Science Appropriations Act, 2026

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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.

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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).

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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 10 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 15 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.

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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.

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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.

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grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 15
days in advance of the planned use of funds.

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title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of
not to exceed $1,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of
Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for
official reception and representation expenses.

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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.

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used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the
performance of, any abortion.

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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.

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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 10 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(I) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance''; and
(2) paragraph (6) under the heading ``Community Oriented
Policing Services Programs''.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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available under this title for grant or reimbursement programs under
the headings ``Office on Violence Against Women'', ``State and Local
Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Community Oriented Policing
Services''--
(1) up to 1 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, may be transferred to and merged with
funds provided to the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of
Justice Statistics, to be used for research, evaluation, or statistical
purposes; and
(2) not less than 0.4 percent of funds shall be transferred to the
Office of Inspector General and remain available until expended for
oversight and auditing purposes associated with programs administered
under such accounts.
(b) This section shall not apply to--
(1) paragraph (1)(J) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance''; or
(2) paragraph (6) under the heading ``Community Oriented Policing
Services'';

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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 2022 through 2025 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.

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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)) and section 506(b)(1) of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C.
10157) shall not apply to amounts made available by this or any other
Act.

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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.

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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.

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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 Assets 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 2025.

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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.

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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.

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to investigate or prosecute religious institutions on the basis of
their religious beliefs.

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by the Antitrust Division to implement, administer, or enforce
amendments to part 803 of the premerger notification rules that
implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and
to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification and Report Form and
Instructions published on June 29, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 42178).

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by employees of the Department of Justice to conduct any activity with
the European Union's European Commission, the United Kingdom's
Competition and Markets Authority, or the People's Republic of China's
State Administration for Market Regulation for any merger review,
investigation, or enforcement action.

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District of Kentucky shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction
over any claim arising from any actions taken by the Attorney General
or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that are necessary for
the construction of the proposed Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in
Letcher County, Kentucky.

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be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the
Congress.

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remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.

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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.

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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.

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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 10
percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any
program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent;
or (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; unless the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 $2,050,000,000 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by
any official or contract employee of the United States Government.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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) ``Census Working Capital Fund'', $15,000,000; and
(2) ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--
Operations, Research, and Facilities'', $46,299,000, only from
prior year appropriations.
(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'', $36,000,000;
(2) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office of
Justice Programs'', $250,000,000; and
(3) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Community
Oriented Policing Services'', $25,000,000.
(4) ``Working Capital Fund'', $100,000,000; and
(5) ``Legal Activities--Assets Forfeiture Fund'',
$175,000,000; and
(6) ``Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries
and Expenses'', $50,000,000.
(c) 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) and (b).
(d) The amounts rescinded under subsections (a) and (b) shall not
be derived 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.
(e) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsection (b) shall not be
from amounts provided under--
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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 117-328;
(4) 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
117-328;
(5) 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
(6) paragraph (7) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Activities--Community Oriented Policing Services
Programs'' in title II of division C of Public Law 118-42.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Canine Training Center or the ATF National Canine Division from Front
Royal, Virginia, to another location.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
(b) Funds made available under this Act to the Department of
Justice may be used to enforce violations of 21 U.S.C. 860.

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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.

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10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively, for 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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to require a person licensed under section 923 of title 18, United
States Code, to report information to the Department of Justice
regarding the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.

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obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.

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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.

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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.

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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), 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
entitled ``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 entitled ``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 Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the
National Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each 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(a)(2) and 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 section 543(a)(1) of division B of Public Law 117-328, 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 section 543(a)(3) of division B
of Public Law 117-328, including all uncommitted, committed, and
unobligated funds.

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to issue, implement, administer, or enforce a proposed or final rule or
secretarial action regarding the South Atlantic red snapper stock that
includes a quota decrease, area closure, or any other action that would
limit access to the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region to address overfishing of such stock until the date on which a
third-party scientific review regarding whether the report entitled
``SEDAR 73, South Atlantic Red Snapper, Stock Assessment Report''
(March 2021) is the best scientific information available for purposes
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is completed.

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Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or
defend any part of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives final rule entitled ``Definition of `Frame or Receiver' and
Identification of Firearms'' (87 Fed. Reg. 24652 (April 26, 2022)).

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Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out
Executive Order 14092, ``Reducing Gun Violence and Making our
Communities Safer.''

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to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or defend the
joint Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security interim
final rule entitled ``Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and
Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection
Claims by Asylum Officers'' (87 Fed. Reg. 18078 (March 29, 2022)).

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by the Department of Justice to promulgate, develop, or implement a
regulation, policy, or practice regarding categorical administrative
closure, dismissal, or termination of cases in immigration court.

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to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out any regulation
issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
issued or finalized on or after January 21, 2021.

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Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or
defend any part of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives final rule entitled ``Factoring Criteria for Firearms with
Attached `Stabilizing Braces''' (88 Fed. Reg. 6478 (January 31, 2023)).

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to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Attorney
General's October 4, 2021, memorandum entitled ``Partnership Among
Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to
Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board Members, Teachers,
and Staff.''

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Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out
the Office of Science and Technology Policy's August 25, 2022,
Memorandum to Executive Departments and Agencies entitled ``Ensuring
Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research.''

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other Act may be used-- for diversity, equity and inclusion
initiatives, training, programs, offices, officers, policies, or other
executive agency functions.

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used--
(1) by the--
(A) Department of Commerce for--
(i) the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Center of Excellence in Climate
Change; or
(ii) climate change fisheries research;
(B) National Science Foundation for the--
(i) U.S. Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP); or
(ii) Clean Energy Technology program; or

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to provide legal representation to any alien in a removal proceeding.

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to incentivize any immigration judge to close or dismiss any case
without adjudicating the merits of the case.

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Alien Assistance Program may be used in contravention of section 642 of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996.

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Act may be used to allow the United States Census Bureau to include
aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States in rendering
apportionment determinations in subsequent decennial censuses.

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to pay a compromise settlement in relation to a civil action brought by
an alien who is inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A) or
(7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United States in violation of section
275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in
connection with conduct described in such section 275(a), unless
expressly authorized by law.

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to review, process, or approve applications for Federal grants,
contracts, cooperative agreements, or other agreements by any
individual or organization that educates or otherwise trains or informs
Federal employees about diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race
theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally relevant
teaching.

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to provide any education, training, or professional development that
utilizes, promotes, or teaches Critical Race Theory, any concept
associated with Critical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any
idea or concept that condones an individual being discriminated against
or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based on race or sex, that
condones an individual feeling discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other
form of psychological distress on account of that individual's race or
sex, as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently
superior to another race, the United States or its institutions as
being systemically racist or sexist, an individual as being inherently
racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue of that individual's race or
sex, an individual's moral character as being necessarily determined by
race or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions
committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex, or
meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created by a
particular race to oppress another race.

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to promote or contribute to environmental, social, and corporate
governance (also known as environmental, social, and governance (ESG))
investments.

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Act may be used to investigate, litigate, or advocate against any
person or recipient, as currently defined at section 106.2 of title 34,
Code of Federal Regulations, for defining ``sex'' as currently used in,
inter alia, section 1681 of title 20, United States Code, and sections
106.21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44, and 45 of
title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, to mean biological sex, male or
female, as determined by the type of gamete an individual produces; and
for defining ``boys and girls'' to mean only biological boys, whose DNA
consists of one X sex chromosome and one Y sex chromosome, and
biological girls, whose DNA consists of two X sex chromosomes.

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for gun buyback or relinquishment programs.

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to implement any statute, rule, policy, or interpretive guidance or to
disburse any grants or funding that would have the effect of creating,
utilizing, supporting, or implementing a law or procedure which could
result in the confiscation of any firearm without, in all cases,
providing the gun owner with notice and opportunity to participate in a
hearing.

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Science Appropriations Act, 2026 — HR. 5342

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