of each other relevant component of the Department of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica-
tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac-
counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro-
gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro-
gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi-
ties within such department, agency, or component during 
the most recently completed fiscal year. 
SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 
Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 
the contractor to an employee when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 
excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 
to the employee; and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as-
sociated with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more 
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 
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the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 
be available for the same time period as the appropriations 
to which transferred, to be used in support of such per-
sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of De-
fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8054. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per-
mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 
Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail-
able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 
such use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 
associated with the use of equipment of the project under 
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 
purposes without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8055. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 
storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 
aircraft. 
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(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 
apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary 
of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to 
be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 
that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 
due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte-
nance, repairs, or other reasons. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 
meet the travel requirements for official or representa-
tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 
fiscal years 2026 and 2027. 
SEC. 8056. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 
title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 
delivery to military forces for operational training, oper-
ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 
restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop-
ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 
strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac-
ceptance for operational use. 
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(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 
appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 
required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 
coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex-
ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de-
fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad-
ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 
of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 
funded within the National Intelligence Program. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 
submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 
fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 
in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 
end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac-
tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 
use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 
end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 
of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 
accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: 
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Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 
the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 
the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a certification that funds 
requested for fiscal year 2027 in research, development, 
test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 
section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 
interest to do so. 
SEC. 8057. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of De-
fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 
for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 
military family housing units of the Department of De-
fense, including areas in such military family housing 
units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi-
cial Department of Defense business. 
SEC. 8058. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’ for any new start Defense Innovation Acceleration 
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(PE 0603838D8Z) or Rapid Prototyping Program (PE 
0604331D8Z) demonstration project with a value of more 
than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a 
report, including a description of the project, the planned 
acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated an-
nual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8059. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 
to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 
directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 
of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 
duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele-
ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
SEC. 8061. None of the funds provided in this Act 
may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 
ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 
a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no-
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menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 
piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, 
‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, ‘‘general 
purpose (GP)’’, ‘‘special purpose (SP)’’ except 9mm, or 
‘‘enhanced performance round (EPR)’’, except to an entity 
performing demilitarization services for the Department of 
Defense under a contract that requires the entity to dem-
onstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Defense 
that the above listed projectiles are either: (1) rendered 
incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) 
used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract 
with the Department of Defense or the manufacture of 
ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Perma-
nent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the 
Department of State. 
SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des-
ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider-
ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 
any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 
United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra-
ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 
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Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 
on a case-by-case basis. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8063. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$218,015,597 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 
funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 
to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 
of real property, construction, personal services, and oper-
ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 
section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 
under the authority of this section may provide for such 
indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 
section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 
local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na-
tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8064. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act, including prior year Acts, may be used 
to implement a change to— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the 
National Intelligence Program budget, including 
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through the creation of a new appropriation or new 
appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program 
budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 
R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart-
ment of Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 
the executing agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli-
gated and disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 
prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na-
tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex-
penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 
in accordance with subsection (a). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense may jointly study and develop detailed 
proposals for alternative budget presentation and appro-
priation accounts. Such study shall include a comprehen-
sive counterintelligence risk assessment to ensure that 
none of the alternative processes will adversely affect 
counterintelligence. 
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(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de-
fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af-
fected agencies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agen-
cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will not 
adversely affect counterintelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 
necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 
the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 
congressional defense and intelligence committees. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8065. In addition to amounts made available 
elsewhere in this Act, $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
to the Department of Defense and made available for 
transfer to operation and maintenance accounts, procure-
ment accounts, and research, development, test and eval-
uation accounts only for those efforts by the Commander, 
United States Africa Command to expand cooperation, 
share operational information, advance interoperability, or 
improve the capabilities of our allies and partners in their 
area of operation: Provided, That none of the funds pro-
vided under this section may be obligated or expended 
until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides to 
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Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter-
est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 
Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 
needs of military family members when confronted with 
the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene-
ficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 
Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
SEC. 8069. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 
and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 
operational and administrative control of United States 
Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 
the command and control relationships which existed on 
October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 
modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 
be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 
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objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap-
propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro-
posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 
commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 
meet operational requirements. 
