[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2354 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 122
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2354
[Report No. 119-44]
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 17, 2025
Mr. Moran, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
operations and administration
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the
Department of Commerce provided for by law, to carry out activities
associated with facilitating, attracting, and retaining business
investment in the United States, to carry out activities associated
with title VI of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2023 (Public Law 117-328), and for engaging in trade promotional
activities abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative
agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms,
without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States
Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families
of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted
overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the International
Trade Administration between two points abroad, without regard to
section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens
of the United States and aliens by contract for services; recognizing
contributions to export expansion pursuant to Executive Order 10978;
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses
of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of
temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of
tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign
countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses
abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad,
not to exceed $65,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $350,000 for purchase
of armored vehicles without regard to the general purchase price
limitations; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental
of tie lines, $605,000,000, of which $102,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That $12,000,000 is to
be derived from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade
Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided further, That, of amounts provided under this heading,
not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and
countervailing duty enforcement and compliance activities: Provided
further, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f)
and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in
carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act,
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for
services provided as part of these activities.
Bureau of Industry and Security
operations and administration
For necessary expenses for export administration and national
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs
associated with the performance of export administration field
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United
States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed
$13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of
compensation to informers under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018
(subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat.
2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the
Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of
passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law
enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase
without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law,
$211,000,000, of which $76,000,000 shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of
section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall
apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That
payments and contributions collected and accepted for materials or
services provided as part of such activities may be retained for use in
covering the cost of such activities, and for providing information to
the public with respect to the export administration and national
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other export
control programs of the United States and other governments.
Economic Development Administration
economic development assistance programs
For economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965, including provision of assistance
under section 207(b) of such Act, for trade adjustment assistance, and
for programs authorized by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation
Act of 1980, as amended, $360,000,000 to remain available until
expended, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified
in the table titled ``Economic Development Assistance Programs'' in the
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That amounts made available
under this heading may be used to implement prize competitions as
authorized by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation
Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719).
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of administering the economic development
assistance programs as provided for by law, $66,000,000: Provided,
That funds provided under this heading may be used to monitor projects
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of
1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 through 30 of the
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722-
3723), as amended; and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of
1977.
Minority Business Development Agency
minority business development
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Development Agency
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprises,
as authorized by law, $55,000,000.
Economic and Statistical Analysis
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and
statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce,
$122,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.
Bureau of the Census
current surveys and programs
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing,
preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law,
$328,500,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may
be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.
periodic censuses and programs
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing,
preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs
provided for by law, $1,191,849,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein,
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $55,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall
charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management,
analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be
retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum
services, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications
research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute for
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned
functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from other
Government agencies shall remain available until expended.
facilities management and construction
For necessary expenses for the design, construction, alteration,
improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings and facilities
managed by the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $2,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits
instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO, $4,996,100,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the
general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and
surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law are
received during fiscal year 2026, so as to result in a fiscal year 2026
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further,
That during fiscal year 2026, should the total amount of such
offsetting collections be less than $4,996,100,000, this amount shall
be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount received in
excess of $4,996,100,000 in fiscal year 2026 and deposited in the
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall submit a
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
set forth in that section: Provided further, That any amounts
reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be
transferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries
and Expenses'' account: Provided further, That the budget of the
President submitted for fiscal year 2027 under section 1105 of title
31, United States Code, shall include within amounts provided under
this heading for necessary expenses of the USPTO any increases that are
expected to result from an increase promulgated through rule or
regulation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges assessed
and collected by the USPTO under any law in either fiscal year 2026 or
fiscal year 2027: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein,
not to exceed $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2026 for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That
in fiscal year 2026 from the amounts made available for ``Salaries and
Expenses'' for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the
difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and
the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that
title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for
USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter
III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB
Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized
purposes of those accounts: Provided further, That any differences
between the present value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 series
benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's specific
use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO's financial
statements, where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and
collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section
42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112-29): Provided further,
That within the amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred
to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for activities
associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the
USPTO.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
scientific and technical research and services
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), $1,006,628,000, to remain available until expended,
of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working
Capital Fund'': Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, $149,469,000 shall be made available for the NIST--STRS
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying this
Act: Provided further, That the amounts made available for the
projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for
any other purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall
be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer
undergraduate research fellowship program participants.
industrial technology services
For necessary expenses for industrial technology services,
$212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $175,000,000
shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of
which $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Program:
Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all cooperative agreements
authorized by section 278k of title 15, United States Code, for
eligible entities in each State and Puerto Rico.
construction of research facilities
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by
sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-278e), $385,897,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, $257,897,000 shall be made available for the NIST--
Construction projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying
this Act: Provided further, That up to one percent of amounts made
available for the projects referenced in the preceding proviso may be
used for the administrative costs of such projects: Provided further,
That the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available
by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
set forth in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal
year 2027 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an
estimate for each National Institute of Standards and Technology
construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more
than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justification materials
shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such
project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
operations, research, and facilities
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot
programs for State-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any other
provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to
cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,477,642,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That fees and
donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of
national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries
and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding section
3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in
addition, $399,644,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund
entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining
to American Fisheries'', which shall only be used for fishery
activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries
Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Training;
Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and Interjurisdictional
Fisheries Grants: Provided further, That of the $4,905,286,000
provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $4,477,642,000
is appropriated from the general fund, $399,644,000 is provided by
transfer, and $28,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year
obligations: Provided further, That of the amount provided for in
direct obligations under this heading, $4,850,644,000 shall be for the
purposes and in the amounts specified in the tables under this heading
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the
amount provided for in direct obligations under this heading,
$54,642,000 shall be made available for the NOAA--ORF projects, and in
the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That
the amounts made available for the projects referenced in the preceding
proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided
further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 shall be for payment to the
``Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund'': Provided further,
That any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this
heading in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set forth
in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in addition, for
necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical
care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents'
Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.
procurement, acquisition and construction
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets,
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,610,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2028, except that funds provided for acquisition
and construction of satellites, vessels, aircraft, and construction of
facilities shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the $1,623,000,000 provided for in direct obligations under this
heading, $1,610,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund and
$13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations:
Provided further, That the $1,623,000,000 provided for in direct
obligations under this heading shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the tables under this heading in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That any use of deobligated
balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years shall
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in
budget justification materials for fiscal year 2027 that the Secretary
submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as
submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or construction
project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal
years.
pacific coastal salmon recovery
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific
salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, the Secretary
of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the federally recognized
Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska), for
projects necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations
that are listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified by
a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations
necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing rights or native
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and
steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary
of Commerce: Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based
on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be available for
marketing activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to States
shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-
kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.
fisheries disaster assistance
For necessary expenses of administering the fishery disaster
assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Public Law 94-265) and the
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III of Public Law 99-659),
$300,000.
fishermen's contingency fund
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372,
not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant
to that Act, to remain available until expended.
fisheries finance program account
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
during fiscal year 2026, obligations of direct loans may not exceed
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed
$150,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936.
recreational quota entity fund
For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the Driftnet
Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of division S of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328)), the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect
fees pursuant to such section, which shall be credited to this account,
to remain available until expended, for the purposes specified in
subsection (b) of such section, in addition to amounts otherwise
available for such purposes.
