used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-
dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 
and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-
guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 
and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 
by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
gregate amount of $9,686,761,000, of which—
(1) $165,661,000 shall remain available until 
expended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services), in addition to amounts 
otherwise provided for such purposes, as follows: 
Connecticut: 
Hartford, 
U.S. 
Courthouse, 
$10,000,000; 
Puerto Rico: 
San Juan, Clemente Ruiz-Nazario 
U.S. Courthouse and Federico Degetau 
Federal Building, $20,000,000; 
Tennessee: 
Chattanooga, 
U.S. 
Courthouse, 
$43,500,000; 
Memphis, 
Odell 
Horton 
Federal 
Building, $1,500,000; 
Washington:
Seattle, National Archives Replace-
ment Facility, $30,000,000; and 
Environmental 
Remediation, 
$60,661,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 
on construction and acquisition projects may be ex-
ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 
other such projects, but not to exceed 20 percent of 
the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 
required, unless advance approval is obtained from 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate of a greater amount; 
(2) $933,553,000 shall remain available until 
expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-
ciated design and construction services, in addition 
to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 
which—
(A) $239,000,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(B) $479,000,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(C) $215,553,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs: 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 
be limited to the amount identified for each project, 
except each project in this or any previous Act may 
be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent 
unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount: 
Provided further, That additional projects for which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-
ed under this category only if advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 
any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to fund costs associated with implementing se-
curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet 
the minimum standards for security in accordance 
with current law and in compliance with the re-
programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-
tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 
the difference between the funds appropriated and 
expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 
under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 
be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or 
used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 
in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al-
terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the 
Government arising from any projects under the 
heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 
authorized increases in prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,574,593,000 for rental of space to re-
main available until expended; and 
(4) $3,012,954,000 for building operations to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
total amount of funds made available from this 
Fund to the General Services Administration shall 
not be available for expenses of any construction, re-
pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 
prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 
not been approved, except that necessary funds may 
be expended for each project for required expenses 
for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
vided further, That funds available in the Federal 
Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-
pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 
services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)
and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 
lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 
or other property not in Government ownership or 
control as may be appropriate to enable the United 
States Secret Service to perform its protective func-
tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 
from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 
That revenues and collections and any other sums 
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2026, ex-
cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 
in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 
authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy associated with the 
management of real and personal property assets and cer-
tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup-
port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor 
vehicles, information technology management, and related 
technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$5,353,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 
and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses author-
ized by law in support of interagency projects that enable 
the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 
activities electronically through the development and im-
plementation of innovative uses of information technology; 
$70,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 
Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may 
be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur-
pose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 
and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 
until expended for necessary expenses authorized by 40 
U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary ex-
penses in support of interagency projects that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically through the development and imple-
mentation of innovative uses of information technology in 
the aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimburse-
ments, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 
year 2026 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, 
of the total amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall 
be available for support functions and full-time hires to 
support activities related to the Administration’s require-
ments under title II of the Foundations for Evidence-
Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): 
Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 
herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 
For carrying out the purposes of the Technology 
Modernization Fund, as authorized by section 1078 of 
subtitle G of the title X of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 
U.S.C. 11301 note), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.
ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND 
For carrying out section 16(b) of the Federal Asset 
Sales and Transfer Act of 2016 (40 U.S.C. 1303 note), 
$143,328,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2026 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2027 request for United States Courthouse 
construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 
to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease
authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 
to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 
lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 
the resolution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan 
and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 527. For an additional amount to be deposited 
in the ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’, $23,612,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be for initiatives re-
lated to Repairs and Alterations, in the amounts and for 
the projects specified in the table that appears under the
heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—General Services 
Administration’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): Provided, That if any of the projects speci-
fied in this section experience a funding deficiency due to 
unforeseen cost over runs for that project that will create 
a risk to project completion, the Administrator of the Gen-
eral Services Administration shall immediately notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate of the amount of and the reason 
for such deficiency: Provided further, That if any of the 
projects specified in this section do not need all of the 
amounts provided for project completion, the Adminis-
trator of the General Services Administration shall imme-
diately notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate of the amount 
of and the reason that such funding that is not needed 
for project completion: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this section may be transferred 
for any other purpose. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-
lic Law 93–642, $2,970,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $49,135,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, and in addition not to exceed 
$2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board.
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL 
FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 
seq.), $1,582,000, to remain available for direct expendi-
ture until September 30, 2029, of which, notwithstanding 
sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out the activities authorized by section 
6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public 
Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all 
current and previous amounts transferred to the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department of the Interior will 
remain available until expended for audits and investiga-
tions of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foun-
dation, consistent with chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, and for annual independent financial audits of the 
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursu-
ant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Pub-
lic Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 
the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the 
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an-
nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac-
countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
289): Provided further, That any interest earned during 
fiscal year 2026 from investments made from discre-
tionary appropriations to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 
L. Udall Trust Fund after the date specified in 20 U.S.C. 
5606(b)(1) shall be available until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,862,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents, the activities of 
the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 
and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including 
maintenance, 
repairs, 
and 
cleaning, 
$421,000,000, of which up to $30,000,000 shall remain
available until expended for expenses necessary to enhance 
the Federal Government’s ability to electronically pre-
serve, manage, and store Government records. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 
Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United 
States Code, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$5,920,000, of which $897,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2029.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 
Program’’, $14,344,000 shall be available until one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, which shall be 
for initiatives in the amounts and for the projects specified 
in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Administra-
tive Provision—National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That none of the funds made available by 
this section may be transferred for any other purpose. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 
and 9910, $3,465,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2027, for technical assistance to low-income des-
ignated credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to chapter 131 of 
title 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of
1989, and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter 
Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$23,037,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and pay-
ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-
ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 
to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 
$167,535,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, $10,898,000 may remain 
available until expended, for information technology mod-
ernization, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 
made available for such purposes; and in addition 
$214,605,000, for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 
regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 
printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-
grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro-
priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 
5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-
ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2026, accept dona-
tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 
further, That such donations, including those from prior 
years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-
rials to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further,
That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 
under this heading may be transferred to an information 
technology working capital fund established for purposes 
authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 
(Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 
further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 
approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 
under such transfer authority from any organizational cat-
egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or-
ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report 
required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 
for obligation through September 30, 2029. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 
5, United States Code, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$6,839,000, and in addition, not to exceed $29,192,000
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for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-
nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, $31,585,000. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027.
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-
form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,605,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $2,149,000,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 
for the International Organization of Securities Commis-
sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-
able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 
by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 
regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 
staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 
such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-
trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and
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foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-
penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 
(3) related lodging or subsistence: Provided, That any un-
obligated balances from funds made available under this 
heading in prior Acts for replacement leases for the Com-
mission’s headquarters and other regional office facilities 
may be used for such purposes at any Commission office 
facility, notwithstanding provisos in such Acts limiting use 
to particular office facilities, and notwithstanding provisos 
in such Acts requiring that de-obligated amounts derived 
from the general fund be returned to the general fund or 
that de-obligated amounts derived from fees or assess-
ments be paid to national securities exchanges and na-
tional securities associations in proportion to any fees or 
assessments paid by such national securities exchange or 
national securities association. 
For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 
31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2026, all amounts appropriated 
under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-
propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2026: Pro-
vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,149,000,000 of
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such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 
for necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, 
That the total amount appropriated under this heading 
from the general fund for fiscal year 2026 shall be reduced 
as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a 
final total fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at not more than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$31,300,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $323,118,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 
lender oversight activities, of which no more than 
$30,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, for information technology systems and activities, 
and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes: Provided, That the Administrator is au-
thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications 
developed by the Small Business Administration, and cer-
tain loan program activities, including fees authorized by 
section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received 
from all such activities shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended, for carrying out these 
purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, 
That the Small Business Administration may accept gifts 
in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-spon-
sor activities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of
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division K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 
2026: Provided further, That $15,500,000 shall be avail-
able for costs associated with the certification of small 
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or 
service-disabled veterans under sections 36A and 36 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respec-
tively, and section 862 of Public Law 116–283, to be avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That not 
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Small Business Administration shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate detailing the number FTE, 
funding obligated, and city and state for each district and 
regional office during the previous fiscal year and the 
number of FTE, funding level, and city and state for the 
current fiscal year for each district and regional office: 
Provided further, That district offices shall collect data on 
the number of constituents served each fiscal year. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$330,000,000, of which $82,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading may not be transferred
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pursuant to section 540 of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading—
(1) $150,000,000 shall be available to fund 
grants for performance as authorized by section 21 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648), of which 
$30,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027; 
(2) $41,000,000 shall be available for mar-
keting, management, and technical assistance under 
section 7(m)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make 
microloans under the microloan program, of which 
$8,200,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027; 
(3) $20,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, shall be available for grants to 
States to carry out export programs that assist 
small business concerns authorized under section 
22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)); 
(4) $27,000,000 shall be available for the Wom-
en’s Business Center program described in section 
29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656), of 
which $5,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027;
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(5) $21,400,000 shall be available for con-
ducting outreach to veterans, including through the 
Boots to Business Program established under sec-
tion 32(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657b(h)) and Veteran Business Outreach Centers, of 
which $4,280,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027; 
(6) $17,000,000 shall be available for the Serv-
ice Corps of Retired Executives established under 
section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), of which $3,400,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2027; 
(7) $9,000,000 shall be available for grants and 
cooperative agreements under the Federal and State 
Technology Partnership Program under section 34 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d), of 
which $1,800,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027; 
(8) $9,000,000 shall be available for the Re-
gional Innovation Cluster Initiative, of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027; 
(9) $7,000,000 shall be available for providing 
technical assistance under the Program for Investors
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in Microentrepreneurs, of which $1,400,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2027; 
(10) $9,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
growth accelerators to assist entrepreneurs to start 
and scale their businesses, of which $1,800,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027; 
(11) $5,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Native American Affairs to carry out the outreach 
activities for Native American-owned small busi-
nesses, of which $1,060,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027; 
(12) $3,800,000 shall be available for financial 
assistance for the program established under section 
7(j) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(j)), 
of which $760,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027; 
(13) $4,000,000 shall be available for technical 
and certification assistance for the HUBZone pro-
gram established under section 31 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a), of which $800,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027; 
(14) $2,000,000 shall be available to provide 
entrepreneurship education, of which $400,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027;
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(15) $3,000,000 shall be available to make 
grants under the Cybersecurity for Small Businesses 
Pilot Program, of which $600,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027; and 
(16) $1,500,000 shall be available for the Na-
tional Women’s Business Council established under 
section 405 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act 
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7105), of which $300,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027. 
OFFICE OF 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, $37,020,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,109,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
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1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 
2026 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com-
mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 
section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre-
gate, $16,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2026 commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 
$35,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 
loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2026 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 
under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,000,000,000: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2026, guarantees of trust 
certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$158,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
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DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
To carry out the direct loan program authorized by 
section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, $282,000,000, to 
be available until expended, of which $1,600,000 is for the 
Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Admin-
istration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the 
disaster loan programs and shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for the Office of Inspector 
General; of which $197,000,000 is for direct administra-
tive expenses of loan making and servicing to carry out 
the direct loan program, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; 
of which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative ex-
penses for the direct loan program, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses; and of which $75,000,000 is for the cost 
of direct loans and that such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That, 
of the funds provided under this heading, $250,000,000 
shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Provided further, That the 
amount for major disasters under this heading is des-
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ignated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursu-
ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-
ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-
ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-
tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 
as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 
A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 
1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the
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Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 
to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 
for obligation through September 30, 2029. 
SEC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-
ness 
Administration—Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, 
$106,862,000, which shall be for initiatives related to 
small business development and entrepreneurship, includ-
ing programmatic, construction, and acquisition activities, 
in the amounts and for the projects specified in the table 
that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi-
sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That, not-
withstanding sections 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, 
Code of Federal Regulations, the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration may permit awards to sub-
recipients for initiatives funded under this section: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available by 
this section may be transferred for any other purpose. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
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States Code, $38,360,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple-
ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 
or employee of any State or local child support enforce-
ment agency, or any individual participating in a State 
or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for 
information requested or provided concerning an address 
of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 
close small rural and other small post offices: Provided 
further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 
continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-
ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 
5, United States Code, $274,000,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as
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authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $55,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex-
penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-
cate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. 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. 602. 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, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 
in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 
expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. 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. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. 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 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any
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person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
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 program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization,
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restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 
or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 
That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 
for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 
equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 
to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 
budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 
each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and activity as 
detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 
budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-
ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 
for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 
for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 
discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations;
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and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 
be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 
required date that the report has not been submitted to 
the Congress. 
SEC. 609. 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 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent to request—
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or
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(2) a determination with respect to the treat-
ment of an organization as described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply—
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made
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available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a
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non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency.
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(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to—
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions—
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and
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(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 
complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 
Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563.
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SEC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch 
agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-
formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-
ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 
related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 
agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 
budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 
as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 
33 of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 
in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code)
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in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-
tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 
5, United States Code, or to prevent or impede that In-
spector General’s access to such records, documents, or 
other materials, under any provision of law, except a provi-
sion of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 
and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of ac-
cess. 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. Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 
statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the informa-
tion provided by the establishment over which that Inspec-
tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 
5, United States Code. Each Inspector General covered 
by this section shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this 
requirement.
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SEC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 
the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 
that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 
shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 
any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 
high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-
cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-
mences. 
SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi-
ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 
activity.
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SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 
such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section 
16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
SEC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-
tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 
department, agency, board or commission funded by this 
Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 
the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 
in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 
determination. 
(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 
than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 
States, at any single conference occurring outside the
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United States unless the agency or entity determines that 
such attendance is in the national interest and advance 
notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-
cludes the basis of that determination. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 
the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 
Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–
10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 
public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 
2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 630. Federal agencies funded under this Act 
shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-
pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other commu-
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nications regarding the programs and activities of the 
agency. 
SEC. 631. When issuing statements, press releases, 
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
funds included in this Act, shall clearly state—
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 
to trade associations. 
SEC. 633. Not later than 45 days after the last day 
of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-
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port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 
quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 
appropriation. 
SEC. 634. Of the unobligated balances available in 
the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United 
States Code, $300,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded 
not later than September 30, 2026. 
SEC. 635. The unobligated balances from prior years 
appropriations provided for the Special Inspector General 
for Pandemic Recovery are permanently rescinded. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2026 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
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802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforce-
ment vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover surveillance 
vehicles, and police-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at 
$40,000 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $41,140: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for police-type vehicles: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 
or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 
provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided 
further, That the limits set forth in this section may be 
exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over 
the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Pro-
vided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 
not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and 
which operates on alternative fuel, including but not lim-
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ited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel 
cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 
the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 
of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 
of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 
outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 
of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 
then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 
allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person
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shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 
being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 
of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-
mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-
essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 
affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 
more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 
above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub-
stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further, That any payment made to any officer or em-
ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 
recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 
further, That this section shall not apply to any person 
who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 
to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 
of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 
Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 
employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 
120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-
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ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 
to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order.
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(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups
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(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 
has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 
United States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 
used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 
directly controlled by the individual.
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SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of national security and emer-
gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 
2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 
any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 
Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 
States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 
213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 
instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 
the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
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tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 
(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
140
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 
such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
communication or contact of such other officer or 
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other 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; 
(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-
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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. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 
to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public
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information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’—
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 
under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title and the United 
States Postal Service. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 
in the performance of official duties.
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SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 
costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-
wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide 
and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 
procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 
reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
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tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 
Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 
duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 
Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 
and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno-
vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 
the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Government-Wide Policy’’ during 
fiscal year 2026 shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of General Services, shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
of the House of Representatives a detailed spend plan for
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the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided fur-
ther, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: 
(i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under 
this section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred 
or reimbursed in fiscal year 2026; (ii) a detailed break-
down of the purposes for all funds estimated to be trans-
ferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section (including 
total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose 
salaries are provided for by this section); (iii) where appli-
cable, a description of the funds intended for use by or 
for the benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where 
applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by 
or for the implementation of specific laws passed by Con-
gress: Provided further, That no transfers or reimburse-
ments may be made pursuant to this section until 15 days 
following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current
146
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 
the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 
by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
port describing the budget of and resources connected with 
the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 
200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 
funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of
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the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency—
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
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ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with—
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
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(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program.
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SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 
to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 
Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-
ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce
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any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress.
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(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2026, for each employee 
who—
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-
quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 
to disclose any of the following information as a condition 
of submitting the offer:
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(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 
of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 
election for Federal office or to a political com-
mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 
election for Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 
entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 
or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 
reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 
et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem-
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ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 
agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2026, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
(A) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2026, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2026, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 
sum of—
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2026 under section 5303 of title
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5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2026 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2025, shall be determined under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection
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may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2025, except to the extent determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
pose of this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 
for service performed after September 30, 2025. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered 
by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 
necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
fied employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 
in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that
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take place in fiscal year 2026 under sections 5344 and 
5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be—
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
ees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be considered to be located 
in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 
States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 
2025. 
SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 
for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
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mission, or office during fiscal year 2026 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period—
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 
United States Government, including—
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor 
travel to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used 
to determine which costs relate to the con-
ference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including—
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or 
office in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference.
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(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 
head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 
official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2026 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 
programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 
in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 
or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 
the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 
dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 
memorandum.
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SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 
a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 
enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 
published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 
Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 
et seq.). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 
other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
with an entity that requires employees or contractors of
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such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 
internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
ceive such information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 
information. 
SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 
the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 
with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 
existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 
reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 
Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 
mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au-
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thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 
health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 
The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-
tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-
ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 
agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-
standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-
disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 
by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 
or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 
officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-
visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 
such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
close any classified information received in the course of 
such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 
shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 
to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 
to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 
if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 
that were in effect when the agreement was entered into.
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(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 
substantially similar language to that required in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24
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months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2026, on the date 
on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public website. 
SEC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-
justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 
the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 
year 2026 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 
on December 31, 2025, by operation of section 747 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 118–47, as continued in effect and 
modified by section 1605 of title VI of division A of Public 
Law 119–4 (as continued in effect and modified by divi-
sion A of Public Law 119–37).
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(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 
section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 
2026 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 
position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 
payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-
cember 31, 2025, by operation of section 747 of division 
B of Public Law 118–47, as continued in effect and modi-
fied by section 1605 of title VI of division A of Public 
Law 119–4 (as continued in effect and modified by divi-
sion A of Public Law 119–37). 
(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-
sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 
subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-
ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 
(d)(1) This subsection applies to—
(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 
official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 
or 
(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
serving under a political appointment and paid a
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rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule. 
(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, an employee described in para-
graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal-
endar year 2026, except as provided in subsection (i). 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 
rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 
under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 
increase during calendar year 2026, except as provided in 
subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 
in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 
pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 
of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 
pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 
or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
plied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 
under applicable law.
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(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 
pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
for such time as that election is in effect. 
(h) This section does not apply to an individual who 
makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 
entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 
election is in effect. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 
employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-
ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 
the level or range for the position held immediately before 
the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 
rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 
of pay in effect on December 31, 2025, by operation of 
section 747 of division B of Public Law 118–47, as contin-
ued in effect and modified by section 1605 of title VI of 
division A of Public Law 119–4 (as continued in effect 
and modified by division A of Public Law 119–37). 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial
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pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 
31, 2025, by operation of section 747 of division B of Pub-
lic Law 118–47, as continued in effect and modified by 
section 1605 of title VI of division A of Public Law 119–
4 (as continued in effect and modified by division A of 
Public Law 119–37). 
(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 
to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2026 
but ends in calendar year 2027, the bar on the employee’s 
receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 
of that pay period. 
(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 
position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 
pay is restricted under this section. 
(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 
1, 2026. 
SEC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 
the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 
shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 
and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 
of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
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Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 
report is transmitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-
utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 
appropriate congressional committees if—
(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-
quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; 
(2) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency conditions the availability of 
an appropriation on further action; or 
(3) an approved apportionment received by the 
department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-
gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 
program, project, or activity by such department or 
agency. 
(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 
committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-
tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 
name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 
account. 
SEC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 
provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal
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year 2026 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-
mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of 
the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included in the 
report or explanatory statement accompanying any such 
Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award 
with respect to such funds for purposes of the require-
ments of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records retention, and 
2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 
amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-
ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 
Comptroller General. 
SEC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 
made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 
agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-
agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 
recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 
Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-
gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 
National Institutes of Health research programs.
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SEC. 752. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit-
izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail-
able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 
including rebates from charge card and other contracts: 
Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other-
wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator 
of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed-
eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government-
wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech-
nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv-
ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal 
agencies to take advantage of information technology in 
sharing information: Provided further, That the total 
funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 
$29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the 
funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 
during fiscal year 2026 shall remain available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 
not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of General Services, in consultation with
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the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 
plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro-
vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 
include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized 
under this section and the estimate of amounts to be 
transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2026; (ii) a de-
tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 
to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 
(including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 
whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) 
where applicable, a description of the funds intended for 
use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed 
by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim-
bursements may be made pursuant to this section until 
15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
SEC. 753. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the unobligated balances of funds made available in 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58) to any department or agency funded 
by this or any other Act may be transferred to the United
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States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re-
sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 
required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with ac-
tivities and projects funded by Public Law 117–58: Pro-
vided, That such transfers shall support activities and 
projects executed by the department or agency making 
such transfer: Provided further, That such transfers shall 
be approved by the head of such department or agency 
making such transfer: Provided further, That each depart-
ment or agency shall provide notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate no less than 30 days prior to such transfer: 
Provided further, That any such transfers from the De-
partment of Transportation, including from agencies with-
in the Department of Transportation, shall be from fund-
ing provided for personnel, contracting, and other costs 
to administer and oversee grants: Provided further, That 
amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall be in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 
this section shall be in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided by law: Provided further, That amounts 
transferred pursuant to this section shall continue to be
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treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division 
A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 754. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
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United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which—
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, unless prior approval is received from 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer
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requests of local funds under this title through November 
7, 2026. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of—
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
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sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 
the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 
Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 
of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for
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voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 
for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 
pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 
local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 
be inappropriate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 
rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act
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(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
rivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by the District of Columbia government under any author-
ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec-
reational purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by the District of Columbia government under 
any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the
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District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2026 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
unanticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–
204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts,
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once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 
local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 
four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2026 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2026 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2027, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2027, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2027 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 2027 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available—
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(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2027 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2027. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2027 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2027 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)—
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period.
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(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. (a) During fiscal year 2027, during a pe-
riod in which a continuing resolution is in effect, including 
a continuing resolution that is in effect through the end 
of the fiscal year, if the continuing resolution does not in-
clude a provision that, by specific and explicit reference 
to the District of Columbia, establishes a specific and sep-
arately identified appropriation for the District of Colum-
bia, the District of Columbia is appropriated and may ex-
pend local funds in the amounts set forth under the head-
ing ‘‘District of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds’’ 
in the Act referred to in subsection (b) (subject to any 
modifications enacted by the District of Columbia as of 
the beginning of the period during which this section is 
in effect) for such programs and activities for which local 
funds are provided in such Act at the rates set forth by 
such Act. 
(b) The Act referred to in subsection (a) is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2027 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
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ment for fiscal year 2027 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(c) Amounts appropriated by subsection (a) are pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
SEC. 818. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 
of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 
(sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 
respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 
Bridge Project. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 
means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 
and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 
Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 
the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 
other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 
passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 
access crossings over the Potomac River. 
SEC. 819. Not later than 45 days after the last day 
of each quarter, each Federal and District government 
agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-
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port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 
quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 
this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 
SEC. 820. The District of Columbia College Access 
Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code), 
is amended—
(1) in section 3—
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(1)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) 
after making reductions under subpara-
graph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 
the tuition and fee payment of each eligible 
student who receives more than $10,000 
for the award year; and’’; and
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(iv) in subparagraph (C), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(2) in section 5—
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘$2,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,750’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘$12,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$18,750’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)(1)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) 
after making reductions under subpara-
graph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 
the tuition and fee payment of each eligible 
student who receives more than $2,500 for 
the award year; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’. 
SEC. 821. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in
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title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
DIVISION B—NATIONAL SECURITY, DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE, AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 
2026
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 
$9,358,236,000, of which $839,910,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, and of which up to 
$3,758,836,000 may remain available until expended for 
Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be allocated in ac-
cordance with paragraphs (1) through (4), as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard
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to civil service and classification laws of persons on 
a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au-
thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 
Stat. 11; Chapter 36), $3,987,233,000, of which up 
to $724,204,000 is for Worldwide Security Protec-
tion. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 
of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,437,707,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State, including representation to 
certain international organizations in which the 
United States participates pursuant to treaties rati-
fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra-
tion, and arms control, nonproliferation, and disar-
mament activities as authorized, $871,645,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $3,061,651,000, of 
which up to $3,034,632,000 is for Worldwide Secu-
rity Protection.
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(5) REPROGRAMMING.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, funds may be repro-
grammed within and between paragraphs (1) 
through (4) under this heading subject to section 
7015 of this Act. 
CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Of the amounts deposited in the Consular and Border 
Security Programs account in this or any prior fiscal year 
pursuant to section 7069(e) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103), 
$513,000,000 shall be available until expended for the 
purposes of such account, including to reduce passport 
backlogs and reduce visa wait times: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State may by regulation authorize State offi-
cials or the United States Postal Service to collect and 
retain the execution fee for each application for a passport 
accepted by such officials or by that Service. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $399,700,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of State as established by sec-
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tion 
402(a)(1) 
of 
title 
5, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$135,550,000, of which $20,333,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, up to $6,000,000 
may remain available until September 30, 2026 for the 
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading are made available notwithstanding section 
209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural 
exchange programs, as authorized, $667,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not less than 
$273,410,000 shall be for the Fulbright Program, not less 
than $16,150,000 shall be for the Benjamin Gilman Inter-
national Scholarships Program, not less than $99,750,000 
shall be for the International Visitor Leadership Program, 
and not less than $35,630,000 shall be for the Young 
Leaders Initiatives: Provided, That fees or other payments 
received from, or in connection with, English teaching, 
educational advising and counseling programs, and ex-
change visitor programs as authorized may be credited to 
this account, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That a portion of the Fulbright awards from the
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Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be designated as 
Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available for the Benjamin Gilman International Scholar-
ships Program shall also be made available for the John 
S. McCain Scholars Program, pursuant to section 7075 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of 
Public Law 116–6): Provided further, That not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations on the allocation of funds made available 
under this heading by program, project, and activity: Pro-
vided further, That any substantive modifications from the 
prior fiscal year to programs funded under this heading 
in this Act, including program consolidation and closures, 
changes to eligibility criteria and geographic scope, and 
implementing partners, shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be appor-
tioned to the Department of State not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For 
representation 
expenses 
as 
authorized, 
$10,000,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to 
enable the Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary 
protective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 
preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 
property that are owned or leased by the Department of 
State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, $812,836,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2030, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 
expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acqui-
sition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de-
partments and agencies of the United States Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$1,199,856,000, to remain available until expended.
