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Union Calendar No. 485 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9029 

[Report No. 118–585] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 12, 2024 

Mr. ADERHOLT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 

for other purposes. 


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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 

6 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

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

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

10 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

11 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 

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

15 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $2,795,457,000 plus 

16 reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro17 vided: 

18 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 

19 and training activities and dislocated worker employ20 ment and training activities, $1,981,202,000 as fol21 lows: 

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

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

24 shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 

25 through June 30, 2026, and of which 


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1 $712,000,000 for adult employment and train2 ing activities, which shall be available for the 

3 period October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 

4 and 

5 (B) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 

6 employment and training activities, of which 

7 $235,553,000 shall be available for the period 

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

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

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

11 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 

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

13 WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 

14 section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur15 ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 

16 WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica17 tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 

18 would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 

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

20 the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 

21 shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re22 ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 

23 in such manner, and containing such information as 

24 the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 

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1 scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 

2 for any of the programs and activities authorized 

3 under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 

4 to approval of the application and such reporting re5 quirements issued by the Secretary; and 

6 (2) for national programs, $814,255,000 as fol7 lows: 

8 (A) $325,859,000 for the dislocated work9 ers assistance national reserve, of which 

10 $125,859,000 shall be available for the period 

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

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

13 period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 

14 2026: Provided, That funds provided to carry 

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

16 used to provide assistance to a State for state17 wide or local use in order to address cases 

18 where there have been worker dislocations 

19 across multiple sectors or across multiple local 

20 areas and such workers remain dislocated; co21 ordinate the State workforce development plan 

22 with emerging economic development needs; and 

23 train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 

24 further, That funds provided to carry out sec25 tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 


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1 used for technical assistance and demonstration 

2 projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 

3 new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 

4 workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

5 section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro6 vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 

7 may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 

8 funds to provide technical assistance and carry 

9 out additional activities related to the transition 

10 to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 

11 funds provided under this subparagraph, 

12 $120,000,000 shall be for training and employ13 ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 

14 (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 

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

16 (i) $55,000,000 shall be for workers 

17 in the Appalachian region, as defined by 

18 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 

19 Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 

20 4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 

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

22 2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 

23 served by the Northern Border Regional 

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

25 15733; and 


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1 (ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur2 pose of developing, offering, or improving 

3 educational or career training programs at 

4 community colleges, defined as public insti5 tutions of higher education, as described in 

6 section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

7 Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 

8 degree is primarily the highest degree 

9 awarded, with other eligible institutions of 

10 higher education, as defined in section 

11 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 

12 1965, eligible to participate through con13 sortia, with community colleges as the lead 

14 grantee; 

15 (B) $65,000,000 for Native American pro16 grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 

17 shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 

18 through June 30, 2026; 

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

20 farmworker programs under section 167 of the 

21 WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 

22 grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 

23 be for employment and training services), 

24 $6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 

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


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

2 discretionary purposes, which shall be available 

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

4 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law or related regulation, the 

6 Department of Labor shall take no action lim7 iting the number or proportion of eligible par8 ticipants receiving related assistance services or 

9 discouraging grantees from providing such serv10 ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 

11 definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 

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

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

14 eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 

15 programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 

16 that definition if, in addition to meeting the re17 quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 

18 167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a 

19 family with a total family income equal to or 

20 less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 

21 (D) $110,000,000 for YouthBuild activi22 ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 

23 which shall be available for the period April 1, 

24 2025 through June 30, 2026; 


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1 (E) $60,000,000 for ex-offender activities, 

2 under the authority of section 169 of the 

3 WIOA, which shall be available for the period 

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

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

6 competitive grants to national and regional 

7 intermediaries for activities that prepare for 

8 employment young adults with criminal legal 

9 histories, young adults who have been justice 

10 system-involved, or young adults who have 

11 dropped out of school or other educational pro12 grams, with a priority for projects serving high13 crime, high-poverty areas; 

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

15 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 

16 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 

17 the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 

18 2026; and 

19 (G) $150,000,000 to expand opportunities 

20 through apprenticeships only registered under 

21 the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 

22 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail23 able to the Secretary to carry out activities 

24 through grants, cooperative agreements, con25 tracts and other arrangements, with States and 


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1 other appropriate entities, including equity 

2 intermediaries and business and labor industry 

3 partner intermediaries, which shall be available 

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

5 2026. 

6 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

7 heading in paragraph (1)(A) on October 1, 2024, by Pub8 lic Law 118–47, $712,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

9 JOB CORPS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ12 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 

13 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter14 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 

15 purchase of real property for training centers as author16 ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 

17 as follows: 

18 (1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 

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

20 through June 30, 2026; 

21 (2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita22 tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 

23 shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 

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

25 acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 


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1 of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 

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

3 operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad4 ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 

5 funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 

6 shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 

7 2025: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap8 propriations of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 

10 any transfer; and 

11 (3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 

12 Corps: 

13 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 

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

15 Centers. 

16 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

17 For payments during fiscal year 2025 of trade ad18 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 

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

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

21 employment and case management services, allowances for 

22 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 

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

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

25 payments, allowances, training, employment and case 


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1 management services, and related State administration 

2 provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust3 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 

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

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

6 $33,900,000 together with such amounts as may be nec7 essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 

8 payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 

9 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 

10 Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 

11 heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 

12 current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 

13 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 

14 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

15 SERVICE OPERATIONS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For authorized administrative expenses, 

18 $84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,656,084,000 

19 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

20 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 

21 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 

22 (1) $2,875,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 

23 grants to States for the administration of State un24 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 

25 III of the Social Security Act (including not less 


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1 than $116,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv2 ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 

3 such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 

4 defined in such section, including those who are 

5 profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 

6 be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro7 vided, That of such amount, $116,000,000 is speci8 fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu9 rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 

10 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and $9,000,000 

12 for continued support of the Unemployment Insur13 ance Integrity Center of Excellence), the administra14 tion of unemployment insurance for Federal employ15 ees and for ex-service members as authorized under 

16 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of 

17 trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade 

18 adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjust19 ment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and 

20 under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment As21 sistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 

22 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 

23 2015, and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, 

24 as amended, and shall be available for Federal obli25 gation through December 31, 2025, except that 


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1 funds for outcome payments pursuant to section 

2 306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act shall be avail3 able for Federal obligation through March 31, 2026: 

4 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, the Secretary may recapture any 

6 funds appropriated under this paragraph that re7 main unexpended by a State after the period of ex8 penditure for a State (but before such funds have 

9 been returned to the Trust Fund), and such recap10 tured funds shall remain available until expended for 

11 reobligation by the Secretary to the States to carry 

12 out automation activities related to the administra13 tion of unemployment compensation laws: Provided 

14 further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre15 ceding proviso shall not be available until 60 days 

16 after the Secretary has submitted a plan to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Senate on the planned use of 

19 funds; 

20 (2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na21 tional activities necessary to support the administra22 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 

23 system; 

24 (3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to25 gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 


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1 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 

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

3 be available for Federal obligation for the period 

4 July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 

5 (4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na6 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ7 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred8 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

9 1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod10 ernizing information technology for use in the proc11 essing of certification requests), and the provision of 

12 technical assistance and staff training under the 

13 Wagner-Peyser Act; 

14 (5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 

15 administration of foreign labor certifications and re16 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation17 ality Act and related laws, of which $60,528,000 

18 shall be available for the Federal administration of 

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

20 for grants to States for the administration of such 

21 activities; and 

22 (6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 

23 provide workforce information, national electronic 

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1 ligation for the period July 1, 2025 through June 

2 30, 2026, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 

3 to carry out research and demonstration projects re4 lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 

5 labor force participation of people with disabilities: 

6 Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 

7 made available for research and demonstration 

8 projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis9 ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur10 poses: 

11 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In12 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2025 is 

13 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 

14 2,124,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 

23 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 

24 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 

25 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 


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1 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 

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

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

4 the National Directory of New Hires under section 

5 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec6 retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 

7 under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay8 ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 

9 Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 

10 That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es11 tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 

12 are used to support the national activities of the Federal13 State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 

14 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 

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

16 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 

17 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu18 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi19 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 

20 may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti21 ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 

22 to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

23 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 

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

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1 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not2 withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 

3 the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require4 ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed5 eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu6 lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re7 quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 

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

9 III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 

10 in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy11 ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 

12 in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra13 tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 

14 making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 

15 may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 

16 data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 

17 to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 

18 State and local governments, public and private institu19 tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 

20 may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 

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

22 Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 

23 information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 

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1 main available until September 30, 2026, for such pur2 poses. 

3 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

4 OTHER FUNDS

5 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

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

7 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 

8 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In9 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad10 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 

11 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 

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

13 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 

14 sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 

15 obligation through September 30, 2026. 

16 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

17 For expenses of administering employment and train18 ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 

19 $54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employ20 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy21 ment Trust Fund. 

22 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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1 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 

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

3 of which— 

4 (1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 

5 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis6 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 

7 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em8 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 

9 such title, and for the expenses described in section 

10 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend11 iture by the States through September 30, 2027, 

12 and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed13 eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup14 port to allow for the tracking of participant and per15 formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 

16 such funds may be used to support such specialists 

17 and representatives in the provision of services to 

18 transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 

19 have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro20 gram and have been identified as in need of inten21 sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 

22 are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 

23 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 

24 units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 

25 of such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to 


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1 surviving spouses of individuals who died while mem2 bers of the Armed Forces or as a result of a service3 connected disability; 

4 (2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi5 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 

6 10 U.S.C. 1144; 

7 (3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 

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

9 2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 

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

11 to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub12 lic Law 115–31); and 

13 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 

14 Employment and Training Services Institute under 

15 38 U.S.C. 4109: 

16 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 

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

18 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria19 tion from which such reallocation is made. 

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

21 $65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home22 less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 

23 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 

24 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 

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


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1 of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 

2 September 30, 2025, to provide services under such sec3 tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec4 tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 

5 services to homeless veterans described in section 

6 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 

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

8 veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 

9 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 

10 may include, in addition to services to the individuals de11 scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet12 erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 

13 of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

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

15 this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 

16 support to allow for the tracking of participant and per17 formance information: Provided further, That notwith18 standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 

19 United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex20 penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 

21 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 

22 the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec23 tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 

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

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


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1 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

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

3 such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 

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

5 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 

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

7 apply. 

8 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 

11 Security Administration, $181,100,000, of which up to 

12 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 

13 2026, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce14 ment litigation. 

15 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

16 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

17 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor18 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in19 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 

20 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

21 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 

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

23 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

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

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1 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep2 tember 30, 2025, for the Corporation: Provided, That 

3 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 

4 year 2025 shall be available for obligations for administra5 tive expenses in excess of $514,063,000: Provided further, 

6 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici7 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 

8 100,000 in fiscal year 2025, an amount not to exceed an 

9 additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep10 tember 30, 2029, for obligations for administrative ex11 penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici12 pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 

13 amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para14 graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep15 tember 30, 2029 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor16 dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor17 dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap18 proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti19 fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 

21 an additional amount shall be available for obligation 

22 through September 30, 2029 to the extent the Corpora23 tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 

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1 a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad2 ditional $100 per affected individual. 

3 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 

6 Compensation Programs, $113,500,000, together with 

7 $2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 

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

9 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 

10 SPECIAL BENEFITS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex13 penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au14 thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 

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

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

17 in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 

18 the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 

19 Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 

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

21 Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per22 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 

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

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

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1 quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 

2 and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 

3 15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 

4 the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es5 tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 

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

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

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

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

10 That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep11 tember 30, 2024, shall remain available until expended for 

12 the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro13 vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 

14 to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 

15 any other corporation or instrumentality required under 

16 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 

17 the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de18 termines to be the cost of administration for employees 

19 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2025: 

20 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 

21 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad22 ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 

23 $84,106,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 

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1 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto2 mated data processing systems operations and tele3 communications systems, $28,323,000; 

4 (2) For automated workload processing oper5 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 

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

7 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 

8 medical review, $26,686,000; 

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

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

11 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 

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

14 under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work15 ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 

16 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu17 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

19 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

20 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

21 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

22 Act, $66,966,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil24 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 


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1 such claim such identifying information (including Social 

2 Security account number) as may be prescribed. 

3 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

4 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

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

6 275, $24,367,000, to remain available until expended. 

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

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

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

10 as may be necessary. 

11 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 

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

13 available until expended. 