Departmental Management
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the management of the Department of
Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $9,000 for
official reception and representation, $94,500,000: Provided, That no
employee of the Department of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from
a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act to offices
within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Commerce for
more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing
bureau or office is fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the entire period of assignment using funds provided under
this heading: Provided further, That amounts made available to the
Department of Commerce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred
pursuant to section 508 of this or any prior Act to the account funded
under this heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances
that threaten life or property.
renovation and modernization
For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization of the
Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000.
General Provisions--Department of Commerce
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act
of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner
prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used
for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that
such payments are in the public interest.
Sec. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and
expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 103. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation shall be increased by more than 6 percent by any such
transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations at least 30 days in advance of the acquisition or
disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and
equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law
appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.
Sec. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of the
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by section 105 of title I of
division B of Public Law 113-6, are hereby adopted by reference and
made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2026: Provided, That the
life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is
$11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow On Program is
$6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is $11,700,100,000, and the
life cycle cost for the Space Weather Follow On Program is
$692,800,000.
Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including but not limited
to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) necessary to
support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that
persons, firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public
Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or
occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been
delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services
pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as
reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority
under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which
initially bears the costs of such services.
Sec. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a
grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.
Sec. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent,
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available
appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States, or of any State, local government, Indian Tribal government,
Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or
of any foreign government or international organization, for purposes
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sec. 108. The National Technical Information Service shall not
charge any customer for a copy of any report or document generated by
the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided information to
the customer on how an electronic copy of such report or document may
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer still
require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the report
or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering the Service's
cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering such report or
document.
Sec. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Administrator of
NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements
with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment,
personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds
made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State or
subdivision thereof, local government, Tribal government, Territory, or
possession or any subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received
for permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to this
section shall be deposited under the heading ``National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities'' and
shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for such purposes:
Provided further, That all funds within this section and their
corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act.
Sec. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior
appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary
expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration
of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall
be available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate
entities, including any Federal, State, or local governmental unit, or
institution of higher education, to aid and promote statistical,
research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for
which such amounts have been made available.
Sec. 111. The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the
Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the cost sharing requirements
under section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1461) as necessary at the request of the grant applicant, for
amounts made available under this Act under the heading ``Procurement,
Acquisition and Construction'' under the heading ``National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration''.
Sec. 112. Any unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds
transferred to the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund,
as authorized by section 111 of title I of division B of Public Law
116-93, may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 30
days in advance of the planned use of funds.
Sec. 113. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the employees of the
National Weather Service and non-governmental experts in personnel
management, may establish an alternative or fixed rate for relocation
allowance, including permanent change of station allowance,
notwithstanding the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regulations
prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738.
Sec. 114. The National Weather Service shall maintain staffing
levels by hiring, retaining, and rehiring after separations in order to
fulfill the mission required under 15 U.S.C. 313 to protect life and
property to the maximum extent possible.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce
Appropriations Act, 2026''.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the operations, management, and
accountability of the Department of Justice, $142,000,000, of which not
to exceed $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027,
and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of
Department of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended.
justice information sharing technology
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for information sharing technology,
including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction,
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Attorney General may transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from
funds available to the Department of Justice for information
technology, to remain available until expended, for enterprise-wide
information technology initiatives: Provided further, That the
transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other
transfer authority contained in this Act: Provided further, That any
transfer pursuant to the first proviso shall be treated as a
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
set forth in that section.
Executive Office for Immigration Review
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration-
related activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review,
$804,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the
``Immigration Examinations Fee'' account, and of which not less than
$29,000,000 shall be available for services and activities provided by
the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, That not to exceed
$50,000,000 of the total amount made available under this heading shall
remain available until September 30, 2030, for build-out and
modifications of courtroom space.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character: Provided, That not to exceed
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.
United States Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as
authorized, $13,500,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office of a
Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until a successor
has been appointed.
Legal Activities
salaries and expenses, general legal activities
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department
of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000
for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the
Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency petitions;
and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of
Columbia, $1,028,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for
litigation support contracts and information technology projects,
including cybersecurity and hardening of critical networks, shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided
for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed $900,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to
INTERPOL Washington for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Division for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding
for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General
may transfer such amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal
Activities'' from available appropriations for the current fiscal year
for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be
necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries
and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under
section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to
reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and
expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this
heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That any funds provided
under this heading in prior year appropriations Acts that remain
available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses
associated with the election monitoring program under section 8 of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to carry
out any authorized purposes of the Civil Rights Division: Provided
further, That amounts repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be
used to increase the number of permanent positions.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, $22,700,000, to be appropriated from the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until
expended.
salaries and expenses, antitrust division
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred
laws, $245,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to
exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2026 for premerger
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) shall be retained and used for necessary
expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the
general fund shall be reduced (1) as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2026 and (2) to the extent that any
remaining general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts
credited to this account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal
years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 605 of the Departments
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds
credited to this account as offsetting collections in previous fiscal
years that were unavailable for obligation as of September 30, 2025,
shall become available for obligation except as provided in the
preceding proviso: Provided further, That any premerger notification
filing fees received in excess of $245,000,000 in fiscal year 2026
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
Attorney General shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for any
amounts made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
salaries and expenses, united states attorneys
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements,
$2,611,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $19,600 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed
$40,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a
task force on human trafficking.
united states trustee system fund
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as
authorized, $220,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits of
discretionary offsetting collections to the United States Trustee
System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees
deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections
pursuant to section 589a of title 28, United States Code (as limited by
section 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be retained
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That to the extent that
fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in
fiscal year 2026, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due
depositors, exceed $220,000,000, those excess amounts shall be
available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees
are received during fiscal year 2026, net of amounts necessary to pay
refunds due depositors, (estimated at $205,000,000) and (2) to the
extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can be derived
from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary offsetting
collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise
appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation
from the general fund estimated at $15,000,000.
salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,504,000.
fees and expenses of witnesses
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for
the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private
counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign
counsel, $320,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not
to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected
witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and
maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security
caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase,
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications
equipment and a secure automated information network to store and
retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses:
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading may not be
transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act.
salaries and expenses, community relations service
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service,
$22,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act,
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the
Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations
Service, from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
assets forfeiture fund
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of
section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, to be
derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
United States Marshals Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service,
$1,712,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
construction
For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized
by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related
support, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended.
federal prisoner detention
For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in the
custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by section
4013 of title 18, United States Code, $2,236,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000
shall be considered ``funds appropriated for State and local law
enforcement assistance'' pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18,
United States Code: Provided further, That the United States Marshals
Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Air
Transportation System.
