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2	2	Calendar No. 471
3	3	118THCONGRESS
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5	5	DSESSION S. 4942
6	6	[Report No. 118–207]
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	AUGUST1, 2024
12	12	Ms. B
13	13	ALDWIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
14	14	original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
17	17	and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
18	18	cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and
19	19	for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
23	23	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
24	24	Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 5 2
25	25	•S 4942 RS
26	26	Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 1
27	27	September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 2
28	28	TITLE I 3
29	29	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 4
30	30	E
31	31	MPLOYMENT AND TRAININGADMINISTRATION 5
32	32	TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 6
33	33	For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 7
34	34	and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 8
35	35	and the National Apprenticeship Act, $4,019,669,000 plus 9
36	36	reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-10
37	37	vided: 11
38	38	(1) for grants to States for adult employment 12
39	39	and training activities, youth activities, and dis-13
40	40	located worker employment and training activities, 14
41	41	$2,929,332,000 as follows: 15
42	42	(A) $885,649,000 for adult employment 16
43	43	and training activities, of which $173,649,000 17
44	44	shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 18
45	45	through June 30, 2026, and of which 19
46	46	$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 20
47	47	October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 21
48	48	(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, 22
49	49	which shall be available for the period April 1, 23
50	50	2025 through June 30, 2026; and 24 3
51	51	•S 4942 RS
52	52	(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 1
53	53	employment and training activities, of which 2
54	54	$235,553,000 shall be available for the period 3
55	55	July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and of 4
56	56	which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 5
57	57	period October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026: 6
58	58	Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 7
59	59	outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 8
60	60	WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 9
61	61	section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur-10
62	62	ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 11
63	63	WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica-12
64	64	tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 13
65	65	would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 14
66	66	out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 15
67	67	the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 16
68	68	shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re-17
69	69	ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 18
70	70	in such manner, and containing such information as 19
71	71	the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 20
72	72	outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de-21
73	73	scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 22
74	74	for any of the programs and activities authorized 23
75	75	under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 24 4
76	76	•S 4942 RS
77	77	to approval of the application and such reporting re-1
78	78	quirements issued by the Secretary; and 2
79	79	(2) for national programs, $1,090,337,000 as 3
80	80	follows: 4
81	81	(A) $302,859,000 for the dislocated work-5
82	82	ers assistance national reserve, of which 6
83	83	$102,859,000 shall be available for the period 7
84	84	July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, and 8
85	85	of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 9
86	86	period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 10
87	87	2026: Provided, That funds provided to carry 11
88	88	out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 12
89	89	used to provide assistance to a State for state-13
90	90	wide or local use in order to address cases 14
91	91	where there have been worker dislocations 15
92	92	across multiple sectors or across multiple local 16
93	93	areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-17
94	94	ordinate the State workforce development plan 18
95	95	with emerging economic development needs; and 19
96	96	train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 20
97	97	further, That funds provided to carry out sec-21
98	98	tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 22
99	99	used for technical assistance and demonstration 23
100	100	projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 24
101	101	new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 25 5
102	102	•S 4942 RS
103	103	workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 1
104	104	section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro-2
105	105	vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 3
106	106	may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 4
107	107	funds to provide technical assistance and carry 5
108	108	out additional activities related to the transition 6
109	109	to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 7
110	110	funds provided under this subparagraph, 8
111	111	$115,000,000 shall be for training and employ-9
112	112	ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 10
113	113	(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 11
114	114	such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 12
115	115	(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers 13
116	116	in the Appalachian region, as defined by 14
117	117	40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 15
118	118	Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 16
119	119	4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 17
120	120	Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 18
121	121	2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 19
122	122	served by the Northern Border Regional 20
123	123	Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 21
124	124	15733; and 22
125	125	(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur-23
126	126	pose of developing, offering, or improving 24
127	127	educational or career training programs at 25 6
128	128	•S 4942 RS
129	129	community colleges, defined as public insti-1
130	130	tutions of higher education, as described in 2
131	131	section 101(a) of the Higher Education 3
132	132	Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 4
133	133	degree is primarily the highest degree 5
134	134	awarded, with other eligible institutions of 6
135	135	higher education, as defined in section 7
136	136	101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 8
137	137	1965, eligible to participate through con-9
138	138	sortia, with community colleges as the lead 10
139	139	grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 11
140	140	follow the requirements for the program in 12
141	141	House Report 116–62: Provided further, 13
142	142	That any grant funds used for apprentice-14
143	143	ships shall be used to support only appren-15
144	144	ticeship programs registered under the Na-16
145	145	tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 17
146	146	to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 18
147	147	(B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro-19
148	148	grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 20
149	149	shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 21
150	150	through June 30, 2026; 22
151	151	(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 23
152	152	farmworker programs under section 167 of the 24
153	153	WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 25 7
154	154	•S 4942 RS
155	155	grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 1
156	156	be for employment and training services), 2
157	157	$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 3
158	158	(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 4
159	159	permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 5
160	160	discretionary purposes, which shall be available 6
161	161	for the period April 1, 2025 through June 30, 7
162	162	2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 8
163	163	other provision of law or related regulation, the 9
164	164	Department of Labor shall take no action lim-10
165	165	iting the number or proportion of eligible par-11
166	166	ticipants receiving related assistance services or 12
167	167	discouraging grantees from providing such serv-13
168	168	ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 14
169	169	definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 15
170	170	section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 16
171	171	individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 17
172	172	eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 18
173	173	programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 19
174	174	that definition if, in addition to meeting the re-20
175	175	quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 21
176	176	167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a 22
177	177	family with a total family income equal to or 23
178	178	less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 24 8
179	179	•S 4942 RS
180	180	(D) $110,000,000 for YouthBuild activi-1
181	181	ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 2
182	182	which shall be available for the period April 1, 3
183	183	2025 through June 30, 2026; 4
184	184	(E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activi-5
185	185	ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 6
186	186	WIOA, which shall be available for the period 7
187	187	April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026: Provided, 8
188	188	That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 9
189	189	competitive grants to national and regional 10
190	190	intermediaries for activities that prepare for 11
191	191	employment young adults with criminal legal 12
192	192	histories, young adults who have been justice 13
193	193	system-involved, or young adults who have 14
194	194	dropped out of school or other educational pro-15
195	195	grams, with a priority for projects serving high- 16
196	196	crime, high-poverty areas; 17
197	197	(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 18
198	198	Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 19
199	199	169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 20
200	200	the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 21
201	201	2026; 22
202	202	(G) $290,000,000 to expand opportunities 23
203	203	through apprenticeships only registered under 24
204	204	the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 25 9
205	205	•S 4942 RS
206	206	to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-1
207	207	able to the Secretary to carry out activities 2
208	208	through grants, cooperative agreements, con-3
209	209	tracts and other arrangements, with States and 4
210	210	other appropriate entities, including equity 5
211	211	intermediaries and business and labor industry 6
212	212	partner intermediaries, which shall be available 7
213	213	for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 8
214	214	2026; and 9
215	215	(H) $109,082,000 for carrying out Dem-10
216	216	onstration and Pilot projects under section 11
217	217	169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available 12
218	218	for the period April 1, 2025 through June 30, 13