SEC. 8070. Any notice that is required to be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 
of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 
that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 
Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 
Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $60,000,000 
shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov-
ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub-
ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree-
ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 
Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in-
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cluding cruise missile defense research and development 
under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co- 
production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 
consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce-
dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 
for SRBMD, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for an 
upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi-
tecture, of which $100,000,000 shall be for co-production 
activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 
consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce-
dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 
for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 
shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in-
cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 
detection suite. 
SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$1,676,587,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2026, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 
the following programs: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2013/2026: Carrier Replacement 
Program, $150,000,000; 
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(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2026: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $121,538,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$14,892,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $99,116,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$62,365,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: LHA Replacement Pro-
gram, $93,603,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $289,761,000; 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$104,238,000; 
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: LPD Flight II Program, 
$93,442,000; 
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(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: Oceanographic Ships 
Program, $6,015,000; 
(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2026: Littoral Combat Ship 
Program, $5,766,000; 
(12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $15,400,000; 
(13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2026: Ship to Shore Connector 
Program, $15,480,000; 
(14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2026: CVN Refueling Over-
hauls, $483,100,000; 
(15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $48,260,000; 
(16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $19,650,000; 
(17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2026: Expeditionary Sea Base 
Program, $30,000,000; 
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(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. 
SEC. 8086. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 
any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 
$1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its 
employees or independent contractors that requires, 
as a condition of employment, that the employee or 
independent contractor agree to resolve through ar-
bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including as-
sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 
distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su-
pervision, or retention; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
or independent contractor resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex-
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ual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 
false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 
or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed-
eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 
each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 
not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 
contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon-
tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 
$1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 
with employees or independent contractors that may not 
be enforced in a court of the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, 
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and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 
longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 
and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 
waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 
avoid harm to national security interests of the United 
States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con-
gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 
under this subsection not less than 15 business days be-
fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter-
mination may be awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8087. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro-
gram in this Act, up to $165,000,000, shall be available 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 
of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper-
ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
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Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 
Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 
funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op-
eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8088. Notwithstanding price or other limita-
tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve-
hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De-
fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 
armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 
for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 
per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 
of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em-
ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 
Central Command area of responsibility. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8089. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
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transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro-
gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 
be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi-
nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 
funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro-
vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 
of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 
made prior to June 30, 2026. 
SEC. 8090. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $290,000,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2030, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 
vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 
under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 
(46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 
Maritime Administration account of the United States De-
partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 
shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 
for execution. 
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SEC. 8091. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8092. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 
person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communica-
tion of a United States person from a provider of 
electronic communication services to the public pur-
suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8093. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with-
out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex-
pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria-
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tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 
appropriations for the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8094. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $785,052,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be used for any 
purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 
established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 
Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 
amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 
United States Department of Transportation for pro-
grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 
SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds provided in this 
Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 
award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 
the following components unless those components are 
manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 
(including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 
equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel-
lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 
and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse-
quent ships of the fleet. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for any 
Frigate program shall be used to award a new contract 
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that provides for the acquisition of the following compo-
nents unless those components are manufactured in the 
United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; elec-
tronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps; 
propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed 
lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes; 
auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers: 
Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate 
United States manufactured propulsion engines and pro-
pulsion reduction gears into any Frigate program begin-
ning not later than with the eleventh ship of the program. 
SEC. 8096. None of the funds provided in this Act 
for requirements development, performance specification 
development, concept design and development, ship con-
figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi-
tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 
industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 
Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 
solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 
ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 
AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 
to award a new contract for such activities unless these 
contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip-
ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu-
factured in the United States. 
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SEC. 8097. No amounts credited or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act to the Department of 
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 
be transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 
2302 note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific 
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016. 
SEC. 8098. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 
and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo-
sure 3, 14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8099. (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. 
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(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 crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 
or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in-
cluding intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds provided for, or other-
wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli-
gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 
motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 
than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 
ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper-
ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 
providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un-
dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip-
ment. 
SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
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lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed-
eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation described in such subsection and has 
made a determination that such suspension or debarment 
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 
Government. 
SEC. 8102. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 
of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta-
bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 
the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used 
for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 
evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op-
eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 
and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 
(1) Defensive CYBER—Software Prototype 
Development (PE 0608041A); 
(2) 
Risk 
Management 
Information 
(PE 
0608013N); 
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 
(PE 0608231N); 
(4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 
SW (PE 1208248SF); 
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(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 
0303150K); 
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 
(7) Enterprise Platforms and Capabilities— 
Software Pilot Program (PE 0608140D8Z); and 
(8) Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of 
Innovative 
Technologies 
(APFIT) 
(PE 
0000000D8Z). 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 
Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig-
ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 8103. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 
Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina-
tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 
Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 
enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 
United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 
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Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 
of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 
Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
148). 
SEC. 8105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist-
ance to the Azov Battalion. 
SEC. 8106. The Secretary of Defense may, in this 
fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, accept and re-
tain contributions, including money, personal property, 
and services, from foreign governments and other entities, 
to carry out assistance authorized by section 1250 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
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(Public Law 114–92): Provided, That such contributions 
received shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide 
assistance authorized by such section, for replacement of 
any weapons or articles provided to entities described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) of such 
section from the inventory of the United States, and to 
recover or dispose of equipment previously provided to 
such entities: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall consult with the congressional defense commit-
tees in advance of the provision of support provided to 
forces or groups described in subparagraph (B) of such 
subsection: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall notify the congressional defense committees in 
writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any 
contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the 
funds received and the specific use of such contributions: 
Provided further, That any notification of obligation of 
funds received in this section shall specify an estimated 
timeline for the delivery of defense articles and defense 
services provided and shall identify if any equipment pro-
vided requires enhanced end-use monitoring: Provided fur-
ther, That contributions of money for the purposes pro-
vided herein from any foreign government or other entity 
may be credited to the Operation and Maintenance, De-
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fense-Wide account, to remain available for the following 
two fiscal years, and used for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly 
reports to the congressional defense committees on the use 
and status of funds received pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 8107. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con-
tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria-
tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8108. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$1,499,808,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available for International Security Co-
operation Programs and other programs to provide sup-
port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 
groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 
counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca-
pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 
available in this section, notify the congressional defense 
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committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the use and status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8109. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$267,298,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available for support authorized by sub-
paragraphs (A) through (E) and (G) through (I) of section 
1226(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note), of which not less 
than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior 
to obligating funds made available under this section, no-
tify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
details of any planned obligation and the nature of the 
expenses incurred: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the use and status of funds made available in 
this section. 
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SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res-
olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 
333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper-
ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola-
tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 
be used to support any military training or operation that 
includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other-
wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 
SEC. 8113. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun-
tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 
the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 
331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 
accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8114. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 
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be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 
or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 
contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 
agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 
or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 
of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ-
ing to the congressional defense committees that— 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 
lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 
(3) agents of the Russian Federation have 
ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con-
trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 
Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of De-
fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 
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Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 
later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 
is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the results of the review conducted 
with respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8115. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing not more than 
30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re-
ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 
purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi-
cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 
purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 
authority under which such contribution was accepted by 
the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 
than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 
contributions, including whether such contributions would 
support existing or new stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 8116. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 
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to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 
days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 
a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 
for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 
been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 
activities for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 
include— 
(1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 
and exercise covered by the report; 
(2) an identification of the military department 
and units that participated in each such activity or 
exercise (including an estimate of the number of 
participants); 
(3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 
budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 
such as transportation); and 
(4) a short explanation of the objective of the 
activity or exercise. 
(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 8117. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
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Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 
fiscal year 2026 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec-
tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 
Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec-
ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca-
tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro-
priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre-
ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor-
tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis-
tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 
the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo-
cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 
102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 
are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub-
section (a) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 
allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 
terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 
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8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo-
cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require-
ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 
allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 
with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 
under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 
fiscal year 2027. 
(e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 
America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 
committed, and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 8118. Not later than 15 days after the date on 
which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op-
erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 
temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper-
ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec-
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retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 
base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 
information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 
associated with the opening or closing of such base. 
