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(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 
(c) when a multifamily housing project with a contract 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based 
assistance— 
(1) receives a failing score under the Uniform 
Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) or successor 
standard; or 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
ficiencies, or those deficiencies requiring correction 
within 24 hours, identified by the inspector at the 
project have been corrected. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and non-
insured projects with assistance attached to the units 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units as-
sisted under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with cap-
ital or operating funds under section 9 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Es-
tate Assessment Center (‘‘REAC’’) inspection, the Sec-
retary shall provide the owner with a Notice of Default 
with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, 
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for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
a copy of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local 
government, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis-
trator. If the owner’s appeal results in a passing score, 
the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 
deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner 
fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 
(A) require immediate replacement of project 
management with a management agent approved by 
the Secretary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 
used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 
sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 
tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 
(C) abate the section 8 contract, including par-
tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 
all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 
approved by the Secretary under established proce-
dures, who will be obligated to promptly make all re-
quired repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-
ance contract if such renewal is offered; 
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(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to 
another project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 
suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 
or seek a judicial order of specific performance re-
quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other re-
lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 
to preserve the property through compliance, trans-
fer of ownership, or an infusion of capital provided 
by a third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual 
remedies available as deemed necessary and appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to en-
sure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such sec-
tion 8 or other programs, based on consideration of— 
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(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 
property and all available Federal, State, and local 
resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing 
housing properties, or provide other rental assist-
ance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all 
properties covered by this section that are assessed 
through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have fail-
ing physical inspection scores or have received an unsatis-
factory management and occupancy review within the past 
36 months. The report shall include— 
(1) identification of the enforcement actions 
being taken to address such conditions, including 
imposition of civil money penalties and termination 
of subsidies, and identification of properties that 
have such conditions multiple times; 
(2) identification of actions that the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development is taking 
to protect tenants of such identified properties; and 
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(3) any administrative or legislative rec-
ommendations to further improve the living condi-
tions at properties covered under a housing assist-
ance payment contract. 
The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and 
House Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 
days after the enactment of this Act, and the second re-
port shall be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal 
of the first report. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-
ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 
any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in-
cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 
the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 
IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-
lic housing agency fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 
Act and provided to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 
unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 
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days before any project, State, locality, housing authority, 
Tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to 
receive a grant award is announced by the Department 
or its offices: Provided,That such notification shall list 
each grant award by State and current congressional dis-
trict. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Association, or the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to in-
sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 
otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 
eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-
nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-
eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 
in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 224. Amounts made available by this Act that 
are appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development 
and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban 
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Development and functions thereof, for research, evalua-
tion, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended at 
the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately be-
come available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year 
or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 
or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made 
available to that Office subject to reprogramming require-
ments in section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act or 
any other Act may be used for awards, including perform-
ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to ad-
ministrative discipline (including suspension from work), 
in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effec-
tive prior to the effective date of any such administrative 
discipline or after any final decision over-turning such dis-
cipline. 
SEC. 226. With respect to grant amounts awarded 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fis-
cal years 2015 through 2026 for the continuum of care 
(CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs 
paid by program income of grant recipients may count to-
ward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, pro-
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vided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the 
recipient’s CoC program. 
SEC. 227. (a) From amounts made available under 
this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’, the Secretary may award 1-year transition 
grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle 
C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one continuum 
of care program component to another. 
(b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 
grant, the funding recipient must have the consent of the 
continuum of care and meet standards determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 228. The promise zone designations and prom-
ise zone designation agreements entered into pursuant to 
such designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal 
years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of such agreements. 
SEC. 229. Any public housing agency designated as 
a Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of divi-
sion L of Public Law 114–113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 
129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds 
(except for special purpose funding, including special pur-
pose vouchers) previously allocated to any such public 
housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States 
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Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by 
the public housing agency or funds held by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 
authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 
such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–28), notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated. 