219	219	2026, in addition to funds available for such ac-14
220	220	tivities under subparagraph (A) for the 15
221	221	projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 16
222	222	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend-17
223	223	ing’’ included in the report accompanying this 18
224	224	Act: Provided, That such funds may be used for 19
225	225	projects that are related to the employment and 20
226	226	training needs of dislocated workers, other 21
227	227	adults, or youth: Provided further, That the 10 22
228	228	percent funding limitation under such section of 23
229	229	the WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Pro-24
230	230	vided further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the 25 10
231	231	•S 4942 RS
232	232	WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided 1
233	233	further, That sections 102 and 107 of this Act 2
234	234	shall not apply to such funds. 3
235	235	JOB CORPS 4
236	236	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
237	237	To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-6
238	238	ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 7
239	239	hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-8
240	240	ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 9
241	241	purchase of real property for training centers as author-10
242	242	ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 11
243	243	as follows: 12
244	244	(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 13
245	245	which shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 14
246	246	through June 30, 2026; 15
247	247	(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-16
248	248	tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 17
249	249	shall be available for the period July 1, 2025 18
250	250	through June 30, 2028, and which may include the 19
251	251	acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 20
252	252	of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 21
253	253	transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 22
254	254	operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-23
255	255	ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 24
256	256	funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 25 11
257	257	•S 4942 RS
258	258	shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 1
259	259	2025: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap-2
260	260	propriations of the House of Representatives and the 3
261	261	Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 4
262	262	any transfer; and 5
263	263	(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 6
264	264	Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 7
265	265	period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 8
266	266	2025: 9
267	267	Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 10
268	268	shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 11
269	269	Centers. 12
270	270	COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 13
271	271	AMERICANS 14
272	272	To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 15
273	273	1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, 16
274	274	which shall be available for the period April 1, 2025 17
275	275	through June 30, 2026, and may be recaptured and reobli-18
276	276	gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 19
277	277	FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 20
278	278	For payments during fiscal year 2025 of trade ad-21
279	279	justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 22
280	280	of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 23
281	281	of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 24
282	282	employment and case management services, allowances for 25 12
283	283	•S 4942 RS
284	284	job search and relocation, and related State administrative 1
285	285	expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 2
286	286	title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 3
287	287	payments, allowances, training, employment and case 4
288	288	management services, and related State administration 5
289	289	provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-6
290	290	ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 7
291	291	and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 8
292	292	and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 9
293	293	$33,900,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-10
294	294	essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 11
295	295	payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 12
296	296	2025: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 13
297	297	Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 14
298	298	heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 15
299	299	current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 16
300	300	245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 17
301	301	STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 18
302	302	SERVICE OPERATIONS 19
303	303	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
304	304	For authorized administrative expenses, 21
305	305	$84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,954,084,000 22
306	306	which may be expended from the Employment Security 23
307	307	Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 24
308	308	(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 25 13
309	309	•S 4942 RS
310	310	(1) $3,172,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 1
311	311	grants to States for the administration of State un-2
312	312	employment insurance laws as authorized under title 3
313	313	III of the Social Security Act (including not less 4
314	314	than $388,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-5
315	315	ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 6
316	316	such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 7
317	317	defined in such section, including those who are 8
318	318	profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 9
319	319	be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-10
320	320	vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci-11
321	321	fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-12
322	322	rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 13
323	323	251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-14
324	324	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and $271,000,000 15
325	325	is additional new budget authority specified for pur-16
326	326	poses of section 251(b)(2)(E) of such Act; and 17
327	327	$9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemploy-18
328	328	ment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 19
329	329	administration of unemployment insurance for Fed-20
330	330	eral employees and for ex-service members as au-21
331	331	thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the admin-22
332	332	istration of trade readjustment allowances, reem-23
333	333	ployment trade adjustment assistance, and alter-24
334	334	native trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 25 14
335	335	•S 4942 RS
336	336	Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 1
337	337	Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sec-2
338	338	tions 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Preferences Ex-3
339	339	tension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) of the 4
340	340	Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be avail-5
341	341	able for obligation by the States through December 6
342	342	31, 2025, except that funds used for automation 7
343	343	shall be available for Federal obligation through De-8
344	344	cember 31, 2025, and for State obligation through 9
345	345	September 30, 2027, or, if the automation is being 10
346	346	carried out through consortia of States, for State ob-11
347	347	ligation through September 30, 2031, and for ex-12
348	348	penditure through September 30, 2032, and funds 13
349	349	for competitive grants awarded to States for im-14
350	350	proved operations and to conduct in-person reem-15
351	351	ployment and eligibility assessments and unemploy-16
352	352	ment insurance improper payment reviews and pro-17
353	353	vide reemployment services and referrals to training, 18
354	354	as appropriate, shall be available for Federal obliga-19
355	355	tion through December 31, 2025 (except that funds 20
356	356	for outcome payments pursuant to section 306(f)(2) 21
357	357	of the Social Security Act shall be available for Fed-22
358	358	eral obligation through March 31, 2026), and for ob-23
359	359	ligation by the States through September 30, 2027, 24
360	360	and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integ-25 15
361	361	•S 4942 RS
362	362	rity Center of Excellence shall be available for obli-1
363	363	gation by the State through September 30, 2026, 2
364	364	and funds used for unemployment insurance work-3
365	365	loads experienced through September 30, 2025 shall 4
366	366	be available for Federal obligation through Decem-5
367	367	ber 31, 2025; 6
368	368	(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-7
369	369	tional activities necessary to support the administra-8
370	370	tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 9
371	371	system; 10
372	372	(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to-11
373	373	gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 12
374	374	the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 13
375	375	with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 14
376	376	be available for Federal obligation for the period 15
377	377	July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; 16
378	378	(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-17
379	379	tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-18
380	380	ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-19
381	381	it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 20
382	382	1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod-21
383	383	ernizing information technology for use in the proc-22
384	384	essing of certification requests), and the provision of 23
385	385	technical assistance and staff training under the 24
386	386	Wagner-Peyser Act; 25 16
387	387	•S 4942 RS
388	388	(5) $84,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 1
389	389	administration of foreign labor certifications and re-2
390	390	lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-3
391	391	ality Act and related laws, of which $61,528,000 4
392	392	shall be available for the Federal administration of 5
393	393	such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 6
394	394	for grants to States for the administration of such 7
395	395	activities; and 8
396	396	(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 9
397	397	provide workforce information, national electronic 10
398	398	tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-11
399	399	ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-12
400	400	ligation for the period July 1, 2025 through June 13
401	401	30, 2026, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 14
402	402	to carry out research and demonstration projects re-15
403	403	lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 16
404	404	labor force participation of people with disabilities: 17
405	405	Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 18
406	406	made available for research and demonstration 19
407	407	projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-20
408	408	ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-21
409	409	poses: 22
410	410	Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-23
411	411	sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2025 is 24
412	412	projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 25 17
413	413	•S 4942 RS
414	414	2,121,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 1
