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Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–1a) (‘‘Flex Sub loan’’). 
(b) The Secretary may only forgive or restructure 
loans under this section for properties with— 
(1) 200 or fewer assisted units; 
(2) a Flex Sub loan with an unpaid principal 
balance of $2,000,000 or less; 
(3) a score of 80 or higher on the most recent 
REAC inspection; and 
(4) a most recent management and occupancy 
review score of ‘‘above average’’ or ‘‘superior.’’ 
(c) The Secretary may set such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary determines are appropriate for forgive-
ness or restructuring under this section, including: 
(1) Different maturity dates or interest rate 
terms; 
(2) Extension of affordability use agreements; 
and 
(3) Other measures to ensure the long-term sta-
bility of operations at the property. 
(d) There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2029, to carry out the 
purposes of this section, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
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SEC. 240. Funds previously made available by the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2013 (Public Law 113–6) for initial project rental assist-
ance contracts associated with the demonstration program 
under the heading ‘‘Housing for Persons with Disabilities’’ 
in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55) that were available 
for obligation through fiscal year 2016 are to remain avail-
able through fiscal year 2031 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations incurred in fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 
SEC. 241. Amounts made available for the Office of 
Housing under the heading ‘‘Program Offices’’ in this and 
prior Acts shall also be available, without additional com-
petition, for cooperative agreements with participating ad-
ministrative entities that have been selected under section 
513(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) 
(MAHRAA) to provide direct support, including carrying 
out due diligence and underwriting functions for owners 
and for technical assistance activities, on conditions estab-
lished by the Secretary for small properties and owners 
converting assistance under the first component or the 
second component under the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance 
Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban 
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Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of division 
C of Public Law 112–55). 
SEC. 242. The Secretary shall conduct all rulemaking 
in accordance with the policies of part 10 of title 24 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations and Executive Order 
12866, as amended, including providing for public partici-
pation and not less than 60 days for the submission of 
written comments. 
SEC. 243. For fiscal year 2026, the costs of any rent 
incentives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative 
requirements of the jobs-plus initiative as described under 
the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall not be 
charged against the competitive grant amounts made 
available under such heading: Provided, That the amount 
of any forgone increases in tenant rent payments due to 
the implementation of such rent incentives shall be 
factored into the public housing agency’s general oper-
ating fund eligibility pursuant to the formula under the 
heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’: Provided further, That 
the amount of any foregone increases in tenant rent pay-
ments due to the implementation of such rent incentives 
implemented on behalf of residents of a project with as-
sistance converted from public housing to project-based 
rental assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance 
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under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading 
‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 
2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112–55), as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be factored into (1) 
housing assistance payments made pursuant to project- 
based subsidy contracts provided under the heading 
‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’; and (2) housing as-
sistance payments made by public housing agencies pursu-
ant to project-based assistance contracts under section 
8(o)(13) of such Act, with these costs being renewed under 
the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’. 
SEC. 244. In allocating and awarding available 
amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assist-
ance Grants’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2025 (Public Law 119– 
04) and under section 231 of Public Law 116–94 for the 
continuum of care program, the Secretary shall, prior to 
awarding any amounts through a notice of funding oppor-
tunity and notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions in 
such Acts or in subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, non-competitively renew 
for one 12-month period all projects (including youth 
homelessness demonstration projects and shelter plus care 
projects) expiring during the first quarter of calendar year 
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2026 (including any projects that expired from January 
1, 2026 through the date of enactment of this Act): Pro-
vided, That if awards have not been made under a fiscal 
year 2025 notice of funding opportunity prior to April 1, 
2026, the Secretary shall also non-competitively renew all 
such projects expiring during the second quarter of cal-
endar year 2026: Provided further, That if awards have 
not been made under a fiscal year 2025 notice of funding 
opportunity prior to July 1, 2026, the Secretary shall also 
non-competitively renew all such projects expiring during 
the third and fourth quarters of calendar year 2026: Pro-
vided further, That such renewals shall be in an amount 
equal to the prior award with upward adjustments to en-
able renewal projects to operate at substantially the same 
levels, including cost-of-living adjustments for supportive 
services from the prior grant and due to changes to the 
fair market rents in the geographic area: Provided further, 
That amounts remaining after all such renewals are made 
shall be competitively awarded pursuant to a notice of 
funding opportunity: Provided further, That such renewals 
shall not render recipients ineligible for awards under any 
fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026 notices of funding 
opportunity. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 46107 of title 46, 
United States Code, including services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code, $40,000,000, of which $2,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 4), $29,240,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, 
to investigate allegations of fraud, including false state-
ments to the Government under section 1001 of title 18, 
United States Code, by any person or entity that is subject 
to regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the National Railroad 
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Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent 
with the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2027, 
the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2027 in similar format and substance to budget 
requests submitted by executive agencies of the Federal 
Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$145,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $158,000,000: Provided, 
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That the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation shall 
notify network organizations of their full formula grant 
award by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this 
Act or March 1, 2026. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $40,799,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Sur-
face Transportation Board shall be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 
from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received dur-
ing fiscal year 2026, to result in a final appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $39,549,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
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perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness (in this heading ‘‘the Council’’) in carrying 
out the functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, $3,000,000: 
Provided, That the Council shall be staffed in accordance 
with section 11313(a)(5) of title 42, United States Code, 
and regional coordinators shall have the proven expertise 
and demonstrated experience needed to carry out the du-
ties specified in such section: Provided further, That each 
meeting of the Council shall be open to the public, and 
the Council shall post a public notification of each Council 
meeting not less than 30 days in advance of each meeting 
on its website and include the agenda for each meeting 
in such posting. 
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive 
Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
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(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act or the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), none of the funds provided in this Act or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 
funded in this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
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and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 
branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 
agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or the 
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relevant operating plan properly submitted by each 
agency, whichever is more detailed. 