SEC. 8119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for 
any of the following purposes: 
(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 
SEC. 8120. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Security Co-
operation Agency may be used to support the armed forces 
of Jordan. 
SEC. 8121. The amounts appropriated in title II of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $1,050,000,000 to reflect 
excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$100,000,000; 
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(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 
$450,000,000; and 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $500,000,000. 
SEC. 8122. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, $47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 
and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ 
Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made 
available for transfer to the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 
Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 
merged with and available for the same purposes and for 
the same time period as the appropriations to which the 
funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 8123. In carrying out the program described in 
the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 
Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se-
verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 
Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 
issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 
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Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 
that— 
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 
apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 
without 
limitation 
on 
the 
duration 
of 
such 
cryopreservation and storage. 
SEC. 8124. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 
funds made available by this Act for procurement or for 
research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 
Joint Strike Fighter to modify not fewer than nine F– 
35 aircraft, including at least three F–35 aircraft of each 
variant, for any test configuration: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, 
notify the congressional defense committees not fewer 
than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this section: 
Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to 
the authority provided in this section shall be made in ac-
cordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli-
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gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air-
craft. 
SEC. 8126. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 
$650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 
associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 
title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 
specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 
(c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim-
its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 
and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 
to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 
in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 
to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit-
tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 
SEC. 8127. Notwithstanding section 8056 of this Act, 
amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De-
velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 
Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 
Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana-
tory statement accompanying this Act for ‘‘Defense Inno-
vation Unit (DIU) Fielding’’ line 301, may be used for 
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expenses for agile research, development, test and evalua-
tion, procurement, production, modification, and operation 
and maintenance requirements, including the initial acqui-
sition of end-items for operational use: Provided, That 
none of these funds may be obligated or expended until 
15 days after the Secretary of Defense provides the con-
gressional defense committees a detailed execution plan 
for such funds. 
SEC. 8128. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, 
or associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 
SEC. 8129. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 
by the government of China unless the Secretary of De-
fense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in 
the national security interests of the United States and, 
not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees a detailed 
justification for the waiver, including— 
(1) an identification of the Department of De-
fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 
(2) an identification of the amount of such 
funds; 
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(3) an identification of the intended purpose of 
such funds; 
(4) an identification of the recipient or prospec-
tive recipient of such funds (including any third- 
party entity recipient, as applicable); 
(5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 
national security interests of the United States; and 
(6) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 
any individual detained at United States Naval Station 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec-
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tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 
of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 
SEC. 8132. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise 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 
individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef-
fective 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. 
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SEC. 8133. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 8134. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 
pursuant to section 149(e)(5) of title 10, United States 
Code, $97,770,000, to remain available until expended, to 
carry out a pilot program on capital assistance to support 
defense investment in the industrial base as authorized by 
section 149(e) of such title, of which up to $2,500,000 
may be used for administrative expenses and project-spe-
cific transaction costs: Provided, That costs of loans and 
loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans and loan guarantees, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such amounts are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of loans, and total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $4,390,000,000: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide 
documentation and information relating to a project re-
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ceiving capital assistance as authorized under section 
149(e) of such title. 
SEC. 8135. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 
prepare to divest more than eight U–2 aircraft. 
SEC. 8136. The amounts appropriated in title II of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $1,204,617,000 to reflect 
savings attributable to efficiencies, streamlining of func-
tions, and management improvements in the Department 
of Defense, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$563,288,000; 
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 
$109,159,000; 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
Corps’’, $9,467,000; 
(4) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $319,765,000; 
(5) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space 
Force’’, $6,493,000; and 
(6) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, De-
fense-Wide’’, $196,445,000: 
Provided, That such reduction may not be derived from 
amounts appropriated by this Act for the National Intel-
ligence Program or the Military Intelligence Program. 
