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seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-
mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-
ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act 
shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 
Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligi-
bility for the health care services of the Indian Health 
Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a 
budget request reflecting the increased costs associated 
with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: 
Provided further, That with respect to functions trans-
ferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal or-
ganizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to 
provide goods and services to those entities on a reimburs-
able basis, including payments in advance with subsequent 
adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, 
along with the funds received from those entities pursuant 
to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to 
the same or subsequent appropriation account from which 
the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That re-
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imbursements for training, technical assistance, or serv-
ices provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian 
Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel 
serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service 
housing allowances equivalent to those that would be pro-
vided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 
United States Public Health Service serving in similar po-
sitions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appro-
priation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 
be altered without advance notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
$77,100,000. 
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AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $79,800,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 
of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 
any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 
or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 
bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 
to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2026, and 
existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 
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OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $4,629,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, the rental of 
space, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions 
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under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $14,000,000: Provided, That the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) 
shall have not more than three career Senior Executive 
Service positions: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the individual appointed to the 
position of Inspector General of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appoint-
ment, also hold the position of Inspector General of the 
Board: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall 
utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA 
in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 
Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions 
within the Board. 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 
U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,482,000, which shall become 
available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027. 
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
ployees, $928,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $27,000,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, Na-
tional Museum of the American Latino, and the repatri-
ation of skeletal remains program shall remain available 
until expended; and including such funds as may be nec-
essary to support American overseas research centers: 
Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for 
advance payments to independent contractors performing 
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research services or participating in official Smithsonian 
presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian In-
stitution may expend Federal appropriations designated in 
this Act for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to 
the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may 
be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution 
to be available as trust funds for expenses associated with 
the purchase of a portion of the building at 600 Maryland 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent that federally 
supported activities will be housed there: Provided further, 
That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds 
of the Institution for such purpose shall not be construed 
as Federal debt service for, a Federal guarantee of, a 
transfer of risk to, or an obligation of the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may 
be used directly to service debt which is incurred to fi-
nance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of plan-
ning, designing, and constructing improvements to such 
building: Provided further, That any agreement entered 
into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of its own-
ership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building 
so acquired may not take effect until the expiration of a 
30 day period which begins on the date on which the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian submits to the Committees on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate, the Committees on House Administration and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate a report, as outlined in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 
2536) on the intended sale. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$152,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 
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as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 
authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 
in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or 
to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 
rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 
contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve-
ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 
works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 
made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or-
ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 
$185,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, of which not to exceed $3,893,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
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renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
$19,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds made available in prior Acts under this 
heading for the design and construction of an off-site art 
storage facility in partnership with the Smithsonian Insti-
tution may be used for the repair, restoration, and renova-
tion of other National Gallery of Art buildings, grounds, 
and facilities: Provided further, That contracts awarded 
for environmental systems, protection systems, and exte-
rior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gal-
lery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors 
and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as 
well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, including rent of temporary office 
space in the District of Columbia during renovations of 
such Center, $32,340,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
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the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$4,860,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $192,000,000 shall be available for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$15,000,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
including $13,000,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
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of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,641,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
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tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of 1 percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,285,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,750,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $65,231,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for the Museum’s equipment replace-
ment program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Museum’s 
repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 
Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 
observances and activities associated with the 250th anni-
versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 
by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 
Public Law 114–196, $15,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac-
tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de-
partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 
headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre-
sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap-
proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
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mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2027, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
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section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
cal year 2026. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2026 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2026 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
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Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements for fiscal year 2026 with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 
Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 
this Act are not available for payment of claims for con-
tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 
payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 
than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan 
for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this 
section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Pro-
vided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and 
in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 
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for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 
be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accel-
erated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the advance notification and approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this 
provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to imple-
ment the Everglades National Park Protection and Ex-
pansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal 
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assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Ev-
erglades restoration purposes. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian tribes; 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by 
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
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