14 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 

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

18 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 

19 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev20 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 

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

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

23 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2025 for expenses 

24 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene25 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 


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

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

3 exceed $41,570,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage4 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 

5 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In6 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay7 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 

8 Department of the Treasury. 

9 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi12 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 

13 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren14 dered, $235,000,000. 

15 OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

16 PROGRAMS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con19 tract Compliance Programs, $99,976,000. 

20 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man23 agement Standards, $48,515,000. 


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1 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 

4 and Health Administration, $557,772,000, including not 

5 to exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum 

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

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

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

9 of State occupational safety and health programs required 

10 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 

11 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith12 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 

13 Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis14 cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other15 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 

16 such sums for occupational safety and health training and 

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

18 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 

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

20 services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab21 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 

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

23 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 

24 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 

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1 appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 

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

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

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

5 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 

6 camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur7 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 

8 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 

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

10 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 

11 included within a category having a Days Away, Re12 stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 

13 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica14 tion code for which such data are published, less than the 

15 national average rate as such rates are most recently pub16 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 

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

18 except— 

19 (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con20 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train21 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 

22 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 

23 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita24 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 

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1 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 

2 any willful violations found; 

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

4 with respect to imminent dangers; 

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

6 with respect to health hazards; 

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

8 with respect to a report of an employment accident 

9 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re10 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 

11 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga12 tion authorized by the Act; and 

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

14 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 

15 employees for exercising rights under the Act: 

16 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 

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

18 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em19 ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 

20 less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 

21 Programs. 

22 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 

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1 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 

2 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas3 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 

4 mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 

5 $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 

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

7 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 

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

9 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 

10 be available for mine safety and health education and 

11 training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

12 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra13 tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 

14 from fees collected for the approval and certification of 

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

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

17 That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build18 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 

19 private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 

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

21 further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 

22 is authorized to promote health and safety education and 

23 training in the mining community through cooperative 

24 programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 

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1 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin2 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 

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

4 reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe5 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 

6 chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 

7 That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 

8 be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 

9 for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 

10 event of a major disaster. 

11 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta14 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 

15 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv16 ices rendered, $629,952,000, together with not to exceed 

17 $68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ18 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy19 ment Trust Fund. 

20 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage24 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

25 $177,764,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 


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1 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

2 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 

3 Fund: Provided, That $3,281,000 shall be used for pro4 gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 

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

6 available for program evaluation may be used to admin7 ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur8 ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 

9 be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 

10 further, That funds available for program evaluation may 

11 be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De12 partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad15 vance of any transfer. 

16 IT MODERNIZATION

17 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen18 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re19 lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 

20 which shall be available through September 30, 2026. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, $93,187,000, together with not to 

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1 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem2 ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 

3 $2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 

4 may be available until expended. 

5 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 

9 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 

10 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 

11 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 

12 people with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less 

13 than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 

14 projects related to testing effective ways to promote great15 er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro16 vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 

17 available under this heading for research and demonstra18 tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 

19 Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur20 poses. 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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1 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 

2 Level II. 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre5 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

6 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro7 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

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

9 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ10 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 

11 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 

12 this section shall not be used to create any new program 

13 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 

14 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

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

17 of any transfer. 

18 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 

19 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

20 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex21 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 

22 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 

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

24 and host countries already identified by the United States 

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1 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec2 tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 

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

4 Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 

5 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 

6 than competitive grants for training individuals who are 

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

8 in school within a local educational agency in the occupa9 tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 

10 visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 

11 necessary to support such training. 

12 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad14 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 

15 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi16 vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 

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

18 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 

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

20 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es21 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re22 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 

23 funds, taking into account factors including the relative 

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

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1 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro2 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad3 ministration programs. 

4 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec6 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ7 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di8 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv9 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 

10 determined that those services will be more efficiently per11 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 

12 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 

13 (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 

14 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 

15 appropriation made available to the Employment and 

16 Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin17 istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 

18 relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund19 ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 

20 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro21 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 

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

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

24 account to carry out program integrity activities related 

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1 transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 

2 Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 

3 or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 

4 other arrangements with States and other appropriate en5 tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 

6 authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 

7 obligation through September 30, 2026. 

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

10 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 

11 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 

12 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 

13 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 

14 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man15 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 

16 Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 

17 available for obligation through September 30, 2026: Pro18 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 

19 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 

20 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

21 of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua22 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

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

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

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1 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 

2 Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra3 tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 

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

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

6 Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis7 tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of8 fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 

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

10 and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man11 agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 

12 Employment and Training’’. 

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

14 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied hereafter 

15 as if the following text is part of such section: 

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

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

18 disaster to any employee— 

19 ‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re20 sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 

21 an employer not engaged, directly or through an af22 filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop23 erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con24 tracts; 


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1 ‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver2 age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 

3 per week or any minimum weekly amount estab4 lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 

5 number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 

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

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

8 ‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi9 viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 

10 or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 

11 witnesses, or physicians; 

12 ‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review13 ing factual information to prepare damage esti14 mates; 

15 ‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda16 tions regarding coverage or compensability of 

17 claims or determining liability or value aspects 

18 of claims; 

19 ‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 

20 ‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 

21 litigation. 

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

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

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1 ‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis2 aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 

3 State or Federal agency or department; 

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

5 evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 

6 major disaster’ means an individual who timely se7 cured or secures a license required by applicable law 

8 to engage in and perform the activities described in 

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

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

11 that maintains worker compensation insurance cov12 erage or protection for its employees, if required by 

13 applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 

14 State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 

15 wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 

16 and 

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

18 by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 

19 more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 

20 securities of one or more companies, directly or indi21 rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 

22 control with, another company.’’. 

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

2 CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE

3 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 

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

5 a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em6 ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em7 ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 

8 the petition into the United States at any time dur9 ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 

10 for which the employer is seeking the services of the 

11 nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 

12 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER

13 90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 

14 may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 

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

16 date for which the employer is seeking the services 

17 of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 

18 (A) completes a new assessment of the 

19 local labor market by— 

20 (i) listing job orders in local news21 papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 

22 (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 

23 appropriate Department of Labor Elec24 tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 

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

2 qualified United States worker who— 

3 (i) applies for the job; and 

4 (ii) will be available at the time and 

5 place of need. 

6 (3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT

7 TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 

8 consider an employer in the seafood industry who 

9 brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 

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

11 to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec12 tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula13 tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 

14 (b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this sec15 tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad16 mitted to the United States pursuant to section 

17 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

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

19 SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 

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

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

22 employees with similar experience and qualifications for 

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

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1 immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 

2 available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter3 mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 

4 2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur5 veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 

6 Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 

7 determines that the methodology and data in the provided 

8 survey are not statistically supported. 

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

10 to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 

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

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

13 thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 

14 of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi15 nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 

16 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 

17 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera19 tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, not 

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

21 value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship pro22 grams for the purpose of training apprentices in those pro23 grams. 

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

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1 736, chapter 141) is amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au5 thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 

6 agents to— 

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

8 Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur9 ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 

10 to the performance of official duties by the Sec11 retary; 

12 ‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec13 tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 

14 immediate family of the Secretary who is partici15 pating in an activity or event relating to the official 

16 duties of the Secretary; 

17 ‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec18 retary (including during periods not described in 

19 paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme20 diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 

21 articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 

22 with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 

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

24 of Labor or another senior officer representing the 

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


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1 unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 

2 accordance with guidelines established by the Sec3 retary. 

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

5 authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em6 ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 

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

8 ‘‘(1) carry firearms; 

9 ‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of10 fense against the United States committed in the 

11 presence of such officer or special agent; 

12 ‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in13 cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 

14 and conducting advance work to review security mat15 ters relating to sites and events; 

16 ‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 

17 agencies; and 

18 ‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 

19 into potential threats to the security of the Sec20 retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 

21 the Department of Labor. 

22 ‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law en23 forcement officer or special agent employed under sub24 section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 

25 section in accordance with any— 


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

2 and 

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

4 Labor.’’. 

5 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en6 actment of this Act. 

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

8 or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro9 priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 

10 a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop11 erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 

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

13 disposition, to include any associated construction project, 

14 will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 

15 or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 

16 property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 

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

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

19 title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi20 sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 

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

22 the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 

23 such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 

24 Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 

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

2 Act may be used to— 

3 (1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree4 ment between the United States Department of 

5 Labor and the United States Department of Agri6 culture; or 

7 (2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen8 ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 

9 the endangerment of the health and safety of the 

10 students, the capacity of the program is retained, 

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

12 are met. 

13 (RESCISSION)

14 SEC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 

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

16 (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $217,000,000 are hereby perma17 nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2025. 

18 SEC. 117. Any criminal charge or civil enforcement 

19 action alleging that an individual engaged in fraud with 

20 respect to compensation (as defined in section 3306 of the 

21 Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for purposes of deter22 mining benefits under the following statutes shall be filed 

23 not later than 10 years after the offense was committed: 

24 (1) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se25 curity (CARES) Act, P.L. 116-136; 


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1 (2) Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, 

2 P.L. 116-260; 

3 (3) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 

4 117-2; and 

5 (4) Lost Wages Assistance Program under the 

6 Stafford Act, (42 U.S.C. § 5121–5207). 

7 SEC. 118. For the 2-year period beginning on the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Adverse Effect 

9 Wage Rate in effect under 20 CFR 655.120(b) shall be 

10 the Adverse Effect Wage Rate in effect on January 31, 

11 2023. 

12 SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce— 

14 (1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Adverse Effect Wage 

15 Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment 

16 of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations 

17 in the United States’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 12760 (effec18 tive March 30, 2023)); 

19 (2) 20 CFR 655.131(b) (relating to joint em20 ployer requirements); or 

21 (3) the final rule entitled ‘‘Improving Protec22 tions for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Em23 ployment in the United States’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 

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1 SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce— 

3 (1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Employee or Inde4 pendent Contractor Classification Under the Fair 

5 Labor Standards Act’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 1638 (effec6 tive March 11, 2024)); or 

7 (2) the final rule entitled ‘‘Defining and Delim8 iting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, 

9 Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employ10 ees’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 32842 (effective July 1, 2024 

11 SEC. 121. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce— 

13 (1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loy14 alty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising 

15 Shareholder Rights’’, (87 Fed. Reg. 73822 (effective 

16 January 30, 2023)); 

17 (2) the final rule entitled ‘‘Retirement Security 

18 Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fidu19 ciary’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 32122 (effective September 

20 23, 2024)); 

21 (3) the final rule entitled ‘‘Amendment to Pro22 hibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02’’, (89 Fed. 

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1 (4) the final rule entitled ‘‘Amendment to Pro2 hibited Transaction Exemption 84-24’’, (89 Fed. 

3 Reg. 32302 (effective September 23, 2024)); or 

4 (5) the final rule entitled ‘‘Amendment to Pro5 hibited Transaction Exemptions 75–1, 77–4, 80–83, 

6 83–1, and 86–128’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 32346 (effective 

7 September 23, 2024)). 

8 SEC. 122. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

10 proposed rule entitled ‘‘National Apprenticeship System 

11 Enhancements’’, published by the Department of Labor 

12 in the Federal Register on January 17, 2024 (89 Fed. 

13 Reg. 3118). 

14 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

16 proposed rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to 

17 Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory 

18 Protection’’, published by the Department of Labor in the 

19 Federal Register on April 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28218). 

20 SEC. 124. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

22 final rule entitled ‘‘Worker Walkaround Representative 

23 Designation Process’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 22558 (effective May 

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

2 Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

5 SERVICES 

6 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

7 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

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

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

10 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai11 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 

12 That not more than $1,000,000 shall be available until 

13 expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 

14 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That not more than 

15 $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car16 rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 

17 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 

18 Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 

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

20 made under such law. 

