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That any use of deobligated balances of funds provided 
under this heading in previous years shall be subject to 
the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall in-
clude in budget justification materials for fiscal year 2027 
that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the 
budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code) an estimate for each National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration procurement, acqui-
sition or construction project having a total of more than 
$5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification 
shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements 
for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal 
years. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, 
of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 
may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder-
ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 
Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con-
servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 
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listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 
by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu-
lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing 
rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 
Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 
guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 
Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 
on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 
available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 
funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 
requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 
of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of administering the fishery 
disaster assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson- 
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Pub-
lic Law 94–265) and the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act 
(title III of Public Law 99–659), $300,000. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 
receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
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FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2026, obligations of direct 
loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 
Quota loans and not to exceed $150,000,000 for tradi-
tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 
Act of 1936. 
RECREATIONAL QUOTA ENTITY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the 
Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title 
I of division S of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117–328)), the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect fees 
pursuant to such section, which shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for the pur-
poses specified in subsection (b) of such section, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 
not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa-
tion, $92,500,000: Provided, That no employee of the De-
partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 
a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act 
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to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year 
unless the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully 
reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 
under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made 
available to the Department of Commerce in this or any 
prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 
of this or any prior Act to the account funded under this 
heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 
that threaten life or property. 
RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod-
ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
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by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
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and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 
or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 
of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 
of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 
amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 
Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 
applicable with respect to fiscal year 2026: Provided, That 
the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow 
On Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the 
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se-
ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 
for 
the 
Space 
Weather 
Follow 
On 
Program 
is 
$692,800,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in-
cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 
and security services) necessary to support the operation, 
maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 
firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 
Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 
authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover 
Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the mainte-
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nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele-
gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 
Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non- 
reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 
for services provided under this section or the authority 
under which the use or occupancy of the space is author-
ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria-
tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog-
raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac-
tivity over its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim-
its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip-
ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 
local government, Indian Tribal government, Territory, or 
possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
any foreign government or international organization, for 
purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 
statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration. 
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SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv-
ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 
or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 
the Service has provided information to the customer on 
how an electronic copy of such report or document may 
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus-
tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig-
ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 
limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re-
producing, and delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 
into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 
a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per-
sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex-
pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 
Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-
ment, Tribal government, Territory, or possession or any 
subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 
permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for such purposes: Pro-
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vided further, That all funds within this section and their 
corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 
prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga-
tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco-
nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 
of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 
the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 
agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed-
eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 
higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 
and methodology activities which further the purposes for 
which such amounts have been made available. 
SEC. 111. The Secretary of Commerce, or the des-
ignee of the Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the 
cost sharing requirements under section 315, of the Coast-
al Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1461) as 
necessary at the request of the grant applicant, for 
amounts made available under this Act under the heading 
‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ under the 
heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion’’. 
SEC. 112. Any unobligated balances of expired discre-
tionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce 
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Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 
111 of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, may 
be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 30 days in advance of the planned use of 
funds. 
SEC. 113. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the 
employees of the National Weather Service and non-gov-
ernmental experts in personnel management, may estab-
lish an alternative or fixed rate for relocation allowance, 
including permanent change of station allowance, notwith-
standing the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regula-
tions prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738. 
SEC. 114. The National Weather Service shall main-
tain staffing levels in order to fulfill the mission required 
under 15 U.S.C. 313 to protect life and property to the 
maximum extent possible. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of im-
migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im-
migration Review, $800,000,000, of which $10,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 
Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not less than 
$27,500,000 shall be available for services and activities 
provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, 
That not to exceed $50,000,000 of the total amount made 
available under this heading shall remain available until 
September 30, 2030, for build-out and modifications of 
courtroom space. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 
to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char-
acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2027. 
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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $13,000,000: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi-
ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis-
sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap-
pointed. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 
General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti-
tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 
the District of Columbia, $900,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and 
information technology projects, including cybersecurity 
and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to the 
Criminal Division for official reception and representation 
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expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the 
Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from available 
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu-
ant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a re-
programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums 
as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights 
Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec-
tion monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse 
the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and 
expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading for the election monitoring program, 
$3,390,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That any funds provided under this heading 
in prior year appropriations Acts that remain available to 
the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses associ-
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ated with the election monitoring program under section 
8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) 
may also be used to carry out any authorized purposes 
of the Civil Rights Division: Provided further, That 
amounts repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be 
used to increase the number of permanent positions. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases 
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 
$22,700,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $245,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2026 for premerger 
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust 
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) shall be re-
tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-
tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced (1) as such offsetting collections 
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are received during fiscal year 2026 and (2) to the extent 
that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de-
rived from amounts credited to this account as offsetting 
collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 
appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding section 605 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici-
ary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (15 
U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds credited to this ac-
count as offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that 
were unavailable for obligation as of September 30, 2025, 
shall become available for obligation except as provided in 
the preceding proviso: Provided further, That any 
premerger notification filing fees received in excess of 
$245,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate for any amounts made available by the preceding 
proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a re-
programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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