientific, governmental, or health or11 ganizations; implement an evidence-based approach inte12 grating research findings with practical implementation 

13 that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes for the 

14 intended audience; and teach the benefits associated with 

15 self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, 

16 healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual co17 ercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors 

18 such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without nor19 malizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 

20 more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 

21 grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech22 nical assistance and administrative costs of such pro23 grams: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act 

24 for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to 

25 individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other 
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1 mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed 

2 necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such 

3 services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 

4 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the funds made 

5 available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for car6 rying out prize competitions sponsored by the Office of 

7 the Secretary to accelerate innovation in the prevention, 

8 diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases (as authorized 

9 by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova10 tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)). 

11 In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title 

12 II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise pro13 vided, activities related to safeguarding classified national 

14 security information and providing intelligence and na15 tional security support across the Department and to 

16 counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 

17 $118,983,000. 

18 In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, pre19 pare for, or respond to an influenza pandemic, 

20 $7,009,000. 

21 MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

22 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 

23 appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall 

24 remain available until September 30, 2026, to be trans25 ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In-
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1 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med2 ical Insurance Trust Fund. 

3 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH

4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

5 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 

6 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 

7 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de8 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor9 mation technology, $69,238,000 shall be from amounts 

10 made available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

13 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 

14 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec15 tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 

16 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro17 viding protective services to the Secretary and inves18 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non19 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro20 vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 

21 heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 

22 activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 
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1 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

3 Rights, $39,798,000. 

4 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

5 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

6 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 

7 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 

8 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

9 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med10 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 

11 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 

12 required during the current fiscal year. 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

15 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 

16 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 

17 the Secretary. 

18 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

19 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 

20 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 

21 of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 

22 appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 

23 from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi24 vidual at this rate. 
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1 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

2 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 

3 except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 

4 for other taps and assessments made by any office located 

5 in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re6 port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria7 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de8 tailing the planned uses of such funds. 

9 SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 

10 PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 

11 but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro12 priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 

13 made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 

14 or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 

15 programs funded in this title. 

16 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre18 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro20 priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 

21 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 

22 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 

23 by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author24 ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 

25 new program or to fund any project or activity for which 
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1 no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 

4 in advance of any transfer. 

5 SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 

6 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 

7 such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 

8 date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2025 under sec9 tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 

10 who has been awarded such contract has not received 

11 funds due under the contract. 

12 SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

13 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 

14 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 

15 the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 

16 the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 

17 that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at18 tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 

19 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 

21 shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 

22 or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 

23 abuse, rape, or incest. 

24 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
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1 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 

2 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth3 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or4 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 

5 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 

6 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

7 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita8 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 

9 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv10 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth11 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi12 care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 

13 Advantage organization described in this section shall be 

14 responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor15 mation about all Medicare covered services. 

16 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 

17 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro18 mote gun control. 

19 SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 

20 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 

21 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 

22 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 

23 by the Agency for International Development, the United 

24 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 

25 World Health Organization. 
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1 SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter2 national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 

3 infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 

4 other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2025: 

5 (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv6 alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 

7 section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori8 ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 

9 the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 

10 to ensure that the authority provided in this section 

11 is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 

12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli13 cable statutes administered by the Department of 

14 State. 

15 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 

16 funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 

17 of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac18 quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage19 ment of facilities outside of the United States for 

20 the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co21 operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 

22 has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 

23 with applicable regulation governing location, set24 back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 

25 purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 
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1 authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 

2 State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 

3 make available to public or nonprofit private institu4 tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 

5 funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 

6 those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 

7 assistance for international health activities, includ8 ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec9 tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 

10 and other health activities abroad. 

11 (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 

12 personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 

13 serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 

14 those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For15 eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 

16 through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre17 scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 

18 authorized to provide locality-based comparability 

19 payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 

20 of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 

21 as a percentage) that would be payable to such per22 sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 

23 Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 

24 the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per25 sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 
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1 basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 

2 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 

3 the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv4 ing in the Foreign Service. 

5 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 

7 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 

8 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 

9 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 

10 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 

11 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 

13 least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

14 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 

16 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 

17 immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di18 rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re19 search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 

20 Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 

21 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec22 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 

23 SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 

25 may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 
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1 PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 

2 cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 

3 identified pursuant to or research and activities described 

4 in such section 402(b)(12). 

5 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 

6 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 

7 review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 

8 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro9 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 

10 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 

11 in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro12 cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 

13 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 

14 and 494 of the PHS Act. 

15 SEC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds ap16 propriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 

17 National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 

18 repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 

19 proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 

20 herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 

21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 

23 1 percent of the amount made available for National Re24 search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 

25 to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
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1 Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri2 mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 

3 who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 

4 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 

5 made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 

6 Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual7 ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 

8 SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 

9 and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 

10 a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro11 gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 

12 countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 

13 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 

14 if— 

15 (1) funds are available and obligated— 

16 (A) for the full period of the contract or 

17 for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 

18 in effect; and 

19 (B) for the estimated costs associated with 

20 a necessary termination of the contract; and 

21 (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 

22 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 

23 Government by encouraging full and open competi24 tion or promoting economy in administration, per25 formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 
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1 (b) A contract entered into under this section— 

2 (1) shall include a termination clause as de3 scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 

4 United States Code; and 

5 (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 

6 requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 

7 SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 

8 year 2026 budget justification and on Departmental Web 

9 sites information concerning the employment of full-time 

10 equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur11 poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other12 wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 

13 amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 

14 and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 

15 (b) With respect to employees or contractors sup16 ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 

17 out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 

18 the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 

19 information: 

20 (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 

21 such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 

22 a statement indicating the program, project, or ac23 tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di24 vision or office that administers such program, and 
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1 the amount of funding received in discretionary or 

2 mandatory appropriations. 

3 (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 

4 full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ5 ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 

6 detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 

7 (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 

8 exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 

9 (1) are supported through appropriations en10 acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro11 grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 

12 (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 

13 activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 

14 or 

15 (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 

16 is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed17 price contracts. 

18 SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 

19 fiscal year 2026 budget of the President submitted under 

20 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa21 tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 

22 for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 

23 Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact24 ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 

25 for fiscal year 2026. Such information shall include, for 
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1 each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 

2 activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 

3 Exchange Transparency’’ in the report accompanying this 

4 Act. 

5 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 

7 the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 

8 or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 

9 the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 

10 Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 

11 section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 

12 risk corridors). 

