H. R. 7148 
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six 
An Act 
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2026, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 
Sec. 6. Payment to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Military Personnel 
Title II—Operation and Maintenance 
Title III—Procurement 
Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 
Title V—Revolving and Management Funds 
Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs 
Title VII—Related Agencies 
Title VIII—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Department of Labor 
Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 
Title III—Department of Education 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Department of Transportation 
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Department of the Treasury 
Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President 
Title III—The Judiciary 
Title IV—District of Columbia 
Title V—Independent Agencies 
Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 
Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide
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Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 
DIVISION F—NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
Title I—Department of State and Related Programs 
Title II—Administration of Assistance 
Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 
Title IV—International Security Assistance 
Title V—Multilateral Assistance 
Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION G—OTHER MATTERS 
DIVISION H—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
DIVISION I—AUTHORIZING EXTENDERS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
DIVISION J—HEALTH CARE EXTENDERS 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the 
House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 
21, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect 
to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through 
D of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
committee of conference. 
The explanatory statement regarding division A of H.R. 7006 
of the 119th Congress, the explanatory statement regarding division 
B of H.R. 7006 of the 119th Congress, and the explanatory state-
ment regarding division C of H.R. 7006 of the 119th Congress, 
printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on January 
14, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House, shall each have the same effect with respect 
to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions E, F, 
and G, respectively, of this Act as if they were each a joint explana-
tory statement of a committee of conference. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2026. 
SEC. 6. PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS. 
For payment to Jill Marie LaMalfa, widow of Douglas L. 
LaMalfa, late a Representative from the State of California, 
$174,000.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Space Force on duty as described in 
section 20108 of title 10, United States Code and cadets; for mem-
bers of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; for expenses authorized 
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $1,494,342,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active 
duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 7038 of title 10, United 
States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) 
of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing 
duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills 
or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $5,733,696,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active 
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and 
for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $2,712,359,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve 
on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, 
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 
10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, 
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $1,002,925,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on
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active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 9038 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with per-
forming duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$2,701,115,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard 
while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 
or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving 
on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty 
specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $10,476,992,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on 
duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 
708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty 
under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, 
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, 
United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $5,467,187,000.
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TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, 
$58,249,178,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 may 
be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and 
payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law, $74,723,177,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,055,000 may be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the 
Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made upon the Sec-
retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized 
by law, $10,983,917,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, 
$61,542,591,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,238,000 may be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, 
and payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of 
necessity for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as authorized by 
law, $5,687,748,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), as author-
ized by law, $56,089,818,000: Provided, That not more than 
$2,981,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative 
Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States 
Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and
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payments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not less than $60,000,000 shall 
be made available for the APEX Accelerators, of which not less 
than $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with eligible entities 
defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
may be used to plan or implement the consolidation or elimination 
of a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military depart-
ment, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces 
into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$86,500,000 shall be made available to the Defense Information 
Systems Agency for Defense Agencies and Field Activities network 
optimization and transition costs: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, $3,121,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, shall be available only for expenses 
relating to certain classified activities: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $27,693,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available only for expenses 
relating to certain classified activities, and may be transferred 
as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and mainte-
nance appropriations or research, development, test and evaluation 
appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for the 
same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost 
of items that may be purchased with operation and maintenance 
funds shall not apply to the funds described in the preceding pro-
viso: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $3,673,457,000, of which $1,499,808,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, shall be available to provide support 
and assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or individ-
uals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 
response, or other Department of Defense security cooperation pro-
grams: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of funds 
made available in this paragraph: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and 
Equip Fund’’, $342,516,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State, to 
provide assistance, including training; equipment; logistics support, 
supplies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova-
tion; construction for facility fortification and humane treatment; 
and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irregular forces, groups, 
or individuals participating, or preparing to participate in activities 
to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated 
or associated groups: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 
only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary of
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Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as having 
a security mission to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, 
and following written notification to the congressional defense 
committees of such designation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that prior to providing assistance 
to elements of any forces or individuals, such elements or individ-
uals are appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing 
such elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups asso-
ciated with the Government of Iran; and receiving commitments 
from such elements to promote respect for human rights and the 
rule of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation 
account, notify the congressional defense committees in writing 
of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, including 
assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including the Govern-
ment of Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized 
under this heading: Provided further, That contributions of funds 
for the purposes provided herein from any foreign government 
or other entity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available 
until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such contributions when 
providing any assistance for construction for facility fortification: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provi-
sion of law relating to the acquisition of items and support services 
or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such provision 
of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision 
of such assistance and a notice of and justification for such waiver 
is submitted to the congressional defense committees, the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives: Provided further, That the United States may 
accept equipment procured using funds provided under this heading, 
or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 
that was transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces 
or groups to the United States, and such equipment may be treated 
as stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 
equipment procured using funds provided under this heading, or 
under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 
and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 
participating, or preparing to participate in activities to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense when determined by the Secretary 
to no longer be required for transfer to such forces or groups 
and upon written notification to the congressional defense commit-
tees: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used to procure or transfer man-portable 
air defense systems: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense commit-
tees on the use of funds provided under this heading, including, 
but not limited to, the number of individuals trained, the nature 
and scope of support and sustainment provided to each group or
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individual, the area of operations for each group, and the contribu-
tions of other countries, groups, or individuals. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $3,258,861,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $1,421,774,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities 
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, 
supplies, and equipment; and communications, $319,941,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and 
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transpor-
tation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, sup-
plies, and equipment; and communications, $4,246,342,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 
and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, oper-
ation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; 
travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 
Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in 
compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when specifi-
cally authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying 
and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; 
and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of 
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $8,578,238,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and
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related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, 
and repairs to structures and facilities; transportation of things, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 
National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, including 
those furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on 
the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard per-
sonnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau, $7,267,399,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $21,243,000, of which not 
to exceed $10,000 may be used for official representation purposes. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $190,870,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Navy, $368,949,000, to remain avail-
able until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for environ-
mental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, 
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the 
Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading
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is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Air Force, $396,149,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department 
of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of Defense, $8,885,000, to remain available 
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
upon determining that such funds are required for environmental 
restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal 
of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of Defense, or 
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by this 
appropriation to other appropriations made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the 
same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations 
to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 
that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 
are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 
Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $235,156,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous 
waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at sites formerly 
used by the Department of Defense, transfer the funds made avail-
able by this appropriation to other appropriations made available 
to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to be 
available for the same purposes and for the same time period
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as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, 
and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting 
of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, 
and 2561 of title 10, United States Code), $100,793,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
For assistance, including assistance provided by contract or 
by grants, under programs and activities of the Department of 
Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program authorized under 
the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act, 
$282,830,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
ACCOUNT 
For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop-
ment Account, $50,846,000: Provided, That no other amounts may 
be otherwise credited or transferred to the Account, or deposited 
into the Account, in fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 1705(d) 
of title 10, United States Code.
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TITLE III 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $3,625,324,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground 
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $7,287,263,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 
ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ord-
nance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment 
and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, 
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $3,005,021,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
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and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $4,576,705,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat 
vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only; communications and electronic equipment; other support 
equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; special-
ized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $9,412,655,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$17,239,853,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2028. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and 
modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related 
support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$6,086,954,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United
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States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,098,630,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or 
conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and 
armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and 
Government 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway; 
procurement of critical, long lead time components and designs 
for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; and expan-
sion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows: 
Columbia Class Submarine, $3,928,828,000; 
Columbia Class Submarine (AP), $5,350,766,000; 
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), $1,046,700,000; 
Carrier Replacement Program (AP), $612,038,000; 
Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), $1,622,935,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine, $2,740,305,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $3,126,816,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,579,011,000; 
DDG–1000 Program, $52,358,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer, $10,773,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $1,750,000,000; 
FFG–Frigate, $100,000,000; 
FF(X)–Frigate, $242,000,000; 
Medium Landing Ship, $800,000,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler, $8,346,000; 
TAGOS Surtass Ships, $612,205,000; 
Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship, $141,500,000; 
Ship to Shore Connector, $320,000,000; 
Service Craft, $174,602,000; 
Auxiliary Personnel Lighter, $79,000,000; 
Auxiliary Vessels, $290,000,000; 
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destina-
tion transportation, $886,846,000; and 
Completion 
of 
Prior 
Year 
Shipbuilding 
Programs, 
$1,676,587,000. 
