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Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match funds made 
available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
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a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
the non-Federal matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Any amounts made available to the Forest Service 
in this fiscal year, including available collections, may be 
used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into Federal financial 
assistance grants and cooperative agreements to support 
forest or grassland collaboratives in the accomplishment 
of activities benefitting both the public and the National 
Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal 
lands. Eligible activities are those that will improve or en-
hance Federal investments, resources, or lands, including 
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for collaborative and collaboration-based activities, includ-
ing but not limited to facilitation, planning, and imple-
menting projects, technical assistance, administrative 
functions, operational support, participant costs, and 
other capacity support needs, as identified by the Forest 
Service. Eligible recipients are Indian Tribal entities (de-
fined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local gov-
ernments, private and nonprofit entities, for-profit organi-
zations, and educational institutions. The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 
may enter into such cooperative agreements notwith-
standing chapter 63 of title 31 when the Secretary deter-
mines that the public interest will be benefited and that 
there exists a mutual interest other than monetary consid-
erations. Transactions subject to Title 2 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations shall be publicly advertised and re-
quire competition when required by such Title 2. For those 
transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, the agency may require public advertising 
and competition when deemed appropriate. The term ‘‘for-
est and grassland collaboratives’’ means groups of individ-
uals or entities with diverse interests participating in a 
cooperative process to share knowledge, ideas, and re-
sources about the protection, restoration, or enhancement 
of natural and other resources on Federal and adjacent 
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non-Federal lands, the improvement or maintenance of 
public access to Federal lands, or the reduction of risk 
to such lands caused by natural disasters. 
The 19th unnumbered paragraph under the heading 
‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest Service’’ in title III of 
Public Law 109–54 is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting ‘‘and future Acts’’ after ‘‘funds available to the 
Forest Service in this Act’’ and by striking ‘‘prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act’’. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-
pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 
maintenance and decommissioning. 
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 
not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-
fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters 
unrelated to civil litigation: Provided, That future budget 
justifications for both the Forest Service and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture should clearly display the sums pre-
viously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
The Forest Service may employ or contract with an 
individual who is enrolled in a training program at a long-
standing Civilian Conservation Center (as defined in sec-
tion 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for nec-
essary hours of work on National Forest System lands. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available to pay, from a single account, the base salary 
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and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded 
by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial 
Technology and Applications Center, remnant Natural Re-
source Manager, Job Corps, and National Technology and 
Development Program. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $458,435,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, except as otherwise provided herein, which shall be 
in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available on October 1, 2025; in ad-
dition, $173,472,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, for the Electronic Health Record System and 
the Indian Healthcare Improvement Fund, of which 
$78,472,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 
typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac-
count; and, in addition, $5,181,173,000, which shall be-
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come available on October 1, 2026, and remain available 
through September 30, 2028, except as otherwise provided 
herein; together with payments received during the fiscal 
year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for serv-
ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 
That funds made available to Tribes and Tribal organiza-
tions through contracts, grant agreements, or any other 
agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall be deemed to be obligated at 
the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter 
shall remain available to the Tribe or Tribal organization 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That from 
the amounts that become available on October 1, 2026, 
$2,500,000 shall be available for grants or contracts with 
public or private institutions to provide alcohol or drug 
treatment services to Indians, including alcohol detoxifica-
tion services: Provided further, That from the amounts 
that become available on October 1, 2026, $1,054,066,000 
shall remain available until expended for Purchased/Re-
ferred Care: Provided further, That of the total amount 
specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred 
Care, $54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic 
Health Emergency Fund: Provided further, That from the 
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amounts that become available on October 1, 2026, up to 
$53,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im-
plementation of the loan repayment program under section 
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
further, That from the amounts that become available on 
October 1, 2026, $58,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for costs related to or resulting from 
accreditation emergencies, including supplementing activi-
ties funded under the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’, 
of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement 
amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: 
Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Fed-
eral Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for 
breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund author-
ized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and 
shall remain available until expended and, notwithstanding 
section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds 
shall be available to make new awards under the loan re-
payment and scholarship programs under sections 104 
and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Pro-
vided further, That the amounts made available within this 
account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 
Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 
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Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 
for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au-
thority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Pro-
grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans-
formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 
Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 
quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 
public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 
Tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re-
duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 
health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 
Excellence, for Alzheimer’s activities, for Village Built 
Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accredita-
tion emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the 
Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and 
grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total 
obligation is recorded in the year the funds are appro-
priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 
authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 
expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 
applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 
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XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related 
to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: 
Provided further, That funding contained herein for schol-
arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That amounts received by 
Tribes and Tribal organizations under title IV of the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and 
accounted for and available to the receiving Tribes and 
Tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, 
That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the 
Indian Health Service, and from Tribes and Tribal organi-
zations operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 
93–638, such individually identifiable health information 
relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the 
purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided that be-
come available on October 1, 2026, may be used for imple-
mentation of the Electronic Health Record System or the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Fund: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any 
other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic 
Health Record system shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure for the selection or implementation of a new 
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Information Technology infrastructure system, unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in advance 
of such obligation. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2026, such sums 
as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account: Provided further, That amounts obligated 
but not expended by a Tribe or Tribal organization for 
contract support costs for such agreements for the current 
fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 
for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years. 
PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 
leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5324(l)) for fiscal year 2026, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
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this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, 
improvement, and equipment of health and related auxil-
iary facilities, including quarters for personnel; prepara-
tion of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 
sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 
purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and 
community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized 
by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the In-
dian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses nec-
essary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 
health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 
Service, $355,090,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 
under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2025; in addition, $865,864,000, which shall become 
available on October 1, 2026, and remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, 
construction, renovation, or expansion of health facilities 
for the benefit of an Indian Tribe or Tribes may be used 
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to purchase land on which such facilities will be located: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be 
used for fiscal year 2027 by the Indian Health Service 
to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department 
of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service 
and Tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be 
used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes 
funded with grants by the housing programs of the United 
States Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-
chase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 
payments for telephone service in private residences in the 
field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 
the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 
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Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 
may be extended health care at all Tribally administered 
or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 
the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 
be credited to the account of the facility providing the 
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 
the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 
638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-
dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
Department of Health and Human Services unless such 
assessments or charges are identified in the budget jus-
tification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through 
the reprogramming process: Provided further, That not-
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withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously 
or herein made available to a Tribe or Tribal organization 
through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 
title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-
mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-
ment under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain 
available to the Tribe or Tribal organization without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act 
shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 
Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligi-
bility for the health care services of the Indian Health 
Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a 
budget request reflecting the increased costs associated 
with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: 
Provided further, That with respect to functions trans-
ferred by the Indian Health Service to Tribes or Tribal 
organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to 
provide goods and services to those entities on a reimburs-
able basis, including payments in advance with subsequent 
adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, 
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along with the funds received from those entities pursuant 
to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to 
the same or subsequent appropriation account from which 
the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That re-
imbursements for training, technical assistance, or serv-
ices provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian 
Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel 
serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service 
housing allowances equivalent to those that would be pro-
vided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 
United States Public Health Service serving in similar po-
sitions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appro-
priation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 
be altered without advance notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
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mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
$51,814,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $78,000,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 
of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 
any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 
or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 
bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
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priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 
to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2026, and 
existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $4,629,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-
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for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, rental of space, 
and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376, $8,235,000: Provided, That the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have 
not more than three career Senior Executive Service posi-
tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the individual appointed to the position 
of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 
hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize per-
sonnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in per-
forming the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, 
and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 
the Board. 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 
U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $12,000,000, which shall become 
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available on July 1, 2026, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 
of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
ployees, $841,250,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $27,000,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, Na-
tional Museum of the American Latino, and the repatri-
ation of skeletal remains program shall remain available 
until expended; and including such funds as may be nec-
essary to support American overseas research centers: 
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Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for 
advance payments to independent contractors performing 
research services or participating in official Smithsonian 
presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian In-
stitution may expend Federal appropriations designated in 
this Act for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to 
the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may 
be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution 
to be available as trust funds for expenses associated with 
the purchase of a portion of the building at 600 Maryland 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent that federally 
supported activities will be housed there: Provided further, 
That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds 
of the Institution for such purpose shall not be construed 
as Federal debt service for, a Federal guarantee of, a 
transfer of risk to, or an obligation of the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may 
be used directly to service debt which is incurred to fi-
nance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of plan-
ning, designing, and constructing improvements to such 
building: Provided further, That any agreement entered 
into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of its own-
ership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building 
so acquired may not take effect until the expiration of a 
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30 day period which begins on the date on which the Sec-
retary of the Smithsonian submits to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations, the Committees on 
House Administration and Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report, as 
outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 2536) on the intended 
sale. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$120,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 
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as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 
authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 
in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or 
to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 
rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 
contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve-
ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 
works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 
made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or-
ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 
$178,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, of which not to exceed $3,893,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
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otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
$7,750,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds made available in prior Acts under this head-
ing for the design and construction of an off-site art stor-
age facility in partnership with the Smithsonian Institu-
tion may be used for the repair, restoration, and renova-
tion of other National Gallery of Art buildings, grounds, 
and facilities: Provided further, That contracts awarded 
for environmental systems, protection systems, and exte-
rior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gal-
lery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors 
and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as 
well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 
ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts, $32,340,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Opera 
House located in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts shall be known and designated as the ‘‘First 
Lady Melania Trump Opera House’’. 
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CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$4,860,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$135,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
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support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$135,000,000, to remain available until expended, for sup-
port of activities in the humanities, including to carry out 
the matching grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) 
of the Act and for the purposes of section 7(h) of the Act: 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 
to process any grant or contract documents which do not 
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 
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the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,461,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
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of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $4,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $5,700,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,750,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
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2310), $65,231,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for the Museum’s equipment replace-
ment program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Museum’s 
repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 
Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States 
Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 
observances and activities associated with the 250th anni-
versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 
by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 
Public Law 114–196, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac-
tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de-
partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 
headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre-
sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap-
proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
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mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2027, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
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section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
cal year 2026. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2026 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2026 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
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Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements for fiscal year 2026 with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 
Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 
this Act are not available for payment of claims for con-
tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 
payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 
than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan 
for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this 
section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Pro-
vided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and 
in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 
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for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 
be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accel-
erated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
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Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian Tribes; 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by 
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
contract within an Indian Tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
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post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
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any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
made in exchange for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
or to geographic isolation. 
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(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
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to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 
subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2026. 
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FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(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. 
HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 
SEC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis-
tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 
horses and burros that have been removed from land ad-
ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 
State, and local government agencies for use as work ani-
mals. 
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 
under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed-
eral, State, or local government agency. 
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(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 
subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 
horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 
195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 
and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re-
ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall not— 
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 
results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 
a commercial product; 
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 
in a manner that results in the destruction of the 
horse or burro for processing into a commercial 
product; or 
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 
recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 
of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 
available for— 
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 
and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 
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(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 
in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 
processing into a commercial product. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 
U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 
by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-
thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 
steel products used in the project are produced in the 
United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
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mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-
er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-
able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-
quest and information available to the Administrator con-
cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 
input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 
a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available 
by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-
net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
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Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 
the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND 
TRANSFERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND 
SUPPLIES FOR WILDFIRES 
SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec-
tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 
of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 
Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 
out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man-
agement program to such organizations. 
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 
SEC. 421. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 
without the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
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LOCAL CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 422. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 
112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 423. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 
110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 424. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 
113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’. 
FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 425. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 
enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 
note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 
108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 
2019’’. 
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TRIBAL LEASES 
SEC. 426. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall com-
mence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease pro-
posal. 
(b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and 
Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal 
year 2026 consult with Tribes and Tribal organizations 
through public solicitation and other means regarding the 
requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and 
transparent process for the payment of such leases. 
FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 427. The authority provided under the heading 
‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 
I of Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of 
division F of Public Law 113–235, shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each 
place it appears. 
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ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, LAND AND WATER 
CONSERVATION FUND 
SEC. 428. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made 
available for expenditure from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to subsection 
(a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to 
the agencies and accounts specified, for the projects speci-
fied under the accounts titled ‘‘Land Acquisition Projects’’ 
and ‘‘Forest Legacy Projects’’ in the Forest Service, and 
in the amounts specified in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of 
Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 
2026’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 
That the matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to 
amounts in any account titled ‘‘Land Acquisition 
Projects’’ in the Bureau of Land Management, United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, or National Park Service 
in such table. 
