National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026

This is a yearly funding bill for the State Department, foreign aid, and related programs for the year ending September 30, 2026. It lays out where money should be spent and where it cannot be used. It supports education, women’s safety, conservation, and democracy overseas . It also invests in partner countries’ economic security, including strategic infrastructure and critical mineral supply chains.

At the same time, it sets strict limits: no aid to Russia’s central government; tight conditions on any aid involving the Palestinian Authority or groups controlled by Hamas; and only non‑lethal stabilization aid in Syria . In the Americas, funds are steered to fight fentanyl and other trafficking and to help reduce mass migration, with conditions on some Central American governments; aid to Mexico is held until it addresses water delivery promises under a 1944 treaty, and targeted support continues for Haiti’s basic needs with conditions on direct government aid . It also blocks payments to certain international climate funds and bars spending to carry out the Paris Agreement, and it pulls back some unused money from past years in several accounts .

Key points

• Funding highlights: at least $737.6 million for basic education and $216.8 million for higher education; at least $200 million to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls and $120 million for Women, Peace, and Security; at least $292.6 million for biodiversity and $95 million to fight wildlife trafficking; and $2.32 billion for democracy programs .
• Economic and energy policy: launches an Economic Resilience Initiative for strategic infrastructure, critical minerals, and digital connectivity; tells U.S. reps at international development banks to oppose new loans to China and to back an “all‑of‑the‑above” energy policy, including civil nuclear power.
• Western Hemisphere: prioritizes aid in Latin America and the Caribbean for countries countering fentanyl and other trafficking, supporting democracy, and reducing mass migration; conditions some aid to Central American governments; holds back aid to Mexico until it improves water deliveries to the U.S.; and keeps targeted support for Haiti’s basic needs with conditions on direct government aid .
• Middle East: limits aid to the Palestinian Authority and any entity controlled by Hamas, with strict conditions and audits if any waiver is used; allows only non‑lethal stabilization aid in Syria and bars projects that help Iran, Russia, or China’s goals there .
• Russia and Ukraine: bars aid to Russia’s central government and blocks any action that recognizes Russia’s control over parts of Ukraine; also opposes development‑bank assistance that violates Ukraine’s sovereignty.
• Climate and savings: blocks U.S. payments to the Green Climate Fund and similar funds and to implement the Paris Agreement; rescinds unused funds from prior years in several accounts (for example, border security, exchanges, and development assistance) .
• When: applies to fiscal year 2026 (through September 30, 2026).