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ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 
28, United States Code. 
SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 
under this Act timely access to any records, documents, 
or other materials available to the department or agency 
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access 
to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 
Inspector General’s right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
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records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 
awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 
SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
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merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
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with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development in contravention of section 312 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5155). 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of existing Federal law 
regarding non-citizen eligibility and ineligibility for occu-
pancy in federally assisted housing or for participation in 
and assistance under Federal housing programs, including 
section 214 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
SEC. 421. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or division J of Public Law 117–58, including 
funds for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation, 
shall be used, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive legislative relationships, for the preparation, distribu-
tion, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, elec-
tronic communication, radio, television, or video presen-
tation designed to support or defeat the enactment of leg-
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islation before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or division J of Public Law 117–58, including funds 
for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation, shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract 
recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any 
activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation 
or appropriations proposed or pending before the Con-
gress, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg-
islative relationships. 
(c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections (a) 
and (b) shall continue to be treated as amounts specified 
in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 422. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
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(b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As 
used in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any 
action taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
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(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFI-
CATION.—The Federal Government shall consider ac-
credited, licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law 
any person that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, 
respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 
against such person wholly or partially on the basis that 
the person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely 
held religious belief or moral conviction described in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to facilitate new scheduled air transpor-
tation originating from the United States if such flights 
would land on, or pass through, property confiscated by 
the Cuban Government, including property in which a mi-
nority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, 
by the Cuban Government, and property are defined in 
paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 
4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023 (4), (5), and 
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7 (12)(A)): Provided, That for this section, new scheduled 
air transportation shall include any flights not already reg-
ularly scheduled prior to May 2022. 
SEC. 424. (a) In the table of projects in the explana-
tory statement referenced in section 417 of the Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public 
Law 117–103)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Acquisition of new commer-
cial space’’ is deemed to be amended by striking project 
‘‘Acquisition of new commercial space’’ and inserting 
‘‘Renovation of commercial space’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Electric school bus and asso-
ciated electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Falls Church 
City Public Schools’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Falls 
Church’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘North Commons Regional 
Vision’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘City of Minneapolis’’; 
(4) the item relating to ‘‘Orangewood Parkette’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Orangewood 
Parkette’’ and inserting ‘‘Orangewood Complete Streets’’; 
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(5) the item relating to ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in 
a Public Housing Development’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking project ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in a Public 
Housing Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Replacing Ele-
vators in a Public Housing Development’’; 
(6) the item relating to ‘‘Long Branch Stream Valley 
Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacements and ADA Improve-
ments’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Montgomery County Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Mary-
land National Capital Park and Planning Commission’’; 
(7) the item relating to ″Washington Gorge Action 
Programs—Goldendale Childcare and Early Learning 
Center″ 
is 
deemed 
to 
be 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘Goldendale’’; 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Habitat for Humanity’s Vet-
erans Blitz Build’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
recipient ‘‘Habitat for Humanity San Bernardino Area, 
Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘Neighborhood Partnership Housing 
Services, Inc. (NPHS)’’; and 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘Allen University Restoration 
of Historic Waverly-Good Samaritan Hospital’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking ‘‘Allen University Restoration 
of Historic Waverly-Good Samaritan Hospital’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Facility Upgrades’’. 
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(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of 
Public Law 117–328)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Supportive Living, Commu-
nity Day Services, and Housing Site Project for Adults 
with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Supportive 
Living, Community Day Services, and Housing Site 
Project for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental 
Disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘Community Day Services and 
Housing Expansion for Adults with Intellectual and Devel-
opmental Disabilities’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Public Library Addition’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Public Li-
brary Addition’’ and inserting ‘‘Public Library Renova-
tions’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Renovation of Snelling Motel 
to Affordable Housing for Veterans’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking project ‘‘Renovation of Snelling Motel 
to Affordable Housing for Veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘Ac-
quisition for Affordable Housing for Veterans’’; 
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(4) the item relating to ‘‘El Centro de la Raza-Patti-
son’s West Community Campus Property Acquisition’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘El Centro de 
la Raza-Pattison’s West Community Campus Property Ac-
quisition’’ and inserting ‘‘Pattison’s West Community 
Campus’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘Riverbrook Regional 
YMCA’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Riverbrook Regional Young Men’s Christian Association, 
Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Norwalk’’; 
(6) the item relating to ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘The Skid Row Hous-
ing Trust’’ and inserting ‘‘PATH Ventures’’ and striking 
project ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ and inserting ‘‘Skid Row Per-
manent Supportive Housing Rehabilitation’’; 
(7) the item relating to ‘‘Community Aging & Retire-
ment Services, Inc.’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
recipient ‘‘Community Aging & Retirement Services, Inc.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Pasco County,’’ and striking project 
‘‘CARES One Stop Senior Center Acquisition and Con-
struction’’ and inserting ‘‘Senior Center Acquisition and 
Construction’’; 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Western Flyer Coast Guard 
Pier Repair and Classroom Design’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking project ‘‘Western Flyer Coast Guard 
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striking recipient ‘‘City Water and Light of Jonesboro’’ 
and inserting ‘‘City of Jonesboro’’; and 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Capital Repairs of 4 Afford-
able Housing properties, City of Seattle, King County, 
WA’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘4’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3’’; 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘Middletown Plaza Elevator 
Replacement’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Mid-
dletown Plaza Elevator Replacement’’ and inserting ‘‘Se-
curity Upgrades at NYCHA’s Soundview Houses’’; 
(10) the item relating to ‘‘Morris Affordable Housing 
Infrastructure’’ is deemed to be amended by striking re-
cipient ‘‘Morris Affordable Housing Infrastructure’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Morris Housing Authority’’; and 
(11) the item relating to ‘‘Rehabilitation of Historic 
Alumni House as Skills-based Workforce Development 
Community Center’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘Historic Alumni House as’’ and inserting ‘‘a building for 
a’’. 
SEC. 425. No funds made available by this Act shall 
be used in contravention of— 
(a) Executive Order 14148, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(b) Executive Order 14168, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
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(c) Executive Order 14170, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(d) Executive Order 14171, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(e) Executive Order 14173, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(f) 90 Fed. Reg. 8651, or any substantially similar 
rule or order; 
(g) Executive Order 14192, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(h) Executive Order 14215, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(i) Executive Order 14224, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(j) Executive Order 14236, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(k) Executive Order 14238, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(l) Executive Order 14240, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(m) 90 Fed. Reg. 23467, or any substantially similar 
rule or order; 
(n) Presidential Memorandum entitled ‘‘Updating 
Permitting Technology for the 21st Century’’ issued on 
April 15, 2025. 
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(o) Executive Order 14303, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(p) Executive Order 14304, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(q) Executive Order 14305, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
(r) Executive Order 14307, or any substantially simi-
lar rule or order; 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag 
over a facility of a Department or agency funded by this 
Act other than the flag of the United States; the flag of 
a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag 
of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag 
of the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; the official flag of a 
U.S. Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to purchase, install, maintain, or operate 
automated traffic enforcement cameras for purposes of 
red-light enforcement, speed enforcement, or stop sign en-
forcement. 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal 
year 2026, may be obligated or expended to award any 
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grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other form of 
financial assistance to the Metropolitan Washington Air-
ports Authority or Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority if either entity enters into a contract to dissemi-
nate advertisements for ByteDance or any of its sub-
sidiary companies. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 429. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2026’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 172 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4552 
[Report No. 119–212] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2026, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 21, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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