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viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American 
Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 
37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 
Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); 
the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 
Law 115–271); and the Supporting and Treating Officers 
In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC 
Act’’), $654,138,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That any balances made available through prior 
year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 
with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading— 
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(1) $256,169,024 is for grants under section 
1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 
for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 
enforcement officers under part Q of such title not-
withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 
title (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or re-
hiring a career law enforcement officer may not ex-
ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 
waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of 
the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
$34,000,000 is for improving Tribal law enforce-
ment, including hiring, equipment, training, anti- 
methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activi-
ties: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for re-
gional information sharing activities, as authorized 
by part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evalua-
tion and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 
of Justice Programs: Provided further, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less 
than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 
Program: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
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propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 
training, peer mentoring, mental health program ac-
tivities, and other support services as authorized 
under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act; 
(2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by 
the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 
(3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to 
State law enforcement agencies in States with high 
seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth-
amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei-
zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet-
amine traffickers; 
(4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to 
statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 
high rates of primary treatment admissions for her-
oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 
shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 
or investigate illicit activities, including activities re-
lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis-
tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 
and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 
collaboration; 
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(5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 
administered by the Community Oriented Policing 
Services Office for purposes authorized under the 
STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 
Public Law 115–141); and 
(6) $281,968,976 is for a law enforcement tech-
nologies and equipment grant program, which shall 
be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci-
fied for ‘‘DOJ COPS Tech’’ in the table entitled 
‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts may 
not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided 
further, That grants funded by such amounts shall 
not be subject to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 
Act (34 U.S.C. 10383). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $1,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 
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the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro-
vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu-
tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
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pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol-
lowing— 
(1) paragraph 1(I) under the heading ‘‘State 
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 
(2) paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 
this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 
transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 
such a prisoner. 
SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-
tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-
tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
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SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 
enhanced information technology program having total es-
timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-
less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-
view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 
to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this title in previous years. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 
or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
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SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 
or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 
or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 
his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 212. (a) Subject to subsection (b), with respect 
to funds made available under this title for grant or reim-
bursement programs under the headings ‘‘Office on Vio-
lence Against Women’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Policing 
Services’’— 
(1) up to 1 percent of funds made available for grant 
or reimbursement programs under such headings, except 
for amounts appropriated specifically for research, evalua-
tion, or statistical programs administered by the National 
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 
may be transferred to and merged with funds provided to 
the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Jus-
tice Statistics, to be used for research, evaluation, or sta-
tistical purposes; and 
(2) not less than 0.4 percent of funds shall be trans-
ferred to the Office of Inspector General and remain avail-
able until expended for oversight and auditing purposes 
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associated with programs administered under such ac-
counts. 
(b) This section shall not apply to— 
(1) paragraph (1)(J) under the heading ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; or 
(2) paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Community 
Oriented Policing Services’’; 
SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 
Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard-
ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap-
propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 
for fiscal years 2022 through 2025 for the following pro-
grams, waive the following requirements: 
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 
and local reentry demonstration projects under part 
FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 
the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 
part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 
(2) For grants to protect inmates and safe-
guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 
30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 
such Act. 
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SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12109(a)) and section 506(b)(1) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10157) shall not apply to amounts made available by this 
or any other Act. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 
this Act, other than for the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System established under section 103 
of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 
40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un-
less law enforcement personnel of the United States con-
tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-
partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 
527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 
year 2026, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 
implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan-
cial management system. 
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(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 
Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2026, and 
any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act. 
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli-
gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 
title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 2026, and any use, obligation, 
transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 217. The Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic-
tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 
Fund, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re-
ports shall contain at least the same level of information 
and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in fiscal year 2025. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise 
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support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General 
issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 
training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated 
by alternatives. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Justice to target 
or investigate parents who peacefully protest at school 
board meetings and are not suspected of engaging in un-
lawful activity. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to investigate or prosecute religious insti-
tutions on the basis of their religious beliefs. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Antitrust Division to implement, 
administer, or enforce amendments to part 803 of the 
premerger notification rules that implement the Hart- 
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and to 
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification and Report 
Form and Instructions published on June 29, 2023 (88 
Fed. Reg. 42178). 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by employees of the Department of Jus-
tice to conduct any activity with the European Union’s 
European Commission, the United Kingdom’s Competi-
tion and Markets Authority, or the People’s Republic of 
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China’s State Administration for Market Regulation for 
any merger review, investigation, or enforcement action. 