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SEC. 8137. (a) Concurrent with the annual budget 
submission of the President for fiscal year 2027, and each 
fiscal year thereafter, pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate the following with re-
spect to amounts made available by Public Law 119–21 
until all such amounts have been expended: 
(1) proposed allocations by account, by fiscal 
year, and by program, project, or activity, with de-
tailed justifications; 
(2) P–1 and R–1 budget justification docu-
ments, which shall identify the allocation of funds by 
program, project, and activity; and 
(3) budget justification documents, to be known 
as M–1 and O–1, which shall identify the allocation 
of funds by budget activity, activity group, and sub- 
activity group. 
(b) Subsequent to the submission required in sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded using amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a), including all uncommitted, com-
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mitted, and unobligated funds, until all such amounts have 
been expended. 
SEC. 8138. The Secretary of Defense shall obligate 
funds made available by this or any other Act, including 
prior year Acts, under the heading ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’ for the Next Genera-
tion Fighter program for the purpose of executing the en-
gineering and manufacturing development contract for the 
Next Generation Fighter aircraft in a manner that 
achieves accelerated Initial Operational Capability: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 
year may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the Next 
Generation Fighter program. 
SEC. 8139. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, not less than 
$80,000,000 shall be made available for the establishment 
of a Platform Supply Vessel Pilot Program (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) for the purpose of vali-
dating Service requirements necessary to meet at-sea and 
in-shore logistics operations: Provided, That the Program 
shall evaluate options to time charter no less than six, and 
enter into a contractual agreement for no less than two 
time charters: Provided further, That the condition of the 
time charter should consider existing United States-built 
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platform supply vessels that are documented under the 
laws of the United States, owned by a citizen of the United 
States under 46 U.S.C. 50501, configured for logistics 
support in the Indo-Pacific region that can meet the regu-
latory and physical requirements to transport nearly 
500,000 gallons of various standard fuels, and provide up 
to 10,000 square feet of combined deck space for trans-
port of military equipment and personnel for delivery in 
and out of shallow draft ports in the Indo-Pacific region: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall pro-
vide a briefing within 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
on the status of the Program and the effectiveness of 
using PSVs to fill this critical need. 
SEC. 8140. Funds made available for the UH–60 
Blackhawk aircraft program under this or any other Act, 
including prior year Acts, under the headings ‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, Army’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Army’’ shall be obligated only for the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated and such 
funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other 
purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any 
prior fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or termi-
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nate the UH–60 Blackhawk aircraft program or to pre-
pare to pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8141. Funds made available for the E–7 
Wedgetail aircraft program under this or any other Act, 
including prior year Acts, under the headings ‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, Air Force’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be obligated only 
for the purposes for which such funds were appropriated 
and such funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred 
for other purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year 
or any prior fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or 
terminate the E–7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to pre-
pare to pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8142. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close— 
(1) the Rock Island Arsenal Museum located in 
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; 
(2) the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark 
and Museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma; 
(3) the United States Army Transportation 
Museum located at Fort Eustis, Virginia; or 
(4) the General George Patton Museum of 
Leadership located at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 
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SEC. 8143. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initia-
tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to provide assistance, including new pro-
curement of defense articles, services, and military edu-
cation and training to Taiwan: Provided further, That 
equipment procured using funds made available in this 
section, and not yet transferred to Taiwan, or returned 
by Taiwan to the United States, may be treated as stocks 
of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 
prior to obligating funds made available in this section, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 
the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports 
to the congressional defense committees on the use and 
status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8144. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title II of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, the Secretary 
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of Defense may reimburse the Federated States of Micro-
nesia in an amount not to exceed $34,000,000 for land 
acquisition costs for defense sites in Yap. 
