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(3) State Commissions on National and Com-
munity Service established pursuant to section 178 
of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 
history record information, consistent with Public 
Law 92–544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur-
ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na-
tional service education award having a value of 70 per-
cent of the value of a national service education award 
determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 
SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 
service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re-
ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 
SEC. 408. In any case where a participant of a posi-
tion eligible for an educational award described in subtitle 
D of title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) was required to exit 
the position early at the direction of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service and due to cir-
cumstances outside the control of the individual, such as 
a lapse in availability of Federal appropriations, or termi-
nation of their position, or the applicable program grant 
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or agreement under the national service laws is released 
from completing the required term of service for such posi-
tion, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service may— 
(1) deem such individual as having met the 
minimum requirements of the position or program 
for purposes of section 139(c)(1) of the 1990 Act; 
and 
(2) notwithstanding section 139(c)(2)(B) of the 
1990 Act, award the individual a pro-rated value of 
the educational award that corresponds to the quan-
tity of the term of service actually completed by the 
individual without regard to whether such individual 
has completed at least 15 percent of their term of 
service as required under section 139(c) of the 1990 
Act. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
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Reform Act, $48,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 
special training activities and other conflict resolution 
services and technical assistance, including those provided 
to foreign governments and international organizations, 
and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 
merged with this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
ices shall be available only for education, training, and 
professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 
of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 
of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-
tion. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
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ican History and Culture Act, $291,800,000, which shall 
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the 
table under this heading in the explanatory statement in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $9,405,000: Provided, That in fis-
cal year 2026 and thereafter, for all contracts for goods 
and services to which the Medicaid and CHIP Payment 
and Access Commission is a party, the following Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 
52.232–39 and FAR 52.233–4 (or a successor clause). 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $14,673,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund: Provided, That in fiscal year 2026 
and thereafter, for all contracts for goods and services to 
which the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is a 
party, the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
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clauses will apply: FAR 52.232–39 and FAR 52.233–4 
(or a successor clause). 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$294,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-
tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-
fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 
including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 
and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 
nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 
or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided by this Act 
or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
in an election to determine a representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $14,449,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $5,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2026 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
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tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 
of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2027, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $127,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
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notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 
only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 
the previous proviso shall not change the status under 
Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 
Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 
Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 
hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 
or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-
cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-
ties established by the Office of Personnel Management. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 
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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$49,452,282,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2028. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2027, $23,500,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-
chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
not more than $14,671,978,000 may be expended, as au-
thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 
section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 
for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 
paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2026 not needed for 
fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until expended to 
invest in the Social Security Administration information 
technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-
ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non- 
payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infra-
structure, except unobligated balances of funds described 
in the first proviso of this paragraph at the end of fiscal 
year 2026 not needed for fiscal year 2026 shall remain 
available until expended to invest in the Social Security 
Advisory Board information technology: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
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atives and the Senate prior to making unobligated bal-
ances available under the authority in the previous pro-
viso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 
funds under this heading for expenditures for official time 
for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 
for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 
or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 
shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with inter-
est, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise ap-
propriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 
made. 
From funds provided under the first paragraph under 
this heading, not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain 
available through March 31, 2027, is for the costs associ-
ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 
XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 
continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn-
ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 
cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 
cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 
the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 
programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis-
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tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro-
vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 
meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget 
and $2,124,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget: Provided further, That, of the additional new 
budget authority described in the preceding proviso, up 
to $24,600,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’, Social Security Administration, for the 
cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 
units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 
the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 
on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 
to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 
Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 
Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 
paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram-
ming except as specified in this paragraph. 
In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 
to such sections in fiscal year 2026 exceed $170,000,000, 
the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2027 only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 
exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 
Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for information technology modernization, includ-
ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 
equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso-
ciated with information technology modernization. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
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Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 
Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-
tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-
entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 
legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-
lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 
Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-
signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
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under this paragraph shall be for projects to provide 
public parking for commercial motor vehicles: Pro-
vided further, That such projects shall be within rea-
sonable access to or in the right of way of an Inter-
state highway, the National Highway System, or the 
National Highway Freight Network: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall reserve not less than 
50 percent of the amounts made available under this 
paragraph to make grants for projects that do not 
satisfy the minimum threshold under section 
117(d)(1)(B) of such title: Provided further, That, of 
the amount reserved under the preceding proviso, 
not less than 30 percent shall be used for projects 
in rural areas: Provided further, That each grant 
made with funds reserved under the third proviso of 
this paragraph shall be in an amount that is at least 
$5,000,000: Provided further, That in addition to 
other applicable requirements, in making grants with 
funds reserved under the third proviso of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall take into consideration 
the project selection considerations described in sec-
tion 117(e)(3) of such title: Provided further, That, 
except as described in the preceding proviso, sub-
sections (e) and (i) of section 117 of such title shall 
not apply to funds made available under this para-
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(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 
years or to remain available until expended, but only 
to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
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