21 HEALTH WORKFORCE

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

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

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

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1 vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro2 portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) 

3 of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 

4 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 

5 for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 

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

7 and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec8 retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con9 tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 

10 Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec11 tion: Provided further, That no funds shall be available for 

12 section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 

13 fees collected for the disclosure of information under sec14 tion 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act 

15 of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social 

16 Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs 

17 of operating the programs authorized by such sections and 

18 shall remain available until expended for the National 

19 Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That funds 

20 transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and 

21 subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be 

22 used to make prior year adjustments to awards made 

23 under such section and subpart: Provided further, That 

24 $130,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

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1 ing 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, not 

9 less than 15 percent shall remain available until expended 

10 for the purposes of making payments under the NHSC 

11 Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of the 

12 PHS Act to individuals participating in such program who 

13 provide primary health services in Indian Health Service 

14 facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and 

15 Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are de16 fined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment 

17 priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: 

18 Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two 

19 provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be 

20 applied as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes 

21 clinical substance use disorder treatment services, includ22 ing those provided by masters level, licensed substance use 

23 disorder treatment counselors: Provided further, That of 

24 the funds made available under this heading, $7,000,000 

25 shall be available to make grants to establish, expand, or 


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1 maintain optional community-based nurse practitioner fel2 lowship programs that are accredited or in the accredita3 tion process, with a preference for those in Federally 

4 Qualified Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate 

5 nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral health: 

6 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

7 this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended for activities under section 775 of the PHS Act: 

9 Provided further, That the United States may recover liq10 uidated damages in an amount determined by the formula 

11 under section 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual 

12 either fails to begin or complete the service obligated by 

13 a contract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided 

14 further, 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 $70,000,000 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 quartile of States with a projected pri10 mary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec11 retary: Provided further, That the minimum amount of a 

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

13 than $3,000,000: Provided further, That such a grant may 

14 be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided 

15 further, That such a grant awarded with respect to a year 

16 to such an institution shall be subject to a matching re17 quirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that is not 

18 more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal funds 

19 provided in the grant to such institution with respect to 

20 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, $1,018,582,000: 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 $194,268,000 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 $2,381,041,000, 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. 

16 HEALTH SYSTEMS

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

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

19 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $126,009,000, of 

20 which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facil21 ity renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the 

22 National Hansen’s Disease Program. 

23 RURAL HEALTH

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

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


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

2 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $400,907,000, 

3 of which $74,277,000 from general revenues, notwith4 standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 

5 be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 

6 flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 

7 made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos8 pital flexibility grants, up to $25,942,000 shall be avail9 able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 

10 Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 

11 information technology and no less than $5,000,000 shall 

12 be available to award grants to public or non-profit private 

13 entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical As14 sistance Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

15 section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $13,000,000 shall be 

16 available for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided fur17 ther, That $14,000,000 shall remain available until ex18 pended for the Rural Residency Development Program. 

19 HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

20 For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 

21 Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 

22 for activities funded in other appropriations included in 

23 this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis24 tration, $222,088,000, of which $44,550,000 shall be for 

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1 Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 

2 agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 

3 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

4 may be used to supplement program support funding pro5 vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 

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

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

8 and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 

9 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

10 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 

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

12 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re13 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 

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

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

16 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 

17 to exceed $15,700,000 shall be available from the Trust 

18 Fund to the Secretary. 

19 COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND

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

21 $7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

23 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

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

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


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1 Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni2 zation and respiratory diseases, $237,358,000. 

3 HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

4 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

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

6 the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 

7 sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 

8 $1,177,135,000. 

9 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

11 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra12 tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 

13 zoonotic infectious diseases, $728,772,000: Provided, That 

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

15 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 

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

17 related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 

18 Federal or State quarantine law. 

19 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH

20 PROMOTION

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

22 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre23 vention and health promotion, $912,886,000: Provided, 

24 That funds made available under this heading may be 

25 available for making grants under section 1509 of the 


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1 PHS Act for not less than 21 States, Tribes, or Tribal 

2 organizations: Provided further, That the proportional 

3 funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS 

4 Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 

5 heading. 

6 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 

7 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH

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

9 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis10 abilities, disabilities and health, $206,060,000. 

11 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

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

13 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 

14 informatics, and workforce development, $594,497,000. 

15 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

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

17 Act with respect to environmental health, $94,600,000. 

18 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

19 For carrying out title III of the PHS Act with respect 

20 to rape prevention and education, and domestic violence 

21 and sexual violence prevention, $40,000,000. 

22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

23 HEALTH

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

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

2 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 

3 Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe4 ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 

5 health, $263,700,000. 

6 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

7 COMPENSATION PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

9 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

10 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 

12 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 

13 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 

14 GLOBAL HEALTH

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

16 Act with respect to global health, $563,922,000, of which 

17 $293,200,000 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 chemical, biological, 


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1 radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian populations, 

2 $874,000,000: 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 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

20 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi21 ties and program support for activities funded in other 

22 appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 

23 Disease Control and Prevention, $511,570,000, of which 

24 $360,000,000 shall remain available through September 

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1 Provided, That of such amount designated for public 

2 health infrastructure and capacity not less than 10 per3 cent shall be made available to Indian Tribes or Tribal 

4 organizations: Provided further, That paragraphs (1) 

5 through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS 

6 Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this head7 ing and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, 

8 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

9 $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

10 available to the Director of the CDC for deposit in the 

11 Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund estab12 lished by section 231 of division B of Public Law 115– 

13 245: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

14 heading may be used to support a contract for the oper15 ation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of 

16 activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is pre17 pared to address public health preparedness emergencies: 

18 Provided further, That employees of CDC or the Public 

19 Health Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, 

20 detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 

21 under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in over22 seas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employ23 ees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included 

24 within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, 

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1 Provided further, That CDC may use up to $5,000 from 

2 amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official re3 ception and representation expenses when specifically ap4 proved by the Director of the CDC: Provided further, That 

5 in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized 

6 user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 

7 charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 

8 respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from 

9 the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certifi10 cation Program shall be available through September 30, 

11 2026. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc15 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 

16 $0, which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

17 That funds made available to this account in this or any 

18 prior Act that are available for the acquisition of real 

19 property or for construction or improvement of facilities 

20 shall be available to make improvements on non-federally 

21 owned property, provided that any improvements that are 

22 not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed 

23 $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such improve24 ments accrues to CDC: Provided further, That funds pre25 viously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the 


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1 Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be 

2 used to acquire a replacement mine safety research facil3 ity: Provided further, That funds made available to this 

4 account in this or any prior Act that are available for the 

5 acquisition of real property or for construction or improve6 ment of facilities in conjunction with the new replacement 

7 mine safety research facility shall be available to make im8 provements on non-federally owned property, provided 

9 that any improvements that are not adjacent to federally 

10 owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur11 ther, That in addition, the prior year unobligated balance 

12 of any amounts assigned to former employees in accounts 

13 of CDC made available for Individual Learning Accounts 

14 shall be credited to and merged with the amounts made 

15 available under this heading to support the replacement 

16 of the mine safety research facility. 

17 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

18 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

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

20 Act with respect to cancer, $7,875,289,000, of which up 

21 to $45,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im22 provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 

23 Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 

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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON BODY SYSTEMS RESEARCH

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

3 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, blood diseases, 

4 blood and blood products, diabetes, digestive and kidney 

5 diseases, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases, 

6 $7,101,721,000. 

7 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON NEUROSCIENCE AND BRAIN

8 RESEARCH

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

10 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, neuro11 logical disorders and stroke, and eye diseases and visual 

12 disorders, $4,112,805,000. 

13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

15 Act with respect to infectious diseases, $3,315,552,000. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND

17 ARTHRITIS

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

19 Act with respect to the immune system and arthritis, 

20 $3,315,552,000. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

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

23 Act with respect to general medical sciences, human ge24 nome research, and health information communications, 

25 $4,451,630,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from 


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1 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro2 vided, That not less than $445,956,000 is provided for the 

3 Institutional Development Awards program: Provided fur4 ther, That of the amounts available for improvement of 

5 information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until 

6 September 30, 2026: Provided further, That in fiscal year 

7 2025, the National Library of Medicine may enter into 

8 personal service contracts for the provision of services in 

9 facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the juris10 diction of the National Institutes of Health (referred to 

11 in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 

12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITY RELATED

13 RESEARCH

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

15 Act with respect to research on human development, intel16 lectual and developmental disabilities, and deafness and 

17 other communication disorders, $2,317,464,000. 

18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEMENTIA

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

20 Act with respect to dementia, $4,604,899,000. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON SUBSTANCE USE

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

23 Act with respect to alcohol and other substance use, 

24 $2,281,695,000. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

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

3 Act with respect to mental health, $2,210,789,000. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH

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

6 Act with respect to health sciences research, including re7 search into health disparities, nursing, complementary and 

8 integrative health, and environmental health, 

9 $1,931,662,000: Provided, That $95,162,000 shall be for 

10 the John E. Fogarty International Center. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION AND ADVANCED

12 RESEARCH

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

14 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bio15 engineering, translational sciences, advanced research 

16 projects for health, and other innovative research, 

17 $2,568,004,000: Provided, That $500,000,000 shall be for 

18 the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to re19 main available through September 30, 2027. 

20 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

21 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 

22 the Director, $2,000,667,000: Provided, That funding 

23 shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 pas24 senger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided fur25 ther, That all funds credited to the NIH Management 


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1 Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the 

2 fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, 

3 That of the funds provided, $5,000 shall be for official 

4 reception and representation expenses when specifically 

5 approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided further, 

6 That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of 

7 the Director may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants 

8 for construction or renovation of facilities as provided for 

9 in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided fur10 ther, That amounts made available under this heading are 

11 also available to establish, operate, and support the Re12 search Policy Board authorized by section 2034(f) of the 

13 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That the funds 

14 made available under this heading for the Office of Re15 search on Women’s Health shall also be available for mak16 ing grants to serve and promote the interests of women 

17 in research, and the Director of such Office may, in mak18 ing such grants, use the authorities available to NIH In19 stitutes and Centers. 

20 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Office 

21 of the Director, $12,600,000 is appropriated from the 10- 

22 year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund described in sec23 tion 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

24 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out section 

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1 search), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First 

2 Research Act. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren5 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 

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

7 $353,671,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de11 scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 

12 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 

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

14 $127,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 

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

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

18 Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the NIH 

19 to other accounts of the NIH solely for the purposes pro20 vided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a deter21 mination by the Director of the NIH that funds trans22 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary 

23 for the purposes provided, such amounts may be trans24 ferred back to the Account: Provided further, That the 


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1 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi2 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 MENTAL HEALTH

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

7 Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad8 vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 

9 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 

10 $2,664,107,000, of which $21,039,000 shall be from 

11 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro12 vided, That of the funds made available under this head13 ing, $100,887,000 shall be for the National Child Trau14 matic Stress Initiative: Provided further, That notwith15 standing section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds ap16 propriated for carrying out section 520A shall be available 

17 for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided 

18 further, That the total available under this Act for section 

19 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the 

20 amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: 

21 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

22 this heading for subpart I of part B of title XIX of the 

23 PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be available to support 

24 evidence-based crisis systems: Provided further, That up 

25 to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out 


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1 the Children’s Mental Health Services program may be 

2 used to carry out demonstration grants or contracts for 

3 early interventions with persons not more than 25 years 

4 of age at clinical high risk of developing a first episode 

5 of psychosis: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of 

6 the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated in this 

7 Act for fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That 

8 $385,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027 

9 for grants to communities and community organizations 

10 who meet criteria for Certified Community Behavioral 

11 Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law 

12 113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

13 for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 

14 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made 

15 available under this heading, $21,420,000 shall be to 

16 carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare 

17 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 

18 note). 

19 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

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

21 with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 

22 of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 

23 prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 

24 and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 

25 $4,516,463,000, of which $79,200,000 shall be from 


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1 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro2 vided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec3 tion 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, 

4 That of such amount in the preceding proviso not less 

5 than 4 percent shall be made available to Indian Tribes 

6 or Tribal organizations: Provided further, That none of the 

7 funds provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State 

8 Opioid Response Grants shall be subject to section 241 

9 of such Act. 

10 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

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

12 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $203,174,000. 

13 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

14 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 

15 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 

16 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 

17 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 

18 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi19 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 

20 and Mental Health Services Administration, 

21 $146,323,000, of which $31,428,000 shall be from funds 

22 available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, 

23 That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of 

24 publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis 

25 completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to 


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1 a public or private entity upon request, which shall be 

2 credited to this appropriation and shall remain available 

3 until expended for such purposes: Provided further, That 

4 amounts made available in this Act for carrying out sec5 tion 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available through 

6 September 30, 2026: Provided further, That funds made 

7 available under this heading (other than amounts specified 

8 in the first proviso under this heading) may be used to 

9 supplement program support funding provided under the 

10 headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treat11 ment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 

12 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

13 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

14 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

15 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $383,609,399,000, 

16 to remain available until expended. 