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
submit an operating plan to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations to establish the baseline for ap-
plication of reprogramming and transfer authorities for 
the current fiscal year: Provided, That the operating plan 
shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the prior year enacted level, 
the President’s budget request, adjustments made by 
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for (A) each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and activ-
ity as detailed in this Act, the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act), or in the budget ap-
pendix for the respective appropriations, whichever 
is more detailed, (B) each item for which a dollar 
amount is specified and for all programs for which 
new budget (obligational) authority is provided, and 
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(C) each discretionary grant and discretionary grant 
allocation; 
(3) an organizational chart that includes cur-
rent and estimated staffing numbers, by office, at 
the customary level of detail unless otherwise di-
rected by this Act or the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act); and 
(4) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(c) Each agency may reprogram amounts in excess 
of or contrary to the threshold limitations established in 
this section only after— 
(1) providing written notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations no less 
than 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds; and 
(2) receiving prior written approval from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2026 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2026 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, for each such account for 
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the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 
health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
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Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’). 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
partment of the United States Government, who are sta-
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tioned in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 
5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 
the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and 
of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-
ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 
28, United States Code. 
SEC. 414. (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 necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
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SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may 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 responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
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. 
(b) 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 man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
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SEC. 416. 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, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 
awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 
SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
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SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of existing Federal law 
regarding non-citizen eligibility and ineligibility for occu-
pancy in federally assisted housing or for participation in 
and assistance under Federal housing programs, including 
section 214 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
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SEC. 420. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or title VIII of division J of Public Law 117– 
58 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
vision, or film presentation designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before the Congress, except in presen-
tation to the Congress itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 
shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant 
or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, 
related to any activity designed to influence the enactment 
of legislation or appropriations proposed or pending before 
the Congress, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships. 
(c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections (a) 
and (b) shall continue to be treated as amounts specified 
in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 421. (a) In the table of projects in the explana-
tory statement referenced in section 417 of the Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public 
Law 117–103)— 
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(6) the item relating to ‘‘Orangewood Parkette’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Or-
angewood Parkette’’ and inserting ‘‘Orangewood 
Complete Streets’’; 
(7) the item relating to ‘‘Replacing Five Ele-
vators in a Public Housing Development’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking project ‘‘Replacing Five 
Elevators in a Public Housing Development’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Replacing Elevators in a Public Housing 
Development’’; 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Long Branch Stream 
Valley Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacements and 
ADA Improvements’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking recipient ‘‘Montgomery County Govern-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Maryland National Capital 
Park and Planning Commission’’; 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘Washington Gorge Ac-
tion Programs—Goldendale Childcare and Early 
Learning Center’’ is deemed to be amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Goldendale’’; 
(10) the item relating to ‘‘Habitat for Human-
ity’s Veterans Blitz Build’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking recipient ‘‘Habitat for Humanity San 
Bernardino Area, Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘Neighborhood 
Partnership Housing Services, Inc. (NPHS)’’; 
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(11) the item relating to ‘‘Allen University Res-
toration of Historic Waverly-Good Samaritan Hos-
pital’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Allen 
University Restoration of Historic Waverly-Good Sa-
maritan Hospital’’ and inserting ‘‘Facility Up-
grades’’; 
(12) the item relating to ‘‘The MEWS at Spen-
cer Road, Affordable Housing and Mixed Use Devel-
opment’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘The 
MEWS at Spencer Road,’’; and 
(13) The item relating to ‘‘ARISE housing for 
young adults transitioning out of foster care’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘ARISE housing 
for young adults transitioning out of foster care’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Construction of Housing in the City 
of Greenville.’’ 
(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 
the explanatory statement for division L of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) de-
scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 
such Act— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic 
Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility Housing’’ 
is deemed to be amended by: 
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(A) striking ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic Co-Oc-
curring Disorder Treatment Facility Housing’’ 
and inserting ‘‘HealthPort Co-Occurring Dis-
order Treatment Facility’’; and 
(B) striking recipient ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic 
Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘HealthPort, Inc.’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Metra Zero Emission 
Locomotive Commuter Rail Pilot’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Locomotive’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Acquisition of Prop-
erty for the Revitalization of Cliftondale Square 
Business District’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking ‘‘Acquisition of Property for the’’; 
(4) the item relating to ‘‘Supportive Living, 
Community Day Services, and Housing Site Project 
for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Dis-
abilities’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
project ‘‘Supportive Living, Community Day Serv-
ices, and Housing Site Project for Adults with Intel-
lectual and Developmental Disabilities’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Community Day Services and Housing Expan-
sion for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental 
