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(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
84 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 
amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable 
limitation on the use of funds contained in this Act. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 
report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to 
Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide 
Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded 
by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency has the authority to participate in decisions regarding 
the budget planning process related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 
funded by this Act that are available for information technology 
shall be allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions 
of appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
such manner as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by 
a provider of electronic communication service to the public or 
remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic 
communication that is in electronic storage with the provider (as 
such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, 
United States Code) in a manner that violates the Fourth Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency over which that Inspector General has respon-
sibilities under chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, or to 
prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 
documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, except 
a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 
and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 
department or agency covered by this section shall provide its 
Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector General shall 
ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant 
to the information provided by the establishment over which that
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Inspector General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code. Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any 
failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission for 
universal service high-cost support for competitive eligible tele-
communications carriers in a way that is inconsistent with para-
graph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this 
section shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative 
to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That any such alter-
native mechanism shall maintain existing high-cost support to 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers until support under 
such mechanism commences. 
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(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, adjudication activities, or other law enforcement- or 
victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees 
for contractors whose performance has been judged to be below 
satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet 
the basic requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines 
that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program and unless such awards or 
incentive fees are consistent with section 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation. 
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activities that 
result in a total cost to an Executive branch department, agency, 
board or commission funded by this Act of more than $500,000 
at any single conference unless the agency or entity determines 
that such attendance is in the national interest and advance notice 
is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 
determination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 
employees, who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
conference occurring outside the United States unless the agency 
or entity determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
and advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate that includes 
the basis of that determination. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for first-class or business-class travel by the employees 
of executive branch agencies funded by this Act in contravention
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of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.125 of title 41, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for public relations, 
as that term is defined in Office and Management and Budget 
Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2004), unless advance notice of 
such an obligation is transmitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 630. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or edu-
cational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated 
at U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency 
to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other communications 
regarding the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 631. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 
shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
sources. 
SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, 
issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the 
disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax exempt 
organizations, or dues paid to trade associations. 
SEC. 633. Not later than 45 days after the last day of each 
quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a quarterly budget report that includes total obligations 
of the Agency for that quarter for each appropriation, by the source 
year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 634. Of the unobligated balances available in the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund, established by 
section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, $300,000,000 shall 
be permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2026. 
SEC. 635. The unobligated balances from prior years appropria-
tions provided for the Special Inspector General for Pandemic 
Recovery are permanently rescinded. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other 
Act for fiscal year 2026 shall obligate or expend any such funds,
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unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, 
and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy 
designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the 
illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as 
defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the 
officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, 
vans, law enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover 
surveillance vehicles, and police-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at 
$40,000 except station wagons for which the maximum shall be 
$41,140: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to 
exceed $7,775 for police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the 
limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 
5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration 
under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, 
That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded by the 
incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursu-
ant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable convention-
ally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth 
in this section shall not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial 
item and which operates on alternative fuel, including but not 
limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell 
vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available 
for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, 
are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of- 
living allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer 
or employee of the Government of the United States (including 
any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the 
continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of 
the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as a refugee 
under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 
and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful perma-
nent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this 
section with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 
Provided further, That for purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) such 
affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment and updated 
thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That any person making 
a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more 
than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other