SEC. 8145. The total amount appropriated in title II 
of this Act is hereby reduced by $550,000,000 to reflect 
savings due to favorable bulk fuel rates: Provided, That 
such reduction may not be derived from amounts appro-
priated by this Act for the National Intelligence Program 
or the Military Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8146. In making Federal financial assistance, 
the Department of Defense shall continue to apply the ne-
gotiated indirect cost rates in section 200.414 of title 2, 
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 
approval of deviations from negotiated indirect cost rates, 
to the same extent and in the same manner as such nego-
tiated indirect cost rates were applied in fiscal year 2024: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, or oth-
erwise made available to the Department of Defense may 
be used to develop, modify, or implement changes to such 
fiscal year 2024 negotiated indirect cost rates. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8147. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 
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30, 2027, may be used for replacement of defense articles 
and for reimbursement of defense services provided to or 
identified for provision to Taiwan: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to appropriations made available 
under titles II, III, IV, and V of this Act for replacement, 
through new procurement or repair of existing unservice-
able equipment, of defense articles from the stocks of the 
Department of Defense, and for reimbursement for de-
fense services of the Department of Defense and military 
education and training, provided to the government of Tai-
wan or to foreign countries that have provided support to 
Taiwan at the request of the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That funds transferred pursuant to this section shall 
be merged with and available for the same purposes and 
for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
the funds are transferred: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees of the details of such transfers not less than 
15 days before any such transfer: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back and merged with this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this sec-
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tion is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
in this Act. 
SEC. 8148. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 
fiscal year may be used by the Department of Defense 
to award a sole-source or non-competitive contract in ex-
cess of $100,000,000 for space-based airborne moving tar-
get indication systems. 
SEC. 8149. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 
fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 
Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geo-
synchronous Earth Orbit and the Next-Generation Over-
head Persistent Infrared Polar programs. 
SEC. 8150. Any transactions or follow-on trans-
actions entered into pursuant to the authority in section 
2808a of title 10, United States Code, to carry out repair 
and construction projects for facilities may only be carried 
out if, without regard to section 2808a, such projects are 
otherwise authorized by law and the use of military con-
struction, operation and maintenance, or research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation funds is otherwise authorized 
for such projects: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or prior Acts, 
by title I of division D of Public Law 119–37 or by any 
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prior Act making appropriations for Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, or by funds 
made available to the Department of Defense in Public 
Law 119–21 may be transferred pursuant to the authority 
in section 2808a of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8151. The amounts appropriated in title IV of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $1,000,000,000 due to the 
expiration of authorizations contained in 15 U.S.C. 638, 
as follows: 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Army’’, $140,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy’’, $157,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force’’, $325,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Space Force’’, $140,000,000; and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide’’, $238,000,000: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria-
tions for the National Intelligence Program: Provided fur-
ther, That if a law reauthorizing 15 U.S.C. 638 for fiscal 
year 2026 is enacted after the date of the enactment of 
this section and before September 30, 2026, the required 
expenditure amount in 15 U.S.C. 638 for the Department 
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of Defense for such program for such fiscal year shall be 
prorated on an annual basis for the remainder of such fis-
cal year based on the extramural budget (as defined in 
15 U.S.C. 638(e)(1)) of the Department on the date of 
the enactment of such law. 
SEC. 8152. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available for the International Security Co-
operation Program – Baltic Security Initiative to provide 
support and assistance to the foreign security forces of 
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in accordance with the ob-
jectives identified by section 1247 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119– 
60): Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available 
in this section, notify the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the details of any planned obligation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall pro-
vide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the use and status of funds made available in this section. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8153. (a) In addition to amounts made available 
elsewhere in this Act, $500,000,000, of which not less 
than $150,000,000 shall be available only for the quali-
fication and testing of second source providers, is hereby 
appropriated to the Department of Defense and may be 
transferred to the procurement accounts of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense and the ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’ account, only for the following purposes— 
(1) investment in modernization, expansion, or 
facilitization of the solid rocket motor industrial 
base, including capital equipment, tooling, and facil-
ity upgrades; 
(2) workforce development, training, and reten-
tion; 
(3) supplier base expansion and qualification, 
including second- and third-tier vendors and non- 
traditional manufacturers; 
(4) process improvements, automation, and dig-
ital manufacturing; and 
(5) risk reduction and surge capacity initiatives 
necessary to ensure reliable, affordable, and timely 
production of solid rocket motors and related 
energetics: 
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(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
a briefing to the congressional defense committees on 
planned activities under this section, including an expla-
nation of how competition considerations and industry 
input were incorporated into acquisition and execution de-
cisions: Provided, That none of the funds provided under 
this section may be obligated or expended until 30 days 
after the Secretary of Defense provides to the congres-
sional defense committees a detailed execution plan for the 
use of such funds: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to any 
transfer of funds, notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
writing of the details of any such transfer: Provided fur-
ther, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged with 
and available for the same purposes, and for the same 
time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back and merged with this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer author-
ity provided under this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 
and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,981,588,000 plus 
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-
vided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,919,332,000 as follows: 
(A) $875,649,000 for adult employment 
and training activities, of which $163,649,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through 
June 
30, 
2027, 
and 
of 
which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; 
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(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2026 through June 30, 2027; and 
(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$235,553,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 
section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 
WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica-
tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 
would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 
out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 
the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 
shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re-
ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 
outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de-
scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 
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for any of the programs and activities authorized 
under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 
to approval of the application and such reporting re-
quirements issued by the Secretary; and 
(2) for national programs, $1,062,256,000 as 
follows: 
(A) $300,859,000 for the dislocated work-
ers assistance national reserve, of which 
$100,859,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 
period October 1, 2026 through September 30, 