In all: $27,151,616,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2030: Provided, That additional obligations may 
be incurred after September 30, 2030, for engineering services, 
tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be 
performed in the final stage of ship construction: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading for the construc-
tion or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards 
in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for 
the construction of major components of such vessel: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards:
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Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine (AP) may be avail-
able for the purposes authorized by subsections (f), (g), (h) or (i) 
of section 2218a of title 10, United States Code, only in accordance 
with the provisions of the applicable subsection. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of support 
equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance 
(except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized 
for conversion); the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, 
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment, 
appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
$14,693,978,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2028: Provided, That such funds are also available for the 
maintenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot pro-
gram established for such purposes. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and 
modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare 
parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; vehicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 
of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 
$3,682,643,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2028. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and 
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground han-
dling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories 
therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in 
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval 
of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing pur-
poses including rents and transportation of things, $19,964,954,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices;
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expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $3,963,961,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and 
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
ammunition facilities, authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United 
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $773,327,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (including 
ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground elec-
tronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and 
spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger 
motor vehicles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, 
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing 
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway, $32,605,147,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of spacecraft, 
rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and acces-
sories therefor; ground handling equipment, and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equip-
ment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government 
and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation 
of things, $4,036,035,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028.
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PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for 
procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, 
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; 
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of 
land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway, $7,142,723,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2028. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sec-
tions 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), $321,923,000, to 
remain available for obligation until expended, which shall be obli-
gated and expended by the Secretary of Defense as if delegated 
the necessary authorities conferred by the Defense Production Act 
of 1950. 
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 
For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tactical and 
support vehicles; other weapons; and other procurement items for 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces, $800,000,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That the Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve components shall, 
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually 
submit to the congressional defense committees the modernization 
priority assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve 
component: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by this paragraph may be used to procure manned fixed wing 
aircraft, or procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition.
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TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$16,705,760,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2027. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$28,099,776,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 
which are available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique 
operational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$50,614,595,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2027. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, 
development, 
test 
and 
evaluation, 
including 
maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$14,917,160,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic 
and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; 
advanced research projects as may be designated and determined 
by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$35,248,875,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2027. 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evalua-
tion, in the direction and supervision of operational test and evalua-
tion, including initial operational test and evaluation which is con-
ducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint oper-
ational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
connection therewith, $336,143,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2027.
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TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $2,126,540,000. 
NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND 
For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, 
$5,700,000, for activities pursuant to the Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.).
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TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health 
care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by 
law, $41,770,246,000; of which $38,942,713,000 shall be for oper-
ation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2027, and of 
which up to $21,023,765,000 may be available for contracts entered 
into under the TRICARE program; of which $354,821,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2028, shall be for 
procurement; and of which $2,472,712,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2027, shall be for research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided 
under this heading for research, development, test and evaluation, 
not less than $1,270,000,000 shall be made available to the Defense 
Health Agency to carry out the congressionally directed medical 
research programs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the amount made available under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention educational 
activities undertaken in connection with United States military 
training, exercises, and humanitarian assistance activities con-
ducted primarily in African nations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees quarterly reports on the current status of the electronic 
health record program: Provided further, That the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall perform quarterly performance 
reviews of the electronic health record program. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents 
and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 
1521), $213,282,000, of which $3,243,000 shall be for operation 
and maintenance, of which not less than $3,243,000 shall be for 
the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, con-
sisting of $2,340,000 for activities on military installations and 
$903,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to assist 
State and local governments; and $210,039,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation, of which $210,039,000 shall only be for the Assem-
bled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve compo-
nents serving under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United 
States Code; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and
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for research, development, test and evaluation, $1,148,675,000, of 
which 
$678,737,000 
shall 
be 
for 
counter-narcotics 
support; 
$134,938,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction program; 
$305,000,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug program; 
and $30,000,000 shall be for the National Guard counter-drug 
schools program: Provided, That the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for obligation for the same time period 
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of 
the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary 
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $517,599,000, of which $511,895,000 shall 
be for operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 
is available for emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be 
expended upon the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 
and payments may be made upon the Inspector General’s certificate 
of necessity for confidential military purposes; of which $1,079,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028, shall 
be for procurement; and of which $4,625,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation.
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TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level 
for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, $514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account, $629,128,000.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not author-
ized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law 
prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, 
any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply 
to personnel of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary 
increases granted to direct and indirect hire foreign national 
employees of the Department of Defense funded by this Act shall 
not be at a rate in excess of the percentage increase authorized 
by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose 
pay is computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employees, 
whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to Department of Defense foreign service national employees 
serving at United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set 
by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: 
Provided further, That the limitations of this provision shall not 
apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense 
in the Republic of Turkey. 
SEC. 8003. 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. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropriations 
in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current 
fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the 
fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations 
for support of active duty training of reserve components or summer 
camp training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary 
may, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, transfer not to exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital 
funds of the Department of Defense or funds made available in 
this Act to the Department of Defense for military functions (except 
military construction) between such appropriations or funds or any 
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available for 
the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such authority 
to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally 
appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are 
requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of 
all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other authority 
in this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in this 
Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority items, 
based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which
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originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 
reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress: 
Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of 
funds using authority provided in this section shall be made prior 
to June 30, 2026: Provided further, That transfers among military 
personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account for pur-
poses of the limitation on the amount of funds that may be trans-
ferred under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific programs, 
projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments 
to budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and 
activities) contained in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level 
Adjustments in the explanatory statement regarding this Act and 
the tables contained in the classified annex accompanying this 
Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act for those programs, projects, 
and activities are hereby required by law to be carried out in 
the manner provided by such tables to the same extent as if the 
tables were included in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in 
subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations 
for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Provided, That section 
8005 of this Act shall apply when transfers of the amounts described 
in subsection (a) occur between appropriation accounts, subject 
to the limitation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the 
transfer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 
shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in subsection 
(a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper execution of 
such funds. 
(c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified in the 
referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act described in sub-
section (a) may not be transferred pursuant to section 8005 of 
this Act other than for proper execution of such amounts, as pro-
vided in subsection (b). 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 
a report to the congressional defense committees to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities 
for fiscal year 2026: Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
by budget activity and program, project, and activity as detailed 
in the Budget Appendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense 
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that 
such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to trans-
fers from the following appropriations accounts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’;
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(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide’’; 
(5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites’’; and 
(6) 
‘‘Drug 
Interdiction 
and 
Counter-drug 
Activities, 
Defense’’. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in 
working capital funds of the Department of Defense established 
pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may 
be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time 
for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, 
That transfers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital funds and 
the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and 
the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with 
the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, except that such transfers may not be made unless the 
Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed 
transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts equal to the 
amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no 
obligations may be made against a working capital fund to procure 
or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless 
the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any 
such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used 
to initiate, or materially modify the scope of, a special access pro-
gram without prior notification 30 calendar days in advance to 
the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8010. (a) None of the funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year shall 
be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs eco-
nomic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 
one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent 
liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance 
procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one 
year, unless the congressional defense committees have been noti-
fied at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: 
Provided, That no part of any appropriation made available to 
the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 
year shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which 
the economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded 
at least to the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 
That no part of any appropriation made available to the Department 
of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year shall be 
available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any sys-
tems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract 
would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be 
terminated without 30-day prior notification to the congressional 
defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of
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multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis 
to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement. 
(b) None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be used 
for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the enactment 
of this Act unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress 
a budget request for full funding of units to be procured through 
the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement 
of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured 
through the contract for which procurement funds are requested 
in that budget request for production beyond advance procure-
ment activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full 
funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include 
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor 
associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered 
under the contract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor 
under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred 
costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment 
based on a failure. 