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EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $8,885,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 
Loans Program Account’’. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,550,000, as author-
ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$5,520,137. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $35,964,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,917,178 shall be derived from fees 
collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 
facilities at the International Center in accordance with
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section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–
553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 
Act, $745,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 
by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in 
that section. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $60,000,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,389,152,000, of 
which $96,240,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at 
the time of the submission of the President’s budget to 
Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the 
most recent biennial budget prepared by the United Na-
tions for the operations of the United Nations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of State shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or
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in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of 
any United Nations action to increase funding for any 
United Nations program without identifying an offsetting 
decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 
further, That any payment of arrearages under this head-
ing shall be directed to activities that are mutually agreed 
upon by the United States and the respective international 
organization and shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for a United States con-
tribution to an international organization for the United 
States share of interest costs made known to the United 
States Government by such organization for loans in-
curred on or after October 1, 1984, through external bor-
rowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,230,667,000, of which $615,334,000 may re-
main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended for any new or expanded United Na-
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tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in ad-
vance of voting for such mission in the United Nations 
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance 
as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are 
notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration of the mis-
sion, the objectives of the mission, the national interest 
that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the 
sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or trans-
fers, that will be used to pay the cost of the new or ex-
panded mission, and the estimated cost in future fiscal 
years: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for obli-
gation unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 
mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is imple-
menting effective policies and procedures to prevent 
United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 
peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf-
ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or 
committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other 
violations of human rights, and to hold accountable indi-
viduals who engage in such acts while participating in 
such mission, including prosecution in their home coun-
tries and making information about such prosecutions 
publicly available on the website of the United Nations:
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Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall work 
with the United Nations and foreign governments contrib-
uting peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 
procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated 
human rights: Provided further, That funds shall be avail-
able for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of 
State determines that United States manufacturers and 
suppliers are not being given opportunities to provide 
equipment, services, and material for United Nations 
peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for-
eign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under this heading may be used for any United Na-
tions peacekeeping mission that will involve United States 
Armed Forces under the command or operational control 
of a foreign national, unless the President’s military advi-
sors have submitted to the President a recommendation 
that such involvement is in the national interest of the 
United States and the President has submitted to Con-
gress such a recommendation: Provided further, That any 
payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet obligations of the United States arising under 
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation expenses, as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$67,300,000, of which $10,095,000 may remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out para-
graph (3) of section 5602(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–
31), $12,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $78,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized: Provided, That the operating 
plan required by section 7062(a) of this Act shall include, 
for each construction project, the expected scope, timeline,
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and total cost, including out-year cost estimates for con-
struction and operations and maintenance requirements: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading in this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs for the United States Section, up to 
$5,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
to carry out the purposes of the United States Section, 
which shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That such transfer author-
ity is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
in this Act. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
the International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for grant programs of the North 
American Development Bank, including technical assist-
ance grants and the Community Assistance Program, 
$18,204,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for the International Joint Commis-
sion, up to $1,250,000 may remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2027, and up to $9,000 may be made available 
for representation expenses: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading for the International 
Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may be made avail-
able for representation expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $68,570,000: Provided, That the United States share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the United States 
Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to 
carry out international communication activities, and to 
make and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and tele-
vision broadcasting to the Middle East, $643,000,000: 
Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes, up to $72,720,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading may remain available until 
expended for satellite transmissions, global network dis-
tribution, and Internet freedom programs: Provided fur-
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ther, That of the total amount appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for represen-
tation expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such 
expenses within the United States as authorized, and not 
to exceed $30,000 may be used for representation ex-
penses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB): Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to the previous pro-
viso shall be made available for medium- and short-wave 
broadcasting at not less than the fiscal year 2024 level 
and in a manner able to reach all provinces in Cuba with 
daily programming: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be allocated in accordance 
with the table included under this heading in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, funds 
may be reprogrammed within and between amounts des-
ignated in such table, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except 
that no such reprogramming may reduce a designated 
amount by more than 10 percent: Provided further, That 
if a subsequent Act of Congress results in a reorganization
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or restructuring of the programs or authorities funded 
under this heading such that the allocations set forth in 
such table can no longer be applied as written, such alloca-
tions shall be available for reprogramming among such 
programs or authorities, consistent with such Act, subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the USAGM Chief Executive Officer 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 
days of any determination by the USAGM that any of its 
broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, 
provides an open platform for international terrorists or 
those who support international terrorism: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to funds made available under this 
heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue 
from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 
cooperating international organizations, and up to 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 
Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau, shall remain available until expended for carrying 
out authorized purposes: Provided further, That signifi-
cant modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously 
justified to Congress, including changes to transmission 
platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet,
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and television), for all USAGM language services shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser-
vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele-
vision, and digital transmission and reception, including 
to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading for 
such grant shall be apportioned to the Foundation not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $20,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2027, which shall not 
be used for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 
Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter-
est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to remain available until expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 2026, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 
section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur-
poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title
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2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re-
strictions on compensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(22 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing 
to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 
1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha-
waii, $22,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading for such grant shall be apportioned to 
the Center not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 
4412), $315,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $210,316,000 shall be allocated in the traditional
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and customary manner, including for the core institutes, 
and $104,684,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro-
vided, That the requirements of section 7062(a) of this 
Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be apportioned to the Endowment not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, as authorized 
by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code, 
$770,000, of which $116,000 may remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Commission may 
procure temporary, intermittent, and other services not-
withstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such 
chapter: Provided further, That such authority shall termi-
nate on October 1, 2026: Provided further, That the Com-
mission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to exercising such authority.