National Security Division
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National
Security Division, $122,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for
information technology systems shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances
require additional funding for the activities of the National Security
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this
heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
Interagency Law Enforcement
organized crime drug enforcement task forces
For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug
trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-
governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
engaged in the investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in
transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, $537,000,000, of
which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That any amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading may
be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed
from this appropriation.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United
States, $10,643,713,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $284,000
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
construction
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment,
furniture, and information technology requirements, related to
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and sites by
purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification,
and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and
design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; $15,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
Drug Enforcement Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration,
including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a
confidential character pursuant to section 530C of title 28, United
States Code; and expenses for conducting drug education and training
programs, including travel and related expenses for participants in
such programs and the distribution of items of token value that promote
the goals of such programs, $2,567,000,000, of which not to exceed
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to exceed
$90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law
106-310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, units of
local government, Indian Tribal Governments, other public entities, and
multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for expenses
incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated with
clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and extraction
operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and processing
operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances which may
present a danger to public health or the environment: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available by this Act or any prior
Department of Justice Appropriations Act shall be available to restart
the illicit crop imagery program.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives
and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $1,625,000,000, of which not to exceed $36,000 shall be
for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as
provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not
to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to
investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms
disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code:
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal
firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States
Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or
activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
to other agencies or Departments.
Federal Prison System
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and
correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical
assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign
governments, $8,392,588,000: Provided, That not less than $409,483,000
shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First Step
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), of which not less than 2 percent
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for the National Institute of
Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities related to
the First Step Act of 2018: Provided further, That the Attorney
General may transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services
such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that
Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of the
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a
fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the
amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System,
furnish health services to individuals committed to the custody of the
Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for necessary operations: Provided further, That, of
the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in
advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other
expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison
System may accept donated property and services relating to the
operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which
has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact that
such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release
services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities: Provided
further, That amounts made available under this heading for programs
and activities related to the First Step Act may not be transferred, or
otherwise made available, to or for administration by the Department of
Labor.
buildings and facilities
For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account;
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account,
$179,762,000, to remain available until expended, of which $150,000,000
shall be available only for costs related to construction of new
facilities: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be
used for work performed under this appropriation.
federal prison industries, incorporated
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be
necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the
current fiscal year for such corporation.
limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries,
incorporated
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison
Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative
expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined
in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed accounting
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of
claims, and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be
capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced,
including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement,
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging
to the corporation or in which it has an interest.
State and Local Law Enforcement Activities
Office on Violence Against Women
violence against women prevention and prosecution programs
(including transfers of funds)
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as
authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,
as amended (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (``the 1968 Act''); title II of
the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (commonly known as the ``Indian Civil
Rights Act of 1968'') (Public Law 90-284, as amended) (``the Indian
Civil Rights Act''); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
of 1994 (Public Law 103-322, as amended) (34 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.)
(``the 1994 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law
101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools
to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34
U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims of Trafficking
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386, as amended)
(``the 2000 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
405, as amended) (``the 2004 Act''); the Violence Against Women and
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162,
as amended) (``the 2005 Act''); the Violence Against Women
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-22)
(``the 2015 Act''); the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public Law 115-
392); and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022
(division W of Public Law 117-103) (``the 2022 Act''); and for related
victims services, $720,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $80,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from amounts available
for obligation in this Act from the Fund established by section 1402 of
chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101),
notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with
the amounts otherwise made available under this heading Provided, That
except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds
made available under this heading may be used for expenses related to
evaluation, training, and technical assistance: Provided further, That
of the amount provided--
(1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against
women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, and any
applicable increases for the amount of such grants, as
authorized by section 5903 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: Provided, That
$10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under such section
5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 2026 grants funded by
amounts provided in this paragraph;
(2) $51,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance
grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence,
stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of
the 1994 Act;
(3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice and
the Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, evaluation, and
statistics of violence against women and related issues
addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against
Women, which shall be transferred to ``Research, Evaluation and
Statistics'' for administration by the Office of Justice
Programs;
(4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services
to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence;
assistance to middle and high school students through education
and other services related to such violence, and programs to
engage men and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking: Provided, That
unobligated balances available for the programs authorized by
sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior
to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for this
program: Provided further, That 10 percent of the total amount
available for this grant program shall be available for grants
under the program authorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act:
Provided further, That the definitions and grant conditions in
section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
(5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the criminal
justice response as authorized by part U of title I of the 1968
Act, of which up to $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction
initiative; and up to $2,000,000 is for a domestic violence
lethality reduction initiative;
(6) $79,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance,
as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
(7) $51,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child
abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section
40295 of the 1994 Act;
(8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes
against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the
2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 is for grants to Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions,
and Tribal colleges and universities;
(9) $56,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as
authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;
(10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to
end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as
authorized by section 40801 of the 1994 Act;
(11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support families in the
justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act:
Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs
authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of
the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall
be available for this program;
(12) $12,000,000 is for education and training to end
violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as
authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;
(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on
Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as
authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;
(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence
against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 of
the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by
the Office of Justice Programs;
(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides
training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual
assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;
(16) $12,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal
Governments in exercising special Tribal criminal jurisdiction,
as authorized by section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights Act:
Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the
1994 Act shall apply to grants made;
(17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the
2015 Act;
(18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program to support
restorative justice responses to domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evaluations
of those responses;
(19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific services for
victims, as authorized by section 121 of the 2005 Act;
(20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-
designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant
United States Attorneys: Provided, That the definitions and
grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply
to this initiative;
(21) $1,000,000 is for grants to support victims of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and
stalking, including through the provision of technical
assistance, as authorized by section 206 of the 2022 Act:
Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions in section
40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
(22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services Line to
provide services to Deaf victims of domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking: Provided, That the
definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994
Act shall apply to this service line;
(23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services to
underserved populations, as authorized by section 120 of the
2005 Act;
(24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial
assistance to victims, including evaluation of the
effectiveness of funded projects: Provided, That the
definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994
Act shall apply to this initiative;
(25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-centered
training for law enforcement, and related research and
evaluation activities, as authorized by section 41701 of the
1994 Act;
(26) $12,000,000 is for grants to support access to sexual
assault nurse examinations, as authorized by section 304 of
title III of the 2004 Act: Provided, That the grant conditions
in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program;
and
(27) $5,500,000 is for local law enforcement grants for
prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against
individuals, as authorized by section 1401 of the 2022 Act, and
for a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against
Individuals, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2022 Act:
Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of the
1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph.