13 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

15 Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 

16 section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 

17 amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 

18 the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 

19 report accompanying this Act. 

20 (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 

21 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 

22 (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 

23 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with24 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
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1 SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on 

2 November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2027, any pro3 vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 

4 to another provision of law) to the current recommenda5 tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 

6 with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 

7 and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in8 volved as if— 

9 (1) such reference to such current recommenda10 tions were a reference to the recommendations of 

11 such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 

12 screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 

13 before 2009; and 

14 (2) such recommendations last issued before 

15 2009 applied to any screening mammography modal16 ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 

18 SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the 

19 provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 

20 Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 

21 approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall con22 tinue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the 

23 same extent and in the same manner as such provisions 

24 were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None 

25 of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise 
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1 made available to the Department of Health and Human 

2 Services or to any department or agency may be used to 

3 develop or implement a modified approach to such provi4 sions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal 

5 effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated 

6 rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in 

7 such quarter. 

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 

10 opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and 

11 addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to 

12 other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for 

13 the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

15 Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in 

16 the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 

17 authority provided by law. 

18 SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate: 

21 (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 

22 the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec23 tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 

24 enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 
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1 (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 

2 awards, including supplements, authorized under 

3 section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 

4 (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 

5 and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 

6 advance of any public release of enrollment information 

7 or the award of such grants. 

8 SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail9 able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro10 gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 

11 Services may transfer up to $525,000,000 to such account 

12 from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 

13 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 

14 support program management activity related to the Medi15 care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 

16 purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provi17 sion of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or 

18 any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 

19 supplant any other amounts within such account. 

20 SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human 

21 Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual 

23 report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de24 scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 
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1 SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 

2 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De3 partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 

4 available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 

5 employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 

6 employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 

7 a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 

8 are the subject of a determination of a public health emer9 gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 

10 and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 

11 an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade12 quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur13 poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 

14 Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 

15 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 

16 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 

17 SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human 

18 Services may accept donations from the private sector, 

19 nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde20 pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac21 companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 

22 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

23 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle24 ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in25 cluding medical goods and services, which may include 
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1 early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 

2 toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 

3 the wellbeing of such children. 

4 SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 

6 Human Services—Administration for Children and Fami7 lies—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated 

8 to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied alien 

9 children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of 

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

11 in any facility that is not State-licensed for the care of 

12 unaccompanied alien children, except in the case that the 

13 Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied alien 

14 children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary 

15 basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 

16 provided that— 

17 (1) the terms of the grant or contract for the 

18 operations of any such facility that remains in oper19 ation for more than six consecutive months shall re20 quire compliance with— 

21 (A) the same requirements as licensed 

22 placements, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores 

23 Settlement Agreement that the Secretary deter24 mines are applicable to non-State licensed facili25 ties; and 
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1 (B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty 

2 Youth Care Worker for every eight (8) children 

3 or youth during waking hours, one (1) on-duty 

4 Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) chil5 dren or youth during sleeping hours, and clini6 cian ratios to children (including mental health 

7 providers) as required in grantee cooperative 

8 agreements; 

9 (2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver 

10 for a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with 

11 paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides 

12 a report to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s 

13 good-faith efforts and progress towards compliance; 

14 (3) not more than four consecutive waivers 

15 under paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor 

16 or grantee with respect to a specific facility; 

17 (4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the 

18 monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of 

19 its Policies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 

20 2019; 

21 (5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation 

22 for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall 

23 conduct a minimum of one comprehensive moni24 toring visit during the first three months of oper-
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1 ation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; 

2 and 

3 (6) not later than 60 days after the date of en4 actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 

5 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

6 and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR 

7 for influx facilities including any requirement listed 

8 in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has deter9 mined are not applicable to non-State licensed facili10 ties. 

11 SEC. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional 

12 notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 

13 facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap14 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen15 ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 

16 facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard17 sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 

18 that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out19 come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 

20 the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 

21 longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 

22 will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 

23 bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 

24 Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria25 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
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1 report detailing the total number of children in care at 

2 the facility, the average length of stay and average length 

3 of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 

4 has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 

5 of stay and reason for delay in release. 

6 SEC. 233. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 

8 Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 

9 for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 

10 United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 

11 of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 

12 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 

13 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 

14 or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 

15 Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 

16 days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter17 fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 

18 safety operations) of such facility. 

19 SEC. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of 

20 enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec21 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 

23 publicly available online, a report with respect to children 

24 who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 

25 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard-
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1 less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 

2 an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 

3 subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 

4 and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 

5 the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol6 lowing information: 

7 (1) the number and ages of children so sepa8 rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 

9 ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa10 ration occurred; and 

11 (2) the documented cause of separation, as re12 ported by DHS when each child was referred. 

13 SEC. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 

14 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 

15 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 

16 available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi17 ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 

18 as defined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess 

19 of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of De20 fense. 

21 (RESCISSION)

22 SEC. 236. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non23 recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 

24 division G of Public Law 110–161, $1,656,000,000 are 

25 hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2025, ex-
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1 cept that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

2 were previously designated by the Congress as being for 

3 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso4 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 SEC. 237. The Director of the National Institutes of 

7 Health shall hereafter require institutions that receive 

8 funds through a grant or cooperative agreement or other 

9 form of extramural award during fiscal year 2025 and in 

10 future years to complete any investigation undertaken due 

11 to concerns about harassment, bullying retaliation, or hos12 tile working conditions regarding any individual identified 

13 as a principal investigator or key personnel in an NIH 

14 notice of award or progress report even if during the 

15 course of the investigation the individual under investiga16 tion leaves their current position and is no longer em17 ployed by the institution. The Director may hereafter de18 cline transfer of an ongoing extramural award to a dif19 ferent institution if concerns about harassment, bullying, 

20 hostile work environment, or other professional mis21 conduct on the part of a principle investigator or key per22 sonnel named in the Notice of Award or progress report 

23 have not been resolved to the NIH’s satisfaction. The Di24 rector may issue regulations consistent with this section. 
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 

2 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

3 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

4 For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 

5 title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

6 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 

7 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 

8 in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $19,387,790,000, of which 