415	415	Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 2
416	416	increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 3
417	417	for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 4
418	418	III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 5
419	419	funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 6
420	420	to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 7
421	421	Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 8
422	422	carrying out activities under such title III if the other 9
423	423	States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 10
424	424	declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 11
425	425	Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 12
426	426	further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 13
427	427	for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 14
428	428	Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 15
429	429	the National Directory of New Hires under section 16
430	430	453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-17
431	431	retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 18
432	432	under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-19
433	433	ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 20
434	434	Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 21
435	435	That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es-22
436	436	tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 23
437	437	are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 24
438	438	State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 25 18
439	439	•S 4942 RS
440	440	immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 1
441	441	grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 2
442	442	Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 3
443	443	for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-4
444	444	rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-5
445	445	ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 6
446	446	may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-7
447	447	ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 8
448	448	to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 9
449	449	under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 10
450	450	the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 11
451	451	be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In-12
452	452	surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-13
453	453	withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 14
454	454	the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-15
455	455	ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-16
456	456	eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-17
457	457	lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-18
458	458	quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 19
459	459	States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 20
460	460	III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 21
461	461	in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy-22
462	462	ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 23
463	463	in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-24
464	464	tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 25 19
465	465	•S 4942 RS
466	466	making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 1
467	467	may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 2
468	468	data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 3
469	469	to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 4
470	470	State and local governments, public and private institu-5
471	471	tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 6
472	472	may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 7
473	473	of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 8
474	474	Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 9
475	475	information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 10
476	476	which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-11
477	477	main available until September 30, 2026, for such pur-12
478	478	poses. 13
479	479	ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 14
480	480	OTHER FUNDS 15
481	481	For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 16
482	482	Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 17
483	483	Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 18
484	484	Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-19
485	485	ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-20
486	486	vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 21
487	487	of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 22
488	488	Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 23
489	489	Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 24 20
490	490	•S 4942 RS
491	491	sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 1
492	492	obligation through September 30, 2026. 2
493	493	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 3
494	494	For expenses of administering employment and train-4
495	495	ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 5
496	496	$54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employ-6
497	497	ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-7
498	498	ment Trust Fund. 8
499	499	V
500	500	ETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 9
501	501	Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 10
502	502	Employment Security Administration account in the Un-11
503	503	employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 12
504	504	chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 13
505	505	of which— 14
506	506	(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 15
507	507	grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-16
508	508	abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 17
509	509	section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-18
510	510	ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 19
511	511	such title, and for the expenses described in section 20
512	512	4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend-21
513	513	iture by the States through September 30, 2027, 22
514	514	and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed-23
515	515	eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup-24
516	516	port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-25 21
517	517	•S 4942 RS
518	518	formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 1
519	519	such funds may be used to support such specialists 2
520	520	and representatives in the provision of services to 3
521	521	transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 4
522	522	have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-5
523	523	gram and have been identified as in need of inten-6
524	524	sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 7
525	525	are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 8
526	526	in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 9
527	527	units, to the spouses or other family caregivers of 10
528	528	such wounded, ill, or injured members, and to sur-11
529	529	viving spouses of individuals who died while serving 12
530	530	as members of the Armed Forces or as a result of 13
531	531	a service-connected disability; 14
532	532	(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-15
533	533	tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 16
534	534	10 U.S.C. 1144; 17
535	535	(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 18
536	536	of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 19
537	537	2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 20
538	538	Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 21
539	539	to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-22
540	540	lic Law 115–31); and 23 22
541	541	•S 4942 RS
542	542	(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 1
543	543	Employment and Training Services Institute under 2
544	544	38 U.S.C. 4109: 3
545	545	Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 4
546	546	appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 5
547	547	above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-6
548	548	tion from which such reallocation is made. 7
549	549	In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 8
550	550	$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-9
551	551	less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 10
552	552	transitioning from certain institutions under sections 11
553	553	2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 12
554	554	Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 13
555	555	of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 14
556	556	September 30, 2025, to provide services under such sec-15
557	557	tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-16
558	558	tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 17
559	559	services to homeless veterans described in section 18
560	560	2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 19
561	561	some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 20
562	562	veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 21
563	563	60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 22
564	564	may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-23
565	565	scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet-24
566	566	erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 25 23
567	567	•S 4942 RS
568	568	of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 1
569	569	paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 2
570	570	this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 3
571	571	support to allow for the tracking of participant and per-4
572	572	formance information: Provided further, That notwith-5
573	573	standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 6
574	574	United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex-7
575	575	penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 8
576	576	In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 9
577	577	the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec-10
578	578	tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 11
579	579	be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 12
580	580	Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 13
581	581	shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 14
582	582	sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 15
583	583	such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 16
584	584	(3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 17
585	585	of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 18
586	586	(Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 19
587	587	apply. 20
588	588	E
589	589	MPLOYEEBENEFITSSECURITYADMINISTRATION 21
590	590	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
591	591	For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 23
592	592	Security Administration, $206,100,000, of which up to 24
593	593	$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 25 24
594	594	•S 4942 RS
595	595	2026, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-1
596	596	ment litigation. 2
597	597	P
598	598	ENSIONBENEFITGUARANTYCORPORATION 3
599	599	PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 4
600	600	The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-5
601	601	poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-6
602	602	cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 7
603	603	title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 8
604	604	of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 9
605	605	available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 10
606	606	to make such contracts and commitments without regard 11
607	607	to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 12