Office of Justice Programs
research, evaluation and statistics
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 (``title I of the 1968 Act'') (Public Law 90-351); the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322)
(``the 1994 Act''); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974 (``the 1974 Act'') (Public Law 93-415); the Missing Children's
Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public Law
108-21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of
2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Victims of Child
Abuse Act of 1990 (title II of Public Law 101-647); the Second Chance
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984
(chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473); the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam
Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Prison Rape Elimination
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the NICS Improvement
Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); the Violence Against Women
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-198);
the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391); and other programs,
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which--
(1) $27,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs
and other activities as authorized by part C of title I of the
1968 Act; and
(2) $33,000,000 is for research, development, and
evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part
B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle C of title II of the
2002 Act, and for activities authorized by or consistent with
the First Step Act of 2018.
state and local law enforcement assistance
(including transfer of funds)
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351, as amended)
(``the 1968 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (title II of Public Law
101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164) (``the TVPRA of
2005''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act'');
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-
248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence
Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) (``the Victims of
Trafficking Act''); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public
Law 110-180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the Prison Rape
Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the Public
Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-12); the
Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing
Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-403) (``the PRO-IP Act''); the Victims of Crime Act of
1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the 1984 Act'');
the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization
and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); the Violence Against
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013
Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public
Law 114-198) (``CARA''); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of
2016 (Public Law 114-324); Kevin and Avonte's Law (division Q of Public
Law 115-141) (``Kevin and Avonte's Law''); the Keep Young Athletes Safe
Act of 2018 (title III of division S of Public Law 115-141) (``the Keep
Young Athletes Safe Act''); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title
V of division S of Public Law 115-141) (``the STOP School Violence
Act''); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law
115-141); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-185); the SUPPORT for Patients and
Communities Act (Public Law 115-271); the Second Chance Reauthorization
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391); the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd,
Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111-84); title II of
Kristen's Act (title II of Public Law 106-468, as amended); the Ashanti
Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-401); the Missing Persons and
Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-277); the Jabara-Heyer
NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the Violence Against Women Act
Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117-103) (``the
2022 Act''); the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of
2022 (Public Law 117-263); and other programs, $1,878,146,000, to
remain available until expended as follows--
(1) $569,146,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E
of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and
the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of
title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this
Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1--
(A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III
memorial initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law
Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and
Survivability (VALOR);
(B) $3,000,000 is for the operation, maintenance,
and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified
Persons System;
(C) $8,000,000 is for a grant program for State and
local law enforcement to provide officer training on
responding to individuals with mental illness or
disabilities, including for purposes described in the
Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022
(Public Law 117-325);
(D) $3,000,000 is for a student loan repayment
assistance program pursuant to part JJ of title I of
the 1968 Act, as amended;
(E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and
prosecution grants to States and units of local
government, and other programs, as authorized by PREA:
Provided, That for grants requested or issued this
fiscal year, section 8(e)(2)(D)(iii)(I) of PREA shall
be applied by striking ``during the 2-year period
beginning 6 years after December 16, 2016'';
(F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Americans Alert
Program (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by
Kevin and Avonte's Law;
(G) $19,000,000 is for grants authorized under the
Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of
2018 (Public Law 115-185);
(H) $12,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation
Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by section 426
of Public Law 108-405, and for grants for wrongful
conviction review;
(I) $3,000,000 is for a national center on
restorative justice;
(J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti
Alert Communications Network as authorized by title II
of Kristen's Act, as amended by the Ashanti Alert Act
of 2018 (Public Law 115-401), and for related planning,
implementation and other support activities;
(K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to replicate
and support family-based alternative sentencing
programs;
(L) $7,000,000 is for a rural violent crime
initiative, including assistance for law enforcement;
(M) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized under the
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019
(Public Law 116-277);
(N) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited
institutions of higher education to support forensic
ballistics programs;
(O) $3,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under
section 1506 of the 2022 Act; and
(P) $152,146,000 is for discretionary grants to
improve the functioning of the criminal justice system,
to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to
assist victims of crime (other than compensation),
which shall be made available for the OJP--Byrne
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the
report accompanying this Act: Provided, That such
amounts may not be transferred for any other purpose;
(2) $88,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of
trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of the Victims
of Trafficking Act, by the TVPRA of 2005, or by the 2013 Act,
and related activities such as investigations and prosecutions;
(3) $8,000,000 for a grant program to prevent and address
economic, high technology, white collar, and Internet crime,
including as authorized by section 401 of the PRO-IP Act, of
which not less than $2,500,000 is for intellectual property
enforcement grants including as authorized by section 401, and
$2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases on Internet of
Things device capabilities and to build and execute training
modules for law enforcement;
(4) $19,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as
authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;
(5) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest
Partnership Grant Program, as authorized by section 2501 of
title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be
transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research,
testing, and evaluation programs;
(6) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public
Website;
(7) $87,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal
and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000
shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS
Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180) and Fix
NICS Act of 2018;
(8) $34,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
(9) $148,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and
activities, of which--
(A) $120,000,000 is for the purposes authorized
under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546) (the Debbie Smith DNA
Backlog Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 percent
of funds made available under this paragraph may be
used for the purposes described in the DNA Training and
Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel,
and Court Officers program (Public Law 108-405, section
303);
(B) $10,000,000 is for other local, State, and
Federal forensic activities;
(C) $14,000,000 is for the purposes described in
the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant
Program (Public Law 108-405, section 412); and
(D) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam
Program grants, including as authorized by section 304
of Public Law 108-405;
(10) $51,500,000 for community-based grant programs to
improve the response to sexual assault including assistance for
investigation and prosecution of related cold cases;
(11) $14,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate
program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
(12) $48,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes;
(13) $116,000,000 for offender reentry programs and
research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007
(Public Law 110-199) and by the Second Chance Reauthorization
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), without regard to the time
limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which not
to exceed--
(A) $8,000,000 is for a program to improve State,
local, and Tribal probation or parole supervision
efforts and strategies;
(B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated
parents demonstration programs to enhance and maintain
parental and family relationships for incarcerated
parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy;
(C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication sites
employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with
Enforcement model implementing swift and certain
sanctions in probation, of which no less than $500,000
shall be used for a project that provides training,
technical assistance, and best practices; and
(D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for crisis
stabilization and community reentry, as authorized by
the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of
2020 (Public Law 116-281):
Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in
this paragraph may be used for performance-based awards for Pay
for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for
Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent Supportive
Housing Model and reentry housing;
(14) $418,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use reduction
activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the
following programs, which shall address opioid, stimulant, and
substance use disorders consistent with underlying program
authorities, of which--
(A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
(B) $40,000,000 is for mental health courts and
adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as
authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968
Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime
Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-416);
(C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residential
Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as
authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;
(D) $34,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts
program, and for other services for veterans in the
criminal justice system, of which $5,000,000 is for a
national center for veterans justice;
(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor
prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical
products; and
(F) $185,000,000 is for a comprehensive opioid,
stimulant, and substance use disorder program;
(15) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized
by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act;
(16) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered by the
Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes authorized under the
STOP School Violence Act;
(17) $3,000,000 for grants to State and local law
enforcement agencies for the expenses associated with the
investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses involving
civil rights, including as authorized by the Emmett Till
Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016
(Public Law 114-325);
(18) $17,000,000 for grants to State, local, and Tribal law
enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and
training on hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate
crimes, including as authorized by section 4704 of the Matthew
Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public
Law 111-84), without regard to section 4704(b)(5);
(19) $9,000,000 for grants to support community-based
approaches to advancing justice and reconciliation,
facilitating dialogue between all parties, building local
capacity, de-escalating community tensions, and preventing hate
crimes through conflict resolution and community empowerment
and education;
(20) $9,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara-
Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507);
(21) $114,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-
community relations, of which $27,000,000 is for a competitive
matching grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras and
related expenses for State, local, and Tribal law enforcement;
$32,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment initiative, for
activities related to criminal justice reform and recidivism
reduction; and $55,000,000 is for a community violence
intervention initiative; and
(22) $10,000,000 for a grant program as authorized by the
Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public
Law 117-263):
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds
made available under this heading to increase the number of law
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-
administrative public sector safety service: Provided further, That in
the spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this Act, the
Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and explicitly identify
all changes in the administration of competitive grant programs for
fiscal year 2026, including changes to applicant eligibility, priority
areas or weightings, and the application review process.
