(e) INTERIM CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.—Ap-
propriations made available under subsection (b) may not 
be obligated by the head of an agency during any period 
during which continuing appropriations for the purposes 
for which amounts are made available under subsection 
(b) are in effect for the agency. 
(f) CHARGING TO FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS.—Ex-
penditures made pursuant to subsection (b) shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or author-
ization whenever an Act in which such applicable appro-
priation, fund, or authorization is included is enacted into 
law. 
(g) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law (including any ap-
propriation Act), the amounts provided under subsection 
(b)— 
(1) shall be available solely for a purpose de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 
(b)(1); and 
(2) may not be transferred, reprogrammed, ob-
ligated, or expended for any other purpose. 
(h) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2027, and 
each fiscal year thereafter, standard employee com-
pensation, and payments to covered contractors, pro-
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vided by an agency using amounts provided under 
subsection (b) shall be subject to the requirements, 
authorities, conditions, and limitations applicable 
with respect to the provision of standard employee 
compensation, or payment to covered contractors, re-
spectively, by the agency under the Act that pro-
vided appropriations for the agency to provide stand-
ard employee compensation, or payment to covered 
contractors, respectively, immediately before the 
lapse in regular appropriations. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2026.—For fiscal year 2026, 
standard employee compensation, and payments to 
covered contractors, provided by an agency using 
amounts provided under subsection (b) shall be sub-
ject to— 
(A) the requirements, authorities, condi-
tions, and limitations applicable with respect to 
the provision of standard employee compensa-
tion, or payment to covered contractors, respec-
tively, by the agency under the Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public 
Law 119–37); or 
(B) if an Act is enacted after the date of 
enactment of the Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119–37) 
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that provides continuing appropriations for fis-
cal year 2026 for the agency to provide stand-
ard employee compensation, or payment to cov-
ered contractors, respectively, the requirements, 
authorities, conditions, and limitations applica-
ble with respect to the provision of standard 
employee compensation, or payment to covered 
contractors, respectively, by the agency under 
that subsequently enacted Act. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION TO OBLIGATE
AND EXPEND 
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli-
gated and expended notwithstanding section 15 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2680) and section 504(a)(1) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
(j) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) STANDARD
EMPLOYEE
COMPENSATION.— 
This section shall be construed to provide each cov-
ered employee with standard employee compensation 
for the period of the lapse in regular appropriations 
as if the covered employee was performing the duties 
of the covered employee during the lapse in regular 
appropriations. 
(2) NO
CHANGE
IN
AGENCY
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Nothing in this section may be construed to 
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require an agency to take any action that the agency 
is not required to take under the terms of a contract 
with a covered contractor during any period during 
which there is not a lapse in regular appropriations. 
(k) AGENCY ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Covered employees and em-
ployees of covered contractors shall perform their 
typical duties to the maximum extent practicable 
during a lapse in regular appropriations. 
(2) OTHER OBLIGATIONS OR EXPENDITURES.— 
This section does not authorize or necessarily imply 
that an agency or employee may incur any obliga-
tions or expenditures that are not explicitly author-
ized by this Act. 
Æ 
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