608	608	as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-13
609	609	ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-14
610	610	tember 30, 2025, for the Corporation: Provided, That 15
611	611	none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 16
612	612	year 2025 shall be available for obligations for administra-17
613	613	tive expenses in excess of $514,063,000: Provided further, 18
614	614	That of the amount made available under this heading, 19
615	615	not less than $8,384,000 shall be for necessary expenses 20
616	616	of the Office of Inspector General: Provided further, That 21
617	617	to the extent that the number of new plan participants 22
618	618	in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 23
619	619	in fiscal year 2025, an amount not to exceed an additional 24
620	620	$9,200,000 shall be available through September 30, 25 25
621	621	•S 4942 RS
622	622	2029, for obligations for administrative expenses for every 1
623	623	20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided fur-2
624	624	ther, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided 3
625	625	for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be in-4
626	626	curred and shall be available through September 30, 2029 5
627	627	for obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termi-6
628	628	nation or termination expenses or extraordinary multiem-7
629	629	ployer program related expenses after approval by the Of-8
630	630	fice of Management and Budget and notification of the 9
631	631	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-10
632	632	atives and the Senate: Provided further, That an addi-11
633	633	tional amount shall be available for obligation through 12
634	634	September 30, 2029 to the extent the Corporation’s costs 13
635	635	exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or identity 14
636	636	monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a secu-15
637	637	rity incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an additional 16
638	638	$100 per affected individual. 17
639	639	W
640	640	AGE ANDHOURDIVISION 18
641	641	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
642	642	For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-20
643	643	sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 21
644	644	agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-22
645	645	dered, $267,500,000. 23 26
646	646	•S 4942 RS
647	647	OFFICE OFLABOR-MANAGEMENTSTANDARDS 1
648	648	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
649	649	For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-3
650	650	agement Standards, $48,515,000. 4
651	651	O
652	652	FFICE OFFEDERALCONTRACTCOMPLIANCE 5
653	653	P
654	654	ROGRAMS 6
655	655	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
656	656	For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-8
657	657	tract Compliance Programs, $110,976,000. 9
658	658	O
659	659	FFICE OFWORKERS’ COMPENSATIONPROGRAMS 10
660	660	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
661	661	For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 12
662	662	Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with 13
663	663	$2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 14
664	664	in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 15
665	665	Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 16
666	666	SPECIAL BENEFITS 17
667	667	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
668	668	For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-19
669	669	penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au-20
670	670	thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 21
671	671	year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 22
672	672	as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 23
673	673	in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 24
674	674	the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 25 27
675	675	•S 4942 RS
676	676	Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 1
677	677	App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 2
678	678	Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per-3
679	679	cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 4
680	680	by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 5
681	681	Compensation Act, $726,670,000, together with such 6
682	682	amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-7
683	683	quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 8
684	684	and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 9
685	685	15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 10
686	686	the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es-11
687	687	tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 12
688	688	amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 13
689	689	by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the 14
690	690	employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 15
691	691	of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 16
692	692	That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep-17
693	693	tember 30, 2024, shall remain available until expended for 18
694	694	the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-19
695	695	vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 20
696	696	to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 21
697	697	any other corporation or instrumentality required under 22
698	698	5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 23
699	699	the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de-24
700	700	termines to be the cost of administration for employees 25 28
701	701	•S 4942 RS
702	702	of such fair share entities through September 30, 2025: 1
703	703	Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 2
704	704	account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-3
705	705	ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 4
706	706	$84,106,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 5
707	707	follows: 6
708	708	(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-7
709	709	mated data processing systems operations and tele-8
710	710	communications systems, $28,323,000; 9
711	711	(2) For automated workload processing oper-10
712	712	ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 11
713	713	intake, and medical bill processing, $26,685,000; 12
714	714	(3) For periodic roll disability management and 13
715	715	medical review, $26,686,000; 14
716	716	(4) For program integrity, $2,412,000; and 15
717	717	(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 16
718	718	Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 17
719	719	Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 18
720	720	person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 19
721	721	under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-20
722	722	ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 21
723	723	claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-22
724	724	rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 23 29
725	725	•S 4942 RS
726	726	SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 1
727	727	For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 2
728	728	and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 3
729	729	275, $24,367,000, to remain available until expended. 4
730	730	For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 5
731	731	benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 6
732	732	for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 7
733	733	as may be necessary. 8
734	734	For making benefit payments under title IV for the 9
735	735	first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $6,000,000, to remain 10
736	736	available until expended. 11
737	737	ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES , ENERGY EMPLOYEES 12
738	738	OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 13
739	739	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 14
740	740	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 15
741	741	Act, $66,966,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-16
742	742	vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-17
743	743	ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 18
744	744	such claim such identifying information (including Social 19
745	745	Security account number) as may be prescribed. 20
746	746	BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 21
747	747	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
748	748	Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 23
749	749	Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 24
750	750	until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 25 30
751	751	•S 4942 RS
752	752	section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-1
753	753	enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 2
754	754	interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 3
755	755	of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 4
756	756	expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2025 for expenses 5
757	757	of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-6
758	758	fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 7
759	759	exceed $51,580,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 8
760	760	Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 9
761	761	exceed $41,570,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-10
762	762	ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $373,000 11
763	763	for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-12
764	764	spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-13
765	765	ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 14
766	766	Department of the Treasury. 15
767	767	O
768	768	CCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 16
769	769	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
770	770	For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 18
771	771	and Health Administration, $637,309,000, including not 19
772	772	to exceed $121,000,000 which shall be the maximum 20
773	773	amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 21
774	774	of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 22
775	775	which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 23
776	776	of State occupational safety and health programs required 24
777	777	to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 25 31
778	778	•S 4942 RS
779	779	under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-1
780	780	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 2
781	781	Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-3
782	782	cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-4
783	783	wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 5
784	784	such sums for occupational safety and health training and 6
785	785	education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 7
786	786	3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 8
787	787	ending September 30, 2025, to collect and retain fees for 9
788	788	services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-10
789	789	oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 11
790	790	the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 12
791	791	international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 13
792	792	the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 14
793	793	the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 15
794	794	appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 16
795	795	expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 17
796	796	standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 18
797	797	is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 19
798	798	operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 20
799	799	camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-21