Disabilities’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘Public Library Addi-
tion’’ is deemed to be amended by striking project 
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‘‘Public Library Addition’’ and inserting ‘‘Public Li-
brary Renovations’’; 
(6) the item relating to ‘‘Renovation of Snelling 
Motel to Affordable Housing for Veterans’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Renova-
tion of Snelling Motel to Affordable Housing for 
Veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition for Affordable 
Housing for Veterans’’; 
(7) the item relating to ‘‘El Centro de la Raza- 
Pattison’s West Community Campus Property Ac-
quisition’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
project ‘‘El Centro de la Raza-Pattison’s West Com-
munity Campus Property Acquisition’’ and inserting 
‘‘Pattison’s West Community Campus’’; 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Riverbrook Regional 
YMCA’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipi-
ent ‘‘Riverbrook Regional Young Men’s Christian 
Association, Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Norwalk’’; 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘The 
Skid Row Housing Trust’’ and inserting ‘‘PATH 
Ventures’’ and striking project ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Skid Row Permanent Supportive 
Housing Rehabilitation’’; 
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(10) the item relating to ‘‘Community Aging & 
Retirement Services, Inc.’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking recipient ‘‘Community Aging & Retire-
ment Services, Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘Pasco County,’’ 
and striking project ‘‘CARES One Stop Senior Cen-
ter Acquisition and Construction’’ and inserting 
‘‘Senior Center Acquisition and Construction’’; 
(11) the item relating to ‘‘Western Flyer Coast 
Guard Pier Repair and Classroom Design’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Western 
Flyer Coast Guard Pier Repair and Classroom De-
sign’’ and inserting ‘‘Western Flyer Pier and Class-
room Repair’’; 
(12) the item relating to ‘‘NYCHA ADA Acces-
sibility and Security Lighting Project’’ is deemed to 
be amended by striking project ‘‘NYCHA ADA Ac-
cessibility and Security Lighting Project’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘Installation 
of 
Exterior 
Lighting 
at 
Borinquen Plaza II’’; 
(13) the item relating to ‘‘Ausonia Apartments 
Modernization’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
recipient ‘‘Ausonia Apartments’’ and inserting ‘‘Bos-
ton Housing Authority’’; 
(14) the item relating to ‘‘Helping Up Mission 
Permanent Housing on East Baltimore Street’’ is 
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deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Helping Up Mis-
sion Permanent Housing on East Baltimore Street’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Greenspace Development in Balti-
more’’; 
(15) the item relating to ‘‘The Choir School of 
Delaware’s New Building at 8th and West Street in 
Wilmington’s Historic Quaker Hill District’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘at 8th and West 
Street in Wilmington’s Historic Quaker Hill Dis-
trict’’ and inserting ‘‘in Wilmington’’; 
(16) the item relating to ‘‘WTA 2011 Fixed 
Route Diesel to Electric Replacement Project, Bel-
lingham’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘WTA 2011 Fixed Route Diesel to Electric Replace-
ment Project, Bellingham’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisi-
tion of Hybrid-Electric Buses’’; and 
(17) the item relating to ‘‘Media and Arts Col-
laborative Building Renovation’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Renovation’’. 
(c) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 
the explanatory statement for division F of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42) de-
scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 
such Act— 
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(1) the item relating to ‘‘Hardwoods Permanent 
Supportive Housing’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking ‘‘Hardwoods’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Cle Elum—First 
Street Downtown Revitalization’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘First Street’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Center for Community 
Programs in Livermore Falls and Jay’’ is deemed to 
be amended by striking recipient ‘‘United Way of 
the Tri-Valley Area’’ and inserting ‘‘Town of Jay’’; 
(4) the item relating to ‘‘Pawtucket Library, 
Sayles Building Re-Pointing’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking project ‘‘Pawtucket Library, 
Sayles Building Re-Pointing’’ and inserting ‘‘Paw-
tucket Library, Sayles Building Renovation’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘Germany Road Reloca-
tion Project’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
project ‘‘Germany Road Relocation Project’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Sewer Improvements’’; 
(6) the item relating to ‘‘Community Center 
Expansion and Land Acquisition’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Expansion and Land Acquisi-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Planning and Design’’; 
(7) the item relating to ‘‘Laconia, NH Hill 
Street Pedestrian Bridge Replacement’’ is deemed to 
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be amended by striking ‘‘Hill Street’’ and inserting 
‘‘Mill Street’’; 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Sunnyside Community 
Reinvestment as Cultura & Traditions: Tucson, AZ’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Sun-
nyside Foundation’’ and inserting ‘‘Sunnyside Uni-
fied School District’’; 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘Craighead Technology 
Park and Public Safety Center’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking recipient ‘‘City Water and 
Light of Jonesboro’’ and inserting ‘‘City of 
Jonesboro’’; 
(10) the item relating to ‘‘Capital Repairs of 4 
Affordable Housing properties, City of Seattle, King 
County, WA’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’; 
(11) the item relating to ‘‘Middletown Plaza El-
evator Replacement’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking ‘‘Middletown Plaza Elevator Replacement’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Security Upgrades at NYCHA’s 
Soundview Houses’’; 
(12) the item relating to ‘‘Morris Affordable 
Housing Infrastructure’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking recipient ‘‘Morris Affordable Housing In-
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frastructure’’ and inserting ‘‘Morris Housing Au-
thority’’; 
(13) the item relating to ‘‘Rehabilitation of His-
toric Alumni House as Skills-based Workforce Devel-
opment Community Center’’ is deemed to be amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Historic Alumni House as’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a building for a’’; 
(14) the item relating to ‘‘Mt. Airy/German-
town Streetscape Improvement and Reconnection’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Mt. 
Airy Business Improvement District’’ and inserting 
‘‘City of Philadelphia’’; 
(15) the item relating to ‘‘YMCA of Greater 
Pittsburgh’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh’’ and inserting ‘‘Alle-
gheny YMCA Renovation’’; 
(16) the item relating to ‘‘Corn Maiden Early 
Learning Center’’ is deemed to be amended by strik-
ing recipient ‘‘Corn Maiden Early Learning Center’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’’; 
(17) the item relating to ‘‘10th Street Realign-
ment Project Overpass Project’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking recipient ‘‘City of Richmond’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Fort Bend County’’; and 
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(18) the item relating to ‘‘S. Roosevelt Road 
Share Use Path’’ is deemed to be amended by strik-
ing ‘‘S. Roosevelt Road’’. 
(d) Each amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
considered and treated as a continuation of an existing 
obligation of funds and not as a new obligation of funds. 
(e) Amounts made available under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation—Consolidated Rail Infra-
structure and Safety Improvements’’ for the item relating 
to ‘‘Midway Crossing’’ in the table of projects entitled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statement for division L of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328) described in section 4 in the matter preceding 
division A of such Act shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 
of Transportation—Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ and 
shall be available under the heading to which transferred 
for its original purpose. 
