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expenses, $150,975,000, of which no less than $1,622,000 shall 
be for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended, to carry 
out the program, including administrative costs, authorized by sec-
tion 1405 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act 
(Public Law 110–140, as amended), and of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended, to carry out the program, including 
administrative costs, authorized by section 204 of the Nicholas 
and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention 
Act of 2022 (title II of division Q of Public Law 117–103). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2026, none of the amounts made 
available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the 
Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published 
by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Reg-
ister on November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
Department of Defense, completes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral stability and 
vehicle handling requirements proposed by such standard 
for purposes of reducing the risk of Recreational Off-High-
way Vehicle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers 
in the off-road environment, including the repeatability 
and reproducibility of testing for compliance with such 
requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be pre-
vented if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the proposal 
to provide information on a point-of-sale hangtag about 
a ROV’s rollover resistance on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the United 
States military if the proposed requirements were adopted; 
and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study completed 
under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used to promul-
gate, implement, administer, or enforce any regulation issued by 
the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban gas stoves 
as a class of products.
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COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND 
EFFICIENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of the Inspectors General 
on Integrity and Efficiency, as established pursuant to section 
11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to utilize 
and further develop the data analytics capabilities of the Pandemic 
Response Accountability Committee to enhance transparency, to 
prevent, detect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in Federal 
spending, 
and 
for 
expenses 
related 
to 
enhancements 
to 
www.oversight.gov, $5,450,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $850,000 is for enhancements to oversight.gov: Provided, 
That the amounts appropriated under this heading shall be in 
addition to any other amounts available to the Council of the 
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under section 424 
of title 5, United States Code. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $23,860,000, of which $1,500,000 
shall be made available to the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology for election reform activities authorized under the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002; and of which $1,354,169 shall 
be for necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
and of which $8,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, up to $2,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027. 
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), $45,000,000 is provided 
to the Election Assistance Commission for necessary expenses to 
make payments to States for activities to improve the administra-
tion of elections for Federal office, including to enhance election 
technology and make election security improvements, as authorized 
by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Provided, That for 
purposes of applying such sections, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands shall be deemed to be a State and, 
for purposes of sections 101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in 
the same manner as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 
further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of General Serv-
ices’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 103 shall be deemed 
to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance Commission’’: Provided further, 
That each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed 
to refer to ‘‘$819,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in section 
103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$162,000’’: Provided further, That 
not later than two years after receiving a payment under this 
heading, a State shall make available funds for such activities 
in an amount equal to 20 percent of the total amount of the 
payment made to the State under this heading: Provided further,
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That not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall make the payments 
to States under this heading: Provided further, That States shall 
submit quarterly financial reports and annual progress reports: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be paid from the unobligated balances, as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, in the fund established by 
section 9006(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9006(a)). 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase 
and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $416,112,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2029: Provided, That $416,112,000 of offsetting 
collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 
of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2029: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
during fiscal year 2026 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 
appropriation estimated at $0: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competi-
tive bidding system that may be retained and made available for 
obligation shall not exceed $132,681,000 for fiscal year 2026: Pro-
vided further, That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $13,500,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of Public Law 108–494 shall be applied 
as if ‘‘and ending on December 31, 2024’’ were struck. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service 
support payments to implement the February 27, 2004, rec-
ommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 
Service regarding single connection or primary line restrictions 
on universal service support payments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, $48,500,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until 
expended, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only 
when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, $80,857,000, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts 
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including 
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, $29,500,000, of which $1,271,000 shall be made available 
to support the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That 
public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be 
paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 
in the Government service, and compensation as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Federal participants 
at labor-management relations conferences shall be credited to and 
merged with this account, to be available without further appropria-
tion for the costs of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $383,600,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 
for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use 
to contract with a person or persons for collection services in accord-
ance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for the programs and 
activities authorized by the TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 
119–12): Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $310,000,000 of offsetting collections 
derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under 
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 
U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $15,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees to 
implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated