H.R. 8845 — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

This section makes appropriations and funds available to the Department of Commerce for activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949, and permits advance payments notwithstanding general restrictions, upon certification by designated officials that such payments are in the public interest.

This section makes appropriations available to the Department of Commerce for salaries and expenses to hire passenger motor vehicles, obtain services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and provide uniforms or allowances as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 during the current fiscal year.

This section authorizes transfers of not more than 5 percent of any Department of Commerce appropriation provided in this Act to another such appropriation, but prohibits any appropriation from being increased by more than 10 percent through such transfers, and subjects all transfers to the reprogramming procedures and advance notification requirements of section 505. It further requires the Secretary of Commerce to notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of acquiring or disposing of any capital asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or other appropriations laws for the Department.

This section adopts by reference the requirements set forth in section 105 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 113–6, and makes them applicable to fiscal year 2026. This section also establishes life cycle costs of $11,322,125,000 for the Joint Polar Satellite System, $6,837,900,000 for the Polar Follow On Program, $11,700,100,000 for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program, and $692,800,000 for the Space Weather Follow On Program.

This section authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to furnish services, including utilities, telecommunications, and security services, necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations are authorized to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, DC, or other buildings whose maintenance, operation, and protection has been delegated to the Secretary. Reimbursements received for such services, up to $200,000, must be credited to the appropriation or fund that initially bears the costs.

This section authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to use, with consent and reimbursement and subject to available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any federal agency or instrumentality, State, local government, Indian Tribal government, territory, possession, political subdivision, foreign government, or international organization to carry out responsibilities under any statute administered by NOAA.

This section prohibits the National Technical Information Service from charging any customer for a copy of a Legislative Branch report or document unless the Service first informs the customer how to access and download an electronic copy for free online. If a customer still requests a printed or digital copy from the Service, the charge is limited to recovering only the costs of processing, reproducing, and delivering the document.

This section authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with, use on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided by, and receive and expend funds from Federal agencies, States and their subdivisions, local governments, Tribal governments, and territories. Funds received for permitting and related regulatory activities must be deposited under the heading “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities” and remain available until September 30, 2028, with all such funds and uses subject to section 505 of this Act.

This section authorizes the use of amounts appropriated by this Act or prior appropriations Acts for the Economics and Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, for expenses of cooperative agreements with Federal, State, or local governmental units or institutions of higher education to support statistical, research, and methodology activities.

This section limits the obligation of unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds transferred to the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, as authorized by section 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 116–93, by requiring notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of such funds.

This section authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting through the Director of the National Weather Service, to establish an alternative or fixed rate relocation allowance for National Weather Service employees transferred in the interest of the Government from one official station to another for permanent duty, including employees transferred from another agency and their immediate families, notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. The section preserves the existing requirement that such employees agree in writing to remain in Government service under the terms of sections 5722 and 5724 of title 5, United States Code, and defines the relocation allowance to include any allowance authorized by sections 5724, 5724a, 5726, 5727, and 5729 of title 5, United States Code.

This section prohibits the National Institute of Standards and Technology from obligating or expending any funds appropriated under this title for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance supporting research and development activities conducted in whole or in part using High Performance Computing resources located in the People’s Republic of China.

This section provides that up to $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, in addition to other amounts made available for such purposes.

This section limits the use of funds appropriated by this title to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in cases of rape or incest. The prohibition is null and void if declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction.

This section preserves the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive services outside a Federal facility. This section does not diminish the effect of section 203 addressing the philosophical beliefs of individual Bureau of Prisons employees.

This section authorizes the transfer of up to 5 percent of any Department of Justice appropriation provided in the Act to another such appropriation, provided that no appropriation is increased by more than 10 percent through such transfers. Any transfer is treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of the Act and is subject to the procedures set forth in that section. The authority does not apply to paragraph 1(I) under the heading “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance” or paragraph (6) under the heading “Community Oriented Policing Services Programs.”

This section prohibits the use of funds made available under this title by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals Service to transport a prisoner convicted of a State or Federal crime and classified as maximum or high security, except to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.

This section prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational purposes. The prohibition does not apply to the rental, maintenance, or purchase of such media or equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.

This section prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds made available under this title for any new or enhanced Department of Justice information technology program with total estimated development costs exceeding $100 million, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that the program has appropriate management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place and is compatible with the Department's enterprise architecture.

This section applies the notification thresholds and procedures in section 505 of this Act to deviations from amounts designated for specific activities in this Act or the accompanying report, and to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous years.

This section prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to plan for, initiate, continue, or complete any public-private competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 (or any successor policy) for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.

This section prohibits the use of funds for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General that exempt the United States Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, United States Code.

This section authorizes the Attorney General to transfer, from funds appropriated under the headings “Research, Evaluation and Statistics,” “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance,” and “Juvenile Justice Programs,” (1) not less than 0.4 percent of amounts made available to the Office of Justice Programs to the Office of Inspector General for oversight and auditing of programs under those accounts, and (2) up to 1 percent of amounts for grant or reimbursement programs (excluding amounts for research, evaluation, or statistical programs administered by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics) to those two bureaus for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes. The transfers do not apply to paragraph 1(I) under the “State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance” heading or paragraph (6) under the “Community Oriented Policing Services” heading.

This section authorizes the Attorney General, upon request by a grantee determined to be experiencing fiscal hardship, to waive specified requirements for funds appropriated for fiscal years 2024 through 2027 for (1) 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, including the requirements of section 2976(g)(1) of that Act, and (2) grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities under section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, including the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of that Act.

This section exempts amounts made available by this or any other Act from the requirements of section 20109(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12109(a)) and section 506(b)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10157).

This section restricts the use of funds made available under this Act by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual known or suspected to be an agent of a drug cartel, unless United States law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. The restriction does not apply to funds for the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

This section limits the obligation of funds in the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund during fiscal year 2027. It prohibits obligation of any retained income except up to $12,000,000 for implementation of a unified Department of Justice financial management system; caps obligation of transferred unobligated balances at $30,000,000, with any use treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of the Act; and caps obligation of excess unobligated balances under 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(8)(E) at $10,000,000, also treated as a reprogramming.

This section directs the Attorney General to submit quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the Crime Victims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent Fund, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund, containing at least the same level of information and detail as was provided in fiscal year 2026.

This section limits the use of funds made available under the Act for live tissue training, unless the Attorney General issues a written, non-delegable determination that the training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated by alternatives.

This section limits the use of funds made available by this Act to prevent the Department of Justice from targeting or investigating parents who peacefully protest at school board meetings and are not suspected of engaging in unlawful activity.

This section limits the use of funds made available by this Act or any other Act to staff or operate the Foreign Influence Task Force for monitoring or labeling constitutionally protected speech by a United States person as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation.

This section limits the availability of funds under the Bureau of Prisons Buildings and Facilities account for the acquisition or construction of any new federal correctional complex, institution, detention center, prison camp, or penitentiary until the proposed new Bureau of Prisons facility in Letcher County, Kentucky begins operation. The limitation does not apply to expansions or modernization and repair of existing facilities or to any project for which an obligation was made prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

This section limits the expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for consulting services through procurement contracts 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 Executive order.

This section provides a severability clause ensuring that if any provision of the Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of other provisions remain in effect.

This section limits the reprogramming of funds provided under this Act, prior appropriations Acts, or fee accounts for agencies funded by this Act in fiscal year 2026. It prohibits such reprogramming to create or initiate new programs, projects, or activities; eliminate existing ones; increase funds or personnel for projects denied or restricted by Congress; relocate offices or employees; reorganize or rename offices, programs, or activities; contract out or privatize functions performed by federal employees; augment programs by more than $500,000 or 5 percent (whichever is less); or reduce funding, activities, or personnel by 5 percent, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations receive 30 days' advance notification.

This section makes any person finally determined by a court or Federal agency to have intentionally affixed a false “Made in America” label (or any inscription with the same meaning) to a product sold in or shipped to the United States ineligible to receive contracts or subcontracts funded by this Act, under the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures in 48 CFR 9.400–9.409. This section also requires that, to the extent practicable, funds made available by this Act be used to purchase promotional items manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its territories, or possessions (with “promotional items” defined as in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3)).

This section directs the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of balances of appropriations at the account level. The reports must separately identify unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances by source year of appropriation, and obligated but unexpended balances by year of obligation. Reports are due within 30 days after the end of each quarter, and any agency unable to meet a requirement due to accounting system limitations must describe the shortfall in each report.

This section requires departments and agencies funded under this Act to absorb within available budgetary resources any costs resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions. It authorizes transfers between appropriations accounts to implement these requirements, subject to the reprogramming procedures under section 505 of this Act. For the Department of Commerce, the section also applies to actions taken for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property.

This section limits the use of funds provided by this Act 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 that are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.

This section limits obligations from the Crime Victims Fund (34 U.S.C. 20101) to $1,950,000,000 in any fiscal year, with amounts in excess of that level deferred until the following fiscal year. It directs $10,000,000 of available amounts to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General for oversight and auditing, and makes 6 percent available to the Office for Victims of Crime for grants to Indian Tribes to improve services for victims of crime.

This section limits the use of funds made available to the Department of Justice to prohibit discrimination against or denigration of the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs receiving financial assistance from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.

This section limits the transfer of funds made available in this Act 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.

This section requires the Inspectors General of the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation to audit grants and contracts funded by this Act, submit progress reports to Congress within 180 days of initiation and every 180 days thereafter until completion, and publish final audit results on agency websites within 60 days (redacted to exclude matters under 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and sensitive personal information). It also directs grant and contract recipients to certify that no funds will be provided through subcontracts or otherwise to any person with a financial interest in the recipient, with all requirements taking effect 30 days after the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that substantially similar uniform ethics rules apply across the executive branch.

This section limits the use of funds appropriated under this Act by the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire high-impact or moderate-impact information systems, as defined in NIST Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 199, unless the agency first reviews supply chain risks against criteria developed by NIST and the FBI, reviews risks from the presumptive awardee using threat information from the FBI and other agencies, and assesses any cyber-espionage or sabotage risks associated with production or assembly by entities 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. The section further prohibits acquisition of any such system unless the head of the assessing entity develops a mitigation strategy in consultation with NIST and the FBI, determines that the acquisition is in the national interest of the United States, and reports that determination to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the agency Inspector General.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text of paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement, paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States–Australia Free Trade Agreement, or paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of 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, the USA PATRIOT Act, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, or laws amended by these Acts.

This section requires the Secretary, Administrator, or Director of the Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the National Science Foundation to notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days after a program manager determines that a project exceeding $75,000,000 has experienced a total program cost increase of 10 percent or more during any quarter. The notice must include the date of the determination, reasons for the increase, actions taken or proposed to control future cost growth, changes to performance or schedule milestones and their contribution to the cost increase, new total project or procurement cost estimates, and a validation that the project's management structure is adequate to control costs.

This section deems funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence-related activities to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2027 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027.

This section limits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for any contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or any grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, it has filed all required Federal tax returns during the preceding three years, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment within the prior 90 days (with exceptions for installment agreements, offers in compromise, or non-frivolous proceedings).

This section permanently rescinds unobligated balances, not later than September 30, 2027, from the following accounts: (1) $75,000,000 from the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities; (2) $36,000,000 from the Department of Justice’s State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office on Violence Against Women—Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs; (3) $175,000,000 from the Department of Justice’s State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs; (4) $25,000,000 from the Department of Justice’s State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Oriented Policing Services; and (5) $150,000,000 from the Department of Justice’s Working Capital Fund. This section also requires the Departments of Commerce and Justice to report the specific rescinded amounts to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by September 1, 2027, and excludes amounts designated by Congress as emergency or disaster relief and certain specified prior appropriations from these rescissions.

This section limits the use of funds made available in this Act for first class or premium airline travel to instances that comply with sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

This section limits the use of funds made available in this Act 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. The limitation does not apply if the conference is a law enforcement training or operational conference and the majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the United States, or if the conference is a scientific conference for which the department or agency head determines that attendance is in the national interest and notifies the House and Senate Appropriations Committees of that determination and its basis at least 15 days in advance.

This section directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to instruct departments, agencies, and instrumentalities receiving funds under this Act to track undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include specified details in their annual performance plans and performance and accountability reports. The required details are (1) future actions to resolve such balances, (2) the tracking methods used, (3) identification of balances that may be returned to the Treasury, and (4) for the preceding 3 fiscal years, the total number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances on the first day of each fiscal year and the total unobligated funds remaining in those accounts.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to relocate 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.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, or implement any bilateral policy, program, or contract with China or a Chinese-owned company, or to host official Chinese visitors at NASA facilities. The prohibition does not apply if NASA or OSTP, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, certifies that the activity poses no risk of technology or data transfer with national security or economic security implications and will not involve interactions with officials determined to have direct involvement in human rights violations. Any such certification must be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the FBI no later than 30 days prior to the activity and must include a description of its purpose, agenda, major participants, location, and timing.

This section limits the use of funds made available in this Act to maintain or establish a computer network unless the network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography. It preserves the use of such funds for Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agencies and other entities conducting criminal investigations, prosecutions, adjudications, or related law enforcement or victim assistance activities.

This section directs the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and the United States Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute to 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.

This section limits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance judged to be below satisfactory or that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.

This section prohibits the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration from using funds made available by this Act in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which addresses the legitimacy of industrial hemp research.

This section prohibits the Department of Justice from using funds made available under this Act to prevent any of the listed states (Alabama through Wyoming), the District of Columbia, or the specified territories (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico) from implementing their own laws authorizing the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana. It expressly permits the use of such funds to enforce violations of 21 U.S.C. 860, which addresses drug offenses in or near schools, colleges, or playgrounds.

This section directs the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation to provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any official travel to China by agency employees, including the purpose of such travel.

This section requires that not less than 10 percent of amounts provided for Public Works grants under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and grants under section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties. The provision defines persistent poverty counties as any county with 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, based on the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any U.S. territory or possession.

This section prohibits the use of appropriated funds to require an export license for the export to Canada of unclassified components, parts, accessories, or attachments for firearms listed in Category I of the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction. The exemption requires exporters to file any required Shipper’s Export Declaration and remain otherwise eligible to export the items, but does not apply to fully automatic firearms and their components (except for end use by the U.S. federal government or a Canadian provincial or municipal government), barrels, cylinders, receivers, or complete breech mechanisms (except for such governmental end use), or articles intended for reexport from Canada to another foreign destination. The section authorizes District Directors of Customs and postmasters to permit permanent or temporary exports without a license for end use in Canada or return to the United States, and temporary imports of Canadian-origin items for end use in the United States or return to Canada. The President may temporarily reinstate licensing requirements upon publication in the Federal Register if Canada maintains inadequate import controls resulting in significant diversion of such articles for international terrorism or escalation of a foreign conflict, and must terminate the requirements once the reasons cease.

This section prohibits any federal department, agency, or instrumentality from using appropriated funds to pay administrative expenses or employee compensation to deny permit applications for the import of United States-origin curios or relics firearms, parts, or ammunition submitted under 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and 27 CFR 478.112 or 478.113.

This section limits the use of funds made available by the Act to deny or fail to act on applications for the importation of any model of shotgun if all other legal requirements are met and no application for that model in the same configuration was denied by the Attorney General before January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.

This section limits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or member of the Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.

This section prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house for detention or imprisonment any individual who, as of June 24, 2009, was located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was not a U.S. citizen or member of the Armed Forces, and was in Department of Defense custody or otherwise detained there. The prohibition does not apply to modifications of facilities at Guantanamo Bay.

This section makes funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice (including unobligated balances from prior Acts, with specified exceptions) available to provide payments under section 901(i)(2) of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)), limited to a total of $5,000,000 for Commerce and $10,000,000 for Justice. (As background, that authority compensates certain federal employees and their dependents for qualifying brain injuries incurred in connection with anomalous health incidents.)

This section directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to allocate amounts from the CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2027, within 45 days of enactment, to the accounts and projects specified in the table titled “National Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2027” in the accompanying report. It prohibits the President or designee from allocating amounts under section 102(a)(2)(A) or 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 during any period when an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies is in effect, except for continuing administration of programs at levels no higher than those allocated in subsection (a). It authorizes the NSF Director to reallocate funds from the CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund, subject to prior consultation with and the regular notification procedures of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the terms of section 505 of this Act. It requires the Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation to submit quarterly reports on the status of balances, including uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds, for projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America Fund, the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, and the CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund.

This section directs the Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation to continue applying negotiated indirect cost rates under 2 CFR 200.414 for Federal financial assistance, including deviations, in the same manner as in fiscal year 2024 and prohibits the use of any appropriated funds to develop, modify, or implement changes to those rates.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or defend the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final rule entitled “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms” (87 Fed. Reg. 24652 (April 26, 2022)).

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out any regulation issued or finalized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on or after January 21, 2021, to the extent that the regulation infringes upon the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or defend the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives final rule entitled “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’” (88 Fed. Reg. 6478 (January 31, 2023)).

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021, memorandum entitled “Partnership Among Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board Members, Teachers, and Staff.”

This section limits the Department of Commerce’s ability to initiate or advance trade remedy actions—including antidumping, countervailing duty, or circumvention inquiries under Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930—when such actions are filed by, or materially supported by, a foreign entity of concern (as defined in section 9901(6) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021). The limitation applies unless the Secretary of Commerce provides prior written approval.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to require a person licensed under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s August 25, 2022, memorandum entitled “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research.”

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act or any other Act for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, training, programs, offices, officers, policies, or other executive agency functions.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act to allow the United States Census Bureau to include aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States in rendering apportionment determinations in subsequent decennial censuses.

This section limits the use of funds made available by this Act to review, process, or approve applications for Federal grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other agreements from any individual or organization that educates or trains Federal employees on diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally relevant teaching.

This section limits the use of funds made available by this Act for any education, training, or professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teaches Critical Race Theory or associated concepts. The prohibition covers instruction that condones discrimination or adverse or beneficial treatment based on race or sex; teaches that individuals should feel discomfort, guilt, or anguish on account of their race or sex; regards one race as inherently superior to another; describes the United States or its institutions as systemically racist or sexist; or asserts that an individual is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue of race or sex, that moral character is determined by race or sex, that individuals bear responsibility for past actions of others of the same race or sex, or that meritocracy is racist or sexist.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to promote or contribute to environmental, social, and corporate governance (also known as environmental, social, and governance (ESG)) investments.

This section prohibits the use of any funds made available by this or any other Act to investigate, litigate, or advocate against any person or recipient for defining “sex” to mean biological sex, male or female, as determined by the type of gamete an individual produces, or for defining “boys and girls” to mean only biological boys (XY chromosomes) and biological girls (XX chromosomes).

This section prohibits the use of funds for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Demand 2 program unless ATF modifies the program’s reporting thresholds to 25 traces or 2.5 percent of traces relative to a Federal firearm licensee’s average number of firearm sales (whichever is greater), certifies that every counted trace is tied to an open criminal investigation, and limits inclusion to traces with a “Time-to-Crime” of three years or less.

This section limits the use of funds appropriated in this or any future act to classify, tax, register, or require the registration of any firearm with an attached stabilizing brace as a “rifle,” “short-barreled rifle,” or “short-barreled shotgun” under the Gun Control Act of 1968, the National Firearms Act of 1934, or any other federal law. It also prohibits directing any other law enforcement or regulatory entity to conduct such activities on the ATF’s behalf.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act to recruit, hire, promote, or retain any person convicted of a Federal or State child pornography or sexual assault charge, or formally disciplined for using Federal resources to access, use, or sell child pornography.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act to recruit, hire, promote, or retain any person based in whole or in part on the person’s race, national origin, sex, or religion.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to sue any State or local government over laws protecting single-sex sports or single-sex facilities or limiting transgender medical procedures, including restrictions on insurance coverage and age limitations, or to intervene or file an amicus brief in such cases.

This section prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act or previous appropriations Acts to take any discriminatory action against a person on the basis that the person speaks or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as a union of one man and one woman. Discriminatory action is defined to include altering federal tax treatment, denying tax-exempt status under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, disallowing charitable deductions, withholding or terminating federal grants, contracts, loans, licenses, certifications, or other benefits, denying entitlements under federal benefit programs including educational admissions or degrees, and restricting access to federal property, facilities, or speech fora. The Federal Government must treat as accredited, licensed, or certified for purposes of federal law any person that would otherwise qualify but for a determination based on such a belief or conviction.

This section limits the use of funds made available by this Act to facilitate, permit, license, or promote exports to the Cuban military or intelligence service, any officer of such service, an immediate family member of such an officer, or any agency or entity owned, partially owned, or operated on behalf of the foregoing. The limitation does not apply to exports permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to pay the salaries and expenses of Department of Justice personnel to negotiate or conclude any settlement requiring a defendant to donate or contribute funds to a non-governmental organization or individual.

This section limits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to classify or facilitate the classification of any communications by a United States person as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation. It also prohibits the use of such funds to partner with or fund nonprofit or other organizations that pressure or recommend private companies to censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of United States persons, including content on social media platforms.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement, administer, or enforce the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives interim final rule entitled “Revision of Firearms License Requirements” (89 Fed. Reg. 34680 (April 30, 2024)) or any successor rule.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act or any other Act to implement, administer, apply, enforce, carry out, or defend the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives final rule entitled “Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms” (89 Fed. Reg. 28968 (April 19, 2024)).

This section limits the use of funds made available by this Act to enforce vessel speed restrictions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Department of Commerce for the North Atlantic right whale or Rice’s whale to those in place prior to January 20, 2021.

This section prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for the implementation, administration, or enforcement of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s final rule published on April 19, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29096) to include elective abortion in the definition of “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions” requiring reasonable accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to record, digitize, or maintain any recording of records delivered to the Attorney General under 18 U.S.C. § 923(g)(4). (Thus, the restriction applies to multiple-handgun sales reports that federal firearms licensees must submit when they sell two or more handguns to the same purchaser within five consecutive business days.)

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this or any other Act for social, psychological, behavioral, or medical interventions performed to intentionally change an individual's body—including by disrupting development, inhibiting natural functions, or modifying appearance—to no longer correspond to the individual's biological sex, whether in a federally owned facility or a private facility leased or used by the Federal Government.