juvenile justice programs
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance
authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of
1974 (Public Law 93-415) (``the 1974 Act''); title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) (``the
1968 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act'');
the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the
PROTECT Act (Public Law 108-21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990
(Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child
Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam
Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401)
(``the 2008 Act''); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of
2013 (Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the Justice for All
Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-324); the Missing
Children's Assistance Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-267); the Juvenile
Justice Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-385); the Victims of Crime
Act of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the 1984
Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public
Law 114-198); and other juvenile justice programs, $380,000,000, to
remain available until expended as follows--
(1) $65,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of
the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to
assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants
process: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this
paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration
grant program to support emergency planning among State, local,
and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;
(2) $105,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
(3) $55,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of which,
pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act--
(A) $4,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent
trafficking of girls;
(B) $16,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth
Program;
(C) $4,500,000 shall be for competitive grants
focusing on girls in the juvenile justice system;
(D) $10,500,000 shall be for an initiative relating
to youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance
use disorder;
(E) $9,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating
to children exposed to violence; and
(F) $2,000,000 shall be for the Arts in the
Juvenile Justice Demonstration Program;
(4) $43,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990;
(5) $105,000,000 for missing and exploited children
programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a)
of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the 2008
Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act);
(6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training programs for
judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section
222 of the 1990 Act; and
(7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent
defense:
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used
for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit
the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, That not more
than 2 percent of the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through
(3) and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance:
Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to
grants and projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of
the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children programs.
public safety officer benefits
(including transfer of funds)
For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such
sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to
remain available until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments
authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational
assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent
circumstances require additional funding for such disability and
education payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to
``Public Safety Officer Benefits'' from available appropriations for
the Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
Community Oriented Policing Services
community oriented policing services programs
(including transfer of funds)
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violence Against
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of
2017 (Public Law 115-37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and
Wellness Act (Public Law 115-113) (``the LEMHW Act''); the SUPPORT for
Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271); the Supporting and
Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-32) (``the
STOIC Act''); and the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of
2022 (Public Law 117-325), $500,167,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That any balances made available through prior
year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with section
505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided under
this heading--
(1) $206,000,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title
I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring
of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q of
such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section:
Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title
(34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring a career
law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the
Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
grants a waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That
of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $34,000,000
is for improving Tribal law enforcement, including hiring,
equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-
opioid activities: Provided further, That of the amounts
appropriated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for regional
information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of
title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and
merged with ``Research, Evaluation, and Statistics'' for
administration by the Office of Justice Programs: Provided
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph,
no less than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access
Program: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated
under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for training, peer
mentoring, mental health program activities, and other support
services as authorized under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act:
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this
paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collaborative reform model of
technical assistance in furtherance of section 1701 of title I
of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);
(2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-199);
(3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law
enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor
chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and
laboratory dump seizures: Provided, That funds appropriated
under this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative
purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including
precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine
traffickers;
(4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law
enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary
treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids: Provided,
That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes
to locate or investigate illicit activities, including
activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful
distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and
prescription opioid traffickers through statewide
collaboration;
(5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be
administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office
for purposes authorized under the STOP School Violence Act
(title V of division S of Public Law 115-141);
(6) $25,000,000 is for community policing development
activities in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the
1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);
(7) $133,167,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and
interoperable communications program, and related law
enforcement and public safety equipment, which shall be made
available for the COPS Tech projects, and in the amounts,
specified in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That
such amounts may not be transferred for any other purpose:
Provided further, That grants funded by such amounts shall not
be subject to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 Act (34
U.S.C. 10383); and
(8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by the Law
Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-
325).
General Provisions--Department of Justice
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this
title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of
not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of
Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for
official reception and representation expenses.
Sec. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be
available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case
of rape or incest: Provided, That should this prohibition be declared
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section
shall be null and void.
Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the
performance of, any abortion.
Sec. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside
the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section in any
way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
Sec. 205. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be
increased by more than 6 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That
any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section: Provided further, That this section shall not
apply to the following--
(1) paragraph 1(P) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance''; and
(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ``Community Oriented
Policing Services Programs''.
Sec. 206. None of the funds made available under this title may be
used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals
Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner
pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a
prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as
appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
Sec. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, or to
rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used
primarily for recreational purposes.
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, or
purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for inmate
training, religious, or educational programs.
Sec. 208. None of the funds made available under this title shall
be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information technology
program having total estimated development costs in excess of
$100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment
review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that the information technology
program has appropriate program management controls and contractor
oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.
Sec. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in
section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts
designated for specific activities in this Act and in the report
accompanying this Act, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds
provided under this title in previous years.
Sec. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-
private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular
A-76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy
for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal
Prison Industries, Incorporated.
Sec. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States
Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28,
United States Code.
Sec. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized
to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by
this title under the headings ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'',
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice
Programs''--
(1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the Office
of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be
used by such Office to provide training and technical
assistance; and
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or
reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts
appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or
statistical programs administered by the National Institute of
Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be
transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to
be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical
purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant
or reimbursement programs.
This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(P) under the heading
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance''.
Sec. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General
has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may,
with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making
appropriations for fiscal years 2023 through 2026 for the following
programs, waive the following requirements:
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local
reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C.
10631 et seq.), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of
such part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)).
(2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities
as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act
of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section
6(c)(3) of such Act.
Sec. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section
20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts
made available by this or any other Act.
Sec. 215. None of the funds made available under this Act, other
than for the national instant criminal background check system
established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention
Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if
the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the
individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement
personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the
firearm at all times.
Sec. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the Department of
Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140
(105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 2026, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for
implementation of a unified Department of Justice financial management
system.
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances
transferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working
Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784;
28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal year
2026, and any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this
Act.
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances
available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code,
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2026, and any use,
obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act.
Sec. 217. Discretionary funds that are made available in this Act
for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate in
Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under such authorities as
have been enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in appropriations
acts in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal year.
Sec. 218. The Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate quarterly
reports on the Crime Victims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three
Percent Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly reports
shall contain at least the same level of information and detail for
each Fund as was provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate in fiscal year 2024.
Sec. 219. None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise support, live tissue
training, unless the Attorney General issues a written, non-delegable
determination that such training is medically necessary and cannot be
replicated by alternatives.
Sec. 220. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
by the Department of Justice to target or investigate parents who
peacefully protest at school board meetings and are not suspected of
engaging in unlawful activity.