9 $8,459,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 

10 and shall remain available through September 30, 2026, 

11 and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 

12 October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through Sep13 tember 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, 

14 That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under sec15 tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 

16 $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec17 retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec18 retary’’) on October 1, 2024, to obtain annually updated 

19 local educational agency-level census poverty data from 

20 the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 

21 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 

22 section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

23 $5,432,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 

24 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

25 $5,432,550,000 shall be for education finance incentive 
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1 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur2 ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 

3 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 

4 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA: Pro5 vided further, That subsection (b) of section 1004 of the 

6 ESEA shall be applied by substituting the sum of the 

7 amounts appropriated for parts A, C, and D of title I of 

8 the ESEA by division H of Public Law 117–328 for each 

9 of the amounts specified in that subsection: Provided fur10 ther, That subsection (a)(2) of section 1004 of the ESEA 

11 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$800,000’’ for 

12 ‘‘$400,000’’ and by substituting ‘‘$100,000’’ for 

13 ‘‘$50,000’’. 

14 IMPACT AID

15 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 

16 federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 

17 ESEA, $1,645,151,000, of which $1,490,500,000 shall be 

18 for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 

19 $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis20 abilities under section 7003(d), $20,500,000, to remain 

21 available through September 30, 2026, shall be for con22 struction under section 7007(b), $81,000,000 shall be for 

23 Federal property payments under section 7002, and 

24 $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

25 for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 
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1 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 

2 for an eligible local educational agency under section 

3 7003(a) for school year 2024–2025, children enrolled in 

4 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 

5 for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 

6 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 

7 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 

8 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 

9 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 

10 reside on Federal property as described in section 

11 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 

12 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 

13 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 

14 at a school in the same local educational agency they at15 tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 

16 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

17 For carrying out school improvement activities au18 thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 

19 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 

20 V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin21 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 

22 Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the 

23 Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,796,178,000, of which 

24 $3,967,312,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 

25 and remain available through September 30, 2026, and 
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1 of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo2 ber 1, 2025, and shall remain available through September 

3 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, That 

4 $380,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided fur5 ther, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: 

6 Provided further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B 

7 of title VI, which may be used for construction, renova8 tion, and modernization of any public elementary school, 

9 secondary school, or structure related to a public elemen10 tary school or secondary school that serves a predomi11 nantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 per12 cent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use 

13 of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to 

14 direct administrative costs: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary shall use $650,000 of funds made available in the 

16 preceding proviso to carry out section 6204 of the ESEA: 

17 Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C 

18 of title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, 

19 and may be used for construction, and that the 5 percent 

20 limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of 

21 funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to di22 rect administrative costs: Provided further, That 

23 $50,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 

24 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and 

25 the Secretary shall make such arrangements as deter-
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1 mined to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian 

2 Education has access to services provided under this sec3 tion: Provided further, That $230,000,000 shall be for 

4 part B of title V: Provided further, That in carrying out 

5 such part B the percentage in section 316(b)(1)(E) of title 

6 III of division H of Public Law 116–260 shall be deemed 

7 83.33 percent: Provided further, That $1,390,000,000 

8 shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of part A 

9 of title IV: Provided further, That funds provided by this 

10 Act for subpart B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento 

11 Homeless Assistance Act shall be available for expenditure 

12 by educational agencies and institutions for an additional 

13 fiscal year following the succeeding fiscal year provided by 

14 subsection 421(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions 

15 Act. 

16 INDIAN EDUCATION

17 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 

18 not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 

19 $194,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 

20 2 of part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be for sub21 part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 

22 limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 

23 the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 

24 shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 

25 further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 
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1 6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 

2 may be for a period of up to 5 years: Provided further, 

3 That the Secretary may make awards under subpart 3 of 

4 part A of title VI without regard to the funding limitation 

5 in section 6133(b)(1) of the ESEA. 

6 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

7 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 

8 3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E 

9 and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 

10 $1,115,000,000: Provided, That $173,000,000 shall be for 

11 subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 

12 available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 

13 2241: Provided further, That $683,000,000 shall be for 

14 parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 

15 and shall be made available without regard to sections 

16 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 

17 That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds 

18 available for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of 

19 the funds available for part C of title IV, the Secretary 

20 shall use not less than $60,000,000 to carry out section 

21 4304, not more than $140,000,000, to remain available 

22 through March 31, 2026, to carry out section 4305(b), 

23 from which the amount necessary for continuation grants 

24 may be available for obligation through March 31, 2026, 

25 and not more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities 
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1 in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwith2 standing section 4601(b), $259,000,000 shall be available 

3 through December 31, 2025 for subpart 1 of part F of 

4 title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for 

5 subpart 4 of part F of title IV, not less than $8,000,000 

6 shall be used for grants for eligible national nonprofit or7 ganizations, as described in the Applications for New 

8 Awards; Assistance for Arts Education Program published 

9 in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022, for activities 

10 described under section 4642(a)(1)(C): Provided further, 

11 That the competitive preference priority described in such 

12 notice shall be given only to an eligible national nonprofit 

13 organization that previously received the competitive pref14 erence priority pursuant to such notice. 

15 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

16 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 

17 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $464,000,000, 

18 to remain available through December 31, 2025: Provided, 

19 That $221,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 

20 which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re22 sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur23 ther, That $150,000,000 shall be available for section 

24 4625: Provided further, That $93,000,000 shall be for sec25 tion 4624. 
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1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

2 For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 

3 $895,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 

4 2025, and shall remain available through September 30, 

5 2026, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 

6 available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available 

7 through September 30, 2026, to carry out activities under 

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

9 SPECIAL EDUCATION

10 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 

11 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 

12 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,768,264,000, of 

13 which $6,190,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 

14 2025, and shall remain available through September 30, 

15 2026, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 

16 on October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through 

17 September 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Pro18 vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 

19 shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 

20 that activity during fiscal year 2024, increased by the 

21 amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 

22 of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro23 priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 

24 than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2024: 

25 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 
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1 to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 

2 States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub3 ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 

4 allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 

5 under this heading, is reduced under section 

6 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 

7 the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 

8 aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 

9 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail10 ability of a free appropriate public education under this 

11 part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 

12 relative populations of those children who are living in pov13 erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis14 tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 

15 whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 

16 under this heading made funds available for such a dis17 tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 

