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(Public Law 117–328), and for engaging in trade pro-
motional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting 
exports of United States firms, without regard to sections 
3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full med-
ical coverage for dependent members of immediate fami-
lies of employees stationed overseas and employees tempo-
rarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of em-
ployees of the International Trade Administration between 
two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of title 
49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the 
United States and aliens by contract for services; recog-
nizing contributions to export expansion pursuant to Exec-
utive Order 10978; rental of space abroad for periods not 
exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or 
improvement; purchase or construction of temporary de-
mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para-
graph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 
when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 
not to exceed $65,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $350,000 
for purchase of armored vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on 
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official 
motor 
vehicles; 
and 
rental 
of 
tie 
lines, 
$582,000,000, of which $94,000,000 shall remain avail-
able 
until 
September 
30, 
2027: 
Provided, 
That 
$20,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 
used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head-
ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti-
dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli-
ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car-
rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 
Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in-
clude payment for assessments for services provided as 
part of these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of 
export administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
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immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 
the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 
of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 
Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 
seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 
15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-
cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law, $235,000,000, of 
which $94,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec-
tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac-
tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu-
tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro-
vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 
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in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 
information to the public with respect to the export admin-
istration and national security activities of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 
the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For economic development assistance as provided by 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965, including provision of assistance under section 
207(b) of such Act, for trade adjustment assistance, and 
for programs authorized by the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980, as amended, $400,000,000 
to remain available until expended, which shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the table titled 
‘‘Economic Development Assistance Programs’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $66,000,000: Provided, That funds provided under 
this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 
pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 
of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 
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through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova-
tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and 
the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De-
velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 
minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 
$50,000,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $118,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $318,500,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro-
vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 
and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 
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censuses 
and 
programs 
provided 
for 
by 
law, 
$1,171,849,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar-
keting activities. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv-
ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 
collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off-
setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
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Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the design, construction, 
alteration, improvement, maintenance, and repair of build-
ings and facilities managed by the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration, not otherwise 
provided for, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in-
cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 
of the USPTO, $4,956,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec-
tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 
2026, so as to result in a fiscal year 2026 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2026, should the total amount of 
such offsetting collections be less than $4,956,000,000, 
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this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 
That any amount received in excess of $4,956,000,000 in 
fiscal year 2026 and deposited in the Patent and Trade-
mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 
shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 
and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 
the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 
President submitted for fiscal year 2027 under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 
amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex-
penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 
result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu-
lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as-
sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei-
ther fiscal year 2026 or fiscal year 2027: Provided further, 
That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 
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$13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2026 for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2026 from the amounts made 
available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 
amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 
percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 
employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec-
tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, 
of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of 
chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 
for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 
USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 
Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 
and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 
accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 
the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 
series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 
for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im-
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puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli-
cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col-
lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 
to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend-
ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 
(Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 
amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as-
sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re-
lated to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,249,239,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, $405,331,366 shall be made available for the 
NIST—STRS projects, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
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vided further, That the amounts made available for the 
projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be 
transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That NIST may 
provide local transportation for summer undergraduate re-
search fellowship program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology 
services, $212,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 
$37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro-
gram. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $385,897,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $257,897,000 shall be made 
available for the NIST—Construction projects, and in the 
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amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided further, That up to one percent of 
amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 
preceding proviso may be used for the administrative costs 
of such projects: Provided further, That the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate for 
any amounts made available by the preceding proviso and 
such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget jus-
tification materials for fiscal year 2027 that the Secretary 
submits to Congress in support of the Department of 
Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology construction project having a total 
multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and si-
multaneously the budget justification materials shall in-
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clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 
such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), including maintenance, operation, and hire of 
aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries 
management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; 
grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi-
zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 
to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$4,540,392,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 
National Ocean Service for the management of national 
marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala-
ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, $399,644,000 shall be de-
rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De-
velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer-
ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi-
ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; 
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Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Ob-
servers and Training; Fisheries Management Programs 
and Services; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 
Provided further, That in addition $28,000,000 is derived 
from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided under this heading, includ-
ing the amounts in the clause preceding the first proviso 
and in the second and third provisos, $4,862,168,110 shall 
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the 
tables under this heading in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this Act): Provided further, That of the amounts pro-
vided under this heading, including the amounts in the 
clause preceding the first proviso and in the second and 
third provisos, $105,867,890 shall be made available for 
the NOAA—CZM and NOAA—ORF projects, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided further, That the amounts made 
available for the projects referenced in the preceding pro-
viso may not be transferred for any other purpose: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be for 
payment to the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working Cap-
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ital Fund’’: Provided further, That any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided under this heading in previous 
years shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 
505 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition, for 
necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Service-
man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and 
for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and 
their dependents under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act 
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of 
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$1,576,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of satellites, vessels, aircraft, and construction 
of facilities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in addition $13,000,000 is provided from re-
coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 
the amounts provided under this heading, including the 
amounts in the clause preceding the first proviso and in 
the first proviso, shall be for the purposes and in the 
amounts specified in the tables under this heading in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this Act): Provided further, 
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