(c) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the Presi-
dent for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, that is in compliance with subsection (b)(1), 
and notwithstanding subsection (b)(4)(B) of section 804 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public 
Law 119–60), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
in title III of this Act or in any other provision of law may be 
used for multiyear procurement contracts, for a period of not more 
than five years, as follows: Standard Missile–6; Long Range Anti- 
Ship Missile; Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range; 
Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile; and Standard Missile– 
3 Block 1B; and for a period of not more than seven years, as 
follows: 
PATRIOT 
Advanced 
Capability–3 
Missile 
Segment 
Enhancement; Terminal High Altitude Area Defense; and Toma-
hawk Cruise Missile Systems: Provided, That until such submission 
is provided to the congressional defense committees, to include 
P–1 and R–1 budget justification documents, which shall identify 
the allocation of funds by program, project, and activity, none 
of the funds made available to the Department of Defense for 
this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be obligated or expended 
to enter into any multiyear procurement contracts: Provided further, 
That before entering into a multiyear procurement contract for 
Tomahawk Cruise Missile Systems, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff 
Missile Extended Range, or Standard Missile–6, the Secretary of 
Defense shall certify in writing to the congressional defense commit-
tees that such action is in the national security interests of the 
United States. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the operation 
and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appro-
priated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, 
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of 
title 10, United States Code: Provided, That such funds may also 
be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental
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to authorized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec-
tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obligations 
shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 
States Code: Provided further, That funds available for operation 
and maintenance shall be available for providing humanitarian 
and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust 
Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely associated states of 
Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author-
ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is beneficial 
for graduate medical education programs conducted at Defense 
Health Agency medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary 
of Defense may authorize the provision of medical services at such 
facilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable 
basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act, including prior year Acts, may be used to obligate and 
expend funds in the Defense Modernization Account made available 
in accordance with subsection (c) of section 3136 of title 10, United 
States Code, except for the purposes described in paragraphs (d)(1) 
through (d)(4): Provided, That any program increases, as detailed 
in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 
the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may not be trans-
ferred to the Defense Modernization Account pursuant to subsection 
(c) of section 3136 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds available in this Act to the 
Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for nec-
essary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, or maintenance activi-
ties, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number 
of deployed and non-deployed strategic delivery vehicles and 
launchers below the levels set forth in the report submitted to 
Congress in accordance with section 1042 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for 
the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program may be 
transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely 
for the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program develop-
mental assistance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 
United States Code, under the authority of this provision or any 
other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the budget 
justification documents in support of the budget for fiscal year 
2027 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code) a description of each transfer under this 
section that occurred during the last fiscal year before the fiscal 
year in which such budget is submitted. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments
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and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain unless 
the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the United 
States from components which are substantially manufactured in 
the United States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, 
the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 
quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the forging 
and shot blasting process): Provided further, That for the purpose 
of this section substantially all of the components of anchor and 
mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured 
in the United States if the aggregate cost of the components pro-
duced or manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggregate 
cost of the components produced or manufactured outside the 
United States: Provided further, That when adequate domestic sup-
plies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 
on a timely basis, the Secretary of the Service responsible for 
the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis 
by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate that such an acquisi-
tion must be made in order to acquire capability for national secu-
rity purposes. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity 
of the Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and 
wine with nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic 
beverages sold by the drink) on a military installation located 
in the United States unless such malt beverages and wine are 
procured within that State, or in the case of the District of 
Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 
installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which the 
military installation is located in more than one State, purchases 
may be made in any State in which the installation is located: 
Provided further, That such local procurement requirements for 
malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages 
only for military installations in States which are not contiguous 
with another State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 
than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and the District 
of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive source, 
price and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, 
M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, 
or M–1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammuni-
tion or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms 
ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Sec-
retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for 
further use. 
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated 
or made available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal 
year for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity 
or function of the Department of Defense into or within the National 
Capital Region: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relocation 
is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, $24,613,000 shall be
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available only for incentive payments authorized by section 504 
of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, 
That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes 
a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall be considered 
a contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensa-
tion under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 
U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 
is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appropriated 
by an Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
with respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this section 
shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of 
supplies or services, including any contract and any subcontract 
at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufac-
tured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier defined 
in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business 
owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 
section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air 
Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States 
of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, 
Minnesota, and Washington relocatable military housing units 
located at Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 
Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the Air 
Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost 
to the Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in 
accordance with the request for such units that are submitted 
to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on 
behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, 
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject to the condition 
that the housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any 
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under 
subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the 
Air Force under subsection (b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any recognized 
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary 
of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 
5131). 
SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may be made available only for 
the mitigation of environmental impacts, including training and 
technical assistance to tribes, related administrative support, the 
gathering of information, documenting of environmental damage, 
and developing a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 
to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting 
from Department of Defense activities.
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SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Defense 
Media Activity shall not be used for any national or international 
political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8024. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund, Army’’, $100,000,000 shall be available to maintain competi-
tive rates at the arsenals. 
SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not 
less than $79,000,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol 
Corporation, of which— 
(1) $57,900,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation 
operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug activities, 
and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $17,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $3,300,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement 
for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities 
in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies. 
SEC. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
are available to establish a new Department of Defense (depart-
ment) federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), 
either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by 
an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit mem-
bership corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs 
and other nonprofit entities. 
(b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, no 
member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory 
Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar 
entity of a defense FFRDC, or any entity that contracts with the 
Federal government to manage or operate one or more FFRDCs, 
or any paid consultant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds 
appropriated by this Act as compensation for services as a member 
of such entity: Provided, That a member of any such entity shall 
be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the 
Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance 
of membership duties: Provided further, That except when acting 
in a technical advisory capacity, no paid consultant shall receive 
funds appropriated by this Act as compensation by more than 
one FFRDC in a calendar year. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds available to the department from any source during the 
current fiscal year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through 
a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new buildings 
not located on a military installation, for payment of cost sharing 
for projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract 
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or development. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
appropriated in this Act, not more than $2,886,300,000 may be 
funded for professional technical staff-related costs of the defense 
FFRDCs: Provided, That within such funds, not more than 
$461,300,000 shall be available for the defense studies and analysis 
FFRDCs: Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply 
to staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program and
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the Military Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall, with the submission of the department’s 
fiscal year 2027 budget request, submit a report presenting the 
specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated 
for each defense FFRDC by program during that fiscal year and 
the associated budget estimates, by appropriation account and pro-
gram. 
SEC. 8027. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Armed Services Committee of the 
House of Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 
on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 8028. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. 
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and 
repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production 
of components and other Defense-related articles, through competi-
tion between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities 
and private firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive 
of the military department or Defense Agency concerned, with power 
of delegation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and private 
bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under 
this section. 
SEC. 8030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless 
the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American 
Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has 
been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ‘‘Made 
in America’’ inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the 
United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall 
determine, in accordance with section 4658 of title 10, United 
States Code, whether the person should be debarred from con-
tracting with the Department of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with 
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Con-
gress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending 
the appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products, provided that American-made equipment and products 
are cost-competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 
fashion. 
SEC. 8031. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel 
plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property under 
the control of the Department of Defense which were not melted 
and rolled in the United States or Canada: Provided, That these 
procurement restrictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply
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Class 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, 
alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the military department responsible for the procurement may 
waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not avail-
able to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to 
acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in 
being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8032. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation 
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a 
foreign country which is party to an agreement described in para-
graph (2) has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating 
against certain types of products produced in the United States 
that are covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act 
with respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal 
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the 
United States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary 
of Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for 
certain products in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress 
a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from 
foreign entities in fiscal year 2026. Such report shall separately 
indicate the dollar value of items for which the Buy American 
Act was waived pursuant to any agreement described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
or any international agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ 
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than 
those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for such procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by- 
case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate 
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security pur-
poses: Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the purchase of ‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 
of title 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 
apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8034. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, shall be available to the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide
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assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, including training, equip-
ment, logistics support, supplies and services, stipends, infrastruc-
ture repair and renovation, and sustainment: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Lebanese Armed Forces 
are vetted prior to providing assistance, including at a minimum, 
assessing for associations with terrorist groups and receiving a 
commitment to promote respect for human rights and the rule 
of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
fewer than 15 days prior to obligating the funds provided in this 
section, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 
the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating to the 
acquisition of items and support services or sections 40 and 40A 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if 
the Secretary determines that such provision of law would prohibit, 
restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision of such assistance 
and a notice of and justification for such waiver is submitted to 
the congressional defense committees, the Committees on Appro-
priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees 
on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on the 
use of funds provided in this section, including, but not limited 
to, the number of individuals trained within the Lebanese Armed 
Forces, the nature and scope of support and sustainment provided 
to the Lebanese Armed Forces, the area of operations for the Leba-
nese Armed Forces, and the contributions of other countries, groups, 
or individuals. 
SEC. 8035. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the 
United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the 
congressional defense committees that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes 
that is not available from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by- 
case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation 
on the procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided 
in law if the Secretary determines that the application of the 
limitation with respect to that country would invalidate cooperative 
programs entered into between the Department of Defense and 
the foreign country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 
for the procurement of defense items entered into under section 
4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 
discriminate against the same or similar defense items produced 
in the United States for that country. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised 
after such date under contracts that are entered into before 
such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason 
other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection 
(a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding 
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and 
clothing or textile materials as defined by section XI (chapters 
50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
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and products classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 
through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 
7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, 
and 9404. 
SEC. 8037. None of the funds made available in this Act, or 
any subsequent Act making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense, may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a 
flag of the United States unless such flags are treated as covered 
items under section 4862(b) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained 
in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment 
Recovery Account shall be available until expended for the payments 
specified by section 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which 
are available to the Department of Defense for operation and 
maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment 
item unit cost of not more than $350,000: Provided, That upon 
determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is nec-
essary to meet the operational requirements of a Commander of 
a Combatant Command engaged in a named contingency operation 
overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items having an 
investment item unit cost of not more than $500,000. 
SEC. 8040. Up to $16,809,000 of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’ may be made 
available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the 
purpose of enabling the United States Indo-Pacific Command to 
execute Theater Security Cooperation activities such as humani-
tarian assistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 
of training and exercising with foreign security forces: Provided, 
That funds made available for this purpose may be used, notwith-
standing any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, 
security assistance or combined exercise expenses: Provided further, 
That funds may not be obligated to provide assistance to any 
foreign country that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such 
type of assistance under any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations 
to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related products in 
military resale outlets in the United States, its territories and 
possessions at a price below the most competitive price in the 
local community: Provided, That such regulations shall direct that 
the prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military 
retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established for 
military retail system stores located in the United States. 
SEC. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the 
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an invest-
ment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for 
sale or anticipated sale during the current fiscal year or a subse-
quent fiscal year to customers of the Department of Defense 
Working Capital Funds if such an item would not have been charge-
able to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund during 
fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an investment item 
would be chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations 
made to the Department of Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Department 
of Defense as well as all justification material and other documenta-
tion supporting the fiscal year 2027 Department of Defense budget
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shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis 
that any equipment which was classified as an end item and funded 
in a procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budg-
eted for in a proposed fiscal year 2027 procurement appropriation 
and not in the supply management business area or any other 
area or category of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds. 
SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available 
for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appro-
priated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That funds appropriated, 
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency 
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior 
fiscal year shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for advanced research and development acquisition, 
for agent operations, and for covert action programs authorized 
by the President under section 503 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided further, That any funds appropriated or trans-
ferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for the construction, 
improvement, or alteration of facilities, including leased facilities, 
to be used primarily by personnel of the intelligence community, 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028. 
SEC. 8044. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces 
or civilian employee of the Department of Defense who is trans-
ferred or reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member 
or employee’s place of duty remains at the location of that 
headquarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military depart-
ment may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by- 
case basis, if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that the granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel 
requirements or the financial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the National 
Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established to eliminate, 
mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices, 
and, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, other similar 
threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established to improve 
the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and 
to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the 
Department of Defense; or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency established to 
administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mor-
tuary Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized 
Federal entities. 
SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available to convert to contractor performance an activity 
or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after the
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date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by Department 
of Defense civilian employees unless— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private 
competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective 
organization plan developed by such activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over 
all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance 
of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization’s per-
sonnel-related costs for performance of that activity or func-
tion by Federal employees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a 
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense 
by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health insur-
ance plan available to the workers who are to be employed 
in the performance of that activity or function under the 
contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored 
health benefits plan that requires the employer to con-
tribute less towards the premium or subscription share 
than the amount that is paid by the Department of Defense 
for health benefits for civilian employees under chapter 
89 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection 
(a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 
of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any adminis-
trative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have 
full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any 
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense 
that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant 
to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (section 8503 of 
title 41, United States Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for other severely handicapped individuals in accordance with 
that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified 
firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, 
as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native 
Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts 
for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department 
of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be 
credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or 
measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or 
policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and 
in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United
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States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activi-
ties. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8046. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–Frigate’’, 2020/ 
2031, $240,245,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–Frigate’’, 2022/ 
2026, $418,624,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–Frigate’’, 2023/ 
2027, $483,391,000; 
‘‘Cooperative 
Threat 
Reduction 
Account’’, 
2024/2026, 
$33,936,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2024/2026, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2024/2026, $2,943,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–Frigate’’, 2024/ 
2028, $1,271,572,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2024/2026, $25,397,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2024/2026, $41,189,000; 
‘‘Procurement, Space Force’’, 2024/2026, $107,100,000; 
‘‘Defense Health Program’’, 2024/2026, $10,473,000; 
‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip 
Fund’’, 2025/2026, $50,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 
Army’’, 2025/2027, $452,647,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2025/2027, $119,887,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2025/2027, $155,711,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2025/2027, $200,272,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–Frigate’’, 2025/ 
2029, $151,230,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’, 
2025/2027, 
$193,555,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2025/2027, $209,045,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2025/2027, $186,638,000; 
‘‘Procurement, Space Force’’, 2025/2027, $339,196,000; 
‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2025/2027, $11,807,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, 
2025/2026, $178,735,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, 2025/ 
2026, $82,461,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, 
2025/2026, $329,435,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space 
Force’’, 2025/2026, $370,149,000; and 
‘‘Defense Modernization Account , Defense-Wide’’, 2025/ 
2028, $28,249,000. 
SEC. 8047. None of the funds available in this Act may be 
used to reduce the authorized positions for military technicians 
(dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, 
Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the purpose of applying
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any administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or 
reduction on military technicians (dual status), unless such reduc-
tions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. 
SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance 
to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea unless specifically 
appropriated for that purpose: Provided, That this restriction shall 
not apply to any activities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA 
Accounting Agency mission to recover and identify the remains 
of United States Armed Forces personnel from the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea. 
SEC. 8049. (a) None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter- 
drug activities may be transferred to any other department or 
agency of the United States except as specifically provided in an 
appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence 
Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug 
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency 
of the United States except as specifically provided in an appropria-
tions law. 
SEC. 8050. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available elsewhere in this Act, $49,000,000 is hereby appro-
priated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That upon the 
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the 
national interest, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts 
specified as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organizations 
and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8051. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small 
Business Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken 
proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent 
they contribute to the extramural budget. The Secretary of each 
military department, the Director of each Defense Agency, and 
the head of each other relevant component of the Department 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, 
concurrent with submission of the budget justification documents 
to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, a report with a detailed accounting of the Small Business 
Innovation Research program and the Small Business Technology 
Transfer program set-asides taken from programs, projects, or 
activities within such department, agency, or component during 
the most recently completed fiscal year. 
SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay 
a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense 
for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee 
when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of 
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; 
and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated 
with a business combination.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more than 
$30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred 
to appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to 
be merged with, and to be available for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support 
of such personnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense 
pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8054. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of 
equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by 
any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable basis. The 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish the amount 
of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited 
to funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project 
and be available to defray the costs associated with the use of 
equipment of the project under that subsection. Such funds shall 
be available for such purposes without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8055. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or prior Acts may be obligated or expended 
to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft 
inventory status any C–40 aircraft. 
(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to an 
individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force deter-
mines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable 
due to a Class A mishap. 
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) that an 
aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a certification in writing 
that the status of such aircraft is due to a Class A mishap and 
not due to lack of maintenance, repairs, or other reasons. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the necessary steps taken 
by the Department of Defense to meet the travel requirements 
for official or representational duties of members of Congress and 
the Cabinet in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. 
SEC. 8056. (a) None of the funds appropriated in title IV of 
this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military 
forces for operational training, operational use, or inventory require-
ments: Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items 
used in development, prototyping in accordance with an approved 
test strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to acceptance 
for operational use. 
(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds appro-
priated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number required in 
an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary of Defense (Research 
and Engineering) and the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition 
and Sustainment), in coordination with the responsible Service 
Acquisition Executive, shall certify in writing to the congressional 
defense committees that there is a bonafide need for the additional 
end-items at the time of submittal to Congress of the budget of 
the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105 of
H. R. 7148—41 
title 31, United States Code: Provided, That this restriction does 
not apply to programs funded within the National Intelligence 
Program. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the submittal 
to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the use 
of funds requested in research, development, test and evaluation 
accounts for end-items used in development, prototyping and test 
activities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational use: 
Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each end item covered 
by the preceding proviso, a detailed list of the statutory authorities 
under which amounts in the accounts described in that proviso 
were used for such item: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall, at the time of the submittal to Congress of the 
budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the congressional 
defense committees a certification that funds requested for fiscal 
year 2027 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts 
are in compliance with this section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that it is in the national security interest 
to do so. 
SEC. 8057. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations 
Acts may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing 
repairs or maintenance to military family housing units of the 
Department of Defense, including areas in such military family 
housing units that may be used for the purpose of conducting 
official Department of Defense business. 
SEC. 8058. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ for any new start Defense 
Innovation Acceleration (PE 0603838D8Z) or Rapid Prototyping Pro-
gram (PE 0604331D8Z) demonstration project with a value of more 
than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a report, 
including a description of the project, the planned acquisition and 
transition strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has 
been provided in writing to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction 
on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8059. The Secretary of Defense shall continue to provide 
a classified quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Subcommittees 
on Defense on certain matters as directed in the classified annex 
accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, a servicemember who is a member of the National 
Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 
502(f) of title 32, United States Code, may perform duties in support 
of the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile 
Defense System. 
