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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 
200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 
funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
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rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret, or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
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ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
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SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 
to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 
Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
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SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-
ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
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other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2026, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
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rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-
quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 
to disclose any of the following information as a condition 
of submitting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 
of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 
election for Federal office or to a political com-
mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 
election for Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 
entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 
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or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 
reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 
et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem-
ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 
agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2026, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
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(A) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2026, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2026, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 
sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2026 under section 5303 of title 
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2026 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2025, shall be determined under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2025, except to the extent determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
pose of this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 
for service performed after September 30, 2025. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
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tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered 
by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 
necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
fied employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 
in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 
take place in fiscal year 2026 under sections 5344 and 
5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
ees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
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employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be considered to be located 
in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 
States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 
2025. 
SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 
for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office during fiscal year 2026 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 
United States Government, including— 
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(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor 
travel to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used 
to determine which costs relate to the con-
ference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or 
office in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 
head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 
official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2026 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
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(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 
programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 
in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 
or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 
the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 
dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 
memorandum. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 
a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 
enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
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enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 
published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 
Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 
et seq.). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 
other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 
such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 
internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
ceive such information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
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ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 
information. 
SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 
the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 
with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 
existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 
reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 
Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 
mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au-
thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 
health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 
The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-
ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 
agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-
standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-
disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 
by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 
or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 
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officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-
visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 
such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
close any classified information received in the course of 
such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 
shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 
to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 
to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 
if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 
that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 
substantially similar language to that required in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 744. 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 liabil-
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ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. 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 was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 
the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 
year 2026 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 
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on December 31, 2025, by operation of section 747 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 118–47. 
(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 
section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 
2026 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 
position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 
payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
cember 31, 2025, by operation of section 747 of division 
B of Public Law 118–47. Such an employee may not re-
ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2026, except 
as provided in subsection (i). 
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 
subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-
ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 
(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 
(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 
official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 
or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
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serving under a political appointment and paid a 
rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, an employee described in para-
graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal-
endar year 2026, except as provided in subsection (i). 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 
rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 
under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 
increase during calendar year 2026, except as provided in 
subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 
in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 
pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 
of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 
pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 
or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
plied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 
under applicable law. 
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(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 
pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
for such time as that election is in effect. 
(h) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 
entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 
election is in effect. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 
employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-
ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 
the level or range for the position held immediately before 
the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 
rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 
of pay in effect on December 31, 2025, by operation of 
section 747 of division B of Public Law 118–47. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 
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31, 2025, by operation of section 747 of division B of Pub-
lic Law 118–47. 
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 
to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2026 
but ends in calendar year 2027, the bar on the employee’s 
receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 
of that pay period. 
(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 
position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 
pay is restricted under this section. 
(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 
1, 2026. 
SEC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 
the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 
shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 
and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 
of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 
report is transmitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 748. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 
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House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 
appropriate congressional committees if— 
(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; 
(2) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency conditions the availability of 
an appropriation on further action; or 
(3) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 
program, project, or activity by such department or 
agency. 
(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 
committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 
name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 
account. 
SEC. 749. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 
made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 
agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-
agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 
recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 
Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-
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gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 
National Institutes of Health research programs. 
SEC. 750. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit-
izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail-
able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 
including rebates from charge card and other contracts: 
Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other-
wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator 
of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed-
eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government- 
wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech-
nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv-
ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal 
agencies to take advantage of information technology in 
sharing information: Provided further, That the total 
funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 
$29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the 
funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 
during fiscal year 2026 shall remain available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 
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not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 
plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro-
vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 
include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized 
under this section and the estimate of amounts to be 
transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2026; (ii) a de-
tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 
to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 
(including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 
whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) 
where applicable, a description of the funds intended for 
use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed 
by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim-
bursements may be made pursuant to this section until 
15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
SEC. 751. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 
provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2026 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
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mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV that 
is included in the report or explanatory statement accom-
panying any such Act shall be deemed to be a recipient 
of a Federal award with respect to such funds for purposes 
of the requirements of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records 
retention, and 2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the 
Comptroller General of the United States. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 
amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-
ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 
Comptroller General. 
SEC. 752. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be provided to States, cities, 
or localities that allow non-citizens to vote in Federal elec-
tions. 
