$58,417,135 shall be made available for the SSMS 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 
‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 
the amounts made available for the projects referenced in 
the preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 
purpose. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $185,336,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2031: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2026 in an amount not 
to exceed $33,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 
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budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 
receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col-
lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 
Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$46,500,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ-
mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac-
tivities shall not increase that account by more than 20 
percent. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period 
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as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro-
vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 
such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 
shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 
amount established in that spending plan that meets the 
notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
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except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever 
is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year 
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora-
tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR 
projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria-
tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-
matics Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi-
tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 
made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, 
‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and 
‘‘Space Operations’’, projects and activities for engaging 
students in STEM and increasing STEM research capac-
ities of universities, including Minority Serving Institu-
tions. 
Not to exceed $38,500,000 made available for the 
current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 
Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap-
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ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex-
pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 
of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 
and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration Nonrecurring Expenses 
Fund’’ (the Fund). Unobligated balances of expired dis-
cretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding 
fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 
by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later 
than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 
year for which such funds are available for the purposes 
for which appropriated) into the Fund. Amounts deposited 
in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addi-
tion to such other funds as may be available for such pur-
poses, for facilities infrastructure improvements, including 
nonrecurring maintenance, necessary for the operation of 
NASA, subject to approval by the Office of Management 
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and Budget. Amounts in the Fund may not be available 
for the purpose described in subsection (b)(3) of section 
30102 of title 51, United States Code. Amounts in the 
Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate are notified at least 30 days in advance of the planned 
use of funds. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
$700,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided further, That 
of the amounts in the preceding proviso, not less than 
$118,800,000 shall be for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Sup-
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port: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support 
services and materials furnished by the National Research 
Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$251,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
STEM EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics, and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $938,250,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
the total amount specified in the table under this heading 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) shall 
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be for the purposes and in not less than the amount for 
each such purpose specified in such table. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$355,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,000 is 
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That contracts may be entered into under 
this heading in fiscal year 2026 for maintenance and oper-
ation of facilities and for other services to be provided dur-
ing the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
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Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $5,090,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $24,160,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation 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. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The Director of the National Science Foundation 
(NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 
days in advance of any planned divestment through trans-
fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 
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any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in-
cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 
than $2,500,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2026’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$14,350,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-
viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-
cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 
the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 
out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-
thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
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of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That not-
withstanding the preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be 
used to separately fund the Commission on the Social Sta-
tus of Black Men and Boys. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), and 
Public Law 117–328, including services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; nonmonetary awards to pri-
vate citizens; and up to $32,500,000 for payments to 
State and local enforcement agencies for authorized serv-
ices to the Commission, $435,382,000, of which 
$2,788,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make 
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available for official reception and representation expenses 
not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: Provided fur-
ther, That the Commission may take no action to imple-
ment any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reor-
ganization until such time as the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
have been notified of such proposals, in accordance with 
the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this 
Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use 
any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commis-
sion. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $122,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not less than 
$2,096,176 shall be for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. 401 et seq.). 
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $540,000,000, of which $496,300,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $4,750,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $4,750,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the budget execution for 
the payment to the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
carried out in this fiscal year in the same manner as such 
budget execution was carried out in fiscal year 2024 and 
such payment shall be made in full as an annual install-
ment paid to the Corporation at the beginning of the fiscal 
year in such amounts as specified under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That the Legal Services Corporation may 
continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees 
at a rate no greater than that provided by the Federal 
Government to Washington, DC-based employees as au-
thorized by section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services 
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Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided further, 
That the authorities provided in section 205 of this Act 
shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this 
Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be considered 
an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2025 and 
2026, respectively. 
Section 501 of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–119) is amended 
by adding the following new subsection at the end: 
‘‘(d) MODIFIED GOVERNING BODY REQUIREMENT.— 
For purposes of this Act, section 1007(c) of the Legal 
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Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘33 percent’ for ‘60 percent’.’’. 
Section 502(2) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (B) in its entirety and 
replacing it with the following: 
‘‘(B) is governed by a board of directors or 
other governing body, 33 percent of which is 
comprised of attorneys who are members of the 
bar of a State, as defined in section 1002(8) of 
the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2996a(8)), in which the legal assistance is to be 
provided;’’. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$4,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
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senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $65,000,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities of the United States Trade Representa-
tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 
including transfers, $23,000,000, to be derived from the 
Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
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That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 
United States Government. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
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. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
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than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
SEC. 505. (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 or ini-
tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 5 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 5 percent funding for any program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 5 percent; 
(8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
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mittees on Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
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carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds 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: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab-
lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 
Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex-
cess of $1,950,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 
until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 
available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office 
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SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi-
vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-
tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-
tive control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 540. Funds made available to the Department 
of Commerce and the Department of Justice in this Act 
and any remaining unobligated balances of funds made 
available to the Department of Commerce and the Depart-
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