18 such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 

19 educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 

20 Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo21 cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 

22 section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 

23 States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 

24 any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 

25 the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 
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1 for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 

2 notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re3 garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 

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

5 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 

6 apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 

7 a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 

8 the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 

9 Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca10 tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec11 tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re12 serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 

13 the same relation to the maximum amount described in 

14 that paragraph as the reduction under section 

15 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 

16 would have received in that fiscal year under section 

17 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 

18 That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 

19 funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 

20 fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 

21 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 

22 section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec23 tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 

24 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 

25 under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech-
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1 nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 

2 States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 

3 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv4 ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 

5 quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro6 vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 

7 available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro8 gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro9 gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 

10 That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 

11 activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 

12 to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu13 tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri14 vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au15 thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not16 withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 

17 fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 

18 of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 

19 State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de20 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur21 ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 

22 to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 

23 funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 

24 populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 

25 State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de-
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1 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur2 ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 

3 643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu4 cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 

5 public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 

6 carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 

7 Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 

8 IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 

9 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 

10 services to a child who previously received services under 

11 part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 

12 the school year following the child’s third birthday with 

13 parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 

14 section 635(c) of the IDEA. 

15 REHABILITATION SERVICES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro18 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 

19 National Center Act, $4,219,297,000, of which 

20 $4,076,098,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili21 tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro22 vided, That the last proviso of section 547 of title V of 

23 division C of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

24 Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) is amended to read as fol25 lows: ‘‘Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2025, each 
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1 State shall be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 

2 110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated 

3 as if the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index 

4 determined under section 100(c) of such Act was not used 

5 to set the amount of the appropriation in fiscal year 

6 2024.’’: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2026, each 

7 State shall be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 

8 110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated 

9 as if the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index 

10 determined under section 100(c) of such Act had been 

11 used to set the amount of the appropriation in both fiscal 

12 years 2024 and 2025: Provided further, That the Sec13 retary may use amounts provided in this Act that remain 

14 available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States 

15 pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for 

16 innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive inte17 grated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act 

18 for youth and other individuals with disabilities, including 

19 related Federal administrative expenses, for improving 

20 monitoring and oversight of grants for vocational rehabili21 tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act, and 

22 information technology needs under section 15 and titles 

23 I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided fur24 ther, That up to 15 percent of the amounts available sub25 sequent to reallotment for the activities described in the 
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1 third proviso from funds provided under this paragraph 

2 in this Act, may be used for evaluation and technical as3 sistance related to such activities: Provided further, That 

4 any funds made available subsequent to reallotment for 

5 the activities described in the third proviso may be pro6 vided to States and other public, private and nonprofit en7 tities, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher 

8 education for carrying out such activities: Provided fur9 ther, That States and other public and nonprofit entities, 

10 including Indian tribes and institutions of higher edu11 cation may award subgrants for a portion of the funds 

12 to other eligible entities: Provided further, That any funds 

13 provided in this Act and made available subsequent to re14 allotment for the purposes described in the third proviso 

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided 

16 further, That the Secretary may transfer funds provided 

17 in this Act and made available subsequent to the reallot18 ment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the 

19 Rehabilitation Act to ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ 

20 for the evaluation of outcomes for students receiving serv21 ices and supports under IDEA and under title I, section 

22 504 of title V, and title VI of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro23 vided further, That the transfer authority in the preceding 

24 proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority in 

25 this Act. 
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1 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH

2 DISABILITIES

3 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

4 For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 

5 of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $53,431,000. 

6 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

7 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 

8 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 

9 of 1986, $96,500,000: Provided, That from the total 

10 amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 

11 funds for the endowment program as authorized under 

12 section 207 of such Act. 

13 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

14 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 

15 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 

16 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 

17 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $171,361,000, of 

18 which up to $19,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 

20 201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 

21 available, the University may at its discretion use funds 

22 for the endowment program as authorized under section 

23 207 of such Act. 
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1 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

2 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro3 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu4 cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu5 cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 

6 $2,226,436,000, of which $1,435,436,000 shall become 

7 available on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available 

8 through September 30, 2026, and of which $791,000,000 

9 shall become available on October 1, 2025, and shall re10 main available through September 30, 2026: Provided, 

11 That up to $16,100,000 shall be available for innovation 

12 and modernization grants under such section 114(e) of the 

13 Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

14 available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national 

15 leadership activities under section 242. 

16 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

17 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 

18 and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which 

19 shall remain available through September 30, 2026. 

20 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 

21 be eligible during award year 2025–2026 shall be $6,435. 

22 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

23 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 

24 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 

25 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
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1 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 

2 $2,158,943,000, to remain available through September 

3 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 

4 student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 

5 servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 

6 to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 

7 and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 

8 new and existing accounts: Provided further, That in order 

9 to promote accountability and high-quality service to bor10 rowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any con11 tract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 

12 environment, including the solicitation for the Federal 

13 Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing and Serv14 icing Environment, unless such an environment provides 

15 for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that 

16 contract directly with the Department of Education to 

17 manage a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the 

18 full life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with 

19 certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan bor20 rower accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on 

21 performance: Provided further, That the Department shall 

22 re-allocate accounts from servicers for recurring non-com23 pliance with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, 

24 and applicable laws, including for failure to sufficiently in25 form borrowers of available repayment options: Provided 
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1 further, That such servicers shall be evaluated based on 

2 their ability to meet contract requirements (including an 

3 understanding of Federal and State law), future perform4 ance on the contracts, and history of compliance with ap5 plicable consumer protections laws: Provided further, That 

6 to the extent FSA permits student loan servicing subcon7 tracting, FSA shall hold prime contractors accountable for 

8 meeting the requirements of the contract, and the per9 formance and expectations of subcontractors shall be ac10 counted for in the prime contract and in the overall per11 formance of the prime contractor: Provided further, That 

12 FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing 

13 and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan serv14 icing environment, incentivize more support to borrowers 

15 at risk of delinquency or default: Provided further, That 

16 FSA shall ensure that in such environment contractors 

17 have the capacity to meet and are held accountable for 

18 performance on service levels; are held accountable for and 

19 have a history of compliance with applicable consumer pro20 tection laws; and have relevant experience and dem21 onstrated effectiveness: Provided further, That the Sec22 retary shall provide quarterly briefings to the Committees 