(2)(A) Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations project lists with 
project data sheets as described in subsection (c)(4), which 
shall include a sufficient number of projects to total the 
amounts for the account titled ‘‘Land Acquisition 
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Projects’’ for each of the Bureau of Land Management, 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and National 
Park Service, as specified in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 
of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal 
Year 2026’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided, That on the date on which the Secretary of the Inte-
rior provides to the Committees on Appropriations such 
project lists with such project data sheets, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations lists of supplementary allocations for Federal 
land acquisition projects for each of the Bureau of Land 
Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
and National Park Service that are prioritized and de-
tailed by account, program, and project, and that total no 
less than half the full amount allocated to each such ac-
count for that land management Agency in the table titled 
‘‘Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Fiscal Year 2026’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That expenditure of funds under this 
paragraph is a reprogramming and shall be subject to sec-
tion 421 of this Act. 
(B) Within 45 days of the date on which a re-
programming is approved pursuant to the last proviso in 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall allo-
cate amounts made available for expenditure from the 
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200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, or para-
graph (2), not later than 30 days before the date on which 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture expends amounts on the project, the Secretary of 
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appro-
priate, shall provide written notice to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations of such expenditure. 
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, 
United States Code, other than in amounts and for 
projects and activities that are allocated by subsection 
(a)(1) or in accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this sec-
tion: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre-
ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation of 
amounts for continuing administration of programs allo-
cated funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, 
which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 
than the allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) 
and (a)(2) of this section. 
(c)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land 
acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the Forest Serv-
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ice that are in addition to the ‘‘Submission of Cost Esti-
mates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, 
United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed by 
account, program, and project, and that total no less than 
half the full amount allocated to each such account for 
the Forest Service under the allocations submitted under 
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act 
or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code, are no longer 
needed because a project has been completed or can no 
longer be executed, such amounts must be clearly identi-
fied if proposed for reallocation in the annual budget sub-
mission. 
(2) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acqui-
sition projects at the National Park Service, the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land 
Management that are in addition to the ‘‘Submission of 
Cost Estimates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 
54, United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed 
by account, program, and project, and that total the full 
amount allocated to each such account for that land man-
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agement Agency in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2026’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That in 
the event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act 
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, 
United States Code, are no longer needed because a 
project has been completed or can no longer be executed, 
such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for 
reallocation in the annual budget submission. 
(3) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 
projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 
by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 
in the project lists provided under subsection (a)(2), in 
the list of supplementary allocations provided under sub-
section (a)(2), and on the lists of supplementary alloca-
tions required by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be com-
prised only of projects for which a willing seller has been 
identified and for which an appraisal or market research 
has been initiated. 
(4) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations project data 
sheets in the same format and containing the same level 
of detailed information that is found on such sheets in 
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the Budget Justifications annually submitted by the Sec-
retary of the Interior with the President’s Budget for the 
projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 
by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 
and in the same format and containing the same level of 
detailed information that is found on such sheets sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to 
section 427 of division D of the Further Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) for the list 
of supplementary allocations required by paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(5) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall provide to the Committees on Appro-
priations quarterly reports on the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, including all uncommitted, 
committed, and unobligated funds. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 429. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
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(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 
of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
responsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
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(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 
issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 
CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 
Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 
units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula-
tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 
and regulations in effect prior to such date. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 431. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
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tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND 
PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 
SEC. 432. Funds made available or allocated in this 
Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 
of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi-
tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 
U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 
to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 
projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 
200401(2). 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 433. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 
regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
resulting from biological processes associated with live-
stock production. 
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GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 434. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 
if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-
house gas emissions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP 
SEC. 436. (a) Section 1701 of division B of the Ex-
tending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency 
Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Pub-
lic Law 117–103, is further amended in subsection (a)(1), 
by striking the last sentence and inserting ‘‘Any Services 
during a given calendar year that generate payments pay-
able in the subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded 
in applying this subsection’’. 
(b) The waivers of premium and overtime pay author-
ized in subsections (a) through (c) of section 1701 of divi-
sion B of the Extending Government Funding and Deliv-
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ering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note) 
shall be applied in fiscal year 2026. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 437. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 
113–76) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 
2026’’ for ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING AND FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACT 
SEC. 438. Section 104 of the Wildfire Suppression 
Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (division 
O of Public Law 115–141) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘90’’ and in-
serting ‘‘180’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), by in-
serting the following before the semi-colon: ‘‘, and 
shall include an accounting of any spending in the 
first two quarters of the succeeding fiscal year that 
is attributable to suppression operations in the fiscal 
year for which the report was prepared’’. 
HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON 
FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 439. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
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for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use of or 
access to Federal land (as such term is defined in section 
3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational shoot-
ing if such use or access— 
(1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as of 
January 1, 2013; and 
(2) was conducted in compliance with the resource 
management plan (as defined in section 101 of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such Federal land as of 
January 1, 2013. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of 
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may tempo-
rarily close, for a period not to exceed 30 days, Federal 
land managed by that Secretary to hunting, fishing, or 
recreational shooting if the Secretary determines that the 
temporary closure is necessary to accommodate a special 
event or for public safety reasons. The Secretary may ex-
tend a temporary closure for one additional 90-day period 
only if the Secretary determines the extension is necessary 
because of extraordinary weather conditions or for public 
safety reasons. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as af-
fecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the 
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several States to manage, control, or regulate fish and 
resident wildlife under State law or regulations. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 440. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 
or carry out any office, program, or activity for the pur-
poses of diversity, equity, and inclusion training or imple-
mentation. 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 441. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 
activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 
or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 
MARRIAGE 
SEC. 442. (a) In general.—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 provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, 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. 
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(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-
section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) 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 subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) 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; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
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(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 
Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 
certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 
would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, 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 subsection (a). 
USE OF MINING CLAIMS FOR ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 443. (a) Section 2337 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 42) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL MILL SITES.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) MILL
SITE.—The term ‘mill site’ 
means a location of public land that is reason-
ably necessary for waste rock or tailings dis-
posal or other operations reasonably incident to 
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mineral development on, or production from 
land included in a plan of operations. 
‘‘(B) 
OPERATIONS; 
OPERATOR.—The 
terms ‘operations’ and ‘operator’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 3809.5 
of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this sub-
section). 
‘‘(C) PLAN
OF
OPERATIONS.—The term 
‘plan of operations’ means a plan of operations 
that an operator must submit and the Secretary 
of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, 
as applicable, must approve before an operator 
may begin operations, in accordance with, as 
applicable— 
‘‘(i) subpart 3809 of title 43, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions establishing application and approval 
requirements); and 
‘‘(ii) part 228 of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions establishing application and approval 
requirements). 
‘‘(D) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘public 
land’ means land owned by the United States 
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that is open to location under sections 2319 
through 2344 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 22 et seq.), including— 
‘‘(i) land that is mineral-in-character 
(as defined in section 3830.5 of title 43, 
Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this sub-
section)); 
‘‘(ii) nonmineral land (as defined in 
section 3830.5 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of en-
actment of this subsection)); and 
‘‘(iii) land where the mineral char-
acter has not been determined. 
‘‘(2) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (a) and (b), where public land is needed by 
the proprietor of a lode or placer claim for oper-
ations in connection with any lode or placer claim 
within the proposed plan of operations, the propri-
etor may— 
‘‘(A) locate and include within the plan of 
operations as many mill site claims under this 
subsection as are reasonably necessary for its 
operations; and 
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‘‘(B) use or occupy public land in accord-
ance with an approved plan of operations. 
‘‘(3) 
MILL
SITES
CONVEY
NO
MINERAL 
RIGHTS.—A mill site under this subsection does not 
convey mineral rights to the locator. 
‘‘(4) SIZE OF MILL SITES.—A location of a sin-
gle mill site under this subsection shall not exceed 
5 acres. 
‘‘(5) MILL SITE AND LODE OR PLACER CLAIMS 
ON SAME TRACTS OF PUBLIC LAND.—A mill site 
may be located under this subsection on a tract of 
public land on which the claimant or operator main-
tains a previously located lode or placer claim. 
‘‘(6) EFFECT ON MINING CLAIMS.—The loca-
tion of a mill site under this subsection shall not af-
fect the validity of any lode or placer claim, or any 
rights associated with such a claim. 
‘‘(7) PATENTING.—A mill site under this sec-
tion shall not be eligible for patenting. 
