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2	2	Union Calendar No. 485
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	2D S
5	5	ESSION H. R. 9029
6	6	[Report No. 118–585]
7	7	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
8	8	Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
9	9	September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	11	JULY12, 2024
12	12	Mr. A
13	13	DERHOLT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
14	14	bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
15	15	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
16	16	A BILL
17	17	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
18	18	and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
19	19	cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and
20	20	for other purposes.
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24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
26	26	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
27	27	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
28	28	Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 5
29	29	Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 6
30	30	September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 7
31	31	TITLE I 8
32	32	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 9
33	33	E
34	34	MPLOYMENT AND TRAININGADMINISTRATION 10
35	35	TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 11
36	36	(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 12
37	37	For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 13
38	38	and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 14
39	39	and the National Apprenticeship Act, $2,795,457,000 plus 15
40	40	reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-16
41	41	vided: 17
42	42	(1) for grants to States for adult employment 18
43	43	and training activities and dislocated worker employ-19
44	44	ment and training activities, $1,981,202,000 as fol-20
45	45	lows: 21
46	46	(A) $885,649,000 for adult employment 22
47	47	and training activities, of which $173,649,000 23
48	48	shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 24
49	49	through June 30, 2026, and of which 25
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53	53	$712,000,000 for adult employment and train-1
54	54	ing activities, which shall be available for the 2
55	55	period October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 3
56	56	and 4
57	57	(B) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 5
58	58	employment and training activities, of which 6
59	59	$235,553,000 shall be available for the period 7
60	60	July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and of 8
61	61	which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 9
62	62	period October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026: 10
63	63	Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 11
64	64	outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 12
65	65	WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 13
66	66	section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur-14
67	67	ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 15
68	68	WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica-16
69	69	tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 17
70	70	would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 18
71	71	out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 19
72	72	the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 20
73	73	shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re-21
74	74	ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 22
75	75	in such manner, and containing such information as 23
76	76	the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 24
77	77	outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de-25
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81	81	scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 1
82	82	for any of the programs and activities authorized 2
83	83	under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 3
84	84	to approval of the application and such reporting re-4
85	85	quirements issued by the Secretary; and 5
86	86	(2) for national programs, $814,255,000 as fol-6
87	87	lows: 7
88	88	(A) $325,859,000 for the dislocated work-8
89	89	ers assistance national reserve, of which 9
90	90	$125,859,000 shall be available for the period 10
91	91	July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, and 11
92	92	of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 12
93	93	period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 13
94	94	2026: Provided, That funds provided to carry 14
95	95	out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 15
96	96	used to provide assistance to a State for state-16
97	97	wide or local use in order to address cases 17
98	98	where there have been worker dislocations 18
99	99	across multiple sectors or across multiple local 19
100	100	areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-20
101	101	ordinate the State workforce development plan 21
102	102	with emerging economic development needs; and 22
103	103	train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 23
104	104	further, That funds provided to carry out sec-24
105	105	tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 25
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109	109	used for technical assistance and demonstration 1
110	110	projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 2
111	111	new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 3
112	112	workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 4
113	113	section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro-5
114	114	vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 6
115	115	may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 7
116	116	funds to provide technical assistance and carry 8
117	117	out additional activities related to the transition 9
118	118	to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 10
119	119	funds provided under this subparagraph, 11
120	120	$120,000,000 shall be for training and employ-12
121	121	ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 13
122	122	(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 14
123	123	such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 15
124	124	(i) $55,000,000 shall be for workers 16
125	125	in the Appalachian region, as defined by 17
126	126	40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 18
127	127	Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 19
128	128	4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 20
129	129	Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 21
130	130	2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 22
131	131	served by the Northern Border Regional 23
132	132	Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 24
133	133	15733; and 25
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137	137	(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur-1
138	138	pose of developing, offering, or improving 2
139	139	educational or career training programs at 3
140	140	community colleges, defined as public insti-4
141	141	tutions of higher education, as described in 5
142	142	section 101(a) of the Higher Education 6
143	143	Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 7
144	144	degree is primarily the highest degree 8
145	145	awarded, with other eligible institutions of 9
146	146	higher education, as defined in section 10
147	147	101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 11
148	148	1965, eligible to participate through con-12
149	149	sortia, with community colleges as the lead 13
150	150	grantee; 14
151	151	(B) $65,000,000 for Native American pro-15
152	152	grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 16
153	153	shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 17
154	154	through June 30, 2026; 18
155	155	(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 19
156	156	farmworker programs under section 167 of the 20
157	157	WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 21
158	158	grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 22
159	159	be for employment and training services), 23
160	160	$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 24
161	161	(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 25
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165	165	permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 1
166	166	discretionary purposes, which shall be available 2
167	167	for the period April 1, 2025 through June 30, 3
168	168	2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 4
169	169	other provision of law or related regulation, the 5
170	170	Department of Labor shall take no action lim-6
171	171	iting the number or proportion of eligible par-7
172	172	ticipants receiving related assistance services or 8
173	173	discouraging grantees from providing such serv-9
174	174	ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 10
175	175	definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 11
176	176	section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 12
177	177	individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 13
178	178	eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 14
179	179	programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 15
180	180	that definition if, in addition to meeting the re-16
181	181	quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 17
182	182	167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a 18
183	183	family with a total family income equal to or 19
184	184	less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 20
185	185	(D) $110,000,000 for YouthBuild activi-21
186	186	ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 22
187	187	which shall be available for the period April 1, 23
188	188	2025 through June 30, 2026; 24
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192	192	(E) $60,000,000 for ex-offender activities, 1
193	193	under the authority of section 169 of the 2
194	194	WIOA, which shall be available for the period 3
195	195	April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026: Provided, 4
196	196	That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 5
197	197	competitive grants to national and regional 6
198	198	intermediaries for activities that prepare for 7
199	199	employment young adults with criminal legal 8
200	200	histories, young adults who have been justice 9
201	201	system-involved, or young adults who have 10
202	202	dropped out of school or other educational pro-11
203	203	grams, with a priority for projects serving high- 12
204	204	crime, high-poverty areas; 13
205	205	(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 14
206	206	Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 15
207	207	169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 16
208	208	the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 17
209	209	2026; and 18
210	210	(G) $150,000,000 to expand opportunities 19
211	211	through apprenticeships only registered under 20
212	212	the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 21
213	213	to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-22
214	214	able to the Secretary to carry out activities 23
215	215	through grants, cooperative agreements, con-24
216	216	tracts and other arrangements, with States and 25
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220	220	other appropriate entities, including equity 1
221	221	intermediaries and business and labor industry 2
222	222	partner intermediaries, which shall be available 3
223	223	for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 4
224	224	2026. 5
225	225	Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 6
226	226	heading in paragraph (1)(A) on October 1, 2024, by Pub-7
227	227	lic Law 118–47, $712,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 8
228	228	JOB CORPS 9
229	229	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10
230	230	To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-11
231	231	ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 12
232	232	hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-13
233	233	ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 14
234	234	purchase of real property for training centers as author-15
235	235	ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 16
236	236	as follows: 17
237	237	(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 18
238	238	which shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 19
239	239	through June 30, 2026; 20
240	240	(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-21
241	241	tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 22
242	242	shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 23
243	243	through June 30, 2028, and which may include the 24
244	244	acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 25
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248	248	of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 1
249	249	transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 2
250	250	operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-3
251	251	ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 4
252	252	funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 5
253	253	shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 6
254	254	2025: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap-7
255	255	propriations of the House of Representatives and the 8
256	256	Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 9
257	257	any transfer; and 10
258	258	(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 11
259	259	Corps: 12
260	260	Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 13
261	261	shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 14
262	262	Centers. 15
263	263	FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 16
264	264	For payments during fiscal year 2025 of trade ad-17
265	265	justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 18
266	266	of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 19
267	267	of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 20
268	268	employment and case management services, allowances for 21
269	269	job search and relocation, and related State administrative 22
270	270	expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 23
271	271	title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 24
272	272	payments, allowances, training, employment and case 25
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276	276	management services, and related State administration 1
277	277	provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-2
278	278	ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 3
279	279	and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 4
280	280	and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 5
281	281	$33,900,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-6
282	282	essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 7
283	283	payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 8
284	284	2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 9
285	285	Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 10
286	286	heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 11
287	287	current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 12
288	288	245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 13
289	289	STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 14
290	290	SERVICE OPERATIONS 15
291	291	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
292	292	For authorized administrative expenses, 17
293	293	$84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,656,084,000 18
294	294	which may be expended from the Employment Security 19
295	295	Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 20
296	296	(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 21
297	297	(1) $2,875,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 22
298	298	grants to States for the administration of State un-23
299	299	employment insurance laws as authorized under title 24
300	300	III of the Social Security Act (including not less 25
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304	304	than $116,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-1
305	305	ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 2
306	306	such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 3
307	307	defined in such section, including those who are 4
308	308	profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 5
309	309	be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-6
310	310	vided, That of such amount, $116,000,000 is speci-7
311	311	fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-8
312	312	rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 9
313	313	251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-10
314	314	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and $9,000,000 11
315	315	for continued support of the Unemployment Insur-12
316	316	ance Integrity Center of Excellence), the administra-13
317	317	tion of unemployment insurance for Federal employ-14
318	318	ees and for ex-service members as authorized under 15
319	319	5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of 16
320	320	trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade 17
321	321	adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjust-18
322	322	ment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and 19
323	323	under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment As-20
324	324	sistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) and 21
325	325	406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 22
326	326	2015, and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, 23
327	327	as amended, and shall be available for Federal obli-24
328	328	gation through December 31, 2025, except that 25
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332	332	funds for outcome payments pursuant to section 1
333	333	306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act shall be avail-2
334	334	able for Federal obligation through March 31, 2026: 3
335	335	Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 4
336	336	provision of law, the Secretary may recapture any 5
337	337	funds appropriated under this paragraph that re-6
338	338	main unexpended by a State after the period of ex-7
339	339	penditure for a State (but before such funds have 8
340	340	been returned to the Trust Fund), and such recap-9
341	341	tured funds shall remain available until expended for 10
342	342	reobligation by the Secretary to the States to carry 11
343	343	out automation activities related to the administra-12
344	344	tion of unemployment compensation laws: Provided 13
345	345	further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre-14
346	346	ceding proviso shall not be available until 60 days 15
347	347	after the Secretary has submitted a plan to the 16
348	348	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-17
349	349	resentatives and the Senate on the planned use of 18
350	350	funds; 19
351	351	(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-20
352	352	tional activities necessary to support the administra-21
353	353	tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 22
354	354	system; 23
355	355	(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to-24
356	356	gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 25
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360	360	the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 1
361	361	with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 2
362	362	be available for Federal obligation for the period 3
363	363	July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 4
364	364	(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-5
365	365	tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-6
366	366	ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-7
367	367	it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 8
368	368	1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod-9
369	369	ernizing information technology for use in the proc-10
370	370	essing of certification requests), and the provision of 11
371	371	technical assistance and staff training under the 12
372	372	Wagner-Peyser Act; 13
373	373	(5) $83,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 14
374	374	administration of foreign labor certifications and re-15
375	375	lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-16
376	376	ality Act and related laws, of which $60,528,000 17
377	377	shall be available for the Federal administration of 18
378	378	such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 19
379	379	for grants to States for the administration of such 20
380	380	activities; and 21
381	381	(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 22
382	382	provide workforce information, national electronic 23
383	383	tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-24
384	384	ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-25
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388	388	ligation for the period July 1, 2025 through June 1
389	389	30, 2026, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 2
390	390	to carry out research and demonstration projects re-3
391	391	lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 4
392	392	labor force participation of people with disabilities: 5
393	393	Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 6
394	394	made available for research and demonstration 7
395	395	projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-8
396	396	ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-9
397	397	poses: 10
398	398	Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-11
399	399	sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2025 is 12
400	400	projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 13
401	401	2,124,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 14
402	402	Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 15
403	403	increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 16
404	404	for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 17
405	405	III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 18
406	406	funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 19
407	407	to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 20
408	408	Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 21
409	409	carrying out activities under such title III if the other 22
410	410	States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 23
411	411	declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 24
412	412	Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 25
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416	416	further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 1
417	417	for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 2
418	418	Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 3
419	419	the National Directory of New Hires under section 4
420	420	453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-5
421	421	retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 6
422	422	under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-7
423	423	ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 8
424	424	Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 9
425	425	That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es-10
426	426	tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 11
427	427	are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 12
428	428	State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 13
429	429	immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 14
430	430	grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 15
431	431	Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 16
432	432	for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-17
433	433	rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-18
434	434	ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 19
435	435	may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-20
436	436	ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 21
437	437	to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 22
438	438	under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 23
439	439	the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 24
440	440	be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In-25
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444	444	surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-1
445	445	withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 2
446	446	the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-3
447	447	ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-4
448	448	eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-5
449	449	lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-6
450	450	quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 7
451	451	States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 8
452	452	III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 9
453	453	in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy-10
454	454	ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 11
455	455	in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-12
456	456	tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 13
457	457	making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 14
458	458	may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 15
459	459	data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 16
460	460	to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 17
461	461	State and local governments, public and private institu-18
462	462	tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 19
463	463	may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 20
464	464	of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 21
465	465	Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 22
466	466	information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 23
467	467	which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-24
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471	471	main available until September 30, 2026, for such pur-1
472	472	poses. 2
473	473	ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 3
474	474	OTHER FUNDS 4
475	475	For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 5
476	476	Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 6
477	477	Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 7
478	478	Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-8
479	479	ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-9
480	480	vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 10
481	481	of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 11
482	482	Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 12
483	483	Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 13
484	484	sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 14
485	485	obligation through September 30, 2026. 15
486	486	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 16
487	487	For expenses of administering employment and train-17
488	488	ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 18
489	489	$54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employ-19
490	490	ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-20
491	491	ment Trust Fund. 21
492	492	V
493	493	ETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAININGSERVICE 22
494	494	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23
495	495	Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 24
496	496	Employment Security Administration account in the Un-25
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500	500	employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 1
501	501	chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 2
502	502	of which— 3
503	503	(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 4
504	504	grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-5
505	505	abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 6
506	506	section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-7
507	507	ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 8
508	508	such title, and for the expenses described in section 9
509	509	4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend-10
510	510	iture by the States through September 30, 2027, 11
511	511	and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed-12
512	512	eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup-13
513	513	port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-14
514	514	formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 15
515	515	such funds may be used to support such specialists 16
516	516	and representatives in the provision of services to 17
517	517	transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 18
518	518	have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-19
519	519	gram and have been identified as in need of inten-20
520	520	sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 21
521	521	are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 22
522	522	in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 23
523	523	units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 24
524	524	of such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to 25
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528	528	surviving spouses of individuals who died while mem-1
529	529	bers of the Armed Forces or as a result of a service- 2
530	530	connected disability; 3
531	531	(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-4
532	532	tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 5
533	533	10 U.S.C. 1144; 6
534	534	(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 7
535	535	of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 8
536	536	2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 9
537	537	Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 10
538	538	to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-11
539	539	lic Law 115–31); and 12
540	540	(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 13
541	541	Employment and Training Services Institute under 14
542	542	38 U.S.C. 4109: 15
543	543	Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 16
544	544	appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 17
545	545	above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-18
546	546	tion from which such reallocation is made. 19
547	547	In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 20
548	548	$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-21
549	549	less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 22
550	550	transitioning from certain institutions under sections 23
551	551	2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 24
552	552	Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 25
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556	556	of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 1
557	557	September 30, 2025, to provide services under such sec-2
558	558	tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-3
559	559	tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 4
560	560	services to homeless veterans described in section 5
561	561	2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 6
562	562	some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 7
563	563	veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 8
564	564	60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 9
565	565	may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-10
566	566	scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet-11
567	567	erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 12
568	568	of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 13
569	569	paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 14
570	570	this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 15
571	571	support to allow for the tracking of participant and per-16
572	572	formance information: Provided further, That notwith-17
573	573	standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 18
574	574	United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex-19
575	575	penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 20
576	576	In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 21
577	577	the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec-22
578	578	tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 23
579	579	be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 24
580	580	Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 25
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584	584	shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 1
585	585	sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 2
586	586	such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 3
587	587	(3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 4
588	588	of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 5
589	589	(Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 6
590	590	apply. 7
591	591	E
592	592	MPLOYEEBENEFITSSECURITYADMINISTRATION 8
593	593	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9
594	594	For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 10
595	595	Security Administration, $181,100,000, of which up to 11
596	596	$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 12
597	597	2026, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-13
598	598	ment litigation. 14
599	599	P
600	600	ENSIONBENEFITGUARANTYCORPORATION 15
601	601	PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 16
602	602	The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-17
603	603	poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-18
604	604	cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 19
605	605	title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 20
606	606	of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 21
607	607	available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 22
608	608	to make such contracts and commitments without regard 23
609	609	to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 24
610	610	as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-25
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614	614	ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-1
615	615	tember 30, 2025, for the Corporation: Provided, That 2
616	616	none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 3
617	617	year 2025 shall be available for obligations for administra-4
618	618	tive expenses in excess of $514,063,000: Provided further, 5
619	619	That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-6
620	620	pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 7
621	621	100,000 in fiscal year 2025, an amount not to exceed an 8
622	622	additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-9
623	623	tember 30, 2029, for obligations for administrative ex-10
624	624	penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-11
625	625	pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 12
626	626	amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para-13
627	627	graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep-14
628	628	tember 30, 2029 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor-15
629	629	dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor-16
630	630	dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap-17
631	631	proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti-18
632	632	fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 19
633	633	of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 20
634	634	an additional amount shall be available for obligation 21
635	635	through September 30, 2029 to the extent the Corpora-22
636	636	tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 23
637	637	identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 24
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641	641	a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad-1
642	642	ditional $100 per affected individual. 2
643	643	O
644	644	FFICE OFWORKERS’ COMPENSATIONPROGRAMS 3
645	645	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
646	646	For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 5
647	647	Compensation Programs, $113,500,000, together with 6
648	648	$2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 7
649	649	in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 8
650	650	Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 9
651	651	SPECIAL BENEFITS 10
652	652	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
653	653	For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-12
654	654	penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au-13
655	655	thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 14
656	656	year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 15
657	657	as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 16
658	658	in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 17
659	659	the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 18
660	660	Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 19
661	661	App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 20
662	662	Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per-21
663	663	cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 22
664	664	by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 23
665	665	Compensation Act, $726,670,000, together with such 24
666	666	amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-25
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670	670	quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 1
671	671	and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 2
672	672	15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 3
673	673	the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es-4
674	674	tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 5
675	675	amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 6
676	676	by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the 7
677	677	employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 8
678	678	of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 9
679	679	That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep-10
680	680	tember 30, 2024, shall remain available until expended for 11
681	681	the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-12
682	682	vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 13
683	683	to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 14
684	684	any other corporation or instrumentality required under 15
685	685	5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 16
686	686	the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de-17
687	687	termines to be the cost of administration for employees 18
688	688	of such fair share entities through September 30, 2025: 19
689	689	Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 20
690	690	account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-21
691	691	ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 22
692	692	$84,106,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 23
693	693	follows: 24
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697	697	(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-1
698	698	mated data processing systems operations and tele-2
699	699	communications systems, $28,323,000; 3
700	700	(2) For automated workload processing oper-4
701	701	ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 5
702	702	intake, and medical bill processing, $26,685,000; 6
703	703	(3) For periodic roll disability management and 7
704	704	medical review, $26,686,000; 8
705	705	(4) For program integrity, $2,412,000; and 9
706	706	(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 10
707	707	Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 11
708	708	Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 12
709	709	person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 13
710	710	under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-14
711	711	ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 15
712	712	claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-16
713	713	rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 17
714	714	ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES , ENERGY EMPLOYEES 18
715	715	OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 19
716	716	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 20
717	717	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 21
718	718	Act, $66,966,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-22
719	719	vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-23
720	720	ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 24
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724	724	such claim such identifying information (including Social 1
725	725	Security account number) as may be prescribed. 2
726	726	SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 3
727	727	For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 4
728	728	and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 5
729	729	275, $24,367,000, to remain available until expended. 6
730	730	For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 7
731	731	benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 8
732	732	for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 9
733	733	as may be necessary. 10
734	734	For making benefit payments under title IV for the 11
735	735	first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $6,000,000, to remain 12
736	736	available until expended. 13
737	737	BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 14