800	800	ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 22
801	801	shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 23
802	802	any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 24
803	803	respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 25 32
804	804	•S 4942 RS
805	805	included within a category having a Days Away, Re-1
806	806	stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 2
807	807	and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-3
808	808	tion code for which such data are published, less than the 4
809	809	national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-5
810	810	lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 6
811	811	Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 7
812	812	except— 8
813	813	(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-9
814	814	sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-10
815	815	ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 11
816	816	(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 12
817	817	response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-13
818	818	tion for violations found during such inspection, and 14
819	819	to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-15
820	820	rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 16
821	821	any willful violations found; 17
822	822	(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 18
823	823	with respect to imminent dangers; 19
824	824	(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 20
825	825	with respect to health hazards; 21
826	826	(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 22
827	827	with respect to a report of an employment accident 23
828	828	which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-24
829	829	sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 25 33
830	830	•S 4942 RS
831	831	and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-1
832	832	tion authorized by the Act; and 2
833	833	(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 3
834	834	with respect to complaints of discrimination against 4
835	835	employees for exercising rights under the Act: 5
836	836	Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 6
837	837	apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 7
838	838	which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-8
839	839	ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 9
840	840	$12,787,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train-10
841	841	ing grants: Provided further, That not less than 11
842	842	$3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs. 12
843	843	M
844	844	INESAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 13
845	845	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
846	846	For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 15
847	847	Health Administration, $392,816,000, including purchase 16
848	848	and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 17
849	849	with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-18
850	850	senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 19
851	851	mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 20
852	852	$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 21
853	853	notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 22
854	854	may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 23
855	855	Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 24
856	856	materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 25 34
857	857	•S 4942 RS
858	858	be available for mine safety and health education and 1
859	859	training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 2
860	860	31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-3
861	861	tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 4
862	862	from fees collected for the approval and certification of 5
863	863	equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 6
864	864	may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 7
865	865	That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-8
866	866	ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 9
867	867	private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 10
868	868	with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 11
869	869	further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 12
870	870	is authorized to promote health and safety education and 13
871	871	training in the mining community through cooperative 14
872	872	programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 15
873	873	Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-16
874	874	ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-17
875	875	cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 18
876	876	provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 19
877	877	reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-20
878	878	ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 21
879	879	chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 22
880	880	That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 23
881	881	be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 24 35
882	882	•S 4942 RS
883	883	for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 1
884	884	event of a major disaster. 2
885	885	B
886	886	UREAU OFLABORSTATISTICS 3
887	887	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
888	888	For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-5
889	889	tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 6
890	890	Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-7
891	891	ices rendered, $634,952,000, together with not to exceed 8
892	892	$68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-9
893	893	ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-10
894	894	ment Trust Fund. 11
895	895	O
896	896	FFICE OFDISABILITYEMPLOYMENTPOLICY 12
897	897	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
898	898	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
899	899	For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 15
900	900	Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 16
901	901	and initiatives, and award grants, cooperative agreements 17
902	902	and contracts furthering the objective of eliminating bar-18
903	903	riers to the training and employment of people with dis-19
904	904	abilities, $43,000,000, of which not less than $9,000,000 20
905	905	shall be for research and demonstration projects related 21
906	906	to testing effective ways to promote greater labor force 22
907	907	participation of people with disabilities: Provided, That the 23
908	908	Secretary may transfer amounts made available under this 24
909	909	heading for research and demonstration projects to the 25 36
910	910	•S 4942 RS
911	911	‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 1
912	912	Operations’’ account for such purposes. 2
913	913	D
914	914	EPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 3
915	915	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
916	916	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
917	917	For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-6
918	918	ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 7
919	919	$394,889,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 8
920	920	which may be expended from the Employment Security 9
921	921	Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 10
922	922	Fund: Provided, That $82,725,000 for the Bureau of 11
923	923	International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-12
924	924	tion through December 31, 2025: Provided further, That 13
925	925	funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af-14
926	926	fairs may be used to administer or operate international 15
927	927	labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist-16
928	928	ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 17
929	929	grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur-18
930	930	ther, That not less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs 19
931	931	to combat exploitative child labor internationally and not 20
932	932	less than $30,175,000 shall be used to implement model 21
933	933	programs that address worker rights issues through tech-22
934	934	nical assistance in countries with which the United States 23
935	935	has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: 24
936	936	Provided further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for pro-25 37
937	937	•S 4942 RS
938	938	gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 1
939	939	through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That funds 2
940	940	available for program evaluation may be used to admin-3
941	941	ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur-4
942	942	ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 5
943	943	be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 6
944	944	further, That funds available for program evaluation may 7
945	945	be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De-8
946	946	partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 9
947	947	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-10
948	948	atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad-11
949	949	vance of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds 12
950	950	available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants 13
951	951	to serve and promote the interests of women in the work-14
952	952	force: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-15
953	953	able to the Women’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 16
954	954	shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Ap-17
955	955	prenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 18
956	956	IT MODERNIZATION 19
957	957	For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-20
958	958	tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-21
959	959	lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 22
960	960	which shall be available through September 30, 2026. 23 38
961	961	•S 4942 RS
962	962	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1
963	963	For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 2
964	964	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 3
965	965	General Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to 4
966	966	exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em-5
967	967	ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-6
968	968	ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 7
969	969	$2,000,000 of the total amount provided under this head-8
970	970	ing may be available until expended. 9
971	971	G
972	972	ENERALPROVISIONS 10
973	973	S
974	974	EC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 11
975	975	for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-12
976	976	nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-13
977	977	tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 14
978	978	Level II. 15
979	979	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
980	980	S
981	981	EC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-17
982	982	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 18
983	983	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-19
984	984	priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 20
985	985	Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 21
986	986	project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-22
987	987	ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 23
988	988	transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 24
989	989	this section shall not be used to create any new program 25 39
990	990	•S 4942 RS
991	991	or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 1
992	992	provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-2
993	993	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3
994	994	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 4
995	995	of any transfer. 5
996	996	S
997	997	EC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 6
998	998	13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 7
999	999	available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-8
1000	1000	pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 9
1001	1001	manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 10
1002	1002	or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 11
1003	1003	and host countries already identified by the United States 12
1004	1004	Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 13
1005	1005	S
1006	1006	EC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-14
1007	1007	tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 15
1008	1008	of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 16
1009	1009	Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 17
1010	1010	(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 18
1011	1011	than competitive grants for training individuals who are 19
1012	1012	older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 20
1013	1013	in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-21
1014	1014	tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 22
1015	1015	visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 23
1016	1016	necessary to support such training. 24 40
1017	1017	•S 4942 RS
1018	1018	SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 1
1019	1019	Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-2
1020	1020	ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 3
1021	1021	of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-4
1022	1022	vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 5
1023	1023	in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 6
1024	1024	apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 7
1025	1025	in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 8
1026	1026	Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-9
1027	1027	tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-10
1028	1028	ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 11
1029	1029	funds, taking into account factors including the relative 12
1030	1030	cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 13
1031	1031	comparable State or local government employees, and the 14
1032	1032	size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-15
1033	1033	grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-16
1034	1034	ministration programs. 17
1035	1035	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
1036	1036	S
1037	1037	EC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-19
1038	1038	retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-20
1039	1039	ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-21
1040	1040	rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-22
1041	1041	ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 23
1042	1042	determined that those services will be more efficiently per-24 41
1043	1043	•S 4942 RS
1044	1044	formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 1
1045	1045	shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 2
1046	1046	(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 3
1047	1047	transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 4
1048	1048	appropriation made available to the Employment and 5
1049	1049	Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-6
1050	1050	istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 7
1051	1051	relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-8
1052	1052	ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 9
1053	1053	That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-10
1054	1054	viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 11
1055	1055	of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 12
1056	1056	‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 13
1057	1057	account to carry out program integrity activities related 14
1058	1058	to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 15
1059	1059	transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 16
1060	1060	Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 17
1061	1061	or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 18
1062	1062	other arrangements with States and other appropriate en-19
1063	1063	tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 20
1064	1064	authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 21
1065	1065	obligation through September 30, 2026. 22
1066	1066	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23
1067	1067	S
1068	1068	EC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 24
1069	1069	than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 25 42
1070	1070	•S 4942 RS
1071	1071	in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 1
1072	1072	out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 2
1073	1073	are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 3
1074	1074	this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-4
1075	1075	agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 5
1076	1076	Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 6
1077	1077	available for obligation through September 30, 2026: Pro-7
1078	1078	vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 8
1079	1079	Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 9
1080	1080	a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 10
1081	1081	of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-11
1082	1082	tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 12
1083	1083	(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 13
1084	1084	‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 14
1085	1085	‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 15
1086	1086	‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 16
1087	1087	Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-17
1088	1088	tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 18
1089	1089	‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 19
1090	1090	Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 20
1091	1091	Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-21
1092	1092	tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-22
1093	1093	fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 23
1094	1094	available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 24
1095	1095	and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-25 43
1096	1096	•S 4942 RS
1097	1097	agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 1
1098	1098	Employment and Training’’. 2
1099	1099	S
1100	1100	EC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 3
1101	1101	Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the 4
1102	1102	following text is part of such section: 5
1103	1103	‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 6
1104	1104	for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 7
1105	1105	disaster to any employee— 8
1106	1106	‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-9
1107	1107	sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 10
1108	1108	an employer not engaged, directly or through an af-11
1109	1109	filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop-12
1110	1110	erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con-13
1111	1111	tracts; 14
1112	1112	‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver-15
1113	1113	age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 16
1114	1114	per week or any minimum weekly amount estab-17
1115	1115	lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 18
1116	1116	number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 19
1117	1117	of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 20
1118	1118	‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 21
1119	1119	‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-22
1120	1120	viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 23
1121	1121	or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 24
1122	1122	witnesses, or physicians; 25 44
1123	1123	•S 4942 RS
1124	1124	‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-1
1125	1125	ing factual information to prepare damage esti-2
1126	1126	mates; 3
1127	1127	‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-4
1128	1128	tions regarding coverage or compensability of 5
1129	1129	claims or determining liability or value aspects 6
1130	1130	of claims; 7
1131	1131	‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 8
1132	1132	‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 9
1133	1133	litigation. 10
1134	1134	‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 11
1135	1135	the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 12
1136	1136	‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 13
1137	1137	‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-14
1138	1138	aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 15
1139	1139	State or Federal agency or department; 16
1140	1140	‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 17
1141	1141	evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 18
1142	1142	major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-19
1143	1143	cured or secures a license required by applicable law 20
1144	1144	to engage in and perform the activities described in 21
1145	1145	clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 22
1146	1146	to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 23
1147	1147	that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-24
1148	1148	erage or protection for its employees, if required by 25 45
1149	1149	•S 4942 RS
1150	1150	applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 1
1151	1151	State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 2
1152	1152	wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 3
1153	1153	and 4
1154	1154	‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 5
1155	1155	by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 6
1156	1156	more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 7
1157	1157	securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-8
1158	1158	rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 9
1159	1159	control with, another company.’’. 10
1160	1160	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-11
1161	1161	actment of this Act. 12
1162	1162	S
1163	1163	EC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITYWITHRESPECT TO THE 13
1164	1164	C
1165	1165	ROSSING OFH–2B NONIMMIGRANTSWORKING IN THE 14
1166	1166	S
1167	1167	EAFOODINDUSTRY.— 15
1168	1168	(1) I
1169	1169	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 16
1170	1170	a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-17
1171	1171	ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-18
1172	1172	ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 19
1173	1173	the petition into the United States at any time dur-20
1174	1174	ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 21
1175	1175	for which the employer is seeking the services of the 22
1176	1176	nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 23
1177	1177	(2) R
1178	1178	EQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 24
1179	1179	90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 25 46
1180	1180	•S 4942 RS
1181	1181	may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 1
1182	1182	States after the date that is 90 days after the start 2
1183	1183	date for which the employer is seeking the services 3
1184	1184	of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 4
1185	1185	(A) completes a new assessment of the 5
1186	1186	local labor market by— 6
1187	1187	(i) listing job orders in local news-7
1188	1188	papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 8
1189	1189	(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 9
1190	1190	appropriate Department of Labor Elec-10
1191	1191	tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 11
1192	1192	place of employment; and 12
1193	1193	(B) offers the job to an equally or better 13
1194	1194	qualified United States worker who— 14
1195	1195	(i) applies for the job; and 15
1196	1196	(ii) will be available at the time and 16
1197	1197	place of need. 17
1198	1198	(3) E
1199	1199	XEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 18
1200	1200	TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 19
1201	1201	consider an employer in the seafood industry who 20
1202	1202	brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 21
1203	1203	during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 22
1204	1204	to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec-23
1205	1205	tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-24
1206	1206	tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 25 47
1207	1207	•S 4942 RS
1208	1208	(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTSDEFINED.—In this sec-1
1209	1209	tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-2
1210	1210	mitted to the United States pursuant to section 3
1211	1211	101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 4
1212	1212	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 5
1213	1213	S
1214	1214	EC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 6
1215	1215	the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 7
1216	1216	of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 8
1217	1217	employees with similar experience and qualifications for 9
1218	1218	such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 10
1219	1219	wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-11
1220	1220	tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-12
1221	1221	immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 13
1222	1222	available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-14
1223	1223	mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 15
1224	1224	2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-16
1225	1225	veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 17
1226	1226	Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 18
1227	1227	determines that the methodology and data in the provided 19
1228	1228	survey are not statistically supported. 20
1229	1229	S
1230	1230	EC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 21
1231	1231	to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 22
1232	1232	found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 23
1233	1233	rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 24
1234	1234	thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 25 48
1235	1235	•S 4942 RS
1236	1236	of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi-1
1237	1237	nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 2
1238	1238	214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 3
1239	1239	S
1240	1240	EC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4
1241	1241	law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-5
1242	1242	tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, not 6
1243	1243	more than $450,000 of excess personal property, at a 7
1244	1244	value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship pro-8
1245	1245	grams for the purpose of training apprentices in those pro-9
1246	1246	grams. 10
1247	1247	S
1248	1248	EC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 11
1249	1249	Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 12
1250	1250	736, chapter 141) is amended by adding at the end the 13
1251	1251	following new section: 14
1252	1252	‘‘(a) I
1253	1253	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-15
1254	1254	thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 16
1255	1255	agents to— 17
1256	1256	‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 18
1257	1257	Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-19
1258	1258	ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 20
1259	1259	to the performance of official duties by the Sec-21
1260	1260	retary; 22
1261	1261	‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-23
1262	1262	tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 24
1263	1263	immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-25 49
1264	1264	•S 4942 RS
1265	1265	pating in an activity or event relating to the official 1
1266	1266	duties of the Secretary; 2
1267	1267	‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-3
1268	1268	retary (including during periods not described in 4
1269	1269	paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme-5
1270	1270	diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 6
1271	1271	articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 7
1272	1272	with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 8
1273	1273	‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 9
1274	1274	of Labor or another senior officer representing the 10
1275	1275	Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 11
1276	1276	unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 12
1277	1277	accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-13
1278	1278	retary. 14
1279	1279	‘‘(b) A
1280	1280	UTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 15
1281	1281	authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em-16
1282	1282	ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 17
1283	1283	the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 18
1284	1284	‘‘(1) carry firearms; 19
1285	1285	‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-20
1286	1286	fense against the United States committed in the 21
1287	1287	presence of such officer or special agent; 22
1288	1288	‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in-23
1289	1289	cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 24 50
1290	1290	•S 4942 RS
1291	1291	and conducting advance work to review security mat-1
1292	1292	ters relating to sites and events; 2
1293	1293	‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 3
1294	1294	agencies; and 4
1295	1295	‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 5
1296	1296	into potential threats to the security of the Sec-6
1297	1297	retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 7
1298	1298	the Department of Labor. 8
1299	1299	‘‘(c) C
1300	1300	OMPLIANCEWITHGUIDELINES.—A law en-9
1301	1301	forcement officer or special agent employed under sub-10
1302	1302	section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 11
1303	1303	section in accordance with any— 12
1304	1304	‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 13
1305	1305	and 14
1306	1306	‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 15
1307	1307	Labor.’’. 16
1308	1308	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-17
1309	1309	actment of this Act. 18
1310	1310	S
1311	1311	EC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 19
1312	1312	or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-20
1313	1313	priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 21
1314	1314	a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-22
1315	1315	erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center and 23
1316	1316	the Gary Job Corps Center are situated. Any sale or other 24
1317	1317	disposition, to include any associated construction project, 25 51
1318	1318	•S 4942 RS
1319	1319	will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law 1
1320	1320	or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real 2
1321	1321	property or relating to Federal procurement, including but 3
1322	1322	not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of 4
1323	1323	the United States Code, subchapter V of chapter 119 of 5
1324	1324	title 42 of the United States Code, and chapter 33 of divi-6
1325	1325	sion C of subtitle I of title 41 of the United States Code. 7
1326	1326	The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to 8
1327	1327	the Secretary, which shall be available until expended for 9
1328	1328	such project to carry out the Job Corps Program on 10
1329	1329	Treasure Island and the Job Corps Program in and 11
1330	1330	around San Marcos, Texas, respectively. 12
1331	1331	S
1332	1332	EC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 13
1333	1333	Act may be used to— 14
1334	1334	(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree-15
1335	1335	ment between the United States Department of 16
1336	1336	Labor and the United States Department of Agri-17
1337	1337	culture; or 18
1338	1338	(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-19
1339	1339	ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 20
1340	1340	the endangerment of the health and safety of the 21
1341	1341	students, the capacity of the program is retained, 22
1342	1342	and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 23
1343	1343	are met. 24 52
1344	1344	•S 4942 RS
1345	1345	(RESCISSION) 1
1346	1346	S
1347	1347	EC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 2
1348	1348	section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3
1349	1349	(8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $217,000,000 are hereby perma-4
1350	1350	nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2025. 5
1351	1351	(RESCISSION) 6
1352	1352	S
1353	1353	EC. 117. Of the funds made available under the 7
1354	1354	heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration– 8
1355	1355	Training and Employment Services’’ in division D of Pub-9
1356	1356	lic Law 118–47, $65,000,000 are hereby permanently re-10
1357	1357	scinded from the amounts specified in paragraph (2)(A) 11
1358	1358	under such heading for the period October 1, 2024, 12
1359	1359	through September 30, 2025. 13
1360	1360	S
1361	1361	EC. 118. Funds made available to the Employment 14
1362	1362	and Training Administration by this Act, either directly 15
1363	1363	or through a set-aside, to provide technical assistance 16
1364	1364	services to grantees may also be used by the Employment 17
1365	1365	and Training Administration to assist in the establishment 18
1366	1366	and operation of workforce development technical assist-19
1367	1367	ance centers, through grants, contracts, or cooperative 20
1368	1368	agreements, to provide technical assistance relating to any 21
1369	1369	of the activities administered by the Employment and 22
1370	1370	Training Administration. 23 53
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1372	1372	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1
1373	1373	S
1374	1374	EC. 119. Of the funds appropriated in this title to 2
1375	1375	Department of Labor accounts available for salaries and 3
1376	1376	expenses, the Secretary may transfer up to 1 percent from 4
1377	1377	each such account to the Working Capital Fund for the 5
1378	1378	design, project management, construction, move solution, 6
1379	1379	information technology configurations, and other costs as-7
1380	1380	sociated with projects that will result in more efficient or 8
1381	1381	effective use of office or other work space funded by the 9
1382	1382	transferring appropriation: Provided, That amounts trans-10
1383	1383	ferred under this section shall remain available until ex-11
1384	1384	pended and shall be in addition to funds otherwise avail-12
1385	1385	able for such purposes: Provided further, That the Com-13
1386	1386	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 14
1387	1387	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 15
1388	1388	of any transfer. 16
1389	1389	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 17
1390	1390	Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 18 54
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1392	1392	TITLE II 1
1393	1393	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2
1394	1394	SERVICES 3
1395	1395	H
1396	1396	EALTHRESOURCES ANDSERVICESADMINISTRATION 4
