H. R. 5371
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five 
An Act 
Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 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 ‘‘Continuing Appropriations, Agri-
culture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Extensions 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—CONTINUING APPROPRIATONS ACT, 2026
DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I—Legislative Branch 
Title II—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Title I—Department of Defense 
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION E—EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
DIVISION F—HEALTH EXTENDERS 
Title I—Public Health Extenders 
Title II—Medicare 
Title III—Human Services 
Title IV—Medicaid 
Title V—Food and Drug Administration 
Title VI—No Surprises Act Implementation 
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENDERS 
Title I—Health Care Matters
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Title II—Benefits 
Title III—Housing 
Title IV—Other Matters 
DIVISION H—MISCELLANEOUS
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 
Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about November 
9, 2025, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, shall have the same effect with respect to 
the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions B through 
D 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—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2025 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 
year 2025, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were made available in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119–4), except sections 1110, 
1113, and 1114; the proviso in paragraph (4) of section 1602; and 
sections 1708 and 1808; and except section 540 of division C, and 
sections 110 and 112 of division D of Public Law 118–42, as contin-
ued in effect by section 1101 of division A of Public Law 119–
4; and except section 7069(b) of division F of Public Law 118–
47, as continued in effect by section 1101 of division A of Public 
Law 119–4. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: 
(1) the new production of items not funded for production 
in fiscal year 2025 or prior years; 
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained 
with fiscal year 2025 funds; or 
(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any 
project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, 
and subprogram within a program element, and for any invest-
ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity
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within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 
includes a program element and subprogram element within 
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or 
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2025. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
not available during fiscal year 2025. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, appropriations 
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this Act. 
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2026 without any provision for such project 
or activity. 
(3) January 30, 2026. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2026 because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
ties. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in an appropriations Act 
specified in section 101, and for activities under the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate
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to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority 
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act, to 
be continued through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2025 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a)(1) For each amount incorporated by reference 
in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
each provision of law designating each such amount as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to such section shall not apply. 
(2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that 
was designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 in the following provisions 
of law are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in 
the House of Representatives: section 11206(4) of division A of 
Public Law 119–4 and 7068(b) of division F of Public Law 118–
47, as continued in effect by section 1101 of division A of Public 
Law 119–4. 
(b) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that 
was previously designated by the Congress as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is designated by the Congress 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget. 
(c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that 
was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117–159, 
division J of Public Law 117–58, or in section 443(b) of division 
G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall con-
tinue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of 
division A of Public Law 118–5.
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SEC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget 
authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appro-
priations Fund Symbols (TAFS)—
(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this 
Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that 
does receive an appropriation in this Act; or 
(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropria-
tions in this Act, 
may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations other-
wise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, 
as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding preroga-
tives of the Congress. 
(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall 
continue in an amount equal to the lesser of—
(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in 
the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 
of this Act; or 
(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 
2025, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation 
in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 
of this Act. 
(c) No later than December 5, 2025, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will 
continue pursuant to section 101: Provided, That the information 
in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect 
any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as 
of October 1, 2025, from the funds specified for rescission or can-
cellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 
101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
upon request. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 106(1), amounts made avail-
able in divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, 
Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 for personnel pay, allowances, 
and benefits in each department and agency shall be available 
for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 
31, United States Code and such payments shall be made. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 106(1), all obligations 
incurred and in anticipation of the appropriations made and 
authority granted by divisions A through D of the Continuing 
Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 for the purposes 
of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and 
property and bringing about orderly termination of Government 
function, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are 
hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provi-
sions of divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, 
Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. 
SEC. 118. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used 
State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to continue carrying 
out a Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the 
grantee’s 
employees) 
whose 
compensation 
is 
advanced 
or 
reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government—
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(1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at 
their standard rate of compensation for such period; 
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed 
for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal Govern-
ment during such period had appropriations been available, 
including the cost of compensating such furloughed employees, 
together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) 
of title 31, United States Code; and 
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds avail-
able to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal program 
to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with interest 
thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ and the 
term ‘‘grantee’’ shall have the meaning as such term is defined 
under the applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In 
addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Federal program’’ means the 
continued performance by a State or other Federal grantee, during 
the period of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that 
the State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior to 
the period of the lapse in appropriations. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 106, the authority under this sec-
tion applies with respect to any period in fiscal year 2026 (not 
limited to periods beginning or ending after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appropria-
tions with respect to any department or agency of the Federal 
Government which, but for such lapse in appropriations, would 
have paid, or made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses 
referred to in this section with respect to the program involved. 
Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be made 
only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts, including divisions A through D of the Continuing Appro-
priations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding section 106(1), for the purposes of 
divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agri-
culture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, the time covered by such divisions 
shall be considered to have begun on October 1, 2025. 
SEC. 120. (a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding section 106(1), 
during the period between the date of enactment of this Act and 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act, no federal funds 
may be used to initiate, carry out, implement, or otherwise notice 
a reduction in force to reduce the number of employees within 
any department, agency, or office of the Federal Government. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The prohibition under subsection (a) shall 
apply to all civilian positions, whether permanent, temporary, full-
time, part-time, or intermittent, and without regard to the source 
of funding for such positions. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not 
apply to—
(1) voluntary separations or retirements; 
(2) actions necessary to comply with a court order; or 
(3) actions taken, beginning only on the first day of a 
lapse in appropriations, necessary to implement or maintain 
an orderly shutdown of government operations.
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘reduc-
tion in force’’ means actions taken by an agency pursuant to section 
3501 through 3504 of title 5, United States Code or section 3595 
of such title, or any similar reduction of positions at any depart-
ment, agency, or office of the Federal Government, unless such 
reduction has been provided for in this Act. 
(e) Notwithstanding section 106(1), any reduction in force pro-
posed, noticed, initiated, executed, implemented, or otherwise taken 
by an Executive Agency between October 1, 2025, and the date 
of enactment, shall have no force or effect. 
(1) Any employee who received notice of being subject to 
such a reduction in force shall have that notice rescinded and 
be returned to employment status as of September 30, 2025, 
without interruption. Such employees shall receive all pay to 
which they otherwise would have been entitled in the absence 
of receiving such notice, including backpay in accordance with 
section 116 of this Act. 
(2) Within 5 days of date of enactment of this Act, each 
Federal agency shall send notice to all affected employees and 
the chairs and ranking members of the Appropriations Commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives of the with-
drawal of the reduction in force notice and the affected 
employee’s reinstatement, if applicable. 
(3) Notices must include reinstatement date and the 
amount of back pay determined in paragraph (1), if applicable. 
SEC. 121. Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 
U.S.C. 3851a(b)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 2023’’. 
SEC. 122. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Department of Justice—United States Marshals Service—Salaries 
and Expenses’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to maintain program operations. 
(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, 
for ‘‘Department of Justice—United States Marshals Service—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, there is appropriated $30,000,000, for an addi-
tional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, to carry out protective operations. 
SEC. 123. Any expiration date established by section 235(b) 
of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public 
Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 
311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole 
Commission, shall not apply from October 1, 2025, through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 124. (a) For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts 
and associated programs, amounts that have expired but have 
not been cancelled in the Exploration, Space Operations, Human 
Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Exploration Capabili-
ties appropriations accounts shall remain available through fiscal 
year 2030 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred during 
the period of fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2013. 
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effec-
tive immediately upon enactment of this Act. 
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2025, this section 
shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2025. 
SEC. 125. Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’: Provided, That notwithstanding
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section 119, this section shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act and shall not apply retroactively. 
SEC. 126. During the period covered this Act, section 
1930(a)(6)(B)(i) of title 28, United States Code, shall be applied 
as if ‘‘During the 5-year period’’ were struck. 