738	738	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
739	739	Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 16
740	740	Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 17
741	741	until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 18
742	742	section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-19
743	743	enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 20
744	744	interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 21
745	745	of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 22
746	746	expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2025 for expenses 23
747	747	of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-24
748	748	fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 25
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752	752	exceed $51,580,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 1
753	753	Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 2
754	754	exceed $41,570,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-3
755	755	ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 4
756	756	for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-5
757	757	spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-6
758	758	ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 7
759	759	Department of the Treasury. 8
760	760	W
761	761	AGE ANDHOURDIVISION 9
762	762	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
763	763	For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-11
764	764	sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 12
765	765	agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-13
766	766	dered, $235,000,000. 14
767	767	O
768	768	FFICE OFFEDERALCONTRACTCOMPLIANCE 15
769	769	P
770	770	ROGRAMS 16
771	771	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
772	772	For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-18
773	773	tract Compliance Programs, $99,976,000. 19
774	774	O
775	775	FFICE OFLABOR-MANAGEMENTSTANDARDS 20
776	776	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
777	777	For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-22
778	778	agement Standards, $48,515,000. 23
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782	782	OCCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 1
783	783	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
784	784	For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 3
785	785	and Health Administration, $557,772,000, including not 4
786	786	to exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum 5
787	787	amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 6
788	788	of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 7
789	789	which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 8
790	790	of State occupational safety and health programs required 9
791	791	to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 10
792	792	under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-11
793	793	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 12
794	794	Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-13
795	795	cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-14
796	796	wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 15
797	797	such sums for occupational safety and health training and 16
798	798	education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 17
799	799	3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 18
800	800	ending September 30, 2025, to collect and retain fees for 19
801	801	services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-20
802	802	oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 21
803	803	the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 22
804	804	international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 23
805	805	the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 24
806	806	the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 25
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810	810	appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 1
811	811	expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 2
812	812	standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 3
813	813	is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 4
814	814	operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 5
815	815	camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-6
816	816	ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 7
817	817	shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 8
818	818	any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 9
819	819	respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 10
820	820	included within a category having a Days Away, Re-11
821	821	stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 12
822	822	and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-13
823	823	tion code for which such data are published, less than the 14
824	824	national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-15
825	825	lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 16
826	826	Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 17
827	827	except— 18
828	828	(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-19
829	829	sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-20
830	830	ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 21
831	831	(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 22
832	832	response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-23
833	833	tion for violations found during such inspection, and 24
834	834	to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-25
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838	838	rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 1
839	839	any willful violations found; 2
840	840	(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 3
841	841	with respect to imminent dangers; 4
842	842	(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 5
843	843	with respect to health hazards; 6
844	844	(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 7
845	845	with respect to a report of an employment accident 8
846	846	which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-9
847	847	sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 10
848	848	and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-11
849	849	tion authorized by the Act; and 12
850	850	(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 13
851	851	with respect to complaints of discrimination against 14
852	852	employees for exercising rights under the Act: 15
853	853	Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 16
854	854	apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 17
855	855	which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-18
856	856	ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 19
857	857	less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 20
858	858	Programs. 21
859	859	M
860	860	INESAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 22
861	861	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
862	862	For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 24
863	863	Health Administration, $367,816,000, including purchase 25
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867	867	and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 1
868	868	with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-2
869	869	senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 3
870	870	mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 4
871	871	$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 5
872	872	notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 6
873	873	may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 7
874	874	Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 8
875	875	materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 9
876	876	be available for mine safety and health education and 10
877	877	training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 11
878	878	31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-12
879	879	tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 13
880	880	from fees collected for the approval and certification of 14
881	881	equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 15
882	882	may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 16
883	883	That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-17
884	884	ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 18
885	885	private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 19
886	886	with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 20
887	887	further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 21
888	888	is authorized to promote health and safety education and 22
889	889	training in the mining community through cooperative 23
890	890	programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 24
891	891	Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-25
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895	895	ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-1
896	896	cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 2
897	897	provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 3
898	898	reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-4
899	899	ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 5
900	900	chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 6
901	901	That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 7
902	902	be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 8
903	903	for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 9
904	904	event of a major disaster. 10
905	905	B
906	906	UREAU OFLABORSTATISTICS 11
907	907	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
908	908	For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-13
909	909	tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 14
910	910	Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-15
911	911	ices rendered, $629,952,000, together with not to exceed 16
912	912	$68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-17
913	913	ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-18
914	914	ment Trust Fund. 19
915	915	D
916	916	EPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 20
917	917	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
918	918	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
919	919	For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-23
920	920	ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 24
921	921	$177,764,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 25
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925	925	which may be expended from the Employment Security 1
926	926	Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 2
927	927	Fund: Provided, That $3,281,000 shall be used for pro-3
928	928	gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 4
929	929	through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That funds 5
930	930	available for program evaluation may be used to admin-6
931	931	ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur-7
932	932	ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 8
933	933	be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 9
934	934	further, That funds available for program evaluation may 10
935	935	be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De-11
936	936	partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 12
937	937	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-13
938	938	atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad-14
939	939	vance of any transfer. 15
940	940	IT MODERNIZATION 16
941	941	For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-17
942	942	tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-18
943	943	lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 19
944	944	which shall be available through September 30, 2026. 20
945	945	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 21
946	946	For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 22
947	947	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 23
948	948	General Act of 1978, $93,187,000, together with not to 24
949	949	exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em-25
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953	953	ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-1
954	954	ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 2
955	955	$2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 3
956	956	may be available until expended. 4
957	957	O
958	958	FFICE OFDISABILITYEMPLOYMENTPOLICY 5
959	959	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
960	960	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7
961	961	For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 8
962	962	Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 9
963	963	and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 10
964	964	of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 11
965	965	people with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less 12
966	966	than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 13
967	967	projects related to testing effective ways to promote great-14
968	968	er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro-15
969	969	vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 16
970	970	available under this heading for research and demonstra-17
971	971	tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 18
972	972	Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur-19
973	973	poses. 20
974	974	G
975	975	ENERALPROVISIONS 21
976	976	S
977	977	EC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 22
978	978	for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-23
979	979	nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-24
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983	983	tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 1
984	984	Level II. 2
985	985	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
986	986	S
987	987	EC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-4
988	988	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 5
989	989	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-6
990	990	priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 7
991	991	Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 8
992	992	project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-9
993	993	ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 10
994	994	transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 11
995	995	this section shall not be used to create any new program 12
996	996	or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 13
997	997	provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-14
998	998	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 15
999	999	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 16
1000	1000	of any transfer. 17
1001	1001	S
1002	1002	EC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 18
1003	1003	13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 19
1004	1004	available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-20
1005	1005	pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 21
1006	1006	manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 22
1007	1007	or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 23
1008	1008	and host countries already identified by the United States 24
1009	1009	Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 25
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1013	1013	SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-1
1014	1014	tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 2
1015	1015	of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 3
1016	1016	Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 4
1017	1017	(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 5
1018	1018	than competitive grants for training individuals who are 6
1019	1019	older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 7
1020	1020	in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-8
1021	1021	tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 9
1022	1022	visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 10
1023	1023	necessary to support such training. 11
1024	1024	S
1025	1025	EC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 12
1026	1026	Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-13
1027	1027	ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 14
1028	1028	of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-15
1029	1029	vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 16
1030	1030	in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 17
1031	1031	apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 18
1032	1032	in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 19
1033	1033	Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-20
1034	1034	tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-21
1035	1035	ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 22
1036	1036	funds, taking into account factors including the relative 23
1037	1037	cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 24
1038	1038	comparable State or local government employees, and the 25
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1042	1042	size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-1
1043	1043	grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-2
1044	1044	ministration programs. 3
1045	1045	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
1046	1046	S
1047	1047	EC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-5
1048	1048	retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-6
1049	1049	ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-7
1050	1050	rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-8
1051	1051	ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 9
1052	1052	determined that those services will be more efficiently per-10
1053	1053	formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 11
1054	1054	shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 12
1055	1055	(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 13
1056	1056	transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 14
1057	1057	appropriation made available to the Employment and 15
1058	1058	Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-16
1059	1059	istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 17
1060	1060	relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-18
1061	1061	ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 19
1062	1062	That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-20
1063	1063	viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 21
1064	1064	of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 22
1065	1065	‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 23
1066	1066	account to carry out program integrity activities related 24
1067	1067	to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 25
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1071	1071	transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 1
1072	1072	Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 2
1073	1073	or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 3
1074	1074	other arrangements with States and other appropriate en-4
1075	1075	tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 5
1076	1076	authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 6
1077	1077	obligation through September 30, 2026. 7
1078	1078	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
1079	1079	S
1080	1080	EC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 9
1081	1081	than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 10
1082	1082	in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 11
1083	1083	out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 12
1084	1084	are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 13
1085	1085	this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-14
1086	1086	agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 15
1087	1087	Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 16
1088	1088	available for obligation through September 30, 2026: Pro-17
1089	1089	vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 18
1090	1090	Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 19
1091	1091	a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 20
1092	1092	of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-21
1093	1093	tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 22
1094	1094	(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 23
1095	1095	‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 24
1096	1096	‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 25
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1100	1100	‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 1
1101	1101	Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-2
1102	1102	tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 3
1103	1103	‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 4
1104	1104	Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 5
1105	1105	Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-6
1106	1106	tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-7
1107	1107	fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 8
1108	1108	available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 9
1109	1109	and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-10
1110	1110	agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 11
1111	1111	Employment and Training’’. 12
1112	1112	S
1113	1113	EC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 13
1114	1114	Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied hereafter 14
1115	1115	as if the following text is part of such section: 15
1116	1116	‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 16
1117	1117	for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 17
1118	1118	disaster to any employee— 18
1119	1119	‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-19
1120	1120	sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 20
1121	1121	an employer not engaged, directly or through an af-21
1122	1122	filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop-22
1123	1123	erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con-23
1124	1124	tracts; 24
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1128	1128	‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver-1
1129	1129	age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 2
1130	1130	per week or any minimum weekly amount estab-3
1131	1131	lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 4
1132	1132	number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 5
1133	1133	of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 6
1134	1134	‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 7
1135	1135	‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-8
1136	1136	viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 9
1137	1137	or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 10
1138	1138	witnesses, or physicians; 11
1139	1139	‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-12
1140	1140	ing factual information to prepare damage esti-13
1141	1141	mates; 14
1142	1142	‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-15
1143	1143	tions regarding coverage or compensability of 16
1144	1144	claims or determining liability or value aspects 17
1145	1145	of claims; 18
1146	1146	‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 19
1147	1147	‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 20
1148	1148	litigation. 21
1149	1149	‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 22
1150	1150	the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 23
1151	1151	‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 24
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1155	1155	‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-1
1156	1156	aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 2
1157	1157	State or Federal agency or department; 3
1158	1158	‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 4
1159	1159	evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 5
1160	1160	major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-6
1161	1161	cured or secures a license required by applicable law 7
1162	1162	to engage in and perform the activities described in 8
1163	1163	clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 9
1164	1164	to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 10
1165	1165	that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-11
1166	1166	erage or protection for its employees, if required by 12
1167	1167	applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 13
1168	1168	State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 14
1169	1169	wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 15
1170	1170	and 16
1171	1171	‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 17
1172	1172	by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 18
1173	1173	more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 19
1174	1174	securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-20
1175	1175	rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 21
1176	1176	control with, another company.’’. 22
1177	1177	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-23
1178	1178	actment of this Act. 24
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1182	1182	SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITYWITHRESPECT TO THE 1
1183	1183	C
1184	1184	ROSSING OFH–2B NONIMMIGRANTSWORKING IN THE 2
1185	1185	S
1186	1186	EAFOODINDUSTRY.— 3
1187	1187	(1) IN
1188	1188	GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 4
1189	1189	a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-5
1190	1190	ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-6
1191	1191	ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 7
1192	1192	the petition into the United States at any time dur-8
1193	1193	ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 9
1194	1194	for which the employer is seeking the services of the 10
1195	1195	nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 11
1196	1196	(2) R
1197	1197	EQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 12
1198	1198	90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 13
1199	1199	may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 14
1200	1200	States after the date that is 90 days after the start 15
1201	1201	date for which the employer is seeking the services 16
1202	1202	of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 17
1203	1203	(A) completes a new assessment of the 18
1204	1204	local labor market by— 19
1205	1205	(i) listing job orders in local news-20
1206	1206	papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 21
1207	1207	(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 22
1208	1208	appropriate Department of Labor Elec-23
1209	1209	tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 24
1210	1210	place of employment; and 25
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1214	1214	(B) offers the job to an equally or better 1
1215	1215	qualified United States worker who— 2
1216	1216	(i) applies for the job; and 3
1217	1217	(ii) will be available at the time and 4
1218	1218	place of need. 5
1219	1219	(3) E
1220	1220	XEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 6
1221	1221	TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 7
1222	1222	consider an employer in the seafood industry who 8
1223	1223	brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 9
1224	1224	during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 10
1225	1225	to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec-11
1226	1226	tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-12
1227	1227	tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 13
1228	1228	(b) H–2B N
1229	1229	ONIMMIGRANTSDEFINED.—In this sec-14
1230	1230	tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-15
1231	1231	mitted to the United States pursuant to section 16
1232	1232	101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 17
1233	1233	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 18
1234	1234	S
1235	1235	EC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 19
1236	1236	the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 20
1237	1237	of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 21
1238	1238	employees with similar experience and qualifications for 22
1239	1239	such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 23
1240	1240	wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-24
1241	1241	tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-25
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1245	1245	immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 1
1246	1246	available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-2
1247	1247	mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 3
1248	1248	2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-4
1249	1249	veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 5
1250	1250	Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 6
1251	1251	determines that the methodology and data in the provided 7
1252	1252	survey are not statistically supported. 8
1253	1253	S
1254	1254	EC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 9
1255	1255	to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 10
1256	1256	found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 11
1257	1257	rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 12
1258	1258	thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 13
1259	1259	of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi-14
1260	1260	nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 15
1261	1261	214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 16
1262	1262	S
1263	1263	EC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 17
1264	1264	law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-18
1265	1265	tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, not 19
1266	1266	more than $450,000 of excess personal property, at a 20
1267	1267	value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship pro-21
1268	1268	grams for the purpose of training apprentices in those pro-22
1269	1269	grams. 23
1270	1270	S
1271	1271	EC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 24
1272	1272	Department of Labor’’, enacted March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 25
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1276	1276	736, chapter 141) is amended by adding at the end the 1
1277	1277	following: 2
1278	1278	‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 3
1279	1279	‘‘(a) I
1280	1280	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-4
1281	1281	thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 5
1282	1282	agents to— 6
1283	1283	‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 7
1284	1284	Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-8
1285	1285	ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 9
1286	1286	to the performance of official duties by the Sec-10
1287	1287	retary; 11
1288	1288	‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-12
1289	1289	tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 13
1290	1290	immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-14
1291	1291	pating in an activity or event relating to the official 15
1292	1292	duties of the Secretary; 16
1293	1293	‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-17
1294	1294	retary (including during periods not described in 18
1295	1295	paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme-19
1296	1296	diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 20
1297	1297	articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 21
1298	1298	with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 22
1299	1299	‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 23
1300	1300	of Labor or another senior officer representing the 24
1301	1301	Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 25
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1305	1305	unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 1
1306	1306	accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-2
1307	1307	retary. 3
1308	1308	‘‘(b) A
1309	1309	UTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 4
1310	1310	authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em-5
1311	1311	ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 6
1312	1312	the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 7
1313	1313	‘‘(1) carry firearms; 8
1314	1314	‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-9
1315	1315	fense against the United States committed in the 10
1316	1316	presence of such officer or special agent; 11
1317	1317	‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in-12
1318	1318	cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 13
1319	1319	and conducting advance work to review security mat-14
1320	1320	ters relating to sites and events; 15
1321	1321	‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 16
1322	1322	agencies; and 17
1323	1323	‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 18
1324	1324	into potential threats to the security of the Sec-19
1325	1325	retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 20
1326	1326	the Department of Labor. 21
1327	1327	‘‘(c) C
1328	1328	OMPLIANCEWITHGUIDELINES.—A law en-22
1329	1329	forcement officer or special agent employed under sub-23
1330	1330	section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 24
1331	1331	section in accordance with any— 25
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1335	1335	‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 1
1336	1336	and 2
1337	1337	‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 3
1338	1338	Labor.’’. 4
1339	1339	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-5
1340	1340	actment of this Act. 6
1341	1341	S
1342	1342	EC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 7
1343	1343	or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-8
1344	1344	priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 9
1345	1345	a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-10
1346	1346	erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 11
1347	1347	the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other 12
1348	1348	disposition, to include any associated construction project, 13
1349	1349	will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 14
1350	1350	or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 15
1351	1351	property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 16
1352	1352	not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of 17
1353	1353	the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 18
1354	1354	title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi-19
1355	1355	sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 20
1356	1356	The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to 21
1357	1357	the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 22
1358	1358	such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 23
1359	1359	Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 24
1360	1360	around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 25
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1364	1364	SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 1
1365	1365	Act may be used to— 2
1366	1366	(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree-3
1367	1367	ment between the United States Department of 4
1368	1368	Labor and the United States Department of Agri-5
1369	1369	culture; or 6
1370	1370	(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-7
1371	1371	ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 8
1372	1372	the endangerment of the health and safety of the 9
1373	1373	students, the capacity of the program is retained, 10
1374	1374	and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 11
1375	1375	are met. 12
1376	1376	(RESCISSION) 13
1377	1377	S
1378	1378	EC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 14
1379	1379	section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 15
1380	1380	(8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $217,000,000 are hereby perma-16
1381	1381	nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2025. 17
1382	1382	S
1383	1383	EC. 117. Any criminal charge or civil enforcement 18
1384	1384	action alleging that an individual engaged in fraud with 19
1385	1385	respect to compensation (as defined in section 3306 of the 20
1386	1386	Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for purposes of deter-21
1387	1387	mining benefits under the following statutes shall be filed 22
1388	1388	not later than 10 years after the offense was committed: 23
1389	1389	(1) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se-24
1390	1390	curity (CARES) Act, P.L. 116-136; 25
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1394	1394	(2) Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, 1
1395	1395	P.L. 116-260; 2
1396	1396	(3) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 3
1397	1397	117-2; and 4
1398	1398	(4) Lost Wages Assistance Program under the 5
1399	1399	Stafford Act, (42 U.S.C. § 5121–5207). 6
1400	1400	S
1401	1401	EC. 118. For the 2-year period beginning on the 7
1402	1402	date of the enactment of this Act, the Adverse Effect 8
1403	1403	Wage Rate in effect under 20 CFR 655.120(b) shall be 9
1404	1404	the Adverse Effect Wage Rate in effect on January 31, 10
1405	1405	2023. 11
1406	1406	S
1407	1407	EC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 12
1408	1408	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce— 13
1409	1409	(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Adverse Effect Wage 14
1410	1410	Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment 15
1411	1411	of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations 16
1412	1412	in the United States’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 12760 (effec-17
1413	1413	tive March 30, 2023)); 18
1414	1414	(2) 20 CFR 655.131(b) (relating to joint em-19
1415	1415	ployer requirements); or 20
1416	1416	(3) the final rule entitled ‘‘Improving Protec-21
1417	1417	tions for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Em-22
1418	1418	ployment in the United States’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 23
1419	1419	33898 (effective June 28, 2024)). 24
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1423	1423	SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 1
1424	1424	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce— 2
1425	1425	(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Employee or Inde-3
1426	1426	pendent Contractor Classification Under the Fair 4
1427	1427	Labor Standards Act’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 1638 (effec-5
1428	1428	tive March 11, 2024)); or 6
1429	1429	(2) the final rule entitled ‘‘Defining and Delim-7
1430	1430	iting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, 8
1431	1431	Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employ-9
1432	1432	ees’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 32842 (effective July 1, 2024 10
1433	1433	S
1434	1434	EC. 121. None of the funds made available by this 11
1435	1435	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce— 12
1436	1436	(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loy-13
1437	1437	alty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising 14
1438	1438	Shareholder Rights’’, (87 Fed. Reg. 73822 (effective 15
1439	1439	January 30, 2023)); 16
1440	1440	(2) the final rule entitled ‘‘Retirement Security 17
1441	1441	Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fidu-18
1442	1442	ciary’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 32122 (effective September 19
1443	1443	23, 2024)); 20
1444	1444	(3) the final rule entitled ‘‘Amendment to Pro-21
1445	1445	hibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02’’, (89 Fed. 22
1446	1446	Reg. 32260 (effective September 23, 2024)); 23
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1450	1450	(4) the final rule entitled ‘‘Amendment to Pro-1
1451	1451	hibited Transaction Exemption 84-24’’, (89 Fed. 2
1452	1452	Reg. 32302 (effective September 23, 2024)); or 3
1453	1453	(5) the final rule entitled ‘‘Amendment to Pro-4
1454	1454	hibited Transaction Exemptions 75–1, 77–4, 80–83, 5
1455	1455	83–1, and 86–128’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 32346 (effective 6
1456	1456	September 23, 2024)). 7
1457	1457	S
1458	1458	EC. 122. None of the funds made available by this 8
1459	1459	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 9
1460	1460	proposed rule entitled ‘‘National Apprenticeship System 10
1461	1461	Enhancements’’, published by the Department of Labor 11
1462	1462	in the Federal Register on January 17, 2024 (89 Fed. 12
1463	1463	Reg. 3118). 13
1464	1464	S
1465	1465	EC. 123. None of the funds made available by this 14
1466	1466	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 15
1467	1467	proposed rule entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to 16
1468	1468	Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory 17
1469	1469	Protection’’, published by the Department of Labor in the 18
1470	1470	Federal Register on April 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28218). 19
1471	1471	S
1472	1472	EC. 124. None of the funds made available by this 20
1473	1473	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 21
1474	1474	final rule entitled ‘‘Worker Walkaround Representative 22
1475	1475	Designation Process’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 22558 (effective May 23