23 on Appropriations and Education and the Workforce of 

24 the House of Representatives and the Committees on Ap25 propriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
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1 of the Senate on general progress related to implementa2 tion of Federal student loan servicing contracts: Provided 

3 further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency through 

4 expanded publication of aggregate data on student loan 

5 and servicer performance: Provided further, That 

6 $60,000,000 shall be for ensuring the continuation of stu7 dent loan servicing activities, including supporting bor8 rowers reentering repayment: Provided further, That 

9 $40,000,000 shall be for the adjudication and processing 

10 of borrower defense claims for class members under the 

11 settlement agreement in Sweet v. Cardona, No. 3:19–cv– 

12 3674 (N.D. Cal.): Provided further, That the limitation in 

13 section 302 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any 

14 appropriation shall apply to transfers to appropriations 

15 under this heading by substituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 

16 percent’’ for the purposes of the continuation of basic op17 erations, including student loan servicing, business process 

18 operations, digital customer care, common origination and 

19 disbursement, cybersecurity activities, and information 

20 technology systems: Provided further, That not later than 

21 45 days after enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan of an24 ticipated uses of funds made available in this account for 

25 fiscal year 2025 and provide quarterly updates on this 
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1 plan (including contracts awarded, change orders, bonuses 

2 paid to staff, reorganization costs, and any other activity 

3 carried out using amounts provided under this heading for 

4 fiscal year 2025) no later than 10 days prior to the start 

5 of such quarter: Provided further, That FSA shall notify 

6 the Committees within 10 days of any modification of such 

7 spend plan that exceeds five percent of the amount appro8 priated under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’: 

9 Provided further, That the FSA Next Generation Proc10 essing and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal 

11 student loan servicing environment, shall include account12 ability measures that account for the performance of the 

13 portfolio and contractor compliance with FSA guidelines. 

14 HIGHER EDUCATION

15 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro16 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 

17 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

18 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, 

19 $3,352,102,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

20 other provision of law, funds made available in this Act 

21 to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) 

22 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

23 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 

24 countries by individuals who are participating in advanced 

25 foreign language training and international studies in 
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1 areas that are vital to United States national security and 

2 who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of 

3 these countries in the fields of government, the profes4 sions, or international development: Provided further, That 

5 of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 

6 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 

7 outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro8 vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 

9 available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 

10 IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided fur11 ther, That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not apply to 

12 an institution of higher education that is eligible to receive 

13 funding under section 318 of the HEA: Provided further, 

14 That amounts made available for carrying out section 

15 419N of the HEA may be awarded notwithstanding the 

16 limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the HEA: Provided 

17 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

18 heading, $206,150,000 shall be used for the projects, and 

19 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression20 ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report accom21 panying this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 made available for projects described in the preceding pro23 viso shall be subject to section 302 of this Act : Provided 

24 further, That activities authorized under sections 

25 317(c)(2)(B), 319(c)(2)(B), and 320(c)(2)(B) of the HEA 
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1 may include construction and maintenance in classrooms, 

2 libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities. 

3 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

4 For partial support of Howard University, 

5 $297,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 

6 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 

7 University Endowment Act and shall remain available 

8 until expended. 

9 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

10 PROGRAM

11 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac12 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 

13 121 of the HEA, $298,000. 

14 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

15 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au17 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 

18 shall remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro19 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

20 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

22 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

23 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

24 $344,444,444: Provided further, That these funds may be 

25 used to support loans to public and private Historically 
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1 Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi2 tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

4 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi5 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 

6 III of the HEA, $528,000. 

7 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

8 For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 

9 Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 

10 of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 

11 authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 

12 Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu13 cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 

14 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 

15 $798,106,000, which shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds available to carry 

17 out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 

18 Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and sec19 ondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, 

20 and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 

21 systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 

22 funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 

23 Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public 

24 or private organizations or agencies to support activities 
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1 to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, 

2 State, and national levels. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

4 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

5 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro6 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in7 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co8 lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

9 $419,907,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act 

11 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the De12 partment of Education available for obligation or expendi13 ture in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity 

14 relating to implementing a reorganization that decentral15 izes, reduces the staffing level, or alters the responsibil16 ities, structure, authority, or functionality of the Budget 

17 Service of the Department of Education, relative to the 

18 principal office functional statement, organization, and op19 eration of the Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 

20 2024: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 

21 not apply to an internal reorganization of the Budget 

22 Service that does not decentralize, reduce the staffing 

23 level, or alter the overall responsibilities, authority, or 

24 functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of 

25 Education, relative to the principal office functional state-
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1 ment, staffing level, and operation of the Budget Service 

2 as in effect on January 1, 2024: Provided further, That 

3 none of the funds provided by this Act may be used to 

4 support a number of non-career employees that is more 

5 than the number of non-career employees as of December 

6 31, 2022. 

7 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

8 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

9 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 

10 of Education Organization Act, $150,000,000. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

13 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 

14 of Education Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which 

15 $3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

16 2026. 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

19 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol20 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 

21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre23 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro25 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
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1 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro2 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 

3 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant4 ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro5 gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 

6 are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

9 of any transfer. 

10 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con11 solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 

12 the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2025, through 

13 September 30, 2026. 

14 SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 

15 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap16 propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 

17 2025 may use the income from that fund to award schol18 arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 

19 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 

20 such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 

21 be considered to have been an allowable use of that in22 come, subject to that limitation. 

23 (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 

24 and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
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1 SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

2 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 

3 ‘‘2021’’. 

4 SEC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

5 1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 

6 ‘‘2021’’. 

7 SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 

8 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 

9 for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 

10 of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per11 kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu12 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 

13 (RESCISSION)

14 SEC. 308. Of the amounts appropriated under section 

15 401(b)(7)(A)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

16 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(ii)) for fiscal year 2025, 

17 $15,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

18 SEC. 309. Of the amounts made available in this title 

19 under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 

20 $2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education 

21 to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part 

22 D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who 

23 may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 

24 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 

25 borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such 
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1 loan cancellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall spe2 cifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would 

3 qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such 

4 Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of 

5 the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that 

6 is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to 

7 encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment 

8 plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall also com9 municate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full require10 ments of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the fil11 ing of employment certification by providing improved out12 reach and information such as outbound calls, electronic 

13 communications, ensuring prominent access to program 

14 requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 

15 creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire 

16 payment certification process electronically and on a cen17 tralized website. 