SEC. 127. Notwithstanding section 101, the first proviso in 
each of sections 8092 and 8096 of title VIII of division A of Public 
Law 118–47 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘advances’’ for 
‘‘reimbursements’’. 
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made 
available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for ‘‘Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary for the E–7 Wedgetail 
program, in an amount not to exceed $199,676,000, only for the 
purpose of continued rapid prototyping activities to maintain pro-
gram schedule and transition to production for the E–7 Wedgetail 
program. 
SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balance of funds available to 
the Department of Defense for the E–7 program under the heading 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’ 
in 
Public 
Law 
119–4, 
$200,000,000 is hereby transferred to and merged with amounts 
available for the E–7 program under the heading ‘‘Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’ only for the purpose 
of continued rapid prototyping activities to maintain program 
schedule and transition to production for the E–7 Wedgetail pro-
gram. 
SEC. 130. Section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 
(50 U.S.C. 4564(a)) shall be applied by substituting the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made 
available by section 101 of this Act to the Department of Defense 
for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to fund completion of prior 
year shipbuilding programs for the following programs: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2013/2026: Carrier Replacement Program, $150,000,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2016/2026: 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
Program, 
$121,538,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2016/2026: DDG 51 Program, $14,892,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2017/2026: 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
Program, 
$99,116,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2017/2026: DDG 51 Program, $62,365,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2017/2026: LHA Replacement Program, $93,603,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2018/2026: 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
Program, 
$289,761,000; 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2018/2026: DDG 51 Program, $104,238,000; 
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2019/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $15,400,000; 
(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2020/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $48,260,000;
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(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2022/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $19,650,000; 
(12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 
2022/2026: 
Expeditionary 
Sea 
Base 
Program, 
$30,000,000; 
(13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2023/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $6,530,000; and 
(14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy’’, 2024/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, $6,200,000. 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, the Secretary 
of Defense is authorized to use amounts otherwise appropriated 
for such purposes to reimburse the Government of Palau for land 
acquisition costs for defense sites in Palau. 
SEC. 133. During the period covered by this Act, section 
103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta Authoriza-
tion Act) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$32,600,000’’ for 
‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
SEC. 134. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 in the 
first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Atomic 
Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion—Weapons Activities’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 
operations necessary to maintain current operations for the safe, 
secure transport of nuclear weapons. 
(b) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and 
the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 3 days after each use of the authority provided in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 
the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Office of Personnel Manage-
ment—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title V of division B of Public 
Law 118–47 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$197,446,000’’ for 
‘‘$219,076,000’’, and the second proviso under such heading in such 
title of such division of such Act shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘$214,605,000’’ for ‘‘$192,975,000’’. 
SEC. 136. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia—District 
of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under the 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division 
B of Public Law 118–47) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 
2026 Local Budget Act of 2025 (D.C. Law 26–51), as modified 
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, paragraph (1) under 
the heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Departmental Offices—
Salaries and Expenses’’ in title I of division B of Public Law 118–
47 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$1,350,000’’ for ‘‘$350,000’’: 
Provided, That such amounts may be obligated in the account 
and budget structure set forth in the fiscal year 2026 President’s 
Budget, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, and accompanying justification materials. 
SEC. 138. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Small 
Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ may 
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommo-
date increased demand for commitments for general business loans 
authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), for guarantees of trust
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certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 634(g)), for commitments to guarantee loans under sec-
tion 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
697), and for commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under 
section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 
U.S.C. 683(b)). 
SEC. 139. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Office of Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate for operations of 
$237,662,000. 
SEC. 140. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 1605 of 
title VI of division A of Public Law 119–4 shall be applied through 
the end of the last applicable pay period that commences by the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act by substituting ‘‘the 
end of the last applicable pay period that commences in calendar 
year 2025’’ for ‘‘the date specified in section 1106 of this Act’’. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 747 of title VII of 
division B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act by—
(1) substituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2023’’ each place it appears; 
(2) substituting ‘‘2026’’ for ‘‘2024’’ each place it appears; 
(3) substituting ‘‘2027’’ for ‘‘2025’’; and 
(4) substituting ‘‘section 747 of division 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 in effect 
on September 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘section 747 of division E of Public 
Law 117–328’’ each place it appears. 
(c) Subsection (b) shall not take effect until the first day of 
the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 
2026. 
SEC. 141. Section 1(b) of Public Law 117–25 (135 Stat. 297; 
136 Stat. 2133; 136 Stat. 5984; 138 Stat. 1771; 139 Stat. 46) 
shall be applied in each of paragraphs (3) and (4) by substituting 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 
30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, title V of division B 
of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied as though the heading 
‘‘Commodity Futures Trading Commission’’ and the appropriation 
language thereunder, as it appeared under the heading ‘‘Inde-
pendent Agencies’’ in title VI of division B of Public Law 118–
42, appeared in title V of division B of Public Law 118–47. 
SEC. 143. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 
101 for ‘‘The Judiciary—Supreme Court of the United States—
Salaries and Expenses’’, there is appropriated $28,000,000, for an 
additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until 
expended, for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices, 
including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, to be expended as the 
Chief Justice may approve. 
SEC. 144. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services Defender Services’’ at a rate for operations of 
$1,564,373,000: Provided, That such amounts may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary to make payments, including 
to panel attorneys and related service providers, due under sections 
3006A and 3599(g) of title 18, United States Code.
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SEC. 145. Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 146. Section 225(e) of division A of Public Law 116–
6 (49 U.S.C. 44901 note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2019 through the date specified in section 106(3) of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 
2025’’. 
SEC. 147. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and 
recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 148. Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhance-
ment Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) shall be applied by substituting 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 
30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 149. Section 111(a) of the Cybersecurity Information 
Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1510(a)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’. 
SEC. 150. Section 2220A(s)(1) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 665g(s)(1)) shall be applied by substituting the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 
2025’’. 
SEC. 151. During the period covered by this Act, section 1701 
of title VII of division B of Public Law 117–43, as amended, shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘calendar years 2021 through 2026’’ 
for ‘‘2021 or 2022 or 2023 or 2024’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire 
Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—
Wildland Fire Management’’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities. 
SEC. 153. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by 
section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services’’ 
at a rate for operations of $72,265,000, for an additional amount 
for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, ren-
ovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, and such 
amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to staff and operate such facilities. 
(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities’’ at a rate 
for operations of $8,050,000, for an additional amount for costs 
of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, 
or expanded in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, and such amounts 
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
staff and operate such facilities. 
SEC. 154. Of the amounts made available in the third paragraph 
under the heading ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and 
Tribal Assistance Grants’’ in the Disaster Relief Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (division N of Public Law 117–328), up 
to $54,000,000 shall be available for technical assistance and grants 
under section 1442(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
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300j–1(b)) in areas where the President declared an emergency 
in August of fiscal year 2022 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.): Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. 
Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Con-
gress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 
2022, are designated as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to 
legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 155. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administra-
tion for Children and Families—Children and Families Services 
Programs’’ in title II of division D of Public Law 118–47 shall 
be applied by adding the following after the second proviso: ‘‘Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of section 640(a)(2)(B)(v) of such 
Act, the base grant for each of the Federated States of Micronesia 
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall be $8,000,000, and 
shall be considered equal to the amount provided for base grants 
for such jurisdictions under such Act for the prior fiscal year:’’. 
SEC. 156. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
there is appropriated—
(1) For payment to Ashley Paige Turner, heir of Sylvester 
Turner, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000. 
(2) For payment to Ramona Grijalva, widow of Rau´l M. 