This section narrows eligibility to bring actions for trafficking in confiscated property under section 302 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 by striking the prior language on acquisition of claims and inserting a requirement that ownership must have been acquired before March 12, 1996, or by a successor in interest who did not acquire the property or claim in exchange for value. It defines “successor in interest” to mean any person who inherits a claim to confiscated property or who follows another in ownership or control while retaining the same rights as the original owner. It further amends section 306(c)(1)(A) to except from the prohibition on lawsuits those persons covered by the revised section 302(a)(4)(B). The changes apply to all actions initiated after enactment, all pending actions (including on appeal), actions for which appeal time has not expired, and actions previously dismissed due to conflicting judicial interpretations of section 302(a). Any action in which an opinion was issued before the effective date may be refiled and decided as if the amendments had been in effect since the original enactment of the LIBERTAD Act. The section repeals section 305 of the Act.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to establish, administer, or enforce any rule or regulation requiring a United States Atlantic pelagic longline vessel to pay a fee for costs associated with electronic monitoring of the vessel.

This section limits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from using appropriated funds to impose any new user fee or processing fee for its functions, missions, or activities that is not already charged as of October 1, 2026. (Thus, the provision freezes ATF fee authority at the level in effect on that date and bars future expansions through the appropriations process.)

This section prohibits the use of appropriated funds to enforce, investigate, or prosecute violations of the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.) regarding any firearm for which the tax imposed under section 5811 or 5821 is $0 pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The section further provides that no violation of federal law accrues, and no person is considered in violation of the NFA or any federal, state, or local law incorporating the NFA by reference, with respect to such firearms.

This section limits the use of funds made available by this Act for oyster restoration, recovery, reef construction, habitat enhancement, or related activities in the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries unless oysters planted with such funds are made eligible for managed commercial harvest by licensed watermen after a period of three years from the date of planting.

This section prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for oyster restoration, recovery, or enhancement activities in the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries at any site designated as underperforming for five or more years following initial federal investment, unless the Secretary of Commerce certifies in writing that the site has a new, independently conducted and peer-reviewed restoration plan demonstrating a high likelihood of meeting significant ecological or economic outcomes within two years of enactment.

This section prohibits the use of appropriated funds to disclose data from the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) database, the Firearms Trace System (FTS) database, or any related analytical products maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, except to a Federal, State, local, or tribal law enforcement agency or prosecutor, a foreign law enforcement agency for a criminal investigation or prosecution, or a Federal agency for a national security or intelligence purpose. The section renders such data immune from legal process, exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and inadmissible in any civil action or administrative proceeding, while permitting the exchange of data among law enforcement and national security officials and the publication of aggregate statistical reports that do not reveal trace-specific or case-specific information.

This section prohibits the Department of Justice and its components, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from using any appropriated or other funds to seize or retain digital material from a Member of Congress, Member-elect, or their offices, staff, devices, or accounts, to the extent the material pertains to official congressional business, legislative activities, communications, deliberations, or functions. The prohibition applies in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. This section defines covered material to include legislative acts and votes, communications with Members, staff, constituents, or agencies in furtherance of legislative duties, representational correspondence, internal congressional communications, and any information on devices or accounts used predominantly for official business (unless the Department affirmatively demonstrates the item is entirely unrelated). This section requires the Attorney General or FBI Director to return all such seized digital material, including copies and derivatives, to the affected Member or designee, or to destroy it permanently and irreparably, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment. This section further requires the Attorney General to submit a written certification under penalty of perjury to the Speaker of the House, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the affected Member within 30 days after return or destruction, attesting that all material has been returned or destroyed, that no copies remain in Department possession or control, and that any destruction rendered the material unrecoverable.

This section prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act or any other Act for access to non-federally owned or operated software, systems, or servers acting as a searchable database to identify owners of firearms.

This section prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Act to reschedule marijuana or to remove marijuana from the schedules established under the Controlled Substances Act.

This section prohibits any law enforcement agency or element of the intelligence community funded by this Act from using appropriated funds to obtain a covered customer or subscriber record or illegitimately obtained information from a third party in exchange for anything of value. The prohibition covers records containing communication contents, 18 U.S.C. 2703(c)(1) information, or location data about U.S. persons or individuals located in the United States, and does not restrict acquisition through warrants, court orders, or subpoenas.