Sec. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to investigate or prosecute religious institutions on the basis of
their religious beliefs.
Sec. 222. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
available for the application of Justice Manual 1-8.200 and 1-8.210, or
for the application of any associated or substantially similar
memoranda, policy documents, or informal guidance, to communications to
and from the Chair, Vice Chair, or staff of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, or the Chair, Ranking Member, or staff of
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
relating to Departmental resources, the application of enacted
appropriations acts, or the application of Federal laws related to
appropriations.
Sec. 223. The notices of funding opportunities for the grants,
contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance provided for
under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities'' shall
be publicly posted no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act: Provided, That the Department of Justice shall make the
awards for the grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance provided for under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Activities'' by September 30, 2026: Provided further, That
the requirements of this section may be waived only by submission of a
letter, signed by the head of the respective grantmaking office, to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate explaining in detail the justification for the waiver.
Sec. 224. The Attorney General shall retain, preserve, and compile
any records or evidence related to any investigation, prosecution,
services provided to victims, or incarceration of Jeffrey Epstein:
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Subcommittee on
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate a report that includes information on the
history of the Jeffrey Epstein case (including the 2008 non-prosecution
agreement), victims and testimony (including notifications under
section 3771 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the
``Crime Victims' Rights Act'')), investigation of co-conspirators,
internal reviews and misconduct findings by the Department of Justice,
the current status of investigations into the financial and trafficking
networks of Jeffrey Epstein, an intelligence assessment of Jeffrey
Epstein's financial ties, clients, and connections (if any) to the
United States Government or foreign governments, and oversight failures
at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York:
Provided further, That, as necessary to protect privacy, the Attorney
General may redact the names and personally identifiable information of
victims from the report submitted to Congress.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 2026''.
TITLE III
SCIENCE
Office of Science and Technology Policy
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C.
6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, and
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,965,000.
National Space Council
For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in carrying
out the purposes of title V of Public Law 100-685 and Executive Order
No. 14056, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250
for official reception and representation expenses, $1,965,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National
Space Council may accept personnel support from Federal agencies,
departments, and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and
offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the National Space
Council for purposes provided herein.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
science
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of science research and development activities, including
research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance
and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft
control, and communications activities; program management; personnel
and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $7,300,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount made available under
this heading, the total amount specified in the table under this
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes
and in not less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such
table.
aeronautics
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of aeronautics research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $950,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027.
space technology
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of space technology research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $975,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That $110,000,000 shall be for the
development, production, and demonstration of nuclear propulsion
systems.
exploration
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of exploration research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $7,783,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount made available under
this heading, the total amount specified in the table under this
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes
and in not less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such
table.
space operations
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of space operations research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support and services;
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities,
including operations, production, and services; maintenance and repair,
facility planning and design; program management; personnel and related
costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease,
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $4,314,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, the
total amount specified in the table under this heading in the report
accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes and in not less than
the amount for each such purpose specified in such table.
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics engagement
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of aerospace and aeronautical education research and
development activities, including research, development, operations,
support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs,
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter,
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$148,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided,
That of the amount made available under this heading, the total amount
specified in the table under this heading in the report accompanying
this Act shall be for the purposes and in not less than the amount for
each such purpose specified in such table.
safety, security and mission services
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration,
space operations and education research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, support, and services;
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight,
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management;
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code;
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to
exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $3,107,079,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That if available balances in the
``Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund'' are not
sufficient to provide for the grant disbursements required under the
third and fourth provisos under such heading in the Department of
Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
1989 (Public Law 100-404) as amended by the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-327), up to $1,000,000 shall
be available from amounts made available under this heading to make
such grant disbursements: Provided further, That of the amounts
appropriated under this heading, $24,679,000 shall be made available
for the SSMS projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying
this Act: Provided further, That the amounts made available for the
projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for
any other purpose.
construction and environmental compliance and restoration
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities,
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environmental
compliance and restoration, $275,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2031: Provided, That proceeds from leases deposited into
this account shall be available for a period of 5 years to the extent
and in amounts as provided in annual appropriations Acts: Provided
further, That such proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall
be available for obligation for fiscal year 2026 in an amount not to
exceed $33,000,000: Provided further, That each annual budget request
shall include an annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and
proposed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 of title
51, United States Code.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $47,600,000, of which
$1,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.
administrative provisions
(including transfers of funds)
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall remain
available, without fiscal year limitation, until a prize is claimed or
the offer is withdrawn.
Not to exceed 6 percent of any appropriation made available for the
current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 12 percent by
any such transfers. Any funds transferred to ``Construction and
Environmental Compliance and Restoration'' for construction activities
shall not increase that account by more than 20 percent. Balances so
transferred shall be merged with and available for the same purposes
and the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred.
Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration under previous
appropriations Acts that remains available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2026 may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall
retain its original availability and shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.
The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the theme, program,
project, and activity level. The spending plan, as well as any
subsequent change of an amount established in that spending plan that
meets the notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever is less, of the
amounts made available in the current-year Construction and
Environmental Compliance and Restoration (CECR) appropriation may be
applied to CECR projects funded under previous years' CECR
appropriations. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.
Of the amounts made available in this Act under the heading
``Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement''
(``STEM Engagement''), up to $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly
fund, with an additional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts
made available in this Act under the headings ``Science'',
``Aeronautics'', ``Space Technology'', ``Exploration'', and ``Space
Operations'', projects and activities for engaging students in STEM and
increasing STEM research capacities of universities, including Minority
Serving Institutions.
Not to exceed $38,500,000 made available for the current fiscal
year in this Act within ``Safety, Security and Mission Services'' may
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration. Balances so transferred shall be available
until expended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) of
title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, and shall remain
available until expended. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a
fund to be known as the ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' (the Fund). Unobligated balances of
expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding
fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by this or any other Act
may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year
after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the
purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund. Amounts deposited in
the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such
other funds as may be available for such purposes, for facilities
infrastructure improvements, including nonrecurring maintenance,
necessary for the operation of NASA, subject to approval by the Office
of Management and Budget. Amounts in the Fund may not be available for
the purpose described in subsection (b)(3) of section 30102 of title
51, United States Code. Amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of the planned use
of funds.
For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and associated
programs, amounts that have expired but have not been cancelled in the
Exploration, Space Operations, Human Space Flight, Space Flight
Capabilities, and Exploration Capabilities appropriations accounts
shall remain available through fiscal year 2030 for the liquidation of
valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal year 2001
through fiscal year 2013: Provided, That this section shall become
effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
National Science Foundation
research and related activities
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 86-209
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of
aircraft; and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated
under this heading, not to exceed $700,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for polar research and operations support, and for
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science
support and logistical and other related activities for the United
States Antarctic program: Provided further, That of the amounts in the
preceding proviso, not less than $109,310,000 shall be for U.S.