Grijalva, late a Representative from the State of Arizona, 
$174,000. 
(3) For payment to Catherine M. Smith, widow of Gerald 
E. Connolly, late a Representative from the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, $174,000. 
SEC. 157. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
for ‘‘Capitol Police—United States Capitol Police Mutual Aid 
Reimbursements’’, there is appropriated $30,000,000, for an addi-
tional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until 
expended, for reimbursements for mutual aid and related training 
provided under the agreements described in section 7302 of Public 
Law 108–458: Provided, That amounts provided by this section 
shall be subject to the same authorities and conditions as if such 
amounts were provided by title I of division C of the Continuing 
Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026: Provided fur-
ther, That obligation of the funds made available in this section 
in this Act shall be subject to notification to the Chairmen and 
Ranking Members of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, the Senate Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration, and the Committee on House Administration of the amount 
and purpose of the expense within 15 days of obligation. 
SEC. 158. Section 1424(a) of the Better Utilization of Invest-
ments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9624(a)) 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this Act for ‘‘the date that is 7 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act’’.
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SEC. 159. The fifth and sixth provisos under the heading 
‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ in title III of division F of 
Public Law 118–47 shall be amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 160. Section 562(c) of the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 290l et seq.), 
is further amended by adding the following new paragraph at 
the end: 
‘‘(13) CAPITAL INCREASE.—
‘‘(A) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(i) The United States Governor of the Bank may 
subscribe on behalf of the United States up to 40,000 
additional shares of the paid-in capital stock of the 
Bank. 
‘‘(ii) Any subscription by the United States to addi-
tional paid-in capital stock of the Bank shall be effec-
tive only to such extent and in such amounts as are 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In order to 
pay for the increase in the United States subscription to 
the Bank under paragraph (A), there are authorized to 
be 
appropriated, 
without 
fiscal 
year 
limitation, 
$437,457,804, for payment by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.’’. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding section 106, during fiscal year 2026, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use the 
unobligated balances of amounts made available in prior fiscal 
years in paragraphs (2), (3), and (8) under the heading ‘‘Public 
and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ to support 
additional allocations under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) 
and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of such heading to prevent 
the termination of rental assistance for families as the result of 
insufficient funding in the calendar year 2025 funding cycle: Pro-
vided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 162. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Payments to Air 
Carriers’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to maintain Essential Air Service program operations. 
SEC. 163. Section 4144(d) of the Motor Carrier Safety Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 31100 note) shall be applied by 
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2026’’.
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DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$46,361,000 of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary, of which $500,000 shall 
be for the establishment of a Seafood Industry Liaison; not to 
exceed $1,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Homeland 
Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Relations, of which $1,000,000 shall be to continue a 
Tribal Public Health Resource Center at a land grant university 
with existing indigenous public health expertise to expand current 
partnerships and collaborative efforts with indigenous groups to 
improve the delivery of public health services and functions in 
American Indian communities focusing on indigenous food sov-
ereignty; not to exceed $5,250,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Partnerships and Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall 
be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not to exceed $18,721,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
of which $17,015,000 shall be available for Departmental Adminis-
tration to provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general administration, 
security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Administration 
mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up 
to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed 
$3,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to carry 
out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; 
and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Communications: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri-
culture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 
of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 
of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made 
available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the 
Secretary shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 
from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses 
incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–
558: Provided further, That funds made available under this
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heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional 
Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs shall be transferred to 
agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to 
maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further, That 
no funds made available under this heading for the Office of Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 
30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 
has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: 
Provided further, That during any 30 day notification period ref-
erenced in section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall take no action to begin implementation of the action that 
is subject to section 716 of this Act or make any public announce-
ment of such action in any form. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$29,500,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,425,000 
shall be for an interdisciplinary center based at a land grant univer-
sity focused on agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest region 
which will provide private entities, policymakers, and the public 
with timely insights and targeted economic solutions: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$500,000 shall be available to carry out section 224 of subtitle 
A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 
(7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by section 12504 of Public Law 115–
334. 
OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 
$14,500,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $14,967,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $85,000,000, of which not less than $60,032,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the department. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $5,867,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, $1,466,000: Provided, That funds made available 
by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for
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salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$30,000,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $1,619,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds 
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials 
Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department 
for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above 
Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
OFFICE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND PROTECTION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, and 
Protection, $24,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $103,000,000, including 
such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 
6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 
5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain 
confidential operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–
452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food 
Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98).
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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$60,537,000. 
OFFICE OF ETHICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Research, Education, and Economics, $1,884,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, 
Education, and Economics mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $500,000 shall be made available for the Office 
of the Chief Scientist. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$90,612,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $185,000,000, of which up to $46,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That 
amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may be 
used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 
U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
in writing at least 30 days prior to discontinuing data collection 
programs and reports. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 
and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase 
at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,000 and with prior notification 
and approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged 
shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
ownership, $1,793,063,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Agricultural Research 
Service Salaries and Expenses’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and 
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of
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buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 
cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed $500,000, 
except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited 
to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved 
at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four buildings 
to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, and 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for entering into lease 
agreements at any Agricultural Research Service location for the 
construction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use 
by the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the lease 
shall be that any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained 
by the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the expiration 
or termination of the lease agreement: Provided further, That the 
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply 
to modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, 
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural 
Research Center: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations 
shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out 
the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements 
at any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction 
of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and accept-
able to, the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the 
easements shall be that upon completion the facility shall be 
accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, 
if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 
interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds may 
be received from any State, other political subdivision, organization, 
or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 
research facility or research project of the Agricultural Research 
Service, as authorized by law: Provided further, That no later than 
60 days from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both House of Congress that outlines the current funding levels, 
staffing levels, and hiring plans in fiscal year 2026 for each research 
unit: Provided further, That the Secretary shall include in the 
department’s fiscal year 2027 budget request estimates for funding 
levels, staffing levels, and hiring plans for each research unit: 
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
for the Experienced Services Program at the Agricultural Research 
Service (16 U.S.C. 3851). 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 
$60,650,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$57,650,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
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consolidated Act), and of which, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available, $3,000,000 shall be for construction and facilities improve-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $1,075,810,000, which shall be for the purposes, in the 
amounts, and for the periods of availability specified in the table 
titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 
Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), of which $551,060,000 shall remain available until expended 
and of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, $13,560,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act), to remain available until expended, 
which shall not be subject to section 6(c) and section 6(d) of the 
Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390d): Provided further, That 
each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 
program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That 
funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
serving institutions be made available to individual eligible institu-
tions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally 
to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, 
That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 
available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more than 5 percent 
of the amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 
out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 
3157 may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay 
administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that 
authority. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $561,100,000 which shall be for the purposes, 
in the amounts, and for the periods of availability specified in 
the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Exten-
sion Activities’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
of which $33,500,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than $1,000,000:
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Provided further, That funds for cooperative extension under sec-
tions 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and 
(c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available 
for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension 
agents. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, 
including 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses, 
$40,100,000, which shall be for the purposes, in the amounts, and 
for the periods of availability specified in the table titled ‘‘National 
Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which $8,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall 
not be charged against any Extension Implementation Program 
Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest Management 
Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing 
and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries and expenses 
are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 
the Office. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,157,534,000 which shall be for the purposes, 
in the amounts, and for the periods of availability specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which $594,551,000 
shall remain available until expended, of which $11,384,000 shall 
be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account 
in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), to remain available until expended, and of which $8,500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase, 
replacement, operation, and maintenance of aircraft: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment
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of the agricultural production industry of the United States, the 
Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available 
to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as 
may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accord-
ance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary must notify the 
Committees on Appropriations about any transfer of funds in the 
preceding proviso within 15 days after such transfer being made: 
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of 
leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building. 