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UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 
by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, including not more 
than $4,000 for representation expenses. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $3,059,000, includ-
ing not more than $6,000 for representation expenses, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,300,000, including not
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more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY 
REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$4,000,000, including not more than $4,000 for represen-
tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi-
tations, and conditions contained in the second through 
fifth provisos under this heading in the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2026 and shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 
HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the House Democracy 
Partnership established pursuant to House Resolution 24, 
One Hundred Tenth Congress, as carried forward by 
House Resolution 5, One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, 
$2,300,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
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heading shall be apportioned to the House Democracy 
Partnership not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
TITLE II 
ADMINISTRATION OF ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$111,988,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General with continued oversight jurisdiction for foreign 
assistance programs administered by the agency primarily 
responsible for administering part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and whose over-
sight activities were funded under title II of prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs, $62,500,000, of 
which $9,375,000 may remain available until September 
30, 2027, in accordance with section 409 of title 5, United 
States Code, section 614(f) of the Millennium Challenge 
Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7713(f)) and section 8A(a) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 1000(a) of Public Law 106–113), as well as section
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401 of the Inter-American Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 
290f), and section 505 of the African Development Foun-
dation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h). 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to 
funds 
otherwise 
available 
for 
such 
purposes, 
$3,531,975,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, and which shall be apportioned directly to the De-
partment of State: Provided, That this amount shall be 
made available for training, equipment, and technical as-
sistance to build the capacity of public health institutions 
and organizations in developing countries, and for such 
activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health pro-
grams; (2) immunization and oral rehydration programs; 
(3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs 
which directly address the needs of mothers and children, 
and related education programs; (4) assistance for chil-
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dren displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 
(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 
other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis-
eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 
by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by 
AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health crises; 
(7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to un-
anticipated and emerging global health threats, including 
zoonotic diseases; and (8) family planning/reproductive 
health: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available for United States 
contributions to The GAVI Alliance and to a multilateral 
vaccine development partnership to support epidemic pre-
paredness: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated 
balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made 
available to any organization or program which, as deter-
mined by the President of the United States, supports or 
participates in the management of a program of coercive 
abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, 
That any determination made under the previous proviso 
must be made not later than 6 months after the date of
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enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the 
evidence and criteria utilized to make the determination: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to pay for the performance 
of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate 
or coerce any person to practice abortions: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor-
tion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this Act may be used to lobby for or 
against abortion: Provided further, That in order to reduce 
reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be 
available only to voluntary family planning projects which 
offer, either directly or through referral to, or information 
about access to, a broad range of family planning methods 
and services, and that any such voluntary family planning 
project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service 
providers or referral agents in the project shall not imple-
ment or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, 
of total number of births, number of family planning ac-
ceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include 
the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budg-
eting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not in-
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clude payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial 
reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a 
family planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for 
achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of 
births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 
of a particular method of family planning; (3) the project 
shall not deny any right or benefit, including the right of 
access to participate in any program of general welfare 
or the right of access to health care, as a consequence 
of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning 
services; (4) the project shall provide family planning ac-
ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 
and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions 
that might render the use of the method inadvisable and 
those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the 
use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that 
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical 
procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific 
study in which participants are advised of potential risks 
and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of State determines that there has 
been a violation of the requirements contained in para-
graph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern 
or practice of violations of the requirements contained in 
paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Secretary shall submit
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to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing 
a description of such violation and the corrective action 
taken by the Department: Provided further, That in 
awarding grants for natural family planning under section 
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant 
shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s 
religious or conscientious commitment to offer only nat-
ural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants 
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this Act or any 
other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan-
ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the pro-
vision, consistent with local law, of information or coun-
seling about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That 
information provided about the use of condoms as part 
of projects or activities that are funded from amounts ap-
propriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 
shall include the public health benefits and failure rates 
of such use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
HIV/AIDS, $5,883,800,000, to remain available until
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September 30, 2030, which shall be apportioned directly 
to the Department of State: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be made available, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), 
for a United States contribution to the Global Fund to 
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): 
Provided further, That the amount of such contribution 
shall be $1,250,000,000: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph, up to 
$22,000,000 may be made available, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin-
istrative expenses of the United States Global AIDS Coor-
dinator. 
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 
State to carry out the provisions of section 491 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance; section 
2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), and other activities to meet 
refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); allowances as
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authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, $5,400,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not less than $6,500,000 
shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel: 
Provided, That consistent with section 491(d) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, funds made available under 
this heading shall be prioritized to reach those most in 
need of relief and rehabilitation because of natural and 
manmade disasters: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph, not less than 
$2,970,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the 
provisions of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be apportioned to the Department of 
State not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and at the start 
of each quarter thereafter until September 30, 2027, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a spend plan to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations detailing the planned uses of 
funds, obligations, and disbursements as described under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in sec-
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tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $100,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That amounts 
made available by this Act that are in excess of the limita-
tion contained in paragraph (2) of such section shall be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International Humanitarian 
Assistance’’. 
NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 
255, and chapter 10 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 
Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for 
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public 
Law 101–179), $6,766,874,000, of which not less than fif-
teen percent of amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be made available for programs in Africa, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be appor-
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tioned to the Department of State not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 
of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes 
of section 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 
U.S.C. 4411), $205,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, which shall be made available for the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available to the National Endowment 
for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such 
purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 
of State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
under this paragraph: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be apportioned to the De-
partment of State not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including 
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 
for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 
States, $410,500,000, of which $7,800,000 is for the Of-
fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 
Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 
Account, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed 
$5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur-
suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 
amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper-
ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail-
able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 
$4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 
Provided further, That in addition to the requirements 
under section 7015(a) of this Act, the Peace Corps shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 
any decision to open, close, or suspend a domestic or over-
seas office or a country program unless there is a substan-
221
tial risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps personnel: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, section 
614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 
et seq.) (MCA), $830,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That section 605(e) of the MCA (22 
U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for a Millen-
nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 
609 of the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7708) only if such Compact 
obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to 
the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the 
parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of 
the United States Government funding anticipated for the 
duration of the Compact: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
$100,000 may be available for representation and enter-
tainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 
available for entertainment expenses: Provided further,
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That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ap-
portioned to the Corporation not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the limitations in sections 609(i) and 
609(j) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 
U.S.C. 7708(i), 7708(j)), the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration may, subject to the availability of funds, extend 
compacts in Indonesia, Kosovo, Nepal, and Senegal, for 
up to one additional year: Provided further, That the Cor-
poration shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees prior to providing any such extension. 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1969, $29,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 
representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the African De-
velopment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 
22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $12,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be available for representation expenses: Provided,
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That funds made available to grantees may be invested 
pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 
by the Board of Directors of the United States African 
Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, 
That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 
for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in excep-
tional circumstances the Board of Directors of the 
USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in 
that section with respect to a project and a project may 
exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase 
is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Provided fur-
ther, That the USADF shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees after each time such waiv-
er authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 
USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance 
from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 
buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be nec-
essary to carry out its functions: Provided further, That 
the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the 
United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on 
such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the Afri-
can Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That 
the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the
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Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for pro-
gram purposes. 
UNITED STATES FOUNDATION FOR NATURAL SECURITY 
AND COUNTERTERRORISM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of 
section 5102 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2025 (22 U.S.C. 10602), $100,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may be made available to contract for services as described 
in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, without regard to the location in which such services 
are performed. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of 
the Treasury—Debt Restructuring’’ there is appropriated 
$52,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 
loan guarantees for, or credits extended to, such countries
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as the President may determine, including the costs of 
selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United 
States pursuant to multilateral debt restructurings, in-
cluding Paris Club debt restructurings and the ‘‘Common 
Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the Debt Service 
Suspension Initiative’’: Provided, That such amounts may 
be used notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
TITLE IV 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,400,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That the Department of State may use the authority of 
section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with-
out regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 
from an agency of the United States Government for the 
purpose of providing such property to a foreign country 
or international organization under chapter 8 of part I of 
such Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
not apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except
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that any funds made available notwithstanding such sec-
tion shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
available to support training and technical assistance for 
foreign law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other ju-
dicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading for 
Program Development and Support may be made available 
notwithstanding pre-obligation requirements contained in 
this Act, except for the notification requirements of sec-
tion 7015: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be apportioned to the Department 
of State not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$870,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism 
assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act 
(22 U.S.C. 5854), section 23 of the Arms Export Control
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Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), or the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded 
ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related ac-
tivities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, includ-
ing activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
international organizations, and section 301 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribu-
tion to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre-
paratory Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to 
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Pro-
vided, That funds made available under this heading for 
the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be 
made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and subject to prior consultation with, and the regular no-
tification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat-
ing to nonproliferation, disarmament, and weapons de-
struction, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That such funds may also be used for such 
countries other than the Independent States of the former 
Soviet Union and international organizations when it is 
in the national security interest of the United States to 
do so: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available for the IAEA unless 
the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being de-
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nied its right to participate in the activities of that Agen-
cy: Provided further, That funds made available for con-
ventional 
weapons 
destruction 
programs, 
including 
demining and related activities, in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes, may be used for adminis-
trative expenses related to the operation and management 
of such programs and activities, subject to the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$335,458,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, to provide assistance to en-
hance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, in-
cluding gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping oper-
ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $32,000,000 shall be 
made available for a United States contribution to the 
Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $148,300,000 may be made available 
to pay assessed expenses of international peacekeeping ac-
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tivities under the same terms and conditions, as applica-
ble, as funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$119,152,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom mili-
tary education and training may be provided under this 
heading may include civilians who are not members of a 
government whose participation would contribute to im-
proved civil-military relations, civilian control of the mili-
tary, or respect for human rights: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $3,500,000 
shall remain available until expended to increase the par-
ticipation of women in programs and activities funded 
under this heading, following consultation with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
$50,000 may be available for entertainment expenses. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 
Arms 
Export 
Control 
Act 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2763),
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$6,158,397,000: Provided, That to expedite the provision 
of assistance to foreign countries and international organi-
zations, the Secretary of State, following consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations and subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of such Committees, may use 
the funds appropriated under this heading to procure de-
fense articles and services to enhance the capacity of for-
eign security forces: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading 
shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading shall 
be obligated upon apportionment in accordance with para-
graph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 
country proposing to make such procurement has first 
signed an agreement with the United States Government 
specifying the conditions under which such procurement 
may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
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mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in-
clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 
and international organizations: Provided further, That a 
country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) or is a major non-NATO ally des-
ignated by section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may utilize funds made available under this head-
ing for procurement of defense articles, defense services, 
or design and construction services that are not sold by 
the United States Government under the Arms Export 
Control Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate 
necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and 
services: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
more 
than 
$72,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 
for use outside of the United States, for the general costs 
of administering military assistance and sales, except that 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
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tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of State may 
use funds made available under this heading pursuant to 
the previous proviso for the administrative and other oper-
ational costs of the Department of State related to mili-
tary assistance and sales, assistance under section 551 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and Department of 
Defense security assistance programs, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That up to $2,000,000 of the funds made available pursu-
ant to the previous proviso may be used for direct hire 
personnel, except that this limitation may be exceeded by 
the Secretary of State following consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading for general 
costs of administering military assistance and sales, not 
to exceed $4,000 may be available for entertainment ex-
penses and not to exceed $130,000 may be available for 
representation expenses: Provided further, That not more 
than $1,589,585,805 of funds realized pursuant to section 
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2761(e)(1)(A)) may be obligated for expenses incurred by 
the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2026 pursu-
ant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2792(b)), except that this limitation may be ex-
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ceeded only through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$339,000,000: Provided, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a spend 
plan detailing the proposed allocation of funds under this 
heading and the entities to be funded: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi-
ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$150,200,000, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,066,184,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 
Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$43,610,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by 
the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 
of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock, 
$54,649,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
to the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$8,656,174,624. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR 
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury 
for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the
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increases in capital stock, $87,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$54,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TREASURY INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For contributions by the Secretary of the Treasury 
to international financial institutions and trust funds ad-
ministered by such institutions, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes, $75,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $8,860,000, of 
which up to $1,329,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027.