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during the third and fourth quarters of calendar year 2026: Provided 
further, That such renewals shall be in an amount equal to the 
prior award with upward adjustments to enable renewal projects 
to operate at substantially the same levels, including cost-of-living 
adjustments for supportive services from the prior grant and due 
to changes to the fair market rents in the geographic area: Provided 
further, That amounts remaining after all such renewals are made 
shall be competitively awarded pursuant to a notice of funding 
opportunity: Provided further, That such renewals shall not render 
recipients ineligible for awards under any fiscal year 2025 and 
fiscal year 2026 notices of funding opportunity. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2026’’.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792), 
$9,955,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received 
for publications and training expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
as authorized by section 46107 of title 46, United States Code, 
including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 
section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of 
title 5, United States Code, $40,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not 
to exceed $3,500 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provi-
sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 4), 
$29,240,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all 
necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in such 
Act, to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 
to the Government under section 1001 of title 18, United States 
Code, by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, 
That the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 
arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with 
public agencies and with private persons, subject to the applicable 
laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ 
such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out 
the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 
subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern such 
selections, appointments, and employment within the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent with 
the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2027, the Inspector 
General shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a budget request for fiscal year 2027 in similar
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format and substance to budget requests submitted by executive 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code, $145,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may 
be used for official reception and representation expenses. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 
8107), $158,000,000: Provided, That the Neighborhood Reinvest-
ment Corporation shall notify network organizations of their full 
formula grant award by the latter of 60 days after enactment 
of this Act or March 1, 2026. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $40,799,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
lished by the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to 
this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided further, That 
the amounts made available under this heading from the general 
fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2026, to result in a 
final appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $39,549,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, of the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness (in this heading ‘‘the Council’’) in carrying 
out the functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act, as amended, $3,000,000: Provided, That the 
Council shall be staffed in accordance with section 11313(a)(5) of 
title 42, United States Code, and regional coordinators shall have
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the proven expertise and demonstrated experience needed to carry 
out the duties specified in such section: Provided further, That 
each meeting of the Council shall be open to the public, and the 
Council shall post a public notification of each Council meeting 
not less than 30 days in advance of each meeting on its website 
and include the agenda for each meeting in such posting.
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through a procurement contract 
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive 
Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be obligated or expended for any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), none of the funds pro-
vided in this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts to 
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 
for a different purpose;
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(5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, 
office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or 
department different from the budget justifications submitted 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or the relevant 
operating plan properly submitted by each agency, whichever 
is more detailed. 
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit an operating 
plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to 
establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided, That the operating 
plan shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget 
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted 
level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for (A) each appropriation 
and its respective prior year enacted level by object class and 
program, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or in the budget 
appendix for the respective appropriations, whichever is more 
detailed, (B) each item for which a dollar amount is specified 
and for all programs for which new budget (obligational) 
authority is provided, and (C) each discretionary grant and 
discretionary grant allocation; 
(3) an organizational chart that includes current and esti-
mated staffing numbers, by office, at the customary level of 
detail unless otherwise directed by this Act or the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act); and 
(4) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(c) Each agency may reprogram amounts in excess of or contrary 
to the threshold limitations established in this section only after— 
(1) providing written notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations no less than 30 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds; and 
(2) receiving prior written approval from the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2026 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2026 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogram-
ming guidelines under section 405 of this Act.
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SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of 
eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a 
public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public use 
shall not be construed to include economic development that pri-
marily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any use 
of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the general 
public (including energy-related, communication-related, water- 
related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures 
designated for use by the general public or which have other 
common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the general 
public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the govern-
ment, and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to 
public health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public 
Law 107–118) shall be considered a public use for purposes of 
eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 
of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known 
as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of 
sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 
50 employees of a single agency or department of the United States 
Government, who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
international conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 
days in advance that such attendance is important to the national 
interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of 
the United States attended by representatives of the United States 
Government and of foreign governments, international organiza-
tions, or nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 
Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice com-
plaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount 
authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 
1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless
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such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this 
Act timely access to any records, documents, or other materials 
available to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector Gen-
eral’s access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector 
General’s right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, 
and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statu-
tory limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided 
by the establishment over which that Inspector General has respon-
sibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply 
with this requirement. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees 
for contractors whose performance has been judged to be below 
satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet 
the basic requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines 
that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive 
fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulations. 
SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, 
other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee 
who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and 
has satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military 
or naval service, and has within 90 days after his or her release 
from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application for restoration 
to his or her former position and has been certified by the Office 
of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 
of his or her former position and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 
sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or 
exemption application under section 40109 of that title of an air 
carrier already holding an air operators certificate issued by a 
country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United States 
law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement.
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(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise 
preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign 
air carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where 
such authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway 
Air Transport Agreement and United States law. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of existing Federal law regarding non- 
citizen eligibility and ineligibility for occupancy in federally assisted 
housing or for participation in and assistance under Federal housing 
programs, including section 214 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
SEC. 420. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 shall be used, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relation-
ships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or in 
title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 shall be used to 
pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed 
to influence the enactment of legislation or appropriations proposed 
or pending before the Congress, other than for normal and recog-
nized executive-legislative relationships. 
(c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) 
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) 
of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 421. (a) In the table of projects in the explanatory state-
ment referenced in section 417 of the Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2022 (division L of Public Law 117–103)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Kansas Rail Safety Improvement 
Project’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Pitts-
burg Port Authority (KS)’’ and inserting ‘‘Kansas Department 
of Transportation’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘The Barkers Creek Industrial 
Park Power Expansion’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘The Barkers Creek Industrial Park Power Expansion’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Barkers Creek Industrial Park Access Bridge, Phase 
II’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Acquisition of new commercial 
space’’ is deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Acquisition 
of new commercial space’’ and inserting ‘‘Renovation of commer-
cial space’’; 
(4) the item relating to ‘‘Electric school bus and associated 
electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking recipient ‘‘Falls Church City Public 
Schools’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Falls Church’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘North Commons Regional Vision’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Minneapolis 
Park and Recreation Board’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Min-
neapolis’’;
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(6) the item relating to ‘‘Orangewood Parkette’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking project ‘‘Orangewood Parkette’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Orangewood Complete Streets’’; 
(7) the item relating to ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in a 
Public Housing Development’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking project ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in a Public Housing 
Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Replacing Elevators in a Public 
Housing Development’’; 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Long Branch Stream Valley Park 
Pedestrian Bridge Replacements and ADA Improvements’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Montgomery 
County Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Maryland National Capital 
Park and Planning Commission’’; 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘Washington Gorge Action Pro-
grams—Goldendale Childcare and Early Learning Center’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Goldendale’’; 
(10) the item relating to ‘‘Habitat for Humanity’s Veterans 
Blitz Build’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Habitat for Humanity San Bernardino Area, Inc.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, Inc. 
(NPHS)’’; 
(11) the item relating to ‘‘Allen University Restoration of 
Historic Waverly-Good Samaritan Hospital’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Allen University Restoration of Historic 
Waverly-Good Samaritan Hospital’’ and inserting ‘‘Facility 
Upgrades’’; 
(12) the item relating to ‘‘The MEWS at Spencer Road, 
Affordable Housing and Mixed Use Development’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking ‘‘The MEWS at Spencer Road,’’; 
and 
(13) The item relating to ‘‘ARISE housing for young adults 
transitioning out of foster care’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking ‘‘ARISE housing for young adults transitioning out 
of foster care’’ and inserting ‘‘Construction of Housing in the 
City of Greenville.’’ 