2027: Provided, That funds provided to carry 
out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 
used to provide assistance to a State for state-
wide or local use in order to address cases 
where there have been worker dislocations 
across multiple sectors or across multiple local 
areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-
ordinate the State workforce development plan 
with emerging economic development needs; and 
train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 
further, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 
used for technical assistance and demonstration 
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projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 
new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro-
vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 
may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry 
out additional activities related to the transition 
to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 
funds 
provided 
under 
this 
subparagraph, 
$120,000,000 shall be for training and employ-
ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 
(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 
such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 
(i) $55,000,000 shall be for workers 
in the Appalachian region, as defined by 
40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 
Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 
4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 
Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 
2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 
served by the Northern Border Regional 
Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 
15733; and 
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(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur-
pose of developing, offering, or improving 
educational or career training programs at 
community colleges, defined as public insti-
tutions of higher education, as described in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 
degree is primarily the highest degree 
awarded, with other eligible institutions of 
higher education, as defined in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, eligible to participate through con-
sortia, with community colleges as the lead 
grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
follow the requirements for the program in 
House Report 116–62: Provided further, 
That any grant funds used for apprentice-
ships shall be used to support only appren-
ticeship programs registered under the Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 
(B) $62,500,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027; 
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(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 
grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 
be for employment and training services), 
$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 
discretionary purposes, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, the 
Department of Labor shall take no action lim-
iting the number or proportion of eligible par-
ticipants receiving related assistance services or 
discouraging grantees from providing such serv-
ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 
section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 
individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 
eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 
that definition if, in addition to meeting the re-
quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a 
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family with a total family income equal to or 
less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 
(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activi-
ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 
2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(E) $110,000,000 for ex-offender activi-
ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 
WIOA, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: Provided, 
That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare for 
employment young adults with criminal legal 
histories, young adults who have been justice 
system-involved, or young adults who have 
dropped out of school or other educational pro-
grams, with a priority for projects serving high- 
crime, high-poverty areas; 
(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027; 
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(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 
through apprenticeships only registered under 
the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-
able to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts and other arrangements, with States and 
other appropriate entities, including equity 
intermediaries and business and labor industry 
partner intermediaries, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027; and 
(H) $95,501,000 for carrying out Dem-
onstration and Pilot projects under section 
169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027, in addition to funds available for such ac-
tivities 
under 
subparagraph 
(A) 
for 
the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided, That such funds may be 
used for projects that are related to the employ-
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ment and training needs of dislocated workers, 
other adults, or youth: Provided further, That 
the 10 percent funding limitation under such 
section of the WIOA shall not apply to such 
funds: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
169(b)(6)(C) of the WIOA shall not apply to 
such funds: Provided further, That sections 102 
and 107 of this Act shall not apply to such 
funds. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-
ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 
purchase of real property for training centers as author-
ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027; 
(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-
tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2029, and which may include the 
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acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 
transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 
operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-
ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 
funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 
2027: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
any transfer; and 
(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 
2026: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
Centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 
AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $395,000,000, 
which shall be available for the period April 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027, and may be recaptured and reobli-
gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
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FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2026 of trade ad-
justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 
of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 
employment and case management services, allowances for 
job search and relocation, and related State administrative 
expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 
payments, allowances, training, employment and case 
management services, and related State administration 
provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-
ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 
and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
$50,300,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 
payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 
2026: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 
Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 
heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 
245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
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STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses, 
$74,306,000, together with not to exceed $4,000,584,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 
(1) $3,226,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less 
than $467,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-
ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 
such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 
defined in such section, including those who are 
profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 
be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-
vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci-
fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-
rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of a con-
current resolution on the budget and $350,000,000 
is additional new budget authority specified for pur-
poses of a concurrent resolution on the budget; and 
$9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy-
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ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 
administration of unemployment insurance for Fed-
eral employees and for ex-service members as au-
thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin-
istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem-
ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter-
native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 
Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sec-
tions 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex-
tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be avail-
able for Federal obligation through December 31, 
2026, except that funds for outcome payments pur-
suant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act 
shall be available for Federal obligation through 