1476	1476	31, 2024)). 24
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1480	1480	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 1
1481	1481	Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 2
1482	1482	TITLE II 3
1483	1483	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 4
1484	1484	SERVICES 5
1485	1485	H
1486	1486	EALTHRESOURCES ANDSERVICESADMINISTRATION 6
1487	1487	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 7
1488	1488	For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 8
1489	1489	Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 9
1490	1490	with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-10
1491	1491	ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 11
1492	1492	That not more than $1,000,000 shall be available until 12
1493	1493	expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 13
1494	1494	of the PHS Act: Provided further, That not more than 14
1495	1495	$120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car-15
1496	1496	rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 16
1497	1497	224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 17
1498	1498	Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 18
1499	1499	in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 19
1500	1500	made under such law. 20
1501	1501	HEALTH WORKFORCE 21
1502	1502	For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 22
1503	1503	Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 23
1504	1504	and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 24
1505	1505	Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,342,011,000: Pro-25
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1509	1509	vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro-1
1510	1510	portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) 2
1511	1511	of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 3
1512	1512	made available under this heading: Provided further, That 4
1513	1513	for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 5
1514	1514	Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 6
1515	1515	and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec-7
1516	1516	retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con-8
1517	1517	tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 9
1518	1518	Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec-10
1519	1519	tion: Provided further, That no funds shall be available for 11
1520	1520	section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 12
1521	1521	fees collected for the disclosure of information under sec-13
1522	1522	tion 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act 14
1523	1523	of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social 15
1524	1524	Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs 16
1525	1525	of operating the programs authorized by such sections and 17
1526	1526	shall remain available until expended for the National 18
1527	1527	Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That funds 19
1528	1528	transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and 20
1529	1529	subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be 21
1530	1530	used to make prior year adjustments to awards made 22
1531	1531	under such section and subpart: Provided further, That 23
1532	1532	$130,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 24
1533	1533	the purposes of providing primary health services, assign-25
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1537	1537	ing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) partici-1
1538	1538	pants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 2
1539	1539	treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior-3
1540	1540	ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 4
1541	1541	and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay-5
1542	1542	ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 6
1543	1543	section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 7
1544	1544	the amount made available in the previous proviso, not 8
1545	1545	less than 15 percent shall remain available until expended 9
1546	1546	for the purposes of making payments under the NHSC 10
1547	1547	Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of the 11
1548	1548	PHS Act to individuals participating in such program who 12
1549	1549	provide primary health services in Indian Health Service 13
1550	1550	facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and 14
1551	1551	Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are de-15
1552	1552	fined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment 16
1553	1553	priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: 17
1554	1554	Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two 18
1555	1555	provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be 19
1556	1556	applied as if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes 20
1557	1557	clinical substance use disorder treatment services, includ-21
1558	1558	ing those provided by masters level, licensed substance use 22
1559	1559	disorder treatment counselors: Provided further, That of 23
1560	1560	the funds made available under this heading, $7,000,000 24
1561	1561	shall be available to make grants to establish, expand, or 25
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1565	1565	maintain optional community-based nurse practitioner fel-1
1566	1566	lowship programs that are accredited or in the accredita-2
1567	1567	tion process, with a preference for those in Federally 3
1568	1568	Qualified Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate 4
1569	1569	nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral health: 5
1570	1570	Provided further, That of the funds made available under 6
1571	1571	this heading, $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-7
1572	1572	pended for activities under section 775 of the PHS Act: 8
1573	1573	Provided further, That the United States may recover liq-9
1574	1574	uidated damages in an amount determined by the formula 10
1575	1575	under section 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual 11
1576	1576	either fails to begin or complete the service obligated by 12
1577	1577	a contract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided 13
1578	1578	further, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 14
1579	1579	Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behav-15
1580	1580	ioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems appro-16
1581	1581	priate: Provided further, That the Secretary may termi-17
1582	1582	nate a contract entered into under section 775 of the PHS 18
1583	1583	Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this 19
1584	1584	title for fiscal year 2025 contracts entered into under sec-20
1585	1585	tion 338B of the PHS Act. 21
1586	1586	Of the funds made available under this heading, 22
1587	1587	$70,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 23
1588	1588	grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 24
1589	1589	or support graduate education for physicians provided by 25
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1593	1593	such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de-1
1594	1594	velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova-2
1595	1595	tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such 3
1596	1596	grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu-4
1597	1597	tions of higher education located in States with a projected 5
1598	1598	primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec-6
1599	1599	retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim-7
1600	1600	ited to such public institutions of higher education in 8
1601	1601	States in the top quartile of States with a projected pri-9
1602	1602	mary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec-10
1603	1603	retary: Provided further, That the minimum amount of a 11
1604	1604	grant so awarded to such an institution shall be not less 12
1605	1605	than $3,000,000: Provided further, That such a grant may 13
1606	1606	be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided 14
1607	1607	further, That such a grant awarded with respect to a year 15
1608	1608	to such an institution shall be subject to a matching re-16
1609	1609	quirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that is not 17
1610	1610	more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal funds 18
1611	1611	provided in the grant to such institution with respect to 19
1612	1612	such year. 20
1613	1613	MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 21
1614	1614	For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 22
1615	1615	PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 23
1616	1616	title V of the Social Security Act, $1,018,582,000: Pro-24
1617	1617	vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 25
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1621	1621	502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than 1
1622	1622	$194,268,000 shall be available for carrying out special 2
1623	1623	projects of regional and national significance pursuant to 3
1624	1624	section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be 4
1625	1625	available for projects described in subparagraphs (A) 5
1626	1626	through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act. 6
1627	1627	RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 7
1628	1628	For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 8
1629	1629	respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 9
1630	1630	$2,381,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain 10
1631	1631	available to the Secretary through September 30, 2027, 11
1632	1632	for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 12
1633	1633	of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 13
1634	1634	AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 14
1635	1635	section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act. 15
1636	1636	HEALTH SYSTEMS 16
1637	1637	For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 17
1638	1638	with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 18
1639	1639	Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $126,009,000, of 19
1640	1640	which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facil-20
1641	1641	ity renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the 21
1642	1642	National Hansen’s Disease Program. 22
1643	1643	RURAL HEALTH 23
1644	1644	For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 24
1645	1645	with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 25
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1648	1648	•HR 9029 RH
1649	1649	Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 1
1650	1650	711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $400,907,000, 2
1651	1651	of which $74,277,000 from general revenues, notwith-3
1652	1652	standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 4
1653	1653	be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 5
1654	1654	flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 6
1655	1655	made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos-7
1656	1656	pital flexibility grants, up to $25,942,000 shall be avail-8
1657	1657	able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 9
1658	1658	Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 10
1659	1659	information technology and no less than $5,000,000 shall 11
1660	1660	be available to award grants to public or non-profit private 12
1661	1661	entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical As-13
1662	1662	sistance Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 14
1663	1663	section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $13,000,000 shall be 15
1664	1664	available for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided fur-16
1665	1665	ther, That $14,000,000 shall remain available until ex-17
1666	1666	pended for the Rural Residency Development Program. 18
1667	1667	HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 19
1668	1668	For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 20
1669	1669	Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 21
1670	1670	for activities funded in other appropriations included in 22
1671	1671	this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis-23
1672	1672	tration, $222,088,000, of which $44,550,000 shall be for 24
1673	1673	expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of 25
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1676	1676	•HR 9029 RH
1677	1677	Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 1
1678	1678	agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 2
1679	1679	Provided, That funds made available under this heading 3
1680	1680	may be used to supplement program support funding pro-4
1681	1681	vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 5
1682	1682	‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 6
1683	1683	‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 7
1684	1684	and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 8
1685	1685	VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 9
1686	1686	For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 10
1687	1687	Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 11
1688	1688	may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-12
1689	1689	lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 13
1690	1690	after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 14
1691	1691	XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 15
1692	1692	Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 16
1693	1693	to exceed $15,700,000 shall be available from the Trust 17
1694	1694	Fund to the Secretary. 18
1695	1695	COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND 19
1696	1696	For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 20
1697	1697	$7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 21
1698	1698	C
1699	1699	ENTERS FORDISEASECONTROL ANDPREVENTION 22
1700	1700	IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 23
1701	1701	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 24
1702	1702	section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 25
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1705	1705	•HR 9029 RH
1706	1706	Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni-1
1707	1707	zation and respiratory diseases, $237,358,000. 2
1708	1708	HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 3
1709	1709	DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 4
1710	1710	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 5
1711	1711	the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 6
1712	1712	sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 7
1713	1713	$1,177,135,000. 8
1714	1714	EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 9
1715	1715	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 10
1716	1716	2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra-11
1717	1717	tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 12
1718	1718	zoonotic infectious diseases, $728,772,000: Provided, That 13
1719	1719	of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 14
1720	1720	$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 15
1721	1721	for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other 16
1722	1722	related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 17
1723	1723	Federal or State quarantine law. 18
1724	1724	CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 19
1725	1725	PROMOTION 20
1726	1726	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 21
1727	1727	XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-22
1728	1728	vention and health promotion, $912,886,000: Provided, 23
1729	1729	That funds made available under this heading may be 24
1730	1730	available for making grants under section 1509 of the 25
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1733	1733	•HR 9029 RH
1734	1734	PHS Act for not less than 21 States, Tribes, or Tribal 1
1735	1735	organizations: Provided further, That the proportional 2
1736	1736	funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS 3
1737	1737	Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 4
1738	1738	heading. 5
1739	1739	BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES , 6
1740	1740	DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 7
1741	1741	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 8
1742	1742	PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-9
1743	1743	abilities, disabilities and health, $206,060,000. 10
1744	1744	PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 11
1745	1745	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 12
1746	1746	Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 13
1747	1747	informatics, and workforce development, $594,497,000. 14
1748	1748	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 15
1749	1749	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 16
1750	1750	Act with respect to environmental health, $94,600,000. 17
1751	1751	INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 18
1752	1752	For carrying out title III of the PHS Act with respect 19
1753	1753	to rape prevention and education, and domestic violence 20
1754	1754	and sexual violence prevention, $40,000,000. 21
1755	1755	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 22
1756	1756	HEALTH 23
1757	1757	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 24
1758	1758	Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 25
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1761	1761	•HR 9029 RH
1762	1762	of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 1
1763	1763	of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 2
1764	1764	Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-3
1765	1765	ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 4
1766	1766	health, $263,700,000. 5
1767	1767	ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 6
1768	1768	COMPENSATION PROGRAM 7
1769	1769	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 8
1770	1770	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 9
1771	1771	Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-10
1772	1772	vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 11
1773	1773	the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 12
1774	1774	151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 13
1775	1775	GLOBAL HEALTH 14
1776	1776	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 15
1777	1777	Act with respect to global health, $563,922,000, of which 16
1778	1778	$293,200,000 shall remain available through September 17
1779	1779	30, 2027, for global public health protection: Provided, 18
1780	1780	That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 19
1781	1781	official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 20
1782	1782	PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 21
1783	1783	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of 22
1784	1784	the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness 23
1785	1785	and response, and for expenses necessary to support ac-24
1786	1786	tivities related to countering potential chemical, biological, 25
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1789	1789	•HR 9029 RH
1790	1790	radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian populations, 1
1791	1791	$874,000,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 2
1792	1792	for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 3
1793	1793	title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 4
1794	1794	Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 5
1795	1795	without reimbursement to support an activation of the 6
1796	1796	CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc-7
1797	1797	tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 8
1798	1798	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-9
1799	1799	resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 10
1800	1800	this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 11
1801	1801	this authority which includes the number of staff and 12
1802	1802	funding level broken down by the originating center and 13
1803	1803	number of days detailed, and an update of such report 14
1804	1804	every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 15
1805	1805	reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 16
1806	1806	CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 17
1807	1807	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
1808	1808	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 19
1809	1809	section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-20
1810	1810	ties and program support for activities funded in other 21
1811	1811	appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 22
1812	1812	Disease Control and Prevention, $511,570,000, of which 23
1813	1813	$360,000,000 shall remain available through September 24
1814	1814	30, 2026, for public health infrastructure and capacity: 25
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1817	1817	•HR 9029 RH
1818	1818	Provided, That of such amount designated for public 1
1819	1819	health infrastructure and capacity not less than 10 per-2
1820	1820	cent shall be made available to Indian Tribes or Tribal 3
1821	1821	organizations: Provided further, That paragraphs (1) 4
1822	1822	through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS 5
1823	1823	Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this head-6
1824	1824	ing and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, 7
1825	1825	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 8
1826	1826	$35,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 9
1827	1827	available to the Director of the CDC for deposit in the 10
1828	1828	Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund estab-11
1829	1829	lished by section 231 of division B of Public Law 115– 12
1830	1830	245: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 13
1831	1831	heading may be used to support a contract for the oper-14
1832	1832	ation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of 15
1833	1833	activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is pre-16
1834	1834	pared to address public health preparedness emergencies: 17
1835	1835	Provided further, That employees of CDC or the Public 18
1836	1836	Health Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, 19
1837	1837	detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 20
1838	1838	under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in over-21
1839	1839	seas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employ-22
1840	1840	ees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included 23
1841	1841	within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, 24
1842	1842	Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assignment: 25
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1845	1845	•HR 9029 RH
1846	1846	Provided further, That CDC may use up to $5,000 from 1
1847	1847	amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official re-2
1848	1848	ception and representation expenses when specifically ap-3
1849	1849	proved by the Director of the CDC: Provided further, That 4
1850	1850	in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized 5
1851	1851	user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 6
1852	1852	charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 7
1853	1853	respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from 8
1854	1854	the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certifi-9
1855	1855	cation Program shall be available through September 30, 10
1856	1856	2026. 11
1857	1857	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 12
1858	1858	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
1859	1859	For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-14
1860	1860	tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 15
1861	1861	$0, which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 16
1862	1862	That funds made available to this account in this or any 17
1863	1863	prior Act that are available for the acquisition of real 18
1864	1864	property or for construction or improvement of facilities 19
1865	1865	shall be available to make improvements on non-federally 20
1866	1866	owned property, provided that any improvements that are 21
1867	1867	not adjacent to federally owned property do not exceed 22
1868	1868	$2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such improve-23
1869	1869	ments accrues to CDC: Provided further, That funds pre-24
1870	1870	viously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the 25
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1873	1873	•HR 9029 RH
1874	1874	Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be 1
1875	1875	used to acquire a replacement mine safety research facil-2
1876	1876	ity: Provided further, That funds made available to this 3
1877	1877	account in this or any prior Act that are available for the 4
1878	1878	acquisition of real property or for construction or improve-5
1879	1879	ment of facilities in conjunction with the new replacement 6
1880	1880	mine safety research facility shall be available to make im-7
1881	1881	provements on non-federally owned property, provided 8
1882	1882	that any improvements that are not adjacent to federally 9
1883	1883	owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur-10
1884	1884	ther, That in addition, the prior year unobligated balance 11
1885	1885	of any amounts assigned to former employees in accounts 12
1886	1886	of CDC made available for Individual Learning Accounts 13
1887	1887	shall be credited to and merged with the amounts made 14
1888	1888	available under this heading to support the replacement 15
1889	1889	of the mine safety research facility. 16
1890	1890	N
1891	1891	ATIONALINSTITUTES OFHEALTH 17
1892	1892	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 18
1893	1893	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 19
1894	1894	Act with respect to cancer, $7,875,289,000, of which up 20
1895	1895	to $45,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im-21
1896	1896	provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 22
1897	1897	Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 23
1898	1898	Frederick, Maryland. 24
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1900	1900	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68
1901	1901	•HR 9029 RH
1902	1902	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON BODY SYSTEMS RESEARCH 1
1903	1903	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 2
1904	1904	Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, blood diseases, 3
1905	1905	blood and blood products, diabetes, digestive and kidney 4
1906	1906	diseases, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases, 5
1907	1907	$7,101,721,000. 6
1908	1908	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON NEUROSCIENCE AND BRAIN 7
1909	1909	RESEARCH 8
1910	1910	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 9
1911	1911	Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, neuro-10
1912	1912	logical disorders and stroke, and eye diseases and visual 11
1913	1913	disorders, $4,112,805,000. 12
1914	1914	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES 13
1915	1915	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 14
1916	1916	Act with respect to infectious diseases, $3,315,552,000. 15
1917	1917	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND 16
1918	1918	ARTHRITIS 17
1919	1919	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 18
1920	1920	Act with respect to the immune system and arthritis, 19
1921	1921	$3,315,552,000. 20
1922	1922	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 21
1923	1923	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 22
1924	1924	Act with respect to general medical sciences, human ge-23
1925	1925	nome research, and health information communications, 24
1926	1926	$4,451,630,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from 25
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1929	1929	•HR 9029 RH
1930	1930	funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-1
1931	1931	vided, That not less than $445,956,000 is provided for the 2
1932	1932	Institutional Development Awards program: Provided fur-3
1933	1933	ther, That of the amounts available for improvement of 4
1934	1934	information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until 5
1935	1935	September 30, 2026: Provided further, That in fiscal year 6
1936	1936	2025, the National Library of Medicine may enter into 7
1937	1937	personal service contracts for the provision of services in 8
1938	1938	facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the juris-9
1939	1939	diction of the National Institutes of Health (referred to 10
1940	1940	in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 11
1941	1941	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITY RELATED 12
1942	1942	RESEARCH 13
1943	1943	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 14
1944	1944	Act with respect to research on human development, intel-15
1945	1945	lectual and developmental disabilities, and deafness and 16
1946	1946	other communication disorders, $2,317,464,000. 17
1947	1947	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEMENTIA 18
1948	1948	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 19
1949	1949	Act with respect to dementia, $4,604,899,000. 20
1950	1950	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON SUBSTANCE USE 21
1951	1951	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 22
1952	1952	Act with respect to alcohol and other substance use, 23
1953	1953	$2,281,695,000. 24
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1956	1956	•HR 9029 RH
1957	1957	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 1
1958	1958	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 2
1959	1959	Act with respect to mental health, $2,210,789,000. 3
1960	1960	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH 4
1961	1961	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 5
1962	1962	Act with respect to health sciences research, including re-6
1963	1963	search into health disparities, nursing, complementary and 7
1964	1964	integrative health, and environmental health, 8
1965	1965	$1,931,662,000: Provided, That $95,162,000 shall be for 9
1966	1966	the John E. Fogarty International Center. 10
1967	1967	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION AND ADVANCED 11
1968	1968	RESEARCH 12
1969	1969	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13
1970	1970	Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bio-14
1971	1971	engineering, translational sciences, advanced research 15
1972	1972	projects for health, and other innovative research, 16
1973	1973	$2,568,004,000: Provided, That $500,000,000 shall be for 17
1974	1974	the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to re-18
1975	1975	main available through September 30, 2027. 19
1976	1976	OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 20
1977	1977	For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 21
1978	1978	the Director, $2,000,667,000: Provided, That funding 22
1979	1979	shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 pas-23
1980	1980	senger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided fur-24
1981	1981	ther, That all funds credited to the NIH Management 25
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1984	1984	•HR 9029 RH
1985	1985	Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the 1
1986	1986	fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, 2
1987	1987	That of the funds provided, $5,000 shall be for official 3
1988	1988	reception and representation expenses when specifically 4
1989	1989	approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided further, 5
1990	1990	That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of 6
1991	1991	the Director may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants 7
1992	1992	for construction or renovation of facilities as provided for 8
1993	1993	in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided fur-9
1994	1994	ther, That amounts made available under this heading are 10
1995	1995	also available to establish, operate, and support the Re-11
1996	1996	search Policy Board authorized by section 2034(f) of the 12
1997	1997	21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, That the funds 13
1998	1998	made available under this heading for the Office of Re-14
1999	1999	search on Women’s Health shall also be available for mak-15
2000	2000	ing grants to serve and promote the interests of women 16
2001	2001	in research, and the Director of such Office may, in mak-17
2002	2002	ing such grants, use the authorities available to NIH In-18
2003	2003	stitutes and Centers. 19
2004	2004	In addition to other funds appropriated for the Office 20
2005	2005	of the Director, $12,600,000 is appropriated from the 10- 21
2006	2006	year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund described in sec-22
2007	2007	tion 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 23
2008	2008	U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out section 24
2009	2009	402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric re-25
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2012	2012	•HR 9029 RH
2013	2013	search), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First 1
2014	2014	Research Act. 2
2015	2015	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 3
2016	2016	For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren-4
2017	2017	ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 5
2018	2018	or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 6
2019	2019	$353,671,000, to remain available until expended. 7
2020	2020	NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT , CURES ACT 8
2021	2021	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
2022	2022	For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-10
2023	2023	scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 11
2024	2024	Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 12
2025	2025	in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 13
2026	2026	$127,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-14
2027	2027	vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 15
2028	2028	section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 16
2029	2029	amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 17
2030	2030	Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the NIH 18
2031	2031	to other accounts of the NIH solely for the purposes pro-19
2032	2032	vided in such Act: Provided further, That upon a deter-20
2033	2033	mination by the Director of the NIH that funds trans-21
2034	2034	ferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary 22
2035	2035	for the purposes provided, such amounts may be trans-23
2036	2036	ferred back to the Account: Provided further, That the 24
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2040	2040	transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-1
2041	2041	tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 2
2042	2042	S
2043	2043	UBSTANCEABUSE ANDMENTALHEALTHSERVICES 3
2044	2044	A
2045	2045	DMINISTRATION 4
2046	2046	MENTAL HEALTH 5
2047	2047	For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 6
2048	2048	Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad-7
2049	2049	vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 8
2050	2050	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 9
2051	2051	$2,664,107,000, of which $21,039,000 shall be from 10
2052	2052	funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-11
2053	2053	vided, That of the funds made available under this head-12
2054	2054	ing, $100,887,000 shall be for the National Child Trau-13
2055	2055	matic Stress Initiative: Provided further, That notwith-14
2056	2056	standing section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds ap-15
2057	2057	propriated for carrying out section 520A shall be available 16
2058	2058	for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided 17
2059	2059	further, That the total available under this Act for section 18
2060	2060	1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the 19
2061	2061	amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: 20
2062	2062	Provided further, That of the funds made available under 21
2063	2063	this heading for subpart I of part B of title XIX of the 22
2064	2064	PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be available to support 23
2065	2065	evidence-based crisis systems: Provided further, That up 24
2066	2066	to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out 25
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2070	2070	the Children’s Mental Health Services program may be 1
2071	2071	used to carry out demonstration grants or contracts for 2
2072	2072	early interventions with persons not more than 25 years 3
2073	2073	of age at clinical high risk of developing a first episode 4
2074	2074	of psychosis: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of 5
2075	2075	the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated in this 6
2076	2076	Act for fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That 7
2077	2077	$385,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027 8
2078	2078	for grants to communities and community organizations 9
2079	2079	who meet criteria for Certified Community Behavioral 10
2080	2080	Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law 11
2081	2081	113–93: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 12
2082	2082	for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 13
2083	2083	241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made 14
2084	2084	available under this heading, $21,420,000 shall be to 15
2085	2085	carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare 16
2086	2086	Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 17
2087	2087	note). 18
2088	2088	SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 19
2089	2089	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 20
2090	2090	with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 21
2091	2091	of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 22
2092	2092	prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 23
2093	2093	and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 24
2094	2094	$4,516,463,000, of which $79,200,000 shall be from 25
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2098	2098	funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-1
2099	2099	vided, That $1,575,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-2
2100	2100	tion 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act: Provided further, 3
2101	2101	That of such amount in the preceding proviso not less 4
2102	2102	than 4 percent shall be made available to Indian Tribes 5
2103	2103	or Tribal organizations: Provided further, That none of the 6
2104	2104	funds provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State 7
2105	2105	Opioid Response Grants shall be subject to section 241 8
2106	2106	of such Act. 9
2107	2107	SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 10
2108	2108	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 11
2109	2109	with respect to substance abuse prevention, $203,174,000. 12
2110	2110	HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 13
2111	2111	For program support and cross-cutting activities that 14
2112	2112	supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 15
2113	2113	Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 16
2114	2114	Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 17
2115	2115	of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-18
2116	2116	viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 19
2117	2117	and Mental Health Services Administration, 20
2118	2118	$146,323,000, of which $31,428,000 shall be from funds 21
2119	2119	available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, 22
2120	2120	That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of 23
2121	2121	publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis 24
2122	2122	completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to 25
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2126	2126	a public or private entity upon request, which shall be 1
2127	2127	credited to this appropriation and shall remain available 2
2128	2128	until expended for such purposes: Provided further, That 3
2129	2129	amounts made available in this Act for carrying out sec-4
2130	2130	tion 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available through 5
2131	2131	September 30, 2026: Provided further, That funds made 6
2132	2132	available under this heading (other than amounts specified 7
2133	2133	in the first proviso under this heading) may be used to 8
2134	2134	supplement program support funding provided under the 9
2135	2135	headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treat-10
2136	2136	ment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 11
2137	2137	C
2138	2138	ENTERS FORMEDICARE& MEDICAIDSERVICES 12
2139	2139	GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 13
2140	2140	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 14
2141	2141	XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $383,609,399,000, 15
2142	2142	to remain available until expended. 16
2143	2143	In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 17
2144	2144	2025, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2025 for unantici-18
2145	2145	pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 19
2146	2146	as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 20
2147	2147	In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 21
2148	2148	quarter of fiscal year 2026, $261,063,820,000, to remain 22
2149	2149	available until expended. 23
2150	2150	Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 24
2151	2151	quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 25
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2155	2155	in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 1
2156	2156	such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 2
2157	2157	quarter. 3
2158	2158	PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 4
2159	2159	For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 5
2160	2160	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-6
2161	2161	surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 7
2162	2162	1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 8
2163	2163	103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 9
2164	2164	1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 10
2165	2165	administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 11
2166	2166	201(g) of the Social Security Act, $521,757,000,000. 12
2167	2167	In addition, for making matching payments under 13
2168	2168	section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 14
2169	2169	16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 15
2170	2170	in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 16
2171	2171	PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 17
2172	2172	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 18
2173	2173	XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 19
2174	2174	XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 20
2175	2175	Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-21
2176	2176	ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 22
2177	2177	to exceed $3,454,690,000 to be transferred from the Fed-23
2178	2178	eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup-24
2179	2179	plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 25
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2183	2183	by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 1
2184	2184	all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 2
2185	2185	PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 3
2186	2186	Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 4
2187	2187	1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 5
2188	2188	be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 6
2189	2189	which shall be credited to this account and remain avail-7
2190	2190	able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 8
2191	2191	accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab-9
2192	2192	lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 10
2193	2193	to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap-11
2194	2194	propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di-12
2195	2195	rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2025 from Medicare 13
2196	2196	Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 14
2197	2197	of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 15
2198	2198	with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 16
2199	2199	pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 17
2200	2200	further, That of the amount made available under this 18
2201	2201	heading, $402,334,000 shall remain available until Sep-19
2202	2202	tember 30, 2026, and shall be available for the Survey 20
2203	2203	and Certification Program: Provided further, That 21
2204	2204	amounts available under this heading to support quality 22
2205	2205	improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 23
2206	2206	the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe-24
2207	2207	cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 25
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2211	2211	division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 1
2212	2212	(Public Law 115–141): Provided further, That none of the 2
2213	2213	funds made available under this heading may be used to 3
2214	2214	prepare or issue any solicitation or award a contract that 4
2215	2215	requires the maintenance of a labor harmony agreement 5
2216	2216	or any substantially similar requirement. 6
2217	2217	HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 7
2218	2218	In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-8
2219	2219	gram integrity and program management, $941,000,000, 9
2220	2220	to remain available through September 30, 2026, to be 10
2221	2221	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 11
2222	2222	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 12
2223	2223	Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 13
2224	2224	Security Act, of which $693,511,000 shall be for the Cen-14
2225	2225	ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 15
2226	2226	activities, of which $111,508,000 shall be for the Depart-16
2227	2227	ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 17
2228	2228	General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 18
2229	2229	by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 19
2230	2230	$135,981,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 20
2231	2231	carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 21
2232	2232	1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re-22
2233	2233	quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 23
2234	2234	for fiscal year 2025 shall include measures of the oper-24
2235	2235	ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 25
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2239	2239	in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 1
2240	2240	funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 2
2241	2241	That of the amount provided under this heading, 3
2242	2242	$311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 4
2243	2243	251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 5
2244	2244	Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $630,000,000 is addi-6
2245	2245	tional new budget authority specified for purposes of sec-7
2246	2246	tion 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care 8
2247	2247	fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That 9
2248	2248	the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 10
2249	2249	from amounts made available under this heading and 11
2250	2250	amounts made available for fiscal year 2025 under section 12
2251	2251	1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior 13
2252	2252	Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 14
2253	2253	abuse. 15
2254	2254	A
2255	2255	DMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN ANDFAMILIES 16
2256	2256	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 17
2257	2257	ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 18
2258	2258	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 19
2259	2259	I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 20
2260	2260	and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,924,000,000, to remain 21
2261	2261	available until expended; and for such purposes for the 22
2262	2262	first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $1,600,000,000, to re-23
2263	2263	main available until expended. 24
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2267	2267	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 1
2268	2268	year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 2
2269	2269	XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 3
2270	2270	July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 4
2271	2271	year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 5
2272	2272	year, such sums as may be necessary. 6
2273	2273	LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 7
2274	2274	For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 8
2275	2275	of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-9
2276	2276	ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 10
2277	2277	$4,040,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 11
2278	2278	2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 12
2279	2279	reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train-13
2280	2280	ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 14
2281	2281	with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup-15
2282	2282	plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin-16
2283	2283	istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 17
2284	2284	may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 18
2285	2285	2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri-19
2286	2286	vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza-20
2287	2287	tions: Provided further, That all but $904,848,000 of the 21
2288	2288	amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 22
2289	2289	as though the total appropriation for such payments for 23
2290	2290	fiscal year 2025 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 24
2291	2291	further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 25
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2295	2295	section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 1
2296	2296	State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca-2
2297	2297	tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 3
2298	2298	received under this heading for fiscal year 2024 from 4
2299	2299	amounts appropriated in Public Law 118–47 shall have 5
2300	2300	its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the 6
2301	2301	portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 7
2302	2302	would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 8
2303	2303	received in such fashion for fiscal year 2024 being ratably 9
2304	2304	reduced. 10
2305	2305	REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 11
2306	2306	For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as-12
2307	2307	sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi-13
2308	2308	gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref-14
2309	2309	ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 15
2310	2310	out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 16
2311	2311	section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 17
2312	2312	Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 18
2313	2313	Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor-19
2314	2314	ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $2,691,955,000, of which 20
2315	2315	$2,641,200,000 shall remain available through September 21
2316	2316	30, 2027, for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 22
2317	2317	and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 23
2318	2318	heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 24
2319	2319	research and evaluation with respect to activities under 25
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2323	2323	such Act: Provided further, That the contribution of funds 1
2324	2324	requirement under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William 2
2325	2325	Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-3
2326	2326	tion Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available 4
2327	2327	under this heading: Provided further, That not more than 5
2328	2328	7 percent of amounts made available under this heading 6
2329	2329	shall be available for Federal administrative costs. 7
2330	2330	PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 8
2331	2331	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec-9
2332	2332	tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 10
2333	2333	for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 11
2334	2334	of such Act, $69,765,000: Provided, That of the funds 12
2335	2335	available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 13
2336	2336	allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 14
2337	2337	such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 15
2338	2338	to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require-16
2339	2339	ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 17
2340	2340	shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 18
2341	2341	Tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhanc-19
2342	2342	ing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as de-20
2343	2343	scribed in section 427(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 21
2344	2344	That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the 22
2345	2345	previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 per-23
2346	2346	cent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such re-24
2347	2347	served amounts may be used for identifying, establishing, 25
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2351	2351	and disseminating practices to meet the criteria specified 1
2352	2352	in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the res-2
2353	2353	ervation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 3
2354	2354	437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the second 4
2355	2355	proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant award 5
2356	2356	for kinship navigator programs in the case of States and 6
2357	2357	territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of Tribes, 7
2358	2358	shall be $25,000. 8
2359	2359	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 9
2360	2360	DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 10
2361	2361	For carrying out the Child Care and Development 11
2362	2362	Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 12
2363	2363	$8,771,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 13
2364	2364	State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 14
2365	2365	low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 15
2366	2366	under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di-16
2367	2367	rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 17
2368	2368	agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 18
2369	2369	That all funds made available to carry out section 418 19
2370	2370	of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 20
2371	2371	funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 21
2372	2372	or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-22
2373	2373	ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 23
2374	2374	section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 24
2375	2375	That notwithstanding the reservation requirements in any 25
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2379	2379	other provision of law, of amounts appropriated under this 1
2380	2380	heading, 6 percent shall be reserved for payments to In-2
2381	2381	dian Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, 3
2382	2382	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 4
2383	2383	the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal 5
2384	2384	administrative expenses. 6
2385	2385	SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 7
2386	2386	For making grants to States pursuant to section 8
2387	2387	2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro-9
2388	2388	vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 10
2389	2389	404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 11
2390	2390	under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 12
2391	2391	programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 13
2392	2392	percent. 14
2393	2393	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 15
2394	2394	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 16
2395	2395	Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 17
2396	2396	the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven-18
2397	2397	tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 19
2398	2398	Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 20
2399	2399	American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 21
2400	2400	Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 22
2401	2401	Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 23
2402	2402	and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 24
2403	2403	of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 25
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2407	2407	Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin-1
2408	2408	istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 2
2409	2409	XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 3
2410	2410	July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-4
2411	2411	ance Act of 1981, $14,709,694,000, of which 5
2412	2412	$75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 6
2413	2413	2026, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 7
2414	2414	guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 8
2415	2415	473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 9
2416	2416	adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep-10
2417	2417	tember 30, 2025: Provided, That $12,296,820,000 shall 11
2418	2418	be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ-12
2419	2419	ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 13
2420	2420	of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 14
2421	2421	(1) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 15
2422	2422	by the Secretary to supplement activities described 16
2423	2423	in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 17
2424	2424	the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 18
2425	2425	System, established under the authority of sections 19
2426	2426	641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 20
2427	2427	and such funds shall not be included in the calcula-21
2428	2428	tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 22
2429	2429	such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 23
2430	2430	Act; 24
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2434	2434	(2) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Trib-1
2435	2435	al Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 2
2436	2436	Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 3
2437	2437	(3) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available 4
2438	2438	for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia for the 5
2439	2439	start-up and operation of Head Start services and 6
2440	2440	for the provision of training and technical assist-7
2441	2441	ance; and 8
2442	2442	(4) up to $42,000,000 shall be available to sup-9
2443	2443	plement funding otherwise available for research, 10
2444	2444	evaluation, and Federal administrative costs: 11
2445	2445	Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-12
2446	2446	ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 13
2447	2447	in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 14
2448	2448	640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 15
2449	2449	Act: Provided further, That $250,000,000 shall be avail-16
2450	2450	able until December 31, 2025, for carrying out sections 17
2451	2451	9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro-18
2452	2452	vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 19
2453	2453	preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist-20
2454	2454	ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 21
2455	2455	section 9212: Provided further, That $793,000,000 shall 22
2456	2456	be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 23
2457	2457	further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 24
2458	2458	with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 25
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2462	2462	year and in fiscal year 2024, States may apply the last 1
2463	2463	sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub-2
2464	2464	stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur-3
2465	2465	ther, That not less than $13,000,000 shall be for section 4
2466	2466	680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That 5
2467	2467	$245,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 6
2468	2468	the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 7
2469	2469	$12,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 8
2470	2470	303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 9
2471	2471	Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 10
2472	2472	section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 11
2473	2473	Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 12
2474	2474	under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 13
2475	2475	shall be for a human services case management system 14
2476	2476	for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 15
2477	2477	national case management contract and Federal costs of 16
2478	2478	administering the system: Provided further, That up to 17
2479	2479	$2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 18
2480	2480	Reporting Information System, including grants to States 19
2481	2481	to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec-20
2482	2482	tiveness. 21
2483	2483	PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 22
2484	2484	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 23
2485	2485	IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,768,000,000. 24
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2489	2489	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 1
2490	2490	IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 2
2491	2491	fiscal year 2026, $3,600,000,000. 3
2492	2492	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 4
2493	2493	year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 5
2494	2494	E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 6
2495	2495	current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 7
2496	2496	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 8
2497	2497	A
2498	2498	DMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITYLIVING 9
2499	2499	AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 10
2500	2500	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
2501	2501	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-12
2502	2502	vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 13
2503	2503	RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand-14
2504	2504	parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 15
2505	2505	of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 16
2506	2506	section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 17
2507	2507	and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-18
2508	2508	rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 19
2509	2509	Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 20
2510	2510	of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As-21
2511	2511	sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec-22
2512	2512	tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 23
2513	2513	Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol-24
2514	2514	icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis-25
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2518	2518	abilities, $2,415,167,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 1
2519	2519	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 2
2520	2520	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 3
2521	2521	Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 4
2522	2522	Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 5
2523	2523	amounts made available under this heading to carry out 6
2524	2524	sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 7
2525	2525	of such amounts shall be available for developing and im-8
2526	2526	plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 9
2527	2527	nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur-10
2528	2528	ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 11
2529	2529	funds made available under this heading to carry out sec-12
2530	2530	tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 13
2531	2531	of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 14
2532	2532	further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 15
2533	2533	adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 16
2534	2534	XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 17
2535	2535	to Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, That 18
2536	2536	$2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support al-19
2537	2537	ternative financing programs that provide for the purchase 20
2538	2538	of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest loan 21
2539	2539	fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan 22
2540	2540	fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided 23
2541	2541	further, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, 24
2542	2542	and information describing the manner in which, the alter-25
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2545	2545	•HR 9029 RH
2546	2546	native financing program will expand and emphasize con-1
2547	2547	sumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 2
2548	2548	agencies and community-based disability organizations 3
2549	2549	that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis-4
2550	2550	abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 5
2551	2551	none of the funds made available under this heading may 6
2552	2552	be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 7
2553	2553	of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men-8
2554	2554	tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 9
2555	2555	any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 10
2556	2556	an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 11
2557	2557	disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop-12
2558	2558	mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 13
2559	2559	of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 14
2560	2560	a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 15
2561	2561	physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 16
2562	2562	the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 17
2563	2563	for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 18
2564	2564	unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro-19
2565	2565	vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-20
2566	2566	pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 21
2567	2567	awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 22
2568	2568	residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 23
2569	2569	affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 24
2570	2570	legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 25
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2574	2574	guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 1
2575	2575	rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro-2
2576	2576	cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-3
2577	2577	diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 4
2578	2578	individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 5
2579	2579	legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 6
2580	2580	individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub-7
2581	2581	lic guardianship. 8
2582	2582	A
2583	2583	DMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGICPREPAREDNESS AND 9
2584	2584	R
2585	2585	ESPONSE 10
2586	2586	RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 11
2587	2587	For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 12
2588	2588	title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 13
2589	2589	development, storage, production, and procurement of 14
2590	2590	medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi-15
2591	2591	ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu-16
2592	2592	lations, $3,277,991,000: Provided, That of such amount: 17
2593	2593	(1) $1,100,000,000, to remain available 18
2594	2594	through September 30, 2026, shall be for expenses 19
2595	2595	necessary to support advanced research and develop-20
2596	2596	ment pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 21
2597	2597	other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad-22
2598	2598	vanced Research and Development Authority; 23
2599	2599	(2) $850,000,000, to remain available until ex-24
2600	2600	pended, shall be for expenses necessary for pro-25
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2604	2604	curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec-1
2605	2605	tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 2
2606	2606	(3) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 3
2607	2607	expended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry 4
2608	2608	out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 5
2609	2609	(4) $327,991,000 shall be for expenses nec-6
2610	2610	essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 7
2611	2611	pandemic, of which $300,000,000 shall remain avail-8
2612	2612	able until expended for activities including the devel-9
2613	2613	opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec-10
2614	2614	essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 11
2615	2615	tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 12
2616	2616	of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para-13
2617	2617	graph may be used for the construction or renova-14
2618	2618	tion of privately owned facilities for the production 15
2619	2619	of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 16
2620	2620	if the Secretary finds such construction or renova-17
2621	2621	tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 18
2622	2622	vaccines or biologics: 19
2623	2623	Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 20
2624	2624	for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 21
2625	2625	shall be in addition to any other funds made available for 22
2626	2626	such purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 23
2627	2627	with funds made available under this heading may, at the 24
2628	2628	discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 25
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2632	2632	National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the 1
2633	2633	PHS Act: Provided further, That none of the funds made 2
2634	2634	available under this heading may be used by the Adminis-3
2635	2635	tration for Strategic Preparedness and Response to de-4
2636	2636	velop, acquire, or stockpile medical countermeasures, or 5
2637	2637	to strengthen the domestic industrial base, by procuring 6
2638	2638	or acquiring any medical equipment, pharmaceutical good, 7
2639	2639	or service produced by a Chinese-owned company. 8
2640	2640	OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY 9
2641	2641	RESPONSE 10
2642	2642	For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 11
2643	2643	B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer-12
2644	2644	gency response activities related to countering potential 13
2645	2645	chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 14
2646	2646	other public health emergencies, $352,606,000. 15
2647	2647	O
2648	2648	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 16
2649	2649	GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 17
2650	2650	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 18
2651	2651	general departmental management, including hire of six 19
2652	2652	passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 20
2653	2653	XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 21
2654	2654	States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re-22
2655	2655	search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 23
2656	2656	Act, $350,172,000, of which $58,028,000 shall be from 24
2657	2657	funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-25
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2661	2661	vided, That of this amount, $45,000,000 shall be for mi-1
2662	2662	nority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: Provided 2
2663	2663	further, That of the funds made available under this head-3
2664	2664	ing, $40,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants 4
2665	2665	which exclusively implement education in sexual risk 5
2666	2666	avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-mar-6
2667	2667	ital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding for 7
2668	2668	such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use 8
2669	2669	medically accurate information referenced to peer-re-9
2670	2670	viewed publications by educational, scientific, govern-10
2671	2671	mental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 11
2672	2672	based approach integrating research findings with prac-12
2673	2673	tical implementation that aligns with the needs and de-13
2674	2674	sired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 14
2675	2675	benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequenc-15
2676	2676	ing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal set-16
2677	2677	ting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and 17
2678	2678	other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or 18
2679	2679	illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity: 19
2680	2680	Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the 20
2681	2681	funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid-21
2682	2682	ance shall be available for technical assistance and admin-22
2683	2683	istrative costs of such programs: Provided further, That 23
2684	2684	funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities 24
2685	2685	may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, 25
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2689	2689	through grants and other mechanisms, medical and ad-1
2690	2690	ministrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: 2
2691	2691	Provided further, That such services shall be provided con-3
2692	2692	sistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That 4
2693	2693	of the funds made available under this heading, 5
2694	2694	$5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize competitions 6
2695	2695	sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to accelerate in-7
2696	2696	novation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 8
2697	2697	kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the Steven-9
2698	2698	son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 10
2699	2699	3719)). 11
2700	2700	In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title 12
2701	2701	II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise pro-13
2702	2702	vided, activities related to safeguarding classified national 14
2703	2703	security information and providing intelligence and na-15
2704	2704	tional security support across the Department and to 16
2705	2705	counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 17
2706	2706	$109,983,000. 18
2707	2707	In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, pre-19
2708	2708	pare for, or respond to an influenza pandemic, 20
2709	2709	$7,009,000. 21
2710	2710	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 22
2711	2711	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 23
2712	2712	Rights, $39,798,000. 24
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2716	2716	OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 1
2717	2717	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2
2718	2718	For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 3
2719	2719	Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 4
2720	2720	grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-5
2721	2721	velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-6
2722	2722	mation technology, $69,238,000, of which $59,238,000 7
2723	2723	shall be from funds available under section 241 of the 8
2724	2724	PHS Act. 9
2725	2725	MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 10
2726	2726	For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 11
2727	2727	appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall 12
2728	2728	remain available until September 30, 2026, to be trans-13
2729	2729	ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In-14
2730	2730	surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med-15
2731	2731	ical Insurance Trust Fund. 16
2732	2732	RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 17
2733	2733	COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 18
2734	2734	For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 19
2735	2735	Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 20
2736	2736	law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 21
2737	2737	Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-22
2738	2738	ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 23
2739	2739	Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 24
2740	2740	required during the current fiscal year. 25
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2744	2744	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1
2745	2745	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 2
2746	2746	General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 3
2747	2747	investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-4
2748	2748	tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 5
2749	2749	such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-6
2750	2750	viding protective services to the Secretary and inves-7
2751	2751	tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 8
2752	2752	payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro-9
2753	2753	vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 10
2754	2754	heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 11
2755	2755	activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 12
2756	2756	(42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 13
2757	2757	G
2758	2758	ENERALPROVISIONS 14
2759	2759	S
2760	2760	EC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 15
2761	2761	available for not to exceed $25,000 for official reception 16
2762	2762	and representation expenses when specifically approved by 17
2763	2763	the Secretary. 18
2764	2764	S
2765	2765	EC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 19
2766	2766	shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 20
2767	2767	a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 21
2768	2768	of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 22
2769	2769	appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 23
2770	2770	from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi-24
2771	2771	vidual at this rate. 25
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2775	2775	SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 1
2776	2776	may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 2
2777	2777	except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 3
2778	2778	for other taps and assessments made by any office located 4
2779	2779	in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re-5
2780	2780	port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria-6
2781	2781	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de-7
2782	2782	tailing the planned uses of such funds. 8
2783	2783	S
2784	2784	EC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 9
2785	2785	PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 10
2786	2786	but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro-11
2787	2787	priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 12
2788	2788	made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 13
2789	2789	or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 14
2790	2790	programs funded in this title. 15
2791	2791	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
2792	2792	S
2793	2793	EC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-17
2794	2794	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 18
2795	2795	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-19
2796	2796	priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 20
2797	2797	may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 21
2798	2798	appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 22
2799	2799	by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author-23
2800	2800	ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 24
2801	2801	new program or to fund any project or activity for which 25
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2805	2805	no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 1
2806	2806	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-2
2807	2807	resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 3
2808	2808	in advance of any transfer. 4
2809	2809	S
2810	2810	EC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 5
2811	2811	338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 6
2812	2812	such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 7
2813	2813	date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2025 under sec-8
2814	2814	tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 9
2815	2815	who has been awarded such contract has not received 10
2816	2816	funds due under the contract. 11
2817	2817	S
2818	2818	EC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 12
2819	2819	may be made available to any entity under title X of the 13
2820	2820	PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 14
2821	2821	the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 15
2822	2822	the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 16
2823	2823	that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at-17
2824	2824	tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 18
2825	2825	S
2826	2826	EC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19
2827	2827	law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 20
2828	2828	shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 21
2829	2829	or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 22
2830	2830	abuse, rape, or incest. 23
2831	2831	S
2832	2832	EC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 24
2833	2833	(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 25
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2837	2837	used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 1
2838	2838	Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-2
2839	2839	erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-3
2840	2840	ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 4
2841	2841	it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 5
2842	2842	referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 6
2843	2843	make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-7
2844	2844	tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 8
2845	2845	sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-9
2846	2846	ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-10
2847	2847	ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-11
2848	2848	care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 12
2849	2849	Advantage organization described in this section shall be 13
2850	2850	responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor-14
2851	2851	mation about all Medicare covered services. 15
2852	2852	S
2853	2853	EC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 16
2854	2854	title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-17
2855	2855	mote gun control. 18
2856	2856	S
2857	2857	EC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 19
2858	2858	assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 20
2859	2859	Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 21
2860	2860	work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 22
2861	2861	by the Agency for International Development, the United 23
2862	2862	Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 24
2863	2863	World Health Organization. 25
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2867	2867	SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter-1
2868	2868	national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 2
2869	2869	infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 3
2870	2870	other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2025: 4
2871	2871	(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv-5
2872	2872	alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 6
2873	2873	section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori-7
2874	2874	ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 8
2875	2875	the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 9
2876	2876	to ensure that the authority provided in this section 10
2877	2877	is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 11
2878	2878	of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli-12
2879	2879	cable statutes administered by the Department of 13
2880	2880	State. 14
2881	2881	(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 15
2882	2882	funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 16
2883	2883	of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-17
2884	2884	quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-18
2885	2885	ment of facilities outside of the United States for 19
2886	2886	the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co-20
2887	2887	operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 21
2888	2888	has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 22
2889	2889	with applicable regulation governing location, set-23
2890	2890	back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 24
2891	2891	purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 25
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2895	2895	authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 1
2896	2896	State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 2
2897	2897	make available to public or nonprofit private institu-3
2898	2898	tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 4
2899	2899	funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 5
2900	2900	those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 6
2901	2901	assistance for international health activities, includ-7
2902	2902	ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-8
2903	2903	tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 9
2904	2904	and other health activities abroad. 10
2905	2905	(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 11
2906	2906	personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 12
2907	2907	serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 13
2908	2908	those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For-14
2909	2909	eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 15
2910	2910	through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre-16
2911	2911	scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 17
2912	2912	authorized to provide locality-based comparability 18
2913	2913	payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 19
2914	2914	of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 20
2915	2915	as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-21
2916	2916	sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 22
2917	2917	Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 23
2918	2918	the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per-24
2919	2919	sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 25
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2923	2923	basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 1
2924	2924	63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 2
2925	2925	the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv-3
2926	2926	ing in the Foreign Service. 4
2927	2927	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
2928	2928	S
2929	2929	EC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 6
2930	2930	Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 7
2931	2931	to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 8
2932	2932	amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 9
2933	2933	research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 10
2934	2934	Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 11
2935	2935	House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 12
2936	2936	least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 13
2937	2937	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
2938	2938	S
2939	2939	EC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 15
2940	2940	for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 16
2941	2941	immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di-17
2942	2942	rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re-18
2943	2943	search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 19
2944	2944	Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 20
2945	2945	Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-21
2946	2946	essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 22
2947	2947	S
2948	2948	EC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 23
2949	2949	other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 24
2950	2950	may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 25
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2954	2954	PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 1
2955	2955	cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 2
2956	2956	identified pursuant to or research and activities described 3
2957	2957	in such section 402(b)(12). 4
2958	2958	(b) P
2959	2959	EERREVIEW.—In entering into transactions 5
2960	2960	under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 6
2961	2961	review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 7
2962	2962	scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-8
2963	2963	priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 9
2964	2964	merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 10
2965	2965	in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro-11
2966	2966	cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 12
2967	2967	301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 13
2968	2968	and 494 of the PHS Act. 14
2969	2969	S
2970	2970	EC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds ap-15
2971	2971	propriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 16
2972	2972	National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 17
2973	2973	repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 18
2974	2974	proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 19
2975	2975	herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 20
2976	2976	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
2977	2977	S
2978	2978	EC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 22
2979	2979	1 percent of the amount made available for National Re-23
2980	2980	search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 24
2981	2981	to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 25
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2985	2985	Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri-1
2986	2986	mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 2
2987	2987	who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 3
2988	2988	739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 4
2989	2989	made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 5
2990	2990	Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-6
2991	2991	ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 7
2992	2992	S
2993	2993	EC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 8
2994	2994	and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 9
2995	2995	a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro-10
2996	2996	gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 11
2997	2997	countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 12
2998	2998	2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 13
2999	2999	if— 14
3000	3000	(1) funds are available and obligated— 15
3001	3001	(A) for the full period of the contract or 16
3002	3002	for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 17
3003	3003	in effect; and 18
3004	3004	(B) for the estimated costs associated with 19
3005	3005	a necessary termination of the contract; and 20
3006	3006	(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 21
3007	3007	contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 22
3008	3008	Government by encouraging full and open competi-23
3009	3009	tion or promoting economy in administration, per-24
3010	3010	formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 25
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3014	3014	(b) A contract entered into under this section— 1
3015	3015	(1) shall include a termination clause as de-2
3016	3016	scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 3
3017	3017	United States Code; and 4
3018	3018	(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 5
3019	3019	requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 6
3020	3020	S
3021	3021	EC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 7
3022	3022	year 2026 budget justification and on Departmental Web 8
3023	3023	sites information concerning the employment of full-time 9
3024	3024	equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur-10
3025	3025	poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other-11
3026	3026	wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 12
3027	3027	amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 13
3028	3028	and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 14
3029	3029	(b) With respect to employees or contractors sup-15
3030	3030	ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 16
3031	3031	out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 17
3032	3032	the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 18
3033	3033	information: 19
3034	3034	(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 20
3035	3035	such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 21
3036	3036	a statement indicating the program, project, or ac-22
3037	3037	tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di-23
3038	3038	vision or office that administers such program, and 24
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3042	3042	the amount of funding received in discretionary or 1
3043	3043	mandatory appropriations. 2
3044	3044	(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 3
3045	3045	full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ-4
3046	3046	ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 5
3047	3047	detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 6
3048	3048	(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 7
3049	3049	exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 8
3050	3050	(1) are supported through appropriations en-9
3051	3051	acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-10
3052	3052	grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 11
3053	3053	(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 12
3054	3054	activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 13
3055	3055	or 14
3056	3056	(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 15
3057	3057	is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 16
3058	3058	price contracts. 17
3059	3059	S
3060	3060	EC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 18
3061	3061	fiscal year 2026 budget of the President submitted under 19
3062	3062	section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa-20
3063	3063	tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 21
3064	3064	for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 22
3065	3065	Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact-23
3066	3066	ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 24
3067	3067	for fiscal year 2026. Such information shall include, for 25
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3071	3071	each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 1
3072	3072	activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 2
3073	3073	Exchange Transparency’’ in the report accompanying this 3
3074	3074	Act. 4
3075	3075	S
3076	3076	EC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 5
3077	3077	Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 6
3078	3078	the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 7
3079	3079	or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 8
3080	3080	the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 9
3081	3081	Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 10
3082	3082	section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 11
3083	3083	risk corridors). 12
3084	3084	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
3085	3085	S
3086	3086	EC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 14
3087	3087	Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 15
3088	3088	section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 16
3089	3089	amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 17
3090	3090	the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 18
3091	3091	report accompanying this Act. 19
3092	3092	(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 20
3093	3093	Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 21
3094	3094	(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 22
3095	3095	section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-23
3096	3096	out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 24
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3100	3100	SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on 1
3101	3101	November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2027, any pro-2
3102	3102	vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 3
3103	3103	to another provision of law) to the current recommenda-4
3104	3104	tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 5
3105	3105	with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 6
3106	3106	and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in-7
3107	3107	volved as if— 8
3108	3108	(1) such reference to such current recommenda-9
3109	3109	tions were a reference to the recommendations of 10
3110	3110	such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 11
3111	3111	screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 12
3112	3112	before 2009; and 13
3113	3113	(2) such recommendations last issued before 14
3114	3114	2009 applied to any screening mammography modal-15
3115	3115	ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 16
3116	3116	(42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 17
3117	3117	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
3118	3118	S
3119	3119	EC. 224. The Director of the NIH may transfer 19
3120	3120	funds for opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant 20
3121	3121	misuse and addiction, pain management, and addiction 21
3122	3122	treatment to other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to 22
3123	3123	be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying the 23
3124	3124	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-24
3125	3125	atives and the Senate: Provided, That the transfer author-25
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3129	3129	ity provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any 1
3130	3130	other transfer authority provided by law. 2
3131	3131	S
3132	3132	EC. 225. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 3
3133	3133	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-4
3134	3134	atives and the Senate: 5
3135	3135	(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 6
3136	3136	the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec-7
3137	3137	tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 8
3138	3138	enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 9
3139	3139	(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 10
3140	3140	awards, including supplements, authorized under 11
3141	3141	section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 12
3142	3142	(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 13
3143	3143	and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 14
3144	3144	advance of any public release of enrollment information 15
3145	3145	or the award of such grants. 16
3146	3146	S
3147	3147	EC. 226. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-17
3148	3148	able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro-18
3149	3149	gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 19
3150	3150	Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account 20
3151	3151	from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 21
3152	3152	Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 22
3153	3153	support program management activity related to the Medi-23
3154	3154	care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 24
3155	3155	purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provi-25
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3159	3159	sion of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or 1
3160	3160	any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 2
3161	3161	supplant any other amounts within such account. 3
3162	3162	S
3163	3163	EC. 227. The Department of Health and Human 4
3164	3164	Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations 5
3165	3165	of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual 6
3166	3166	report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de-7
3167	3167	scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 8
3168	3168	S
3169	3169	EC. 228. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 9
3170	3170	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De-10
3171	3171	partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 11
3172	3172	available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 12
3173	3173	employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 13
3174	3174	employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 14
3175	3175	a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 15
3176	3176	are the subject of a determination of a public health emer-16
3177	3177	gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 17
3178	3178	and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 18
3179	3179	an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade-19
3180	3180	quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur-20
3181	3181	poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 21
3182	3182	Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 22
3183	3183	Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 23
3184	3184	the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 24
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3188	3188	SEC. 229. The Department of Health and Human 1
3189	3189	Services may accept donations from the private sector, 2
3190	3190	nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde-3
3191	3191	pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac-4
3192	3192	companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 5
3193	3193	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 6
3194	3194	279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle-7
3195	3195	ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in-8
3196	3196	cluding medical goods and services, which may include 9
3197	3197	early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 10
3198	3198	toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 11
3199	3199	the wellbeing of such children. 12
3200	3200	S
3201	3201	EC. 230. In addition to the existing Congressional 13
3202	3202	notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 14
3203	3203	facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-15
3204	3204	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-16
3205	3205	ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 17
3206	3206	facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard- 18
3207	3207	sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 19
3208	3208	that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out-20
3209	3209	come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 21
3210	3210	the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 22
3211	3211	longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 23
3212	3212	will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 24
3213	3213	bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 25
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3217	3217	Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-1
3218	3218	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 2
3219	3219	report detailing the total number of children in care at 3
3220	3220	the facility, the average length of stay and average length 4
3221	3221	of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 5
3222	3222	has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 6
3223	3223	of stay and reason for delay in release. 7
3224	3224	S
3225	3225	EC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 8
3226	3226	Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 9
3227	3227	Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 10
3228	3228	for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 11
3229	3229	United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 12
3230	3230	of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 13
3231	3231	defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 14
3232	3232	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 15
3233	3233	or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 16
3234	3234	Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 17
3235	3235	days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter-18
3236	3236	fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 19
3237	3237	safety operations) of such facility. 20
3238	3238	S
3239	3239	EC. 232. Not later than 14 days after the date of 21
3240	3240	enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec-22
3241	3241	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 23
3242	3242	of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 24
3243	3243	publicly available online, a report with respect to children 25
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3247	3247	who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 1
3248	3248	by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard-2
3249	3249	less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 3
3250	3250	an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 4
3251	3251	subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 5
3252	3252	and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 6
3253	3253	the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol-7
3254	3254	lowing information: 8
3255	3255	(1) the number and ages of children so sepa-9
3256	3256	rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 10
3257	3257	ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa-11
3258	3258	ration occurred; and 12
3259	3259	(2) the documented cause of separation, as re-13
3260	3260	ported by DHS when each child was referred. 14
3261	3261	S
3262	3262	EC. 233. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 15
3263	3263	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 16
3264	3264	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 17
3265	3265	available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi-18
3266	3266	ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 19
3267	3267	as defined in section 228 of this Act at costs not in excess 20
3268	3268	of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of De-21
3269	3269	fense. 22
3270	3270	S
3271	3271	EC. 234. The Community Services Block Grant Act 23
3272	3272	(42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) is amended— 24
3273	3273	(1) in section 675C(a)— 25
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3277	3277	(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘, subject 1
3278	3278	to paragraph (3)’’; and 2
3279	3279	(B) by striking paragraph (3); and 3
3280	3280	(2) in section 680(a)(2) by adding at the end 4
3281	3281	the following: 5
3282	3282	‘‘(F) U
3283	3283	SES OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail-6
3284	3284	able to carry out this paragraph may be used 7
3285	3285	for financing construction and rehabilitation, 8
3286	3286	and for loans or investments, in private busi-9
3287	3287	ness enterprises, including those owned by com-10
3288	3288	munity development corporations. 11
3289	3289	‘‘(G) O
3290	3290	WNERSHIP OF INTANGIBLE PROP -12
3291	3291	ERTY AND EARNINGS .—The Secretary shall es-13
3292	3292	tablish procedures regarding the disposition of 14
3293	3293	intangible assets and program income that per-15
3294	3294	mit such assets acquired with, and program in-16
3295	3295	come derived from, grants made under this 17
3296	3296	paragraph, to become the sole property of the 18
3297	3297	grantees after a period of not more than 12 19
3298	3298	years after the end of the .grant period for any 20
3299	3299	activity consistent with subsection (a)(2)(A). 21
3300	3300	‘‘(H) U
3301	3301	SE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS .—In-22
3302	3302	tangible assets in the form of loans, equity in-23
3303	3303	vestments and other debt instruments, and pro-24
3304	3304	gram income may be used by grantees for any 25
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3308	3308	eligible purpose consistent with subsection 1
3309	3309	(a)(2)(A).’’. 2
3310	3310	(RESCISSION AND INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
3311	3311	S
3312	3312	EC. 235. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-4
3313	3313	recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 5
3314	3314	division G of Public Law 110–161, $2,352,000,000 are 6
3315	3315	hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2025, ex-7
3316	3316	cept that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 8
3317	3317	were previously designated by the Congress as being for 9
3318	3318	an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-10
3319	3319	lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-11
3320	3320	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That from 12
3321	3321	any remaining unobligated balances in such Fund, the 13
3322	3322	Secretary may transfer up to $20,000,000 to ‘‘General 14
3323	3323	Departmental Management’’ for cybersecurity: Provided 15
3324	3324	further, That, except as otherwise provided in this section, 16
3325	3325	not more than $200,000,000 of any remaining unobligated 17
3326	3326	balances available in such Fund may be obligated pursu-18
3327	3327	ant to such section 223 of division G of Public Law 110- 19
3328	3328	161: Provided further, That the Secretary may obligate 20
3329	3329	funds from such Fund for any program, project, or activ-21
3330	3330	ity for which a notification was submitted before the date 22
3331	3331	of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-23
3332	3332	retary may transfer amounts into such Fund: Provided 24
3333	3333	further, That any amounts transferred into such Fund are 25
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3337	3337	available for the purposes provided by this section or for 1
3338	3338	which a notification was submitted to such Committees on 2
3339	3339	Appropriations before the date of enactment of this Act: 3
3340	3340	Provided further, That the authority to transfer amounts 4
3341	3341	under this section is in addition to any other transfer au-5
3342	3342	thority in law. 6
3343	3343	S
3344	3344	EC. 236. The Director of the NIH shall hereafter 7
3345	3345	have the authority to share investigation reports, conclu-8
3346	3346	sions, and results of any investigation of individuals identi-9
3347	3347	fied as a principal investigator or as key personnel in an 10
3348	3348	NIH notice of award or progress report due to concerns 11
3349	3349	about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working 12
3350	3350	conditions on an as needed basis with any institution that 13
3351	3351	receives funds through a grant or cooperative agreement 14
3352	3352	or other form of extramural award during fiscal year 2025 15
3353	3353	or any subsequent fiscal year. The Director may issue reg-16
3354	3354	ulations consistent with this section. 17
3355	3355	S
3356	3356	EC. 237. None of the funds made available by this 18
3357	3357	Act to the National Institutes of Health may be used for 19
3358	3358	facilities and administration costs (as defined in section 20
3359	3359	200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations) that ex-21
3360	3360	ceed 30 percent of an award to an applicable educational 22
3361	3361	institution that is an organization subject to taxation 23
3362	3362	under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 24
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3366	3366	SEC. 238. None of the funds provided in this Act may 1
3367	3367	be used to conduct or support research using human fetal 2
3368	3368	tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to an induced 3
3369	3369	abortion. 4
3370	3370	S
3371	3371	EC. 239. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 5
3372	3372	Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 6
3373	3373	funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be made available 7
3374	3374	to a hospital or any other entity that administers any post-8
3375	3375	graduate physician training program, or any other pro-9
3376	3376	gram of training in the health professions, that provides 10
3377	3377	training in the performance of, or assisting in the perform-11
3378	3378	ance of, induced abortions, or in counseling or referrals 12
3379	3379	for such abortions, if such program— 13
3380	3380	(1) provides or requires such training for any 14
3381	3381	participant in such program without the participant 15
3382	3382	first voluntarily electing to opt in to undergo such 16
3383	3383	training; or 17
3384	3384	(2) subjects any participant in such program to 18
3385	3385	discrimination on the basis that the participant does 19
3386	3386	not— 20
3387	3387	(A) voluntarily elect to opt in to undergo 21
3388	3388	such training; or 22
3389	3389	(B) perform, assist in the performance of, 23
3390	3390	or provide counseling or referrals for, such 24
3391	3391	abortions. 25
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3395	3395	(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to per-1
3396	3396	mit training described in subsection (a) that is not other-2
3397	3397	wise allowed by law. 3
3398	3398	S
3399	3399	EC. 240. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 4
3400	3400	other provision of law, none of the funds made available 5
3401	3401	by this Act may be made available either directly, through 6
3402	3402	a State (including through managed care contracts with 7
3403	3403	a State), or through any other means, to a prohibited enti-8
3404	3404	ty. 9
3405	3405	(b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited 10
3406	3406	entity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidi-11
3407	3407	aries, successors, and clinics— 12
3408	3408	(1) that, as of the date of enactment of this 13
3409	3409	Act— 14
3410	3410	(A) is an organization described in section 15
3411	3411	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 16
3412	3412	and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 17
3413	3413	of such Code; 18
3414	3414	(B) is an essential community provider de-19
3415	3415	scribed in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of 20
3416	3416	Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 21
3417	3417	enactment of this Act), that is primarily en-22
3418	3418	gaged in family planning services, reproductive 23
3419	3419	health, and related medical care; and 24
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3423	3423	(C) performs, or provides any funds to any 1
3424	3424	other entity that performs, abortions other than 2
3425	3425	an abortion performed— 3
3426	3426	(i) in the case of a pregnancy that is 4
3427	3427	the result of an act of rape or incest; or 5
3428	3428	(ii) in the case where a woman suffers 6
3429	3429	from a physical disorder, physical injury, 7
3430	3430	or physical illness that would, as certified 8
3431	3431	by a physician, place the woman in danger 9
3432	3432	of death unless an abortion is performed, 10
3433	3433	including a life-endangering physical condi-11
3434	3434	tion caused by, or arising from, the preg-12
3435	3435	nancy itself; and 13
3436	3436	(2) for which the total amount of Federal 14
3437	3437	grants to such entity, including grants to any affili-15
3438	3438	ates, subsidiaries, or clinics of such entity, under 16
3439	3439	title X of the Public Health Service Act in fiscal 17
3440	3440	year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000. 18
3441	3441	(c)(1) END OF PROHIBITION.—The definition in 19
3442	3442	subsection (b) shall cease to apply to an entity if such enti-20
3443	3443	ty certifies that it, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, 21
3444	3444	successors, and clinics, will not perform, and will not pro-22
3445	3445	vide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abor-23
3446	3446	tion as described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 24
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3450	3450	(2) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health 1
3451	3451	and Human Services shall seek repayment of any 2
3452	3452	Federal assistance received by any entity that had 3
3453	3453	made a certification described in paragraph (1) and 4
3454	3454	subsequently violated the terms of such certification. 5
3455	3455	S
3456	3456	EC. 241. None of the funds made available by this 6
3457	3457	Act may be used to establish, support, administer, oversee, 7
3458	3458	or issue a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for 8
3459	3459	the purposes of providing information on, promoting ac-9
3460	3460	cess to, or facilitating an abortion. 10
3461	3461	S
3462	3462	EC. 242. None of the funds made available by this 11
3463	3463	Act may be used to require any project under title X of 12
3464	3464	the PHS Act to refer for abortions: Provided, That no pro-13
3465	3465	vider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be 14
3466	3466	required to subvert or operate in conflict with any State 15
3467	3467	law limiting referral for abortion/pregnancy counseling. 16
3468	3468	S
3469	3469	EC. 243. None of the funds made available by this 17
3470	3470	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex-18
3471	3471	ecutive Order 14076 (Protecting Access to Reproductive 19
3472	3472	Healthcare Services) or Executive Order 14079 (Securing 20
3473	3473	Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services). 21
3474	3474	S
3475	3475	EC. 244. None of the funds made available by this 22
3476	3476	Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or fi-23
3477	3477	nalize the proposed rule ‘‘Strengthening Temporary As-24
3478	3478	sistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a Safety Net and 25
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3482	3482	Work Program’’, 88 Fed. Reg. 67697 (published on Octo-1
3483	3483	ber 2, 2023), or any substantially similar rule. 2
3484	3484	S
3485	3485	EC. 245. None of the funds made available by this 3
3486	3486	Act, or provided under a previous or subsequent appro-4
3487	3487	priations Act to the Department of Health and Human 5
3488	3488	Services, or provided from any account in the Treasury 6
3489	3489	of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail-7
3490	3490	able to such Department, may be used to enforce the final 8
3491	3491	rule titled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and 9
3492	3492	Regulatory Changes to the Omnibus COVID-19 Health 10
3493	3493	Care Staff Vaccination Requirements’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 11
3494	3494	61555), or any substantially similar rule. 12
3495	3495	S
3496	3496	EC. 246. None of the funds made available by this 13
3497	3497	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex-14
3498	3498	ecutive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating 15
3499	3499	Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual 16
3500	3500	Orientation,’’ published by the Executive Office of the 17
3501	3501	President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023). 18
3502	3502	S
3503	3503	EC. 247. None of the funds made available by this 19
3504	3504	or any other Act may be used for social transitioning, or 20
3505	3505	for drugs or surgery that alter bodily sex traits as inter-21
3506	3506	ventions for gender dysphoria. 22
3507	3507	S
3508	3508	EC. 248. None of the funds made available by this 23
3509	3509	Act may be used to issue or implement as a final rule 24
3510	3510	the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Nondiscrimination in Health 25
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3514	3514	Programs and Activities’’ published by the Department of 1
3515	3515	Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on 2
3516	3516	August 4, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 47824) (relating to section 3
3517	3517	1557 of the Affordable Care Act) or any successor or sub-4
3518	3518	stantially similar rule. 5
3519	3519	S
3520	3520	EC. 249. None of the funds made available by this 6
3521	3521	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 7
3522	3522	final rule entitled ‘‘Designated Placement Requirements 8
3523	3523	Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children’’, 9
3524	3524	89 Fed. Reg. 34818 (effective July 1, 2024) or any suc-10
3525	3525	cessor or substantially similar rule. 11
3526	3526	S
3527	3527	EC. 250. None of the funds made available by this 12
3528	3528	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 13
3529	3529	final rule entitled ‘‘Unaccompanied Children Program 14
3530	3530	Foundational Rule’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 34384 (effective July 15
3531	3531	1, 2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 16
3532	3532	S
3533	3533	EC. 251. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 17
3534	3534	may be used to place an unaccompanied alien child with 18
3535	3535	a sponsor in any case where such unaccompanied alien 19
3536	3536	child has been convicted of a crime, or has a pending 20
3537	3537	criminal charge relating to gang affiliation or activity, in 21
3538	3538	the United States or in such unaccompanied alien child’s 22
3539	3539	country of origin or country of last habitual residence. 23
3540	3540	S
3541	3541	EC. 252. None of the funds made available by this 24
3542	3542	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 25
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3546	3546	final rule entitled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 1
3547	3547	Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facili-2
3548	3548	ties and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency 3
3549	3549	Reporting’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 40876 (effective June 21, 4