SEC. 223. The United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Kentucky shall have original and ex-
clusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from any actions 
taken by the Attorney General or the Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Prisons that are necessary for the con-
struction of the proposed Federal Bureau of Prisons facil-
ity in Letcher County, Kentucky. 
SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used, or transferred to an-
other Federal agency, board, or commission to be used, 
to staff or operate the Foreign Influence Task Force for 
the purpose of monitoring or labeling constitutionally pro-
tected speech by a United States person as misinforma-
tion, disinformation, or malinformation. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
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passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $7,965,000. 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun-
cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 
100–685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 
personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 
and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 
offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na-
tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
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and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $6,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027. Provided, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, the total amount specified 
in the table titled under the subheading ‘‘Science’’ in the 
table titled ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion’’ in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the 
purposes and in not less than the amount for each such 
purpose specified in such subheading. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
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lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $775,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $912,827,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
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allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $9,715,800,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual 
budget submission, a 5-year budget profile for an inte-
grated system that includes the Space Launch System, the 
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground 
systems that will ensure a crewed launch as early as pos-
sible. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
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and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad-
ministrative aircraft, $4,150,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $3,044,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That if available balances in 
the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 
Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse-
ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 
such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 
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Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1995 (Public Law 103–327), up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available from amounts made available under this heading 
to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, 
$26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $58,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-
gram: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, $36,831,135 shall be used for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘NASA SSMS’’ 
in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the 
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the 
amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 
preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 
purpose. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
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property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $200,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2031: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2026 in an amount not 
to exceed $33,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 
receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col-
lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 
Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$40,700,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
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nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ-
mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac-
tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20 
percent. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro-
vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 
such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 
shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
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Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 
amount established in that spending plan that meets the 
notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
Amounts made available in the current-year Con-
struction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration 
(CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR projects 
funded under previous years’ CECR appropriations. Use 
of current-year funds under this provision shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Not to exceed $32,600,000 made available for the 
current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 
Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex-
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pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 
of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 
and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) under the 
heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation 
through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available through 
fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in-
curred in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. 
Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under 
the heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion—Space Operations’’ that were available for obligation 
through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through 
fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations in-
curred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and 
associated programs, amounts that have expired but have 
not been cancelled in the Exploration, Space Operations, 
Human Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Ex-
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ploration Capabilities appropriations accounts shall re-
main available through fiscal year 2030 for the liquidation 
of valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal 
year 2001 through fiscal year 2013. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $6,373,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
$700,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided further, That 
of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not less than 
$109,310,000 shall be for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Sup-
port: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support 
services and materials furnished by the National Research 
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Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$251,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$355,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2026 for maintenance and operation 
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of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,000,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $18,000,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans-
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fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 
days in advance of any planned divestment through trans-
fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 
any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in-
cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 
than $2,500,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2026’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$13,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
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That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 
the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 
out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding 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 
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Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$31,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$435,382,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 
to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 
or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 
with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 
this Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and 
use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Com-
mission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $134,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $300,000,000, of which $259,250,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $24,000,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $4,500,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $4,250,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 
505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2025 and 
2026, respectively: Provided, That for the purposes of ap-
plications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement 
relating to the proportion of attorneys serving on the gov-
erning body of an entity providing legal assistance shall 
be deemed to be satisfied if at least 33 percent of such 
governing body is composed of attorneys otherwise meet-
ing the criteria established by section 1007(c) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)), and sec-
tion 502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104–134 shall not apply. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
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Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$1,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $51,000,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 
including transfers, $23,000,000, to be derived from the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act. 
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STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,971,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment 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. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
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agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
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affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
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identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
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vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-
tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-
tive control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 
made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for 
fiscal year 2026 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 
Public Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in 
such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the ac-
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