17 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 

18 2025, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2025 for unantici19 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 

20 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

21 In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 

22 quarter of fiscal year 2026, $261,063,820,000, to remain 

23 available until expended. 

24 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 

25 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 


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1 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 

2 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 

3 quarter. 

4 PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

5 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 

6 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In7 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 

8 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 

9 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 

10 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 

11 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 

12 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $521,757,000,000. 

13 In addition, for making matching payments under 

14 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 

15 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 

16 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 

17 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

18 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

19 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 

20 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 

21 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil22 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 

23 to exceed $3,454,690,000 to be transferred from the Fed24 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup25 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 


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1 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 

2 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 

3 PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 

4 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 

5 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 

6 be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 

7 which shall be credited to this account and remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 

9 accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab10 lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 

11 to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap12 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di13 rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2025 from Medicare 

14 Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 

15 of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 

16 with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 

17 pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 

18 further, That of the amount made available under this 

19 heading, $402,334,000 shall remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2026, and shall be available for the Survey 

21 and Certification Program: Provided further, That 

22 amounts available under this heading to support quality 

23 improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 

24 the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe25 cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 


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1 division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

2 (Public Law 115–141): Provided further, That none of the 

3 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

4 prepare or issue any solicitation or award a contract that 

5 requires the maintenance of a labor harmony agreement 

6 or any substantially similar requirement. 

7 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

8 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro9 gram integrity and program management, $941,000,000, 

10 to remain available through September 30, 2026, to be 

11 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

12 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

13 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 

14 Security Act, of which $693,511,000 shall be for the Cen15 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 

16 activities, of which $111,508,000 shall be for the Depart17 ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 

18 General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 

19 by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 

20 $135,981,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 

21 carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 

22 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re23 quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 

24 for fiscal year 2025 shall include measures of the oper25 ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 


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1 in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 

2 funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 

3 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

4 $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 

5 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $630,000,000 is addi7 tional new budget authority specified for purposes of sec8 tion 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care 

9 fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That 

10 the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 

11 from amounts made available under this heading and 

12 amounts made available for fiscal year 2025 under section 

13 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior 

14 Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 

15 abuse. 

16 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

17 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT

18 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

19 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

20 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 

21 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,924,000,000, to remain 

22 available until expended; and for such purposes for the 

23 first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $1,600,000,000, to re24 main available until expended. 


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1 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

2 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 

3 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 

4 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 

5 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 

6 year, such sums as may be necessary. 

7 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

8 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 

9 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist10 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 

11 $4,040,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

12 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 

13 reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train14 ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 

15 with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup16 plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin17 istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 

18 may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 

19 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri20 vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza21 tions: Provided further, That all but $904,848,000 of the 

22 amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 

23 as though the total appropriation for such payments for 

24 fiscal year 2025 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 

25 further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 


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1 section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 

2 State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca3 tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 

4 received under this heading for fiscal year 2024 from 

5 amounts appropriated in Public Law 118–47 shall have 

6 its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the 

7 portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 

8 would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 

9 received in such fashion for fiscal year 2024 being ratably 

10 reduced. 

11 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

12 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as13 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi14 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref15 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 

16 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

17 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

18 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 

19 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor20 ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $2,691,955,000, of which 

21 $2,641,200,000 shall remain available through September 

22 30, 2027, for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 

23 and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 

24 heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 

25 research and evaluation with respect to activities under 


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1 such Act: Provided further, That the contribution of funds 

2 requirement under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William 

3 Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza4 tion Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available 

5 under this heading: Provided further, That not more than 

6 7 percent of amounts made available under this heading 

7 shall be available for Federal administrative costs. 

8 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

9 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec10 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 

11 for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 

12 of such Act, $69,765,000: Provided, That of the funds 

13 available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 

14 allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 

15 such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 

16 to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require17 ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 

18 shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 

19 Tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhanc20 ing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as de21 scribed in section 427(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 

22 That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the 

23 previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 per24 cent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such re25 served amounts may be used for identifying, establishing, 


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1 and disseminating practices to meet the criteria specified 

2 in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the res3 ervation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 

4 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the second 

5 proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant award 

6 for kinship navigator programs in the case of States and 

7 territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of Tribes, 

8 shall be $25,000. 

9 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

10 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

11 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 

12 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 

13 $8,771,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 

14 State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 

15 low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 

16 under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di17 rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 

18 agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 

19 That all funds made available to carry out section 418 

20 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 

21 funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 

22 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res23 ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 

24 section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 

25 That notwithstanding the reservation requirements in any 


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1 other provision of law, of amounts appropriated under this 

2 heading, 6 percent shall be reserved for payments to In3 dian Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, 

4 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

5 the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal 

6 administrative expenses. 

7 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

8 For making grants to States pursuant to section 

9 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro10 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 

11 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 

12 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 

13 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 

14 percent. 

15 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

16 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 

17 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 

18 the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven19 tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 

20 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 

21 American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 

22 Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 

23 Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 

24 and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 

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1 Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin2 istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 

3 XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 

4 July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist5 ance Act of 1981, $14,709,694,000, of which 

6 $75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

7 2026, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 

8 guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 

9 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 

10 adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep11 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That $12,296,820,000 shall 

12 be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ13 ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 

14 of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 

15 (1) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 

16 by the Secretary to supplement activities described 

17 in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 

18 the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 

19 System, established under the authority of sections 

20 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 

21 and such funds shall not be included in the calcula22 tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 

23 such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 

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1 (2) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Trib2 al Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 

3 Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 

4 (3) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available 

5 for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia for the 

6 start-up and operation of Head Start services and 

7 for the provision of training and technical assist8 ance; and 

9 (4) up to $42,000,000 shall be available to sup10 plement funding otherwise available for research, 

11 evaluation, and Federal administrative costs: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res13 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 

14 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 

15 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 

16 Act: Provided further, That $250,000,000 shall be avail17 able until December 31, 2025, for carrying out sections 

18 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro19 vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 

20 preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist21 ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 

22 section 9212: Provided further, That $793,000,000 shall 

23 be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 

24 further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 

25 with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 


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1 year and in fiscal year 2024, States may apply the last 

2 sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub3 stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur4 ther, That not less than $13,000,000 shall be for section 

5 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That 

6 $245,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 

7 the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 

8 $12,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 

9 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 

10 Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 

11 section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

12 Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 

13 under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 

14 shall be for a human services case management system 

15 for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 

16 national case management contract and Federal costs of 

17 administering the system: Provided further, That up to 

18 $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 

19 Reporting Information System, including grants to States 

20 to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec21 tiveness. 

22 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY

23 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

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1 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

2 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 

3 fiscal year 2026, $3,600,000,000. 

4 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

5 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 

6 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 

7 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 

8 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

9 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

10 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro13 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 

14 RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand15 parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 

16 of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 

17 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 

18 and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu19 rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 

20 Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 

21 of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As22 sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec23 tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 

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1 abilities, $2,415,167,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 

2 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

3 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

4 Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 

5 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 

6 amounts made available under this heading to carry out 

7 sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 

8 of such amounts shall be available for developing and im9 plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 

10 nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur11 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

12 funds made available under this heading to carry out sec13 tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 

14 of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 

15 further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 

16 adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 

17 XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 

18 to Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, That 

19 $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support al20 ternative financing programs that provide for the purchase 

21 of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest loan 

22 fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan 

23 fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided 

24 further, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, 

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1 native financing program will expand and emphasize con2 sumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 

3 agencies and community-based disability organizations 

4 that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis5 abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 

6 none of the funds made available under this heading may 

7 be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 

8 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men9 tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 

10 any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 

11 an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 

12 disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop13 mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 

14 of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 

15 a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 

16 physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 

17 the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 

18 for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 

19 unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro20 vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca21 pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 

22 awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 

23 residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 

24 affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 

25 legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 


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1 guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 

2 rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro3 cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme4 diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 

5 individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 

6 legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 

7 individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub8 lic guardianship. 

9 ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND

10 RESPONSE

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT

12 For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 

13 title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 

14 development, storage, production, and procurement of 

15 medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi16 ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu17 lations, $3,277,991,000: Provided, That of such amount: 

18 (1) $1,100,000,000, to remain available 

19 through September 30, 2026, shall be for expenses 

20 necessary to support advanced research and develop21 ment pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 

22 other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad23 vanced Research and Development Authority; 

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1 curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec2 tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 

3 (3) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 

4 expended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry 

5 out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 

6 (4) $327,991,000 shall be for expenses nec7 essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 

8 pandemic, of which $300,000,000 shall remain avail9 able until expended for activities including the devel10 opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec11 essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 

12 tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 

13 of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para14 graph may be used for the construction or renova15 tion of privately owned facilities for the production 

16 of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 

17 if the Secretary finds such construction or renova18 tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 

19 vaccines or biologics: 

20 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 

21 for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 

22 shall be in addition to any other funds made available for 

23 such purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 

24 with funds made available under this heading may, at the 

25 discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 


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1 National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the 

2 PHS Act: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

3 available under this heading may be used by the Adminis4 tration for Strategic Preparedness and Response to de5 velop, acquire, or stockpile medical countermeasures, or 

6 to strengthen the domestic industrial base, by procuring 

7 or acquiring any medical equipment, pharmaceutical good, 

8 or service produced by a Chinese-owned company. 

9 OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY

10 RESPONSE

11 For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 

12 B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer13 gency response activities related to countering potential 

14 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 

15 other public health emergencies, $352,606,000. 

16 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

17 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

19 general departmental management, including hire of six 

20 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 

21 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 

22 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re23 search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 

24 Act, $350,172,000, of which $58,028,000 shall be from 

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1 vided, That of this amount, $45,000,000 shall be for mi2 nority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: Provided 

3 further, That of the funds made available under this head4 ing, $40,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants 

5 which exclusively implement education in sexual risk 

6 avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-mar7 ital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding for 

8 such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use 

9 medically accurate information referenced to peer-re10 viewed publications by educational, scientific, govern11 mental, or health organizations; implement an evidence12 based approach integrating research findings with prac13 tical implementation that aligns with the needs and de14 sired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 

15 benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequenc16 ing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal set17 ting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and 

18 other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or 

19 illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity: 

20 Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the 

21 funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid22 ance shall be available for technical assistance and admin23 istrative costs of such programs: Provided further, That 

24 funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities 

25 may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, 


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1 through grants and other mechanisms, medical and ad2 ministrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: 

3 Provided further, That such services shall be provided con4 sistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That 

5 of the funds made available under this heading, 

6 $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize competitions 

7 sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to accelerate in8 novation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 

9 kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the Steven10 son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

11 3719)). 

12 In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title 

13 II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise pro14 vided, activities related to safeguarding classified national 

15 security information and providing intelligence and na16 tional security support across the Department and to 

17 counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 

18 $109,983,000. 

19 In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, pre20 pare for, or respond to an influenza pandemic, 

21 $7,009,000. 

22 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

23 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

24 Rights, $39,798,000. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH

2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

3 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 

4 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 

5 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de6 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor7 mation technology, $69,238,000, of which $59,238,000 

8 shall be from funds available under section 241 of the 

9 PHS Act. 

10 MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

11 For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 

12 appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2026, to be trans14 ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In15 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med16 ical Insurance Trust Fund. 

17 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

18 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

19 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 

20 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 

21 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

22 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med23 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 

24 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 

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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

3 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 

4 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec5 tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 

6 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro7 viding protective services to the Secretary and inves8 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non9 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro10 vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 

11 heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 

12 activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

16 available for not to exceed $25,000 for official reception 

17 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 

18 the Secretary. 

19 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

20 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 

21 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 

22 of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 

23 appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 224. The Director of the NIH may transfer 

20 funds for opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant 

21 misuse and addiction, pain management, and addiction 

22 treatment to other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to 

23 be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying the 

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1 ity provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any 

2 other transfer authority provided by law. 

3 SEC. 225. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent5 atives and the Senate: 

6 (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 

7 the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec8 tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 

9 enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 

10 (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 

11 awards, including supplements, authorized under 

12 section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 

13 (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 

14 and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 

15 advance of any public release of enrollment information 

16 or the award of such grants. 

17 SEC. 226. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail18 able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro19 gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 

20 Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account 

21 from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 

22 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 

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1 sion of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or 

2 any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 

3 supplant any other amounts within such account. 

4 SEC. 227. The Department of Health and Human 

5 Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual 

7 report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de8 scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 

9 SEC. 228. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 

10 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De11 partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 

12 available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 

13 employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 

14 employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 

15 a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 

16 are the subject of a determination of a public health emer17 gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 

18 and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 

19 an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade20 quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur21 poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 

22 Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 

23 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 

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1 SEC. 229. The Department of Health and Human 

2 Services may accept donations from the private sector, 

3 nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde4 pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac5 companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 

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

7 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle8 ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in9 cluding medical goods and services, which may include 

10 early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 

11 toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 

12 the wellbeing of such children. 

13 SEC. 230. In addition to the existing Congressional 

14 notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 

15 facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap16 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen17 ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 

18 facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard19 sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 

20 that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out21 come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 

22 the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 

23 longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 

24 will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 

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1 Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 

3 report detailing the total number of children in care at 

4 the facility, the average length of stay and average length 

5 of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 

6 has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 

7 of stay and reason for delay in release. 

8 SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 

10 Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 

11 for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 

12 United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 

13 of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 

14 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 

15 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 

16 or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 

17 Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 

18 days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter19 fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 

20 safety operations) of such facility. 

21 SEC. 232. Not later than 14 days after the date of 

22 enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec23 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 

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1 who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 

2 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard3 less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 

4 an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 

5 subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 

6 and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 

7 the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol8 lowing information: 

9 (1) the number and ages of children so sepa10 rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 

11 ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa12 ration occurred; and 

13 (2) the documented cause of separation, as re14 ported by DHS when each child was referred. 

15 SEC. 233. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 

16 available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 

17 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 

18 available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi19 ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 

20 as defined in section 228 of this Act at costs not in excess 

21 of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of De22 fense. 

23 SEC. 234. The Community Services Block Grant Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) is amended— 

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1 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘, subject 

2 to paragraph (3)’’; and 

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

4 (2) in section 680(a)(2) by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(F) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail7 able to carry out this paragraph may be used 

8 for financing construction and rehabilitation, 

9 and for loans or investments, in private busi10 ness enterprises, including those owned by com11 munity development corporations. 

12 ‘‘(G) OWNERSHIP OF INTANGIBLE PROP13 ERTY AND EARNINGS.—The Secretary shall es14 tablish procedures regarding the disposition of 

15 intangible assets and program income that per16 mit such assets acquired with, and program in17 come derived from, grants made under this 

18 paragraph, to become the sole property of the 

19 grantees after a period of not more than 12 

20 years after the end of the .grant period for any 

21 activity consistent with subsection (a)(2)(A). 

22 ‘‘(H) USE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS.—In23 tangible assets in the form of loans, equity in24 vestments and other debt instruments, and pro25 gram income may be used by grantees for any 


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1 eligible purpose consistent with subsection 

2 (a)(2)(A).’’. 

3 (RESCISSION AND INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 235. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non5 recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 

6 division G of Public Law 110–161, $2,352,000,000 are 

7 hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2025, ex8 cept that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

9 were previously designated by the Congress as being for 

10 an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso11 lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That from 

13 any remaining unobligated balances in such Fund, the 

14 Secretary may transfer up to $20,000,000 to ‘‘General 

15 Departmental Management’’ for cybersecurity: Provided 

16 further, That, except as otherwise provided in this section, 

17 not more than $200,000,000 of any remaining unobligated 

18 balances available in such Fund may be obligated pursu19 ant to such section 223 of division G of Public Law 110- 

20 161: Provided further, That the Secretary may obligate 

21 funds from such Fund for any program, project, or activ22 ity for which a notification was submitted before the date 

23 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec24 retary may transfer amounts into such Fund: Provided 

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1 available for the purposes provided by this section or for 

2 which a notification was submitted to such Committees on 

3 Appropriations before the date of enactment of this Act: 

4 Provided further, That the authority to transfer amounts 

5 under this section is in addition to any other transfer au6 thority in law. 

7 SEC. 236. The Director of the NIH shall hereafter 

8 have the authority to share investigation reports, conclu9 sions, and results of any investigation of individuals identi10 fied as a principal investigator or as key personnel in an 

11 NIH notice of award or progress report due to concerns 

12 about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working 

13 conditions on an as needed basis with any institution that 

14 receives funds through a grant or cooperative agreement 

15 or other form of extramural award during fiscal year 2025 

16 or any subsequent fiscal year. The Director may issue reg17 ulations consistent with this section. 

18 SEC. 237. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act to the National Institutes of Health may be used for 

20 facilities and administration costs (as defined in section 

21 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations) that ex22 ceed 30 percent of an award to an applicable educational 

23 institution that is an organization subject to taxation 

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1 SEC. 238. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

2 be used to conduct or support research using human fetal 

3 tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to an induced 

4 abortion. 

5 SEC. 239. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

6 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

7 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be made available 

8 to a hospital or any other entity that administers any post9 graduate physician training program, or any other pro10 gram of training in the health professions, that provides 

11 training in the performance of, or assisting in the perform12 ance of, induced abortions, or in counseling or referrals 

13 for such abortions, if such program— 

14 (1) provides or requires such training for any 

15 participant in such program without the participant 

16 first voluntarily electing to opt in to undergo such 

17 training; or 

18 (2) subjects any participant in such program to 

19 discrimination on the basis that the participant does 

20 not— 

21 (A) voluntarily elect to opt in to undergo 

22 such training; or 

23 (B) perform, assist in the performance of, 

24 or provide counseling or referrals for, such 

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1 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to per2 mit training described in subsection (a) that is not other3 wise allowed by law. 

4 SEC. 240. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law, none of the funds made available 

6 by this Act may be made available either directly, through 

7 a State (including through managed care contracts with 

8 a State), or through any other means, to a prohibited enti9 ty. 

10 (b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited 

11 entity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidi12 aries, successors, and clinics— 

13 (1) that, as of the date of enactment of this 

14 Act— 

15 (A) is an organization described in section 

16 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

17 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 

18 of such Code; 

19 (B) is an essential community provider de20 scribed in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of 

21 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 

22 enactment of this Act), that is primarily en23 gaged in family planning services, reproductive 

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1 (C) performs, or provides any funds to any 

2 other entity that performs, abortions other than 

3 an abortion performed— 

4 (i) in the case of a pregnancy that is 

5 the result of an act of rape or incest; or 

6 (ii) in the case where a woman suffers 

7 from a physical disorder, physical injury, 

8 or physical illness that would, as certified 

9 by a physician, place the woman in danger 

10 of death unless an abortion is performed, 

11 including a life-endangering physical condi12 tion caused by, or arising from, the preg13 nancy itself; and 

14 (2) for which the total amount of Federal 

15 grants to such entity, including grants to any affili16 ates, subsidiaries, or clinics of such entity, under 

17 title X of the Public Health Service Act in fiscal 

18 year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000. 

19 (c)(1) END OF PROHIBITION.—The definition in 

20 subsection (b) shall cease to apply to an entity if such enti21 ty certifies that it, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, 

22 successors, and clinics, will not perform, and will not pro23 vide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abor24 tion as described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 


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1 (2) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health 

2 and Human Services shall seek repayment of any 

3 Federal assistance received by any entity that had 

4 made a certification described in paragraph (1) and 

5 subsequently violated the terms of such certification. 

6 SEC. 241. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to establish, support, administer, oversee, 

8 or issue a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for 

9 the purposes of providing information on, promoting ac10 cess to, or facilitating an abortion. 

11 SEC. 242. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to require any project under title X of 

13 the PHS Act to refer for abortions: Provided, That no pro14 vider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be 

15 required to subvert or operate in conflict with any State 

16 law limiting referral for abortion/pregnancy counseling. 

17 SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex19 ecutive Order 14076 (Protecting Access to Reproductive 

20 Healthcare Services) or Executive Order 14079 (Securing 

21 Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services). 

22 SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or fi24 nalize the proposed rule ‘‘Strengthening Temporary As25 sistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and 


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1 Work Program’’, 88 Fed. Reg. 67697 (published on Octo2 ber 2, 2023), or any substantially similar rule. 

3 SEC. 245. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act, or provided under a previous or subsequent appro5 priations Act to the Department of Health and Human 

6 Services, or provided from any account in the Treasury 

7 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail8 able to such Department, may be used to enforce the final 

9 rule titled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and 

10 Regulatory Changes to the Omnibus COVID-19 Health 

11 Care Staff Vaccination Requirements’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 

12 61555), or any substantially similar rule. 

13 SEC. 246. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex15 ecutive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating 

16 Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual 

17 Orientation,’’ published by the Executive Office of the 

18 President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023). 

19 SEC. 247. None of the funds made available by this 

20 or any other Act may be used for social transitioning, or 

21 for drugs or surgery that alter bodily sex traits as inter22 ventions for gender dysphoria. 

23 SEC. 248. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to issue or implement as a final rule 

25 the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Nondiscrimination in Health 


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1 Programs and Activities’’ published by the Department of 

2 Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on 

3 August 4, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 47824) (relating to section 

4 1557 of the Affordable Care Act) or any successor or sub5 stantially similar rule. 

6 SEC. 249. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

8 final rule entitled ‘‘Designated Placement Requirements 

9 Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children’’, 

10 89 Fed. Reg. 34818 (effective July 1, 2024) or any suc11 cessor or substantially similar rule. 

12 SEC. 250. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

14 final rule entitled ‘‘Unaccompanied Children Program 

15 Foundational Rule’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 34384 (effective July 

16 1, 2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 

17 SEC. 251. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

18 may be used to place an unaccompanied alien child with 

19 a sponsor in any case where such unaccompanied alien 

20 child has been convicted of a crime, or has a pending 

21 criminal charge relating to gang affiliation or activity, in 

22 the United States or in such unaccompanied alien child’s 

23 country of origin or country of last habitual residence. 

24 SEC. 252. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 


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1 final rule entitled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

2 Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facili3 ties and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency 

4 Reporting’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 40876 (effective June 21, 

5 2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 

6 SEC. 253. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

8 final rule entitled ‘‘Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insur9 ance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits 

10 Coverage’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (effective June 17, 

11 2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 

12 SEC. 254. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

14 proposed rule entitled ‘‘Medicaid Program; Ensuring Ac15 cess to Medicaid Services’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 27960 (pub16 lished May 3, 2023)) insofar as such rule makes changes 

17 relating to sections 441.302(k), 441.464(f), 441.570(f), 

18 and 441.745(a)(1)(iv) of title 42, Code of Federal Regula19 tions. 

20 SEC. 255. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used by the Secretary of Health and Human 

22 Services to declare a public health emergency pursuant to 

23 section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 247d) or any related order that would impede, limit, or 

25 restrict a citizen’s Second Amendment rights. 


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1 SEC. 256. Title II of the Public Health Service Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec3 tion 245 the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 245A. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A qualified party may, in a civil 

6 action, obtain appropriate relief with regard to a des7 ignated violation. 

8 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘des10 ignated violation’ means an actual or threatened vio11 lation of— 

12 ‘‘(A) section 507(d) of the Departments of 

13 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu14 cation and Related Agencies Appropriations 

15 Act, 2025 (or any subsequent substantially 

16 similar provision); or 

17 ‘‘(B) any funding condition imposed by the 

18 Federal Government pursuant to such section 

19 507(d) (or such provision). 

20 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED PARTY.—The term ‘qualified 

21 party’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Attorney General of the United 

23 States; 

24 ‘‘(B) any attorney general of a State; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) any person or entity adversely af2 fected by the designated violation without re3 gard to whether such person or entity is a 

4 health care provider. 

5 ‘‘(3) STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.—The 

6 term ‘State governmental entity’ means a State, a 

7 local government within a State, and any agency or 

8 other governmental unit or subdivision of a State, or 

9 of such a local government. 

10 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES NOT REQUIRED.— 

11 An action under this section may be commenced, and relief 

12 may be granted, without regard to whether the party com13 mencing the action has sought or exhausted any available 

14 administrative remedies. 

15 ‘‘(d) DEFENDANTS.—An action under this section 

16 may be maintained against a Federal agency committing 

17 a designated violation described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or 

18 any recipient or subrecipient of Federal assistance com19 mitting a designated violation described in subsection 

20 (b)(1)(B), including a State governmental entity. 

21 ‘‘(e) NATURE OF RELIEF.—In an action under this 

22 section, the court shall grant— 

23 ‘‘(1) all appropriate relief, including injunctive 

24 relief, declaratory relief, and compensatory damages 

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1 of the designated violation and to compensate for 

2 losses resulting from the designated violation; and 

3 ‘‘(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attor4 neys’ fees and litigation costs. 