In fiscal year 2026, the agency is authorized to collect fees 
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any 
entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 
and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail-
able until expended, without further appropriation, for providing 
such assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, 
$500,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$211,367,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses of section 12306 of Public Law 113–79, and of which 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 779 of 
division A of Public Law 117–103: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $13,750,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 
115–334, of which $11,250,000 shall be for dairy business innovation 
initiatives established in Public Law 116–6 and the Secretary shall 
take measures to ensure an equal distribution of funds between 
these three regional innovation initiatives: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, 
but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
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shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 
the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701), 
except for the cost of activities relating to the development or 
maintenance of grain standards under the United States Grain 
Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 
to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY 
(SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 
expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce 
as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and 
(3) not more than $23,880,000 for formulation and administration 
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 
1961 (Public Law 87–128). 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $500,000. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, 
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food Safety, $1,117,000: Provided, That funds made available 
by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office.
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FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 
$10,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$1,215,200,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredita-
tion as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 
funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infra-
structure system shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2026 for purposes dedicated solely 
to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods 
of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That 
the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa-
tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified 
by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113–
79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building. 
TITLE II 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND 
CONSERVATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Farm Production and Conservation, $1,527,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Produc-
tion and Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conserva-
tion Business Center, $167,633,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be 
for the implementation of section 773 of Public Law 117–328: Pro-
vided, That $70,740,000 of amounts appropriated for the current 
fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with this account.
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
Farm 
Service 
Agency, 
$1,125,000,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for 
the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and anticipated vacan-
cies at Farm Service Agency county offices and farm loan officers 
and shall be available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
the agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter 
of fiscal year 2026 to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress that identifies for each project/investment that 
is operational (a) current performance against key indicators of 
customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree-
ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 
a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current 
and planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, 
and (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to 
meet business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the 
investment: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 
use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments 
for all programs administered by the Agency: Provided further, 
That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 
activities may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$696,594,000 shall be made available to county offices, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
the preceding proviso, any funds made available to county offices 
in the current fiscal year that the Administrator of the Farm 
Service Agency deems to exceed or not meet the amount needed 
for the county offices may be transferred to or from the Farm 
Service Agency for necessary expenses: Provided further, That none 
of the funds available for any department or agency in this or 
any other appropriations Acts, including prior year Acts, shall be 
used to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided further, 
That none of the funds available in this or any other Act, including 
prior year Acts, shall be used to permanently relocate county based 
employees that would result in an office with two or fewer employees 
without prior notification and approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $6,500,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Agriculture may determine that United States 
territories and Federally recognized Indian tribes are ‘‘States’’ for 
the purposes of Subtitle A of such Act. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $7,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.
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DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 
dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 
out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 
program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimbursement pay-
ments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers under 
section 1621 of the Food Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 8792), $3,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 
(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 
et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll 
weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 
U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed 
farm ownership loans and $2,580,000,000 for farm ownership direct 
loans; $2,000,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 
and $1,633,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 
$14,388,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; 
guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; and for boll weevil 
eradication program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $1,000,000 
for emergency loans, to remain available until expended; 
$32,766,000 for farm ownership direct loans, and $84,000 for boll 
weevil eradication program loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $326,053,000: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $305,803,000 shall be paid to the 
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership, operating, conservation, 
and emergency direct loans and loan guarantees may be transferred 
among these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer.
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RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, 
$60,000,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading in this Act shall be available for compliance 
and integrity activities required under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and 
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise provided for such purpose: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized 
by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 
such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection 
or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $850,000,000, 
which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conserva-
tion Operations’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, of which $34,625,000 
shall for be for the purposes, and in the amounts specified for 
this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve-
ment of buildings and public improvements at plant materials cen-
ters, except that the cost of alterations and improvements to other 
buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: 
Provided further, That when buildings or other structures are 
erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering 
operations, works of improvement, and changes in use of land, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with 
the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department,
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$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$32,360,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That for funds provided by this Act 
or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the 
watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thou-
sand acres in which such activities can be undertaken shall only 
apply for activities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood 
prevention (including structural and land treatment measures): Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be allocated to multi-benefit irrigation 
modernization projects and activities that increase fish or wildlife 
habitat, reduce drought impact, improve water quality or instream 
flow, or provide off-channel renewable energy production. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act, $3,000,000 is provided. 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 
to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 
2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, 
That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation 
under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and 
used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 
management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that 
are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate in writing 15 days prior to
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the obligation, commitment, or transfer of any emergency funds 
from the Commodity Credit Corporation or the transfer or cancella-
tion of any previously obligated Commodity Credit Corporation 
funds: Provided further, That such written notification shall include 
a detailed spend plan for the anticipated uses of such funds and 
an expected timeline for program execution if such obligation, 
commitment, transfer, or cancellation exceeds $100,000,000. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
shall not expend more than $15,000,000 for site investigation and 
cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to 
comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 
U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Rural Development, $1,620,000: Provided, That funds made 
available by this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission 
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 
administrative support staff for the Office. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of Rural Development programs, including 
activities with institutions concerning the development and oper-
ation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$312,000,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, no less than $75,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be used for information technology expenses: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that support Rural Development pro-
grams: Provided further, That in addition to any other funds appro-
priated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) of the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected under such 
section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be credited to 
this account and will remain available until expended for such 
purposes: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot program 
that assists rural hospitals to improve long-term operations and 
financial health, including strategies to expand and sustain access
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to maternal health care services, by providing technical assistance 
through analysis of current hospital management practices. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 
fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 shall be for section 502 direct 
loans; $5,000,000 shall be for a Single Family Housing Relending 
demonstration 
program 
for 
Native 
American 
Tribes; 
and 
$25,000,000,000 shall be for section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $50,000,000 
for section 515 rental housing; $400,000,000 for section 538 guaran-
teed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of 
single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 
self-help housing land development loans; $5,000,000 for section 
524 site development loans; and $15,000,000 for section 514 direct 
farm labor housing loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, guaranteed loans, and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
direct loans, $130,600,000, of which $32,650,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027; Single Family Housing Relending 
demonstration program for Native American Tribes, $2,125,000; 
section 504 housing repair loans, $4,333,000; repair, rehabilitation, 
and new construction of section 515 rental housing, $15,130,000, 
to remain available until expended; section 523 self-help housing 
land development loans, $657,000; section 524 site development 
loans, $502,000; section 514 farm labor housing loans, $4,761,000, 
to remain available until expended; and farm labor housing grants, 
as authorized by section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1484, 1486), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That to support the loan program level for section 538 
guaranteed loans made available under this heading the Secretary 
may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected cost of such 
loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform 
Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans 
may not be subsidized: Provided further, That applicants in commu-
nities that have a current rural area waiver under section 541 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated 
as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 guaranteed 
loans provided under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct loans, 
no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for 
individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program funded 
with a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 
523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2026: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incentives 
to nonprofit organizations and public housing authorities to facili-
tate the acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily 
housing properties by such nonprofit organizations and public 
housing authorities that commit to keep such properties in the
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RHS multifamily housing program for a period of time as deter-
mined by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but not 
be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities and public 
housing authorities to earn a Return on Investment on the owner’s 
initial equity contributions, as defined by the Secretary, invested 
in the transaction; and allow reimbursement of organizational costs 
associated with owner’s oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset 
Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per property. 
