H. R. 6938
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six 
An Act 
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, 
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science; 
Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 
DIVISION A—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I—Department of Commerce 
Title II—Department of Justice 
Title III—Science 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil 
Title II—Department of the Interior 
Title III—Department of Energy 
Title IV—Independent Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I—Department of the Interior 
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the 
House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 
7, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House, shall have the same effect with respect to
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the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through 
C of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
committee of conference. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2026. 
DIVISION A—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, to carry out 
activities associated with facilitating, attracting, and retaining busi-
ness investment in the United States, to carry out activities associ-
ated with title VI of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), and for engaging in trade pro-
motional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and 
cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 
United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 
of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent 
members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas 
and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor-
tation of employees of the International Trade Administration 
between two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of 
title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the United 
States and aliens by contract for services; recognizing contributions 
to export expansion pursuant to Executive Order 10978; rental 
of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses 
of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of 
temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay-
ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph 
of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official rep-
resentation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for official use abroad, not to exceed $65,000 per vehicle; not to 
exceed $350,000 for purchase of armored vehicles without regard 
to the general purchase price limitations; obtaining insurance on 
official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $582,000,000, of 
which $94,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided, That $20,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained 
and used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That, of amounts provided under this heading, not less 
than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and countervailing 
duty enforcement and compliance activities: Provided further, That 
the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of 
section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying
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out these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contribu-
tions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for 
services provided as part of these activities. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens 
by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; 
not to exceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; 
awards of compensation to informers under the Export Control 
Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public 
Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as 
authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 
223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with 
special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard 
to any price limitation otherwise established by law, $235,000,000, 
of which $94,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) 
and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 
in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That payments 
and contributions collected and accepted for materials or services 
provided as part of such activities may be retained for use in 
covering the cost of such activities, and for providing information 
to the public with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other export 
control programs of the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For economic development assistance as provided by the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, including provision 
of assistance under section 207(b) of such Act, for trade adjustment 
assistance, and for programs authorized by the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as amended, $400,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, which shall be for the purposes 
and in the amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Economic Develop-
ment Assistance Programs’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $66,000,000: 
Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be used 
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works 
Employment Act of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 
27 through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act 
of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Development 
Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprises, as authorized by law, $50,000,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$118,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $318,500,000: 
Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 
for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $1,171,849,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activi-
ties. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of 
Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized
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to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, 
or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all 
costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences 
of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this para-
graph, and such funds received from other Government agencies 
shall remain available until expended. 
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the design, construction, alteration, 
improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings and facilities 
managed by the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $4,956,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2026, so 
as to result in a fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2026, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 
less than $4,956,000,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$4,956,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and deposited in the Patent 
and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the 
preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided 
further, That the budget of the President submitted for fiscal year 
2027 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 
include within amounts provided under this heading for necessary 
expenses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to result 
from an increase promulgated through rule or regulation in offset-
ting collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by 
the USPTO under any law in either fiscal year 2026 or fiscal 
year 2027: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, 
not to exceed $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2026 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2026 from the amounts made available for
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‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts necessary 
to pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay contrib-
uted by the USPTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title 
5, United States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined 
by section 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, 
of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, 
and (2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, 
as determined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement 
life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 
USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health 
Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance 
(FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, 
as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes 
of those accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 
the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series 
benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s 
specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s 
financial statements, where applicable: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all fees and surcharges 
assessed and collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only 
pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended 
by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public 
Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts appro-
priated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out inves-
tigations and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), $1,249,239,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $405,331,366 shall be made avail-
able for the NIST—STRS projects, and in the amounts, specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That the amounts 
made available for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso 
may not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That NIST may provide 
local transportation for summer undergraduate research fellowship 
program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$175,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension
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Partnership, and of which $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufac-
turing USA Program. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 
13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $385,897,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, $257,897,000 shall be made available for the NIST—
Construction projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled 
‘‘Community 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided further, That up to one percent of 
amounts made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 
proviso may be used for the administrative costs of such projects: 
Provided further, That the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology shall submit a spending plan to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 
and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal year 
2027 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards and 
Technology construction project having a total multi-year program 
cost of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget jus-
tification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 
fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
(NOAA), 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; 
pilot programs for State-led fisheries management, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments 
to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$4,540,392,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean 
Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries may 
be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United 
States 
Code: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
in 
addition,
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$399,644,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled 
‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi-
ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries 
Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and 
Training; Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and Inter-
jurisdictional Fisheries Grants: Provided further, That in addition 
$28,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
including the amounts in the clause preceding the first proviso 
and in the second and third provisos, $4,862,168,110 shall be for 
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the tables under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Act): Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided under this heading, including the 
amounts in the clause preceding the first proviso and in the second 
and third provisos, $105,867,890 shall be made available for the 
NOAA—CZM and NOAA—ORF projects, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That the amounts 
made available for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso 
may not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be for payment to the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Commerce Working Capital Fund’’: Provided further, That 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 
heading in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition, 
for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s 
Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments 
for the medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 
under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such 
sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,576,899,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028, except that funds provided for 
acquisition and construction of satellites, vessels, aircraft, and 
construction of facilities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in addition $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries 
of prior year obligations: Provided further, That the amounts pro-
vided under this heading, including the amounts in the clause 
preceding the first proviso and in the first proviso, shall be for 
the purposes and in the amounts specified in the tables under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Act): Provided further, 
That any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 
heading in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Commerce shall include in budget justification materials for 
fiscal year 2027 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support 
of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the 
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
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States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or construc-
tion project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simulta-
neously the budget justification shall include an estimate of the 
budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the 5 
subsequent fiscal years. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, 
the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Wash-
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the 
federally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 
(including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 
and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endan-
gered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, 
for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty 
fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation 
of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other 
merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: 
Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contribu-
tions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of administering the fishery disaster 
assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (Public Law 94–265) and the 
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III of Public Law 99–659), 
$300,000. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95–
372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2026, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$150,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Mer-
chant Marine Act of 1936. 
RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the Driftnet 
Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of division S 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–
328)), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may 
assess and collect fees pursuant to such section, which shall be 
credited to this account, to remain available until expended, for
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the purposes specified in subsection (b) of such section, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the Department 
of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 
for official reception and representation, $92,500,000: Provided, 
That no employee of the Department of Commerce may be detailed 
or assigned from a bureau or office funded by this Act or any 
other Act to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless 
the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully reimbursed for 
the salary and expenses of the employee for the entire period 
of assignment using funds provided under this heading: Provided 
further, That amounts made available to the Department of Com-
merce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred pursuant 
to section 508 of this or any prior Act to the account funded 
under this heading, except in the case of extraordinary cir-
cumstances that threaten life or property. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization 
of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000. 
OFFICE OF 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.), $48,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions and funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the 
Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in 
the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary 
of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to 
this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
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section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset 
(including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided 
for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Depart-
ment of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended by section 105 of 
title I of division B of Public Law 113–6, are hereby adopted 
by reference and made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2026: 
Provided, That the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System 
is $11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow On Pro-
gram is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 
Operational 
Environmental 
Satellite 
R-Series 
Program 
is 
$11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost for the Space Weather 
Follow On Program is $692,800,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including but not 
limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) nec-
essary to support the operation, maintenance, and improvement 
of space that persons, firms, or organizations are authorized, pursu-
ant to the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 
authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 
Washington, DC, or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, 
and protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 
the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable 
or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 
for services provided under this section or the authority under 
which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to 
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which 
initially bears the costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent 
a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright 
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, 
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropria-
tions, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, 
or of any State, local government, Indian Tribal government, Terri-
tory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization, for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute adminis-
tered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Service shall 
not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document 
generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided 
information to the customer on how an electronic copy of such 
report or document may be accessed and downloaded for free online. 
Should a customer still require the Service to provide a printed 
or digital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 
limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, 
and delivering such report or document.
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SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Adminis-
trator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and coopera-
tive agreements with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, 
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) 
receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis 
from: a Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-
ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any subdivi-
sions thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and 
related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall be depos-
ited under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027, for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That all funds within this section and their cor-
responding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appro-
priations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary 
expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Adminis-
tration of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided 
for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau 
of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agree-
ments with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or 
local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid 
and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities which 
further the purposes for which such amounts have been made 
available. 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the 
Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the cost sharing require-
ments under section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) as necessary at the request of the grant 
applicant, for amounts made available under this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ under the 
heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’. 
SEC. 112. Any unobligated balances of expired discretionary 
funds transferred to the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 111 of title I of division 
B of Public Law 116–93, may be obligated only after the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 30 days in advance of the planned use of 
funds. 
SEC. 113. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the employees 
of the National Weather Service and non-governmental experts 
in personnel management, may establish an alternative or fixed 
rate for relocation allowance, including permanent change of station 
allowance, notwithstanding the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and 
the regulations prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738. 
SEC. 114. The National Weather Service shall maintain staffing 
levels in order to fulfill the mission required under 15 U.S.C. 
313 to protect life and property to the maximum extent possible. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Appro-
priations Act, 2026’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
JUSTICE OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operations, management, and 
accountability of the Department of Justice, $140,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and 
construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
including planning, development, deployment and departmental 
direction, $38,460,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Attorney General may transfer up to $40,000,000 
to this account, from funds available to the Department of Justice 
for information technology, to remain available until expended, 
for enterprise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in 
addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act: 
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the first proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration-
related activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 
$800,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited 
in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not 
less than $27,500,000 shall be available for services and activities 
provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, That not 
to exceed $50,000,000 of the total amount made available under 
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2030, for 
build-out and modifications of courtroom space. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character: Provided, That not to exceed 
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.