‘‘(8) SAVINGS
PROVISIONS.—Nothing in this 
subsection— 
‘‘(A) diminishes any right (including a 
right of entry, use, or occupancy) of a claimant; 
‘‘(B) creates or increases any right (includ-
ing a right of exploration, entry, use, or occu-
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pancy) of a claimant on land that is not open 
to location under the general mining laws; 
‘‘(C) modifies any provision of law or any 
prior administrative action withdrawing land 
from location or entry; 
‘‘(D) limits the right of the Federal Gov-
ernment to regulate mining and mining-related 
activities (including requiring claim validity ex-
aminations to establish the discovery of a valu-
able mineral deposit) in areas withdrawn from 
mining, including under— 
‘‘(i) the general mining laws; 
‘‘(ii) the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.); 
‘‘(iv) sections 100731 through 100737 
of title 54, United States Code; 
‘‘(v) the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
‘‘(vi) division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘National Historic Preser-
vation Act’); or 
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‘‘(vii) section 4 of the Act of July 23, 
1955 (commonly known as the ‘Surface 
Resources Act of 1955’) (69 Stat. 368, 
chapter 375; 30 U.S.C. 612); 
‘‘(E) restores any right (including a right 
of entry, use, or occupancy, or right to conduct 
operations) of a claimant that— 
‘‘(i) existed prior to the date on which 
the land was closed to, or withdrawn from, 
location under the general mining laws; 
and 
‘‘(ii) that has been extinguished by 
such closure or withdrawal; or 
‘‘(F) modifies section 404 of division E of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 
(Public Law 118–42).’’. 
(b) ABANDONED HARDROCK MINE FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a separate ac-
count, to be known as the ‘‘Abandoned Hardrock 
Mine Fund’’ (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘Fund’’). 
(2) SOURCE OF DEPOSITS.—Any amounts col-
lected by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to 
the claim maintenance fee under section 10101(a)(1) 
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of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 
(30 U.S.C. 28f(a)(1)) on mill sites located under 
subsection (c) of section 2337 of the Revised Stat-
utes (30 U.S.C. 42) shall be deposited into the 
Fund. 
(3) USE.—The Secretary of the Interior may 
make expenditures from amounts available in the 
Fund, without further appropriations, only to carry 
out section 40704 of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (30 U.S.C. 1245). 
(4) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 
available under paragraph (3)— 
(A) shall be allocated in accordance with 
section 40704(e)(1) of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (30 U.S.C. 1245(e)(1)); 
and 
(B) may be transferred in accordance with 
section 40704(e)(2) of that Act (30 U.S.C. 
1245(e)(2)). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 10101 of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 
28f) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Mining Law of 1872 (30 
U.S.C. 28–28e)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
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‘‘sections 2319 through 2344 of the Revised Stat-
utes (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.)’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Such claim maintenance fee’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(B) FEE.—The claim maintenance fee 
under subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘The holder of’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The holder of’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Such claim maintenance fee’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(B) FEE.—The claim maintenance fee 
under subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(ii) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘The holder of’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The holder of’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The location fee’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) FEE.—The location fee’’; and 
(B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
claim maintenance fee’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The claim maintenance 
fee’’. 
PUBLIC LAND ORDER 7917 
SEC. 444. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce Public Land 
Order 7917 (88 Fed. Reg. 6308 (January 31, 2023)). 
MINERAL LEASES 
SEC. 445. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and not subject to further judicial review, not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the 
Secretary of the Interior shall reinstate the hardrock min-
eral leases in the Superior National Forest in the State 
of Minnesota issued in 2019 and identified as MNES- 
01352 and MNES-01353. 
SOCIAL COST OF CARBON 
SEC. 446. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to consider or incorporate 
the social cost of carbon— 
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(1) as part of any cost-benefit analysis required 
or performed pursuant to— 
(A) any law; 
(B) Executive Order No. 13990 (86 Fed. 
Reg. 7037; relating to protecting public health 
and the environment and restoring science to 
tackle the climate crisis); 
(C) Executive Order No. 14094 (88 Fed. 
Reg. 21879; relating to modernizing regulatory 
review); 
(D) the Presidential Memorandum titled 
‘‘Modernizing Regulatory Review’’ issued by the 
President on January 20, 2021; 
(E) any revisions to Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-4 proposed or finalized 
under Executive Order No. 14094; or 
(F) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social 
Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide 
Interim Estimates under Executive Order 
13990,’’ published under the Interagency Work-
ing Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse 
Gases, in February of 2021; 
(2) in any rulemaking; 
(3) in the issuance of any guidance; 
(4) in taking any other agency action; or 
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