18 SEC. 310. The Secretary may reserve not more than 

19 0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 

20 for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail21 able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 

22 carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to col23 lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 

24 by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 

25 this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 
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1 shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro2 vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 

3 shall be available through September 30, 2027: Provided 

4 further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 

5 are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi6 ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 

7 may also reserve funds for such program or project for 

8 the purposes described in this section so long as the total 

9 reservation of funds for such program or project does not 

10 exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 

11 further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 

12 obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec13 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com15 mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 

16 Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Work17 force of the House of Representatives a plan that identi18 fies the source and amount of funds reserved under this 

19 section, the impact on program grantees if funds are with20 held for the purposes of this section, and the activities to 

21 be carried out with such funds. 

22 SEC. 311. In addition to amounts otherwise appro23 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Innovation and 

24 Improvement’’ for purposes authorized by the Elementary 

25 and Secondary Education Act of 1965, there are hereby 
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1 appropriated an additional $116,461,000 which shall be 

2 used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 

3 table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 

4 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That none 

5 of the funds made available for such projects shall be sub6 ject to section 302 of this Act. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 312. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

9 for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $21,390,000 

10 shall be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the 

11 Secretary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 

12 Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa13 tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 

14 space, human resource services, financial management 

15 services, financial systems support, budget formulation 

16 and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor17 tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 

18 acquisition and contract management, grants administra19 tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro20 vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 

21 amounts obligated and expended for such support services 

22 by using a standard Department of Education method23 ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 

25 amounts available for IES support services in excess of 
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1 actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal2 culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 

3 the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 

4 further, That in order to address any shortfall between 

5 amounts available for IES support services and amounts 

6 needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Sec7 retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 

8 of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad9 ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 

12 of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu14 cation Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

4 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur7 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

8 (referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 

9 under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 

10 $13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any 

11 central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 

12 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re13 quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 

14 51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com15 mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 

16 central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 

17 agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re18 porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 

19 of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 

20 such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 

21 heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 

22 Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele23 ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 

24 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 

25 A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 
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1 such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 

2 section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 

3 prior to executing a written agreement with the Com4 mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 

5 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 

6 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na9 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 

10 ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

11 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 

12 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 

13 to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $1,010,525,000, notwith14 standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 

15 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 

16 amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 

17 of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 

18 of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 

19 of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 

20 the grants cycle; (2) $19,538,000 shall be available to pro21 vide assistance to State commissions on national and com22 munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 

23 notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 

24 $37,735,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of 

25 the 1990 Act; and (4) $8,558,000 shall be available for 
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1 expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 

2 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 

3 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 

4 Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out 

5 the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 

6 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 

7 local community. 

8 PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For payment to the National Service Trust estab11 lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 

12 $160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 

14 amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 

15 to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 

16 the National Service Trust upon determination that such 

17 transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 

18 service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap21 propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 

22 may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 

23 without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 

24 under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b): Provided further, That of the 

25 discretionary unobligated balances from amounts made 
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1 available in prior appropriations Acts to the National 

2 Service Trust, $15,000,000 are hereby permanently re3 scinded, except that no amounts may be rescinded from 

4 amounts that were previously designated by the Congress 

5 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a con6 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

7 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

10 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 

11 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au12 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 

13 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em14 ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 

15 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep16 tion and representation expenses, $99,686,000. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

20 $7,595,000. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 

23 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 

24 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 

25 year 2025, during any grant selection process, an officer 
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1 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov2 ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 

3 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 

4 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re5 ceive such information. 

6 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 

7 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 

8 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 

9 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 

10 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require11 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 

12 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 

13 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup14 port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 

15 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 

16 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 

18 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro19 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 

20 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 

21 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro22 grams and operations. 

23 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 

24 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 

25 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
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1 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 

2 101 of the Act. 

3 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 

4 189D of the 1990 Act— 

5 (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 

6 section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 

7 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 

8 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 

9 (2) individuals described in such section shall 

10 be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 

11 NCPA; and 

12 (3) State Commissions on National and Com13 munity Service established pursuant to section 178 

14 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 

15 history record information, consistent with Public 

16 Law 92–544. 

17 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 

18 147 of the 1990 Act, the Corporation may determine the 

19 number of hours required to successfully complete any 

20 term of service of less than 1,700 hours, except that any 

21 reduction of the required term of service below 1,700 

22 hours shall include a corresponding reduction in the 

23 amount of any national service educational award that 

24 may be available under subtitle D with regard to that serv25 ice. 
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1 SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 

2 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 

3 service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re4 ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 

5 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

6 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad7 casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 

8 Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 

9 limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2027, 

10 $535,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

11 available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re12 ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 

13 Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 

14 none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 

15 be available or used to aid or support any program or ac16 tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben17 efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 

18 color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 

19 That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 

20 Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 

21 in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 

22 personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em23 ployees of CPB. 

24 In addition, for the costs associated with replacing 

25 and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection 
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1 system and other technologies and services that create in2 frastructure and efficiencies within the public media sys3 tem, $60,000,000. 

4 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 

7 and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func8 tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 

9 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex10 penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 

11 Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 

12 to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 

13 Reform Act, $53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

14 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 

15 special training activities and other conflict resolution 

16 services and technical assistance, including those provided 

17 to foreign governments and international organizations, 

18 and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 

19 merged with this account, and shall remain available until 

20 expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv21 ices shall be available only for education, training, and 

22 professional development of the agency workforce: Pro23 vided further, That the Director of the Service is author24 ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 

25 of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 
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1 of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic2 tion. 

3 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

4 COMMISSION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 

7 and Health Review Commission, $17,572,000. 

8 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

9 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS

10 AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 

12 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer13 ican History and Culture Act, $294,800,000. 

14 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS

15 COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 

18 the Social Security Act, $10,000,000. 

19 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 

22 the Social Security Act, $14,477,000, to be transferred to 

23 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

24 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In25 surance Trust Fund. 
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1 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 

4 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 

5 Act of 1973, $4,000,000. 

6 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela9 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

10 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 

11 $299,224,000, of which $1,860,000 shall be for the Office 

12 of the Inspector General: Provided, That no part of this 

13 appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in 

14 organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with 

15 investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning 

16 bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as re17 ferred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and 

18 as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 

19 1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 

20 25, 1938, and including in said definition employees en21 gaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, 

22 reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on 

23 a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the 

24 water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming pur25 poses. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act 

3 or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 

4 Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad5 ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em6 ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 

7 in an election to determine a representative for the pur8 poses of collective bargaining. 

