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(3) State Commissions on National and Com-
munity Service established pursuant to section 178 
of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 
history record information, consistent with Public 
Law 92–544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur-
ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na-
tional service education award having a value of 70 per-
cent of the value of a national service education award 
determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 
SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 
service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re-
ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 
SEC. 408. In any case where a participant of a posi-
tion eligible for an educational award described in subtitle 
D of title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) was required to exit 
the position early at the direction of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service and due to cir-
cumstances outside the control of the individual, such as 
a lapse in availability of Federal appropriations, or termi-
nation of their position, or the applicable program grant 
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or agreement under the national service laws is released 
from completing the required term of service for such posi-
tion, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service may— 
(1) deem such individual as having met the 
minimum requirements of the position or program 
for purposes of section 139(c)(1) of the 1990 Act; 
and 
(2) notwithstanding section 139(c)(2)(B) of the 
1990 Act, award the individual a pro-rated value of 
the educational award that corresponds to the quan-
tity of the term of service actually completed by the 
individual without regard to whether such individual 
has completed at least 15 percent of their term of 
service as required under section 139(c) of the 1990 
Act. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
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Reform Act, $48,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 
special training activities and other conflict resolution 
services and technical assistance, including those provided 
to foreign governments and international organizations, 
and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 
merged with this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
ices shall be available only for education, training, and 
professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 
of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 
of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-
tion. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
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ican History and Culture Act, $291,800,000, which shall 
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the 
table under this heading in the explanatory statement in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $9,405,000: Provided, That in fis-
cal year 2026 and thereafter, for all contracts for goods 
and services to which the Medicaid and CHIP Payment 
and Access Commission is a party, the following Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 
52.232–39 and FAR 52.233–4 (or a successor clause). 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $14,673,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund: Provided, That in fiscal year 2026 
and thereafter, for all contracts for goods and services to 
which the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is a 
party, the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
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clauses will apply: FAR 52.232–39 and FAR 52.233–4 
(or a successor clause). 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$294,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-
tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-
fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 
including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 
and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 
nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 
or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided by this Act 
or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
in an election to determine a representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $14,449,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $5,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2026 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
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tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 
of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2027, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $127,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
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notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 
only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 
the previous proviso shall not change the status under 
Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 
Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 
Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 
hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 
or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-
cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-
ties established by the Office of Personnel Management. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 
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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$49,452,282,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2028. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2027, $23,500,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-
chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
not more than $14,671,978,000 may be expended, as au-
thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 
section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 
for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 
paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2026 not needed for 
fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until expended to 
invest in the Social Security Administration information 
technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-
ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non- 
payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infra-
structure, except unobligated balances of funds described 
in the first proviso of this paragraph at the end of fiscal 
year 2026 not needed for fiscal year 2026 shall remain 
available until expended to invest in the Social Security 
Advisory Board information technology: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
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atives and the Senate prior to making unobligated bal-
ances available under the authority in the previous pro-
viso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 
funds under this heading for expenditures for official time 
for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 
for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 
or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 
shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with inter-
est, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise ap-
propriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 
made. 
From funds provided under the first paragraph under 
this heading, not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain 
available through March 31, 2027, is for the costs associ-
ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 
XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 
continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn-
ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 
cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 
cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 
the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 
programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis-
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tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro-
vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 
meet the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget 
and $2,124,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget: Provided further, That, of the additional new 
budget authority described in the preceding proviso, up 
to $24,600,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’, Social Security Administration, for the 
cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 
units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 
the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 
on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 
to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 
Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 
Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 
paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram-
ming except as specified in this paragraph. 
In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 
to such sections in fiscal year 2026 exceed $170,000,000, 
the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2027 only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 
exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 
Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for information technology modernization, includ-
ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 
equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso-
ciated with information technology modernization. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
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Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 
Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-
tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-
entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 
legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-
lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 
Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-
signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
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lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-
tive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 
government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 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, appropriations, regulation, ad-
ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-
ing before the Congress or any State government, State 
legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 
than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 
State, local or Tribal government in policymaking and ad-
ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 
government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-
tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 
marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 
promotion of gun control. 
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SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 
are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 
and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 
official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 
available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-
tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 
Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 
State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
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(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 
any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-
efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider 
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
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would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 
matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
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or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 
allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 
CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 
embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 
as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 
parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 
more human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 
legalization of any drug or other substance included in 
schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-
lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 
except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications. 
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(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 
that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 
to determine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-
viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 
health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-
ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 
until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 
standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 
the United States and is subject to the requirement 
in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 
employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
required by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
ty. 
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SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by para-
graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 
the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 
such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
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(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
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(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-
close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-
didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-
essary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 
false or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2026 that are different than those specified 
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in this Act, the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) or the fiscal year 2026 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 
particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 
value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi-
tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2026, but not 
to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 
by law. Such report shall include the name of the con-
tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern-
mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 
award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 
transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 
end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
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number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
formance of such work under such number has formed the 
basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-
tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 
agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-
ties. 
SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
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randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 
shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax-
payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 
carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 
made available to the agency for advertising or other com-
munications regarding the programs and activities of the 
agency. 
SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 
fiscal year 2026 the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-
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vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-
mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 
monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-
tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 
with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 
fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education and the Corporation for 
National and Community Service shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not less than 3 full business days prior 
to announcing or providing notice of— 
(1) any new or non-competing continuation 
grant, including supplements, issued at the discre-
tion of such Departments (other than emergency re-
sponse grants at any time of the year or for grant 
awards made during the last 10 business days of the 
fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program year); 
and 
(2) the termination or non-continuation of any 
grant, including a short description of the reason for 
the termination or non-continuation. 
SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 
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injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-
tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 
a program other than making such purchases if the rel-
evant State or local health department, in consultation 
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-
termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 
is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 
hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 
drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 
with State and local law. 
SEC. 526. Each department and related agency fund-
ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 
submitted for the record by members of the Committee 
within 45 business days after receipt. 
SEC. 527. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 
Social Security Act and the income derived from invest-
ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 
that Act, $12,340,000,000 shall not be available for obli-
gation in this fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 528. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 
made available in section 10301(1)(A)(iii) of Public Law 
117–169, $11,661,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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SEC. 529. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin-
istration for Children and Families in the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 
Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-
agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 
(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 
either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 
identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-
tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2030: Provided, That when an office ref-
erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 
funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 
use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 
funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 
(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un-
expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im-
mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 
fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 
evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 
are available. 
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
available by sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 
2402, 2403, 2404, 2501, 2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 
2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 
2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 3101, and 9911 of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2), $2,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the 
unobligated balances rescinded pursuant to this section by 
both account and amount from each applicable appropria-
tion in Public Law 117–2. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That the sums appropriated under this 
heading shall be made available for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table entitled ‘‘Research, En-
gineering, and Development’’ included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 7 percent of any funding 
level specified in the table incorporated by reference under 
this heading included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act)may be transferred to 
any other funding level specified under this heading in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That no trans-
fer may increase or decrease any funding level by more 
than 7 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-
cess of 7 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
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be for aviation workforce development programs, as au-
thorized under section 625 of the FAA Reauthorization 
Act of 2018, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40132 note): Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts set aside under the 
preceding proviso— 
(1) no less than $10,000,000 shall be awarded 
for manufacturing workforce grants as authorized 
under section 625 (a)(3) of such Act; 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be for not more than two 
community colleges that are sponsors of a general 
aviation airport identified in the National Plan of 
Integrated Airport Systems: Provided, That grants 
awarded under this paragraph for community col-
leges shall be awarded for an amount not less than 
$5,000,000 per award: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may award such grants under this sub-
section notwithstanding section 625(b)(2) of the 
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (49 
U.S.C. 40132 note); and 
(3) no less than $20,000,000 shall be awarded 
to institutions eligible under paragraphs (1) and (3) 
of section 1067q(a) of title 20, United States Code, 
and priority shall be given to institutions or consor-
tiums of institutions near commercial aviation manu-
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Government of the People’s Republic of China 
or the Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) HONG KONG.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
democracy and Internet freedom programs for Hong 
Kong, including legal and other support for democ-
racy activists. 
(h) PHILIPPINES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$180,300,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for the Philippines, of which not less than 
$80,300,000 shall be made available under the head-
ing ‘‘National Security Investment Programs’’ and 
not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ may be 
made available for counternarcotics assistance for 
the Philippines, except for drug demand reduction, 
maritime law enforcement, or transnational interdic-
tion. 
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(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by inserting ‘‘and 2029’’ after ‘‘2027’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and 
2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2026, and 2028’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ‘‘, or, 
with respect to 2028, 3.1 percent’’ after ‘‘1.88 per-
cent’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1848(q)(1)(C)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–4(q)(1)(C)(iii)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘and 2028’’ 
after ‘‘2026’’; and 
(2) in subclause (III), by inserting ‘‘and 2029’’ 
after ‘‘2027’’. 
SEC. 6205. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS-
URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 
Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and $13,300,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$13,300,000’’; and 
(B) by inserting the following before the 
period at the end: ‘‘, and $15,100,000 for fiscal 
year 2027’’; and 
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(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘and 
2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2026, and 2027’’. 
SEC. 6206. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS-
SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 
(a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medi-
care Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 
(42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note) is amended— 
(1) in clause (xiv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in clause (xv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xv) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(xvi) for the period beginning on 
January 31, 2026, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2027, $30,000,000.’’. 
(b) 
AREA
AGENCIES
ON
AGING.—Subsection 
(b)(1)(B) of such section 119 is amended— 
(1) in clause (xiv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in clause (xv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xv) the following 
new clause: 
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‘‘(xvi) for the period beginning on 
January 31, 2026, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2027, $30,000,000.’’. 
(c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.— 
Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119 is amended— 
(1) in clause (xiv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in clause (xv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xv) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(xvi) for the period beginning on 
January 31, 2026, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2027, $10,000,000.’’. 
(d) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO INFORM OLDER 
AMERICANS ABOUT BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER FED-
ERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS.—Subsection (d)(2) of such 
section 119 is amended— 
(1) in clause (xiv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in clause (xv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xv) the following 
new clause: 
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