SEC. 8061. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held
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by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge 
and a United States military nomenclature designation of ‘‘armor 
penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary 
(API)’’, ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, ‘‘general purpose 
(GP)’’, ‘‘special purpose (SP)’’ except 9mm, or ‘‘enhanced performance 
round (EPR)’’, except to an entity performing demilitarization serv-
ices for the Department of Defense under a contract that requires 
the entity to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department 
of Defense that the above listed projectiles are either: (1) rendered 
incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to 
manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the Depart-
ment of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for export 
pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Military 
Articles issued by the Department of State. 
SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, may waive 
payment of all or part of the consideration that otherwise would 
be required under section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, 
in the case of a lease of personal property for a period not in 
excess of 1 year to any organization specified in section 508(d) 
of title 32, United States Code, or any other youth, social, or 
fraternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, on a case-by- 
case basis. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8063. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $218,015,597 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is 
authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense is 
authorized to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 
of real property, construction, personal services, and operations 
related to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: Provided 
further, That contracts entered into under the authority of this 
section may provide for such indemnification as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary: Provided further, That projects authorized 
by this section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 
local law to the maximum extent consistent with the national 
security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8064. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act, including prior year Acts, may be used to implement 
a change to— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the National 
Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation 
of a new appropriation or new appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request 
is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, and O–1 documents 
supporting the Department of Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
appropriations are apportioned to the executing agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intelligence Program 
appropriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit 
the merger of programs or changes to the National Intelligence
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Program budget at or below the Expenditure Center level, provided 
such change is otherwise in accordance with subsection (a). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary 
of Defense may jointly study and develop detailed proposals for 
alternative budget presentation and appropriation accounts. Such 
study shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assess-
ment to ensure that none of the alternative processes will adversely 
affect counterintelligence. 
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under 
subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected agen-
cies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies attesting 
that the proposed alternatives will not adversely affect counter-
intelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary 
certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed alter-
natives and certifications to the congressional defense and intel-
ligence committees. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8065. In addition to amounts made available elsewhere 
in this Act, $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
of Defense and made available for transfer to operation and mainte-
nance accounts, procurement accounts, and research, development, 
test and evaluation accounts only for those efforts by the Com-
mander, United States Africa Command to expand cooperation, 
share operational information, advance interoperability, or improve 
the capabilities of our allies and partners in their area of operation: 
Provided, That none of the funds provided under this section may 
be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense 
provides to the congressional defense committees an execution plan: 
Provided further, That not less than 15 days prior to any transfer 
of funds, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional 
defense committees of the details of any such transfer: Provided 
further, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, 
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8066. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed 
$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of 
this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ 
may be transferred by the military department concerned to its 
central fund established for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant 
to section 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8067. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense, to remain available for obligation until expended: Provided,
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That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that upon the 
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the 
national interest, these funds shall be available only for a grant 
to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of 
military family members when confronted with the illness or hos-
pitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development 
Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis 
Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 
1105). 
SEC. 8069. None of the funds available to the Department 
of Defense may be obligated to modify command and control rela-
tionships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and administra-
tive control of United States Navy forces assigned to the Pacific 
fleet: Provided, That the command and control relationships which 
existed on October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 
modification has been proposed to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That the proposed modification may be implemented 30 
days after the notification unless an objection is received from 
either the House or Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided 
further, That any proposed modification shall not preclude the 
ability of the commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command 
to meet operational requirements. 
SEC. 8070. Any notice that is required to be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate under section 3601 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by section 804(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant 
to that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be 
for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: Provided, That of this amount, 
$60,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to 
the Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to 
the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; 
$127,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense 
(SRBMD) program, including cruise missile defense research and 
development under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for 
co-production activities of SRBMD systems in the United States 
and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with 
each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the U.S.- 
Israeli 
co-production 
agreement 
for 
SRBMD, 
as 
amended; 
$100,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli 
Missile Defense Architecture, of which $100,000,000 shall be for 
co-production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent
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with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to 
the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, 
as amended; and $173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow System 
Improvement Program including development of a long range, 
ground and airborne, detection suite. 
SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $1,676,587,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2026, to fund prior year 
shipbuilding cost increases for the following programs: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2013/2026: Carrier Replacement Program, $150,000,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2016/2026: 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
Program, 
$121,538,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2016/2026: DDG 51 Program, $14,892,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2017/2026: 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
Program, 
$99,116,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2017/2026: DDG 51 Program, $62,365,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2017/2026: LHA Replacement Program, $93,603,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2018/2026: 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
Program, 
$289,761,000; 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2018/2026: DDG 51 Program, $104,238,000; 
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2018/2026: LPD Flight II Program, $93,442,000; 
(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2018/2026: Oceanographic Ships Program, $6,015,000; 
(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2019/2026: Littoral Combat Ship Program, $5,766,000; 
(12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2019/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $15,400,000; 
(13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2019/2026: 
Ship 
to 
Shore 
Connector 
Program, 
$15,480,000; 
(14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2020/2026: CVN Refueling Overhauls, $483,100,000; 
(15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2020/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $48,260,000; 
(16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2022/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $19,650,000; 
(17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2022/2026: 
Expeditionary 
Sea 
Base 
Program, 
$30,000,000; 
(18) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2022/2026: Expeditionary Fast Transport Program, 
$11,231,000; 
(19) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2023/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $6,530,000; and 
(20) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2024/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $6,200,000. 
SEC. 8073. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities and
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intelligence-related activities not otherwise authorized in the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094). 
SEC. 8074. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity 
unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken imme-
diately in the interest of national security and only after written 
prior notification to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8075. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment 
of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system. 
SEC. 8076. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended for the purpose of decommissioning more 
than one Littoral Combat Ship. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8077. The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds from 
any available Department of the Navy appropriation (except mili-
tary construction) to any available Navy ship construction appro-
priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes resulting 
from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any 
ship construction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 
Secretary may transfer not to exceed $40,000,000 under the 
authority provided by this section: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may not transfer any funds until 30 days after the proposed 
transfer has been reported to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response 
from the Committees is received sooner: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred pursuant to this section shall retain the 
same period of availability as when originally appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided under this sec-
tion is in addition to any other transfer authority contained else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
provided by this section expires on September 30, 2030. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation 
of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force 
Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC–130 Weather Recon-
naissance mission below the levels funded in this Act: Provided, 
That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance 
Squadron to perform other missions in support of national defense 
requirements during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8079. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless 
the information has been lawfully collected and processed during 
the conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities: Provided, 
That information pertaining to United States persons shall only 
be handled in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 
Amendment of the United States Constitution as implemented 
through Executive Order No. 12333. 
SEC. 8080. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
programs of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
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except for funds appropriated for research and technology, which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 8081. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ shall be 
considered to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under 
the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations 
in any prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8082. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
a report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authori-
ties for fiscal year 2026: Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appro-
priate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by 
Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence 
Program in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer 
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional intelligence committees, unless the Director of 
National Intelligence certifies in writing to the congressional intel-
ligence committees that such reprogramming or transfer is nec-
essary as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8083. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account in 
or for fiscal year 2026 to a military department or Defense Agency 
pursuant to section 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall 
be covered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8084. (a) None of the funds provided for the National 
Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
or transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 
(1) creates a new start effort; 
(2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of 
$10,000,000 or more; 
(3) transfers funding into or out of the National Intelligence 
Program; or 
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, unless the 
congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification 
period may be reduced for urgent national security require-
ments. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence 
Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer 
of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase 
or decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom-
panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence committees 
are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds;
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this notification period may be reduced for urgent national security 
requirements. 
SEC. 8085. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 8086. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con-
tract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor 
agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees 
or independent contractors that requires, as a condition of 
employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree 
to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false impris-
onment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing 
agreement with an employee or independent contractor that 
mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve 
through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, inten-
tional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or 
negligent hiring, supervision, or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the 
contractor certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to 
agree not to enter into, and not to take any action to enforce 
any provision of, any agreement as described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of subsection (a), with respect to any employee or inde-
pendent contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an 
entity that has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract 
subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect 
to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with employees or 
independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of 
the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of 
subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor 
for the purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the 
Secretary or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the 
waiver is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests 
of the United States, and that the term of the contract or sub-
contract is not longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The 
determination shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and shall
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state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver and the reasons 
each such alternative would not avoid harm to national security 
interests of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall 
transmit to Congress, and simultaneously make public, any deter-
mination under this subsection not less than 15 business days 
before the contract or subcontract addressed in the determination 
may be awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8087. From within the funds appropriated for operation 
and maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, 
up to $165,000,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint 
Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance with the provisions 
of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes of 
section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are operations of 
the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, 
consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities des-
ignated as a combined Federal medical facility as described by 
section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That addi-
tional funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for oper-
ation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the 
Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the 
Secretary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8088. Notwithstanding price or other limitations applicable 
to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles, appropriations avail-
able to the Department of Defense may be used for the purchase 
of: (1) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical security 
of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 
per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of 
$75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian employees 
of the Department of Defense in the United States Central Com-
mand area of responsibility. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8089. Upon a determination by the Director of National 
Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national 
interest, the Director may, with the approval of the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed 
$1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act for the 
National Intelligence Program: Provided, That such authority to 
transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on unforeseen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi-
nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds 
are requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 
That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using 
authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 
30, 2026. 