9 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

12 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap13 pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 

14 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

15 COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 

18 and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000. 

19 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

20 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

21 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac22 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re23 tirement Act of 1974, $7,000,000, which shall include 

24 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2025 pursuant 

25 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
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1 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 

2 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 

3 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 

4 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 

5 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 

6 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 

7 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 

8 year. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

10 ACCOUNTS

11 For payment to the accounts established in the 

12 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 

13 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 

14 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 

15 30, 2026, which shall be the maximum amount available 

16 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 

17 76. 

18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 

20 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re21 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

22 Act, $129,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de23 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac24 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem25 ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
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1 notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire2 ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 

3 only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 

4 the previous proviso shall not change the status under 

5 Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 

6 Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro7 vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 

8 Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 

9 hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 

10 or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu11 cational programs using current excepted hiring authori12 ties established by the Office of Personnel Management: 

13 Provided further, That of the unobligated balances of 

14 funds provided under this heading at the end of fiscal year 

15 2025 not needed for fiscal year 2025, not to exceed 

16 $2,680,000 shall remain available until expended for infor17 mation technology improvements and investments. 

18 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

20 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 

21 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 

22 than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire23 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac24 count. 
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1 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

2 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

3 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

4 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur5 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 

6 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 

7 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

8 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se9 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 

10 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 

11 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu12 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur13 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

14 $46,388,833,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 

16 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 

17 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro18 vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 

19 available for research and demonstrations under sections 

20 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re21 main available through September 30, 2027. 

22 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 

23 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So24 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 

25 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
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1 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 

2 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 

3 2026, $22,100,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended. 

5 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur8 chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 

9 $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

10 not more than $14,564,978,000 may be expended, as au11 thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

12 from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 

13 section: Provided, That not less than $2,993,000 shall be 

14 for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 

15 That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 

16 paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2025 not needed for 

17 fiscal year 2025 shall remain available until expended to 

18 invest in the Social Security Administration information 

19 technology and telecommunications hardware and soft20 ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non21 payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 

22 information technology and telecommunications infra23 structure, except unobligated balances of funds described 

24 in the first proviso of this paragraph at the end of fiscal 

25 year 2025 not needed for fiscal year 2025 shall remain 
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1 available until expended to invest in the Social Security 

2 Advisory Board information technology: Provided further, 

3 That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent5 atives and the Senate prior to making unobligated bal6 ances available under the authority in the previous pro7 viso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 

8 funds under this heading for expenditures for official time 

9 for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu10 ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 

11 for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 

12 or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 

13 shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with inter14 est, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise ap15 propriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 

16 made. 

17 From funds provided under the first paragraph under 

18 this heading, not more than $1,903,000,000, to remain 

19 available through March 31, 2026, is for the costs associ20 ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 

21 XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 

22 continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn23 ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 

24 ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 

25 cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
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1 bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 

2 cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 

3 the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 

4 programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis5 tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro6 vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 

7 meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Bal8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

9 and $1,630,000,000 is additional new budget authority 

10 specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: 

11 Provided further, That, of the additional new budget au12 thority described in the preceding proviso, up to 

13 $19,600,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspec14 tor General’’, Social Security Administration, for the cost 

15 of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 

16 units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 

17 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 

18 Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 

19 the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 

20 on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 

21 to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 

22 Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 

23 Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 

24 paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram25 ming except as specified in this paragraph. 
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1 In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from admin2 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay3 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 

4 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 

5 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

6 That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 

7 to such sections in fiscal year 2025 exceed $170,000,000, 

8 the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2026 only 

9 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

10 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 

11 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 

12 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex13 pended. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 

19 exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 

20 authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 

21 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

22 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 

23 Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex24 pended for information technology modernization, includ25 ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 
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1 equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso2 ciated with information technology modernization. 

3 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 

4 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 

5 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 

6 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 

7 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 

8 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans9 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

5 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 

6 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 

7 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 

8 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 

9 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 

10 were originally appropriated. 

11 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

12 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

13 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

14 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

15 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 

16 Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 

17 and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub18 licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis19 tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 

20 electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres21 entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 

22 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis23 lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 

24 Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de25 signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
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1 lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu2 tive branch of any State or local government, except in 

3 presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 

4 government itself. 

5 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

6 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 

7 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 

8 any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 

9 recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 

10 enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad11 ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend12 ing before the Congress or any State government, State 

13 legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 

14 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela15 tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 

16 State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad17 ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 

18 government. 

19 (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

20 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 

21 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 

22 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric23 tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 

24 marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 

25 promotion of gun control. 
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1 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 

2 are authorized to make available not to exceed $33,000 

3 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala4 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 

5 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc6 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 

7 authorized to make available for official reception and rep8 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 

9 available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 

10 Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na11 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 

12 official reception and representation expenses not to ex13 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 

14 Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 

16 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu17 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

18 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

19 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 

20 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re21 search grants, shall clearly state— 

22 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro23 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

24 money; 
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1 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

2 project or program; and 

3 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

4 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

5 by non-governmental sources. 

6 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

7 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

8 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 

9 any abortion. 

10 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

11 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 

12 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben13 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 

14 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 

15 package of services covered by a managed care provider 

16 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange17 ment. 

18 SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre19 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

20 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

21 rape or incest; or 

22 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

23 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 

24 including a life-endangering physical condition 

25 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
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1 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 

2 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

3 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con4 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 

5 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 

6 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 

7 matching funds). 

8 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con9 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro10 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 

11 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro12 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 

13 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

14 funds). 

15 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 

16 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 

17 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 

18 or government subjects any institutional or individual 

19 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 

20 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov21 erage of, or refer for abortions. 

22 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 

23 includes an individual physician or other health care pro24 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 

25 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
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1 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 

2 plan. 

3 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used for— 

5 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 

6 for research purposes; or 

7 (2) research in which a human embryo or em8 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub9 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 

10 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 

11 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 

12 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

13 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 

14 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 

15 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 

17 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 

18 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 

19 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 

20 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 

21 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 

22 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab23 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 

24 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 

25 communications. 
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1 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 

3 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 

4 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 

5 to determine therapeutic advantage. 