3550	3550	2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 5
3551	3551	S
3552	3552	EC. 253. None of the funds made available by this 6
3553	3553	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 7
3554	3554	final rule entitled ‘‘Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insur-8
3555	3555	ance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits 9
3556	3556	Coverage’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 23338 (effective June 17, 10
3557	3557	2024)) or any successor or substantially similar rule. 11
3558	3558	S
3559	3559	EC. 254. None of the funds made available by this 12
3560	3560	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 13
3561	3561	proposed rule entitled ‘‘Medicaid Program; Ensuring Ac-14
3562	3562	cess to Medicaid Services’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 27960 (pub-15
3563	3563	lished May 3, 2023)) insofar as such rule makes changes 16
3564	3564	relating to sections 441.302(k), 441.464(f), 441.570(f), 17
3565	3565	and 441.745(a)(1)(iv) of title 42, Code of Federal Regula-18
3566	3566	tions. 19
3567	3567	S
3568	3568	EC. 255. None of the funds made available by this 20
3569	3569	Act may be used by the Secretary of Health and Human 21
3570	3570	Services to declare a public health emergency pursuant to 22
3571	3571	section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 23
3572	3572	247d) or any related order that would impede, limit, or 24
3573	3573	restrict a citizen’s Second Amendment rights. 25
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3577	3577	SEC. 256. Title II of the Public Health Service Act 1
3578	3578	(42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-2
3579	3579	tion 245 the following: 3
3580	3580	‘‘SEC. 245A. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. 4
3581	3581	‘‘(a) I
3582	3582	NGENERAL.—A qualified party may, in a civil 5
3583	3583	action, obtain appropriate relief with regard to a des-6
3584	3584	ignated violation. 7
3585	3585	‘‘(b) D
3586	3586	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 8
3587	3587	‘‘(1) D
3588	3588	ESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘des-9
3589	3589	ignated violation’ means an actual or threatened vio-10
3590	3590	lation of— 11
3591	3591	‘‘(A) section 507(d) of the Departments of 12
3592	3592	Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-13
3593	3593	cation and Related Agencies Appropriations 14
3594	3594	Act, 2025 (or any subsequent substantially 15
3595	3595	similar provision); or 16
3596	3596	‘‘(B) any funding condition imposed by the 17
3597	3597	Federal Government pursuant to such section 18
3598	3598	507(d) (or such provision). 19
3599	3599	‘‘(2) Q
3600	3600	UALIFIED PARTY.—The term ‘qualified 20
3601	3601	party’ means— 21
3602	3602	‘‘(A) the Attorney General of the United 22
3603	3603	States; 23
3604	3604	‘‘(B) any attorney general of a State; or 24
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3608	3608	‘‘(C) any person or entity adversely af-1
3609	3609	fected by the designated violation without re-2
3610	3610	gard to whether such person or entity is a 3
3611	3611	health care provider. 4
3612	3612	‘‘(3) S
3613	3613	TATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY .—The 5
3614	3614	term ‘State governmental entity’ means a State, a 6
3615	3615	local government within a State, and any agency or 7
3616	3616	other governmental unit or subdivision of a State, or 8
3617	3617	of such a local government. 9
3618	3618	‘‘(c) A
3619	3619	DMINISTRATIVEREMEDIESNOTREQUIRED.— 10
3620	3620	An action under this section may be commenced, and relief 11
3621	3621	may be granted, without regard to whether the party com-12
3622	3622	mencing the action has sought or exhausted any available 13
3623	3623	administrative remedies. 14
3624	3624	‘‘(d) D
3625	3625	EFENDANTS.—An action under this section 15
3626	3626	may be maintained against a Federal agency committing 16
3627	3627	a designated violation described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or 17
3628	3628	any recipient or subrecipient of Federal assistance com-18
3629	3629	mitting a designated violation described in subsection 19
3630	3630	(b)(1)(B), including a State governmental entity. 20
3631	3631	‘‘(e) N
3632	3632	ATURE OFRELIEF.—In an action under this 21
3633	3633	section, the court shall grant— 22
3634	3634	‘‘(1) all appropriate relief, including injunctive 23
3635	3635	relief, declaratory relief, and compensatory damages 24
3636	3636	to prevent the occurrence, continuance, or repetition 25
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3640	3640	of the designated violation and to compensate for 1
3641	3641	losses resulting from the designated violation; and 2
3642	3642	‘‘(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attor-3
3643	3643	neys’ fees and litigation costs. 4
3644	3644	Relief in an action under this section may include money 5
3645	3645	damages even if the defendant is a governmental entity. 6
3646	3646	‘‘(f) A
3647	3647	BROGATION OFSTATEIMMUNITY.—No State 7
3648	3648	or governmental official that commits a designated viola-8
3649	3649	tion shall be immune under the Tenth Amendment to the 9
3650	3650	Constitution of the United States, the Eleventh Amend-10
3651	3651	ment to the Constitution of the United States, or any 11
3652	3652	other source of law, from an action under subsection (a).’’. 12
3653	3653	S
3654	3654	EC. 257. None of the funds made available by this 13
3655	3655	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 14
3656	3656	final rule entitled ‘‘Improving Child Care Access, Afford-15
3657	3657	ability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development 16
3658	3658	Fund (CCDF)’’, (89 Fed. Reg. 15366 (effective April 30, 17
3659	3659	2024)) insofar as such rule makes changes relating to sec-18
3660	3660	tions 98.16(z) and 98.30(b)(1) of title 45, Code of Federal 19
3661	3661	Regulations. 20
3662	3662	S
3663	3663	EC. 258. None of the funds appropriated or other-21
3664	3664	wise made available by this Act may be used to place an 22
3665	3665	unaccompanied alien child with an alien sponsor who has 23
3666	3666	not been admitted as defined in paragraph (13) of section 24
3667	3667	101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 25
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3671	3671	1101(a)) or who is deportable under section 237(a) of 1
3672	3672	such Act. 2
3673	3673	S
3674	3674	EC. 259. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 3
3675	3675	for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 4
3676	3676	National Institutes of Health to fund or carry out any re-5
3677	3677	search relating to gunshot injury or mortality prevention 6
3678	3678	that treats crimes committed with a firearm as a public 7
3679	3679	health epidemic, including advocating, promoting, or 8
3680	3680	studying firearm-related restrictions or policies; firearm 9
3681	3681	disenfranchisement, bans, confiscation, or registration, or 10
3682	3682	other gun control measures; and any other restriction on 11
3683	3683	firearms: Provided, That nothing shall prevent the Centers 12
3684	3684	for Disease Control and Prevention and the National In-13
3685	3685	stitutes of Health from carrying out research on medical 14
3686	3686	procedures, practices, treatments, medicines, and thera-15
3687	3687	pies related to gunshot injuries and recovery. 16
3688	3688	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 17
3689	3689	and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 18
3690	3690	TITLE III 19
3691	3691	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 20
3692	3692	O
3693	3693	FFICE OFELEMENTARY AND SECONDARYEDUCATION 21
3694	3694	EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 22
3695	3695	(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 23
3696	3696	For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 24
3697	3697	title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 25
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3701	3701	of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 1
3702	3702	418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 2
3703	3703	in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $15,327,478,000, of which 3
3704	3704	$4,399,178,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 4
3705	3705	and shall remain available through September 30, 2026, 5
3706	3706	and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 6
3707	3707	October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through Sep-7
3708	3708	tember 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, 8
3709	3709	That $3,614,089,000 shall be for basic grants under sec-9
3710	3710	tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 10
3711	3711	$5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec-11
3712	3712	retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-12
3713	3713	retary’’) on October 1, 2024, to obtain annually updated 13
3714	3714	local educational agency-level census poverty data from 14
3715	3715	the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 15
3716	3716	$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 16
3717	3717	section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 17
3718	3718	$4,825,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 18
3719	3719	1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 19
3720	3720	$4,825,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 20
3721	3721	grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur-21
3722	3722	ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 22
3723	3723	2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 23
3724	3724	shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA: Pro-24
3725	3725	vided further, That of the amounts made available under 25
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3729	3729	this heading on October 1, 2024, by Public Law 118–47, 1
3730	3730	$938,266,000 are hereby rescinded. 2
3731	3731	I
3732	3732	MPACTAID 3
3733	3733	For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 4
3734	3734	federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 5
3735	3735	ESEA, $1,630,000,000, of which $1,477,000,000 shall be 6
3736	3736	for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 7
3737	3737	$49,000,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-8
3738	3738	abilities under section 7003(d), $19,000,000 to remain 9
3739	3739	available through September 30, 2026, shall be for con-10
3740	3740	struction under section 7007(b), $80,165,000 shall be for 11
3741	3741	Federal property payments under section 7002, and 12
3742	3742	$4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 13
3743	3743	for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 14
3744	3744	That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 15
3745	3745	for an eligible local educational agency under section 16
3746	3746	7003(a) for school year 2024–2025, children enrolled in 17
3747	3747	a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 18
3748	3748	for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 19
3749	3749	due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 20
3750	3750	or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 21
3751	3751	children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 22
3752	3752	guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 23
3753	3753	reside on Federal property as described in section 24
3754	3754	7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 25
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3758	3758	shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 1
3759	3759	provided such students remain in average daily attendance 2
3760	3760	at a school in the same local educational agency they at-3
3761	3761	tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 4
3762	3762	S
3763	3763	CHOOLIMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 5
3764	3764	(
3765	3765	INCLUDINGRESCISSION OFFUNDS) 6
3766	3766	For carrying out school improvement activities au-7
3767	3767	thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 8
3768	3768	1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 9
3769	3769	V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin-10
3770	3770	ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 11
3771	3771	Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the 12
3772	3772	Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,845,964,000, of which 13
3773	3773	$3,073,673,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 14
3774	3774	and remain available through September 30, 2026, and 15
3775	3775	of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo-16
3776	3776	ber 1, 2025, and shall remain available through September 17
3777	3777	30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, That 18
3778	3778	$1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 19
3779	3779	further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, 20
3780	3780	which may be used for construction, renovation, and mod-21
3781	3781	ernization of any public elementary school, secondary 22
3782	3782	school, or structure related to a public elementary school 23
3783	3783	or secondary school that serves a predominantly Native 24
3784	3784	Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 percent limitation 25
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3787	3787	•HR 9029 RH
3788	3788	in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for 1
3789	3789	administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis-2
3790	3790	trative costs: Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be 3
3791	3791	for part C of title VI, which shall be awarded on a com-4
3792	3792	petitive basis, and may be used for construction, and that 5
3793	3793	the 5 percent limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA on 6
3794	3794	the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 7
3795	3795	only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That 8
3796	3796	$225,000,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided fur-9
3797	3797	ther, That in carrying out such part B, the percentage in 10
3798	3798	section 316(b)(1)(E) of title III of division H of Public 11
3799	3799	Law 116–260 shall be deemed to be 80 percent: Provided 12
3800	3800	further, That $1,390,000,000 shall be available for grants 13
3801	3801	under subpart 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, 14
3802	3802	That of the amounts made available under this heading 15
3803	3803	on October 1, 2024, by Public Law 118–47, 16
3804	3804	$1,681,441,000 are hereby rescinded. 17
3805	3805	S
3806	3806	AFESCHOOLS ANDCITIZENSHIPEDUCATION 18
3807	3807	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 19
3808	3808	and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $291,000,000, 20
3809	3809	to remain available through December 31, 2025: Provided, 21
3810	3810	That $216,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 22
3811	3811	which up to $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-23
3812	3812	pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re-24
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3816	3816	sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur-1
3817	3817	ther, That $75,000,000 shall be available for section 4625. 2
3818	3818	I
3819	3819	NDIANEDUCATION 3
3820	3820	For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 4
3821	3821	not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 5
3822	3822	$202,246,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 6
3823	3823	2 of part A of title VI and $19,865,000 shall be for sub-7
3824	3824	part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 8
3825	3825	limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 9
3826	3826	the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 10
3827	3827	shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 11
3828	3828	further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 12
3829	3829	6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 13
3830	3830	may be for a period of up to 5 years. 14
3831	3831	I
3832	3832	NNOVATION ANDIMPROVEMENT 15
3833	3833	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 16
3834	3834	3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E 17
3835	3835	and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 18
3836	3836	$892,000,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be for 19
3837	3837	subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 20
3838	3838	available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 21
3839	3839	2241: Provided further, That $630,000,000 shall be for 22
3840	3840	parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 23
3841	3841	and shall be made available without regard to sections 24
3842	3842	4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 25
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3846	3846	That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds 1
3847	3847	available for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of 2
3848	3848	the funds available for part C of title IV, the Secretary 3
3849	3849	shall use not less than $65,000,000 to carry out section 4
3850	3850	4304, not more than $140,000,000, to remain available 5
3851	3851	through March 31, 2026, to carry out section 4305(b), 6
3852	3852	from which the amount necessary for continuation grants 7
3853	3853	may be available for obligation through March 31, 2026, 8
3854	3854	and not more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities 9
3855	3855	in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That the Sec-10
3856	3856	retary shall allow entities receiving grants under section 11
3857	3857	4303 to use up to 10 percent of such grants for activities 12
3858	3858	described in section 4303(b)(2) and up to 5 percent for 13
3859	3859	the activities described in section 4303(c)(1)(C): Provided 14
3860	3860	further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), 15
3861	3861	$259,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 16
3862	3862	2025 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 17
3863	3863	O
3864	3864	FFICE OFSPECIALEDUCATION ANDREHABILITATIVE 18
3865	3865	S
3866	3866	ERVICES 19
3867	3867	S
3868	3868	PECIALEDUCATION 20
3869	3869	For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 21
3870	3870	Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 22
3871	3871	and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,497,264,000, of 23
3872	3872	which $5,915,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 24
3873	3873	2025, and shall remain available through September 30, 25
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3877	3877	2026, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 1
3878	3878	on October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through 2
3879	3879	September 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Pro-3
3880	3880	vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 4
3881	3881	shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 5
3882	3882	that activity during fiscal year 2024, increased by the 6
3883	3883	amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 7
3884	3884	of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro-8
3885	3885	priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 9
3886	3886	than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2024: 10
3887	3887	Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 11
3888	3888	to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 12
3889	3889	States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub-13
3890	3890	ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 14
3891	3891	allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 15
3892	3892	under this heading, is reduced under section 16
3893	3893	612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 17
3894	3894	the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 18
3895	3895	aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 19
3896	3896	with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail-20
3897	3897	ability of a free appropriate public education under this 21
3898	3898	part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 22
3899	3899	relative populations of those children who are living in pov-23
3900	3900	erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis-24
3901	3901	tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 25
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3905	3905	whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 1
3906	3906	under this heading made funds available for such a dis-2
3907	3907	tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 3
3908	3908	such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 4
3909	3909	educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 5
3910	3910	Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo-6
3911	3911	cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 7
3912	3912	section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 8
3913	3913	States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 9
3914	3914	any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 10
3915	3915	the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 11
3916	3916	for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 12
3917	3917	notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re-13
3918	3918	garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 14
3919	3919	section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 15
3920	3920	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 16
3921	3921	apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 17
3922	3922	a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 18
3923	3923	the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 19
3924	3924	Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca-20
3925	3925	tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec-21
3926	3926	tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re-22
3927	3927	serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 23
3928	3928	the same relation to the maximum amount described in 24
3929	3929	that paragraph as the reduction under section 25
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3933	3933	612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 1
3934	3934	would have received in that fiscal year under section 2
3935	3935	611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 3
3936	3936	That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 4
3937	3937	funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 5
3938	3938	fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 6
3939	3939	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 7
3940	3940	section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-8
3941	3941	tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 9
3942	3942	U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 10
3943	3943	under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech-11
3944	3944	nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 12
3945	3945	States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 13
3946	3946	616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv-14
3947	3947	ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 15
3948	3948	quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro-16
3949	3949	vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 17
3950	3950	available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro-18
3951	3951	gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro-19
3952	3952	gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 20
3953	3953	That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 21
3954	3954	activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 22
3955	3955	to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-23
3956	3956	tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri-24
3957	3957	vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au-25
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3961	3961	thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not-1
3962	3962	withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 2
3963	3963	fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 3
3964	3964	of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 4
3965	3965	State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de-5
3966	3966	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-6
3967	3967	ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 7
3968	3968	to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 8
3969	3969	funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 9
3970	3970	populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 10
3971	3971	State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de-11
3972	3972	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-12
3973	3973	ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 13
3974	3974	643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu-14
3975	3975	cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 15
3976	3976	public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 16
3977	3977	carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 17
3978	3978	Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 18
3979	3979	IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 19
3980	3980	633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 20
3981	3981	services to a child who previously received services under 21
3982	3982	part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 22
3983	3983	the school year following the child’s third birthday with 23
3984	3984	parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 24
3985	3985	section 635(c) of the IDEA. 25
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3989	3989	REHABILITATIONSERVICES 1
3990	3990	(I
3991	3991	NCLUDINGRESCISSION OFFUNDS) 2
3992	3992	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-3
3993	3993	vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 4
3994	3994	National Center Act, $4,533,156,000, of which 5
3995	3995	$4,389,957,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili-6
3996	3996	tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro-7
3997	3997	vided, Notwithstanding amounts made available for voca-8
3998	3998	tional rehabilitation services by this Act and notwith-9
3999	3999	standing sections 100(b)(1) and 100(c)(2) of the Rehabili-10
4000	4000	tation Act, each State shall be entitled to an allotment 11
4001	4001	equal to the amount such State received pursuant to such 12
4002	4002	section 110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act for fiscal year 13
4003	4003	2024, prior to the application of any additions or reduc-14
4004	4004	tions under section 110(b) or section 111(a)(2)(B): Pro-15
4005	4005	vided further, That, of such amounts made available under 16
4006	4006	this heading in this Act, $415,000,000 is hereby re-17
4007	4007	scinded: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2026, each 18
4008	4008	State shall be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 19
4009	4009	110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated 20
4010	4010	as if the two preceding provisos were not in effect for fiscal 21
4011	4011	year 2025. 22
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4015	4015	SPECIALINSTITUTIONS FORPERSONSWITH 1
4016	4016	D
4017	4017	ISABILITIES 2
4018	4018	AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 3
4019	4019	For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 4
4020	4020	of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $44,431,000. 5
4021	4021	NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 6
4022	4022	For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 7
4023	4023	under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 8
4024	4024	of 1986, $93,000,000: Provided, That from the total 9
4025	4025	amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 10
4026	4026	funds for the endowment program as authorized under 11
4027	4027	section 207 of such Act. 12
4028	4028	GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 13
4029	4029	For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 14
4030	4030	the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 15
4031	4031	support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 16
4032	4032	the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $168,361,000, of 17
4033	4033	which up to $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-18
4034	4034	pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 19
4035	4035	201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 20
4036	4036	available, the University may at its discretion use funds 21
4037	4037	for the endowment program as authorized under section 22
4038	4038	207 of such Act. 23
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4042	4042	OFFICE OFCAREER, TECHNICAL, ANDADULT 1
4043	4043	E
4044	4044	DUCATION 2
4045	4045	C
4046	4046	AREER, TECHNICAL, ANDADULTEDUCATION 3
4047	4047	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-4
4048	4048	vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-5
4049	4049	cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu-6
4050	4050	cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 7
4051	4051	$2,186,436,000, of which $1,395,436,000 shall become 8
4052	4052	available on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available 9
4053	4053	through September 30, 2026, and of which $791,000,000 10
4054	4054	shall become available on October 1, 2025, and shall re-11
4055	4055	main available through September 30, 2026: Provided, 12
4056	4056	That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 13
4057	4057	$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 14
4058	4058	under section 242. 15
4059	4059	O
4060	4060	FFICE OFPOSTSECONDARYEDUCATION 16
4061	4061	H
4062	4062	IGHEREDUCATION 17
4063	4063	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-18
4064	4064	vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 19
4065	4065	the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 20
4066	4066	1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, 21
4067	4067	$2,849,272,000, of which $100,000,000 shall remain 22
4068	4068	available through December 31, 2025: Provided, That not-23
4069	4069	withstanding any other provision of law, funds made avail-24
4070	4070	able in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and sec-25
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4073	4073	•HR 9029 RH
4074	4074	tion 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 1
4075	4075	Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and 2
4076	4076	study in foreign countries by individuals who are partici-3
4077	4077	pating in advanced foreign language training and inter-4
4078	4078	national studies in areas that are vital to United States 5
4079	4079	national security and who plan to apply their language 6
4080	4080	skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of gov-7
4081	4081	ernment, the professions, or international development: 8
4082	4082	Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the pre-9
4083	4083	ceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program 10
4084	4084	evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemina-11
4085	4085	tion activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent 12
4086	4086	of the funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 13
4087	4087	2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for evalua-14
4088	4088	tion: Provided further, That section 313(d) of the HEA 15
4089	4089	shall not apply to an institution of higher education that 16
4090	4090	is eligible to receive funding under section 318 of the 17
4091	4091	HEA: Provided further, That amounts made available for 18
4092	4092	carrying out section 419N of the HEA may be awarded 19
4093	4093	notwithstanding the limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of 20
4094	4094	the HEA: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-21
4095	4095	able under this Act to carry out part B of title III of the 22
4096	4096	HEA, $10,000,000 shall be for grants to supplement 23
4097	4097	amounts awarded to part B institutions that are junior 24
4098	4098	or community colleges, as defined in section 312(f) of the 25
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4102	4102	HEA: Provided further, That the supplemental funds de-1
4103	4103	scribed in the preceding proviso are in addition to any 2
4104	4104	grant award that any institution may receive under section 3
4105	4105	323 of the HEA and shall be allocated in accordance with 4
4106	4106	the allotments specified under section 324 of such Act. 5
4107	4107	H
4108	4108	OWARDUNIVERSITY 6
4109	4109	For partial support of Howard University, 7
4110	4110	$253,928,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 8
4111	4111	for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 9
4112	4112	University Endowment Act and shall remain available 10
4113	4113	until expended. 11
4114	4114	C
4115	4115	OLLEGEHOUSING ANDACADEMICFACILITIESLOANS 12
4116	4116	P
4117	4117	ROGRAM 13
4118	4118	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-14
4119	4119	tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 15
4120	4120	121 of the HEA, $298,000. 16
4121	4121	H
4122	4122	ISTORICALLYBLACKCOLLEGE ANDUNIVERSITY 17
4123	4123	C
4124	4124	APITALFINANCINGPROGRAMACCOUNT 18
4125	4125	For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-19
4126	4126	thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 20
4127	4127	shall remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro-21
4128	4128	vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 22
4129	4129	such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-23
4130	4130	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 24
4131	4131	these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 25
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4135	4135	any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 1
4136	4136	$344,444,444: Provided further, That these funds may be 2
4137	4137	used to support loans to public and private Historically 3
4138	4138	Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi-4
4139	4139	tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 5
4140	4140	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 6
4141	4141	the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-7
4142	4142	nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 8
4143	4143	III of the HEA, $528,000. 9
4144	4144	O
4145	4145	FFICE OFFEDERALSTUDENTAID 10
4146	4146	S
4147	4147	TUDENTFINANCIALASSISTANCE 11
4148	4148	For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 12
4149	4149	and part C of title IV of the HEA, $23,545,352,000 which 13
4150	4150	shall remain available through September 30, 2026. 14
4151	4151	The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 15
4152	4152	be eligible during award year 2025–2026 shall be $6,335. 16
4153	4153	S
4154	4154	TUDENTAIDADMINISTRATION 17
4155	4155	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 18
4156	4156	D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 19
4157	4157	parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 20
4158	4158	1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 21
4159	4159	$1,529,472,000, to remain available through September 22
4160	4160	30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 23
4161	4161	student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 24
4162	4162	servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 25
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4166	4166	to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 1
4167	4167	and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 2
4168	4168	new and existing accounts: Provided further, That in order 3
4169	4169	to promote accountability and high-quality service to bor-4
4170	4170	rowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any con-5
4171	4171	tract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 6
4172	4172	environment, including the solicitation for the Federal 7
4173	4173	Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing and Serv-8
4174	4174	icing Environment, unless such an environment provides 9
4175	4175	for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that 10
4176	4176	contract directly with the Department of Education to 11
4177	4177	manage a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the 12
4178	4178	full life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with 13
4179	4179	certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan bor-14
4180	4180	rower accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on 15
4181	4181	performance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 16
4182	4182	provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appro-17
4183	4183	priations and Education and the Workforce of the House 18
4184	4184	of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations 19
4185	4185	and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 20
4186	4186	on general progress related to implementation of Federal 21
4187	4187	student loan servicing contracts: Provided further, That 22
4188	4188	not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, FSA 23
4189	4189	shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 24
4190	4190	House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 25
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4194	4194	plan of anticipated uses of funds made available in this 1
4195	4195	account for fiscal year 2025 and provide quarterly updates 2
4196	4196	on this plan (including contracts awarded, change orders, 3
4197	4197	bonuses paid to staff, reorganization costs, and any other 4
4198	4198	activity carried out using amounts provided under this 5
4199	4199	heading for fiscal year 2025) no later than 10 days prior 6
4200	4200	to the start of such quarter. 7
4201	4201	I
4202	4202	NSTITUTE OFEDUCATIONSCIENCES 8
4203	4203	For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 9
4204	4204	Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 10
4205	4205	of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 11
4206	4206	authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 12
4207	4207	Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu-13
4208	4208	cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 14
4209	4209	664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 15
4210	4210	$740,373,000, which shall remain available through Sep-16
4211	4211	tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds available to carry 17
4212	4212	out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 18
4213	4213	Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and sec-19
4214	4214	ondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, 20
4215	4215	and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 21
4216	4216	systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 22
4217	4217	funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 23
4218	4218	Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public 24
4219	4219	or private organizations or agencies to support activities 25
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4223	4223	to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, 1
4224	4224	State, and national levels. 2
4225	4225	D
4226	4226	EPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 3
4227	4227	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 4
4228	4228	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-5
4229	4229	vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-6
4230	4230	cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-7
4231	4231	lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 8
4232	4232	$210,907,000: Provided, That none of the funds provided 9
4233	4233	by this Act may be used to support a number of non-career 10
4234	4234	employees that is above the number of non-career employ-11
4235	4235	ees as of December 31, 2022. 12
4236	4236	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 13
4237	4237	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 14
4238	4238	Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 15
4239	4239	of Education Organization Act, $130,000,000. 16
4240	4240	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 17
4241	4241	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 18
4242	4242	General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 19
4243	4243	of Education Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which 20
4244	4244	$3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 21
4245	4245	2026. 22
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4249	4249	GENERALPROVISIONS 1
4250	4250	S
4251	4251	EC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 2
4252	4252	used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-3
4253	4253	untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 4
4254	4254	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
4255	4255	S
4256	4256	EC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-6
4257	4257	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 7
4258	4258	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-8
4259	4259	priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 9
4260	4260	be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-10
4261	4261	priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 11
4262	4262	such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant-12
4263	4263	ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro-13
4264	4264	gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 14
4265	4265	are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com-15
4266	4266	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 16
4267	4267	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 17
4268	4268	of any transfer. 18
4269	4269	S
4270	4270	EC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con-19
4271	4271	solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 20
4272	4272	the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2025, through 21
4273	4273	September 30, 2026. 22
4274	4274	S
4275	4275	EC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 23
4276	4276	maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-24
4277	4277	propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 25
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4281	4281	2025 may use the income from that fund to award schol-1
4282	4282	arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 2
4283	4283	331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 3
4284	4284	such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 4
4285	4285	be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-5
4286	4286	come, subject to that limitation. 6
4287	4287	(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 7
4288	4288	and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 8
4289	4289	S
4290	4290	EC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 9
4291	4291	1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 10
4292	4292	‘‘2021’’. 11
4293	4293	S
4294	4294	EC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 12
4295	4295	1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 13
4296	4296	‘‘2021’’. 14
4297	4297	S
4298	4298	EC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 15
4299	4299	heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 16
4300	4300	for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 17
4301	4301	of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-18
4302	4302	kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu-19
4303	4303	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 20
4304	4304	S
4305	4305	EC. 308. The Secretary may reserve not more than 21
4306	4306	0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 22
4307	4307	for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail-23
4308	4308	able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 24
4309	4309	carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to col-25
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4313	4313	lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 1
4314	4314	by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 2
4315	4315	this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 3
4316	4316	shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro-4
4317	4317	vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 5
4318	4318	shall be available through September 30, 2027: Provided 6
4319	4319	further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 7
4320	4320	are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi-8
4321	4321	ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 9
4322	4322	may also reserve funds for such program or project for 10
4323	4323	the purposes described in this section so long as the total 11
4324	4324	reservation of funds for such program or project does not 12
4325	4325	exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 13
4326	4326	further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 14
4327	4327	obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec-15
4328	4328	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 16
4329	4329	of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com-17
4330	4330	mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 18
4331	4331	Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Work-19
4332	4332	force of the House of Representatives a plan that identi-20
4333	4333	fies the source and amount of funds reserved under this 21
4334	4334	section, the impact on program grantees if funds are with-22
4335	4335	held for the purposes of this section, and the activities to 23
4336	4336	be carried out with such funds. 24
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4339	4339	•HR 9029 RH
4340	4340	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1
4341	4341	S
4342	4342	EC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 2
4343	4343	for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $20,000,000 3
4344	4344	shall be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the 4
4345	4345	Secretary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 5
4346	4346	Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa-6
4347	4347	tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 7
4348	4348	space, human resource services, financial management 8
4349	4349	services, financial systems support, budget formulation 9
4350	4350	and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor-10
4351	4351	tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 11
4352	4352	acquisition and contract management, grants administra-12
4353	4353	tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro-13
4354	4354	vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 14
4355	4355	amounts obligated and expended for such support services 15
4356	4356	by using a standard Department of Education method-16
4357	4357	ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 17
4358	4358	Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 18
4359	4359	amounts available for IES support services in excess of 19
4360	4360	actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal-20
4361	4361	culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 21
4362	4362	the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 22
4363	4363	further, That in order to address any shortfall between 23
4364	4364	amounts available for IES support services and amounts 24
4365	4365	needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Sec-25
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4368	4368	•HR 9029 RH
4369	4369	retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 1
4370	4370	of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad-2
4371	4371	ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com-3
4372	4372	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 4
4373	4373	and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 5
4374	4374	of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 6
4375	4375	(RESCISSION) 7
4376	4376	S
4377	4377	EC. 310. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 8
4378	4378	made available in this or prior Acts under the heading 9
4379	4379	‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, $25,000,000 are here-10
4380	4380	by rescinded not later than September 30, 2025. 11
4381	4381	(RESCISSION AND INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
4382	4382	S
4383	4383	EC. 311. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De-13
4384	4384	partment of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ es-14
4385	4385	tablished in section 313 of division H of Public Law 116– 15
4386	4386	260, $76,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep-16
4387	4387	tember 30, 2025: Provided, That from any remaining un-17
4388	4388	obligated balances in such Fund, the Secretary may trans-18
4389	4389	fer up to $43,000,000 to ‘‘Howard University’’ for comple-19
4390	4390	tion of the Howard University hospital, to remain avail-20
4391	4391	able until expended: Provided further, That, except as oth-21
4392	4392	erwise provided in this section, not more than 22
4393	4393	$75,000,000 of any remaining unobligated balances avail-23
4394	4394	able in such Fund may be obligated pursuant to such sec-24
4395	4395	tion 313 of division H of Public Law 116-260: Provided 25
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4398	4398	•HR 9029 RH
4399	4399	further, That the Secretary may obligate funds from such 1
4400	4400	Fund for any program, project, or activity for which a no-2
4401	4401	tification was submitted before the date of enactment of 3
4402	4402	this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may trans-4
4403	4403	fer amounts into such Fund: Provided further, That any 5
4404	4404	amounts transferred into such Fund are available for the 6
4405	4405	purposes provided by this section or for which a notifica-7
4406	4406	tion was submitted to such Committees on Appropriations 8
4407	4407	before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 9
4408	4408	That the authority to transfer amounts under this section 10
4409	4409	is in addition to any other transfer authority in law. 11
4410	4410	S
4411	4411	EC. 312. None of the funds made available by this 12
4412	4412	Act may be used to provide financial assistance to an edu-13
4413	4413	cational institution that allows an individual whose sex is 14
4414	4414	male to participate in an athletic program or activity that 15
4415	4415	is designated for women or girls. For the purpose of this 16
4416	4416	section, the term ‘‘sex’’ means the reproductive biology 17
4417	4417	and genetics of an individual as determined solely at birth. 18
4418	4418	S
4419	4419	EC. 313. None of the funds provided in this Act to 19
4420	4420	the Department of Education, or provided under a pre-20
4421	4421	vious or subsequent appropriations Act to such Depart-21
4422	4422	ment, may be used to enforce any of the following rules 22
4423	4423	or interpretations related to title IX of the Education 23
4424	4424	Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C.1681-1688): 24
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4427	4427	•HR 9029 RH
4428	4428	(1) The final rule titled, ‘‘Nondiscrimination on 1
4429	4429	the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activi-2
4430	4430	ties Receiving Federal Financial Assistance’’, 89 3
4431	4431	Fed. Reg. 33474 (effective August 1, 2024). 4
4432	4432	(2) The proposed rule titled, ‘‘Nondiscrimina-5
4433	4433	tion on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or 6
4434	4434	Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: 7
4435	4435	Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female 8
4436	4436	Athletic Teams’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 22860; published 9
4437	4437	April 13, 2023). 10
4438	4438	(3) The notice of interpretation titled, ‘‘En-11
4439	4439	forcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments 12
4440	4440	of 1972 With Respect to Discrimination Based on 13
4441	4441	Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Light of 14
4442	4442	Bostock v. Clayton County’’, (86 Fed. Reg. 32637; 15
4443	4443	published June 22, 2021). 16
4444	4444	(4) Any substantially similar rule or interpreta-17
4445	4445	tion. 18
4446	4446	S
4447	4447	EC. 314. None of the funds made available under 19
4448	4448	this Act may be provided to any public institution of high-20
4449	4449	er education that denies to a religious student organiza-21
4450	4450	tion any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise af-22
4451	4451	forded to other student organizations at the institution 23
4452	4452	(including full access to the facilities of the institution and 24
4453	4453	official recognition of the organization by the institution) 25
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4456	4456	•HR 9029 RH
4457	4457	because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leader-1
4458	4458	ship standards, or standards of conduct of the religious 2
4459	4459	student organization. 3
4460	4460	S
4461	4461	EC. 315. None of the funds made available by this 4
4462	4462	Act may be used to— 5
4463	4463	(1) implement the modifications of statutory 6
4464	4464	and regulatory provisions relating to debt discharge 7
4465	4465	described by the Department of Education in the 8
4466	4466	Federal Register on October 12, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 9
4467	4467	61514), or take any substantially similar action; 10
4468	4468	(2) implement, administer, or enforce section 11
4469	4469	682.215 and section 685 of title 34, Code of Federal 12
4470	4470	Regulations (relating to income-based repayment 13
4471	4471	and income-driven repayment), as amended by the 14
4472	4472	final regulations published by the Department of 15
4473	4473	Education in the Federal Register on July 10, 2023 16
4474	4474	(88 Fed. Reg. 43820 et seq.) or take any substan-17
4475	4475	tially similar action; 18
4476	4476	(3) implement, administer, or enforce section 19
4477	4477	685.401 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re-20
4478	4478	lating to borrower defense to repayment), as amend-21
4479	4479	ed by the final regulations published by the Depart-22
4480	4480	ment of Education in the Federal Register on No-23
4481	4481	vember 1, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65904 et seq.) or 24
4482	4482	take any substantially similar action; 25
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4485	4485	•HR 9029 RH
4486	4486	(4) implement, administer, or enforce section 1
4487	4487	668.28 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (re-2
4488	4488	lating to the 90/10 rule), as added or amended by 3
4489	4489	the final regulations published by the Department of 4
4490	4490	Education in the Federal Register on October 28, 5
4491	4491	2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65426 et. seq.) or take any sub-6
4492	4492	stantially similar action; or 7
4493	4493	(5) implement, administer, or enforce sections 8
4494	4494	600.10, 600.21, 668.2, 668.13, 668.43, 668.91, 9
4495	4495	668.402 through 668.409 (excluding section 10
4496	4496	668.408), and 668.601 through 668.606 of title 34, 11
4497	4497	Code of Federal Regulations (relating to financial 12
4498	4498	value transparency and gainful employment), as 13
4499	4499	added or amended by the final regulations published 14
4500	4500	by the Department of Education in the Federal Reg-15
4501	4501	ister on October 10, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 70004 et. 16
4502	4502	seq.) or take any substantially similar action. 17
4503	4503	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-18
4504	4504	cation Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 19
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4507	4507	•HR 9029 RH
4508	4508	TITLE IV 1
4509	4509	RELATED AGENCIES 2
4510	4510	C
4511	4511	OMMITTEE FORPURCHASEFROMPEOPLEWHOARE 3
4512	4512	B
4513	4513	LIND ORSEVERELYDISABLED 4
4514	4514	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4515	4515	For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-6
4516	4516	chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 7
4517	4517	(referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 8
4518	4518	under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 9
4519	4519	$13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any 10
4520	4520	central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 11
4521	4521	8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re-12
4522	4522	quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 13
4523	4523	51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-14
4524	4524	mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 15
4525	4525	central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 16
4526	4526	agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re-17
4527	4527	porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 18
4528	4528	of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 19
4529	4529	such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 20
4530	4530	heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 21
4531	4531	Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele-22
4532	4532	ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 23
4533	4533	4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 24
4534	4534	A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 25
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4537	4537	•HR 9029 RH
4538	4538	such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 1
4539	4539	section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 2
4540	4540	prior to executing a written agreement with the Com-3
4541	4541	mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 4
4542	4542	shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 5
4543	4543	C
4544	4544	ORPORATION FORNATIONAL ANDCOMMUNITYSERVICE 6
4545	4545	OPERATING EXPENSES 7
4546	4546	For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-8
4547	4547	tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 9
4548	4548	‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 10
4549	4549	of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 11
4550	4550	National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 12
4551	4551	to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $361,158,000, notwith-13
4552	4552	standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 14
4553	4553	501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 15
4554	4554	amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 16
4555	4555	of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 17
4556	4556	of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 18
4557	4557	of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 19
4558	4558	the grants cycle; and (2) $55,105,000 shall be for the Re-20
4559	4559	tired Senior Volunteer Program: Provided further, That 21
4560	4560	for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 22
4561	4561	the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a 23
4562	4562	determination of need by the local community. 24
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4565	4565	•HR 9029 RH
4566	4566	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 1
4567	4567	For necessary expenses of administration as provided 2
4568	4568	under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 3
4569	4569	504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-4
4570	4570	thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 5
4571	4571	of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-6
4572	4572	ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 7
4573	4573	U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $1,250 for official recep-8
4574	4574	tion and representation expenses, $79,686,000. 9
4575	4575	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 10
4576	4576	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 11
4577	4577	General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 12
4578	4578	$8,595,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available until 13
4579	4579	expended. 14
4580	4580	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 15
4581	4581	S
4582	4582	EC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 16
4583	4583	to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 17
4584	4584	through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 18
4585	4585	year 2025, during any grant selection process, an officer 19
4586	4586	or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-20
4587	4587	ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 21
4588	4588	directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 22
4589	4589	or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-23
4590	4590	ceive such information. 24
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4593	4593	•HR 9029 RH
4594	4594	SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 1
4595	4595	under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 2
4596	4596	overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 3
4597	4597	first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 4
4598	4598	thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-5
4599	4599	ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 6
4600	4600	Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 7
4601	4601	match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-8
4602	4602	port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 9
4603	4603	Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 10
4604	4604	2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 11
4605	4605	S
4606	4606	EC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 12
4607	4607	196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-13
4608	4608	grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 14
4609	4609	Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 15
4610	4610	shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-16
4611	4611	grams and operations. 17
4612	4612	S
4613	4613	EC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 18
4614	4614	146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 19
4615	4615	the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 20
4616	4616	to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 21
4617	4617	101 of the Act. 22
4618	4618	S
4619	4619	EC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 23
4620	4620	189D of the 1990 Act— 24
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4623	4623	•HR 9029 RH
4624	4624	(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 1
4625	4625	section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 2
4626	4626	section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 3
4627	4627	1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 4
4628	4628	(2) individuals described in such section shall 5
4629	4629	be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 6
4630	4630	NCPA; and 7
4631	4631	(3) State Commissions on National and Com-8
4632	4632	munity Service established pursuant to section 178 9
4633	4633	of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 10
4634	4634	history record information, consistent with Public 11
4635	4635	Law 92–544. 12
4636	4636	S
4637	4637	EC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 13
4638	4638	147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-14
4639	4639	pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur-15
4640	4640	ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na-16
4641	4641	tional service education award having a value of 70 per-17
4642	4642	cent of the value of a national service education award 18
4643	4643	determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 19
4644	4644	S
4645	4645	EC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 20
4646	4646	shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 21
4647	4647	service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re-22
4648	4648	ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 23
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4651	4651	•HR 9029 RH
4652	4652	(RESCISSION) 1
4653	4653	S
4654	4654	EC. 408. Of the unobligated balances available in 2
4655	4655	the ‘‘National Service Trust’’ established in section 102 3
4656	4656	of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 4
4657	4657	1993, $140,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, 5
4658	4658	except that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 6
4659	4659	that were previously designated by the Congress as being 7
4660	4660	for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 8
4661	4661	resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 9
4662	4662	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10
4663	4663	F
4664	4664	EDERALMEDIATION ANDCONCILIATIONSERVICE 11
4665	4665	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
4666	4666	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 13
4667	4667	and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-14
4668	4668	tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 15
4669	4669	1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-16
4670	4670	penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 17
4671	4671	Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 18
4672	4672	to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 19
4673	4673	Reform Act, $53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 20
4674	4674	31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 21
4675	4675	special training activities and other conflict resolution 22
4676	4676	services and technical assistance, including those provided 23
4677	4677	to foreign governments and international organizations, 24
4678	4678	and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 25
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4681	4681	•HR 9029 RH
4682	4682	merged with this account, and shall remain available until 1
4683	4683	expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-2
4684	4684	ices shall be available only for education, training, and 3
4685	4685	professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-4
4686	4686	vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-5
4687	4687	ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 6
4688	4688	of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 7
4689	4689	of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-8
4690	4690	tion. 9
4691	4691	F
4692	4692	EDERALMINESAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 10
4693	4693	C
4694	4694	OMMISSION 11
4695	4695	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
4696	4696	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 13
4697	4697	and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000. 14
4698	4698	I
4699	4699	NSTITUTE OFMUSEUM ANDLIBRARYSERVICES 15
4700	4700	OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES : GRANTS 16
4701	4701	AND ADMINISTRATION 17
4702	4702	For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 18
4703	4703	Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-19
4704	4704	ican History and Culture Act, $249,515,000. 20
4705	4705	M
4706	4706	EDICAID ANDCHIPPAYMENT ANDACCESS 21
4707	4707	C
4708	4708	OMMISSION 22
4709	4709	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
4710	4710	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 24
4711	4711	the Social Security Act, $9,405,000. 25
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4714	4714	•HR 9029 RH
4715	4715	MEDICAREPAYMENTADVISORYCOMMISSION 1
4716	4716	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
4717	4717	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 3
4718	4718	the Social Security Act, $14,477,000, to be transferred to 4
4719	4719	this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 5
4720	4720	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-6
4721	4721	surance Trust Fund. 7
4722	4722	N
4723	4723	ATIONALCOUNCIL ONDISABILITY 8
4724	4724	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9
4725	4725	For expenses necessary for the National Council on 10
4726	4726	Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 11
4727	4727	Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 12
4728	4728	N
4729	4729	ATIONALLABORRELATIONSBOARD 13
4730	4730	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
4731	4731	For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-15
4732	4732	tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 16
4733	4733	Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 17
4734	4734	$200,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-18
4735	4735	tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 19
4736	4736	agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-20
4737	4737	tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 21
4738	4738	units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 22
4739	4739	section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 23
4740	4740	by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-24
4741	4741	fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 25
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4744	4744	•HR 9029 RH
4745	4745	including in said definition employees engaged in the 1
4746	4746	maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 2
4747	4747	and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 3
4748	4748	nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 4
4749	4749	or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 5
4750	4750	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 6
4751	4751	S
4752	4752	EC. 409. None of the funds provided by this Act 7
4753	4753	or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 8
4754	4754	Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-9
4755	4755	ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-10
4756	4756	ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 11
4757	4757	in an election to determine a representative for the pur-12
4758	4758	poses of collective bargaining. 13
4759	4759	S
4760	4760	EC. 410. None of the funds made available by this 14
4761	4761	Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 15
4762	4762	rule entitled ‘‘Standard for Determining Joint Employer 16
4763	4763	Status’’, (88 Fed. Reg. 73946 (effective February 26, 17
4764	4764	2024)). 18
4765	4765	N
4766	4766	ATIONALMEDIATIONBOARD 19
4767	4767	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
4768	4768	For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 21
4769	4769	of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-22
4770	4770	pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 23
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4773	4773	•HR 9029 RH
4774	4774	OCCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 1
4775	4775	C
4776	4776	OMMISSION 2
4777	4777	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3
4778	4778	For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 4
4779	4779	and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000. 5
4780	4780	R
4781	4781	AILROADRETIREMENTBOARD 6
4782	4782	DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 7
4783	4783	For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-8
4784	4784	count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-9
4785	4785	tirement Act of 1974, $7,000,000, which shall include 10
4786	4786	amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2025 pursuant 11
4787	4787	to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-12
4788	4788	tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 13
4789	4789	provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 14
4790	4790	amount by which the product of recipients and the average 15
4791	4791	benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 16
4792	4792	of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 17
4793	4793	provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 18
4794	4794	equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 19
4795	4795	year. 20
4796	4796	FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 21
4797	4797	ACCOUNTS 22
4798	4798	For payment to the accounts established in the 23
4799	4799	Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 24
4800	4800	Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 25
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4803	4803	•HR 9029 RH
4804	4804	checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 1
4805	4805	30, 2026, which shall be the maximum amount available 2
4806	4806	for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 3
4807	4807	76. 4
4808	4808	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 5
4809	4809	For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 6
4810	4810	Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-7
4811	4811	tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 8
4812	4812	Act, $100,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-9
4813	4813	termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-10
4814	4814	counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-11
4815	4815	ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 12
4816	4816	notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-13
4817	4817	ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 14
4818	4818	only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 15
4819	4819	the previous proviso shall not change the status under 16
4820	4820	Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 17
4821	4821	Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-18
4822	4822	vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 19
4823	4823	Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 20
4824	4824	hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 21
4825	4825	or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-22
4826	4826	cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-23
4827	4827	ties established by the Office of Personnel Management. 24
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4830	4830	•HR 9029 RH
4831	4831	LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1
4832	4832	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 2
4833	4833	General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 3
4834	4834	authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 4
4835	4835	than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-5
4836	4836	ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-6
4837	4837	count. 7
4838	4838	S
4839	4839	OCIALSECURITYADMINISTRATION 8
4840	4840	PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 9
4841	4841	For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 10
4842	4842	Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-11
4843	4843	ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 12
4844	4844	1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 13
4845	4845	SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 14
4846	4846	For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-15
4847	4847	curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 16
4848	4848	of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 17
4849	4849	Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-18
4850	4850	rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-19
4851	4851	suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 20
4852	4852	$46,159,083,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-21
4853	4853	vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 22
4854	4854	in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 23
4855	4855	during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-24
4856	4856	vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 25
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4859	4859	•HR 9029 RH
4860	4860	available for research and demonstrations under sections 1
4861	4861	1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-2
4862	4862	main available through September 30, 2027. 3
4863	4863	For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 4
4864	4864	benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-5
4865	4865	cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 6
4866	4866	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 7
4867	4867	For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 8
4868	4868	Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 9
4869	4869	2026, $22,100,000,000, to remain available until ex-10
4870	4870	pended. 11
4871	4871	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 12
4872	4872	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
4873	4873	For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-14
4874	4874	chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 15
4875	4875	$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 16
4876	4876	not more than $13,654,776,000 may be expended, as au-17
4877	4877	thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 18
4878	4878	from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 19
4879	4879	section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 20
4880	4880	for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 21
4881	4881	That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 22
4882	4882	paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2025 not needed for 23
4883	4883	fiscal year 2025 shall remain available until expended to 24
4884	4884	invest in the Social Security Administration information 25
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4887	4887	•HR 9029 RH
4888	4888	technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-1
4889	4889	ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non- 2
4890	4890	payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 3
4891	4891	information technology and telecommunications infra-4
4892	4892	structure: Provided further, That the Commissioner of So-5
4893	4893	cial Security shall notify the Committees on Appropria-6
4894	4894	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior 7
4895	4895	to making unobligated balances available under the au-8
4896	4896	thority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That re-9
4897	4897	imbursement to the trust funds under this heading for ex-10
4898	4898	penditures for official time for employees of the Social Se-11
4899	4899	curity Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for 12
4900	4900	facilities or support services for labor organizations pursu-13
4901	4901	ant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in 14
4902	4902	section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Sec-15
4903	4903	retary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the 16
4904	4904	general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as pos-17
4905	4905	sible after such expenditures are made. 18
4906	4906	From funds provided under the first paragraph under 19
4907	4907	this heading, not more than $1,903,000,000, to remain 20
4908	4908	available through March 31, 2026, is for the costs associ-21
4909	4909	ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 22
4910	4910	XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 23
4911	4911	continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn-24
4912	4912	ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 25
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4915	4915	•HR 9029 RH
4916	4916	ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 1
4917	4917	cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-2
4918	4918	bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 3
4919	4919	cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 4
4920	4920	the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 5
4921	4921	programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis-6
4922	4922	tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro-7
4923	4923	vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 8
4924	4924	meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Bal-9
4925	4925	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 10
4926	4926	and $1,630,000,000 is additional new budget authority 11
4927	4927	specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: 12
4928	4928	Provided further, That, of the additional new budget au-13
4929	4929	thority described in the preceding proviso, up to 14
4930	4930	$20,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspec-15
4931	4931	tor General’’, Social Security Administration, for the cost 16
4932	4932	of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 17
4933	4933	units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 18
4934	4934	addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 19
4935	4935	Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 20
4936	4936	the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 21
4937	4937	on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 22
4938	4938	to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 23
4939	4939	Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 24
4940	4940	Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 25
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4943	4943	•HR 9029 RH
4944	4944	paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram-1
4945	4945	ming except as specified in this paragraph. 2
4946	4946	In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from admin-3
4947	4947	istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-4
4948	4948	ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 5
4949	4949	Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 6
4950	4950	which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 7
4951	4951	That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 8
4952	4952	to such sections in fiscal year 2025 exceed $170,000,000, 9
4953	4953	the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2026 only 10
4954	4954	to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 11
4955	4955	In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 12
4956	4956	collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 13
4957	4957	Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-14
4958	4958	pended. 15
4959	4959	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 16
4960	4960	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17
4961	4961	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 18
4962	4962	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 19
4963	4963	General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 20
4964	4964	exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 21
4965	4965	authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 22
4966	4966	from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 23
4967	4967	Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 24
4968	4968	Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-25
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4971	4971	•HR 9029 RH
4972	4972	pended for information technology modernization, includ-1