In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for a demonstration program for the preservation and 
revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental 
housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 
housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for 
the purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 
preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable 
housing for low-income residents and farm laborers including 
reducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordi-
nating, reducing or re-amortizing loan debt; and other financial 
assistance including advances, payments and incentives (including 
the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) 
required by the Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary shall, as 
part of the preservation and revitalization agreement, obtain a 
restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restruc-
turing. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing 
Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness 
or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,715,000,000, and in 
addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 
521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 
1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section 
521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for renewal of rental assistance 
agreements for a maximum of 5,000 units where the Secretary 
determines that a maturing loan for a project cannot reasonably 
be restructured with another USDA loan or modification and the 
project was operating with rental assistance under section 521 
of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing properties 
with existing rental assistance agreements notwithstanding any 
provision of section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term 
of at least 10 years but not more than 20 years: Provided further, 
That any agreement to enter into a rental assistance contract 
under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing 
property shall obligate the owner to continue to maintain the project 
as decent, safe, and sanitary housing and to operate the develop-
ment in accordance with the Housing Act of 1949, except that
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rents shall be based on current Fair Market Rents as established 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant 
to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535d, to determine 
the maximum initial rent and adjusted annually by the Operating 
Cost Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, unless 
the Agency determines that the project’s budget-based needs require 
a higher rent, in which case the Agency may approve a budget-
based rent level: Provided further, That rental assistance agree-
ments entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 
be funded for a one year period: Provided further, That upon request 
by an owner under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary 
may renew the rental assistance agreement for a period of 20 
years or until the term of such loan has expired, subject to annual 
appropriations: Provided further, That any unexpended balances 
remaining at the end of such one-year agreements may be trans-
ferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction, maintenance, 
repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: 
Provided further, That rental assistance provided under agreements 
entered into prior to fiscal year 2026 for a farm labor multi-family 
housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act may 
not be recaptured for use in another project until such assistance 
has remained unused for a period of twelve consecutive months, 
if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance 
or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 
receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such recaptured 
rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to 
another farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 
section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That except as 
provided in the seventh proviso under this heading and notwith-
standing any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture 
rental assistance provided under agreements entered into prior 
to fiscal year 2026 for a project that the Secretary determines 
no longer needs rental assistance and use such recaptured funds 
for current needs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
available funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 
total, from the program funds made available under this heading, 
for information technology improvements under this heading. 
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding sub-
section (b) of such section, $48,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the funds made available under this 
heading shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-
income household (including those not receiving rental assistance) 
residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which 
has been prepaid or otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005, 
and is not receiving stand-alone section 521 rental assistance: Pro-
vided further, That the amount of such voucher shall be the dif-
ference between comparable market rent for the section 515 unit 
and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That 
funds made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer 
such vouchers with current regulations and administrative guidance
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applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Sec-
retary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 
the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 
the program funds made available under this heading, for adminis-
trative expenses for activities funded under this heading. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $27,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $1,250,000,000 for direct loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed 
loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural community 
facilities programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 
section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $677,160,846 to remain available until expended, of which 
$659,160,846 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
fied for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That $5,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for a Rural Community 
Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, non-
profit community-based housing and community development 
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic develop-
ment projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of 
financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That any unobligated 
balances from prior year appropriations under this heading for 
the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including 
amounts deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover 
the subsidy costs for direct loans, loan guarantees and or grants
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under this heading in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no 
amounts may be made available pursuant to the preceding proviso 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 or that were specified in the tables titled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explana-
tory statements accompanying prior year Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Acts, as described in section 4 in the matter pre-
ceding division A of such Acts: Provided further, That no amounts 
may be made available pursuant to the fifth proviso without prior 
notification and approval of the Committees of Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That $13,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for community facilities grants, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which 
$8,000,000 shall be for grants to tribal colleges as authorized by 
section 306(a)(25) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–
H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, 
from the program funds made available under this heading, for 
administrative expenses for activities funded under this heading. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of guaranteed 
loans as authorized by section 310B of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)), $1,750,000,000. 
For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural busi-
ness development programs authorized by section 310B and 
described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $50,575,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which no less than $100,000 
shall be made available for one or more qualified state technology 
council to promote private-sector economic development in the bio-
sciences: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $15,575,000 shall be for business and industry guaranteed 
loans: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, $21,000,000 shall be for rural business development 
grants as authorized by section 310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be made available for one grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 
to promote economic development: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), 
the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et 
seq.), the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15301 
et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 
14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 
purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent
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may be used for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 
$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer-
ican Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national 
organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation 
in order to promote economic development: Provided further, That 
sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under 
this heading. 
INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 
1936b), $9,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,495,000 as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 
of which $250,000 shall be available through June 30, 2026, for 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 
$499,000 shall be available through June 30, 2026, for Mississippi 
Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public 
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose 
of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$50,000,000. 
The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the 
Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco-
nomic development and job creation projects shall not exceed 
$10,000,000. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $20,000,000: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be for cooperative 
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas 
program; $3,000,000 shall be for grants for cooperative development 
centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve 
socially disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of direc-
tors or governing boards of which are comprised of individuals 
who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; $8,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricul-
tural product market development grants, as authorized by section 
210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; and $1,000,000,
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to remain available until expended, shall be for Agriculture Innova-
tion Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law 
107–171. 
RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by sec-
tion 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2008s), $17,000,000. 
For the cost of loans and grants, $4,000,000 under the same 
terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s). 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under the same 
terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), 
$100,000,000. 
HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE 
For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with section 
243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of Agriculture Reorga-
nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), as added by section 4206 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Sec-
retary to support projects that provide access to healthy food in 
underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to 
revitalize low-income communities, $50,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs of loans, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 
section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, as follows: $1,015,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 
for guaranteed loans. 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural water, waste 
water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs 
authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B 
and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $445,864,564 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $51,476,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for direct loans, of which no less than $3,876,000 shall be available 
for water and waste direct one percent loans for distressed commu-
nities as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 
described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That
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$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for the rural utilities program described in section 
306E of such Act, of which $1,000,000 shall be to provide subgrants 
to eligible individuals for the construction, refurbishing, and serv-
icing of individually owned household decentralized waste water 
systems: Provided further, That $7,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 
306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
in addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such 
Act: Provided further, That $60,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for loans and grants including water 
and 
waste 
disposal 
systems 
grants 
authorized 
by 
section 
306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the Department of 
Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, 
That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium formed 
pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, 
That not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 
for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 
of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance pro-
grams: Provided further, That $35,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants 
for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) 
of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme 
need, of which $10,000,000 shall be made available for a grant 
to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance 
organization, with experience in working with small communities 
on water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such 
grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 
3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, development, 
operation, and management of water and waste water systems, 
and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national 
Native American organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided further, That 
$23,900,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be for contracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 
rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water sys-
tems: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be for solid waste management grants: 
Provided further, That $250,488,564 of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be for grants pursuant to section 
306(a)(2)(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
of which $110,488,564 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified for this account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That $8,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be transferred 
to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 
19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided
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further, That if any funds made available for the direct loan subsidy 
costs under this heading remain unobligated after July 31, 2026, 
such unobligated balances may be used for grant programs funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations under this heading for the cost 
of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts 
deobligated or cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy 
costs for direct loans, loan guarantees and or grants under this 
heading in this fiscal year: Provided further, That no amounts 
may be made available pursuant to the two preceding provisos 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, or that are specified for this account in the table 
titled 
‘‘Community 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 
available under this heading. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees as author-
ized by sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 940c–1, and 940g) shall 
be made as follows: guaranteed rural electric loans made pursuant 
to section 306 of that Act, $2,667,000,000; cost of money direct 
loans made pursuant to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth 
of one percent in 4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that 
Act, $4,333,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 
section 313A of that Act, $910,000,000; for cost-of-money rural 
telecommunications loans made pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of 
that Act, $350,000,000; and for guaranteed rural telecommuni-
cations loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
$200,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used 
for the construction, acquisition, design, engineering or improve-
ment of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or 
existing) that utilize carbon subsurface utilization and storage sys-
tems. 