6 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand8 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro9 viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 

10 health identifier for an individual (except in an individ11 ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 

12 until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 

13 standard. 

14 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 

16 a contract with an entity if— 

17 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 

18 the United States and is subject to the requirement 

19 in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 

20 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 

21 employment of certain veterans; and 

22 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 

23 required by that section for the most recent year for 

24 which such requirement was applicable to such enti25 ty. 
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1 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

4 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro5 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

6 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 

8 may be made available to any library covered by para9 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 

10 the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 

11 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 

12 such section. 

13 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

14 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

15 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli16 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from 

17 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

18 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

19 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

20 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

21 (1) creates new programs; 

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

23 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

24 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

25 denied or restricted; 
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1 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

2 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

3 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

4 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

5 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

6 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

8 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

9 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc10 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 

11 of such reprogramming. 

12 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

13 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen14 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

15 or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any 

16 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

17 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

18 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

19 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 

20 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

21 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in22 cluding construction projects), or activities; 

23 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist24 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per25 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
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1 (3) results from any general savings from a re2 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

3 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap4 proved by Congress; 

5 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

7 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

8 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc9 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 

10 of such reprogramming. 

11 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 

12 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap13 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis14 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can15 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re16 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec17 essary for the work of the committee involved. 

18 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

19 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 

20 false or misleading. 

21 SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

22 each department and related agency funded through this 

23 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro24 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 

25 for fiscal year 2025 that are different than those specified 
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1 in this Act, the detailed table in the report accompanying 

2 this Act or the fiscal year 2025 budget request. 

3 SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

4 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 

5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 

7 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree8 ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 

9 particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 

10 value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi11 tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2025, but not 

12 to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 

13 by law. Such report shall include the name of the con14 tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern15 mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 

16 award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 

17 transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 

18 end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 

19 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

20 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So21 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 

22 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 

23 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 

24 based on work performed under a social security account 

25 number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
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1 formance of such work under such number has formed the 

2 basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec3 tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 

4 SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 

6 the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa7 tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 

8 to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 

9 agreement between the United States and Mexico estab10 lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu11 rity system established by title II of the Social Security 

12 Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 

13 not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 

14 SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 

15 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

16 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

17 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

18 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

19 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

20 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi21 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

22 SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 

23 Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo24 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
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1 contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 

2 conference attendance and expenditures: 

3 (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con4 sidered independent agencies; and 

5 (2) attendance at and support for scientific con6 ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 

7 included in agency totals. 

8 SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 

9 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 

10 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 

11 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub12 lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax13 payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 

14 carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 

15 made available to the agency for advertising or other com16 munications regarding the programs and activities of the 

17 agency. 

18 SEC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis19 cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 

20 carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 

21 Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 

22 of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car23 rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub24 stituting ‘‘Fiscal Year 2025’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in 

25 the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 
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1 30, 2029’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it ap2 pears: Provided, That such pilots shall include commu3 nities that have experienced civil unrest. 

4 (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 

5 discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 

6 participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 

7 being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 

8 section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 

9 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of 

10 division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 

11 H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of 

12 Public Law 115–141, section 524 of division A of Public 

13 Law 116–94, section 524 of division H of Public Law 

14 116–260, section 523 of division H of Public Law 117– 

15 103, section 523 of division H of Public Law 117–328, 

16 and section 523 of division D of Public Law 118–47. 

17 (c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 

18 and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 

19 agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 

20 authorities. 

21 SEC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

22 each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 

23 fiscal year 2025 the Departments of Labor, Health and 

24 Human Services and Education and the Social Security 

25 Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 

2 report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro3 vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom4 mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 

5 monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at6 tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 

7 with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 

8 fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 

9 SEC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and 

10 Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com11 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com13 petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 

14 issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 

15 3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 

16 a grant award is announced by the Department or its of17 fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 

18 of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 

19 business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 

20 program year). 

21 SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 

23 to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 

24 injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita25 tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 
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1 a program other than making such purchases if the rel2 evant State or local health department, in consultation 

3 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de4 termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 

5 is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 

6 hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 

7 drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 

8 with State and local law. 

9 SEC. 527. Each department and related agency fund10 ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 

11 submitted for the record by members of the Committee 

12 within 45 business days after receipt. 

13 SEC. 528. In addition to the amount otherwise avail14 able for ‘‘National Labor Relations Board, Salaries and 

15 Expenses’’, $5,000,000 shall be available for obligation 

16 through September 30, 2027, solely for the costs necessary 

17 for information technology modernization associated with 

18 the Agency’s case management system, including hard19 ware and software infrastructure and equipment, and nec20 essary and direct oversight of such modernization efforts: 

21 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

22 section shall be used to supplant any other amounts within 

23 such account. 

24 SEC. 529. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll25 ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 
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1 Social Security Act and the income derived from invest2 ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 

3 that Act, $21,380,813,000 shall not be available for obli4 gation in this fiscal year. 

5 SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances made available 

6 by section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114–10, 

7 $2,028,187,000 shall not be available for obligation in this 

8 fiscal year. 

9 (RESCISSION)

10 SEC. 531. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 

11 available by sections 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 

12 2404, 2501, 2502, 2704, 3101 and 9911 of the American 

13 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), 

14 $10,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That not 

15 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

16 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit 

17 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Senate a report specifying the unobli19 gated balances rescinded pursuant to this section by both 

20 account and amount from each applicable appropriation 

21 in Public Law 117–2. 

22 SEC. 532. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin23 istration for Children and Families in the Department of 

24 Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 

25 Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-
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1 agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu2 reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 

3 (b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 

4 either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 

5 basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 

6 identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta7 tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 

8 September 30, 2029: Provided, That when an office ref9 erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 

10 funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 

11 use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 

12 funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 

13 (c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un14 expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 

15 or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im16 mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 

17 fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 

18 evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 

19 are available. 

20 SEC. 533. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

21 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec22 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 

24 repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 
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1 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

2 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 

4 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 

Calendar No. 471 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4942 

[Report No. 118–207] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2025, and for other purcation, and related agencies for the fiscal year Labor, Health and Human Services, and EduAUGUST 1, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar