S. 2587

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · July 31, 2025 · Sponsor: Mrs. Capito · Committee: Committee on Appropriations

Table of contents

• S. 2587
  • SEC. undesignated-section.
  • TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
  • Sec. 101.
  • Sec. 102.
  • Sec. 103.
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  • TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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  • TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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  • TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES
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  • TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SEC. undesignated-section.

• That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Sec. 101.

• None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.

Sec. 102.

• Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

Sec. 103.

• In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.

Sec. 104.

• Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 () may be used for any purpose other than competitive grants for training individuals who are older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school within a local educational agency in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to support such training. 29 U.S.C. 2916a

Sec. 105.

• None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local government employees, and the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs involved including Employment and Training Administration programs.

Sec. 106.

• Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance services to grantees to when it is determined that those services will be more efficiently performed by Federal employees: , That this section shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. Program Administration
• Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation made available to the Employment and Training Administration by this Act to in order to carry out program integrity activities relating to any of the programs or activities that are funded under any such discretionary appropriations: , That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding proviso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the account to paragraph (3) of such account to carry out program integrity activities related to the Job Corps program: , That funds transferred under this subsection shall be available to the Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and other arrangements with States and other appropriate entities: , That funds transferred under the authority provided by this subsection shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2027. Program Administration Office of Job Corps

Sec. 107.

• The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under this section shall be transferred to for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2027: , That such funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. Departmental Management
• The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: , , , , , , , , , , , , funding made available to the and within the account, and . Training and Employment Services Job Corps Community Service Employment for Older Americans State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations Employee Benefits Security Administration Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Wage and Hour Division Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office of Labor Management Standards Occupational Safety and Health Administration Mine Safety and Health Administration Office of Disability Employment Policy Bureau of International Labor Affairs Women's Bureau Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses Veterans' Employment and Training

Sec. 108.

• Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 () shall be applied as if the following text is part of such section: 29 U.S.C. 207
  • (s)
    • The provisions of this section shall not apply for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to any employee—
      • employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not engaged, directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts;
      • who receives from such employer on average weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any minimum weekly amount established by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the number of weeks such employee is engaged in any of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and
      • whose duties include any of the following:
        • (i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals who suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians;
        • (ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing factual information to prepare damage estimates;
        • (iii) evaluating and making recommendations regarding coverage or compensability of claims or determining liability or value aspects of claims;
        • (iv) negotiating settlements; or
        • (v) making recommendations regarding litigation.
    • The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1).
    • For purposes of this subsection—
      • the term major disaster means any disaster or catastrophe declared or designated by any State or Federal agency or department;
      • the term employee employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster means an individual who timely secured or secures a license required by applicable law to engage in and perform the activities described in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer that maintains worker compensation insurance coverage or protection for its employees, if required by applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, State, and local income and payroll taxes from the wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; and
      • the term affiliate means a company that, by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of one or more companies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another company.
• This section shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act.

Sec. 109.

• (a) Flexibility with respect to the crossing of H–2B nonimmigrants working in the seafood industry
  • (1) In general
    • Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the petition into the United States at any time during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for which the employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without filing another petition.
  • (2) Requirements for crossings after 90th day
    • An employer in the seafood industry may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States after the date that is 90 days after the start date for which the employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants unless the employer—
      • completes a new assessment of the local labor market by—
        • (i) listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 separate Sundays; and
        • (ii) posting the job opportunity on the appropriate Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at the employer's place of employment; and
      • offers the job to an equally or better qualified United States worker who—
        • (i) applies for the job; and
        • (ii) will be available at the time and place of need.
  • (3) Exemption from rules with respect to staggering
    • The Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer in the seafood industry who brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation of section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other applicable provision of law.
• (b) H–2B nonimmigrants defined
  • In this section, the term H–2B nonimmigrants means aliens admitted to the United States pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (). 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)

Sec. 110.

• The determination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other employees with similar experience and qualifications for such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification of the position in the geographic area in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will be employed, based on the best information available at the time of filing the petition. In the determination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage surveys even in instances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary determines that the methodology and data in the provided survey are not statistically supported.

Sec. 111.

• None of the funds in this Act shall be used to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the definition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B).

Sec. 112.

• Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, not more than $450,000 of excess personal property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those programs.

Sec. 113.

• The Act entitled , approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, chapter 141) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: An Act to create a Department of Labor
  • (a) In general
    • The Secretary of Labor is authorized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents to—
      • provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that is preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official duties by the Secretary;
      • provide protection, incidental to the protection provided to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate family of the Secretary who is participating in an activity or event relating to the official duties of the Secretary;
      • provide continuous protection to the Secretary (including during periods not described in paragraph (1)) and to the members of the immediate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; and
      • provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary.
  • (b) Authorities
    • The Secretary of Labor may authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the duties authorized under subsection (a), to—
      • carry firearms;
      • make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of such officer or special agent;
      • perform protective intelligence work, including identifying and mitigating potential threats and conducting advance work to review security matters relating to sites and events;
      • coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and
      • initiate criminal and other investigations into potential threats to the security of the Secretary, in coordination with the Inspector General of the Department of Labor.
  • (c) Compliance with guidelines
    • A law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this section in accordance with any—
      • guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and
      • guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.
• This section shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act.

Sec. 114.

• The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, including an agreement or partnership to construct a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other disposition, to include any associated construction project, will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real property or relating to Federal procurement, including but not limited to subchapter III of of title 40 of the United States Code, subchapter V of of title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. chapter 5; chapter 119

Sec. 115.

• None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to—
  • alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement between the United States Department of Labor and the United States Department of Agriculture;
  • close any of the Civilian Conservation Centers, except if such closure is necessary to prevent the endangerment of the health and safety of the students, the capacity of the program is retained, and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA are met; or
  • close any Job Corps Centers, except if such closure meets the criterion entitled or the criterion entitled established by 81 FR 12529, the capacity of the program is retained, and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA are met. Long-Term Center Performance Evaluation of Continuing Center Operations

Sec. 116.

• Of the unobligated funds available under section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (), $200,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2026. 8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)

Sec. 117.

• Of the funds made available under the heading pursuant to section 1112 of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of ), $75,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded from amounts made available for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Employment and Training Administration–Training and Employment Services Public Law 119–4

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 201.

• Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.

Sec. 202.

• None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II: That none of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an individual at this rate.

Sec. 203.

• None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds.

Sec. 204.

• Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in this title.

Sec. 205.

• Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

Sec. 206.

• In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2026 under section 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual who has been awarded such contract has not received funds due under the contract.

Sec. 207.

• None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.

Sec. 208.

• Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.

Sec. 209.

• None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's enrollees): That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.

Sec. 210.

• None of the funds made available in this title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.

Sec. 211.

• The Secretary shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.

Sec. 212.

• In order for HHS to carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2026:
  • The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered by the Department of State.
  • The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health activities abroad.
  • The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such personnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel's official duty station were in the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter I of of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign Service. chapter 63

Sec. 213.

• The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

Sec. 214.

• Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.

Sec. 215.

• (a) Authority
  • Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of NIH () may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified pursuant to or research and activities described in such section 402(b)(12).
• (b) Peer review
  • In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.
• (c) Notification
  • The Director shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 15 days after the Director exercises the authority under subsection (a) for any transaction that is expected to cost the NIH in excess of $100,000,000.

Sec. 216.

• Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project.

Sec. 217.

• Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards () shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA awards for health service research.

Sec. 218.

• The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority () may enter into a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 program years, for purchase of research services or of security countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), if— BARDA
  • funds are available and obligated—
    • for the full period of the contract or for the first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and
    • for the estimated costs associated with a necessary termination of the contract; and
  • the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in administration, performance, and operation of BARDA's programs.
• A contract entered into under this section—
  • shall include a termination clause as described by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; and
  • shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.

Sec. 219.

• The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 2027 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA.
• With respect to employees or contractors supported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
  • For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act under which such funds were appropriated, a statement indicating the program, project, or activity receiving such funds, the Federal operating division or office that administers such program, and the amount of funding received in discretionary or mandatory appropriations.
  • For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with paragraph (1).
• In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude from the report employees or contractors who—
  • are supported through appropriations enacted in laws other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to the passage of the ACA;
  • spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or
  • work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.

Sec. 220.

• The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year 2027 budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2027. Such information shall include, for each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified under the heading in the report accompanying this Act. Health Insurance Exchange Transparency

Sec. 221.

• None of the funds made available by this Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to the account, may be used for payments under section 1342(b)(1) of (relating to risk corridors). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program Management Public Law 111–148

Sec. 222.

• Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the activities specified under the heading in the report accompanying this Act. Prevention and Public Health Fund
• Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.
• Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference to section 2821(b) of such Act.

Sec. 223.

• Effective during the period beginning on November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2028, any provision of law that refers (including through cross-reference to another provision of law) to the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as if—
  • such reference to such current recommendations were a reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention last issued before 2009; and
  • such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (). 42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)

Sec. 224.

• In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human Services or to any department or agency may be used to develop or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in such quarter.

Sec. 225.

• The NIH Director may transfer funds for opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: That the transfer authority provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.

Sec. 226.

• The Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
  • Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the open enrollment period; and
  • Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
• The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any public release of enrollment information or the award of such grants.

Sec. 227.

• In addition to the amounts otherwise available for , the Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to support program management activity related to the Medicare Program: That except for the foregoing purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provision of or (or any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other amounts within such account. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program Management Public Law 111–148; Public Law 111–152

Sec. 228.

• The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing described in the report accompanying this Act.

Sec. 229.

• Funds appropriated in this Act that are available for salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services shall also be available to pay travel and related expenses of such an employee or of a member of his or her family, when such employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that are the subject of a determination of a public health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be adequately addressed in that location at that time. For purposes of this section, the term U.S. territory means Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Sec. 230.

• The Department of Health and Human Services may accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal Government for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ()) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Children and Families, including medical goods and services, which may include early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children. 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)

Sec. 231.

• None of the funds made available in this Act under the heading may be obligated to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied alien children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ()) in any facility that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied alien children, except in the case that the Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied alien children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, provided that— Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)
  • the terms of the grant or contract for the operations of any such facility that remains in operation for more than six consecutive months shall require compliance with—
    • the same requirements as licensed placements, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settlement Agreement that the Secretary determines are applicable to non-State licensed facilities; and
    • staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker for every eight (8) children or youth during waking hours, one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) children or youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios to children (including mental health providers) as required in grantee cooperative agreements;
  • the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s good-faith efforts and progress towards compliance;
  • not more than four consecutive waivers under paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee with respect to a specific facility;
  • ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Policies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019;
  • for any such unlicensed facility in operation for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring visit during the first three months of operation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; and
  • not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR for influx facilities including any requirement listed in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has determined are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities.

Sec. 232.

• In addition to the existing Congressional notification for formal site assessments of potential influx facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely outcome is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing the total number of children in care at the facility, the average length of stay and average length of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length of stay and reason for delay in release.

Sec. 233.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the House of Representatives from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ()), provided that such Senator or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere with the operations (including child welfare and child safety operations) of such facility. 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)

Sec. 234.

• Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly available online, a report with respect to children who were separated from their parents or legal guardians by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of whether or not such separation was pursuant to an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during the previous month. Each report shall contain the following information:
  • the number and ages of children so separated subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of entry, to be reported by sector where separation occurred; and
  • the documented cause of separation, as reported by DHS when each child was referred.

Sec. 235.

• Funds appropriated in this Act that are available for salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligible dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as defined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense.

Sec. 236.

• Of the unobligated balances in the established in section 223 of division G of , $1,613,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2026, except that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were previously 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. Nonrecurring Expenses Fund Public Law 110–161

Sec. 237.

• The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall hereafter require institutions that receive funds through a grant or cooperative agreement or other form of extramural award during fiscal year 2026 and in future years to complete any investigation undertaken due to concerns about harassment, bullying retaliation, or hostile working conditions regarding any individual identified as a principal investigator or key personnel in an NIH notice of award or progress report even if during the course of the investigation the individual under investigation leaves their current position and is no longer employed by the institution. The Director may hereafter decline transfer of an ongoing extramural award to a different institution if concerns about harassment, bullying, hostile work environment, or other professional misconduct on the part of a principle investigator or key personnel named in the Notice of Award or progress report have not been resolved to the NIH’s satisfaction. The Director of the NIH shall hereafter have the authority to share investigation reports, conclusions, and results of any investigation of individuals identified as a principal investigator or as key personnel in an NIH notice of award or progress report due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions on an as needed basis with any institution that receives funds through a grant or cooperative agreement or other form of extramural award during fiscal year 2026 or any subsequent fiscal year. The Director may issue regulations consistent with this section.

Sec. 238.

• The Department of Health and Human Services shall support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its statutory responsibilities including carrying out programs, projects, and activities funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner: That the Secretary shall submit a detailed plan and justification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly available to allow for an independent review not less than 60 days prior to initiating the execution of any reorganization moving functions, pursuant to any authorities otherwise provided, carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to another component of the Department of Health and Human Services, relative to how such functions are funded in this Act.

Sec. 239.

• None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to increase the proportion of multi-year grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2026 that are fully funded in the first year of the award, relative to the comparable proportion in fiscal year 2024, unless the National Institutes of Health awards at least the same number of total grants in fiscal year 2026 as in fiscal year 2024.

Sec. 240.

• Prior to terminating a critical access hospital provider agreement with any hospital that was designated and certified as a critical access hospital and met the secondary roads criteria under section 485.610(c) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to publication of the final rule, titled by the Department of Health and Human Services on November 23, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 71748), the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall— Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19
  • provide written notification to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives detailing the justification for the termination, specifically with respect to whether or not the proposed termination is due to the nearest hospital being designated as a rural emergency hospital after January 1, 2023;
  • provide a detailed analysis of the rural healthcare impacts of the proposed termination; and
  • consult with States that require rural emergency hospitals to be licensed and regulated with minimum hospital standards of operation and provide a pathway for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider these facilities as hospitals to ensure continuity in hospital standards.
• In this section:
  • The term critical access hospital has the meaning given that term in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act (). 42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)
  • The term rural emergency hospital has the meaning given that term in section 1861(kkk)(2) of the Social Security Act (). 42 U.S.C. 1395x(kkk)(2)

TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Sec. 301.

• No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.

Sec. 302.

• Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

Sec. 303.

• Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.

Sec. 304.

• An institution of higher education that maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2026 may use the income from that fund to award scholarships to students, subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.
• Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of the HEA are reauthorized.

Sec. 305.

• Section 114(f) of the HEA () shall be applied by substituting for . 20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)

Sec. 306.

• Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA () shall be applied by substituting for . 20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)

Sec. 307.

• Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading may be available for payments for student loan servicing to an institution of higher education that services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (). Student Aid Administration 20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.

Sec. 308.

• Of the amounts made available in this title under the heading , $2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such Act (), to ensure that borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancellation: That the Secretary shall specifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: That the Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the filing of employment certification by providing improved outreach and information such as outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring prominent access to program requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire payment certification process electronically and on a centralized website. Student Aid Administration 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)

Sec. 309.

• The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act for an HEA program, except for any amounts made available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to collect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized by the HEA: That no funds made available in this Act for the account shall be subject to the reservation under this section: That any funds reserved under this section shall be available through September 30, 2028: That if, under any other provision of law, funds are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with respect to a program or project, the Secretary may also reserve funds for such program or project for the purposes described in this section so long as the total reservation of funds for such program or project does not exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: That not later than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives a plan that identifies the source and amount of funds reserved under this section, the impact on program grantees if funds are withheld for the purposes of this section, and the activities to be carried out with such funds. Student Aid Administration

Sec. 310.

• Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for from amounts available for Program Administration, up to $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Education () to provide support services to the Institute of Education Sciences (including, but not limited to information technology services, lease or procurement of office space, human resource services, financial management services, financial systems support, budget formulation and execution, legal counsel, equal employment opportunity services, physical security, facilities management, acquisition and contract management, grants administration and policy, and enterprise risk management): That the Secretary shall calculate the actual amounts obligated and expended for such support services by using a standard Department of Education methodology for allocating the cost of all such support services: That the Secretary may transfer any amounts available for IES support services in excess of actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so calculated, to the account from the account: That in order to address any shortfall between amounts available for IES support services and amounts needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Secretary may transfer necessary amounts to the account from the account: That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance of any transfer made pursuant to this section.

Sec. 311.

• Of the unobligated balances in the established in section 313 of division H of , $197,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2026: That from any remaining unobligated balances in such Fund, the Secretary may transfer up to $60,000,000 to for carrying out activities authorized under part C of title IV of the ESEA. Department of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund Innovation and Improvement Public Law 116–260

Sec. 312.

• Of the funds made available under the heading pursuant to section 1101(a)(8) of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of ) for program administration, $25,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded not later than September 30, 2026. Institute of Education Sciences Public Law 119–4

Sec. 313.

• The Secretary shall award to each State an amount as required under the applicable provisions of the ESEA, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, IDEA, Perkins Act, and AEFLA for each formula grant program to which funds are appropriated in this Act on the date such funds become available for obligation.

Sec. 314.

• None of the funds appropriated in this or any other appropriations Act may be used to transfer significant responsibilities related to the carrying out of title I, part A of the ESEA or parts B or C of the IDEA from the Department of Education to another department or agency: That this section shall not apply to any activities explicitly authorized by any other law: That the Department of Education shall support staffing levels necessary to fulfill its statutory responsibilities including carrying out programs, projects, and activities funded in this title of this Act in a timely manner.

TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES

Sec. 401.

• CNCS shall make any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2026, during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive such information.

Sec. 402.

• AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.

Sec. 403.

• Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and operations.

Sec. 404.

• In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act.

Sec. 405.

• For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of the 1990 Act—
  • entities described in paragraph (a) of such section shall be considered under section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (); qualified entities NCPA
  • individuals described in such section shall be considered under section 3 of NCPA; and volunteers
  • State Commissions on National and Community Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history record information, consistent with . Public Law 92–544

Sec. 406.

• Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 147 of the 1990 Act, the Corporation may determine the number of hours required to successfully complete any term of service of less than 1,700 hours, except that any reduction of the required term of service below 1,700 hours shall include a corresponding reduction in the amount of any national service educational award that may be available under subtitle D with regard to that service.

Sec. 407.

• Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act shall be applied by substituting for . an approved national service position a national service program that receives grants under subtitle C

Sec. 408.

• In any case where an individual serving in a position eligible for an education award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 () was required to exit the position early at the direction of the Corporation for National and Community Service due to lapse in funding or premature termination of their program grant or agreement, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service may— (1) deem such individual as having met the requirements of the position; and (2) award the individual a pro-rated value of the educational award equivalent to the ratio of number of hours worked to the full value of such award under such subtitle for which the individual would otherwise have been eligible. 42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.

Sec. 409.

• None of the funds provided by this Act or previous Acts making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation that would provide employees any means of voting through any electronic means in an election to determine a representative for the purposes of collective bargaining.

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 501.

• The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.

Sec. 502.

• No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

Sec. 503.

• No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or local government itself. Public Law 111–148
• No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and administrative processes within the executive branch of that government. Public Law 111–148
• The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or promotion of gun control.

Sec. 504.

• The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for . Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and Expenses National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses

Sec. 505.

• When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state—
  • the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money;
  • the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and
  • percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.

Sec. 506.

• None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
• None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
• The term health benefits coverage means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.

Sec. 507.

• The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion—
  • if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
  • in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
• Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
• Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
• (d)
  • None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
  • In this subsection, the term includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan. health care entity

Sec. 508.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—
  • the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or
  • research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (). 42 U.S.C. 289g(b)
• For purposes of this section, the term includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. human embryo or embryos

Sec. 509.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications.
• The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.

Sec. 510.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.

Sec. 511.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if—
  • such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and 38 U.S.C. 4212(d)
  • such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity.

Sec. 512.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

Sec. 513.

• None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.

Sec. 514.

• None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—
  • creates new programs;
  • eliminates a program, project, or activity;
  • increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;
  • relocates an office or employees;
  • reorganizes or renames offices;
  • reorganizes programs or activities; or
  • contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;
• unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such reprogramming.
• None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—
  • augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities;
  • reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
  • results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;

Sec. 515.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved.
• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.

Sec. 516.

• Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and each 30 days thereafter, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details the amount allocated for each program, project, and activity funded through this Act, and the actual and estimated obligations for each program, project and activity funded through this Act by month.

Sec. 517.

• The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2026, but not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report is submitted.

Sec. 518.

• None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under a social security account number that is not the claimant's number and the performance of such work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.

Sec. 519.

• None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the social security system established by title II of the Social Security Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise be payable but for such agreement.

Sec. 520.

• None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
• Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.

Sec. 521.

• For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to conference attendance and expenditures:
  • the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered independent agencies; and
  • attendance at and support for scientific conferences shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency totals.

Sec. 522.

• Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated at United States taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made available to the agency for advertising or other communications regarding the programs and activities of the agency.

Sec. 523.

• Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 of division H of , except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting for in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting for each place it appears: , That such pilots shall include communities that have experienced civil unrest. Fiscal Year 2026 Fiscal Year 2014 September 30, 2030 September 30, 2018 Public Law 113–76
• In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 526 of division H of , section 524 of division G of , section 525 of division H of , section 525 of division H of , section 525 of division H of , section 524 of division A of , section 524 of division H of , section 523 of division H of , section 523 of division H of , section 523 of division D of , and section 1101(a)(8) of division A of . Public Law 113–76; Public Law 113–235; Public Law 114–113; Public Law 115–31; Public Law 115–141; Public Law 116–94; Public Law 116–260; Public Law 117–103; Public Law 117–328; Public Law 118–47; Public Law 119–4
• Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such authorities.

Sec. 524.

• Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2026 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the status of balances of appropriations: That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived.

Sec. 525.

• The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not less than 3 full business days prior to announcing or providing notice of—
  • any new or non-competing continuation grant, including supplements, issued at the discretion of such Departments (other than emergency response grants at any time of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program year); and
  • the termination or non-continuation of any grant, including a short-description of the reason for the termination or non-continuation.

Sec. 526.

• Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other than making such purchases if the relevant State or local health department, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is operating in accordance with State and local law.

Sec. 527.

• Each department and related agency funded through this Act shall provide answers to questions submitted for the record by members of the Committee within 45 business days after receipt.

Sec. 528.

• Of amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the Social Security Act and the income derived from investment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, $12,685,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this fiscal year.

Sec. 529.

• Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available in section 10301(1)(A)(iii) of , $11,661,000,000 are hereby rescinded. Public Law 117–169

Sec. 530.

• This section applies to: (1) the Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation Office and the statistical-related cooperative and interagency agreements and contracting activities of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor.
• Amounts made available under this Act which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2030: , That when an office referenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may use a single Treasury account for such activities, with funding advanced on a reimbursable basis.
• Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall immediately become available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts are available.

Sec. 531.

• Funding opportunity announcements for competitive grant programs funded in this Act shall be published no later than four months prior to the expiration of the period of availability of such funds and the Secretary shall make every effort to award funds for competitive grant programs funded in this Act no less than 30 days prior to the expiration of their period of availability: That the Secretary shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on every grant program that has not been awarded within 30 days of the expiration of their period of availability, no more than the day after such date, with a plan for timely awarding such funds prior to their expiration.

Sec. 532.

• Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act shall provide written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not less than 45 days prior to initiating the execution of any reorganization or workforce action increasing, decreasing, or transferring functions of 10 staff members or 10 percent of the staffing of an existing affected program of office, whichever is less, even without a change in funding and without regard to the type of workforce actions such as voluntary, involuntary, incentive-based, or any other such action adding or removing staff from agency payroll.