Antarctic Logistical Support: Provided further, That receipts for
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.
major research equipment and facilities construction
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction,
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities,
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized
travel, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended.
stem education
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics, and
engineering education and human resources programs and activities
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861
et seq.), including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount made available under
this heading, the total amount specified in the table under this
heading in the report accompanying this Act shall be for the purposes
and in not less than the amount for each such purpose specified in such
table.
agency operations and award management
For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying
out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et
seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia;
and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security
guard services; $444,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $12,000 is
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year
2026 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services
to be provided during the next fiscal year.
office of the national science board
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved
in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of
1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.),
$5,090,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $24,410,000, of which
$1,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made available for the
current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation in this Act may
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation
shall be increased by more than 6 percent by any such transfers. Any
transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for
obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall notify
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate at least 30 days in advance of any planned divestment
through transfer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of
any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (including land,
structures, and equipment) valued greater than $2,500,000.
This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations Act,
2026''.
TITLE IV
RELATED AGENCIES
Commission on Civil Rights
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $14,350,000: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to employ any
individuals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the
Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one special assistant for each
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is
permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That the Chair may
accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the
Commission: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is not
explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That notwithstanding the
preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be used to separately fund the
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of
1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233),
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), and the Pregnant
Workers Fairness Act (Public Law 117-328), including services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31,
United States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to
$32,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for
authorized services to the Commission, $455,000,000, of which
$2,788,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector General: Provided,
That the Commission is authorized to make available for official
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from
available funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no
action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or
reorganization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified of such
proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section
505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use
any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Commission.
International Trade Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to exceed
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses,
$122,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less
than $2,096,176 shall be for the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).
Legal Services Corporation
payment to the legal services corporation
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the
purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $566,000,000,
of which $522,100,000 is for basic field programs and required
independent audits; $5,700,000 is for the Office of Inspector General,
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct
additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for management and
grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self-help and information
technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and
$2,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance: Provided, That the budget
execution for the payment to the Legal Services Corporation shall be
carried out in this fiscal year in the same manner as such budget
execution was carried out in fiscal year 2024 and such payment shall be
made in full as an annual installment paid to the Corporation at the
beginning of the fiscal year in such amounts as specified under this
heading: Provided further, That the Legal Services Corporation may
continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no
greater than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, DC-
based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United States
Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided further, That the authorities
provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable to the Legal
Services Corporation: Provided further, That, for the purposes of
section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be
considered an agency of the United States Government.
administrative provisions--legal services corporation
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by,
or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504,
505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all
references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to
refer instead to 2025 and 2026, respectively.
Section 501 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law
105-119) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end:
``(d) Modified Governing Body Requirement.--For purposes of this
Act, section 1007(c) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C.
2996f(c)) shall be applied by substituting `33 percent' for `60
percent'.''.
Section 502(2) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public
Law 104-134) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) in its entirety
and replacing it with the following:
``(B) is governed by a board of directors or other
governing body, 33 percent of which is comprised of
attorneys who are members of the bar of a State, as
defined in section 1002(8) of the Legal Services
Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996a(8)), in which the
legal assistance is to be provided;''.
Marine Mammal Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as
authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027.
Office of the United States Trade Representative
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the
employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code, $65,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount
made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses.
trade enforcement trust fund
(including transfer of funds)
For activities of the United States Trade Representative authorized
by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of
2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived
from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any transfer
pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall be treated as a
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act.
State Justice Institute
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as
authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701
et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2027: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the United States
Government.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers and rescissions of funds)
Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the
Congress.
Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the
remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons
or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall
not be affected thereby.
Sec. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal
year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new
program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project, or
activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4)
relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices,
programs, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments
existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $500,000 or 5
percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 5 percent funding for any
program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 5 percent;
(8) results from any general savings, including savings from a
reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing
programs, projects, or activities as approved by Congress; or (9)
terminates a Federal award or contract for no longer effectuating the
program goals or agency priorities; unless the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance of such
reprogramming of funds.
(b) Any reprogramming notification submitted pursuant to this
section shall include any out-year budgetary impacts and a separate
accounting of program or mission impacts on estimated carryover funds.
(c) Any department or agency funded by this Act that plans a
reduction-in-force shall notify the Committees of the House of
Representatives and the Senate in writing no later than 30 days in
advance of the date of any such planned personnel action.
(d) No department or agency shall submit a reprogramming
notification after July 1, 2026, except in extraordinary circumstances
that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of
property: Provided, That any such notification shall include a
description of the extraordinary circumstances.
Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code
of Federal Regulations.
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized
purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act shall
be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled
in the United States, its territories or possessions.
(2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given the term
in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).
Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National
Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the
status of balances of appropriations at the account level. For
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances
the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts
attributable to each source year of appropriation from which the
balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, but unexpended,
the quarterly reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of
obligation.
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted
within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect of a
reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a limitation
of a current accounting system, the department or agency shall fulfill
such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under such accounting
system and shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the
extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.
Sec. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded
under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken
in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this
section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in
this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section
shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of loan
collateral or grant property.
Sec. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products,
or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except
for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or
tobacco products of the same type.
Sec. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts
deposited or available in the Fund established by section 1402 of
chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any
fiscal year in excess of $1,900,000,000 shall not be available for
obligation until the following fiscal year: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available
from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to
the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and remain
available until expended for oversight and auditing purposes associated
with this section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office
for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the requirements of
the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes to improve services for
victims of crime.
Sec. 511. None of the funds made available to the Department of
Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate
the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs
for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the
parents or legal guardians of such students.
Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce,
the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services
Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the
progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a
description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days after
initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such
audit is completed.
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described in
subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary,
Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as
appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the
public on the Internet website maintained by the Department,
Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude--
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5,
United States Code; and
(2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the
public access to which could be used to commit identity theft
or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts
appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of
Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or
President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the
grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in
any other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the
person awarded the grant or contract.
(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section
shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of
the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules
and requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in such
subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch ethics
program to all Federal departments, agencies, and entities.
Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used by the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the
National Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact
information system, as defined for security categorization in the
National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal
Information Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for
Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information
Systems'' unless the agency has--
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information
systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions
for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems within
the Federal Government;
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive
awardee against available and relevant threat information
provided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate
Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-
espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such
system, including any risk associated with such system being
produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities
identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber
threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned,
directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of China, the
Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, or the Russian Federation.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact
information system reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless
the head of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has--
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for
any identified risks;
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI, that
the acquisition of such system is in the national interest of
the United States; and
(3) reported that determination to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
and the agency Inspector General.
Sec. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be
used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by
any official or contract employee of the United States Government.
Sec. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the
text of--
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
Australia Free Trade Agreement; or
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-
Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
Sec. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of
any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to
Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy
Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act
of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws amended
by these Acts.
Sec. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the program manager
of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the
National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has
reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased
by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform the
respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary,
Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall
include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made;
a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and
proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project;
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree
to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program
costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or
procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project's
management structure is adequate to control total project or
procurement costs.
Sec. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3094) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount
greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount
unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to
the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its
knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal
tax returns required during the three years preceding the
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to
certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for
which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the
subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or
the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or
judicial proceeding.