SEC. 8090. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’, $290,000,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2030, may be used for the pur-
chase of two used sealift vessels for the National Defense Reserve
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Fleet, established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 
Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime 
Administration account of the United States Department of 
Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and expenses 
related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 2218 of title 10, United States Code, 
none of these funds shall be transferred to the National Defense 
Sealift Fund for execution. 
SEC. 8091. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant awards 
on a public website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8092. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose 
of targeting a United States person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term 
is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code) 
of any electronic communication of a United States person 
from a provider of electronic communication services to the 
public pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8093. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee 
of any agency funded by this Act who approves or implements 
the transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary 
resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act 
to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this 
Act without the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly pro-
vided for in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, or provi-
sions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 8094. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $785,052,000, to remain available 
until expended, may be used for any purposes related to the 
National Defense Reserve Fleet established under section 11 of 
the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, 
That such amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the United 
States Department of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act for 
the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to award a new contract 
that provides for the acquisition of the following components unless 
those components are manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary 
equipment (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 
equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propellers); ship-
board cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; and anchor chains, 
specifically for the seventh and subsequent ships of the fleet. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for any Frigate 
program shall be used to award a new contract that provides 
for the acquisition of the following components unless those compo-
nents are manufactured in the United States: Air circuit breakers; 
gyrocompasses; electronic navigation chart systems; steering con-
trols; pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 
enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes;
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auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers: Provided, 
That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate United States 
manufactured propulsion engines and propulsion reduction gears 
into any Frigate program beginning not later than with the eleventh 
ship of the program. 
SEC. 8096. None of the funds provided in this Act for require-
ments development, performance specification development, concept 
design and development, ship configuration development, systems 
engineering, naval architecture, marine engineering, operations 
research analysis, industry studies, preliminary design, develop-
ment of the Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 
solicitation package, or related activities for the T–ARC(X) Cable 
Laying and Repair Ship or the T–AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveil-
lance Ship may be used to award a new contract for such activities 
unless these contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip-
ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manufactured 
in the United States. 
SEC. 8097. No amounts credited or otherwise made available 
in this or any other Act to the Department of Defense Acquisition 
Workforce Development Account may be transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section 
804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific fund estab-
lished under section 804(d)(2) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 
SEC. 8098. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for Government Travel Charge Card expenses by military 
or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense for gaming, 
or for entertainment that includes topless or nude entertainers 
or participants, as prohibited by Department of Defense FMR, 
Volume 9, Chapter 3 and Department of Defense Instruction 
1015.10 (enclosure 3, 14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8099. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network is designed to block access to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities, or for any activity necessary for the 
national defense, including intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds provided for, or otherwise made 
available, in this or any other Act, may be obligated or expended 
by the Secretary of Defense to provide motorized vehicles, aviation 
platforms, munitions other than small arms and munitions appro-
priate for customary ceremonial honors, operational military units, 
or operational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 
providing such units, platforms, or equipment would undermine 
the readiness of such units, platforms, or equipment. 
SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that 
has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for 
which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted 
or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner
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pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Federal 
agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable Federal 
agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
described in such subsection and has made a determination that 
such suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Federal Government. 
SEC. 8102. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV of this 
Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled Expla-
nation of Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement 
regarding this Act, may be used for expenses for the agile research, 
development, test and evaluation, procurement, production, modi-
fication, and operation and maintenance, only for the following 
Software and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 
(1) Defensive CYBER—Software Prototype Development 
(PE 0608041A); 
(2) Risk Management Information (PE 0608013N); 
(3) 
Maritime 
Tactical 
Command 
and 
Control 
(PE 
0608231N); 
(4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking SW (PE 
1208248SF); 
(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 0303150K); 
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 
(7) Enterprise Platforms and Capabilities—Software Pilot 
Program (PE 0608140D8Z); and 
(8) Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative 
Technologies (APFIT) (PE 0000000D8Z). 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended to 
initiate additional Software and Digital Technology Pilot Programs 
in fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 8103. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to transfer the National Recon-
naissance Office to the Space Force: Provided, That nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit cooperation, 
collaboration, and coordination between the National Reconnais-
sance Office and the Space Force or any other elements of the 
Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations 
promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against 
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restruc-
turing Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105–277; 112 
Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and regulations prescribed 
thereto, including regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code 
of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurri-
canes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–148).
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SEC. 8105. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to provide arms, training, or other assistance to the Azov 
Battalion. 
SEC. 8106. The Secretary of Defense may, in this fiscal year 
and each fiscal year thereafter, accept and retain contributions, 
including money, personal property, and services, from foreign 
governments and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized 
by section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92): Provided, That such contribu-
tions received shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide assistance 
authorized by such section, for replacement of any weapons or 
articles provided to entities described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of subsection (a)(1) of such section from the inventory of the 
United States, and to recover or dispose of equipment previously 
provided to such entities: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall consult with the congressional defense committees 
in advance of the provision of support provided to forces or groups 
described in subparagraph (B) of such subsection: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation 
of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the 
funds received and the specific use of such contributions: Provided 
further, That any notification of obligation of funds received in 
this section shall specify an estimated timeline for the delivery 
of defense articles and defense services provided and shall identify 
if any equipment provided requires enhanced end-use monitoring: 
Provided further, That contributions of money for the purposes 
provided herein from any foreign government or other entity may 
be credited to the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide 
account, to remain available for the following two fiscal years, 
and used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional 
defense committees on the use and status of funds received pursuant 
to this section. 
SEC. 8107. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed 
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only 
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, 
That, such contributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the 
appropriations or fund which incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8108. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $1,499,808,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be available for Inter-
national Security Cooperation Programs and other programs to 
provide support and assistance to foreign security forces or other 
groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate counterter-
rorism, crisis response, or building partner capacity programs: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 
prior to obligating funds made available in this section, notify 
the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of 
any planned obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 
use and status of funds made available in this section.
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SEC. 8109. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $267,298,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be available for support 
authorized by subparagraphs (A) through (E) and (G) through (I) 
of section 1226(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note), of which not less 
than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds 
made available under this section, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any planned obligation 
and the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate on the use and status of funds made available in 
this section. 
SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 
1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this Act for 
excess defense articles, assistance under section 333 of title 10, 
United States Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries 
designated annually to be in violation of the standards of the 
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 
U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any military training 
or operation that includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child 
Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is otherwise 
permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be made available for any member of the Taliban. 
SEC. 8113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act, for support to friendly foreign countries in connection 
with the conduct of operations in which the United States is not 
participating, pursuant to section 331(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, shall be made in accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8114. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to enter into a contract, memorandum of under-
standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or 
provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any sub-
sidiary of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in sub-
section (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State and the Director of National Intelligence, determines that 
it is in the vital national security interest of the United States 
to do so, and certifies in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that— 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of lethal mili-
tary equipment to, and the maintenance of existing lethal mili-
tary equipment for, the Government of the Syrian Arab 
Republic; 
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation have with-
drawn from Ukraine; and
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(3) agents of the Russian Federation have ceased taking 
active measures to destabilize the control of the Government 
of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall 
conduct a review of any action involving Rosoboronexport with 
respect to a waiver issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant 
to subsection (b), and not later than 90 days after the date on 
which such a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Inspector General shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report containing the results of the review conducted with 
respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8115. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres-
sional defense committees in writing not more than 30 days after 
the receipt of any contribution of funds received from the govern-
ment of a foreign country for any purpose relating to the stationing 
or operations of the United States Armed Forces: Provided, That 
such notification shall include the amount of the contribution; the 
purpose for which such contribution was made; and the authority 
under which such contribution was accepted by the Secretary of 
Defense: Provided further, That not fewer than 15 days prior to 
obligating such funds, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees in writing a notification of 
the planned use of such contributions, including whether such con-
tributions would support existing or new stationing or operations 
of the United States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 8116. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, in coordination 
with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chiefs 
of the Armed Forces, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees, not later than 30 days after the last day of each 
quarter of the fiscal year, a report on the use of operation and 
maintenance funds for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 
that have been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 
activities for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also include— 
(1) the title, date, and location, of each activity and exercise 
covered by the report; 
(2) an identification of the military department and units 
that participated in each such activity or exercise (including 
an estimate of the number of participants); 
(3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by budget 
line item (with a breakdown by cost element such as transpor-
tation); and 
(4) a short explanation of the objective of the activity or 
exercise. 