(1) The item relating to ‘‘Midway Crossing’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking account ‘‘Consoli-
dated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ in the 
table of projects entitled ‘‘Community Project Fund-
ing/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex-
planatory statement for division L of the Consoli-
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dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 
328) described in section 4 in the matter preceding 
division A of such Act. 
SEC. 422. The Department of Transportation and the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development shall 
provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: 
(1) quarterly reports on the status of all funds, 
including the start of year unobligated and uncom-
mitted balances, and the total obligations and recap-
tures for the fiscal year, by program, project, and 
activity; 
(2) semiannual reports on staffing levels, 
hirings, and separations (including through the de-
ferred resignation program and any other voluntary 
retirement programs), consistent with direction pro-
vided in this Act or the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act); and 
(3) additional, updated budget or financial tech-
nical assistance, upon request. 
SEC. 423. Each Department and agency funded in 
this Act shall maintain on its publicly accessible website: 
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(1) notices of funding opportunities (including 
any amendments) for all competitive grant programs 
issued in the most recent 10 years; 
(2) grant awards for the most recent 10 years; 
and 
(3) programmatic notices, guidance, and grant 
agreement templates for any grant program with 
disbursement activity within the previous 5 fiscal 
years. 
SEC. 424. No later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the De-
partments and agencies funded under this Act shall sub-
mit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations on current staffing levels for all political and 
Presidential appointees in such Departments and agencies 
and categorized by which office within such Departments 
and agencies such employee is funded from, the office in 
which such employee carries out their daily work, such em-
ployee’s title, and such employee’s pay grade or the equiv-
alent level based on the GS-scale. 
SEC. 425. The assistance made available under para-
graph (5)(B) under the heading ‘‘Public and Indian Hous-
ing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in title II of this 
Act shall be known and designated as ‘‘The Melania 
Trump Foster Youth to Independence Initiative’’. 
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SEC. 426. (a) In the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the ex-
planatory statement for division A of the Commerce, Jus-
tice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Inte-
rior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 described 
in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such 
Act— 
(1) the contents in the ‘‘Senate’’ sub column of 
the ‘‘Requestor(s)’’ column are deemed to be amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘Kaine, Warner’’ for the project 
identified as the ‘‘Center of Excellence in Environ-
mental Forecasting’’ for the recipient ‘‘Virginia In-
stitute of Marine Science’’; 
(2) the contents in the ‘‘Recipient’’ column are 
deemed to be amended by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘Research Foundation of 
the’’ before ‘‘City University of New York on 
behalf of Medgar Evers College’’ for the project 
identified as ‘‘Advancing Scientific Research 
Capabilities’’; 
(B) inserting ‘‘Research Foundation of 
the’’ before ‘‘State University of New York on 
behalf of the University at Buffalo’’ for the 
project identified as ‘‘Center of Excellence for 
Cross-Border Supply Chains’’; 
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(C) striking ‘‘Game Department/Great Bay 
National Estuarine Research’’ and inserting 
‘‘New Hampshire Fish and Game Department/ 
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Re-
serve’’ for the project identified as ‘‘Great Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve: Research 
Facility’’; 
(D) striking ‘‘of Albany’’ and inserting ‘‘at 
Albany’’ for the project identified as ‘‘UAlbany 
CNSE 200mm Wafer Cleanroom Equipment 
Upgrade’’; and 
(E) striking ‘‘Penn’’ and inserting ‘‘Pen-
nington’’ for the project identified as ‘‘Jail 
Tech Upgrades’’; and 
(3) the contents in the ‘‘Project’’ column are 
deemed to be amended by inserting— 
(A) ‘‘Chip Design Hub: Advanced Chip 
Design, Testing and’’ before ‘‘Fabrication Lab-
oratory Equipment for Preparing the Semicon-
ductor Workforce’’ for recipient ‘‘Florida Atlan-
tic University’’; 
(B) ‘‘University of Texas at Dallas Com-
parative Effectiveness of’’ before ‘‘North Texas 
Workforce Development Programs for Semi-
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conductors’’ for recipient ‘‘The University of 
Texas at Dallas’’; 
(C) ‘‘D’Youville University School of Phar-
macy Sterile’’ before ‘‘Compounding and Non- 
Sterile Hazardous Compounding Lab’’ for re-
cipient ‘‘D’Youville University’’; 
(D) ‘‘Building the Workforce of the Future 
Generation By’’ before ‘‘Empowering Under-
served Students with Technology-based STEM 
Education’’ for recipient ‘‘Research Foundation 
of CUNY’’; 
(E) ‘‘Additive Construction and Manufac-
turing Equipment for’’ before ‘‘Affordable and 
Resilient Housing Research and Workforce De-
velopment’’ for recipient ‘‘Rowan University’’; 
and 
(F) ‘‘Interdisciplinary Engineering & Com-
puting initiative to’’ before ‘‘Advance Semicon-
ductor Industry and National Security Project’’ 
for recipient ‘‘Florida International University’’. 
(b) The table titled ‘‘Department of Commerce Allo-
cation of National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the explanatory 
statement for division A of the Commerce, Justice, 
Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and 
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Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 described in sec-
tion 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘(1,000,000)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(100,000)’’ for the ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ 
project and activity. 
(c) In the table titled ‘‘Interior and Environment In-
corporation of Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending Items’’ in the explanatory state-
ment for division C of the Commerce, Justice, Science; 
Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Envi-
ronment Appropriations Act, 2026 described in section 4 
in the matter preceding division A of such Act, the con-
tents in the ‘‘Project Recipient and Name’’ column for the 
‘‘STAG—Other (CDS)’’ account are deemed to be amend-
ed by striking ‘‘COR Healthy Communities for Waste Im-
provement System’’ and inserting ‘‘Oregon Metro for 
Waste Improvement System’’. 