(rescissions)
Sec. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the
Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby permanently
rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following
accounts in the specified amounts--
(1) ``Economic Development Administration--Economic
Development Assistance Programs'', $30,000,000, only from prior
year appropriations; and
(2) ``Census Working Capital Fund'', $15,000,000.
(b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations
available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby
permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the
following accounts in the specified amounts--
(1) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office on
Violence Against Women--Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs'', $15,000,000;
(2) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of
Justice Programs'', $125,000,000; and
(3) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community
Oriented Policing Services'', $20,000,000.
(c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of
Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not
later than September 30, 2026, from the following account in the
specified amounts: ``Working Capital Fund'', $100,000,000.
(d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a report no later than September 1, 2026, specifying the amount
of each rescission made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c).
(e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall
not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an
emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
(f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall
not be from--
(1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph
(1) under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement
Activities--Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance'' in title II of division B of Public
Law 117-103 or Public Law 117-328, or amounts provided under
subparagraph (R) of paragraph (1) under the heading ``State and
Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of Justice Programs--
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in title II of
division C of Public Law 118-42; or
(2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading
``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community
Oriented Policing Services--Community Oriented Policing
Services Programs'' in title II of division B of Public Law
117-103 or Public Law 117-328, or amounts provided under
paragraph (7) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Activities--Community Oriented Policing Services--
Community Oriented Policing Services Programs'' in title II of
division C of Public Law 118-42.
Sec. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of
sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Sec. 523. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees
from a Federal department or agency, who are stationed in the United
States, at any single conference occurring outside the United States
unless--
(1) such conference is a law enforcement training or
operational conference for law enforcement personnel and the
majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforcement
personnel stationed outside the United States; or
(2) such conference is a scientific conference and the
department or agency head determines that such attendance is in
the national interest and notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
within at least 15 days of that determination and the basis for
that determination.
Sec. 524. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed
balances in expired grant accounts and include in its annual
performance plan and performance and accountability reports the
following:
(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or
instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in
expired grant accounts.
(2) The method that the department, agency, or
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired
grant accounts.
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant
accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United
States.
(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total
number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on
the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency,
or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been
obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts.
Sec. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made available in this
Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy Star''
qualified or have the ``Federal Energy Management Program''
designation.
Sec. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space
Council (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or
execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to
participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with
China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to
effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities
belonging to or utilized by NASA.
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall not
apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, after consultation with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified--
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of
technology, data, or other information with national security
or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned
company; and
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials
who have been determined by the United States to have direct
involvement with violations of human rights.
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30
days prior to the activity in question and shall include a description
of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major participants, and
its location and timing.
Sec. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim
assistance-related activity.
Sec. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation,
the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices of Science and
Technology Policy and the United States Trade Representative, the
National Space Council, and the State Justice Institute shall submit
spending plans, signed by the respective department or agency head, to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this
Act: Provided, That the spending plans submitted pursuant to this
section shall contain at least the same level of detail as the spending
plans submitted pursuant to this section in fiscal year 2024.
Sec. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has
been judged to be below satisfactory performance or for performance
that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.
Sec. 530. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
in contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp
Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) by the
Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Sec. 531. None of the funds made available under this Act to the
Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States of
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing
their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or
cultivation of medical marijuana.
Sec. 532. The Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall provide
a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any
employee of such Department or agency, including the purpose of such
travel.
Sec. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, not less than
10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively, for Public
Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development
Act of 1965 and grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated
for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided, That for
purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty counties''
means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small
Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory
or possession of the United States.
Sec. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this
Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United States
in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada
of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in
Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it
existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of
subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such
articles.
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license--
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's
Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or
from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United
States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles
enumerated in subsection (a); and
(2) does not permit the export without a license of--
(A) fully automatic firearms and components and
parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the
Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal
Government of Canada;
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in
Category I, other than for end use by the Federal
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of
Canada; or
(C) articles for export from Canada to another
foreign destination.
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export
without a license of any unclassified articles specified in subsection
(a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or
temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in
the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
(d) The President may require export licenses under this section on
a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first
in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented
or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in
subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has
and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in
the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The President shall
terminate the requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary
requirements have ceased.
Sec. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving
appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or
expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the
compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny
any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and
qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to
import United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or
ammunition.
Sec. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act
on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if--
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the
proposed importation are met; and
(2) no application for the importation of such model of
shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the
Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that
the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily
adaptable to sporting purposes.
Sec. 537. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
Sec. 538. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 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 the United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 539. (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
effective control of the Department of Defense.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of
the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is--
(A) in the custody or under the effective control
of the Department of Defense; or
(B) otherwise under detention at United States
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 540. Funds made available to the Department of Commerce and
the Department of Justice in this Act and any remaining unobligated
balances of funds made available to the Department of Commerce and the
Department of Justice in prior year Acts, other than amounts designated
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from amounts made available
under the heading ``Department of Justice--Legal Activities--Fees and
Expenses of Witnesses'', shall be available to provide payments
pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)):
Provided, That payments made pursuant to the matter preceding this
proviso may not exceed $5,000,000 for the Department of Commerce and
$10,000,000 for the Department of Justice.
Sec. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts made available from the
Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for
America Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117-
167) not otherwise allocated pursuant to section 546(a)(1)(B) of
division C of Public Law 118-42, including the transfer authority in
such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the accounts specified,
in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activities
specified, in the table titled ``Department of Commerce Allocation of
National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal
Year 2026'' in the report accompanying this Act.
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Director of the
National Science Foundation shall allocate amounts made available from
the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for
America Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to
section 102(d)(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 specified in the table titled ``National
Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026'' in
the report accompanying this Act.
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts
that are made available for any fiscal year under section 102(a)(2)(A)
of the CHIPS Act of 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if
there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part
of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter
preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation,
apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of
programs allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, which may be
allocated only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for such
purposes in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, and subject to the terms and
conditions in section 505 of this Act--
(1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate funds
allocated to Industrial Technology Services for section 9906 of
Public Law 116-283 by subsection (a)(1) of this section; and
(2) the Director of the National Science Foundation may
reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS for America Workforce
and Education Fund by subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President
for fiscal year 2027, the Director of the National Science Foundation,
as appropriate, 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(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022
for fiscal year 2027.
(e) The Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation,
as appropriate, shall each provide the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status
of balances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this
section and prior appropriations Acts, the status of balances of
projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Supply Chain
Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to section 543(a)(2) of
division B of Public Law 117-328, and the status of balances of
projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and
Education Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of
this section and prior appropriations Acts, including all uncommitted,
committed, and unobligated funds.
Sec. 542. In making Federal financial assistance, the Department
of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the
National Science Foundation shall continue to apply the negotiated
indirect cost rates for Institutions of Higher Education 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 negotiated indirect cost
rates were applied in fiscal year 2024: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated in this or prior Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, or otherwise made available to
the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Science Foundation may be used to
develop, modify, or implement changes to such fiscal year 2024
negotiated indirect cost rates.
This Act may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
Calendar No. 122
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2354
[Report No. 119-44]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes.
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July 17, 2025
Read twice and placed on the calendar