(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 8117. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made available from 
the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) 
for America Defense Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to the 
transfer authority in section 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
(division A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in 
the amounts specified, and for the projects and activities specified, 
in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Allocation of Funds: 
CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act.
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(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any 
amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under section 
102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 if there is in effect an Act 
making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for 
the Department of Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, 
the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, 
apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing administra-
tion of programs allocated using funds transferred from the CHIPS 
for America Defense Fund, which may be allocated pursuant to 
the transfer authority in section 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 
2022 only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for 
such purposes in subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds allocated 
by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the terms and conditions 
contained in the provisos in section 8005 of this Act: Provided, 
That amounts may be reallocated pursuant to this subsection only 
for those requirements necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of 
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the Presi-
dent for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate proposed allocations by account and by pro-
gram, project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for amounts 
made available under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
for fiscal year 2027. 
(e) The Department of Defense shall provide the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and activities 
funded by the CHIPS for America Defense Fund for amounts allo-
cated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including all 
uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 8118. Not later than 15 days after the date on which 
any foreign base that involves the stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces, including a temporary base, perma-
nent base, or base owned and operated by a foreign country, is 
opened or closed, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres-
sional defense committees in writing of the opening or closing 
of such base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 
information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings associated 
with the opening or closing of such base. 
SEC. 8119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be obligated or expended 
by the United States Government for any of the following purposes: 
(1) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
of Iraq or Syria. 
SEC. 8120. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’ for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency may be used 
to support the armed forces of Jordan. 
SEC. 8121. The amounts appropriated in title II of this Act 
are hereby reduced by $1,050,000,000 to reflect excess cash balances 
in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, as follows:
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(1) 
From 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’, 
$100,000,000; 
(2) 
From 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’, 
$450,000,000; and 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 
$500,000,000. 
SEC. 8122. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $47,000,000 
shall be for continued implementation and expansion of the Sexual 
Assault Special Victims’ Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds 
are made available for transfer to the Department of the Army, 
the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force: 
Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged with 
and available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which the funds are transferred: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 8123. In carrying out the program described in the memo-
randum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services 
for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II 
or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the 
guidance issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary 
of Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except that— 
(1) 
the 
limitation 
on 
periods 
regarding 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) and in 
part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ shall 
include embryo cryopreservation and storage without limitation 
on the duration of such cryopreservation and storage. 
SEC. 8124. The Secretary of Defense may obligate funds made 
available by this Act for procurement or for research, development, 
test and evaluation for the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter to modify 
not fewer than nine F–35 aircraft, including at least three F– 
35 aircraft of each variant, for any test configuration: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify 
the congressional defense committees not fewer than 30 days prior 
to obligating funds under this section: Provided further, That any 
transfer of funds pursuant to the authority provided in this section 
shall be made in accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be obligated to integrate 
an alternative engine on any F–35 aircraft. 
SEC. 8126. The Secretary of Defense may use up to $650,000,000 
of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
Act to the Department of Defense for the rapid acquisition and 
deployment of supplies and associated support services pursuant 
to section 3601 of title 10, United States Code, but only for the 
purposes specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 
(c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable limits specified 
in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection and, in the case 
of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject to a limit of $50,000,000, 
or for the purposes specified in section 229 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and 
subject to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary
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of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees 
promptly of all uses of this authority. 
SEC. 8127. Notwithstanding section 8056 of this Act, amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this Act, as detailed in budget activity 
eight in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments 
in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act for ‘‘Defense 
Innovation Unit (DIU) Fielding’’ line 301, may be used for expenses 
for agile research, development, test and evaluation, procurement, 
production, modification, and operation and maintenance require-
ments, including the initial acquisition of end-items for operational 
use: Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated or 
expended until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense provides 
the congressional defense committees a detailed execution plan 
for such funds. 
SEC. 8128. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to support any activity conducted by, or associated with, 
the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 
SEC. 8129. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to fund any work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, 
Inc. in China on research supported by the government of China 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that a waiver to such 
prohibition is in the national security interests of the United States 
and, not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, submits 
to the congressional defense committees a detailed justification 
for the waiver, including— 
(1) an identification of the Department of Defense entity 
obligating or expending the funds; 
(2) an identification of the amount of such funds; 
(3) an identification of the intended purpose of such funds; 
(4) an identification of the recipient or prospective recipient 
of such funds (including any third-party entity recipient, as 
applicable); 
(5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the national 
security interests of the United States; and 
(6) any other information the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 
or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 
other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer any individual detained 
at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the 
custody or control of the individual’s country of origin, any other 
foreign country, or any other foreign entity except in accordance 
with section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232).
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SEC. 8132. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, 
acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) 
for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the effective 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, Guanta-
namo 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. 8133. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8134. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Credit Program Account’’ established pursuant to section 149(e)(5) 
of title 10, United States Code, $97,770,000, to remain available 
until expended, to carry out a pilot program on capital assistance 
to support defense investment in the industrial base as authorized 
by section 149(e) of such title, of which up to $2,500,000 may 
be used for administrative expenses and project-specific transaction 
costs: Provided, That costs of loans and loan guarantees, including 
the cost of modifying such loans and loan guarantees, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That such amounts are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of loans, and total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$4,390,000,000: Provided further, That, for the purposes of carrying 
out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Secretary shall 
promptly provide documentation and information relating to a 
project receiving capital assistance as authorized under section 
149(e) of such title. 
SEC. 8135. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to divest or prepare to divest 
more than eight U–2 aircraft. 
SEC. 8136. The amounts appropriated in title II of this Act 
are hereby reduced by $1,204,617,000 to reflect savings attributable 
to efficiencies, streamlining of functions, and management improve-
ments in the Department of Defense, as follows: 
(1) 
From 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’, 
$563,288,000; 
(2) 
From 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’, 
$109,159,000; 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 
$9,467,000; 
(4) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 
$319,765,000;
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(5) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 
$6,493,000; and 
(6) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 
$196,445,000: 
Provided, That such reduction may not be derived from amounts 
appropriated by this Act for the National Intelligence Program 
or the Military Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8137. (a) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate the following 
with respect to amounts made available by Public Law 119–21 
until all such amounts have been expended: 
(1) proposed allocations by account, by fiscal year, and 
by program, project, or activity, with detailed justifications; 
(2) P–1 and R–1 budget justification documents, which 
shall identify the allocation of funds by program, project, and 
activity; and 
(3) budget justification documents, to be known as M– 
1 and O–1, which shall identify the allocation of funds by 
budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group. 
(b) Subsequent to the submission required in subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly 
reports on the status of balances of projects and activities funded 
using 
amounts 
described 
in 
subsection 
(a), 
including 
all 
uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds, until all such 
amounts have been expended. 
SEC. 8138. The Secretary of Defense shall obligate funds made 
available by this or any other Act, including prior year Acts, under 
the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’ 
for the Next Generation Fighter program for the purpose of exe-
cuting the engineering and manufacturing development contract 
for the Next Generation Fighter aircraft in a manner that achieves 
accelerated Initial Operational Capability: Provided, That none of 
the funds made available to the Department of Defense for this 
fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, 
or terminate the Next Generation Fighter program. 
SEC. 8139. Of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Navy’’, not less than $80,000,000 shall be made 
available for the establishment of a Platform Supply Vessel Pilot 
Program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) for the 
purpose of validating Service requirements necessary to meet at- 
sea and in-shore logistics operations: Provided, That the Program 
shall evaluate options to time charter no less than six, and enter 
into a contractual agreement for no less than two time charters: 
Provided further, That the condition of the time charter should 
consider existing United States-built platform supply vessels that 
are documented under the laws of the United States, owned by 
a citizen of the United States under 46 U.S.C. 50501, configured 
for logistics support in the Indo-Pacific region that can meet the 
regulatory and physical requirements to transport nearly 500,000 
gallons of various standard fuels, and provide up to 10,000 square 
feet of combined deck space for transport of military equipment 
and personnel for delivery in and out of shallow draft ports in 
the Indo-Pacific region: Provided further, That the Secretary of
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the Navy shall provide a briefing within 180 days after the enact-
ment of this Act to the House and Senate Appropriations Commit-
tees on the status of the Program and the effectiveness of using 
PSVs to fill this critical need. 