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, may be used to make investments 
under the Thrift Savings Plan in certain mutual funds 
that make investment decisions based primarily on envi-
ronmental, social, or governance criteria. 
SEC. 754. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
available to— 
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(a) classify or facilitate the classification of any com-
munications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or 
mal-information; or 
(b) partner with or fund nonprofit or other organiza-
tions that pressure or recommend private companies to 
censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 
United States persons, including recommending the cen-
soring or removal of content on social media platforms. 
SEC. 755. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used or transferred to an-
other Federal agency, board, or commission to recruit, 
hire, promote, or retain any person who either has been 
convicted of a Federal or State child pornography charge, 
has been convicted of any other Federal or State sexual 
assault charge or has been formally disciplined for using 
Federal resources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 
SEC. 756. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or otherwise carry out Executive Order No. 14019 (86 
Fed. Reg. 13623; relating to promoting access to voting), 
except for sections 7, 8, and 10 of such Order. 
SEC. 757. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-
ister, or enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine man-
dates. 
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SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to contract with, grant 
awards to, or otherwise obligate or expend funds to 
NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing business as 
‘‘NewsGuard’’); 
Disinformation 
Index, 
Inc., 
Disinformation Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation 
Index gUG (collectively doing business as ‘‘Global 
Disinformation Index’’); or any other entity, including a 
nonprofit organization (as described by section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), that engages in 
operations or activities, or produces products, the function 
of which is to demonetize or rate the credibility of a do-
mestic entity (including news and information outlets) 
based on lawful speech of such domestic entity under the 
stated function of ‘‘fact-checking’’, or otherwise exposing 
or correcting mis-information, dis-information, or mal-in-
formation. 
SEC. 759. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
SEC. 760. Each department or agency of the execu-
tive branch of the United States Government shall comply 
with the provisions otherwise known as the ‘‘Making 
America Great Again provisions’’ set out in Executive 
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Order No. 14240 of March 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 
13671), Executive Order No. 14274 of April 15, 2025 (90 
Fed. Reg. 16445), Executive Order No. 14247 of March 
25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 14011), Executive Order No. 
14249 of March 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 14001), Execu-
tive Order No. 14208 of February 10, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 
9585), Executive Order No. 14331 of August 7, 2025 (90 
Fed. Reg. 38925), Executive Order No. 14333 of August 
11, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg 39301), Executive Order No. 
14339 of August 25, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg 42121), and Ex-
ecutive Order No. 14342 of August 25, 2025 (90 Fed. 
Reg. 42129). 
SEC. 761. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or in any previous appropriation, may be provided 
for in insurance plans in the Federal Employees Health 
Benefits program to cover the cost of surgical procedures 
or puberty blockers or hormone therapy for the purpose 
of gender affirming care. 
SEC. 762. (a) During fiscal year 2026, on the date 
on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
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on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public website. 
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, unless prior approval is received from 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
requests of local funds under this title through November 
7, 2026. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
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offices of United States Senators or United States Rep-
resentatives under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 
the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
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on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 
for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 
pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 
local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 
be inappropriate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by the District of Columbia government under 
any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 810. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
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Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2026 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
unanticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 811. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools’ budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
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of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 
204.42). 
SEC. 812. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 
local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 
four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
SEC. 813. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 814. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
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year 2025 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2026 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2027, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 815. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2027, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2027 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
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ment for fiscal year 2027 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2027 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2027. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2027 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2027 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
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(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 816. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 
of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 
(sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 
respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 
Bridge Project. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 
means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 
and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 
Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 
the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 
other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 
passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 
access crossings over the Potomac River. 
SEC. 817. Not later than 45 days after the last day 
of each quarter, each Federal and District government 
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agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-
port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 
quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 
this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 818. None of the funds available for obligation 
or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 
under any authority may be used to carry out the Repro-
ductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 
2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to implement any rule or reg-
ulation promulgated to carry out such Act. 
SEC. 819. (a) Section 602(a) of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1 206.02(a), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (9); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(10) and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, rule, regulation, 
guidance, or other law to permit any person to carry 
out any activity, or to reduce the penalties imposed 
with respect to any activity, to which subsection (a) 
of section 3 of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restric-
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tion Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402) applies (taking 
into consideration subsection (b) of such section).’’. 
(b) The Death With Dignity Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 
21 182) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 820. (a) No later than 60 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit a report to the Committees regarding 
the District of Columbia’s enforcement of the Partial 
Birth Abortion Ban Act. 
