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of eligible participants receiving related assistance services 
or discouraging grantees from providing such services: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding the definition of 
‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in section 167(i)(3)(A) of 
the WIOA relating to an individual being ‘‘low-income’’, 
an individual is eligible for migrant and seasonal farm-
worker programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 
that definition if, in addition to meeting the requirements 
of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 167(i)(3)(A), such individual 
is a member of a family with a total family income equal 
to or less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(E) $110,000,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall be avail-
able for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: 
Provided, That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries 
for activities that prepare for employment young adults 
with criminal legal histories, young adults who have been 
justice system-involved, or young adults who have dropped 
out of school or other educational programs, with a priority 
for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initia-
tive, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 through 
June 30, 2027; 
(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities through 
apprenticeships 
only 
registered 
under 
the 
National 
Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) 
of the WIOA, to be available to the Secretary to carry 
out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, including equity intermediaries and 
business and labor industry partner intermediaries, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 through 
June 30, 2027; and 
(H) $95,501,000 for carrying out Demonstration and 
Pilot projects under section 169(c) of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2026 through 
June 30, 2027, in addition to funds available for such 
activities under subparagraph (A) for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending’’ 
included in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That such funds may be used for projects 
that are related to the employment and training needs 
of dislocated workers, other adults, or youth: Provided fur-
ther, That the 10 percent funding limitation under such 
section of the WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided 
further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA shall not 
apply to such funds: Provided further, That sections 102 
and 107 of this Act shall not apply to such funds.
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JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 
administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training cen-
ters as authorized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027; 
(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, and which 
may include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major 
items of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs 
of such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Pro-
vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 
30, 2027: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which 
shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2025 
through September 30, 2026: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be 
used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps Centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $395,000,000, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and may 
be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) 
of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2026 of trade adjustment ben-
efit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 
of that Act; and for training, employment and case management 
services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 
administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 
2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, 
allowances, training, employment and case management services, 
and related State administration provided pursuant to section 
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, 
sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act 
of 2015, and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
$50,300,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to 
be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any 
period subsequent to September 15, 2026: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation 
provided under this heading may remain available for obligation
H. R. 7148—69 
beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized administrative expenses, $74,306,000, together 
with not to exceed $4,000,584,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 
(1) $3,226,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
(including not less than $467,000,000 to carry out reemploy-
ment services and eligibility assessments under section 306 
of such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as defined 
in such section, including those who are profiled as most likely 
to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such services 
and assessments: Provided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 
is specified for grants under section 306 of the Social Security 
Act and is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution 
on the budget and $350,000,000 is additional new budget 
authority specified for purposes of a concurrent resolution on 
the budget; and $9,000,000 for continued support of the 
Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
administration 
of 
unemployment 
insurance 
for 
Federal 
employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 
5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjust-
ment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of 
the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) 
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be available 
for Federal obligation through December 31, 2026, except that 
funds for outcome payments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of 
the Social Security Act shall be available for Federal obligation 
through March 31, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary may recapture any funds 
appropriated under this paragraph that remain unexpended 
by a State after the period of expenditure for a State (but 
before such funds have been returned to the Trust Fund), 
and such recaptured funds shall remain available until 
expended for reobligation by the Secretary to the States to 
carry out automation activities related to the administration 
of unemployment compensation laws: Provided further, That 
funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not 
be available until 60 days after the Secretary has submitted 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the planned use of funds; 
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties necessary to support the administration of the Federal- 
State unemployment insurance system; 
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
$21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for
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grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(4) $17,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activi-
ties of the Employment Service, including administration of 
the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (including assisting States in adopting 
or modernizing information technology for use in the processing 
of certification requests), and the provision of technical assist-
ance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $84,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administra-
tion of foreign labor certifications and related activities under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which 
$61,528,000 shall be available for the Federal administration 
of such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available for grants 
to States for the administration of such activities; and 
(6) $52,893,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027, of which up to $9,800,000 may be 
used to carry out research and demonstration projects related 
to testing effective ways to promote greater labor force partici-
pation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the Secretary 
may transfer amounts made available for research and dem-
onstration projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-
ability Employment Policy’’ account for such purposes: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2026 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 
from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 
100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the 
Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State 
to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title 
III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major 
disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New 
Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 
behalf of States to the entity operating the State Information Data 
Exchange System: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career 
center system, or which are used to support the national activities 
of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment service, 
or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, 
or agreements with States and non-State entities: Provided further, 
That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations 
under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States and non-
H. R. 7148—71 
State entities under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 
to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security 
Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund 
integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed 
under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 
Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating 
in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to 
such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States 
participating in the consortium or to the entity operating the 
Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 
in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration 
of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the 
request: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees for 
the costs associated with additional data collection, analyses, and 
reporting services relating to the National Agricultural Workers 
Survey requested by State and local governments, public and pri-
vate institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations 
and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 
29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infra-
structure, methodology, and data to meet the information collection 
and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited to 
this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, for such purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, 
and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by 
section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund established by section 
901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be necessary, 
which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2027. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $104,527,000, together with not to exceed $53,906,000 which 
shall be available from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE 
Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of 
title 38, United States Code, of which— 
(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under 
38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans’ outreach 
program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local
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veterans’ employment representatives under section 4104(b) 
of such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expenditure by 
the States through September 30, 2028, and not to exceed 
3 percent for the necessary Federal expenditures for data sys-
tems and contract support to allow for the tracking of partici-
pant and performance information: Provided, That, in addition, 
such funds may be used to support such specialists and rep-
resentatives in the provision of services to transitioning mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who have participated in the Transi-
tion Assistance Program and have been identified as in need 
of intensive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 
are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, to the spouses 
or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured 
members, and to surviving spouses of individuals who died 
while serving as members of the Armed Forces or as a result 
of a service-connected disability; 
(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition Assistance 
Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 2021A and 2023 
of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 
may be used to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O 
of Public Law 115–31); and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment 
and Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropria-
tions provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount 
not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from which such re-
allocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless veterans 
and veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from 
certain institutions under sections 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 
38, United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding subsections 
(c)(3) and (d) of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants 
through September 30, 2026, to provide services under such section: 
Provided further, That services provided under sections 2021 or 
under 2021A may include, in addition to services to homeless vet-
erans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were 
homeless at some point within the 60 days prior to program entry 
or veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 60 
days, and that services provided under section 2023 may include, 
in addition to services to the individuals described in subsection 
(e) of such section, services to veterans recently released from 
incarceration who are at risk of homelessness: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding paragraph (3) under this heading, funds 
appropriated in this paragraph may be used for data systems and 
contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 
performance information: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
such funds shall be available for expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
1553. 
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the HIRE 
Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) of the HIRE 
Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available to the Secretary
H. R. 7148—73 
to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program, as author-
ized by such Act, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such sums shall be in addition to any other funds 
available for such purposes, including funds available under para-
graph (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) of 
division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public 
Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall be 
made available through September 30, 2027, for the procurement 
of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2026, for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corpora-
tion for fiscal year 2026 shall be available for obligations for 
administrative expenses in excess of $494,264,000: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in 
plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 
2026, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2030, for obligations for adminis-
trative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-
pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts 
provided for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be 
incurred and shall be available through September 30, 2030 for 
obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination or 
termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program 
related expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That an additional amount shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2030 to the extent the Corporation’s costs exceed 
$250,000 for the provision of credit or identity monitoring to affected 
individuals upon suffering a security incident or privacy breach, 
not to exceed an additional $100 per affected individual.
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WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and 
their employees for inspection services rendered, $260,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
Standards, $48,515,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $100,976,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs, $120,500,000, together with $2,205,000 which may be 
expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 
44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses not otherwise authorized) accruing 
during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 
‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropria-
tion Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro-
priation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards Compensa-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional 
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, $1,298,385,000, 
together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged 
to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensa-
tion and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 
of the current year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes 
of the Employees’ Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 
8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 
5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who 
is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the 
salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That 
balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2025, 
shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensa-
tion, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That in addition
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there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal 
Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required 
under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 
the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines 
to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share 
entities through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That of 
those funds transferred to this account from the fair share entities 
to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ Com-
pensation Act, $81,808,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 
as follows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
$27,549,000; 
(2) 
For 
automated 
workload 
processing 
operations, 
including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and med-
ical bill processing, $25,956,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
review, $25,957,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $2,346,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury 
as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 
filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 
81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, pro-
vide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information 
(including Social Security account number) as such regulations 
may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–275, $24,585,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred 
in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2027, $5,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $68,148,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 
require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act 
provide as part of such claim such identifying information (including 
Social Security account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until expended, for 
payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), 
and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment 
of, and payment of interest on advances, as authorized by section
H. R. 7148—76 
9501(d)(4) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may 
be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2026 for expenses of 
operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $50,684,000 for 
transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’; not to exceed $39,086,000 for transfer to Depart-
mental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$373,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into 
miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $629,309,000, including not to exceed $120,000,000 
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States 
under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(the ‘‘Act’’), which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the 
costs of State occupational safety and health programs required 
to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 
18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain 
up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition 
and fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may 
utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and 
education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2026, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in 
accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer 
national and international laboratory recognition programs that 
ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers 
in the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to 
prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regula-
tion, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person 
who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain 
a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect 
to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within 
a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) 
occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial 
classification code for which such data are published, less than 
the national average rate as such rates are most recently published 
by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, tech-
nical assistance, educational and training services, and to con-
duct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations
H. R. 7148—77 
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for viola-
tions which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement 
period and for any willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one 
or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two 
or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
investigation authorized by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising 
rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to 
any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does 
not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That $12,787,000 shall be available 
for Susan Harwood training grants: Provided further, That 
$243,000,000 shall be for Federal Enforcement: Provided further, 
That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 
Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first- 
aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up 
to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less 
than $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be col-
lected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, 
board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise author-
ized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and 
health education and training activities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 
from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, 
materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such 
sums for such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other con-
tributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Pro-
vided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 
is authorized to promote health and safety education and training 
in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, 
industry, and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety 
Association as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 
reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and 
Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in
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the national organization: Provided further, That any funds avail-
able to the Department of Labor may be used, with the approval 
of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival 
operations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $640,500,000, 
together with not to exceed $68,000,000 which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 
Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and 
award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to 
the 
training 
and 
employment 
of 
people 
with 
disabilities, 
$43,000,000, of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be for research 
and demonstration projects related to testing effective ways to 
promote greater labor force participation of people with disabilities: 
Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made available 
under this heading for research and demonstration projects to the 
‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’ account for such purposes. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $362,877,000, 
together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $116,125,000 shall be 
for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, of which $81,725,000 
shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2026: Pro-
vided further, That funds available to the Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs may be used to administer or operate international 
labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assistance, and 
microfinance programs, by or through contracts, grants, subgrants 
and other arrangements: Provided further, That not less than 
$30,175,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative child labor 
internationally and not less than $30,175,000 shall be used to 
implement model programs that address worker rights issues 
through technical assistance in countries with which the United 
States has free trade agreements or trade preference programs:
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Provided further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for program evalua-
tion and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 
2027: Provided further, That funds available for program evaluation 
may be used to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: 
Provided further, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation 
shall be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available for program evaluation may be trans-
ferred to any other appropriate account in the Department for 
such purpose: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Provided further, 
That $23,000,000 shall be for the Women’s Bureau and may be 
used for grants to serve and promote the interests of women in 
the workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
to the Women’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 shall be used 
for grants authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-
traditional Occupations Act: Provided further, That the Department 
of Labor shall support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its statutory 
responsibilities including carrying out programs, projects, and 
activities funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $6,889,000, which shall be available 
through September 30, 2027. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $91,187,000, together with not to exceed $5,841,000 which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not 
more than $2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
may be available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an 
individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect 
cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between 
a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or 
activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 
section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this 
Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of
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the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 
15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement 
of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services 
rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor 
in industries and host countries already identified by the United 
States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 
of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants 
under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 
Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be 
used for any purpose other than competitive grants for training 
individuals who are older than 16 years of age and are not currently 
enrolled in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-
tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas 
to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration’’ shall be 
used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary 
and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect 
costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation 
shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 
are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit 
for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses 
from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors 
including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation 
levels for comparable State or local government employees, and 
the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs 
involved including Employment and Training Administration pro-
grams. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 
Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, 
for technical assistance services to grantees to ‘‘Program Adminis-
tration’’ when it is determined that those services will be more 
efficiently performed by Federal employees: Provided, That this 
section shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer 
not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation made 
available to the Employment and Training Administration by this 
Act to ‘‘Program Administration’’ in order to carry out program 
integrity activities relating to any of the programs or activities 
that are funded under any such discretionary appropriations: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding proviso, 
the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds 
made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the ‘‘Office of Job 
Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such account to carry out pro-
gram integrity activities related to the Job Corps program: Provided 
further, That funds transferred under this subsection shall be avail-
able to the Secretary to carry out program integrity activities
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directly or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 
other arrangements with States and other appropriate entities: 
Provided further, That funds transferred under the authority pro-
vided by this subsection shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2027. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 
percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identi-
fied in subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any 
of the programs or activities that are funded under such accounts. 
Any funds reserved under this section shall be transferred to 
‘‘Departmental Management’’ for use by the Office of the Chief 
Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
such funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days in advance 
of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: ‘‘Training 
and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Community Service 
Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance 
and Employment Service Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security 
Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 
‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health 
Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding 
made available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ and 
‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries 
and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ Employment and Training’’. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for a 
period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to any 
employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from 
or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not engaged, 
directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or 
marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or 
contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average weekly 
compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any min-
imum weekly amount established by the Secretary, whichever 
is greater, for the number of weeks such employee is engaged 
in any of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals who 
suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from 
or relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing factual 
information to prepare damage estimates;
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‘‘(iii) 
evaluating 
and 
making 
recommendations 
regarding coverage or compensability of claims or deter-
mining liability or value aspects of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the exemp-
tion provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any disaster or catas-
trophe declared or designated by any State or Federal agency 
or department; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or evaluate 
claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster’ means 
an individual who timely secured or secures a license required 
by applicable law to engage in and perform the activities 
described in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 
to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer that 
maintains worker compensation insurance coverage or protec-
tion for its employees, if required by applicable law, and with-
holds applicable Federal, State, and local income and payroll 
taxes from the wages, salaries and any benefits of such 
employees; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, by reason 
of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the outstanding 
shares of any class of voting securities of one or more compa-
nies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under 
common control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT
TO
THE CROSSING 
OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition 
for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood 
industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants 
described in the petition into the United States at any time 
during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH DAY.—An 
employer in the seafood industry may not bring H–2B non-
immigrants into the United States after the date that is 90 
days after the start date for which the employer is seeking 
the services of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the local labor 
market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 sepa-
rate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the appropriate 
Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at 
the employer’s place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better qualified 
United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION
FROM
RULES
WITH
RESPECT
TO
STAG-
GERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer 
in the seafood industry who brings H–2B nonimmigrants into
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the United States during the 120-day period specified in para-
graph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation of 
section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted to the United States 
pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for the purposes 
of the H–2B program shall be the greater of—(1) the actual wage 
level paid by the employer to other employees with similar experi-
ence and qualifications for such position in the same location; 
or (2) the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification 
of the position in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-
immigrant will be employed, based on the best information available 
at the time of filing the petition. In the determination of prevailing 
wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the Secretary shall 
accept private wage surveys even in instances where Occupational 
Employment Statistics survey data are available unless the Sec-
retary determines that the methodology and data in the provided 
survey are not statistically supported. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in 20 
CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition found 
in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Further, for the 
purpose of regulating admission of temporary workers under the 
H–2B program, the definition of temporary need shall be that 
provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts, and other arrangements, up to $450,000 of excess personal 
property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship 
programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 
SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Department 
of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, chapter 141) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is authorized to 
employ law enforcement officers or special agents to— 
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during 
the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that 
is preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official 
duties by the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protection provided 
to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate family of 
the Secretary who is participating in an activity or event 
relating to the official duties of the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Secretary 
(including during periods not described in paragraph (1)) and 
to the members of the immediate family of the Secretary if 
there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, 
in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor 
or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor 
at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat 
of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established 
by the Secretary.
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‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may authorize a 
law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection 
(a), for the purpose of performing the duties authorized under 
subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(1) carry firearms; 
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any offense against 
the United States committed in the presence of such officer 
or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, including identi-
fying and mitigating potential threats and conducting advance 
work to review security matters relating to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations into potential 
threats to the security of the Secretary, in coordination with 
the Inspector General of the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforcement officer 
or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall exercise any 
authority provided under this section in accordance with any— 
‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and 
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or divest, 
by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, including an 
agreement or partnership to construct a new Job Corps center, 
all or a portion of the real property on which the Treasure Island 
Job Corps Center and the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. 
Any sale or other disposition, to include any associated construction 
project, will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal 
law or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real property 
or relating to Federal procurement, including but not limited to 
subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States Code, 
subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United States Code, 
and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United 
States Code. The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred 
to the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for such 
project to carry out the Job Corps Program on Treasure Island 
and the Job Corps Program in and around San Marcos, Texas, 
respectively. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to— 
(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement between 
the United States Department of Labor and the United States 
Department of Agriculture; 
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Centers, except 
if such closure is necessary to prevent the endangerment of 
the health and safety of the students, the capacity of the 
program is retained, and the requirements of section 159(j) 
of the WIOA are met; or 
(3) close any Job Corps Centers, except if such closure 
meets the criterion entitled ‘‘Long-Term Center Performance’’ 
or the criterion entitled ‘‘Evaluation of Continuing Center Oper-
ations’’ established by 81 FR 12529, the capacity of the program 
is retained, and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 
are met.
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under section 
286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(s)(2)), $206,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not 
later than September 30, 2026. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor Appropria-
tions Act, 2026’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health Service 
Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to 
primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act 
of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, That no more than $1,000,000 
shall be available until expended for carrying out the provisions 
of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more 
than $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for carrying 
out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS 
Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining 
to administrative claims made under such law. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with 
respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 of the 
Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement 
Act of 1986, $1,413,776,000, which shall be for the purposes and 
in the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Health 
Workforce in the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’ 
table in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the proportional funding 
amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) of the 
PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That for any program operating under section 
751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements contained 
in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full 
project period of a grant under such section: Provided further, 
That section 756(c) of the PHS Act shall apply to paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of section 756(a) of such Act: Provided further, 
That no funds shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of 
information under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality 
Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of 
the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs 
of operating the programs authorized by such sections and shall 
remain available until expended for the National Practitioner Data 
Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this account 
to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of 
the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments to 
awards made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for the National Health Service Corps 
(‘‘NHSC’’) shall remain available until expended for the purposes 
of providing primary health services, assigning NHSC participants 
to expand the delivery of substance use disorder treatment services, 
notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations under
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sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, 
and making payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program 
under section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 
the amount made available for the NHSC, not less than 13 percent 
shall remain available until expended for the purposes of making 
payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 
338B of the PHS Act to individuals participating in such program 
who provide primary health services in Indian Health Service facili-
ties, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian 
Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the Secretary), 
notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations under 
section 333(b) of the PHS Act, and $8,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for payments to individuals participating in such 
program who provide primary health services in Maternity Care 
Health Professional Target Areas, as determined by the Secretary, 
notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations under 
section 333(b) of such Act: Provided further, That for purposes 
of the previous two provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act 
shall be applied as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes 
clinical substance use disorder treatment services, including those 
provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder treat-
ment counselors: Provided further, That amounts made available 
for the Nurse Practitioner Optional Fellowship Program shall be 
available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain optional 
community-based nurse practitioner fellowship programs that are 
accredited or in the accreditation process, with a preference for 
those in Federally Qualified Health Centers, for practicing post-
graduate nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral health: 
Provided further, That amounts made available for Pediatric Spe-
cialty Loan Repayment shall remain available until expended for 
activities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
the United States may recover liquidated damages in an amount 
determined by the formula under section 338E(c)(1) of the PHS 
Act if an individual either fails to begin or complete the service 
obligated by a contract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 
Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behavioral health 
disciplines as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may terminate a contract entered into under 
section 775 of the PHS Act in the same manner articulated in 
section 206 of this title for fiscal year 2026 contracts entered into 
under section 338B of the PHS Act. 
Amounts made available for Medical Student Education shall 
remain available until expended for grants to public institutions 
of higher education to expand or support graduate education for 
physicians provided by such institutions, including funding for infra-
structure development, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova-
tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such grants, the 
Secretary shall give priority to public institutions of higher edu-
cation located in States with a projected primary care provider 
shortage, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
grants so awarded are limited to such public institutions of higher 
education in States in the top quartile of States with a projected 
primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded 
to such an institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 per year: 
Provided further, That such a grant may be awarded for a period
H. R. 7148—88 
not to exceed 5 years: Provided further, That such a grant awarded 
with respect to a year to such an institution shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount 
that is not more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal 
funds provided in the grant to such institution with respect to 
such year. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act 
with respect to maternal and child health and title V of the Social 
Security Act, $1,181,680,000, which shall be for the purposes and 
in the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Maternal 
and Child Health in the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2026’’ table in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the 
Social Security Act, amounts made available for Special Projects 
of Regional and National Significance shall be available for carrying 
out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant 
to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available 
for projects described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 
501(a)(3) of such Act, and the budget activities specified in the 
table under this heading in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) shall be funded in the amounts specified in such table. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to 
the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,571,041,000, which shall 
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final 
Bill’’ column for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in the ‘‘Depart-
ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act), of which the amounts made available 
for Emergency Assistance (Part A) and Comprehensive Care Pro-
grams (Part B) shall remain available to the Secretary through 
September 30, 2028, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS 
Act, and of which the amounts made available for the AIDS Drug 
Assistance Program (ADAP) shall be for State AIDS Drug Assist-
ance Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 311(c) of 
such Act; and of which the amounts made available for Ending 
the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Initiative shall remain available until 
expended and shall be available to the Secretary for carrying out 
a program of grants and contracts under title XXVI or section 
311(c) of such Act focused on ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS 
epidemic, with any grants issued under such section 311(c) adminis-
tered in conjunction with title XXVI of the PHS Act, including 
the limitation on administrative expenses. 
HEALTH SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect 
to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research 
Act of 2005, $127,009,000, of which $122,000 shall be available
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until expended for facility renovations and other facilities-related 
expenses of the Hansen’s Disease Program: Provided, That during 
the period covered by this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may collect registration fees from members of the Organ 
Procurement and Transplantation Network (in this title referred 
to as ‘‘OPTN’’), authorized under section 372 of the PHS Act, for 
each transplant candidate such members place on the list described 
in subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) of such section, including directly or 
through awards made under subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section: 
Provided further, That such fees may be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended, to support the operation of 
the OPTN: Provided further, That the Secretary may distribute 
fees collected pursuant to the first proviso under this heading 
among the awardee or awardees described in subsection (b)(1)(A) 
of section 372 of the PHS Act as the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect 
to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health 
and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social 
Security Act, $392,907,000, which shall be for the purposes and 
in the amounts specified, other than for ‘‘Rural Hospital Provider 
Assistance Program’’, in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Rural Health 
in the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu-
cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which the amounts 
made available for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants shall come 
from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social 
Security Act: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this paragraph for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grants, up to 
$22,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 
Improvement Program for quality improvement and adoption of 
health information technology, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 
available to award grants to public or non-profit private entities 
for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Program, 
and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of 
the Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under section 
1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation of tele-
health services and other efforts to improve health care coordination 
for rural veterans between rural providers and the Department 
of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the amounts made avail-
able for State Offices of Rural Health shall be available notwith-
standing section 338J(k) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
the amounts for the Rural Residency Planning and Development 
Program shall remain available through September 30, 2028. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for the same pur-
pose, $25,000,000, for making payments to eligible hospitals for 
the maintenance of health care providers: Provided, That eligible 
hospitals receiving such payment shall meet the following criteria: 
(1) have no more than 50 inpatient beds and (2) have an established 
wage index value of less than 0.90 as determined by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 1886(d)(3)(E) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(3)(E)): Provided further, 
That up to 10 percent of funds made available in this paragraph
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may be used by eligible hospitals for administrative expenses: Pro-
vided further, That payment amounts to eligible hospitals shall 
be calculated by dividing available funding equally among such 
eligible hospitals. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act 
to provide for voluntary family planning projects, $286,479,000: 
Provided, That amounts provided to said projects under such title 
shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling 
shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended 
for any activity (including the publication or distribution of lit-
erature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposi-
tion to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 
HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service Act 
and for cross-cutting activities and program support for activities 
funded in other appropriations included in this Act for the Health 
Resources and Services Administration, $1,076,181,000, of which 
$45,550,000 shall be for expenses necessary for the Office for the 
Advancement of Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading may be 
used to supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal 
and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Sys-
tems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $857,793,000 shall be used 
for the projects financing the construction and renovation (including 
equipment) of health care and other facilities, and for the projects 
financing one-time grants that support health-related activities, 
including training and information technology, and in the amounts 
specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available for projects described in the 
preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act 
or section 205 of this Act. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as may be necessary 
for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with 
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant 
to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative 
expenses, not to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the 
Trust Fund to the Secretary.
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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory 
diseases, $316,901,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, AND 
TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted 
diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, $1,384,056,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 
of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic infectious 
diseases, $729,272,000: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, up to $1,000,000 from amounts made 
available for Quarantine appropriations shall remain available until 
expended to pay for the transportation, medical care, treatment, 
and other related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 
Federal or State quarantine law. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health 
promotion, $983,830,000: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading may be available for making grants under 
section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less than 21 States, Tribes, 
or Tribal organizations: Provided further, That the proportional 
funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, DISABILITIES AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act 
with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities 
and health, $205,060,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and 
workforce development, $724,553,000: Provided, That in addition 
to amounts provided herein, $42,944,000 shall be from funds avail-
able under section 241 of the PHS Act for health statistics. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health, $191,850,000.
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INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to injury prevention and control, $761,379,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and 
New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with respect to occupa-
tional safety and health, $366,800,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall 
be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative 
expenses in section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 
106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to global health, $692,843,000, of which: (1) the amounts 
made available for the Global HIV/AIDS Program shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027; and (2) the amounts made 
available for the Global Public Health Protection shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2028: Provided, That funds may be 
used for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to public health preparedness and response, and 
for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering 
potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to 
civilian populations, $913,200,000: Provided, That the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in 
this title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff without 
reimbursement to support an activation of the CDC Emergency 
Operations Center, so long as the Director or Administrator, as 
applicable, provides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days 
of the use of this authority, a full report within 30 days after 
use of this authority which includes the number of staff and funding 
level broken down by the originating center and number of days 
detailed, and an update of such report every 180 days until staff 
are no longer on detail without reimbursement to the CDC Emer-
gency Operations Center.
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, 
installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $40,000,000, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
made available to this account in this or any prior Act that are 
available for the acquisition of real property or for construction 
or improvement of facilities shall be available to make improve-
ments on non-federally owned property, provided that any improve-
ments that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not 
exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such improve-
ments accrues to CDC: Provided further, That funds previously 
set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experi-
mental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement 
mine safety research facility: Provided further, That funds made 
available to this account in this or any prior Act that are available 
for the acquisition of real property or for construction or improve-
ment of facilities in conjunction with the new replacement mine 
safety research facility shall be available to make improvements 
on non-federally owned property, provided that any improvements 
that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed 
$5,000,000: Provided further, That in addition, the prior year unobli-
gated balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in 
accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning Accounts 
shall be credited to and merged with the amounts made available 
under this heading to support the replacement of the mine safety 
research facility. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 2821 
of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 
for activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act 
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $396,570,000: 
Provided, That the amounts made available for Public Health Infra-
structure and Capacity appropriations shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That paragraphs 
(1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act 
shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and in 
all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available for Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve 
Fund appropriations shall remain available until expended and 
shall be available to the Director of the CDC for deposit in the 
Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by 
section 231 of division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be used to support 
a contract for the operation and maintenance of an aircraft in 
direct support of activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency 
is prepared to address public health preparedness emergencies: 
Provided further, That employees of CDC or the Public Health 
Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, 
municipalities, or other organizations under authority of section 
214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated 
as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall
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not be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the 
Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assignment: 
Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts 
appropriated to CDC in this Act for official reception and represen-
tation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of CDC: 
Provided further, That in addition, such sums as may be derived 
from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to the appropria-
tion charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 
respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel 
Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certification Program shall 
be available through September 30, 2027. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to cancer, $7,352,159,000, of which up to $30,000,000 
may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National 
Cancer Institute—Frederick Federally Funded Research and 
Development Center in Frederick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood 
and blood products, $3,990,345,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $525,163,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, 
$2,326,721,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,804,925,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $6,585,279,000: Pro-
vided, That not less than $270,000,000 is provided for research 
to develop universal flu vaccines. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to general medical sciences, $3,269,679,000, of which 
$1,427,482,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 
of the PHS Act: Provided, That not less than $450,956,000 is 
provided for the Institutional Development Awards program.
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EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH 
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with 
respect 
to 
child 
health 
and 
human 
development, 
$1,769,078,000: Provided, That not less than $63,400,000 is pro-
vided for the Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy Out-
comes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $896,549,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to environmental health sciences, $913,979,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to aging, $4,517,623,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, 
$685,465,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION 
DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, 
$534,333,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $595,318,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to mental health, $2,189,843,000.
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NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to human genome research, $663,200,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, 
$440,627,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with 
respect 
to 
complementary 
and 
integrative 
health, 
$170,384,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to minority health and health disparities research, 
$538,395,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty Inter-
national Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of 
the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to health information communications, $497,548,000: 
Provided, That of the amounts available for improvement of 
information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2027: Provided further, That in this fiscal year, the National 
Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts 
for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or con-
structed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 
with respect to translational sciences, $942,323,000: Provided, That 
$75,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the 
PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided 
further, That at least $629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and 
Translational Sciences Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, 
NIH, $2,462,914,000: Provided, That funding shall be available 
for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds credited 
to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal
H. R. 7148—97 
year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided 
further, That $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influ-
ences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided further, That 
$572,401,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established 
under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director 
of the NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 
within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to 
$8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities 
as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That $80,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I 
of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating to biomedical and behav-
ioral research facilities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’ for oversight of grant programs and operations 
of the NIH, including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of 
its grant application evaluation and selection processes, and shall 
be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight 
of the NIH: Provided further, That amounts made available under 
this heading are also available to establish, operate, and support 
the Research Policy Board authorized by section 2034(f) of the 
21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That not less than 
$106,480,000 is provided for the Office of Research on Women’s 
Health and such funds shall also be available for making grants 
to serve and promote the interests of women in research, and 
the Director of such Office may, in making such grants, use the 
authorities available to NIH Institutes and Centers. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Office of the 
Director, $12,600,000 is appropriated from the 10-year Pediatric 
Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying 
out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric 
research). 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation 
of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 
including the acquisition of real property, $350,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described 
in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition 
to amounts available for such purposes in the appropriations pro-
vided to the NIH in this Act, $226,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts are appropriated 
pursuant to section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 
amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and 
may be transferred by the Director of the NIH to other accounts 
of the NIH solely for the purposes provided in such Act: Provided 
further, That upon a determination by the Director of the NIH 
that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not
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necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back to the Account: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV of the 
PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects for health, 
$1,500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2028. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, the Protection and Advocacy for Individ-
uals with Mental Illness Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act, $2,790,407,000: Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $100,887,000 shall be for the National 
Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $991,532,000 shall be 
for the Mental Health Block Grant: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $132,000,000 shall be 
for Children’s Mental Health Services: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading, $66,635,000 shall 
be for Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $40,000,000 shall be for Protection and Advocacy for 
Individuals with Mental Illness: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated 
for carrying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out 
section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition 
to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under 
section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B 
of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assist-
ance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and 
further that the total available under this Act for section 1920(b) 
activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated 
for subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading for subpart I of part 
B of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be available 
to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided further, That 
up to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out the 
Children’s Mental Health Services program may be used to carry 
out demonstration grants or contracts for early interventions with 
persons not more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of 
developing a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That sec-
tion 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 
in this Act for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That $385,500,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2028 for grants to commu-
nities and community organizations who meet criteria for Certified 
Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) 
of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 
241 of such Act: Provided further, That the budget activities speci-
fied in the table under this heading in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
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consolidated Act) shall be funded in the amounts specified as appro-
priations in such table: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able for 988 Lifeline appropriations shall be for the purposes 
described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$21,420,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the Protecting 
Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 
290aa 22 note). 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect 
to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such Act with respect 
to substance abuse treatment and prevention, section 1003 of the 
21st Century Cures Act, and the SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act, $4,091,098,000: Provided, That $1,595,000,000 
shall be for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 
Act: Provided further, That of such amount in the preceding proviso 
not less than 4.25 percent shall be made available to Indian Tribes 
or Tribal organizations: Provided further, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out 
subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 
1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and 
evaluation activities, and further that the total available under 
this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent 
of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; 
and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: 
Provided further, That $562,219,000 shall be for programs of 
regional and national significance, which shall be for the purposes 
and in the amounts specified in the table under this heading in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), other than amounts 
specified in such table as PHS Evaluation Funds: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the PHS 
Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject to section 
241 of such Act. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect 
to substance abuse prevention, $240,879,000, which shall be for 
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the table under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that supple-
ment activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Sub-
stance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’ in 
carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection 
and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Sub-
stance 
Abuse 
and 
Mental 
Health 
Services 
Administration, 
$171,566,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $54,311,000 shall be used for the projects, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project
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Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this divi-
sion in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available for projects described 
in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 
PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available 
to carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, 
to collect and analyze program data, and to conduct public aware-
ness and technical assistance activities: Provided further, That, 
in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publications, 
data, data tabulations, and data analysis completed under title 
V of the PHS Act and provided to a public or private entity upon 
request, which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall 
remain available until expended for such purposes: Provided further, 
That amounts made available in this Act for carrying out section 
501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available through September 
30, 2027: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading (other than amounts specified in the first proviso under 
this heading) may be used to supplement program support funding 
provided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse 
Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A 
of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 
of 2003, $345,380,000: Provided, That section 947(c) of the PHS 
Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That 
in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act 
fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 
data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and 
XIX of the Social Security Act, $508,148,791,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 2026, 
for the last quarter of fiscal year 2026 for unanticipated costs 
incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2027, $316,514,725,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter 
with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during 
such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved 
in that or any subsequent quarter.
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PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social 
Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security 
Amendments of 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and 
for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) 
of the Social Security Act, $593,817,000,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 
and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 of the Social Security 
Act that were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII 
of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments 
of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services, not to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds 
collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary 
pursuant to section 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such 
sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale 
of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title 
XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying 
out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2026 from Medicare 
Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social 
Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing con-
tracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $397,334,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, and shall be available for the Survey 
and Certification Program: Provided further, That amounts avail-
able under this heading to support quality improvement organiza-
tions (as defined in section 1152 of the Social Security Act) shall 
not exceed the amount specifically provided for such purpose under 
this heading in division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115–141). 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integ-
rity and program management, $941,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) 
of the Social Security Act, of which $699,058,000 shall be for the 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity activi-
ties, of which $108,735,000 shall be for the Department of Health 
and Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud
H. R. 7148—102 
and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, 
and of which $133,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice 
to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 
1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report required by section 
1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2026 shall 
include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, 
waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs 
for the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 
is provided to meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget, and $630,000,000 is additional new budget authority speci-
fied for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
additional health care fraud and abuse control activities: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 
from amounts made available under this heading and amounts 
made available for fiscal year 2026 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) 
of the Social Security Act for the Senior Medicare Patrol program 
to combat health care fraud and abuse. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND 
FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV– 
D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act 
of July 5, 1960, $4,147,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, 
$1,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 
months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred 
for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 
2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $4,045,000,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 
may be reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, training, 
and monitoring of program activities for compliance with internal 
controls, policies and procedures, and to supplement funding other-
wise available for necessary administrative expenses to carry out 
such Act, and the Secretary may, in addition to the authorities 
provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts 
with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organizations: 
Provided further, That all but $907,348,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be allocated as though the total 
appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2026 was less than 
$1,975,000,000: Provided further, That, after applying all applicable 
provisions of section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, 
each State or territory that would otherwise receive an allocation 
that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it received under 
this heading for fiscal year 2025 from amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to section 1101(a)(8) of division A of Public Law 119–4 shall 
have its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the
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portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that would 
exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively received in 
such fashion for fiscal year 2025 being ratably reduced: Provided 
further, That by November 1 of the current year, the Secretary 
shall award to each State no less than 90 percent of its total 
allotment, as calculated pursuant to the preceding two provisos. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 
Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William Wilberforce Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture 
Victims Relief Act of 1998, $5,163,956,000, of which $5,114,201,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2028 for carrying 
out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That amounts 
available under this heading to carry out the TVPA shall also 
be available for research and evaluation with respect to activities 
under such Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 
205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appropriation 
shall apply to transfers to appropriations under this heading by 
substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: Provided further, That 
the contribution of funds requirement under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) 
of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That for any month in fiscal year 
2026 that the number of unaccompanied children referred to the 
Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and section 235 of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2008 exceeds 16,000, as determined by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, an additional $15,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be made available for 
obligation for every 500 unaccompanied children above that level 
(including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 500), 
for carrying out such sections 462 and 235. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 
BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $8,831,387,000 shall be used to supple-
ment, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care 
assistance for low-income families: Provided, That technical assist-
ance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, 
or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, 
or interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds made 
available to carry out section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for that purpose in such 
section 418 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the 
reservation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 
658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
the limitation in subparagraph (B) of section 658O(a)(2) of such
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Act, of the amounts appropriated under this heading, not less 
than 5 percent shall be reserved under subparagraph (A) of such 
section for payments to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
award to each State its allotted amount no less than quarterly. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry 
out State programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 
10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student 
Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sec-
tions 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act 
of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 
429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security 
Act, and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); 
and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out titles I, 
IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, 
the Act of July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act of 1981, $14,923,390,000, of which $75,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2027, shall be for grants to States 
for adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments, as defined 
by section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 
adoptions and legal guardianships completed before September 30, 
2026: Provided, That $12,356,820,000 shall be for making payments 
under the Head Start Act, including for Early Head Start–Child 
Care Partnerships, and, of which, notwithstanding section 640 of 
such Act: 
(1) $75,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living adjust-
ment, and with respect to any continuing appropriations act, 
funding available for a cost of living adjustment shall not 
be construed as an authority or condition under this Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the 
Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs 
(7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head Start Act under 
the Designation Renewal System, established under the 
authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such 
Act, and such funds shall not be included in the calculation 
of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is 
used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Colleges 
and Universities Head Start Partnership Program consistent 
with section 648(g) of such Act; 
(4) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027 for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia for 
the start-up and operation of Head Start services and for the
H. R. 7148—105 
provision of training and technical assistance: Provided, That 
an agency awarded these funds shall not be subject to the 
requirements of the system for designation renewal as defined 
by section 641 of the Head Start Act, for this award only, 
prior to 24 months after the date of such award; and 
(5) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement funding 
otherwise available for research, evaluation, and Federal 
administrative costs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the reservation 
of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act in lieu of reducing 
the reservation of funds under sections 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), 
and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall award funding for continuation awards and new award cycles 
that continue previous activities under existing awards no later 
than the day following the expiration of the period of performance: 
Provided further, That $315,000,000 shall be available until 
December 31, 2026 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of 
the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, That up to 
3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall be available 
for technical assistance and evaluation related to grants awarded 
under such section 9212: Provided further, That $810,383,000 shall 
be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided further, 
That for services furnished under the CSBG Act with funds made 
available for such purpose in this fiscal year and in fiscal year 
2025, States may apply the last sentence of section 673(2) of the 
CSBG Act by substituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided 
further, That $35,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the CSBG 
Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) 
and not less than $13,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) 
of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, to the extent Community Services 
Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to 
an eligible entity as provided under such Act, and have not been 
expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for 
carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 
consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intan-
gible assets and program income that permit such assets acquired 
with, and program income derived from, grant funds authorized 
under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 
of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after 
the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 
680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible 
assets in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt 
instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for 
any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the 
CSBG Act: Provided further, That these procedures shall apply 
to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the 
CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction and 
rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business enter-
prises owned by community development corporations: Provided 
further, That $245,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) 
of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 
$9,500,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of 
such Act for carrying out section 309 of such Act: Provided further, 
That the percentages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child
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Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 
shall be for a human services case management system for federally 
declared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case 
management contract and Federal costs of administering the 
system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for 
improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, 
including grants to States to support data collection for a study 
of the system’s effectiveness: Provided further, That $40,801,000 
shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available for projects described in the preceding proviso 
shall be subject to section 241 of the PHS Act or section 205 
of this Act: Provided further, That $34,512,000 shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the table under this 
heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 
of the Social Security Act, $420,000,000 and, for carrying out, 
except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, $62,515,000: 
Provided, That of the funds available to carry out section 437, 
$59,765,000 shall be allocated consistent with subsections (b) 
through (d) of such section: Provided further, That of the funds 
available to carry out section 437, $2,750,000, in addition to funds 
otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such purposes, shall be 
for the Family First Clearinghouse and to support evaluation and 
technical assistance relating to the evaluation of child and family 
services: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), 
such reserved amounts in the preceding proviso may be used for 
identifying, establishing, and disseminating practices to meet the 
criteria specified in section 471(e)(4)(C). 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of 
the Social Security Act, $6,843,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of 
the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, 
$3,800,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Secu-
rity Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici-
pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
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ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE Family Caregivers 
Act, the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles 
III and XXIX of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the 
PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 
and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, 
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II 
and VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy 
and program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, 
$2,453,737,000, together with $55,242,000 to be transferred from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That 
of amounts made available under this heading to carry out sections 
311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent of such amounts 
shall be available for developing and implementing evidence-based 
practices for enhancing senior nutrition, including medically-tai-
lored meals: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, funds made available under this heading 
to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the 
Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 
further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for adult protec-
tive services grants under section 2042 of title XX of the Social 
Security Act may be used to make grants to Tribes and Tribal 
organizations: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to support alternative financing programs that 
provide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, such as 
a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving 
loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided 
further, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, and 
information describing the manner in which, the alternative 
financing program will expand and emphasize consumer choice 
and control: Provided further, That State agencies and community- 
based disability organizations that are directed by and operated 
for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 
102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental 
Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any legal 
action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an individual or 
group of individuals with a developmental disability (as defined 
in section 102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assist-
ance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that 
is attributable to a mental impairment (or a combination of mental 
and physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy the 
closure of State operated intermediate care facilities for people 
with intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable 
public notice of the action has been provided to such individuals
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(or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the legal guardians who 
have been specifically awarded authority by the courts to make 
healthcare and residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) 
who are affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting 
such legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 
guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such rights 
consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Provided 
further, That the limitations in the immediately preceding proviso 
shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither competent 
to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply 
in the case of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject 
to public guardianship: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $13,968,000 shall be used for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 
for this division in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for projects 
described in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 
of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 
For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of title XXVIII 
of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, development, storage, 
production, and procurement of medical countermeasures to counter 
potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats to 
civilian populations, $3,207,991,000: Provided, That of such amount: 
(1) $1,050,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2027, shall be for expenses necessary to support advanced 
research and development pursuant to section 319L of the 
PHS Act and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical 
Advanced Research and Development Authority; 
(2) $850,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses necessary for procuring security counter-
measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act); 
(3) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for expenses necessary to carry out section 319F– 
2(a) of the PHS Act; and 
(4) $307,991,000 shall be for expenses necessary to prepare 
for or respond to an influenza pandemic, of which $280,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for activities including 
the development and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, necessary 
medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance tools: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds 
allocated under this paragraph may be used for the construction 
or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production 
of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Sec-
retary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure 
sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading for pur-
poses of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition 
to any other funds made available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That products purchased with funds made available under
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this heading may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited 
in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 
of the PHS Act. 
OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and B of title 
XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emergency response activi-
ties related to countering potential chemical, biological, radiological, 
and nuclear threats and other public health emergencies, 
$484,606,000: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2028, to support emergency operations: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for advanced 
research and development, manufacturing, production, procure-
ment, distribution, and the acquisition, construction, alteration, 
or renovation of non-federally owned facilities for the production 
and purchase of medical countermeasures, which may include the 
development, translation, and demonstration at scale of innovations 
in manufacturing platform. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor 
vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and section 
229 of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health 
Commission Act, research studies under section 1110 of the Social 
Security Act, and for protection services for the Secretary, 
$509,144,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health 
or human services research and evaluation activities: Provided, 
That of this amount, $56,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS preven-
tion and treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for 
making competitive contracts and grants to public and private 
entities to fund medically accurate and age appropriate programs 
that reduce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated 
with administering and evaluating such contracts and grants, of 
which not more than 10 percent of the available funds shall be 
for training and technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and 
additional program support activities, and of the remaining amount 
75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have been proven 
effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, 
behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other asso-
ciated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for research 
and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test 
additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage 
pregnancy: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations (including 
longitudinal 
evaluations) 
of 
teenage 
pregnancy 
prevention 
approaches: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for making competitive
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grants which exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoid-
ance (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual 
activity): Provided further, That funding for such competitive grants 
for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically accurate information 
referenced to peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, 
governmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 
based approach integrating research findings with practical 
implementation that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes 
for the intended audience; and teach the benefits associated with 
self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, healthy 
relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating 
violence, and other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking 
or illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity: Provided 
further, That no more than 10 percent of the funding for such 
competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available 
for technical assistance and administrative costs of such programs: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adop-
tion activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting 
embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and 
administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Pro-
vided further, That such services shall be provided consistent with 
42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize 
competitions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to accelerate 
innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney 
diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)). 
In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title II of 
the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise provided, activities 
related to safeguarding classified national security information and 
providing intelligence and national security support across the 
Department and to counter cybersecurity threats to civilian popu-
lations, $108,983,000. 
In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, prepare for, 
or respond to an influenza pandemic, $7,009,000. 
MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and appeals in 
the Office of the Secretary, $186,155,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to be transferred in appropriate part 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordi-
nator for Health Information Technology, including grants, con-
tracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and 
advancement of interoperable health information technology, 
$69,238,000, of which $35,863,000 shall be from amounts made 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations,
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in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums 
shall be available for investigating non-payment of child support 
cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 
228: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out activities 
authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj– 
52). 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$39,798,000. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 
Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments 
under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Sur-
vivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired 
personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts 
as may be required during the current fiscal year. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available 
for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall 
be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or 
other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 
II: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to prevent the NIH from paying up to 100 percent 
of the salary of an individual at this rate. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other 
taps and assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior 
to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, such 
portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 
percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized 
under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, 
or by grants or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness 
of programs funded in this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for HHS in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 
by this section shall not be used to create any new program or
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to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) 
of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur 
up to 60 days after the effective date of a contract awarded in 
fiscal year 2026 under section 338B of such Act, or at any time 
if the individual who has been awarded such contract has not 
received funds due under the contract. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act 
unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that 
it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to 
seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to 
minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging 
in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no pro-
vider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt 
from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child 
abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 
funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out 
the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participa-
tion in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including 
a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs 
the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage 
of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate 
of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s 
enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be 
construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such serv-
ices and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this sec-
tion shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain 
information about all Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through assign-
ment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service 
to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs 
through and with funds provided by the Agency for International 
Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emer-
gency Fund or the World Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international health 
activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic 
and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad 
during fiscal year 2026: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to 
that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary 
shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief 
of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section 
is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes 
administered by the Department of State.
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(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by 
advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may 
be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United 
States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall 
cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has 
secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable 
regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 
requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. 
The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make 
available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies 
in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, 
or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct 
programs of assistance for international health activities, 
including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health 
activities abroad. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel 
appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allow-
ances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 
9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 
4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide 
locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) 
up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 
(stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-
sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if 
such personnel’s official duty station were in the District of 
Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter 
I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in 
the Foreign Service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director 
of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent 
among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified 
by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the 
human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, 
the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency 
virus, as jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director 
of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the 
‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of 
AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary 
to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) may use funds authorized 
under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions 
(other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry
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out research identified pursuant to or research and activities 
described in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions under sub-
section (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures 
(including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the 
Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of 
scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such 
transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review 
procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the 
PHS Act. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—The Director shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 15 days after the Director exercises the authority 
under subsection (a) for any transaction that is expected to cost 
the NIH in excess of $100,000,000. 
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds appropriated 
by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes 
of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of 
facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the 
activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent 
of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards 
(‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for 
research in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with 
entities who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 
739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made 
available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA 
awards for health service research. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Develop-
ment Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a contract, for more 
than one but no more than 10 program years, for purchase of 
research services or of security countermeasures, as that term is 
defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d– 
6b(c)(1)(B)), if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for the first 
fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with a necessary 
termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract 
will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by 
encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy 
in administration, performance, and operation of BARDA’s pro-
grams. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section— 
(1) shall include a termination clause as described by sub-
section (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; 
and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement 
stated in subsection (d) of such section.
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SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 
2027 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites informa-
tion concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal 
employees or contractors for the purposes of implementing, admin-
istering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the 
ACA, and the amendments made by that Act, in the proposed 
fiscal year and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by all 
funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and 
the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, 
at a minimum, the following information: 
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act under 
which such funds were appropriated, a statement indicating 
the program, project, or activity receiving such funds, the Fed-
eral operating division or office that administers such program, 
and the amount of funding received in discretionary or manda-
tory appropriations. 
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time 
equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each 
authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with 
paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude 
from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations enacted in laws 
other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior 
to the passage of the ACA; 
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities 
funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or 
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a 
requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal 
year 2027 budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, information that details the uses 
of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
specifically for Health Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year 
since the enactment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such 
funds for fiscal year 2027. Such information shall include, for each 
such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified 
under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Transparency’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supple-
mental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other 
accounts funded by this Act to the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services—Program Management’’ account, may be used for pay-
ments under section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating 
to risk corridors). 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 
of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, 
and for the activities specified under the heading ‘‘Prevention and 
Public Health Fund’’ in the explanatory statement described in
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section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary 
may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 
2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference 
to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on November 
1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2028, any provision of law that 
refers (including through cross-reference to another provision of 
law) to the current recommendations of the United States Preven-
tive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 
mammography, and prevention shall be administered by the Sec-
retary involved as if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommendations were 
a reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with 
respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and preven-
tion last issued before 2009; and 
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied 
to any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 
SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions 
relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, including with respect to the approval of deviations 
from negotiated rates, shall continue to apply to the National 
Institutes of Health to the same extent and in the same manner 
as such provisions were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 
2017. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or 
otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human 
Services or to any department or agency may be used to develop 
or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or to inten-
tionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval 
of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional 
effect of such approvals in such quarter. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for opioid 
addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and addiction, pain 
management, and addiction treatment to other Institutes and Cen-
ters of the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days after 
notifying the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority 
provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
(1) 
Detailed 
monthly 
enrollment 
figures 
from 
the 
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the 
open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, 
including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the 
Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
must be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any public 
release of enrollment information or the award of such grants.
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SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise available for 
‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program Management’’, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer up 
to $455,000,000 to such account from the Federal Hospital Insur-
ance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund to support program management activity related to 
the Medicare Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 
purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 
of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any amendment 
made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other amounts 
within such account. 
SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human Services 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a biannual report 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act on staffing described in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 
for salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall also be available to pay travel and 
related expenses of such an employee or of a member of his or 
her family, when such employee is assigned to duty, in the United 
States or in a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location 
that are the subject of a determination of a public health emergency 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such travel 
is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness, injury, or medical 
condition that cannot be adequately addressed in that location 
at that time. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ 
means Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human Services 
may accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental 
organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal Govern-
ment for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as defined 
in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of 
the Administration for Children and Families, including medical 
goods and services, which may include early childhood develop-
mental screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other 
items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Adminis-
tration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ 
may be obligated to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied 
alien children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility 
that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren, except in the case that the Secretary determines that housing 
unaccompanied alien children in such a facility is necessary on 
a temporary basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 
provided that— 
(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the operations 
of any such facility that remains in operation for more than 
six consecutive months shall require compliance with— 
(A) the same requirements as licensed placements, as 
listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settlement Agreement
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that the Secretary determines are applicable to non-State 
licensed facilities; and 
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker 
for every eight (8) children or youth during waking hours, 
one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) 
children or youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios 
to children (including mental health providers) as required 
in grantee cooperative agreements; 
(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a contrac-
tor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with paragraph (1) if the 
Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress on the 
contractor’s or grantee’s good-faith efforts and progress towards 
compliance; 
(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under paragraph 
(2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee with respect 
to a specific facility; 
(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring 
requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Policies and Proce-
dures Guide as of May 15, 2019; 
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation for more 
than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a minimum 
of one comprehensive monitoring visit during the first three 
months of operation, with quarterly monitoring visits there-
after; and 
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate outlining the 
requirements of ORR for influx facilities including any require-
ment listed in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has deter-
mined are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities. 
SEC. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional notification 
for formal site assessments of potential influx facilities, the Sec-
retary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days before 
operationalizing an unlicensed facility, and shall (1) specify whether 
the facility is hard-sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis 
that indicates that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely 
outcome is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the 
custody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer than 
72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will be otherwise 
placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing such a facility online, 
and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report detailing the total number of children in care 
at the facility, the average length of stay and average length of 
care of children at the facility, and, for any child that has been 
at the facility for more than 60 days, their length of stay and 
reason for delay in release. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the 
House of Representatives from entering, for the purpose of con-
ducting oversight, any facility in the United States used for the 
purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise housing, unaccom-
panied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such 
Senator or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 
Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days
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in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere with 
the operations (including child welfare and child safety operations) 
of such facility. 
SEC. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, and make publicly available online, a report 
with respect to children who were separated from their parents 
or legal guardians by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
(regardless of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 
an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subse-
quently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and transferred 
to the care and custody of ORR during the previous month. Each 
report shall contain the following information: 
(1) the number and ages of children so separated subse-
quent to apprehension at or between ports of entry, to be 
reported by sector where separation occurred; and 
(2) the documented cause of separation, as reported by 
DHS when each child was referred. 
SEC. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 
for salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention shall also be available for the primary 
and secondary schooling of eligible dependents of personnel sta-
tioned in a U.S. territory at costs not in excess of those paid 
for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means Guam, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 236. Funds made available in this Act under each of 
the headings ‘‘Immunization and Respiratory Diseases’’, ‘‘HIV/AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis 
Prevention’’, ‘‘Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases’’, ‘‘Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion’’, ‘‘Birth Defects, Develop-
mental Disabilities, Disabilities and Health’’, ‘‘Public Health Sci-
entific Services’’, ‘‘Environmental Health’’, ‘‘Injury Prevention and 
Control’’, ‘‘National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’’, 
‘‘Global Health’’, ‘‘Public Health Preparedness and Response’’, and 
‘‘CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support’’ shall be for the budget 
activities, and in the amounts specified in the table under each 
such heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division G of Public 
Law 110–161, $1,826,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 
September 30, 2026, except that no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were previously designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 238. The Director of the NIH shall hereafter require 
institutions that receive funds through a grant or cooperative agree-
ment or other form of extramural award during fiscal year 2026 
and in future years to complete any investigation undertaken due
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to concerns about harassment, bullying retaliation, or hostile 
working conditions regarding any individual identified as a principal 
investigator or key personnel in an NIH notice of award or progress 
report even if during the course of the investigation the individual 
under investigation leaves their current position and is no longer 
employed by the institution. The Director may hereafter decline 
transfer of an ongoing extramural award to a different institution 
if concerns about harassment, bullying, hostile work environment, 
or other professional misconduct on the part of a principal investi-
gator or key personnel named in the Notice of Award or progress 
report have not been resolved to the NIH’s satisfaction. The Director 
of the NIH shall hereafter have the authority to share investigation 
reports, conclusions, and results of any investigation of individuals 
identified as a principal investigator or as key personnel in an 
NIH notice of award or progress report due to concerns about 
harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions on 
an as needed basis with any institution that receives funds through 
a grant or cooperative agreement or other form of extramural award 
during fiscal year 2026 or any subsequent fiscal year. The Director 
may issue regulations consistent with this section. 
SEC. 239. The Department of Health and Human Services 
shall support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its statutory respon-
sibilities including carrying out programs, projects, and activities 
funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall submit a detailed plan and justification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, and make publicly available to allow for 
an independent review not less than 60 days prior to initiating 
the execution of any reorganization moving functions, pursuant 
to any authorities otherwise provided, carried out by the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention to another component of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, relative to how such 
functions are funded in this Act. 
SEC. 240. (a) Not to exceed the amount of funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘National Institutes of Health’’ in fiscal year 
2025 that were obligated during fiscal year 2025 for more than 
one year of a multiyear award may be obligated in fiscal year 
2026 from amounts made available under such heading in this 
Act for more than one year of a multiyear award. 
(b) A multiyear award, as the term is used in this section, 
includes multiyear awards for grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts, and any other financial mechanisms. 
SEC. 241. The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services shall not apply the distance requirements under 
1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i– 
4(c)(2)(B)(i)(I)) to any facility with a critical access hospital provider 
agreement that was designated and certified as a critical access 
hospital as of January 1, 2024, and receives a notification letter 
from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the 
period beginning on December 1, 2024, and ending on January 
1, 2026, that the facility was found to be noncompliant with such 
distance requirements under section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)(i)(I)). In the case where 
a provider agreement for such facility was terminated on or after 
December 1, 2024 but prior to the date of enactment of this Act 
exclusively because such facility was unable to meet the distance 
requirement under section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security
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Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)(i)(I)), the Administrator shall provide 
for the recertification of such facility as a critical access hospital 
and reinstatement of such provider agreement. This provision shall 
not be construed to prohibit the application of any other enforcement 
measures deemed necessary by the Administrator, including termi-
nation of the provider agreement, in response to such facility’s 
violation of any Federal regulation other than the distance require-
ment. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2026’’.
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TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $19,127,790,000, 
of which $8,199,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2027, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2026, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2027, for aca-
demic year 2026–2027: Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for 
basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
on October 1, 2025, to obtain annually updated local educational 
agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: 
Provided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration 
grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$5,302,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That $5,302,550,000 shall be for 
education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying 
out subpart 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 
shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,630,151,000, 
of which $1,477,000,000 shall be for basic support payments under 
section 7003(b), $49,316,000 shall be for payments for children 
with disabilities under section 7003(d), $19,000,000 to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2027, shall be for construction under 
section 7007(b), $80,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments 
under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 7008: 
Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 
for an eligible local educational agency under section 7003(a) for 
school year 2025–2026, children enrolled in a school of such agency 
that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 
7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents 
or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody 
of such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 
guardian while on active duty (so long as such children reside 
on Federal property as described in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no 
longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible 
students under such section, provided such students remain in 
average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational 
agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status.
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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 
part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title 
IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C 
of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 
2002; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,781,178,000, of which 
$3,952,312,000 shall become available on July 1, 2026, and remain 
available through September 30, 2027, and of which $1,681,441,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026–2027: 
Provided, That $2,190,080,000 shall be for part A of title II of 
the ESEA: Provided further, That $380,000,000 shall be for part 
B of title I: Provided further, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for 
part B of title IV: Provided further, That $45,897,000 shall be 
for part B of title VI, which may be used for construction, renova-
tion, and modernization of any public elementary school, secondary 
school, or structure related to a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student 
body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 6205(b) of the 
ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 
only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall use $650,000 of funds made available in the preceding 
proviso to carry out section 6204 of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That $44,953,000 shall be for part C of title VI, which shall be 
awarded on a competitive basis, and may be used for construction, 
and that the 5 percent limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA 
on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only 
to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That $50,000,000 
shall be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such 
arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that the 
Bureau of Indian Education has access to services provided under 
this section: Provided further, That $225,000,000 shall be for part 
B of title V: Provided further, That in carrying out such part 
B the percentage in section 316(b)(1)(F) of title III of division 
H of Public Law 116–260 shall be deemed 83.33 percent: Provided 
further, That $1,380,000,000 shall be available for grants under 
subpart 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That $129,000,000 
shall be for subpart B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act, which shall be available for expenditure by edu-
cational agencies and institutions for an additional fiscal year fol-
lowing the succeeding fiscal year provided by subsection 421(b)(1) 
of the General Education Provisions Act. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $196,746,000, of which 
$72,000,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and 
$14,365,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, 
That the 5 percent limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 
6133(g) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 
shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, 
That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 6133 of the ESEA 
with funds provided under this heading may be for a period of 
up to 5 years: Provided further, That the Secretary may make
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awards under subpart 3 of part A of title VI without regard to 
the funding limitation in section 6133(b)(1) of the ESEA. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3, and 
4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 
and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,191,147,000, which 
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the 
‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Innovation and Improvement in the ‘‘Depart-
ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act), of which the amounts made available 
for 
‘‘Community 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending’’ are for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for 
this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) and none of the funds made available for such 
projects shall be subject to section 302 of this Act: Provided, That 
amounts for subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part B of title II shall be 
made available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b), and 2241: 
Provided further, That amounts for parts C, D, and E and subpart 
4 of part F of title IV shall be made available without regard 
to sections 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available 
for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available 
for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less than 
$60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, not more than $140,000,000, 
to remain available through March 31, 2027, to carry out section 
4305(b), from which the amount necessary for continuation grants 
may be available for obligation through March 31, 2027, and not 
more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 
4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), 
$235,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2026 for 
subpart 1 of part F of title IV: Provided further, That of the 
funds available for subpart 4 of part F of title IV, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be used for grants for eligible national nonprofit 
organizations, as described in the Applications for New Awards; 
Assistance for Arts Education Program published in the Federal 
Register on May 31, 2022, for activities described under section 
4642(a)(1)(C): Provided further, That the competitive preference 
priority described in such notice shall be given only to an eligible 
national nonprofit organization that previously received the 
competitive preference priority pursuant to such notice. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 
of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $431,000,000, to remain available 
through December 31, 2026: Provided, That $190,000,000 shall 
be available for section 4631, of which up to $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency 
Response to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided further, 
That $150,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: Provided 
further, That $91,000,000 shall be for section 4624.
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OFFICE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $890,000,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027, except that 6.5 percent 
of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2025, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027, to carry out activities 
under section 3111(c)(1)(C). 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment 
Act of 2004, $15,490,264,000, of which $5,910,321,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027, for academic year 2026–2027: Provided, That 
the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to 
the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal 
year 2025, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in 
section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in the 
funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 
than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2025: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) 
of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined 
in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by 
which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds appro-
priated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), 
according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ 
relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of 
the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State 
ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education under 
this part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 
relative populations of those children who are living in poverty: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in alloca-
tion from funds appropriated under this heading made funds avail-
able for such a distribution: Provided further, That the States 
shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to 
local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Pro-
vided further, That the amount by which a State’s allocation under 
section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) 
and the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos 
in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered 
in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 
or for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal 
year in which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), 
the Secretary may apply the reduction specified in section 
612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 
5, until the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation
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under section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 
612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 
611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the max-
imum amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under 
section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State would 
have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the absence 
of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary shall either 
reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 
section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under section 452 
of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided 
further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 
be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the 
capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements 
of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other 
services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 
quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds made available for the 
State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, sub-
part 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such sub-
part: Provided further, That States may use funds reserved for 
other State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, other public agencies, and private non- 
profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by those sec-
tions: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) 
of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer States apply for grants pursuant to 
section 643(e) of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant 
to each State in an amount equal to the maximum amount described 
in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That if more 
than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of the 
IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to those States on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of infants and toddlers 
except that no such State shall receive a grant in excess of the 
amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 643(c) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, other public agencies, and private non- 
profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by section 
638 of IDEA: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 
of the IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 
633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention services 
to a child who previously received services under part C of the 
IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of the school year following 
the child’s third birthday with parental consent and without regard 
to the procedures in section 635(c) of the IDEA: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 638 of the IDEA, a State may use 
funds appropriated under Part C of the IDEA to conduct child 
find, public awareness, and referral activities for an individual 
who is expected to become a parent of an infant with a disability 
(as that term is defined in section 632(5)), as established by medical 
or other records: Provided further, That any State electing to use 
funds under the preceding proviso shall ensure that, as soon as 
possible but not later than 45 days after the child’s birth, it com-
pletes the referral and eligibility process under this part for that 
child.
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REHABILITATION SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $4,648,295,000, of which $4,504,096,000 shall be for grants 
for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilita-
tion Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided 
in this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallotment 
of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 
Act for innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive 
integrated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act for 
youth and other individuals with disabilities, including related Fed-
eral administrative expenses, for improving monitoring and over-
sight of grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title 
I of the Rehabilitation Act, and information technology needs under 
section 15 and titles I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation Act: 
Provided further, That up to 15 percent of the amounts available 
subsequent to reallotment for the activities described in the first 
proviso from funds provided under this paragraph in this Act, 
may be used for evaluation and technical assistance related to 
such activities: Provided further, That any funds made available 
subsequent to reallotment for the activities described in the first 
proviso may be provided to States and other public, private and 
nonprofit entities, including Indian Tribes and institutions of higher 
education for carrying out such activities: Provided further, That 
States and other public and nonprofit entities, including Indian 
Tribes and institutions of higher education may award subgrants 
for a portion of the funds to other eligible entities: Provided further, 
That any funds provided in this Act and made available subsequent 
to reallotment for the purposes described in the first proviso shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 
any funds provided in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 
and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4) and made available 
subsequent to reallotment shall remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer funds 
provided in this Act and made available subsequent to the reallot-
ment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilita-
tion Act to ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ for the evaluation 
of outcomes for students receiving services and supports under 
IDEA and under title I, section 504 of title V, and title VI of 
the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer 
authority in this Act. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the 
Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles 
I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $92,500,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may
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at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 
under section 207 of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986, $167,361,000, of which up to $15,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for construction, as defined by 
section 201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the 
endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
OFFICE OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (‘‘Per-
kins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(‘‘AEFLA’’), $2,181,436,000, of which $1,390,436,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027, and of which $791,000,000 shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That up to $6,100,000 shall be available 
for innovation and modernization grants under such section 114(e) 
of the Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership 
activities under section 242. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, and part C 
of title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027: Provided, That $22,475,352,000 shall 
be for subpart 1 of part A, $910,000,000 shall be for subpart 
3 of part A, and $1,230,000,000 shall be for part C. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2026–2027 shall be $6,335. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 
title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, 
C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, $2,058,943,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided, That in 
order to promote accountability and high-quality service to bor-
rowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any contract 
solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing environment 
unless such an environment provides for the participation of mul-
tiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the Depart-
ment of Education to manage a unique portfolio of borrower 
accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-
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off with certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan bor-
rower accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on perform-
ance: Provided further, That the Department shall re-allocate 
accounts from servicers for recurring non-compliance with FSA 
guidelines, contractual requirements, and applicable laws, including 
for failure to sufficiently inform borrowers of available repayment 
options: Provided further, That such servicers shall be evaluated 
based on their ability to meet contract requirements (including 
an understanding of Federal and State law), future performance 
on the contracts, and history of compliance with applicable con-
sumer protections laws: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure 
that the Federal loan servicing environment incentivizes more sup-
port to borrowers at risk of delinquency or default: Provided further, 
That FSA shall ensure that in such environment contractors have 
the capacity to meet and are held accountable for performance 
on service levels; are held accountable for and have a history 
of compliance with applicable consumer protection laws; and have 
relevant experience and demonstrated effectiveness: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide monthly briefings to the 
Committees on Appropriations and Education and Workforce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations 
and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on gen-
eral progress related to Federal student loan servicing and repay-
ment: Provided further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency 
through expanded publication of aggregate data on student loan 
and servicer performance: Provided further, That the limitation 
in section 302 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro-
priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under this 
heading by substituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’ for the purposes 
of the continuation of basic operations, including student loan serv-
icing, business process operations, digital customer care, common 
origination and disbursement, cybersecurity activities, and informa-
tion technology systems: Provided further, That not later than 45 
days after enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made 
available in this account for fiscal year 2026 and provide quarterly 
updates on this plan (including contracts awarded, change orders, 
bonuses paid to staff, reorganization costs, and any other activity 
carried out using amounts provided under this heading for fiscal 
year 2026) no later than 10 days prior to the start of such quarter: 
Provided further, That FSA shall notify the Committees within 
10 days of any modification of such spend plan that exceeds five 
percent of the amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘Student 
Aid Administration’’. 
OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles 
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins 
Act, $3,265,598,000, of which $2,243,711,000 shall be for the pur-
poses and in the amounts, other than for ‘‘Aid for Institutional 
Development’’, specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Higher Edu-
cation in the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
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Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which the amounts 
made available for Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending are for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) and none of the funds made available for such 
projects shall be subject to section 302 of this Act, and of which 
the amounts made available for part B of title VII of the HEA 
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the 
table under the heading ‘‘Fund for the Improvement of Postsec-
ondary Education’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
$493,331,000 shall be for carrying out part A of title III and title 
V of the HEA, of which $53,807,000 shall be for carrying out 
section 316: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading, $528,556,000 shall be for carrying out part B of 
title III and section 723 of the HEA, of which $6,000,000 of the 
amounts available for section 323 of the HEA shall be for grants 
to supplement amounts awarded to part B institutions that are 
junior or community colleges, as defined in section 312(f) of the 
HEA: Provided further, That the supplemental funds described in 
the preceding proviso are in addition to any grant award that 
any institution may receive under section 323 of the HEA and 
shall be allocated in accordance with the allotments specified under 
section 324 of such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to 
carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to 
support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who 
are participating in advanced foreign language training and inter-
national studies in areas that are vital to United States national 
security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge 
of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, 
or international development: Provided further, That of the funds 
referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 
for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemi-
nation activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the 
funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A 
of title IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided further, 
That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not apply to an institution 
of higher education that is eligible to receive funding under section 
318 of the HEA: Provided further, That amounts made available 
for carrying out section 419N of the HEA may be awarded notwith-
standing the limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the HEA: Provided 
further, That activities authorized under sections 317(c)(2)(B), 
319(c)(2)(B), and 320(c)(2)(B) of the HEA may include construction 
and maintenance in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other 
instructional facilities. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University, $254,018,000, of 
which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment
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grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and 
shall remain available until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities 
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the 
HEA, $298,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2027: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That these funds may be used to 
support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 
344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $528,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education Sciences 
as authorized by section 208 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act and carrying out activities authorized by the 
National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, 
section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
$789,606,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, 
which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in 
the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Institute of Education Sciences in the 
‘‘Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds 
available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 
secondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and 
workforce data systems, or to further develop such systems: Pro-
vided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to 
carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act 
may be used for awards to public or private organizations or agen-
cies to support activities to improve data coordination, quality, 
and use at the local, State, and national levels.