(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory 
statement for division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117–328) described in section 4 in the matter 
preceding division A of such Act— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring 
Disorder Treatment Facility Housing’’ is deemed to be amended 
by: 
(A) striking ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring Disorder 
Treatment Facility Housing’’ and inserting ‘‘HealthPort Co- 
Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility’’; and 
(B) striking recipient ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic Inc.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘HealthPort, Inc.’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Metra Zero Emission Locomotive 
Commuter Rail Pilot’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘Locomotive’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Acquisition of Property for the 
Revitalization of Cliftondale Square Business District’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Acquisition of Property 
for the’’;
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(13) the item relating to ‘‘Rehabilitation of Historic Alumni 
House as Skills-based Workforce Development Community 
Center’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Historic Alumni 
House as’’ and inserting ‘‘a building for a’’; 
(14) the item relating to ‘‘Mt. Airy/Germantown Streetscape 
Improvement and Reconnection’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking recipient ‘‘Mt. Airy Business Improvement District’’ 
and inserting ‘‘City of Philadelphia’’; 
(15) the item relating to ‘‘YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘YMCA of Greater Pitts-
burgh’’ and inserting ‘‘Allegheny YMCA Renovation’’; 
(16) the item relating to ‘‘Corn Maiden Early Learning 
Center’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Corn 
Maiden Early Learning Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Pueblo 
Cultural Center’’; 
(17) the item relating to ‘‘10th Street Realignment Project 
Overpass Project’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘City of Richmond’’ and inserting ‘‘Fort Bend County’’; and 
(18) the item relating to ‘‘S. Roosevelt Road Share Use 
Path’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘S. Roosevelt Road’’. 
(d) Each amendment made by subsection (a) shall be considered 
and treated as a continuation of an existing obligation of funds 
and not as a new obligation of funds. 
(e) Amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Transportation—Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety 
Improvements’’ for the item relating to ‘‘Midway Crossing’’ in the 
table of projects entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement for division 
L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 
328) described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A 
of such Act shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Transportation— 
Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ and shall be available under the 
heading to which transferred for its original purpose. 
(1) The item relating to ‘‘Midway Crossing’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking account ‘‘Consolidated Rail Infra-
structure and Safety Improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘Transit 
Infrastructure Grants’’ in the table of projects entitled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the 
explanatory statement for division L of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) described in section 
4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act. 
SEC. 422. The Department of Transportation and the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development shall provide the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
(1) quarterly reports on the status of all funds, including 
the start of year unobligated and uncommitted balances, and 
the total obligations and recaptures for the fiscal year, by 
program, project, and activity; 
(2) semiannual reports on staffing levels, hirings, and sepa-
rations (including through the deferred resignation program 
and any other voluntary retirement programs), consistent with 
direction provided in this Act or the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act); and 
(3) additional, updated budget or financial technical assist-
ance, upon request.
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SEC. 423. Each Department and agency funded in this Act 
shall maintain on its publicly accessible website: 
(1) notices of funding opportunities (including any amend-
ments) for all competitive grant programs issued in the most 
recent 10 years; 
(2) grant awards for the most recent 10 years; and 
(3) programmatic notices, guidance, and grant agreement 
templates for any grant program with disbursement activity 
within the previous 5 fiscal years. 
SEC. 424. No later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Departments and agencies 
funded under this Act shall submit a report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on current staffing levels 
for all political and Presidential appointees in such Departments 
and agencies and categorized by which office within such Depart-
ments and agencies such employee is funded from, the office in 
which such employee carries out their daily work, such employee’s 
title, and such employee’s pay grade or the equivalent level based 
on the GS-scale. 
SEC. 425. The assistance made available under paragraph (5)(B) 
under the heading ‘‘Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ in title II of this Act shall be known and des-
ignated as ‘‘The Melania Trump Foster Youth to Independence 
Initiative’’. 
SEC. 426. (a) In the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
for division A of the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water 
Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 
2026 described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A 
of such Act— 
(1) the contents in the ‘‘Senate’’ sub column of the ‘‘Re-
questor(s)’’ column are deemed to be amended by inserting 
‘‘Kaine, Warner’’ for the project identified as the ‘‘Center of 
Excellence in Environmental Forecasting’’ for the recipient ‘‘Vir-
ginia Institute of Marine Science’’; 
(2) the contents in the ‘‘Recipient’’ column are deemed 
to be amended by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘Research Foundation of the’’ before ‘‘City 
University of New York on behalf of Medgar Evers College’’ 
for the project identified as ‘‘Advancing Scientific Research 
Capabilities’’; 
(B) inserting ‘‘Research Foundation of the’’ before 
‘‘State University of New York on behalf of the University 
at Buffalo’’ for the project identified as ‘‘Center of Excel-
lence for Cross-Border Supply Chains’’; 
(C) striking ‘‘Game Department/Great Bay National 
Estuarine Research’’ and inserting ‘‘New Hampshire Fish 
and Game Department/Great Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve’’ for the project identified as ‘‘Great Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve: Research Facility’’; 
(D) striking ‘‘of Albany’’ and inserting ‘‘at Albany’’ for 
the project identified as ‘‘UAlbany CNSE 200mm Wafer 
Cleanroom Equipment Upgrade’’; and 
(E) striking ‘‘Penn’’ and inserting ‘‘Pennington’’ for the 
project identified as ‘‘Jail Tech Upgrades’’; and 
(3) the contents in the ‘‘Project’’ column are deemed to 
be amended by inserting—
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(A) ‘‘Chip Design Hub: Advanced Chip Design, Testing 
and’’ before ‘‘Fabrication Laboratory Equipment for Pre-
paring the Semiconductor Workforce’’ for recipient ‘‘Florida 
Atlantic University’’; 
(B) ‘‘University of Texas at Dallas Comparative 
Effectiveness of’’ before ‘‘North Texas Workforce Develop-
ment Programs for Semiconductors’’ for recipient ‘‘The 
University of Texas at Dallas’’; 
(C) ‘‘D’Youville University School of Pharmacy Sterile’’ 
before 
‘‘Compounding 
and 
Non-Sterile 
Hazardous 
Compounding Lab’’ for recipient ‘‘D’Youville University’’; 
(D) ‘‘Building the Workforce of the Future Generation 
By’’ before ‘‘Empowering Underserved Students with Tech-
nology-based STEM Education’’ for recipient ‘‘Research 
Foundation of CUNY’’; 
(E) ‘‘Additive Construction and Manufacturing Equip-
ment for’’ before ‘‘Affordable and Resilient Housing 
Research and Workforce Development’’ for recipient 
‘‘Rowan University’’; and 
(F) ‘‘Interdisciplinary Engineering & Computing initia-
tive to’’ before ‘‘Advance Semiconductor Industry and 
National Security Project’’ for recipient ‘‘Florida Inter-
national University’’. 
(b) The table titled ‘‘Department of Commerce Allocation of 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS 
Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the explanatory statement for division 
A of the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Develop-
ment; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such 
Act is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘(1,000,000)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(100,000)’’ for the ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ project and activity. 
(c) In the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment Incorporation 
of Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 
Items’’ in the explanatory statement for division C of the Commerce, 
Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and 
Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 described in section 4 in 
the matter preceding division A of such Act, the contents in the 
‘‘Project Recipient and Name’’ column for the ‘‘STAG—Other (CDS)’’ 
account are deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘COR Healthy 
Communities for Waste Improvement System’’ and inserting 
‘‘Oregon Metro for Waste Improvement System’’. 
(d) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding the first proviso under the 
heading ‘‘National Park Service—Operation of the National 
Park System’’ by striking ‘‘$2,877,195,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,901,195,000’’, 
striking 
‘‘$148,285,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$157,165,000’’, and striking ‘‘$157,950,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$173,070,000’’; and 
(2) in the matter preceding the first proviso under the 
heading ‘‘National Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’, 
by striking ‘‘$205,059,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$181,059,000’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2026’’.
H. R. 7148—266 
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freed-
man’s Bank Building; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, 
when necessary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and economic 
policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, including 
technical assistance to State, local, and territorial entities; and 
Treasury-wide management policies and programs activities, 
$287,576,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $1,350,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses of which $1,000,000 is available until 
January 30, 2027, for hosting the G20 Financial Summit; 
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $42,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization require-
ments; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the 
Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation of programs 
within the Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastruc-
ture Protection, including entering into cooperative agree-
ments; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and 
(F) international operations. 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign Invest-
ment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the chairperson of the Committee may 
transfer such amounts to any department or agency represented 
on the Committee (including the Department of the Treasury) sub-
ject to advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That the Department shall submit a report with the notification 
describing the amount of the transfer, the purpose of the transfer,