SEC. 230. None of the amounts made available by 
this Act may be used to prohibit any public housing agen-
cy under receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor 
from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ for competitive 
grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 
this Act or that remain available and not awarded from 
prior Acts, or be used to prohibit a public housing agency 
from using such funds to carry out any required work pur-
suant to a settlement agreement, consent decree, vol-
untary agreement, or similar document for a violation of 
the lead safe housing or lead disclosure rules. 
SEC. 231. For fiscal year 2026, if the Secretary de-
termines or has determined, for any prior formula grant 
allocation administered by the Secretary through the Of-
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fices of Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning 
and Development, or Housing, that a recipient received 
an allocation greater than the amount such recipient 
should have received for a formula allocation cycle pursu-
ant to applicable statutes and regulations, the Secretary 
may adjust for any such funding error in the next applica-
ble formula allocation cycle by (a) offsetting each such re-
cipient’s formula allocation (if eligible for a formula alloca-
tion in the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the 
amount of any such funding error, and (b) reallocating 
any available balances that are attributable to the offset 
to the recipient or recipients that would have been allo-
cated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in 
which any such error occurred (if such recipient or recipi-
ents are eligible for a formula allocation in the next appli-
cable formula allocation cycle) in an amount proportionate 
to such recipient’s eligibility under the next applicable for-
mula allocation cycle: Provided, That all offsets and re-
allocations from such available balances shall be recorded 
against funds available for the next applicable formula al-
location cycle: Provided further, That the term ‘‘next appli-
cable formula allocation cycle’’ means the first formula al-
location cycle for a program that is reasonably available 
for correction following such a Secretarial determination: 
Provided further, That if, upon request by a recipient and 
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giving consideration to all Federal resources available to 
the recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary 
determines that the offset in the next applicable formula 
allocation cycle would critically impair the recipient’s abil-
ity to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 
Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or 
more formula allocation cycles. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary may transfer from amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses under this title 
(excluding amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’) to the heading ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Fund’’ for information technology needs, 
including for additional development, modernization, and 
enhancement, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall not be used to fund information 
technology projects or activities that have known out-year 
development, modernization, or enhancement costs in ex-
cess of $500,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide notification to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations no fewer than 3 business days 
in advance of any such transfer. 
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SEC. 233. The Secretary shall comply with all process 
requirements, including public notice and comment, when 
seeking to revise any annual contributions contract. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development in this 
or prior Acts may be used to issue a solicitation or accept 
bids on any solicitation that is substantially equivalent to 
the draft solicitation entitled ‘‘Housing Assistance Pay-
ments (HAP) Contract Support Services (HAPSS)’’ post-
ed to www.Sam.gov on July 27, 2022. 
SEC. 235. (a) Unobligated balances of amounts made 
available in paragraph (5) under the heading ‘‘Public 
Housing Fund’’ from fiscal year 2025 making appropria-
tions for the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment are hereby permanently rescinded. 
(b) Unobligated balances of amounts made available 
under the heading ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ from 
fiscal year 2025 making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development are hereby per-
manently rescinded. 
(c) Unobligated balances of amounts made available 
in paragraph (2) under the heading ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Fund’’ from fiscal year 2025 making appropriations 
for the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
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(d) $15,000,000 of amounts previously made avail-
able for expenditure from the Manufactured Housing Fees 
Trust Fund are hereby permanently rescinded. 
(e) $417,000,000 of unobligated balances of amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Office of Lead Hazard 
Control and Healthy Homes’’ from prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 236. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide Federal funds to a local juris-
diction that refuses to comply with a request from the De-
partment of Homeland Security to provide advance notice 
of the scheduled release date and time for a particular ille-
gal alien in local custody. 
SEC. 237. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development to update minimum energy efficiency 
standards for new housing financed by the Department, 
as part of carrying out the notice entitled ‘‘Adoption of 
Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of 
HUD- and USDA- Financed Housing’’, or otherwise. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development to administer or enforce the final rule 
entitled ‘‘30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Ter-
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mination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent’’ published in 
the Federal Register on December 13, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 
101270). 