(b) The report submitted shall include: 
(1) how health care providers within the District of 
Columbia are alerted to their responsibility to comply with 
the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act; 
(2) how the District of Columbia responds to poten-
tial violations; 
(3) how many potential violations have been inves-
tigated in the District of Columbia in the past five years; 
(4) whether the District of Columbia preserved each 
child’s remains for appropriate examination during the in-
vestigation; 
(5) whether the District of Columbia conducted a 
thorough investigation of the death of each child and what 
each investigation showed; 
(6) whether the Chief Medical Examiner was directed 
to perform an autopsy on each child to determine the 
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method and cause of death in accordance with section 
2906 of the Establishment of the Office of the Chief Med-
ical Examiner Act of 2000 (sec. 5–1405, D.C. Official 
Code); 
(7) whether the District of Columbia directed a sub-
sequent autopsy to be completed by an independent, li-
censed pathologist to confirm the findings of the Chief 
Medical Examiner; and 
(8) whether the District of Columbia ensured the 
proper and respectful burial of each child. 
SEC. 821. None of the funds available for obligation 
or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 
under any authority may be used to enforce the District 
of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment’s 
December 29, 2023, final rule relating to ‘‘Adoption of 
California Vehicle Emission Standards’’. 
SEC. 822. None of the funds available for obligation 
or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 
under any authority may be used by the District of Colum-
bia to enact or carry out any law which prohibits motorists 
from making right turns on red, including the Safer 
Streets Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-214). 
SEC. 823. None of the funds available for obligation 
or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 
under any authority may be used to carry out title IX of 
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the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996 (sec. 
50-2209.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code). 
SEC. 824. (a) Section 5 of the Corrections Oversight 
Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. 
Law 24–344) is repealed, and the provision of law amend-
ed by such section (section 16–5505, D.C. Official Code) 
is restored as if such section had not been enacted into 
law. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the Corrections Oversight Improvement 
Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022. 
SEC. 825. None of the funds available for obligation 
or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 
under any authority may be used to implement the Local 
Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 (D. C. 
Law 24-344) or any activities related to enrolling or reg-
istering noncitizens into voter rolls for local elections. 
SEC. 826. An individual who has a valid weapons 
carry permit from any United States state or territory 
may possess and carry a concealed handgun, magazine, 
and ammunition in the area governed by the District of 
Columbia and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
thority. 
SEC. 827. None of the funds available for obligation 
or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 
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under any authority may be used to carry out the Com-
prehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act 
of 2022 (D.C. Law 24–345). 
SEC. 828. Sections 102(a)(3) and 102(c)(1)(B) of the 
Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Law 
22–197) are hereby repealed, and any provision of law 
amended by these sections is hereby restored as if such 
sections had not been enacted into law. 
SEC. 829. None of the funds made available for obli-
gation or expenditure by the District of Columbia under 
any authority may be used to implement, administer, or 
enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate. 
SEC. 830. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 
rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
rivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any Schedule I sub-
stance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
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801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for 
recreational purposes. 
SEC. 831. None of the funds provided by this Act 
or available for obligation or expenditure by the District 
of Columbia government under any authority shall be used 
in whole or in part to implement the provisions of D.C. 
Law 25-304, the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act 
of 2024 or to implement any rule or regulation promul-
gated to carry out such Act. 
SEC. 832. None of the funds provided by this Act 
or available for obligation or expenditure by the District 
of Columbia government under any authority shall be used 
in whole or in part to implement or enforce provisions of 
the Consumer Protection Act (§28–3901–28–3913) 
against oil and gas companies for environmental claims. 
SEC. 833. The District of Columbia College Access 
Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code), 
is amended— 
(1) in section 3— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(1)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub-
paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 
the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu-
dent who receives more than $10,000 for the 
award year; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(2) in section 5— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘$2,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,750’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘$12,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$18,750’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
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(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub-
paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 
the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu-
dent who receives more than $2,500 for the 
award year; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’. 
SEC. 834. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
SEC. 835. No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by the District of Columbia under any authority 
may be used to carry out title I or title II of the Human 
Rights Sanctuary Amendment Act of 2022 (sec. 2– 
1461.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code). 
TITLE IX 
ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 901. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 193 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5166 
[Report No. 119–236] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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