5 Relief in an action under this section may include money 

6 damages even if the defendant is a governmental entity. 

7 ‘‘(f) ABROGATION OF STATE IMMUNITY.—No State 

8 or governmental official that commits a designated viola9 tion shall be immune under the Tenth Amendment to the 

10 Constitution of the United States, the Eleventh Amend11 ment to the Constitution of the United States, or any 

12 other source of law, from an action under subsection (a).’’. 

13 SEC. 257. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

15 final rule entitled ‘‘Improving Child Care Access, Afford16 ability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development 

17 Fund (CCDF)’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 15366 (effective April 30, 

18 2024)) insofar as such rule makes changes relating to sec19 tions 98.16(z) and 98.30(b)(1) of title 45, Code of Federal 

20 Regulations. 

21 SEC. 258. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be used to place an 

23 unaccompanied alien child with an alien sponsor who has 

24 not been admitted as defined in paragraph (13) of section 

25 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 


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1 1101(a)) or who is deportable under section 237(a) of 

2 such Act. 

3 SEC. 259. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

4 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 

5 National Institutes of Health to fund or carry out any re6 search relating to gunshot injury or mortality prevention 

7 that treats crimes committed with a firearm as a public 

8 health epidemic, including advocating, promoting, or 

9 studying firearm-related restrictions or policies; firearm 

10 disenfranchisement, bans, confiscation, or registration, or 

11 other gun control measures; and any other restriction on 

12 firearms: Provided, That nothing shall prevent the Centers 

13 for Disease Control and Prevention and the National In14 stitutes of Health from carrying out research on medical 

15 procedures, practices, treatments, medicines, and thera16 pies related to gunshot injuries and recovery. 

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

18 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 

19 TITLE III 

20 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

21 OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

22 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

24 For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 

25 title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 


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1 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 

2 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 

3 in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $15,327,478,000, of which 

4 $4,399,178,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 

5 and shall remain available through September 30, 2026, 

6 and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 

7 October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through Sep8 tember 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, 

9 That $3,614,089,000 shall be for basic grants under sec10 tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 

11 $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec12 retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec13 retary’’) on October 1, 2024, to obtain annually updated 

14 local educational agency-level census poverty data from 

15 the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 

16 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 

17 section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

18 $4,825,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 

19 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

20 $4,825,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 

21 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur22 ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 

23 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 

24 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA: Pro25 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 


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1 this heading on October 1, 2024, by Public Law 118–47, 

2 $938,266,000 are hereby rescinded. 

3 IMPACT AID

4 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 

5 federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 

6 ESEA, $1,630,000,000, of which $1,477,000,000 shall be 

7 for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 

8 $49,000,000 shall be for payments for children with dis9 abilities under section 7003(d), $19,000,000 to remain 

10 available through September 30, 2026, shall be for con11 struction under section 7007(b), $80,165,000 shall be for 

12 Federal property payments under section 7002, and 

13 $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

14 for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 

15 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 

16 for an eligible local educational agency under section 

17 7003(a) for school year 2024–2025, children enrolled in 

18 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 

19 for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 

20 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 

21 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 

22 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 

23 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 

24 reside on Federal property as described in section 

25 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 


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1 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 

2 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 

3 at a school in the same local educational agency they at4 tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 

5 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 

7 For carrying out school improvement activities au8 thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 

9 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 

10 V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin11 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 

12 Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the 

13 Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,845,964,000, of which 

14 $3,073,673,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 

15 and remain available through September 30, 2026, and 

16 of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo17 ber 1, 2025, and shall remain available through September 

18 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, That 

19 $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 

20 further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, 

21 which may be used for construction, renovation, and mod22 ernization of any public elementary school, secondary 

23 school, or structure related to a public elementary school 

24 or secondary school that serves a predominantly Native 

25 Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 percent limitation 


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1 in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for 

2 administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis3 trative costs: Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be 

4 for part C of title VI, which shall be awarded on a com5 petitive basis, and may be used for construction, and that 

6 the 5 percent limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA on 

7 the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 

8 only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That 

9 $225,000,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided fur10 ther, That in carrying out such part B, the percentage in 

11 section 316(b)(1)(E) of title III of division H of Public 

12 Law 116–260 shall be deemed to be 80 percent: Provided 

13 further, That $1,390,000,000 shall be available for grants 

14 under subpart 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, 

15 That of the amounts made available under this heading 

16 on October 1, 2024, by Public Law 118–47, 

17 $1,681,441,000 are hereby rescinded. 

18 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

19 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 

20 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $291,000,000, 

21 to remain available through December 31, 2025: Provided, 

22 That $216,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 

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1 sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur2 ther, That $75,000,000 shall be available for section 4625. 

3 INDIAN EDUCATION

4 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 

5 not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 

6 $202,246,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 

7 2 of part A of title VI and $19,865,000 shall be for sub8 part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 

9 limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 

10 the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 

11 shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 

12 further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 

13 6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 

14 may be for a period of up to 5 years. 

15 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

16 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 

17 3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E 

18 and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 

19 $892,000,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be for 

20 subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 

21 available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 

22 2241: Provided further, That $630,000,000 shall be for 

23 parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 

24 and shall be made available without regard to sections 

25 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 


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1 That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds 

2 available for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of 

3 the funds available for part C of title IV, the Secretary 

4 shall use not less than $65,000,000 to carry out section 

5 4304, not more than $140,000,000, to remain available 

6 through March 31, 2026, to carry out section 4305(b), 

7 from which the amount necessary for continuation grants 

8 may be available for obligation through March 31, 2026, 

9 and not more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities 

10 in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That the Sec11 retary shall allow entities receiving grants under section 

12 4303 to use up to 10 percent of such grants for activities 

13 described in section 4303(b)(2) and up to 5 percent for 

14 the activities described in section 4303(c)(1)(C): Provided 

15 further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), 

16 $259,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 

17 2025 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 

18 OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE

19 SERVICES

20 SPECIAL EDUCATION

21 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 

22 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 

23 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,497,264,000, of 

24 which $5,915,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 

25 2025, and shall remain available through September 30, 


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1 2026, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 

2 on October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through 

3 September 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Pro4 vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 

5 shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 

6 that activity during fiscal year 2024, increased by the 

7 amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 

8 of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro9 priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 

10 than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2024: 

11 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 

12 to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 

13 States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub14 ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 

15 allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 

16 under this heading, is reduced under section 

17 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 

18 the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 

19 aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 

20 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail21 ability of a free appropriate public education under this 

22 part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 

23 relative populations of those children who are living in pov24 erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis25 tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 


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1 whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 

2 under this heading made funds available for such a dis3 tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 

4 such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 

5 educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 

6 Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo7 cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 

8 section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 

9 States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 

10 any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 

11 the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 

12 for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 

13 notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re14 garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 

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

16 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 

17 apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 

18 a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 

19 the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca21 tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec22 tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re23 serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 

24 the same relation to the maximum amount described in 

25 that paragraph as the reduction under section 


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1 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 

2 would have received in that fiscal year under section 

3 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 

5 funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 

6 fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 

7 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 

8 section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec9 tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 

10 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 

11 under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech12 nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 

13 States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 

14 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv15 ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 

16 quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro17 vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 

18 available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro19 gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro20 gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 

21 That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 

22 activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 

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1 thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not2 withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 

3 fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 

4 of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 

5 State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de6 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur7 ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 

8 to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 

9 funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 

10 populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 

11 State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de12 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur13 ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 

14 643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu15 cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 

16 public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 

17 carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 

18 Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 

19 IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 

20 633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 

21 services to a child who previously received services under 

22 part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 

23 the school year following the child’s third birthday with 

24 parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 

25 section 635(c) of the IDEA. 


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1 REHABILITATION SERVICES

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 

3 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro4 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 

5 National Center Act, $4,533,156,000, of which 

6 $4,389,957,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili7 tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro8 vided, Notwithstanding amounts made available for voca9 tional rehabilitation services by this Act and notwith10 standing sections 100(b)(1) and 100(c)(2) of the Rehabili11 tation Act, each State shall be entitled to an allotment 

12 equal to the amount such State received pursuant to such 

13 section 110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act for fiscal year 

14 2024, prior to the application of any additions or reduc15 tions under section 110(b) or section 111(a)(2)(B): Pro16 vided further, That, of such amounts made available under 

17 this heading in this Act, $415,000,000 is hereby re18 scinded: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2026, each 

19 State shall be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 

20 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated 

21 as if the two preceding provisos were not in effect for fiscal 

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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, $44,431,000. 

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, $93,000,000: 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, $168,361,000, of 

18 which up to $15,000,000, 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 

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1 OFFICE OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT

2 EDUCATION

3 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

4 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro5 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu6 cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu7 cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 

8 $2,186,436,000, of which $1,395,436,000 shall become 

9 available on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available 

10 through September 30, 2026, and of which $791,000,000 

11 shall become available on October 1, 2025, and shall re12 main available through September 30, 2026: Provided, 

13 That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 

14 $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 

15 under section 242. 

16 OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

17 HIGHER EDUCATION

18 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro19 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 

20 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

21 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, 

22 $2,849,272,000, of which $100,000,000 shall remain 

23 available through December 31, 2025: Provided, That not24 withstanding any other provision of law, funds made avail25 able in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and secVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:28 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9029.RH H9029

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1 tion 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

2 Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and 

3 study in foreign countries by individuals who are partici4 pating in advanced foreign language training and inter5 national studies in areas that are vital to United States 

6 national security and who plan to apply their language 

7 skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of gov8 ernment, the professions, or international development: 

9 Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the pre10 ceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program 

11 evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemina12 tion activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent 

13 of the funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 

14 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for evalua15 tion: Provided further, That section 313(d) of the HEA 

16 shall not apply to an institution of higher education that 

17 is eligible to receive funding under section 318 of the 

18 HEA: Provided further, That amounts made available for 

19 carrying out section 419N of the HEA may be awarded 

20 notwithstanding the limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of 

21 the HEA: Provided further, That of the funds made avail22 able under this Act to carry out part B of title III of the 

23 HEA, $10,000,000 shall be for grants to supplement 

24 amounts awarded to part B institutions that are junior 

25 or community colleges, as defined in section 312(f) of the 


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1 HEA: Provided further, That the supplemental funds de2 scribed in the preceding proviso are in addition to any 

3 grant award that any institution may receive under section 

4 323 of the HEA and shall be allocated in accordance with 

5 the allotments specified under section 324 of such Act. 

6 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

7 For partial support of Howard University, 

8 $253,928,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 

9 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 

10 University Endowment Act and shall remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

13 PROGRAM

14 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac15 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 

16 121 of the HEA, $298,000. 

17 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

18 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au20 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 

21 shall remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro22 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

23 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

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1 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

2 $344,444,444: Provided further, That these funds may be 

3 used to support loans to public and private Historically 

4 Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi5 tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 

6 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

7 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi8 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 

9 III of the HEA, $528,000. 

10 OFFICE OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID

11 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

12 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 

13 and part C of title IV of the HEA, $23,545,352,000 which 

14 shall remain available through September 30, 2026. 

15 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 

16 be eligible during award year 2025–2026 shall be $6,335. 

17 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

18 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 

19 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 

20 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 

21 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 

22 $1,529,472,000, to remain available through September 

23 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 

24 student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 

25 servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 


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1 to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 

2 and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 

3 new and existing accounts: Provided further, That in order 

4 to promote accountability and high-quality service to bor5 rowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any con6 tract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 

7 environment, including the solicitation for the Federal 

8 Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing and Serv9 icing Environment, unless such an environment provides 

10 for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that 

11 contract directly with the Department of Education to 

12 manage a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the 

13 full life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with 

14 certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan bor15 rower accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on 

16 performance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

17 provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appro18 priations and Education and the Workforce of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations 

20 and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 

21 on general progress related to implementation of Federal 

22 student loan servicing contracts: Provided further, That 

23 not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, FSA 

24 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 


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1 plan of anticipated uses of funds made available in this 

2 account for fiscal year 2025 and provide quarterly updates 

3 on this plan (including contracts awarded, change orders, 

4 bonuses paid to staff, reorganization costs, and any other 

5 activity carried out using amounts provided under this 

6 heading for fiscal year 2025) no later than 10 days prior 

7 to the start of such quarter. 