SEC. 8140. Funds made available for the UH–60 Blackhawk 
aircraft program under this or any other Act, including prior year 
Acts, under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’ and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’ shall be obli-
gated only for the purposes for which such funds were appropriated 
and such funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other 
purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made available to the 
Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year 
may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the UH–60 Blackhawk 
aircraft program or to prepare to pause, cancel, or terminate such 
program. 
SEC. 8141. Funds made available for the E–7 Wedgetail aircraft 
program under this or any other Act, including prior year Acts, 
under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’ and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be 
obligated only for the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated and such funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred 
for other purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 
fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the E– 
7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to prepare to pause, cancel, or 
terminate such program. 
SEC. 8142. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to close— 
(1) the Rock Island Arsenal Museum located in Rock Island 
Arsenal, Illinois; 
(2) the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum 
located in Lawton, Oklahoma; 
(3) the United States Army Transportation Museum located 
at Fort Eustis, Virginia; or 
(4) the General George Patton Museum of Leadership 
located at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 
SEC. 8143. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $1,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be for the Taiwan Security 
Cooperation Initiative: Provided, That such funds shall be available 
to the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, to provide assistance, including new procurement of 
defense articles, services, and military education and training to 
Taiwan: Provided further, That equipment procured using funds 
made available in this section, and not yet transferred to Taiwan, 
or returned by Taiwan to the United States, may be treated as 
stocks of the Department of Defense upon written notification to 
the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating 
funds made available in this section, notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar-
terly reports to the congressional defense committees on the use 
and status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8144. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by title II of this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation
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and Maintenance, Air Force’’, the Secretary of Defense may 
reimburse the Federated States of Micronesia in an amount not 
to exceed $34,000,000 for land acquisition costs for defense sites 
in Yap. 
SEC. 8145. The total amount appropriated in title II of this 
Act is hereby reduced by $550,000,000 to reflect savings due to 
favorable bulk fuel rates: Provided, That such reduction may not 
be derived from amounts appropriated by this Act for the National 
Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8146. In making Federal financial assistance, the Depart-
ment of Defense shall continue to apply the negotiated indirect 
cost rates in section 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, 
including with respect to the approval of deviations from negotiated 
indirect cost rates, to the same extent and in the same manner 
as such negotiated indirect cost rates were applied in fiscal year 
2024: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Defense may be used to 
develop, modify, or implement changes to such fiscal year 2024 
negotiated indirect cost rates. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8147. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the 
heading 
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, may 
be used for replacement of defense articles and for reimbursement 
of defense services provided to or identified for provision to Taiwan: 
Provided, That such funds may be transferred to appropriations 
made available under titles II, III, IV, and V of this Act for replace-
ment, through new procurement or repair of existing unserviceable 
equipment, of defense articles from the stocks of the Department 
of Defense, and for reimbursement for defense services of the 
Department of Defense and military education and training, pro-
vided to the government of Taiwan or to foreign countries that 
have provided support to Taiwan at the request of the United 
States: Provided further, That funds transferred pursuant to this 
section shall be merged with and available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as the appropriations to which the 
funds are transferred: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees of the 
details of such transfers not less than 15 days before any such 
transfer: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be 
transferred back and merged with this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this section is 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 8148. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be 
used by the Department of Defense to award a sole-source or 
non-competitive contract in excess of $100,000,000 for space-based 
airborne moving target indication systems. 
SEC. 8149. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be 
used to pause, cancel, or terminate the Next-Generation Overhead
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Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit and the Next- 
Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar programs. 
SEC. 8150. Any transactions or follow-on transactions entered 
into pursuant to the authority in section 2808a of title 10, United 
States Code, to carry out repair and construction projects for facili-
ties may only be carried out if, without regard to section 2808a, 
such projects are otherwise authorized by law and the use of mili-
tary construction, operation and maintenance, or research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation funds is otherwise authorized for such 
projects: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or prior Acts, by title I of division D of 
Public Law 119–37 or by any prior Act making appropriations 
for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, 
or by funds made available to the Department of Defense in Public 
Law 119–21 may be transferred pursuant to the authority in section 
2808a of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8151. The amounts appropriated in title IV of this Act 
are hereby reduced by $1,000,000,000 due to the expiration of 
authorizations contained in 15 U.S.C. 638, as follows: 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, 
$140,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, 
$157,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, 
$325,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space 
Force’’, $140,000,000; and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’, $238,000,000: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropriations for 
the National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That if a law 
reauthorizing 15 U.S.C. 638 for fiscal year 2026 is enacted after 
the date of the enactment of this section and before September 
30, 2026, the required expenditure amount in 15 U.S.C. 638 for 
the Department of Defense for such program for such fiscal year 
shall be prorated on an annual basis for the remainder of such 
fiscal year based on the extramural budget (as defined in 15 U.S.C. 
638(e)(1)) of the Department on the date of the enactment of such 
law. 
SEC. 8152. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, shall be available for the Inter-
national Security Cooperation Program – Baltic Security Initiative 
to provide support and assistance to the foreign security forces 
of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in accordance with the objectives 
identified by section 1247 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119–60): Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating 
funds made available in this section, notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status of funds 
made available in this section.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8153. (a) In addition to amounts made available elsewhere 
in this Act, $500,000,000, of which not less than $150,000,000 
shall be available only for the qualification and testing of second 
source providers, is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense and may be transferred to the procurement accounts of 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense and the 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ 
account, only for the following purposes— 
(1) investment in modernization, expansion, or facilitization 
of the solid rocket motor industrial base, including capital 
equipment, tooling, and facility upgrades; 
(2) workforce development, training, and retention; 
(3) supplier base expansion and qualification, including 
second- and third-tier vendors and non-traditional manufactur-
ers; 
(4) process improvements, automation, and digital manu-
facturing; and 
(5) risk reduction and surge capacity initiatives necessary 
to ensure reliable, affordable, and timely production of solid 
rocket motors and related energetics: 
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to 
the congressional defense committees on planned activities under 
this section, including an explanation of how competition consider-
ations and industry input were incorporated into acquisition and 
execution decisions: Provided, That none of the funds provided 
under this section may be obligated or expended until 30 days 
after the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense 
committees a detailed execution plan for the use of such funds: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer 
than 15 days prior to any transfer of funds, notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
in writing of the details of any such transfer: Provided further, 
That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged with and available 
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back and merged with this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under 
this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
elsewhere in this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’.
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DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) and the National 
Apprenticeship Act, $3,981,588,000 plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, $2,919,332,000 as follows: 
(A) $875,649,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $163,649,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027; and 
(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $235,553,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to outlying 
areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall 
not be subject to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) 
of such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the require-
ments of WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single application 
for a consolidated grant that awards funds that would otherwise 
be available to such areas to carry out the activities described 
in subtitle B of title I of the WIOA: Provided further, That 
such application shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require: Provided further, That outlying areas awarded a 
consolidated grant described in the preceding provisos may 
use the funds for any of the programs and activities authorized 
under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject to approval 
of the application and such reporting requirements issued by 
the Secretary; and 
(2) for national programs, $1,062,256,000 as follows: 
(A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
national reserve, of which $100,859,000 shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, 
and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of 
the WIOA may be used to provide assistance to a State 
for statewide or local use in order to address cases where
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there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers remain 
dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 
plan with emerging economic development needs; and train 
such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That 
funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of 
the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and dem-
onstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance 
to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of 
the WIOA, of the funds provided under this subparagraph, 
the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of 
such funds to provide technical assistance and carry out 
additional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
subparagraph, $120,000,000 shall be for training and 
employment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) (not-
withstanding the 10 percent limitation in such section) 
and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 
(i) $55,000,000 shall be for workers in the Appa-
lachian region, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), 
workers in the Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 
4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public Law 100– 
460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)), and workers 
in the region served by the Northern Border Regional 
Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 15733; and 
(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the purpose of devel-
oping, offering, or improving educational or career 
training programs at community colleges, defined as 
public institutions of higher education, as described 
in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
and at which the associate’s degree is primarily the 
highest degree awarded, with other eligible institutions 
of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, eligible to partici-
pate through consortia, with community colleges as 
the lead grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements for the program in House 
Report 116–62: Provided further, That any grant funds 
used for apprenticeships shall be used to support only 
apprenticeship programs registered under the National 
Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) 
of the WIOA; 
(B) $62,500,000 for Native American programs under 
section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 
$90,134,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 
$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 
and $671,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 
be available for the period April 1, 2026 through June 
30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or proportion