For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305(d)(2) 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), 
including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $3,570,000. 
In addition, $4,200,000 to remain available until expended, 
to carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the energy efficiency 
measures supported by the funding in this paragraph shall con-
tribute in a demonstrable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which 
shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’.
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DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $40,767,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $10,767,000 shall 
be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account 
in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants 
authorized by section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act: Provided further, That funding provided under 
this heading for grants under section 379G of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided to entities 
that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium as estab-
lished by this section. 
For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant pilot 
program established by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) under the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), 
$50,750,000, to remain available until expended, of which $750,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this 
account in the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That the Secretary may award grants described 
in section 601(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such pilot 
program: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the households to 
be served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot 
program shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to 
broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot pro-
gram, a rural area without sufficient access to broadband shall 
be defined as twenty-five megabits per second downstream and 
three megabits per second upstream: Provided further, That to 
the extent possible, projects receiving funds provided under the 
pilot program must build out service to at least one hundred mega-
bits per second downstream, and twenty megabits per second 
upstream: Provided further, That an entity to which a loan or 
grant is made under the pilot program shall not use the loan 
or grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a service 
area by any entity that has received a broadband loan from the 
Rural Utilities Service unless such service is not provided sufficient 
access to broadband at the minimum service threshold: Provided 
further, That not more than four percent of the funds made available 
in this paragraph can be used for administrative costs to carry 
out the pilot program and up to three percent of funds made 
available in this paragraph may be available for technical assistance 
and pre-development planning activities to support the most rural 
communities: Provided further, That the Rural Utilities Service 
is directed to expedite program delivery methods that would imple-
ment this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall adhere to the notice, reporting and 
service area assessment requirements set forth in section 701 of 
the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 950cc).
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In addition, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for the Community Connect Grant Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950bb–3. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, AND 
CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $1,127,000: Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, 
Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the Office. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
except sections 17 and 21; $37,841,674,000 to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, of which such sums as are made 
available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this 
Act, shall be merged with and available for the same time period 
and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total amount 
available, $18,691,638 shall be available to carry out section 19 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $21,918,000 shall be 
available to carry out studies and evaluations and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
out section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)): Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total grant amount provided to 
a farm to school grant recipient in fiscal year 2026 shall not exceed 
$500,000: Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
$10,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive grants to 
State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 
schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater than 
$1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and 
to help support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of 
the school breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total 
amount available, $4,378,000 shall be available for food safety 
education including activities that support sections 17 and 21 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786, 1790) and to 
support the safe distribution of USDA Foods, as defined in 7 CFR 
250.2: Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out activi-
ties authorized under subsections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of section 21
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of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769b–1(a)(2) and (e)(2)): Provided further, That section 26(d) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 
2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2027’’: Provided further, That 
section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2026’’: 
Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in 
the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘For fiscal year 2026’’. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 
AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $8,200,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027, of which $150,000,000 shall be placed 
in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated 
as the Secretary deemed necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) 
of such Act, to support participation should cost or participation 
exceed budget estimates: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 
not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 shall be 
used for infrastructure, including investments to develop strategies 
to improve timely program data collection and reporting: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall use funds made available under 
this heading to maintain the amount for the cash-value voucher 
for women and children participants at an amount recommended 
by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine 
and adjusted for inflation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this account shall be available for the purchase of 
infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment 
and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall 
be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other 
Federal Government departments or agencies unless authorized 
by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That upon termination 
of a federally mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms 
and conditions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 
waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of 
a State agency. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $107,481,218,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, 
and $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2028, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts 
and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program 
operations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education
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services to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes partici-
pating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of Public Law 115–
334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal organizations: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$4,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 4208 of Public Law 
115–334: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject 
to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law: Provided further, That funds made available for 
Employment and Training under this heading shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2027: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), 
and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading may 
be obligated or expended in contravention of section 213A of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading may be used to 
enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, 
or to conduct activities related to program integrity provided that 
such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster and commodity 
assistance, $551,070,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2027, of which $460,000,000 shall be for the Commodity Supple-
mental Food Program, as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note), 
$80,000,000 shall be for the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 
1983, $1,070,000 shall be for assistance for the nuclear affected 
islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188), and 
$10,000,000 shall be for the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 
as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966: 
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the 
program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year 
2026 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 
as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2027: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent 
for costs associated with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutri-
tion Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance 
program, $160,000,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein, 
$2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public 
Law 107–171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–
246.
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TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN 
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $932,000: Provided, 
That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade 
and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 
staff for the Office. 
OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, 
$4,922,000, including not to exceed $100,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and 
for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $222,000,000, of which no more than 
6 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for 
overseas operations to include the payment of locally employed 
staff: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institu-
tions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 
production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign 
assistance programs of the United States Agency for International 
Development: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the Cochran Fellowship Program, as authorized by 
7 U.S.C. 3293, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and 
Technology Fellowship program, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 3319j, 
and up to $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency 
exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $1,000,000, shall be for the Secretary of Agri-
culture, in consultation with the Secretary of State and heads 
of other relevant Federal departments and agencies as applicable, 
to conduct an interagency review and, within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act, provide a detailed report outlining the process and 
agency needs to support a transfer of the Food for Peace program 
from the U.S. Agency for International Development to the Foreign 
Agricultural Service within the Department of Agriculture: Provided 
further, That such report shall include the requirements outlined 
in the section entitled ‘‘Food for Peace Interagency Review and
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Report’’ under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace Title II Grants’’ in 
Senate Report 119–37 and shall also address any other needs that 
the Department of Agriculture believes will be required to support 
successful implementation of such program transfer. 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under 
title II of said Act, $1,200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD 
NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $240,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is 
authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for 
the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement 
from amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, 
but not less than $24,000,000, shall remain available until expended 
to purchase agricultural commodities as described in subsection 
3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$6,063,000, to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 
in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which 
shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for pay-
ment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law
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92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose 
space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and 
approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the 
Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding 
section 521 of Public Law 107–188; $6,957,972,000: Provided, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, $1,556,039,000 shall 
be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379h, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended; $478,166,000 shall be derived from medical device 
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to 
this account and remain available until expended; $670,900,000 
shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $55,841,000 shall be derived from 
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended; $36,152,000 shall be derived from animal drug 
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended; $26,724,000 
shall be derived from generic new animal drug user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 
from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwithstanding 
any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 
prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human generic 
drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug 
user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed 
the respective fiscal year 2026 limitations are appropriated and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescription 
drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 
product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug assessments 
for fiscal year 2026, including any such fees collected prior to 
fiscal year 2026 but credited for fiscal year 2026, shall be subject 
to the fiscal year 2026 limitations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may accept payment during fiscal year 2026 of user fees 
specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2027, 
prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such 
fees assessed for fiscal year 2027 for which the Secretary accepts 
payment in fiscal year 2026 shall not be included in amounts 
under this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds 
shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of 
user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,171,319,000 shall be for 
the Human Foods Program and for related field activities, including 
inspections, investigations, and import operations, conducted by 
the Human Foods Program, the Office of Inspections and Investiga-
tions, or the Office of the Chief Scientist, of which no less than 
$15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood manufac-
turers 
and 
field 
examinations 
of 
imported 
seafood; 
(2) 
$2,496,766,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and 
Research and for related field activities, including inspections, 
investigations, and import operations, conducted by the Center,
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the Office of Inspections and Investigations, or the Office of the 
Chief Scientist, of which no less than $10,000,000 shall be for 
pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and shall remain 
available until expended; (3) $601,291,000 shall be for the Center 
for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities, 
including inspections, investigations, and import operations, con-
ducted by the Center, the Office of Inspections and Investigations, 
or the Office of the Chief Scientist; (4) $278,185,000 shall be for 
the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities, 
including inspections, investigations, and import operations, con-
ducted by the Center, the Office of Inspections and Investigations, 
or the Office of the Chief Scientist; (5) $894,063,000 shall be for 
the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities, including inspections, investigations, and import 
operations, conducted by the Center, the Office of Inspections and 
Investigations, or the Office of the Chief Scientist; (6) $71,758,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$688,038,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and 
for related field activities, including inspections, investigations, and 
import operations, conducted by the Center, the Office of Inspections 
and Investigations, or the Office of the Chief Scientist; (8) 
$205,180,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$44,400,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts 
paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) 
$208,018,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent; and (10) $343,354,000 shall be for other 
activities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, the Office of the Chief Scientist, the Office of the Chief 
Medical Officer, and central services for these offices: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, 
That any transfer of funds pursuant to, and for the administration 
of, section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available 
under this heading for other activities and shall not exceed 
$2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts that are made 
available under this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are 
not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the 
programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration 
and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for 
oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, 
That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another 
with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, 
priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, 
food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary 
qualified importer program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–
31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, 
prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 
licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), 
third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical
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countermeasure priority review voucher user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and fees relating to over-the-counter mono-
graph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–72 shall be credited 
to this account, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not other-
wise provided, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $106,500,000 (from assessments collected from 
farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mort-
gage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year 
for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: 
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated 
with receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit 
Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administra-
tion may exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the applica-
tion of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans 
described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner other 
than described in subclause (II) of the clause. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations made 
available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to purchase 
new passenger motor vehicles, in addition to specific appropriations 
for this purpose, so long as the total number of vehicles purchased 
in fiscal year 2026 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned 
or leased in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 
additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such 
vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper-
ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public 
safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not increase the 
Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the 
Secretary notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 
30 days of the notification. 
SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances 
of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other avail-
able unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining avail-
able of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund
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for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment and for the 
improvement, delivery, and implementation of Department finan-
cial, and administrative information technology services, and other 
support systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administra-
tive, and information technology services, including cloud adoption 
and migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 
of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds made available by 
this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency adminis-
trator: Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes 
to the Department’s National Finance Center without written 
notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress as required by section 716 of 
this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to initiate, 
plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to remove or 
relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices 
of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer, 
co-located with or from the National Finance Center prior to written 
notification to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the require-
ments of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That the National 
Finance Center Information Technology Services Division personnel 
and data center management responsibilities, and control of any 
functions, missions, and systems for current and future human 
resources management and integrated personnel and payroll sys-
tems (PPS) and functions provided by the Chief Financial Officer 
and the Chief Information Officer shall remain in the National 
Finance Center and under the management responsibility and 
administrative control of the National Finance Center: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices of the 
Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to existing and new 
Departments and other government agencies National Finance 
Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, finan-
cial management, and human capital shared services and allow 
the National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: Pro-
vided further, That of annual income amounts in the Working 
Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture allocated for the 
National Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more 
than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital equip-
ment, including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 
implementation of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services, and other systems of the National Finance Center 
or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance 
Center: Provided further, That none of the amounts reserved shall 
be available for obligation unless the Secretary submits written 
notification of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations 
on the obligation of funds pending notification to Congressional
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Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as determined 
by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of 
emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the National 
Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance 
Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National 
Finance Center. 
SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 
interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the 
current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following 
accounts: The Rural Development Loan Fund program account, 
the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program 
account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 
Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, none 
of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for informa-
tion technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other 
agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by 
the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 
Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds 
without written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 
projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon 
the performance of an agency measured against the performance 
plan requirements described in the explanatory statement accom-
panying Public Law 113–235. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal 
year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations 
made in the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or prepaid 
an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive 
an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for
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assistance under section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner 
as a borrower under such Act. 
SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropria-
tions made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for 
the Farm Service Agency shall remain available through September 
30, 2027, for information technology expenses. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or amended 
by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) or by a suc-
cessor to that Act, other than by title I or subtitle A of title 
III of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts were 
provided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be carried 
out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation—
(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associ-
ated with the implementation of the program, without regard 
to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund 
transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 
(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes 
of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments 
and fund transfers contained in such section. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 
used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 
to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. (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 nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of 
Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this section referred to 
as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 
the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; 
in this section referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,716,293,000 
(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as 
follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities—
$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of 
Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Administration of section 32 
Commodity Purchases—$40,971,000: Provided, That, of the total 
funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 
remain unobligated on October 1, 2026, such unobligated balances 
shall carryover into fiscal year 2027 and shall remain available
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FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, 
and alteration, as authorized by law, $228,558,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2030. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation 
and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construc-
tion, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 
authorized by law, $388,418,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps 
for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$177,597,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY AND 
MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps 
for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 
premiums, as authorized by law, $384,108,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construc-
tion, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, exten-
sion, and alteration, as authorized by law, $274,230,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation 
and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construc-
tion, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 
authorized by law, $369,765,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies 
of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) 
for operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, 
as authorized by law, $53,374,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 
Fund, $8,315,000, to remain available until expended, for family 
housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 
10, United States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring 
and improving military family housing and supporting facilities.
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(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘and 2024 and the 
period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on September 
30, 2025,’’ and inserting ‘‘2024, 2025, and 2026’’. 
SEC. 6204. EXTENDING ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME WAIVER 
AUTHORITIES. 
Section 1866G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395cc–7(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 6205. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR MEDICARE HOSPICE SUR-
VEYS. 
Section 3(a)(2) of the IMPACT Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–
185) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) $2,000,000 for the period beginning on October 
1, 2025, and ending on January 30, 2026.’’. 
SEC. 6206. EXTENSION OF ADD-ON PAYMENTS FOR AMBULANCE SERV-
ICES. 
Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)) 
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’ in each 
such place. 
SEC. 6207. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FLOOR. 
Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’. 
SEC. 6208. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES. 
(a) REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS
AND EXPANDING 
ORIGINATING SITES FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘ending September 
30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending January 30, 2026’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on January 30, 2026’’. 
(b) EXPANDING PRACTITIONERS ELIGIBLE TO FURNISH TELE-
HEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(4)(E) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘ending 
on September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on January 30, 
2026’’. 
(c) EXTENDING TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR FEDERALLY QUALI-
FIED
HEALTH
CENTERS
AND
RURAL
HEALTH
CLINICS.—Section 
1834(m)(8)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(8)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘ending on September 30, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ending on January 30, 2026’’. 
(d) DELAYING THE IN-PERSON REQUIREMENTS UNDER MEDICARE 
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH 
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.—
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(1) DELAY IN REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH.—Section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) is 
amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘on or after October 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘on or after January 
31, 2026’’. 
(2) MENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY RURAL HEALTH 
CLINICS.—Section 1834(y)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m(y)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’. 
(3) MENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY FEDERALLY QUALI-
FIED
HEALTH
CENTERS.—Section 1834(o)(4)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(o)(4)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘October 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’. 