8 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

9 For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 

10 Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 

11 of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 

12 authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 

13 Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu14 cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 

15 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 

16 $740,373,000, which shall remain available through Sep17 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds available to carry 

18 out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 

19 Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and sec20 ondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, 

21 and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 

22 systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 

23 funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 

24 Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public 

25 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 $210,907,000: Provided, That none of the funds provided 

10 by this Act may be used to support a number of non-career 

11 employees that is above the number of non-career employ12 ees as of December 31, 2022. 

13 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

14 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

15 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 

16 of Education Organization Act, $130,000,000. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

19 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 

20 of Education Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which 

21 $3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

3 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol4 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 

5 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre7 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro9 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 

10 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro11 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 

12 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant13 ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro14 gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 

15 are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

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

18 of any transfer. 

19 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con20 solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 

21 the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2025, through 

22 September 30, 2026. 

23 SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 

24 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap25 propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 


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1 2025 may use the income from that fund to award schol2 arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 

3 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 

4 such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 

5 be considered to have been an allowable use of that in6 come, subject to that limitation. 

7 (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 

8 and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 

9 SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

10 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 

11 ‘‘2021’’. 

12 SEC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

13 1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 

14 ‘‘2021’’. 

15 SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 

16 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 

17 for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 

18 of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per19 kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 

21 SEC. 308. The Secretary may reserve not more than 

22 0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 

23 for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail24 able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 

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1 lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 

2 by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 

3 this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 

4 shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro5 vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 

6 shall be available through September 30, 2027: Provided 

7 further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 

8 are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi9 ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 

10 may also reserve funds for such program or project for 

11 the purposes described in this section so long as the total 

12 reservation of funds for such program or project does not 

13 exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 

14 further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 

15 obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec16 retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com18 mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 

19 Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Work20 force of the House of Representatives a plan that identi21 fies the source and amount of funds reserved under this 

22 section, the impact on program grantees if funds are with23 held for the purposes of this section, and the activities to 

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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

3 for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $20,000,000 

4 shall be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the 

5 Secretary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 

6 Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa7 tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 

8 space, human resource services, financial management 

9 services, financial systems support, budget formulation 

10 and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor11 tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 

12 acquisition and contract management, grants administra13 tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro14 vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 

15 amounts obligated and expended for such support services 

16 by using a standard Department of Education method17 ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 

18 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 

19 amounts available for IES support services in excess of 

20 actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal21 culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 

22 the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 

23 further, That in order to address any shortfall between 

24 amounts available for IES support services and amounts 

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1 retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 

2 of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad3 ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 

6 of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 

7 (RESCISSION)

8 SEC. 310. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

9 made available in this or prior Acts under the heading 

10 ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, $25,000,000 are here11 by rescinded not later than September 30, 2025. 

12 (RESCISSION AND INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 311. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De14 partment of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ es15 tablished in section 313 of division H of Public Law 116– 

16 260, $76,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep17 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That from any remaining un18 obligated balances in such Fund, the Secretary may trans19 fer up to $43,000,000 to ‘‘Howard University’’ for comple20 tion of the Howard University hospital, to remain avail21 able until expended: Provided further, That, except as oth22 erwise provided in this section, not more than 

23 $75,000,000 of any remaining unobligated balances avail24 able in such Fund may be obligated pursuant to such sec25 tion 313 of division H of Public Law 116-260: Provided 


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1 further, That the Secretary may obligate funds from such 

2 Fund for any program, project, or activity for which a no3 tification was submitted before the date of enactment of 

4 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may trans5 fer amounts into such Fund: Provided further, That any 

6 amounts transferred into such Fund are available for the 

7 purposes provided by this section or for which a notifica8 tion was submitted to such Committees on Appropriations 

9 before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

10 That the authority to transfer amounts under this section 

11 is in addition to any other transfer authority in law. 

12 SEC. 312. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to provide financial assistance to an edu14 cational institution that allows an individual whose sex is 

15 male to participate in an athletic program or activity that 

16 is designated for women or girls. For the purpose of this 

17 section, the term ‘‘sex’’ means the reproductive biology 

18 and genetics of an individual as determined solely at birth. 

19 SEC. 313. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

20 the Department of Education, or provided under a pre21 vious or subsequent appropriations Act to such Depart22 ment, may be used to enforce any of the following rules 

23 or interpretations related to title IX of the Education 

24 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C.1681-1688): 


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1 (1) The final rule titled, ‘‘Nondiscrimination on 

2 the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activi3 ties Receiving Federal Financial Assistance’’, 89 

4 Fed. Reg. 33474 (effective August 1, 2024). 

5 (2) The proposed rule titled, ‘‘Nondiscrimina6 tion on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or 

7 Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: 

8 Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female 

9 Athletic Teams’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 22860; published 

10 April 13, 2023). 

11 (3) The notice of interpretation titled, ‘‘En12 forcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments 

13 of 1972 With Respect to Discrimination Based on 

14 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Light of 

15 Bostock v. Clayton County’’, (86 Fed. Reg. 32637; 

16 published June 22, 2021). 

17 (4) Any substantially similar rule or interpreta18 tion. 

19 SEC. 314. None of the funds made available under 

20 this Act may be provided to any public institution of high21 er education that denies to a religious student organiza22 tion any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise af23 forded to other student organizations at the institution 

24 (including full access to the facilities of the institution and 

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1 because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leader2 ship standards, or standards of conduct of the religious 

3 student organization. 

4 SEC. 315. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to— 

6 (1) implement the modifications of statutory 

7 and regulatory provisions relating to debt discharge 

8 described by the Department of Education in the 

9 Federal Register on October 12, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 

10 61514), or take any substantially similar action; 

11 (2) implement, administer, or enforce section 

12 682.215 and section 685 of title 34, Code of Federal 

13 Regulations (relating to income-based repayment 

14 and income-driven repayment), as amended by the 

15 final regulations published by the Department of 

16 Education in the Federal Register on July 10, 2023 

17 (88 Fed. Reg. 43820 et seq.) or take any substan18 tially similar action; 

19 (3) implement, administer, or enforce section 

20 685.401 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re21 lating to borrower defense to repayment), as amend22 ed by the final regulations published by the Depart23 ment of Education in the Federal Register on No24 vember 1, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65904 et seq.) or 

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1 (4) implement, administer, or enforce section 

2 668.28 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re3 lating to the 90/10 rule), as added or amended by 

4 the final regulations published by the Department of 

5 Education in the Federal Register on October 28, 

6 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65426 et. seq.) or take any sub7 stantially similar action; or 

8 (5) implement, administer, or enforce sections 

9 600.10, 600.21, 668.2, 668.13, 668.43, 668.91, 

10 668.402 through 668.409 (excluding section 

11 668.408), and 668.601 through 668.606 of title 34, 

12 Code of Federal Regulations (relating to financial 

13 value transparency and gainful employment), as 

14 added or amended by the final regulations published 

15 by the Department of Education in the Federal Reg16 ister on October 10, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 70004 et. 

17 seq.) or take any substantially similar action. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu19 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’’), $361,158,000, 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; and (2) $55,105,000 shall be for the Re21 tired Senior Volunteer Program: Provided further, That 

22 for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 

23 the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a 

24 determination of need by the local community. 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

3 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 

4 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au5 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 

6 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em7 ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 

8 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $1,250 for official recep9 tion and representation expenses, $79,686,000. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

13 $8,595,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available until 

14 expended. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 

17 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 

18 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 

19 year 2025, during any grant selection process, an officer 

20 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov21 ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 

22 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 

23 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re24 ceive such information. 


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1 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 

2 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 

3 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 

4 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 

5 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require6 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 

7 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 

8 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup9 port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 

10 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 

11 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 

12 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 

13 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro14 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 

15 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 

16 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro17 grams and operations. 

18 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 

19 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 

20 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 

21 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 

22 101 of the Act. 

23 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 

24 189D of the 1990 Act— 


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1 (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 

2 section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 

3 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 

4 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 

5 (2) individuals described in such section shall 

6 be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 

7 NCPA; and 

8 (3) State Commissions on National and Com9 munity Service established pursuant to section 178 

10 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 

11 history record information, consistent with Public 

12 Law 92–544. 

13 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 

14 147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com15 pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur16 ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na17 tional service education award having a value of 70 per18 cent of the value of a national service education award 

19 determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 

20 SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 

21 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 

22 service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re23 ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 


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1 (RESCISSION)

2 SEC. 408. Of the unobligated balances available in 

3 the ‘‘National Service Trust’’ established in section 102 

4 of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 

5 1993, $140,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, 

6 except that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

7 that were previously designated by the Congress as being 

8 for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 

9 resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 

14 and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func15 tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 

16 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex17 penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 

18 Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 

19 to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 

20 Reform Act, $53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

21 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 

22 special training activities and other conflict resolution 

23 services and technical assistance, including those provided 

24 to foreign governments and international organizations, 

25 and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 


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1 merged with this account, and shall remain available until 

2 expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv3 ices shall be available only for education, training, and 

4 professional development of the agency workforce: Pro5 vided further, That the Director of the Service is author6 ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 

7 of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 

8 of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic9 tion. 

10 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

11 COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 

14 and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000. 

15 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

16 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS

17 AND ADMINISTRATION

18 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 

19 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer20 ican History and Culture Act, $249,515,000. 

21 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS

22 COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 

25 the Social Security Act, $9,405,000. 


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1 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 

4 the Social Security Act, $14,477,000, to be transferred to 

5 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

6 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In7 surance Trust Fund. 

8 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 

11 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 

12 Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 

13 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela16 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

17 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 

18 $200,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria19 tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 

20 agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga21 tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 

22 units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 

23 section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 

24 by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de25 fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 


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1 including in said definition employees engaged in the 

2 maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 

3 and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 

4 nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 

5 or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 409. None of the funds provided by this Act 

8 or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 

9 Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad10 ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em11 ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 

12 in an election to determine a representative for the pur13 poses of collective bargaining. 

14 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

16 rule entitled ‘‘Standard for Determining Joint Employer 

17 Status’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 73946 (effective February 26, 

18 2024)). 

19 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

22 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap23 pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 


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1 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

2 COMMISSION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 

5 and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000. 

6 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

7 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

8 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac9 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re10 tirement Act of 1974, $7,000,000, which shall include 

11 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2025 pursuant 

12 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi13 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 

14 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 

15 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 

16 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 

17 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 

18 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 

19 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 

20 year. 

21 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

22 ACCOUNTS

23 For payment to the accounts established in the 

24 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 

25 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 


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1 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 

2 30, 2026, which shall be the maximum amount available 

3 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 

4 76. 

5 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 

7 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re8 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

9 Act, $100,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de10 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac11 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem12 ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 

13 notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire14 ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 

15 only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 

16 the previous proviso shall not change the status under 

17 Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 

18 Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro19 vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 

20 Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 

21 hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 

22 or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu23 cational programs using current excepted hiring authori24 ties established by the Office of Personnel Management. 


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1 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

3 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 

4 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 

5 than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire6 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac7 count. 

8 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

9 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

10 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

11 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur12 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 

13 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 

14 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

15 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se16 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 

17 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 

18 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu19 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur20 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

21 $46,159,083,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 

23 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 

24 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro25 vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 


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1 available for research and demonstrations under sections 

2 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re3 main available through September 30, 2027. 

4 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 

5 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So6 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 

7 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

8 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 

9 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 

10 2026, $22,100,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur15 chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 

16 $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

17 not more than $13,654,776,000 may be expended, as au18 thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

19 from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 

20 section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 

21 for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 

22 That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 

23 paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2025 not needed for 

24 fiscal year 2025 shall remain available until expended to 

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1 technology and telecommunications hardware and soft2 ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non3 payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 

4 information technology and telecommunications infra5 structure: Provided further, That the Commissioner of So6 cial Security shall notify the Committees on Appropria7 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior 

8 to making unobligated balances available under the au9 thority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That re10 imbursement to the trust funds under this heading for ex11 penditures for official time for employees of the Social Se12 curity Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for 

13 facilities or support services for labor organizations pursu14 ant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in 

15 section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Sec16 retary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the 

17 general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as pos18 sible after such expenditures are made. 

19 From funds provided under the first paragraph under 

20 this heading, not more than $1,903,000,000, to remain 

21 available through March 31, 2026, is for the costs associ22 ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 

23 XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 

24 continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn25 ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 


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1 ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 

2 cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi3 bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 

4 cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 

5 the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 

6 programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis7 tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro8 vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 

9 meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

11 and $1,630,000,000 is additional new budget authority 

12 specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: 

13 Provided further, That, of the additional new budget au14 thority described in the preceding proviso, up to 

15 $20,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspec16 tor General’’, Social Security Administration, for the cost 

17 of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 

18 units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 

19 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 

20 Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 

21 the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 

22 on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 

23 to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 

24 Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 

25 Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 


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1 paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram2 ming except as specified in this paragraph. 

3 In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from admin4 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay5 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 

6 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 

7 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

8 That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 

9 to such sections in fiscal year 2025 exceed $170,000,000, 

10 the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2026 only 

11 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

12 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 

13 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 

14 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

20 General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 

21 exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 

22 authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 

23 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

24 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 

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1 pended for information technology modernization, includ2 ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 

3 equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso4 ciated with information technology modernization. 

5 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 

6 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 

7 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 

8 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 

9 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 

10 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans11 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

14 TITLE V 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

18 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 

19 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 

20 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 

21 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 

22 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 

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1 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

5 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 

6 Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 

7 and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub8 licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis9 tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 

10 electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres11 entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 

12 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis13 lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 

14 Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de15 signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu16 lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu17 tive branch of any State or local government, except in 

18 presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 

19 government itself. 

20 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

21 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 

22 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 

23 any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 

24 recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 

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1 ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend2 ing before the Congress or any State government, State 

3 legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 

4 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela5 tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 

6 State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad7 ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 

8 government. 

9 (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

10 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 

11 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 

12 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric13 tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 

14 marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 

15 promotion of gun control. 

16 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 

17 are authorized to make available not to exceed $14,000 

18 and $10,000, respectively, from funds available for sala19 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 

20 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc21 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 

22 authorized to make available for official reception and rep23 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 

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1 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 

2 official reception and representation expenses not to ex3 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 

4 Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 

6 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu7 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

8 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

9 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 

10 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re11 search grants, shall clearly state— 

12 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro13 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

14 money; 

15 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

16 project or program; and 

17 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

18 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

19 by non-governmental sources. 

20 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

21 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

22 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 

23 any abortion. 

24 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

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1 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben2 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 

3 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 

4 package of services covered by a managed care provider 

5 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange6 ment. 

7 SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre8 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

9 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

10 rape or incest; or 

11 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

12 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 

13 including a life-endangering physical condition 

14 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 

15 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 

16 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

17 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con18 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 

19 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 

20 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 

21 matching funds). 

22 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con23 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro24 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 

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1 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 

2 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

3 funds). 

4 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 

5 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 

6 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 

7 or government subjects any institutional or individual 

8 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 

9 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov10 erage of, or refer for abortions. 

11 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 

12 includes an individual physician or other health care pro13 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 

14 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 

15 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 

16 plan. 

17 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 this Act may be used for— 

19 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 

20 for research purposes; or 

21 (2) research in which a human embryo or em22 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub23 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 

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1 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 

2 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

3 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 

4 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 

5 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 

6 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 

7 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 

8 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 

9 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 

11 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 

12 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab13 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 

14 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 

15 communications. 

16 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 

17 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 

18 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 

19 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 

20 to determine therapeutic advantage. 

21 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand23 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro24 viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 

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1 ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 

2 until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 

3 standard. 

4 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 

6 a contract with an entity if— 

7 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 

8 the United States and is subject to the requirement 

9 in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 

10 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 

11 employment of certain veterans; and 

12 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 

13 required by that section for the most recent year for 

14 which such requirement was applicable to such enti15 ty. 

16 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in18 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

19 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro20 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

21 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 

23 may be made available to any library covered by para24 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 

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1 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 

2 such section. 

3 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

4 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

5 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli6 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from 

7 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

8 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

9 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

10 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

11 (1) creates new programs; 

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

13 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

14 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

15 denied or restricted; 

16 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

17 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

18 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

19 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

20 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

21 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

22 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

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1 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 

2 of such reprogramming. 

3 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

4 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen5 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

6 or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any 

7 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

8 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

9 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

10 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 

11 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

12 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in13 cluding construction projects), or activities; 

14 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist15 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per16 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

17 (3) results from any general savings from a re18 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

19 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap20 proved by Congress; 

21 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

22 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

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1 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 

2 of such reprogramming. 

3 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap5 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis6 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can7 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re8 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec9 essary for the work of the committee involved. 

10 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

11 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 

12 false or misleading. 

13 SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

14 each department and related agency funded through this 

15 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro16 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 

17 for fiscal year 2025 that are different than those specified 

18 in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the Com19 mittee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 

20 2025 budget request. 

21 SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

22 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 

23 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 

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1 ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 

2 particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 

3 value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi4 tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2025, but not 

5 to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 

6 by law. Such report shall include the name of the con7 tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern8 mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 

9 award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 

10 transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 

11 end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 

12 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

13 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So14 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 

15 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 

16 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 

17 based on work performed under a social security account 

18 number that is not the claimant’s number and the per19 formance of such work under such number has formed the 

20 basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec21 tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 

22 SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 

24 the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa25 tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 


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1 to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 

2 agreement between the United States and Mexico estab3 lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu4 rity system established by title II of the Social Security 

5 Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 

6 not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 

7 SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

9 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

10 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

11 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

12 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

13 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

14 criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi15 ties. 

16 SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 

17 Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo18 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 

19 contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 

20 conference attendance and expenditures: 

21 (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con22 sidered independent agencies; and 

23 (2) attendance at and support for scientific con24 ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 

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1 SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 

2 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 

3 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 

4 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub5 lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax6 payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 

7 carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 

8 made available to the agency for advertising or other com9 munications regarding the programs and activities of the 

10 agency. 

11 SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

12 each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 

13 fiscal year 2025 the Departments of Labor, Health and 

14 Human Services and Education and the Social Security 

15 Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro16 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 

17 report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro18 vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom19 mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 

20 monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at21 tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 

22 with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 

23 fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 

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1 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

2 and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com3 petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 

4 issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 

5 3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 

6 a grant award is announced by the Department or its of7 fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 

8 of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 

9 business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 

10 program year). 

11 SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 

13 to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 

14 injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita15 tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 

16 a program other than making such purchases if the rel17 evant State or local health department, in consultation 

18 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de19 termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 

20 is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 

21 hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 

22 drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 

23 with State and local law: Provided further, That none of 

24 the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 

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1 permits the consumption onsite of any substance listed in 

2 schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 

3 (21 U.S.C. 812). 

4 SEC. 526. Each department and related agency fund5 ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 

6 submitted for the record by members of the Committee 

7 within 45 business days after receipt. 

8 SEC. 527. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin9 istration for Children and Families in the Department of 

10 Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 

11 Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter12 agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu13 reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 

14 (b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 

15 either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 

16 basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 

17 identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta18 tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 

19 September 30, 2029: Provided, That when an office ref20 erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 

21 funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 

22 use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 

23 funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 

24 (c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un25 expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 


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1 or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im2 mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 

3 fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 

4 evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 

5 are available. 

6 SEC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll7 ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 

8 Social Security Act and the income derived from invest9 ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 

10 that Act, $12,614,000,000 shall not be available for obli11 gation in this fiscal year. 

12 (RESCISSION)

13 SEC. 529. The unobligated balances of funds made 

14 available by sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2402, 

15 2403, 2404, 2401, 2501, 2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 

16 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 

17 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 3101, and 9911 of 

18 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 

19 2) are hereby rescinded. 

20 SEC. 530. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 

21 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 

22 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

23 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro24 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

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1 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

2 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

3 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

4 a union of one man and one woman. 

5 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub6 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

7 taken by the Federal Government to— 

8 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

9 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as10 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp11 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter12 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

13 in subsection (a); 

14 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur15 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

16 such person; 

17 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

18 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

19 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co20 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li21 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

22 other similar position or status from or to such per23 son; 

24 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth25 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 


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1 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

2 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

3 degree from an educational program, from or to 

4 such person; or 

5 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth6 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle7 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in8 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

9 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam10 paigns from or to such person. 

11 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 

12 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 

13 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 

14 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 

15 such purposes but for a determination against such person 

16 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 

17 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 

18 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 

19 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

21 Human Services, or Education, the Commissioner of the 

22 Social Security Administration, or the head of any other 

23 agency funded in this Act to fly or display a flag over 

24 a Federal facility other than— 

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1 (2) the flag of a State, territory, or the District 

2 of Columbia; 

3 (3) the flag of an Indian Tribal Government; 

4 the official Flag of a Federal agency; 

5 (4) the POW/MIA flag; 

6 (5) the flag of the Public Health Service; or 

7 (6) the flag of the United States Surgeon Gen8 eral. 

9 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise carry 

11 out the following— 

12 (1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Pro13 tecting Public Health and the Environment and Re14 storing Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; 

15 (2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling 

16 the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; 

17 (3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relat18 ing to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Re19 settle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Cli20 mate Change on Migration; 

21 (4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate22 Related Financial Risk; 

23 (5) Executive Order 14037, relating to 

24 Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars 

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1 (6) Executive Order 14057, relating to Cata2 lyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs through 

3 Federal Sustainability; 

4 (7) Executive Order 14082, relating to Imple5 mentation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provi6 sions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; and 

7 (8) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revital8 izing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental 

9 Justice for All. 

10 SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

12 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex13 ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 

14 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 

15 under-served communities through the Federal govern16 ment); Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 

17 Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 

18 accessibility in the Federal workforce); or Executive Order 

19 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relat20 ing to further advancing racial equity and support for un21 derserved communities through the Federal Government). 

22 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to establish, implement, administer, 

24 apply, enforce, or carry out any diversity, equity, and in25 clusion office, program, or training. 


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1 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 

3 activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 

4 or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 

5 SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 

7 any program, project, or activity that teaches or trains any 

8 idea or concept that condones an individual being discrimi9 nated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment 

10 based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling 

11 discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho12 logical distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, 

13 as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as 

14 inherently superior to another race, the United States or 

15 its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an 

16 individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive 

17 by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s 

18 moral character as being necessarily determined by race 

19 or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions 

20 committed in the past by other members of the same race 

21 or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been 

22 created by a particular race to oppress another race. 

23 SEC. 537. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth24 erwise made available by this Act may be made available 

25 to a United States institution of higher education unless 


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1 and until such institution adopts a prohibition on 

2 antisemitic conduct that creates a hostile environment in 

3 violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 

4 all documents relating to student or employee conduct. 

5 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

6 made available by this Act may be made available to a 

7 United States institution of higher education that has 

8 failed to take administrative action against any student, 

9 staff member, or student group that commits acts of anti10 semitism while utilizing the facilities, grounds, or re11 sources of such institution. 

12 SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, none of the funds made available by this Act may 

14 be made available to support directly or indirectly— 

15 (1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in 

16 the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 

17 China; 

18 (2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 

19 (3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the 

20 governments of the People’s Republic of China, the 

21 Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 

22 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 

23 Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 

24 under the regime of Nicola ́s Maduro Moros, or any 


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1 other country determined by the Secretary of State 

2 to be a foreign adversary; or 

3 (4) gain-of-function research. 

4 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to establish, implement, administer, or 

6 enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate. 

7 SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to enter into a procurement contract, 

9 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

10 with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or guarantee 

11 to, any entity identified under section 1260H of the Wil12 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza13 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) or 

14 any subsidiary of such entity. 

15 SEC. 541. RETURN TO WORK.—Excessive abuse of 

16 telework across the Federal government must end. For the 

17 average American showing up to work every day is a fact 

18 of life; they deserve a government that reflects that reality. 

19 Approvals for remote work should be made on an indi20 vidual case by case basis and done only to serve the best 

21 interests of the program and the American public. Each 

22 agency funded under this Act shall provide to the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Senate within 60 days of enactment of this Act 

25 a report detailing the number of full-time employees by 


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1 subcomponent who are receiving the Washington D.C. 

2 area locality pay but have not reported to an in-person 

3 office in the D.C. area more than one day a week for the 

4 past year. Each agency funded under this Act shall quar5 terly thereafter provide updates to the Committees on its 

6 efforts to bring Federal employees back to the workplace 

7 to fulfill the mission of serving the American public. 

8 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

9 SEC. 542. $0. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 

11 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

12 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 485 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9029 

[Report No. 118–585] 

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 EduJULY 12, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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