SEC. 239. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may allow 1 or more public housing agencies 
providing housing assistance to low-income families using 
amounts provided under section 8(o) and section 9(e) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 to, when providing 
such assistance, and notwithstanding section 8(o) and sec-
tion 9(e) of the United State Housing Act of 1937, apply 
any requirements such public housing agency determines 
appropriate with respect to total tenant payments, tenant 
rental payments, and housing assistance payment 
amounts: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive or establish an alternative 
requirement for any requirement under section 3(a), 3(b), 
or 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 if the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines 
that any such waiver or alternative requirements are nec-
essary to facilitate the implementation of this section: Pro-
vided further, That if the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development allows a public housing agency to modify 
tenant payment, tenant rental payments, and housing as-
sistance payment amounts under this section, the Sec-
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retary may not rescind this authority during the 7-year 
period after which such authority is granted. 
SEC. 240. Of any amounts allocated for any fiscal 
year from funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Public 
Housing Fund’’, ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’, or 
‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ in this or prior Acts (in-
cluding operating reserve funds) for any public housing 
agency that is not designated pursuant to section 6(j)(2) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d(j)(2)) as a troubled public housing agency, and (in 
the determination of the Secretary) is operating and main-
taining its public housing in a safe, clean, and healthy con-
dition, the agency may use any such amounts for any eligi-
ble activities under sections 9(d)(1) and 9(e)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1) and (e)(1)), regardless of the 
fund from which the amounts were allocated and provided. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing 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 au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 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 pas-
senger 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. 
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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 provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $31,100,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, 
in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to inves-
tigate 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 Corpora-
tion: 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: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the National Railroad 
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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 Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2027 in similar 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 Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles 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 Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $100,000,000. 
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $40,799,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Sur-
face Transportation Board shall be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, 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 dur-
ing fiscal year 2026, to result in a final appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $39,549,000. 
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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 appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement 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 pro-
vided 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 knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
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(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ 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, none of the funds provided in this Act, 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 ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
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available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, 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; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table in the Report ac-
companying this Act, whichever is more detailed, un-
less: 
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(A) the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds; and: 
(B) prior approval is received from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions and: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to es-
tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the report shall include— 
(i) a table for each appropriation with 
a separate column to display the prior year 
enacted level, the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, ad-
justments due to enacted rescissions, if ap-
propriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(ii) a delineation in the table for each 
appropriation and its respective prior year 
enacted level by object class and program, 
project, and activity as detailed in this Act, 
the table in the Report accompanying this 
Act or in the budget appendix for the re-
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spective appropriations whichever is more 
detailed, and shall apply to all items for 
which a dollar amount is specified and to 
all programs for which new budget 
(obligational) authority is provided, as well 
as to discretionary grants and discre-
tionary grant allocations; and 
(iii) an identification of items of spe-
cial congressional interest. 
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 these requests 
shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guide-
lines under section 405 of this Act prior to the expenditure 
of such funds. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port 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 pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
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vate 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, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, 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 in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations 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’’). 
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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 attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
partment of the United States Government, who are sta-
tioned 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 ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and 
of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-
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Pier Repair and Classroom Design’’ and inserting ‘‘West-
ern Flyer Pier and Classroom Repair’’; 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘NYCHA ADA Accessibility 
and Security Lighting Project’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking project ‘‘NYCHA ADA Accessibility and Secu-
rity Lighting Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Installation of Exte-
rior Lighting at Borinquen Plaza II’’; 
(10) the item relating to ‘‘Ausonia Apartments Mod-
ernization’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Ausonia Apartments’’ and inserting ‘‘Boston Housing 
Authority’’; and 
(11) the item relating to ‘‘Helping Up Mission Per-
manent Housing on East Baltimore Street’’ is deemed to 
be amended by striking ‘‘Helping Up Mission Permanent 
Housing on East Baltimore Street’’ and inserting 
‘‘Greenspace Development in Baltimore’’. 
(c) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of 
Public Law 118–42)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles 
Building Re-Pointing’’ is deemed to be amended by strik-
ing project ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles Building Re- 
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