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or transferred to another Federal agency, board, or com-
mission to fund any domestic or international non-govern-
mental organization or any other program, organization, 
or association coordinated or operated by such non-govern-
mental organization that either offers counseling regard-
ing sex change surgeries, promotes sex change surgeries 
for any reason as an option, conducts or subsidizes sex 
change surgeries, promotes the use of medications or other 
substances to halt the onset of puberty or sexual develop-
ment of minors, or otherwise promotes transgenderism. 
(g) None of the funds made available by this Act or 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 
used to implement, administer, or enforce any COVID– 
19 mask or vaccine mandates, including for individuals 
traveling outside of the United States. 
(h) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be made available in con-
travention of Executive Order 14172, relating to Restor-
ing Names That Honor American Greatness, including to 
create, procure, or display any map that inaccurately de-
picts the Gulf of America. 
(i)(1) Notwithstanding section 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 
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provided by this Act shall be used in whole or in part to 
take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly 
or partially, 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. 
(2) As used in paragraph (1), a discriminatory action 
means any action taken by the Federal Government to— 
(A) 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 paragraph (1); 
(B) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(C) 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; 
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(D) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 
otherwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement 
or benefit under a Federal benefit program, includ-
ing admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility 
for a degree from an educational program, from or 
to such person; or 
(E) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or 
otherwise make unavailable or deny access or an en-
titlement to Federal property, facilities, educational 
institutions, speech forum (including traditional, lim-
ited and nonpublic forum), or charitable fundraising 
campaigns from or to such person. 
(3) The Federal Government shall consider accred-
ited, licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any 
person that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, re-
spectively, 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 para-
graph (1). 
RESCISSIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7068. (a) CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY 
PROGRAMS.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Consular and Border 
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Security Programs’’ from prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, $775,000,000 are permanently re-
scinded. 
(b) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAMS.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Programs’’ from prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, $98,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
(c) CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’ from prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs, $96,240,000 are permanently re-
scinded. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.—Of the unobli-
gated and unexpended balances from amounts made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ from 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, 
foreign 
operations, 
and 
related 
programs, 
$1,300,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
(e) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the unobligated 
and unexpended balances from amounts made available 
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under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, $753,482,000 
are permanently rescinded. 
(f) ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CEN-
TRAL ASIA.—Of the unobligated and unexpended balances 
from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ from prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, $168,000,000 
are permanently rescinded. 
(g) DEBT RESTRUCTURING.—Of the unobligated bal-
ances from amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Debt Restructuring’’ from prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, $11,975,000 are permanently rescinded. 
(h) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.—Of the unobligated and unexpended bal-
ances from amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
from prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$300,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
(i) PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—Of the unobli-
gated and unexpended balances from amounts made avail-
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able under the heading ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ from 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, 
foreign 
operations, 
and 
related 
programs, 
$50,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
(j) RESTRICTION.—No amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
TITLE VIII—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 8001. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Security, De-
partment of State, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2026’’. 
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