(e) ALLOWING
FOR
THE FURNISHING
OF AUDIO-ONLY TELE-
HEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(9) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(9)) is amended by striking ‘‘ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on January 30, 2026’’. 
(f) EXTENDING USE OF TELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT FACE-TO-FACE 
ENCOUNTER PRIOR TO RECERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE 
CARE.—Section 1814(a)(7)(D)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on January 30, 2026’’. 
(g) PROGRAM
INSTRUCTION
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made 
by this section through program instruction or otherwise. 
SEC. 6209. REVISING PHASE-IN OF MEDICARE CLINICAL LABORATORY 
TEST PAYMENT CHANGES. 
(a) REVISED PHASE-IN OF REDUCTIONS FROM PRIVATE PAYOR 
RATE IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 1834A(b)(3)(B) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(b)(3)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and for the period beginning 
on January 1, 2026, and ending on January 30, 2026’’ after 
‘‘2025’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘for each of 2026 through 
2028’’ and inserting ‘‘for the period beginning on January 31, 
2026, and ending on December 31, 2026, and for each of 2027 
and 2028’’. 
(b) REVISED REPORTING PERIOD FOR REPORTING OF PRIVATE 
SECTOR PAYMENT RATES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE PAY-
MENT RATES.—Section 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 31, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 31, 2026’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2026, and ending 
March 31, 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘February 1, 2026, and ending 
April 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 6210. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR 
LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 
(a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub-
section (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for 
Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note) is 
amended—
(1) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xiv), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by inserting after clause (xiv) the following new clause: 
‘‘(xv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2025, 
and ending on January 30, 2026, $5,013,699.’’. 
(b) AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such 
section 119 is amended—
(1) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xiv), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xiv) the following new clause: 
‘‘(xv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2025, 
and ending on January 30, 2026, $5,013,699.’’. 
(c) AGING
AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.—Subsection 
(c)(1)(B) of such section 119 is amended—
(1) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xiv), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xiv) the following new clause: 
‘‘(xv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2025, 
and ending on January 30, 2026, $1,671,233.’’. 
(d) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO INFORM OLDER AMERICANS 
ABOUT BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER FEDERAL
AND STATE PRO-
GRAMS.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119 is amended—
(1) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xiv), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xiv) the following new clause: 
‘‘(xv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and 
ending on January 30, 2026, $5,013,699.’’. 
SEC. 6211. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCLUSION OF AUTHORIZED 
ORAL ANTIVIRAL DRUGS AS COVERED PART D DRUGS. 
Section 1860D–2(e)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–102(e)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 6212. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 
Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395iii(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2027’’; and 
(2) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,804,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$1,403,000,000’’. 
SEC. 6213. MEDICARE SEQUESTRATION. 
Section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)(D)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘10 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘11 months’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘1 month’’. 
TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES 
SEC. 6301. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTENSION. 
Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘2023, for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, 
for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and 
ending on January 19, 2024, for the period beginning 
on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, 
for the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending 
on September 30, 2024, and for fiscal year 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025, and for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2025, and ending on January 30, 2026’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2026’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘through 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2025’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2024 or 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘(or, with respect to the 
applicable period, for fiscal year 2026)’’ after ‘‘an 
application for the fiscal year’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘2024 or 
2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘2023, for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 
2023, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount 
appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023, 
for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending 
on January 19, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion 
of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for 
fiscal year 2023, for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, 
and ending on March 8, 2024, an amount equal to the pro 
rata portion of the amount appropriated for the period at the 
end of the corresponding sentence for fiscal year 2023, for 
the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion 
of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for 
fiscal year 2023, and for for fiscal year 2025, an amount equal 
to the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘2025, and for the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and 
ending on January 30, 2026, an amount equal to the pro rata 
portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period 
for fiscal year 2025’’. 
SEC. 6302. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTENSION. 
Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713) is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘2023, for the period beginning on October 
1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, for the period 
beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on January 
19, 2024, for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, 
and ending on March 8, 2024, for the period beginning 
on March 9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, 
and for fiscal year 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2025, and for
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the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on 
January 30, 2026’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the period 
beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 
17, 2023, for the period beginning on November 18, 2023, 
and ending on January 19, 2024, for the period beginning 
on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, for 
the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on 
September 30, 2024, and for fiscal year 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2025, and ending on January 30, 2026’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘2024 or 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2023, for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2023, and ending on November 17, 2023, 
an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appro-
priated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023, for 
the period beginning on November 18, 2023, and ending on 
January 19, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion 
of the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for 
fiscal year 2023, for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, 
and ending on March 8, 2024, an amount equal to the pro 
rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding 
period for fiscal year 2023, for the period beginning on March 
9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, an amount equal 
to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the 
corresponding period for fiscal year 2023, and for fiscal year 
2025, an amount equal to the amount appropriated for fiscal 
year 2024 for fiscal year 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025, and for 
the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on January 
30, 2026, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the 
amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal 
year 2025’’. 
SEC. 6303. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAMILY HEALTH 
INFORMATION CENTERS. 
Section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
701(c)(1)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (viii), by adding ‘‘; and’’ at the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(ix) for the period beginning on October 1, 2025, and 
ending on January 30, 2026, an amount equal to the pro rata 
portion of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2025.’’. 
TITLE IV—MEDICAID 
SEC. 6401. MODIFYING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOS-
PITAL ALLOTMENTS. 
(a) 
EXTENDING
TENNESSEE
DSH 
ALLOTMENTS.—Section 
1923(f)(6)(A)(vi) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–
4(f)(6)(A)(vi)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND A PORTION OF FISCAL 
YEAR 2026’’ after ‘‘2025’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and the DSH allotment for Tennessee 
for the portion of fiscal year 2026 beginning October 1, 2025,
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‘‘(A) establish for such fiscal year, based on the revenue 
amounts under subsection (b) and the adjustments provided 
under this subsection—
‘‘(i) OTC monograph drug facility fees under sub-
section (a)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) OTC monograph order request fees under sub-
section (a)(2); and 
‘‘(B) publish such fee revenue amounts, facility fees, 
and OTC monograph order request fees in the Federal 
Register.’’. 
(d) CREDITING
AND AVAILABILITY
OF FEES.—Section 744M(f) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–
72(f)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(D)—
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘IN SUBSE-
QUENT YEARS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(after fiscal year 2021)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2021 through 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2026 through 2030’’. 
SEC. 6505. REAUTHORIZATION; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) PERFORMANCE REPORT.—Section 744N of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j–73) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2021, and 
not later than 120 calendar days after the end of each 
fiscal year thereafter’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 calendar days after 
the end of each fiscal year’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 3861(b) of the CARES Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 6502 of the Over-the-Counter Mono-
graph Drug User Fee Amendments’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—Beginning with fiscal year 
2026, the annual report under this subsection shall include—
‘‘(A) the progress of the Food and Drug Administration 
in achieving the goals, and future plans for meeting the 
goals, including—
‘‘(i) the number of Tier 1 OTC monograph order 
requests for which a proposed order was issued, and 
the number of such requests for which a final order 
was issued, in the previous fiscal year; 
‘‘(ii) the number of Tier 2 OTC monograph order 
requests for which a proposed order was issued, and 
the number of such requests for which a final order 
was issued, in the previous fiscal year; 
‘‘(iii) the number of specified safety OTC mono-
graph order requests for which a proposed order was 
issued, and the number of such requests for which 
a final order was issued, in the previous fiscal year; 
‘‘(iv) the number of generally recognized as safe 
and effective finalization OTC monograph order 
requests for which a proposed order was issued, and 
the number of such requests for which a final order 
was issued, in the previous fiscal year;