(d) The Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding the first proviso 
under the heading ‘‘National Park Service—Oper-
ation of the National Park System’’ by striking 
‘‘$2,877,195,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,901,195,000’’, 
striking 
‘‘$148,285,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
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‘‘$157,165,000’’, and striking ‘‘$157,950,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$173,070,000’’; and 
(2) in the matter preceding the first proviso 
under the heading ‘‘National Park Service—Historic 
Preservation Fund’’, by striking ‘‘$205,059,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$181,059,000’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2026 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-
ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-
essary for the performance of official business; executive 
direction program activities; international affairs and eco-
nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-
tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 
territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-
cies and programs activities, $287,576,000: Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $1,350,000 is for official re-
ception and representation expenses of which 
$1,000,000 is available until January 30, 2027, for 
hosting the G20 Financial Summit; 
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(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $42,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 
Audit and Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization 
requirements; 
(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-
tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 
(D) the development and implementation 
of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 
and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 
entering into cooperative agreements; 
(E) operations and maintenance of facili-
ties; and 
(F) international operations. 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 
STATES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 
Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain 
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available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 
of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-
partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ-
ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department shall submit a report with the 
notification describing the amount of the transfer, the pur-
pose of the transfer, and the receiving agency: Provided 
further, That amounts so transferred shall remain avail-
able until expended for expenses of implementing section 
721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended 
(50 U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to 
any other funds available to any department or agency: 
Provided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) 
of such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 
appropriated under this heading from the general fund 
shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
during fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a total appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0. 
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OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 
and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-
tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-
rorist 
facilitators, 
weapons 
of 
mass 
destruction 
proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 
drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 
$237,662,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 
available for addressing human rights violations and cor-
ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 
2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 
For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 
for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 
$59,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 
supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-
ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading $6,000,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 
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provide oversight of the investments made under this 
heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-
ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 
to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services and for re-
pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $11,007,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service—Technology and Operations Support’’ or 
‘‘Internal Revenue Service—Business Systems Moderniza-
tion’’. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 
5, United States Code, $48,389,000, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 
which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, shall be for audits and investigations 
conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-
vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 
U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out chapter 
4 of title 5, United States Code, including purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
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may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad-
ministration; $165,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2027; of which not to 
exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel ex-
penses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec-
tor General for Tax Administration; and of which not to 
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $185,193,000, of which 
not to exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028. 
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BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 
of the Fiscal Service, $391,109,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 
and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
In addition, $242,000, to be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 
and personnel expenses for financial management of the 
Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 
380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $157,795,000; of which not to 
exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 
$50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-
velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 
of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 
or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 
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the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 
label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028, shall be for the costs 
associated with enforcement of and education regarding 
the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-
ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 
the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-
curred during fiscal year 2026 under such section 5136 
for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-
vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$50,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 
I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 
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by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 
to the rate for EX–III, $324,000,000. Of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $188,000,000, notwith-
standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-
ing Community Development Financial Institutions 
Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 
2027, for financial assistance and technical assist-
ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 
$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-
reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 
U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be 
used for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 
$10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec-
tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as-
sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 
to community development financial institutions to 
expand investments that benefit individuals with dis-
abilities, and of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for 
the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con-
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junction with the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: 
Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 
those made to community development financial in-
stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-
uals with disabilities and those made to community 
development financial institutions that serve popu-
lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 
CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 
awards to organizations that invest and lend in high- 
poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means 
any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 
percent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data 
series available from the American Community Sur-
vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 
Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 
percent as measured by the 2020 Island areas De-
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cennial Census data for any territory or possession 
of the United States; 
(2) not less than $28,000,000, notwithstanding 
section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2027, for 
financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 
and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-
munities and provided primarily through qualified 
community development lender organizations with 
experience and expertise in community development 
banking and lending in Indian country, Native 
American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza-
tions, and other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $40,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2027, for the Bank Enterprise Award 
program; 
(4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 
103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 
until September 30, 2027, for a Healthy Food Fi-
nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 
technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-
munity development financial institutions for the 
purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-
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nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy 
food options in distressed communities; 
(5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until 
September 30, 2027, to provide grants for loan loss 
reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 
small dollar loan programs under section 122 of 
Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, 
That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public 
Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 
and technical assistance; 
(6) not less than $35,000,000 is available for 
administrative expenses, including administration of 
CDFI Fund programs and the New Markets Tax 
Credit Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 
is for the development of tools to better assess and 
inform CDFI investment performance and CDFI 
program impacts, and up to $300,000 is for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram; and 
(7) during fiscal year 2026, none of the funds 
available under this heading are available for the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 
bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
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ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 
That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 
under 
such 
section 
114A 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 
114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2027: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 
under this heading, except those provided for the 
Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 10 percent 
shall be used for awards that support investments 
that serve populations living in persistent poverty 
counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of 
this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘per-
sistent poverty counties’’ means any county, includ-
ing county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has 
had 20 percent or more of its population living in 
poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016– 
2020 5-year data series available from the American 
Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or 
any other territory or possession of the United 
States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu-
lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 
measured by the 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 Island 
Areas Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the 
Bureau of the Census. 
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 
advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $3,036,606,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $186,000,000 of the amounts provided under this 
heading shall remain available until September 30, 2027, 
of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the Tax 
Counseling for the Elderly Program; not less than 
$28,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer 
clinic grants, including grants to individual clinics of up 
to $200,000; and not less than $46,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 
Matching Grants Program for tax return preparation as-
sistance: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
less 
than 
$271,200,000 of the amounts provided under this heading 
shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer 
Advocate Service, of which not less than $7,000,000 shall 
be for identity theft and refund fraud casework. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 
of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 
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owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-
duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-
nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-
cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Commissioner, $4,999,000,000; of 
which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027; of which not less than 
$60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 
$35,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the 
Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 
amount made available for investigative technology for the 
Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 
amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-
vision under the ‘‘Technology and Operations Support’’ 
heading. 