March 31, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary may recap-
ture any funds appropriated under this paragraph 
that remain unexpended by a State after the period 
of expenditure for a State (but before such funds 
have been returned to the Trust Fund), and such re-
captured funds shall remain available until expended 
for reobligation by the Secretary to the States to 
carry out automation activities related to the admin-
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istration of unemployment compensation laws: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall not be available until 60 
days after the Secretary has submitted a plan to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on the planned use of 
funds; 
(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to-
gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 
the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 
with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 
be available for Federal obligation for the period 
July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; 
(4) $17,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-
ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-
it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod-
ernizing information technology for use in the proc-
essing of certification requests), and the provision of 
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technical assistance and staff training under the 
Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $84,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $61,528,000 
shall be available for the Federal administration of 
such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the administration of such 
activities; and 
(6) $52,893,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-
ligation for the period July 1, 2026 through June 
30, 2027, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 
to carry out research and demonstration projects re-
lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 
labor force participation of people with disabilities: 
Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 
made available for research and demonstration 
projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-
ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-
poses: 
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Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2026 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 
Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 
III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 
to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 
Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 
carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 
declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 
for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 
Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 
the National Directory of New Hires under section 
453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 
under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-
ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 
Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es-
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tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 
are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 
State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 
for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-
ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 
to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 
be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In-
surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-
withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 
the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-
ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-
eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-
lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-
quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 
States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 
III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 
in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy-
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ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 
in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-
tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 
making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 
data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 
to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 
State and local governments, public and private institu-
tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 
may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 
of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 
Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 
information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2027, for such pur-
poses. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 
Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-
vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 
of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 
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Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2027. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $104,527,000, together with not to exceed 
$53,906,000 which shall be available from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund. 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE 
Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
of which— 
(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-
ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 
such title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend-
iture by the States through September 30, 2028, 
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and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed-
eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup-
port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-
formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 
such funds may be used to support such specialists 
and representatives in the provision of services to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 
have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-
gram and have been identified as in need of inten-
sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 
are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 
in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 
units, to the spouses or other family caregivers of 
such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to sur-
viving spouses of individuals who died while serving 
as members of the Armed Forces or as a result of 
a service-connected disability; 
(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 
of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 
2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 
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to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-
lic Law 115–31); and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 
Employment and Training Services Institute under 
38 U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 
appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-
less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 
2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 
of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 
September 30, 2026, to provide services under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-
tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 
services to homeless veterans described in section 
2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 
some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 
veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 
60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 
may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-
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subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of 
such Act, and the budget activities 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 be funded in the amounts specified 
in such table. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 
respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 
$2,571,041,000, which shall be for the purposes and in 
the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program in the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which the 
amounts made available for Emergency Assistance (Part 
A) and Comprehensive Care Programs (Part B) shall re-
main available to the Secretary through September 30, 
2028, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, 
and of which the amounts made available for the AIDS 
Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) shall be for State 
AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 
section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which the 
amounts made available for Ending the HIV/AIDS Epi-
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XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 
to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 
Fund to the Secretary. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni-
zation and respiratory diseases, $316,901,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 
the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 
sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,384,056,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 
zoonotic infectious diseases, $729,272,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 
$1,000,000 from amounts made available for Quarantine 
appropriations shall remain available until expended to 
pay for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and 
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