4973	4973	ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 2
4974	4974	equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso-3
4975	4975	ciated with information technology modernization. 4
4976	4976	In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 5
4977	4977	the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 6
4978	4978	from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 7
4979	4979	Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 8
4980	4980	to be available for the time and purposes for which this 9
4981	4981	account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-10
4982	4982	fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 11
4983	4983	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 12
4984	4984	Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 13
4985	4985	TITLE V 14
4986	4986	GENERAL PROVISIONS 15
4987	4987	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
4988	4988	S
4989	4989	EC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 17
4990	4990	Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 18
4991	4991	unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 19
4992	4992	corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 20
4993	4993	Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 21
4994	4994	purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 22
4995	4995	were originally appropriated. 23
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4998	4998	•HR 9029 RH
4999	4999	SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 1
5000	5000	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 2
5001	5001	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 3
5002	5002	S
5003	5003	EC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 4
5004	5004	in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 5
5005	5005	Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 6
5006	5006	and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-7
5007	5007	licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-8
5008	5008	tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 9
5009	5009	electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-10
5010	5010	entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 11
5011	5011	legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-12
5012	5012	lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 13
5013	5013	Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-14
5014	5014	signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-15
5015	5015	lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-16
5016	5016	tive branch of any State or local government, except in 17
5017	5017	presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 18
5018	5018	government itself. 19
5019	5019	(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 20
5020	5020	Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 21
5021	5021	111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 22
5022	5022	any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 23
5023	5023	recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 24
5024	5024	enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-25
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5027	5027	•HR 9029 RH
5028	5028	ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-1
5029	5029	ing before the Congress or any State government, State 2
5030	5030	legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 3
5031	5031	than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-4
5032	5032	tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 5
5033	5033	State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-6
5034	5034	ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 7
5035	5035	government. 8
5036	5036	(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 9
5037	5037	include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 10
5038	5038	pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 11
5039	5039	any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-12
5040	5040	tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 13
5041	5041	marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 14
5042	5042	promotion of gun control. 15
5043	5043	S
5044	5044	EC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 16
5045	5045	are authorized to make available not to exceed $14,000 17
5046	5046	and $10,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-18
5047	5047	ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 19
5048	5048	official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-20
5049	5049	tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 21
5050	5050	authorized to make available for official reception and rep-22
5051	5051	resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 23
5052	5052	available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 24
5053	5053	Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-25
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5056	5056	•HR 9029 RH
5057	5057	tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 1
5058	5058	official reception and representation expenses not to ex-2
5059	5059	ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 3
5060	5060	Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 4
5061	5061	S
5062	5062	EC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 5
5063	5063	requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-6
5064	5064	ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 7
5065	5065	in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 8
5066	5066	funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 9
5067	5067	State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-10
5068	5068	search grants, shall clearly state— 11
5069	5069	(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-12
5070	5070	gram or project which will be financed with Federal 13
5071	5071	money; 14
5072	5072	(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 15
5073	5073	project or program; and 16
5074	5074	(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 17
5075	5075	costs of the project or program that will be financed 18
5076	5076	by non-governmental sources. 19
5077	5077	S
5078	5078	EC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 20
5079	5079	Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 21
5080	5080	funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 22
5081	5081	any abortion. 23
5082	5082	(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 24
5083	5083	none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 25
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5086	5086	•HR 9029 RH
5087	5087	appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-1
5088	5088	efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 2
5089	5089	(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 3
5090	5090	package of services covered by a managed care provider 4
5091	5091	or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-5
5092	5092	ment. 6
5093	5093	S
5094	5094	EC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-7
5095	5095	ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 8
5096	5096	(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 9
5097	5097	rape or incest; or 10
5098	5098	(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 11
5099	5099	physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 12
5100	5100	including a life-endangering physical condition 13
5101	5101	caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 14
5102	5102	would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 15
5103	5103	in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 16
5104	5104	(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-17
5105	5105	strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 18
5106	5106	entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 19
5107	5107	(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 20
5108	5108	matching funds). 21
5109	5109	(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-22
5110	5110	strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-23
5111	5111	vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 24
5112	5112	State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-25
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5116	5116	vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 1
5117	5117	State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 2
5118	5118	funds). 3
5119	5119	(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 4
5120	5120	may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 5
5121	5121	or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 6
5122	5122	or government subjects any institutional or individual 7
5123	5123	health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 8
5124	5124	health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-9
5125	5125	erage of, or refer for abortions. 10
5126	5126	(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 11
5127	5127	includes an individual physician or other health care pro-12
5128	5128	fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 13
5129	5129	health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 14
5130	5130	or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 15
5131	5131	plan. 16
5132	5132	S
5133	5133	EC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 17
5134	5134	this Act may be used for— 18
5135	5135	(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 19
5136	5136	for research purposes; or 20
5137	5137	(2) research in which a human embryo or em-21
5138	5138	bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-22
5139	5139	jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 23
5140	5140	allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 24
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5144	5144	CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 1
5145	5145	Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 2
5146	5146	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 3
5147	5147	embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 4
5148	5148	as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 5
5149	5149	the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 6
5150	5150	parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 7
5151	5151	more human gametes or human diploid cells. 8
5152	5152	S
5153	5153	EC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 9
5154	5154	this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 10
5155	5155	legalization of any drug or other substance included in 11
5156	5156	schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-12
5157	5157	lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 13
5158	5158	except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 14
5159	5159	communications. 15
5160	5160	(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 16
5161	5161	when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 17
5162	5162	advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 18
5163	5163	that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 19
5164	5164	to determine therapeutic advantage. 20
5165	5165	S
5166	5166	EC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 21
5167	5167	Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-22
5168	5168	ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-23
5169	5169	viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 24
5170	5170	health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-25
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5174	5174	ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 1
5175	5175	until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 2
5176	5176	standard. 3
5177	5177	S
5178	5178	EC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 4
5179	5179	Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 5
5180	5180	a contract with an entity if— 6
5181	5181	(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 7
5182	5182	the United States and is subject to the requirement 8
5183	5183	in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 9
5184	5184	annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 10
5185	5185	employment of certain veterans; and 11
5186	5186	(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 12
5187	5187	required by that section for the most recent year for 13
5188	5188	which such requirement was applicable to such enti-14
5189	5189	ty. 15
5190	5190	S
5191	5191	EC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 16
5192	5192	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-17
5193	5193	strumentality of the United States Government, except 18
5194	5194	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-19
5195	5195	vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 20
5196	5196	S
5197	5197	EC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 21
5198	5198	Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 22
5199	5199	may be made available to any library covered by para-23
5200	5200	graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 24
5201	5201	the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 25
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5205	5205	has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 1
5206	5206	such section. 2
5207	5207	S
5208	5208	EC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 3
5209	5209	Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 4
5210	5210	agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-5
5211	5211	gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from 6
5212	5212	any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 7
5213	5213	by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 8
5214	5214	by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 9
5215	5215	through a reprogramming of funds that— 10
5216	5216	(1) creates new programs; 11
5217	5217	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 12
5218	5218	(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 13
5219	5219	for any project or activity for which funds have been 14
5220	5220	denied or restricted; 15
5221	5221	(4) relocates an office or employees; 16
5222	5222	(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 17
5223	5223	(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 18
5224	5224	(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 19
5225	5225	activities presently performed by Federal employees; 20
5226	5226	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 21
5227	5227	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 22
5228	5228	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 23
5229	5229	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-24
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5233	5233	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 1
5234	5234	of such reprogramming. 2
5235	5235	(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 3
5236	5236	provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-4
5237	5237	cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 5
5238	5238	or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any 6
5239	5239	accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 7
5240	5240	the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 8
5241	5241	this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 9
5242	5242	through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 10
5243	5243	or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 11
5244	5244	(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-12
5245	5245	cluding construction projects), or activities; 13
5246	5246	(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-14
5247	5247	ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-15
5248	5248	sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 16
5249	5249	(3) results from any general savings from a re-17
5250	5250	duction in personnel which would result in a change 18
5251	5251	in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-19
5252	5252	proved by Congress; 20
5253	5253	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 21
5254	5254	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 22
5255	5255	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 23
5256	5256	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-24
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5260	5260	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 1
5261	5261	of such reprogramming. 2
5262	5262	S
5263	5263	EC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
5264	5264	this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-4
5265	5265	pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-5
5266	5266	close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-6
5267	5267	didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-7
5268	5268	spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-8
5269	5269	essary for the work of the committee involved. 9
5270	5270	(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 10
5271	5271	be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 11
5272	5272	false or misleading. 12
5273	5273	S
5274	5274	EC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 13
5275	5275	each department and related agency funded through this 14
5276	5276	Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-15
5277	5277	gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 16
5278	5278	for fiscal year 2025 that are different than those specified 17
5279	5279	in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the Com-18
5280	5280	mittee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 19
5281	5281	2025 budget request. 20
5282	5282	S
5283	5283	EC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 21
5284	5284	Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 22
5285	5285	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 23
5286	5286	of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 24
5287	5287	and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-25
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5291	5291	ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 1
5292	5292	particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 2
5293	5293	value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi-3
5294	5294	tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2025, but not 4
5295	5295	to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 5
5296	5296	by law. Such report shall include the name of the con-6
5297	5297	tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern-7
5298	5298	mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 8
5299	5299	award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 9
5300	5300	transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 10
5301	5301	end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 11
5302	5302	S
5303	5303	EC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 12
5304	5304	shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-13
5305	5305	cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 14
5306	5306	benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 15
5307	5307	to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 16
5308	5308	based on work performed under a social security account 17
5309	5309	number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-18
5310	5310	formance of such work under such number has formed the 19
5311	5311	basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-20
5312	5312	tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 21
5313	5313	S
5314	5314	EC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 22
5315	5315	may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 23
5316	5316	the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-24
5317	5317	tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 25
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5321	5321	to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 1
5322	5322	agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-2
5323	5323	lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-3
5324	5324	rity system established by title II of the Social Security 4
5325	5325	Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 5
5326	5326	not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 6
5327	5327	S
5328	5328	EC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 7
5329	5329	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 8
5330	5330	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 9
5331	5331	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 10
5332	5332	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 11
5333	5333	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 12
5334	5334	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 13
5335	5335	criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-14
5336	5336	ties. 15
5337	5337	S
5338	5338	EC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 16
5339	5339	Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-17
5340	5340	randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 18
5341	5341	contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 19
5342	5342	conference attendance and expenditures: 20
5343	5343	(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-21
5344	5344	sidered independent agencies; and 22
5345	5345	(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-23
5346	5346	ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 24
5347	5347	included in agency totals. 25
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5351	5351	SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 1
5352	5352	shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 2
5353	5353	advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 3
5354	5354	Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-4
5355	5355	lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax-5
5356	5356	payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 6
5357	5357	carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 7
5358	5358	made available to the agency for advertising or other com-8
5359	5359	munications regarding the programs and activities of the 9
5360	5360	agency. 10
5361	5361	S
5362	5362	EC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of 11
5363	5363	each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 12
5364	5364	fiscal year 2025 the Departments of Labor, Health and 13
5365	5365	Human Services and Education and the Social Security 14
5366	5366	Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-15
5367	5367	priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 16
5368	5368	report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-17
5369	5369	vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-18
5370	5370	mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 19
5371	5371	monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-20
5372	5372	tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 21
5373	5373	with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 22
5374	5374	fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 23
5375	5375	S
5376	5376	EC. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and 24
5377	5377	Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com-25
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5381	5381	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 1
5382	5382	and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-2
5383	5383	petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 3
5384	5384	issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 4
5385	5385	3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 5
5386	5386	a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-6
5387	5387	fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 7
5388	5388	of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 8
5389	5389	business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 9
5390	5390	program year). 10
5391	5391	S
5392	5392	EC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of 11
5393	5393	this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 12
5394	5394	to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 13
5395	5395	injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-14
5396	5396	tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 15
5397	5397	a program other than making such purchases if the rel-16
5398	5398	evant State or local health department, in consultation 17
5399	5399	with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-18
5400	5400	termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 19
5401	5401	is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 20
5402	5402	hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 21
5403	5403	drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 22
5404	5404	with State and local law: Provided further, That none of 23
5405	5405	the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 24
5406	5406	operation of a supervised drug consumption facility that 25
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5410	5410	permits the consumption onsite of any substance listed in 1
5411	5411	schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 2
5412	5412	(21 U.S.C. 812). 3
5413	5413	S
5414	5414	EC. 526. Each department and related agency fund-4
5415	5415	ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 5
5416	5416	submitted for the record by members of the Committee 6
5417	5417	within 45 business days after receipt. 7
5418	5418	S
5419	5419	EC. 527. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin-8
5420	5420	istration for Children and Families in the Department of 9
5421	5421	Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 10
5422	5422	Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-11
5423	5423	agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu-12
5424	5424	reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 13
5425	5425	(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 14
5426	5426	either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 15
5427	5427	basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 16
5428	5428	identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-17
5429	5429	tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 18
5430	5430	September 30, 2029: Provided, That when an office ref-19
5431	5431	erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 20
5432	5432	funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 21
5433	5433	use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 22
5434	5434	funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 23
5435	5435	(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un-24
5436	5436	expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 25
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5440	5440	or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im-1
5441	5441	mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 2
5442	5442	fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 3
5443	5443	evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 4
5444	5444	are available. 5
5445	5445	S
5446	5446	EC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-6
5447	5447	ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 7
5448	5448	Social Security Act and the income derived from invest-8
5449	5449	ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 9
5450	5450	that Act, $12,614,000,000 shall not be available for obli-10
5451	5451	gation in this fiscal year. 11
5452	5452	(RESCISSION) 12
5453	5453	S
5454	5454	EC. 529. The unobligated balances of funds made 13
5455	5455	available by sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2402, 14
5456	5456	2403, 2404, 2401, 2501, 2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 15
5457	5457	2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 16
5458	5458	2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 3101, and 9911 of 17
5459	5459	the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 18
5460	5460	2) are hereby rescinded. 19
5461	5461	S
5462	5462	EC. 530. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 20
5463	5463	7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 21
5464	5464	28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 22
5465	5465	none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-23
5466	5466	priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 24
5467	5467	any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-25
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5471	5471	tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 1
5472	5472	accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 2
5473	5473	conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 3
5474	5474	a union of one man and one woman. 4
5475	5475	(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-5
5476	5476	section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 6
5477	5477	taken by the Federal Government to— 7
5478	5478	(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 8
5479	5479	of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-9
5480	5480	sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-10
5481	5481	tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-11
5482	5482	nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 12
5483	5483	in subsection (a); 13
5484	5484	(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-14
5485	5485	poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 15
5486	5486	such person; 16
5487	5487	(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 17
5488	5488	exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 18
5489	5489	deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-19
5490	5490	operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-20
5491	5491	cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 21
5492	5492	other similar position or status from or to such per-22
5493	5493	son; 23
5494	5494	(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-24
5495	5495	erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 25
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5499	5499	benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 1
5500	5500	admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 2
5501	5501	degree from an educational program, from or to 3
5502	5502	such person; or 4
5503	5503	(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-5
5504	5504	erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-6
5505	5505	ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-7
5506	5506	stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 8
5507	5507	and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-9
5508	5508	paigns from or to such person. 10
5509	5509	(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 11
5510	5510	Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 12
5511	5511	certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 13
5512	5512	would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 14
5513	5513	such purposes but for a determination against such person 15
5514	5514	wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 16
5515	5515	or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 17
5516	5516	or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 18
5517	5517	S
5518	5518	EC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 19
5519	5519	Act may be used by the Secretaries of Labor, Health and 20
5520	5520	Human Services, or Education, the Commissioner of the 21
5521	5521	Social Security Administration, or the head of any other 22
5522	5522	agency funded in this Act to fly or display a flag over 23
5523	5523	a Federal facility other than— 24
5524	5524	(1) the flag of the United States; 25
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5528	5528	(2) the flag of a State, territory, or the District 1
5529	5529	of Columbia; 2
5530	5530	(3) the flag of an Indian Tribal Government; 3
5531	5531	the official Flag of a Federal agency; 4
5532	5532	(4) the POW/MIA flag; 5
5533	5533	(5) the flag of the Public Health Service; or 6
5534	5534	(6) the flag of the United States Surgeon Gen-7
5535	5535	eral. 8
5536	5536	S
5537	5537	EC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 9
5538	5538	Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise carry 10
5539	5539	out the following— 11
5540	5540	(1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Pro-12
5541	5541	tecting Public Health and the Environment and Re-13
5542	5542	storing Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; 14
5543	5543	(2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling 15
5544	5544	the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; 16
5545	5545	(3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relat-17
5546	5546	ing to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Re-18
5547	5547	settle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Cli-19
5548	5548	mate Change on Migration; 20
5549	5549	(4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate- 21
5550	5550	Related Financial Risk; 22
5551	5551	(5) Executive Order 14037, relating to 23
5552	5552	Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars 24
5553	5553	and Trucks; 25
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5557	5557	(6) Executive Order 14057, relating to Cata-1
5558	5558	lyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs through 2
5559	5559	Federal Sustainability; 3
5560	5560	(7) Executive Order 14082, relating to Imple-4
5561	5561	mentation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provi-5
5562	5562	sions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; and 6
5563	5563	(8) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revital-7
5564	5564	izing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental 8
5565	5565	Justice for All. 9
5566	5566	S
5567	5567	EC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or other-10
5568	5568	wise made available by this Act may be made available 11
5569	5569	to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex-12
5570	5570	ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 13
5571	5571	7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 14
5572	5572	under-served communities through the Federal govern-15
5573	5573	ment); Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 16
5574	5574	Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 17
5575	5575	accessibility in the Federal workforce); or Executive Order 18
5576	5576	14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relat-19
5577	5577	ing to further advancing racial equity and support for un-20
5578	5578	derserved communities through the Federal Government). 21
5579	5579	S
5580	5580	EC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 22
5581	5581	Act may be used to establish, implement, administer, 23
5582	5582	apply, enforce, or carry out any diversity, equity, and in-24
5583	5583	clusion office, program, or training. 25
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5587	5587	SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 1
5588	5588	Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 2
5589	5589	activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 3
5590	5590	or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 4
5591	5591	S
5592	5592	EC. 536. None of the funds appropriated or other-5
5593	5593	wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 6
5594	5594	any program, project, or activity that teaches or trains any 7
5595	5595	idea or concept that condones an individual being discrimi-8
5596	5596	nated against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment 9
5597	5597	based on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling 10
5598	5598	discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho-11
5599	5599	logical distress on account of that individual’s race or sex, 12
5600	5600	as well as any idea or concept that regards one race as 13
5601	5601	inherently superior to another race, the United States or 14
5602	5602	its institutions as being systemically racist or sexist, an 15
5603	5603	individual as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive 16
5604	5604	by virtue of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s 17
5605	5605	moral character as being necessarily determined by race 18
5606	5606	or sex, an individual as bearing responsibility for actions 19
5607	5607	committed in the past by other members of the same race 20
5608	5608	or sex, or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been 21
5609	5609	created by a particular race to oppress another race. 22
5610	5610	S
5611	5611	EC. 537. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-23
5612	5612	erwise made available by this Act may be made available 24
5613	5613	to a United States institution of higher education unless 25
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5617	5617	and until such institution adopts a prohibition on 1
5618	5618	antisemitic conduct that creates a hostile environment in 2
5619	5619	violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 3
5620	5620	all documents relating to student or employee conduct. 4
5621	5621	(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 5
5622	5622	made available by this Act may be made available to a 6
5623	5623	United States institution of higher education that has 7
5624	5624	failed to take administrative action against any student, 8
5625	5625	staff member, or student group that commits acts of anti-9
5626	5626	semitism while utilizing the facilities, grounds, or re-10
5627	5627	sources of such institution. 11
5628	5628	S
5629	5629	EC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of 12
5630	5630	law, none of the funds made available by this Act may 13
5631	5631	be made available to support directly or indirectly— 14
5632	5632	(1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in 15
5633	5633	the City of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of 16
5634	5634	China; 17
5635	5635	(2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; 18
5636	5636	(3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the 19
5637	5637	governments of the People’s Republic of China, the 20
5638	5638	Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 21
5639	5639	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 22
5640	5640	Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 23
5641	5641	under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 24
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5645	5645	other country determined by the Secretary of State 1
5646	5646	to be a foreign adversary; or 2
5647	5647	(4) gain-of-function research. 3
5648	5648	S
5649	5649	EC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 4
5650	5650	Act may be used to establish, implement, administer, or 5
5651	5651	enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate. 6
5652	5652	S
5653	5653	EC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 7
5654	5654	Act may be used to enter into a procurement contract, 8
5655	5655	memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 9
5656	5656	with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or guarantee 10
5657	5657	to, any entity identified under section 1260H of the Wil-11
5658	5658	liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-12
5659	5659	tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) or 13
5660	5660	any subsidiary of such entity. 14
5661	5661	S
5662	5662	EC. 541. RETURN TOWORK.—Excessive abuse of 15
5663	5663	telework across the Federal government must end. For the 16
5664	5664	average American showing up to work every day is a fact 17
5665	5665	of life; they deserve a government that reflects that reality. 18
5666	5666	Approvals for remote work should be made on an indi-19
5667	5667	vidual case by case basis and done only to serve the best 20
5668	5668	interests of the program and the American public. Each 21
5669	5669	agency funded under this Act shall provide to the Commit-22
5670	5670	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 23
5671	5671	and the Senate within 60 days of enactment of this Act 24
5672	5672	a report detailing the number of full-time employees by 25
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5676	5676	subcomponent who are receiving the Washington D.C. 1
5677	5677	area locality pay but have not reported to an in-person 2
5678	5678	office in the D.C. area more than one day a week for the 3
5679	5679	past year. Each agency funded under this Act shall quar-4
5680	5680	terly thereafter provide updates to the Committees on its 5
5681	5681	efforts to bring Federal employees back to the workplace 6
5682	5682	to fulfill the mission of serving the American public. 7
5683	5683	SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 8
5684	5684	S
5685	5685	EC. 542. $0. 9
5686	5686	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 10
5687	5687	Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 11
5688	5688	Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 12
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5692	5692	485
5693	5693	118
5694	5694	TH
5695	5695	CONGRESS
5696	5696	2D S
5697	5697	ESSION
5698	5698
5699	5699	H. R. 9029
5700	5700	[Report No. 118–585]
5701	5701	A BILL
5702	5702	Making appropriations for the Departments of
5703	5703	Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
5704	5704	cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year
5705	5705	ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-
5706	5706	poses.
5707	5707	J
5708	5708	ULY
5709	5709	12, 2024
5710	5710	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
5711	5711	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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