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transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 
end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
formance of such work under such number has formed the 
basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-
tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 
agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
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network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-
ties. 
SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 
shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax-
payer 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 com-
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munications regarding the programs and activities of the 
agency. 
SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 
fiscal year 2026 the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-
vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-
mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 
monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-
tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 
with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 
fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-
petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 
issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 
3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 
a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-
fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 
of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 
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business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 
program year). 
SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 
injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-
tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 
a program other than making such purchases if the rel-
evant State or local health department, in consultation 
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-
termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 
is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 
hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 
drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 
with State and local law: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 
operation of a supervised drug consumption facility that 
permits the consumption onsite of any substance listed in 
schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 812). 
SEC. 526. Each department and related agency fund-
ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 
submitted for the record by members of the Committee 
within 45 business days after receipt. 
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SEC. 527. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin-
istration for Children and Families in the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 
Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-
agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 
(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 
either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 
identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-
tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2030: Provided, That when an office ref-
erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 
funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 
use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 
funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 
(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un-
expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im-
mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 
fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 
evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 
are available. 
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(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 
Social Security Act and the income derived from invest-
ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 
that Act, $12,835,000,000 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
available by sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 
2402, 2403, 2404, 2501, 2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 
2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 
2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 3101, and 9911 of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2), $183,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report specifying the unobli-
gated balances rescinded pursuant to this section by both 
account and amount from each applicable appropriation 
in Public Law 117–2. 
SEC. 530. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 
7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 
28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
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none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-
section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
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other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 
Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 
certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 
would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 
such purposes but for a determination against such person 
wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 
or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, or Education, the Commissioner of the 
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Social Security Administration, or the head of any other 
agency funded in this Act to fly or display a flag over 
a Federal facility other than— 
(1) the flag of the United States; 
(2) the flag of a State, territory, or the District 
of Columbia; 
(3) the flag of an Indian Tribal Government; 
the official Flag of a Federal agency; 
(4) the POW/MIA flag; 
(5) the flag of the Public Health Service; or 
(6) the flag of the United States Surgeon Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise carry 
out the following— 
(1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Pro-
tecting Public Health and the Environment and Re-
storing Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; 
(2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling 
the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; 
(3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relat-
ing to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Re-
settle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Cli-
mate Change on Migration; 
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(4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate- 
Related Financial Risk; 
(5) 
Executive 
Order 
14037, 
relating 
to 
Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars 
and Trucks; 
(6) Executive Order 14057, relating to Cata-
lyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs through 
Federal Sustainability; 
(7) Executive Order 14082, relating to Imple-
mentation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provi-
sions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; and 
(8) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revital-
izing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental 
Justice for All. 
SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex-
ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 
7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 
under-served communities through the Federal govern-
ment); Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 
Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 
accessibility in the Federal workforce); or Executive Order 
14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relat-
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ing to further advancing racial equity and support for un-
derserved communities through the Federal Government). 
SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, training, 
programs, offices, officers, policies, or any program, 
project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical 
Race Theory, or any concept associated with Critical Race 
Theory. 
SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 
any program, project, or activity that teaches or trains any 
idea or concept that condones an individual being discrimi-
nated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment 
based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling 
discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho-
logical distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, 
as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as 
inherently superior to another race, the United States or 
its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an 
individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive 
by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s 
moral character as being necessarily determined by race 
or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions 
committed in the past by other members of the same race 
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or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been 
created by a particular race to oppress another race. 
SEC. 536. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be made available 
to a United States institution of higher education unless 
and until such institution adopts a prohibition on 
antisemitic conduct that creates a hostile environment in 
violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 
all documents relating to student or employee conduct. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be made available to a 
United States institution of higher education that has 
failed to take administrative action against any student, 
staff member, or student group that commits acts of anti-
semitism while utilizing the facilities, grounds, or re-
sources of such institution. 
SEC. 537. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be made available to support directly or indirectly— 
(1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in 
the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 
(3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the 
governments of the People’s Republic of China, the 
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Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 
Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 
under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 
other country determined by the Secretary of State 
to be a foreign adversary; or 
(4) gain-of-function research. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to establish, implement, administer, or 
enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate. 
SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a procurement contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or guarantee 
to, any entity identified under section 1260H of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) or 
any subsidiary of such entity. 
SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for any institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined by 20 U.S.C. 1002), that engages in 
a partnership or other formalized academic collaboration 
in STEM (as defined in 15 U.S.C. 8841) including but 
not limited to a joint institute with an entity, such as a 
college or university that is located, operated, or controlled 
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by the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 541. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 
may be obligated or expended to procure or purchase com-
puters, printers, or interoperable videoconferencing serv-
ices needed for an office environment in which the manu-
facturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary or parent 
entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of the 
equipment is an entity, or parent company of an entity 
in which the People’s Republic of China has any ownership 
stake. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) also applies in 
cases in which the agency has contracted with a third 
party for the procurement, purchase, or expenditure of 
funds on any of the equipment and software described in 
such subsection. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 542. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 227 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5304 
[Report No. 119–271] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2026, and for other pur-
poses. 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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