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev-
enue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement 
programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 
printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and 
other IRS-wide administration activities; research and sta-
tistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-
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nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte-
nance and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 
(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Rev-
enue Service Oversight Board; and other services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner; $3,159,759,000, of which not 
to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for acquisition of equip-
ment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; 
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028, for research; and of which not 
to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 
days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 
Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, 
and the Comptroller General of the United States detail-
ing each major investment in the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice’s information technology portfolio, including projection 
management dashboard; short, plain language summaries 
describing the investment’s planned total expenditures, de-
velopment start and end dates, schedule of deliverables be-
tween the start and end dates, scope, and results; the ac-
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tual deliverables, expenditures, and results from the prior 
quarter; the estimated deliverables, expenditures, and re-
sults for the upcoming quarter; risks and mitigation strat-
egies associated with ongoing work; reasons for any cost 
or schedule variances and any planned cost, schedule, and 
scope as a consequence; and the cumulative and annual 
costs since the start date, estimated total and annual oper-
ation and maintenance costs, and an explanation of how 
the investment fulfills the Internal Revenue Service’s in-
formation technology objectives and goals: Provided fur-
ther, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in 
its budget justification for fiscal year 2027, a summary 
of cost and schedule performance information for its major 
information technology systems. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any funds made 
available to the Internal Revenue Service in this Act or 
any other provision of law may be transferred to any other 
Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain an employee training program, which shall include the 
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following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 
with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-
partial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-
tect taxpayers against identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 
to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 
a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 
response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 
with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 
a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 
to an employer making employment tax payments, and 
such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 
and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 
Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 
offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-
tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
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SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 
target citizens of the United States for exercising any 
right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 
beliefs. 
SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-
dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 
and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 
Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
sult of the recommendations in the report published on 
May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 
Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-
heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 
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(2) under any hiring or personnel selection 
process with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 
unless such program or process takes into account the 
conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 
former employee. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information). 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 
Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-
retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-
thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 
regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 
to positions in the competitive service to process back-
logged tax returns and return information. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 
United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 
Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-
senger carrier transportation and protection between the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 
of employment. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and 
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer 
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under this section may increase or decrease any such ap-
propriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-
penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 
Collection Fund. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 
United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2026 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2026. 
SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-
able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-
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trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 
representation expenses. 
SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department 
of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-
ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-
count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 
Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-
ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 
project that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 123. During fiscal year 2026— 
(1) none of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by the Department of 
the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-
enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-
ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 
used to determine whether an organization is oper-
ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 
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for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-
lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 
29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de-
terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 
under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-
tions created on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 
amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 
provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 
description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 
each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-
tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-
chise Fund. 
SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall 
submit reports on their activities to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
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Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House 
of Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 
of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-
lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-
cal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-
tives, and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 
in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall 
make officials available to testify on the contents of the 
reports required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 126. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act for the Department of the 
Treasury may be transferred to the Department’s infor-
mation technology system modernization and working cap-
ital fund (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) 
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of title X of division A of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91), for 
the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 
upon the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
vided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 
this section shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2029. 
SEC. 127. Amounts made available under section 
601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3)) 
shall be available for any necessary expenses of the De-
partment of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with 
respect to section 601 of that Act, subtitle A of title V 
of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021, and section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act 
of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
SEC. 128. The Secretary of the Treasury is directed 
to issue a report to Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the House Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on 
the authorities used to establish the Strategic Bitcoin Re-
serve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, the impact the re-
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serve and/or stockpile has on the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund (TFF) including specific impacts on funding for law 
enforcement and compensation for victims of crime, a de-
scription of how Bitcoin and digital assets would appear 
on the Federal government’s balance sheet including on 
TFF monthly reports, and all third party contractors re-
sponsible for the custody of the assets. 
SEC. 129. Not later than 20 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and not later than 20 days after 
the end of the month thereafter, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report on the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 
to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-
able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $78,904,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 
at the White House, $15,453,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114. 
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REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require the national committee of the political party 
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
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curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 
that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal 
year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reim-
bursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 
during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 
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for the classification of any such expense as political or 
nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 
paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-
idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-
chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 105(d), $2,475,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,854,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND 
SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security 
Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
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OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$114,308,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 
remain available until expended for continued moderniza-
tion of information resources within the Executive Office 
of the President. 
In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for security and continuity of operations im-
provements for the Executive Office of the President, in 
addition to other amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 
States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, $129,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
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priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 
Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or 
indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for 
evaluating or determining if water resource project or 
study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 
through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 
all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 
to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 
shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 
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budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 
which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 
not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 
appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 
the Office of Management and Budget review period based 
on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-
sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 
the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no 
later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2027, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each 
agency that submits budget justification materials (as de-
fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-
imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 
budget justification materials of the agency were sub-
mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 
the budget justification materials are published on the 
website of the agency. 
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OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 
Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 
$20,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 
on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 
public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-
bursement, $21,785,000: Provided, That the Office is au-
thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 
real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year 
limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 
work of the Office. 
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FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program, $298,579,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for drug control activities consistent 
with the approved strategy for each of the designated 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 
which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 
State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 
be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-
ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 
determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 
for auditing services and associated activities and 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Grants Management System 
for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro-
vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 
to fiscal year 2024 may be used for any other approved 
activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re-
quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des-
ignated as of September 30, 2025, shall be funded at not 
less than the fiscal year 2025 base level, unless the Direc-
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tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 
changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-
ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 
That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2026 funding among 
HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 
discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta-
tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 
a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
propriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the 
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 
amended, $136,150,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 
for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not 
more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, 
and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di-
rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 
by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for 
drug court training and technical assistance; $14,000,000 
for anti-doping activities; up to $3,700,000 for the United 
States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 
$5,200,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of 
Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading may be transferred to other Fed-
eral departments and agencies to carry out such activities: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days 
prior to obligating funds under this heading for United 
States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
cy, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan 
and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds: Pro-
vided further, That such plan shall include the results of 
an audit of the World Anti-Doping Agency to be conducted 
by external anti-doping experts and experienced inde-
pendent auditors that demonstrate the World Anti-Doping 
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Agency’s Executive Committee and Foundation are oper-
ating consistent with their duties. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $990,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $8,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,015,000. 
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OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $318,000: Provided, That advances, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
rying out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF 
THE PRESIDENT
AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED
TO 
THE PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 
Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 
Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-
fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 
such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
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ing) may, with advance approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appro-
priation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 
with and available for the same time and for the same 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 
increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 
‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 
Vice President. 
SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2026, any Executive 
order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 
the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 
revenues, of such order or memorandum. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-
pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 
Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 
obligations and outlays as the result of such order 
or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 
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year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 
year 2026; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-
ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 
2026. 
(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-
randum is issued during fiscal year 2026 due to a national 
emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 
(a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 
or memorandum is issued. 
(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-
dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 
memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 
of $100,000,000. 
SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 
Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 
compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 
SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$7,071,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts 
and for the projects specified in the table that appears 
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under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive 
Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 
President’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able by this section may be transferred for any other pur-
pose. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 
the President Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, 
to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, 
$135,127,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
justice and associate justices of the court. 
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CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 
under the direction of the Chief Justice, $11,437,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$36,735,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 
services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-
ized by law, $22,437,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
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COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-
cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 
specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 
and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 
for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-
ized by law, $6,127,055,000 (including the purchase of 
firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 
space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 
related to new space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial 
courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-
tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 
service. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims associated with 
processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine In-
jury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–660), $12,109,000, to 
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be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Trust Fund to remain available until expended. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 
3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-
bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert, and other services for such representations as au-
thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 
maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 
of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 
criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-
tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 
actions for the protection of their employment, as author-
ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-
bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 
U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 
forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-
ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 
under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 
general administrative expenses, $1,766,010,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
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FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $19,108,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 
5332. 
COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
incident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control, 
inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 
perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 
Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 
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authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$892,032,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended, to be expended directly 
or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 
which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 
Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 
guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-
eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program 
to facilitate security and emergency management services 
among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service, 
Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra-
tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments 
and the public; and for purposes authorized by the Daniel 
Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public 
Law 117–263, division C, title LIX, subtitle D) and 28 
U.S.C. 604(a)(24). 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
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senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $106,953,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $35,121,000; 
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2027, to provide education and training to 
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 
$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 
Code, $22,677,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
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SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 
of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 
$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-
utive’’ each place it appears. 
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SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 
courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 
with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 
security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-
partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 
services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-
ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 
rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2026’’. 
TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for the District 
of Columbia resident tuition support program established 
and operated under the District of Columbia College Ac-
cess Act of 1999 (sec 38–2701 et seq. D.C. Official Code), 
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$40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized 
on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, the income 
and need of eligible students and such other factors as 
may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account 
for the Resident Tuition Support Program that shall con-
sist of the Federal funds appropriated to the Program in 
this Act and any subsequent appropriations, any unobli-
gated balances from prior fiscal years, and any interest 
earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the account shall be under the control of the District of 
Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those 
funds solely for the purposes of carrying out the Resident 
Tuition Support Program: Provided further, That the Of-
fice of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly 
financial report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for these 
funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made and 
the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-
termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-
ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 
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of surrounding jurisdictions, $90,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the costs of providing public 
safety at events related to the presence of the National 
Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-
quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-
ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 
of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 
terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 
surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That not later than 
90 days after the last day of each quarter, the District 
of Columbia Chief Budget Officer shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a quarterly budget report that in-
cludes total obligations of the Emergency Planning and 
Security Costs for that quarter, broken down by each Fed-
eral and District government agency, activity and purpose 
charged to the federal payment account and a quarterly 
estimates report that accounts for upcoming federal activi-
ties. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi-
cles, $292,068,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
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trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,747,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, $149,349,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; for 
the District of Columbia Court System, $97,720,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; and $29,252,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for capital improve-
ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
vided, That funds made available for capital improvements 
shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia 
Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-
ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 
appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co-
lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 
processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re-
tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-
able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated 
with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 
sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
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manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 
of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days 
after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 
more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading among the items and entities funded under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 
Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 
by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 
the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 
title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 
of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 
provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 
to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 
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payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-
ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 
Code (relating to services provided under the District of 
Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-
rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be administered by the 
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-
trict of Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-
cies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-
thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $287,017,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
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and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 
to exceed $35,000 is for dues and assessments relating 
to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 
Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, $203,542,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-
munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-
clude expenses relating to the monitoring of adults subject 
to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-
lated to such persons: Provided further, That, of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $83,475,000 shall be 
available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-
vided further, That amounts under this heading may be 
used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc-
cessfully complete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 
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Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, $53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 
of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 
of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 
employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service a program substantially similar to the program set 
forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United 
States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-
ment made under the program to any individual may not 
exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That for 
the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services 
from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in 
accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage-
ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 
Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an 
agency of the United States Government: Provided further, 
That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service 
may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable 
services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 
property and services to the same extent and under the 
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same conditions as an executive agency under sections 
3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $3,451,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-
abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-
nation Commission, $300,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for payments authorized under 
the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 
C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 
that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 
following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 
Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 
available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 
Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-
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dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-
vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
vided for opportunity scholarships, up to $1,750,000 shall 
be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 
3007(d) of the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF 
HIV/AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-
dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-
quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-
lumbia, $4,000,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 
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That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 
provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 
of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro-
grams and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2026 
Local Budget Act of 2025 (D.C. Law 26–51) and at rates 
set forth under such Act, as amended as of the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as provided in section 
450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 
1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 
the Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 
Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount 
appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2026 under this head-
ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 
Year 2026 Local Budget Act of 2025, as amended as of 
the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total 
revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 
increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 
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capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 
be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 
comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the 
District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 
the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the ap-
propriations and funds made available to the District dur-
ing fiscal year 2026, except that the Chief Financial Offi-
cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 
et seq., $3,430,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 
expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, of which not less than $80,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028, and of which 
not less than $5,773,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-
fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-
standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-
vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 
of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 
entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 
liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-
viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 
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in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-
tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 
and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 
exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $150,975,000, of which no less than $1,622,000 
shall be for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, of which $2,500,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended, to carry out the program, including 
administrative costs, authorized by section 1405 of the 
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public 
Law 110–140, as amended), and of which $2,000,000 
shall remain available until expended, to carry out the pro-
gram, including administrative costs, authorized by sec-
tion 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Car-
bon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II 
of division Q of Public Law 117–103). 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2026, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 
Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 
19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the Department of Defense, 
completes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-
ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-
cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
overs in the off-road environment, including the 
repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 
compliance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that 
would be prevented if the proposed require-
ments were adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for 
the proposal to provide information on a point- 
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of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-
ance on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 
by the United States military if the proposed 
requirements were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used 
to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any reg-
ulation issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Com-
mission to ban gas stoves as a class of products. 
COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY 
AND EFFICIENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of the Inspec-
tors General on Integrity and Efficiency, as established 
pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of title 5, 
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United States Code, to utilize and further develop the data 
analytics capabilities of the Pandemic Response Account-
ability Committee to enhance transparency, to prevent, de-
tect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in Federal 
spending, and for expenses related to enhancements to 
www.oversight.gov, $5,450,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $850,000 is for enhancements to over-
sight.gov: Provided, That the amounts appropriated under 
this heading shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available to the Council of the Inspectors General on In-
tegrity and Efficiency under section 424 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $23,860,000, 
of which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 
reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002; and of which $1,354,169 shall be for nec-
essary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General and 
of which $8,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided, That of the amounts ap-
propriated under this heading, up to $2,500,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2027. 
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ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 
$45,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-
mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 
States for activities to improve the administration of elec-
tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech-
nology and make election security improvements, as au-
thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 
deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections 
101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in the same manner 
as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 
further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-
eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 
103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 
Commission’’: Provided further, That each reference to 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
‘‘$819,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec-
tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$162,000’’: Provided 
further, That not later than two years after receiving a 
payment under this heading, a State shall make available 
funds for such activities in an amount equal to 20 percent 
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of the total amount of the payment made to the State 
under this heading: Provided further, That not later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission shall make the payments to 
States under this heading: Provided further, That States 
shall submit quarterly financial reports and annual 
progress reports: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be paid 
from the unobligated balances, as of the date of enactment 
of this Act, in the fund established by section 9006(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9006(a)). 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $416,112,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2029: Provided, That $416,112,000 of off-
setting collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant 
to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided 
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further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2026 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appro-
priation estimated at $0: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use 
of a competitive bidding system that may be retained and 
made 
available 
for 
obligation 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$132,681,000 for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That, 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $13,500,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL 
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of Public Law 108–494 shall 
be applied as if ‘‘and ending on December 31, 2024’’ were 
struck. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 
universal service support payments to implement the Feb-
ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 
Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-
tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-
port payments. 
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 
5, United States Code, $48,500,000, of which $1,500,000 
shall remain available until expended, to be derived from 
the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, 
the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 
$80,857,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
able for reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-
cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 
$1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia 
and 
elsewhere, 
$29,500,000, 
of 
which 
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$1,271,000 shall be made available to support the Office 
of the Inspector General: Provided, That public members 
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermit-
tently in the Government service, and compensation as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management 
relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with 
this account, to be available without further appropriation 
for the costs of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $383,600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 
for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for 
collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 
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(II) in paragraph (2)(D)(i)(I), by 
striking ‘‘section 1834(d)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (d)(1) or (aa) of 
section 1834’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by strik-
ing ‘‘section 1834(d)(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsections (d)(1) and (aa) of section 
1834’’. 
(B) Section 1862(a)(1)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(1)(A)) is 
amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or additional preven-
tive services’’ and inserting ‘‘, additional 
preventive services’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or multi-cancer 
early detection screening tests (as defined 
in section 1861(nnn))’’ after ‘‘(as de-
scribed in section 1861(ddd)(1))’’. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO OTHER 
CANCER SCREENING TESTS.—Nothing in this section, in-
cluding the amendments made by this section, shall be 
construed— 
(1) in the case of an individual who undergoes 
a multi-cancer early detection screening test, to af-
fect coverage under part B of title XVIII of the So-
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essential retail pharmacies and pharmacies that 
are not essential retail pharmacies; 
‘‘(C) trends in essential retail pharmacy 
participation in pharmacy networks and pre-
ferred pharmacy networks for prescription drug 
plans offered by PDP sponsors and MA–PD 
plans offered by MA organizations under this 
part, including a comparison of such trends be-
tween essential retail pharmacies and phar-
macies that are not essential retail pharmacies; 
‘‘(D) trends in the number of essential re-
tail pharmacies, including variation in such 
trends by geographic region or other factors; 
‘‘(E) a comparison of cost-sharing for cov-
ered part D drugs dispensed by essential retail 
pharmacies that are network pharmacies for 
prescription drug plans offered by PDP spon-
sors and MA–PD plans offered by MA organi-
zations under this part and cost-sharing for 
covered part D drugs dispensed by other net-
work pharmacies for such plans located in simi-
lar geographic areas that are not essential retail 
pharmacies; 
‘‘(F) a comparison of the volume of cov-
ered part D drugs dispensed by essential retail 
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