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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission 
as authorized, $13,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office 
of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until 
a successor has been appointed. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Depart-
ment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed 
$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under 
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate 
of, the Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency 
petitions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 
District of Columbia, $900,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and information tech-
nology projects, including cybersecurity and hardening of critical 
networks, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be 
available to the Criminal Division for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General 
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for litiga-
tion activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal 
Activities’’ from available appropriations for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond 
to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 
such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil 
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec-
tion monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Personnel 
Management for such salaries and expenses: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading for the election moni-
toring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any funds provided under this heading in 
prior year appropriations Acts that remain available to the Civil 
Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec-
tion monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to carry out any 
authorized purposes of the Civil Rights Division: Provided further, 
That amounts repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be 
used to increase the number of permanent positions. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department 
of Justice associated with processing cases under the National
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Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, $22,700,000, to be appro-
priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund and 
to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $245,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2026 for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust 
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2026 and (2) 
to the extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can 
be derived from amounts credited to this account as offsetting 
collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise appro-
priated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds credited to 
this account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that 
were unavailable for obligation as of September 30, 2025, shall 
become available for obligation except as provided in the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That any premerger notification filing 
fees received in excess of $245,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Attorney General shall submit a spending plan to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso and 
such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agree-
ments, $2,621,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$40,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate 
in a task force on human trafficking. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, 
as authorized, $205,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits 
of discretionary offsetting collections to the United States Trustee 
System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be available 
in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors:
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Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections 
pursuant to section 589a of title 28, United States Code (as limited 
by section 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be 
retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
to the extent that fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary 
offsetting collections in fiscal year 2026, net of amounts necessary 
to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $205,000,000, those excess 
amounts shall be available in this and future fiscal years only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 
2026, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, 
(estimated at $205,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 
general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts deposited 
in the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in previous fiscal 
years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at $0. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,504,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts 
for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private 
counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign 
counsel, $320,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for pro-
tected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase 
and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase, 
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommuni-
cations equipment and a secure automated information network 
to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected wit-
nesses: Provided, That amounts made available under this heading 
may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$20,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and 
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, 
the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community 
Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary 
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as 
a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
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available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) 
of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, 
to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 
Fund. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,702,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed 
$8,900 shall be available for INTERPOL Washington official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the Director 
of INTERPOL Washington shall concurrently report to the Deputy 
Attorney General. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized 
by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and 
related support, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in 
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized 
by section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, $2,236,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and 
local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of 
title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the 
Justice Prisoner and Air Transportation System. 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
National Security Division, $117,200,000, of which not to exceed 
$5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities 
of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to this heading from available appropriations 
for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated
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as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 
trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include 
inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforce-
ment agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of 
individuals involved in transnational organized crime and drug 
trafficking, $300,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities 
available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation: 
Provided further, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 
under this heading shall only be available for the same purposes 
for which the amounts were obligated in fiscal year 2024. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the 
United States, $10,609,456,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$284,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, fur-
niture, and information technology requirements, related to 
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and sites by pur-
chase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification, 
and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning 
and design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure 
work environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character pursuant to section 530C of 
title 28, United States Code; and expenses for conducting drug 
education and training programs, including travel and related 
expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution 
of items of token value that promote the goals of such programs, 
$2,580,340,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain
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available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law 106–310, up 
to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, units of local 
government, Indian Tribal Governments, other public entities, and 
multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for expenses 
incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 
with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and 
extraction operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and proc-
essing operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances 
which may present a danger to public health or the environment: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this 
Act or any prior Department of Justice Appropriations Act shall 
be available to restart the illicit crop imagery program. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement 
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explo-
sives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $1,585,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$36,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of 
attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United 
States Code, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications 
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) 
of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be available to investigate and act upon applications filed 
by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 
section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, 
That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies 
or Departments. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical assist-
ance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern-
ments, $8,100,000,000: Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 
shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First 
Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than 
2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for the National Institute 
of Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities related
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to the First Step Act of 2018: Provided further, That the Attorney 
General may transfer to the Department of Health and Human 
Services such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures 
by that Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal 
and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Director 
of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into 
contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor 
to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of 
the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to individuals 
committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
necessary operations: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro-
vided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended to make payments in advance 
for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System may accept donated property and services relating to the 
operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity 
which has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding 
the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under 
contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the operation 
of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading 
for programs and activities related to the First Step Act of 2018 
may not be transferred, or otherwise made available, to or for 
administration by the Department of Labor. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new facili-
ties; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 
and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, 
including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $279,762,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $150,000,000 shall be available only for costs related 
to construction of new facilities: Provided, That labor of United 
States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appro-
priation. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby author-
ized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program 
set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion.
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON 
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative 
expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to 
be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current pre-
scribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive 
of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such 
accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 
expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in 
which it has an interest. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION 
PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, 
as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, as amended (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 
Act’’); title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284, 
as amended) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights Act’’); the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322, 
as amended) (34 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims 
of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 
the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 
of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 
et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386, as amended) (‘‘the 
2000 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405, 
as amended) (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–162, as amended) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 
the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 
114–22) (‘‘the 2015 Act’’); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public 
Law 115–392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 
Act’’); and for related victims services, $720,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from amounts available for obligation in this Act from 
the Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II 
of Public Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding section 
1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise