Science Appropriations Act, 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6938 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.6938
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six
An Act
Making consolidated appropriations 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,

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This Act may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy
and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act,
2026''.

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APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

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Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this
Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of that division.

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TITLE IV

-General Provisions

The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House
section of the Congressional Record on or about January 7, 2026, and
submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House,
shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and
implementation of divisions A through C of this Act as if it were a
joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.

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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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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''.

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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 30
days in advance of the planned use of funds.

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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.

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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.

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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(O) under the heading ``State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance''; and
(2) paragraph (7) 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 explanatory
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of
this consolidated 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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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(O) under the
heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance''.

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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 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.

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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)) 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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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.

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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 2024.

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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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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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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; unless the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 30 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 $1,950,000,000 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) ``Economic Development Administration--Economic Development
Assistance Programs'', $60,000,000, only from prior year
appropriations that remain available until expended; 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'', $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.
(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 accounts in the
specified amounts--
(1) ``Working Capital Fund'', $210,000,000; and
(2) ``Legal Activities--Assets Forfeiture Fund'', $113,200,000.
(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.

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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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Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy Star''
qualified or have the ``Federal Energy Management Program''
designation.

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used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or
the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 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 or OSTP, 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, 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.

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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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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.

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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 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.

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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.
(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.

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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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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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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.

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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) 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 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
matter preceding division A of this consolidated 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 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
preceding division A of this consolidated 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.

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of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the
National Science Foundation shall continue to apply the negotiated
indirect cost rates in section 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal
Regulations, including with respect to the approval of deviations from
negotiated indirect cost rates, to the same extent and in the same
manner as such 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.

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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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``Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities'', $507,000,000
shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts
previously appropriated under such heading for fiscal year 2026 in
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
117-58):  Provided, That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this
subsection shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
(b) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--National Telecommunications and Information Administration--
Salaries and Expenses'', $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated under the
heading ``National Telecommunications and Information Administration''
in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
117-58), of which $25,000,000 shall be from amounts repurposed or
transferred for salaries and expenses, administration, and oversight of
programs pursuant to section 542 of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42) and $25,000,000 shall be from amounts
made available under the heading ``Middle Mile Deployment'':  Provided,
That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this subsection shall
continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of
division A of Public Law 118-5.
(c) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--Economic Development Administration--Economic Development
Assistance Programs'', $16,276,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated under the
heading ``National Telecommunications and Information Administration''
in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
117-58) and repurposed or transferred for salaries and expenses,
administration, and oversight of programs pursuant to section 542 of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42):
Provided, That amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this subsection
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of
division A of Public Law 118-5.
(d) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Procurement,
Acquisition and Construction'', $44,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the unobligated balances of the Department of Commerce
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.
This division may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
TITLE I
CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army
pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.
investigations
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection
and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood
and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem
restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and
plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm
damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration
projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of
authorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations, and, when
authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and plans and
specifications of projects prior to construction, $150,384,000, to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary shall
not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
construction
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor,
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem
restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for conducting
detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects
(including those involving participation by States, local governments,
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law
(but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not
constitute a commitment of the Government to construction);
$3,169,966,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$217,983,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,
shall be to cover the Federal share of construction costs for
facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; and
of which such sums as are necessary to cover 25 percent of the costs of
construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland
waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust
Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law:  Provided,
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress.
mississippi river and tributaries
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and
related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $531,588,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $9,768,000, to be derived from the
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors:  Provided,
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress.
operation and maintenance
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of
existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic
ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law;
providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps,
including administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor
channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that
serve essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized
by law; surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes and
connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing
obstructions to navigation, $6,013,217,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $3,245,249,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible
operations and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and
for inland harbors, of which $416,760,000 shall be for donor and energy
ports as specified in section 102 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 2020; of which $40,000,000, to be derived from the general fund
of the Treasury, shall be for the design and construction to replace
Federal dredges, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for
such purposes, and shall be transferred to and merged with funds
available for such purposes in the revolving fund established by the
first section of the Act of July 27, 1953 (33 U.S.C. 576); of which
such sums as may be necessary shall be derived from amounts collected
in this or prior fiscal years under section 210 of the Flood Control
Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d-3) and are not otherwise appropriated shall
be for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance
activities related to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor
recreation is available; of which such sums as become available from
fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104-303 shall be used to
cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material
disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected; and of
which $62,000,000, to be derived from the general fund of the Treasury,
shall be to carry out subsection (c) of section 2106 of the Water
Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and
shall be designated as being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph (2)
of section 14003 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136):  Provided, That funding
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for donor and energy
ports shall be allocated solely in accordance with section 2106 of the
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014:  Provided further,
That 1 percent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the
programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not
be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of
the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by
the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief
of Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and that the
Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any
remaining funds which have not been used for emergency activities
proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for the
programs, projects, or activities:  Provided further, That the
Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
regulatory program
For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to
regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $221,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027.
formerly utilized sites remedial action program
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the
United States resulting from work performed as part of the Nation's
early atomic energy program, $75,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
flood control and coastal emergencies
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other
natural disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, and other
activities in response to such disasters as authorized by law,
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended.
expenses
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general
administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of the
Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for
costs of management and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Center
Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and the United States
Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center allocable to the civil works
program, $220,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, of
which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and
representation purposes and only during the current fiscal year:
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation provided in this
title shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the
Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction
and management activities of the division offices:  Provided further,
That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be
used to fund the supervision and general administration of emergency
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to any flood,
hurricane, or other natural disaster.
office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), $7,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That not more than 75
percent of such amount may be obligated or expended until the Assistant
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress the report required under section 101(d) of this Act and a
work plan that allocates at least 95 percent of the additional funding
provided under each heading in the explanatory statement described in
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
Act), to specific programs, projects, or activities.
water infrastructure finance and innovation program account
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans,
as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
2014, $2,200,000, to remain available until expended, for safety
projects to maintain, upgrade, and repair dams identified in the
National Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of State, local
government, public utility, or private:  Provided, That any activity
that results in a decrease in the hazard or a decrease in the potential
consequences of poor performance of a dam structure listed on the
National Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of State, local
government, public utility, or private shall be considered a safety
project eligible for funds provided under this heading for that purpose
by this or any prior Act:  Provided further, That any safety project
for a dam identified in the National Inventory of Dams with a primary
owner type of State, local government, public utility, or private shall
be eligible under section 5026(1)(A) of the Water Resources Reform and
Development Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121) (33 U.S.C. 3905(1)(A)) for
funds provided under this heading for that purpose by this or any prior
Act:  Provided further, That no project may be funded with amounts
provided under this heading in this or any prior Act for a dam that is
identified as jointly owned in the National Inventory of Dams and where
one of those joint owners is the Federal Government:  Provided further,
That not later than 90 days following the end of any submittal period
occurring before or after the date of enactment of this Act of a
solicitation of preliminary applications from prospective borrowers
seeking credit assistance of funds made available under this heading by
this or any prior Act, the Secretary shall provide to each applicant a
written notice to inform the applicant whether the applicant will be
invited to apply for credit assistance:  Provided further, That amounts
made available under this heading in this Act shall also be available
for projects to construct, maintain, upgrade, and repair levees and
ancillary features with a primary owner type of State, municipal,
county, private, or other non-Federal entity:  Provided further, That
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall begin a rulemaking process to establish the process to
provide financial assistance for projects to construct, maintain,
upgrade, and repair levees and ancillary features with a primary owner
type of State, municipal, county, private, or other non-Federal entity:
Provided further, That no project may be funded with amounts provided
under this heading for a levee unless the Secretary has certified in
advance, in writing, that the levee is not owned, in whole or in part,
by the Federal Government:  Provided further, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans, including capitalized interest, and
total loan principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $500,000,000:  Provided further,
That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this
heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans for any
project, including any project that is made eligible for funds pursuant
to the second proviso under this heading, shall be in accordance with
the criteria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR
39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the heading ``Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account'' in division D
of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-
94):  Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan guarantee
authority made available under this heading shall be available for any
project unless the Secretary and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget have certified in advance in writing that the
direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply
with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso:  Provided
further, That any references to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) or the Administrator in the criteria referenced in the previous
two provisos shall be deemed to be references to the Army Corps of
Engineers or the Secretary of the Army, respectively, for purposes of
the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made available under this
heading:  Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide,
documentation and information relating to a project identified in a
Letter of Interest submitted to the Secretary pursuant to a Notice of
Funding Availability for applications for credit assistance under the
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, including with
respect to a project that was initiated or completed before the date of
enactment of this Act.
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of
2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until
expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL
(including transfers of funds)

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provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities
funded in title I of this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2026, 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 for any program, project, or
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this
Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity for
a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or
activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs (6)
through (10), unless prior approval is received from the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
(6) Investigations.--For a base level over $100,000,
reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of
$150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  Provided, That
for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is
$25,000:  Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be reprogrammed
into any continuing study or activity that did not receive an
appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant
administrative expenses;
(7) Construction.--For a base level over $2,000,000,
reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of
$3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  Provided,
That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit
is $300,000:  Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 may be
reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, changed conditions, or
real estate deficiency judgments:  Provided further, That up to
$300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity
that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and
concomitant administrative expenses;
(8) Operation and maintenance.--Unlimited reprogramming
authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond to
emergencies:  Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of
these emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable:
Provided further, That for a base level over $1,000,000,
reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of
$5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is allowed:  Provided
further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, the
reprogramming limit is $150,000:  Provided further, That $150,000
may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did
not receive an appropriation;
(9) Mississippi river and tributaries.--The reprogramming
guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the
Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance
portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account,
respectively; and
(10) Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.--
Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving
project is permitted.
(b) De Minimus Reprogrammings.--In no case should a reprogramming
for less than $50,000 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress.
(c) Continuing Authorities Program.--Subsection (a)(1) shall not
apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing
authorities program.
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress to establish the baseline for application of
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year
which shall include:
(1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column to
display the President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if applicable,
and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both by
object class and program, project and activity as detailed in the
budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and
(3) An identification of items of special congressional
interest.

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this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act and in
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), including the
determination and designation of new starts.

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used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond the
amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity that remain
unobligated, except that such amounts may include any funds that have
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to section 101.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to projects with awarded
integrated design and construction contracts (IDaC) as of the date of
enactment of this Act:  Provided, That the Corps shall modify the
existing IDaC contracts for such projects to incorporate the authority
provided in 33 U.S.C. 621 and DFARS 252.232-7007 pursuant to DFARS
232.703-1(1)(ii)(B) within 60 days of the date of enactment of this
Act:  Provided further, That the Corps shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress upon execution of such
modifications for each project and upon commencement of work addressed
in such modification:  Provided further, That the Corps shall fully
obligate any funds previously designated in Public Law 117-58 or prior
appropriations bill as part of the modification, and as required
supervision and administration associated with that modification:
Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of
division A of Public Law 118-5.

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Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and
expend, up to $8,733,000 of funds provided in this title under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' to mitigate for fisheries lost
due to Corps of Engineers projects.

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lake placement alternative for dredged material, after evaluating the
least costly, environmentally acceptable manner for the disposal or
management of dredged material originating from Lake Erie or
tributaries thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341):  Provided, That until an open lake
placement alternative for dredged material is approved under a State
water quality certification, the Corps of Engineers shall continue
upland placement of such dredged material consistent with the
requirements of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211).

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allocated only to projects determined to be eligible by the Chief of
Engineers.

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retaining sufficient amounts for the Corps of Engineers to carry out
any of its responsibilities relating to the project and using
appropriations made available to the project prior to the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall make advance payments to the
non-Federal sponsors for their use in completing construction of any
project for flood risk management identified in implementation guidance
for the Civil Works Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program issued by
the Director of Civil Works on January 8, 2019 and that is under
construction on the date of enactment of this Act and for which a prior
executed Project Partnership Agreement, as amended, specifically
identifies Federal Work, Non-Federal Work, and a Federal Participation
Amount in excess of $700,000,000:  Provided, That amounts described in
the matter preceding this proviso shall be credited by the Secretary
toward the Federal Participation Amount:  Provided further, That prior
to making any payments authorized in the matter preceding the first
proviso, the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsors shall amend the
Project Partnership Agreement executed for the project in order to
implement any such payments and credits.

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to carry out any water supply reallocation study under the Wolf Creek
Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, project authorized under the Act of
July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595).

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Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by
striking ``at recreation site at which the fee is collected'' and
inserting ``at any recreation site or facility that is located at the
civil works project at which the fee is collected''.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Central Utah Project
central utah project completion account
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project
Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $4,000,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Commission:  Provided, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $1,950,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2027, for expenses necessary in carrying out related
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior:  Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2026, of the amount made available to the
Commission under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may use an
amount not to exceed $2,186,000 for administrative expenses.
Bureau of Reclamation
The following appropriations shall be expended to execute
authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:
water and related resources
(including transfers of funds)
For management, development, and restoration of water and related
natural resources and for related activities, including the operation,
maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities,
participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native
Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements
with, State and local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes,
and others, $1,465,630,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $23,899,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado
River Basin Fund and $7,679,000 shall be available for transfer to the
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as
may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund:
Provided, That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the
overall appropriation under this heading:  Provided further, That of
the total appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be
financed by the Reclamation Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement
Receipts account established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114-322,
or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16
U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account:  Provided
further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until
expended for the purposes for which the funds were contributed:
Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be
credited to this account and are available until expended for the same
purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading:  Provided
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading,
$3,237,000 shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund
established by section 110 of title I of division B of appendix D of
Public Law 106-554:  Provided further, That in accordance with section
4007 of Public Law 114-322 and as recommended by the Secretary in a
letter dated January 2, 2026, funding provided for such purpose in
fiscal year 2025 shall be made available to the Sites Reservoir Project
and the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project:  Provided
further, That in accordance with section 4009(a) of Public Law 114-322
and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated January 2, 2026,
funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2025 and prior fiscal
years shall be made available to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Expansion--
Concentrate Pipeline Partial Replacement Project and the McAllen
Brackish Groundwater Treatment Facility.
central valley project restoration fund
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central
Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums as may be collected in fiscal
year 2026 in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to
sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102-575, to
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Bureau of
Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount of the
additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by section
3407(d) of Public Law 102-575:  Provided further, That none of the
funds made available under this heading may be used for the acquisition
or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is already
committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order.
california bay-delta restoration
(including transfers of funds)
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply,
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with plans
to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $32,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate accounts of
other participating Federal agencies to carry out authorized purposes:
Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for the Federal
share of the costs of CALFED Program management:  Provided further,
That CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner
with clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in
achieving the goals and objectives of the Program.
policy and administration
For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and related
functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and
offices in the six regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain
available until September 30, 2027, $64,000,000, to be derived from the
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377,
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and
representation expenses:  Provided, That no part of any other
appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or
functions budgeted as policy and administration expenses.
administrative provision
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for
purchase and replacement of not to exceed 30 motor vehicles, which are
for replacement only.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous or subsequent
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title II of
this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain available for
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, shall be available for
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity for
which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, unless
prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress;
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity for
which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior approval is
received from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress;
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless
prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress:
(A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity for
which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning of the
fiscal year; or
(B) $400,000 for any program, project or activity for which
less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning of the
fiscal year;
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities
Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the
Resources Management and Development category to any program,
project, or activity in the other category, unless prior approval
is received from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress; or
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations
of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide
adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased contractor
earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate
deficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received from the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds
within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation
category.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``transfer'' means any
movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the amounts made
available in this title under the heading ``Bureau of Reclamation--
Water and Related Resources'' shall be expended for the programs,
projects, and activities specified in the ``Final Bill'' columns in the
``Water and Related Resources'' table included under the heading
``Title II--Department of the Interior'' in the explanatory statement
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
consolidated Act).
(e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly
basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress
detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects,
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall
be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.

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available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of
discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until
development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of
California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality
standards of the State of California as approved by the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental
effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the
costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by
the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and
collected until fully repaid pursuant to the ``Cleanup Program--
Alternative Repayment Plan'' and the ``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment
Plan'' described in the report entitled ``Repayment Report, Kesterson
Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program,
February 1995'', prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States
relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for
the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit
beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal
reclamation law.

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Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking
``$920,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000,000''.

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Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended, shall be applied by
substituting ``2026'' for ``2022'' each place it appears.
(b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-
Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681) is amended by striking
``$30,000,000'' and inserting ``$32,600,000''.

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Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11) shall be applied by substituting
``2026'' for ``2022''.

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Science Appropriations Act, 2026 — HR. 6938

Other Sections

DIVISION C / TITLE IV

DIVISION A

DIVISION B

DIVISION C

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