1397	1397	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 5
1398	1398	For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 6
1399	1399	Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 7
1400	1400	with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-8
1401	1401	ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 9
1402	1402	That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex-10
1403	1403	pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 11
1404	1404	of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 12
1405	1405	$120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car-13
1406	1406	rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 14
1407	1407	224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 15
1408	1408	Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 16
1409	1409	in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 17
1410	1410	made under such law. 18
1411	1411	HEALTH WORKFORCE 19
1412	1412	For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 20
1413	1413	Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 21
1414	1414	and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 22
1415	1415	Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,411,376,000: Pro-23
1416	1416	vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro-24
1417	1417	portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) 25 55
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1419	1419	of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 1
1420	1420	made available under this heading: Provided further, That 2
1421	1421	for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 3
1422	1422	Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 4
1423	1423	and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec-5
1424	1424	retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con-6
1425	1425	tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 7
1426	1426	Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec-8
1427	1427	tion: Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act 9
1428	1428	shall apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 10
1429	1429	756(a) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall 11
1430	1430	be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided 12
1431	1431	further, That fees collected for the disclosure of informa-13
1432	1432	tion under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im-14
1433	1433	provement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 15
1434	1434	1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to re-16
1435	1435	cover the full costs of operating the programs authorized 17
1436	1436	by such sections and shall remain available until expended 18
1437	1437	for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, 19
1438	1438	That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 20
1439	1439	846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 21
1440	1440	may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 22
1441	1441	made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 23
1442	1442	That $128,600,000 shall remain available until expended 24
1443	1443	for the purposes of providing primary health services, as-25 56
1444	1444	•S 4942 RS
1445	1445	signing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) partici-1
1446	1446	pants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 2
1447	1447	treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior-3
1448	1448	ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 4
1449	1449	and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay-5
1450	1450	ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 6
1451	1451	section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 7
1452	1452	the amount made available in the previous proviso, 8
1453	1453	$16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 9
1454	1454	purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re-10
1455	1455	payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 11
1456	1456	to individuals participating in such program who provide 12
1457	1457	primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 13
1458	1458	Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In-14
1459	1459	dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the 15
1460	1460	Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 16
1461	1461	limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided fur-17
1462	1462	ther, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, sec-18
1463	1463	tion 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if 19
1464	1464	the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical sub-20
1465	1465	stance use disorder treatment services, including those 21
1466	1466	provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 22
1467	1467	treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds 23
1468	1468	made available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be 24
1469	1469	available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain 25 57
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1471	1471	optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship 1
1472	1472	programs that are accredited or in the accreditation proc-2
1473	1473	ess, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified 3
1474	1474	Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practi-4
1475	1475	tioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided fur-5
1476	1476	ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 6
1477	1477	$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac-7
1478	1478	tivities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided fur-8
1479	1479	ther, That the United States may recover liquidated dam-9
1480	1480	ages in an amount determined by the formula under sec-10
1481	1481	tion 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either 11
1482	1482	fails to begin or complete the service obligated by a con-12
1483	1483	tract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided fur-13
1484	1484	ther, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 14
1485	1485	Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behav-15
1486	1486	ioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems appro-16
1487	1487	priate: Provided further, That the Secretary may termi-17
1488	1488	nate a contract entered into under section 775 of the PHS 18
1489	1489	Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this 19
1490	1490	title for fiscal year 2025 contracts entered into under sec-20
1491	1491	tion 338B of the PHS Act. 21
1492	1492	Of the funds made available under this heading, 22
1493	1493	$36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 23
1494	1494	grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 24
1495	1495	or support graduate education for physicians provided by 25 58
1496	1496	•S 4942 RS
1497	1497	such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de-1
1498	1498	velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova-2
1499	1499	tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such 3
1500	1500	grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu-4
1501	1501	tions of higher education located in States with a projected 5
1502	1502	primary care provider shortage, as determined by the Sec-6
1503	1503	retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim-7
1504	1504	ited to such public institutions of higher education in 8
1505	1505	States in the top half of States with a projected primary 9
1506	1506	care provider shortage, as determined by the Secretary: 10
1507	1507	Provided further, That the minimum amount of a grant 11
1508	1508	so awarded to such an institution shall be not less than 12
1509	1509	$1,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a grant 13
1510	1510	may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Pro-14
1511	1511	vided further, That such a grant awarded with respect to 15
1512	1512	a year to such an institution shall be subject to a matching 16
1513	1513	requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that is 17
1514	1514	not more than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal 18
1515	1515	funds provided in the grant to such institution with re-19
1516	1516	spect to such year. 20
1517	1517	MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 21
1518	1518	For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 22
1519	1519	PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 23
1520	1520	title V of the Social Security Act, $1,181,180,000: Pro-24
1521	1521	vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 25 59
1522	1522	•S 4942 RS
1523	1523	502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than 1
1524	1524	$213,116,000 shall be available for carrying out special 2
1525	1525	projects of regional and national significance pursuant to 3
1526	1526	section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be 4
1527	1527	available for projects described in subparagraphs (A) 5
1528	1528	through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act. 6
1529	1529	RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 7
1530	1530	For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 8
1531	1531	respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 9
1532	1532	$2,571,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain 10
1533	1533	available to the Secretary through September 30, 2027, 11
1534	1534	for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 12
1535	1535	of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 13
1536	1536	AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 14
1537	1537	section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which 15
1538	1538	$165,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 16
1539	1539	available to the Secretary for carrying out a program of 17
1540	1540	grants and contracts under title XXVI or section 311(c) 18
1541	1541	of such Act focused on ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS 19
1542	1542	epidemic, with any grants issued under such section 20
1543	1543	311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the 21
1544	1544	PHS Act, including the limitation on administrative ex-22
1545	1545	penses. 23 60
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1547	1547	HEALTH SYSTEMS 1
1548	1548	For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 2
1549	1549	with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 3
1550	1550	Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $135,009,000, of 4
1551	1551	which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facil-5
1552	1552	ity renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the 6
1553	1553	National Hansen’s Disease Program. 7
1554	1554	RURAL HEALTH 8
1555	1555	For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 9
1556	1556	with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 10
1557	1557	Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 11
1558	1558	711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $385,907,000, 12
1559	1559	of which $64,277,000 from general revenues, notwith-13
1560	1560	standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 14
1561	1561	be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 15
1562	1562	flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 16
1563	1563	made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos-17
1564	1564	pital flexibility grants, up to $20,942,000 shall be avail-18
1565	1565	able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 19
1566	1566	Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 20
1567	1567	information technology, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 21
1568	1568	available to award grants to public or non-profit private 22
1569	1569	entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical As-23
1570	1570	sistance Program, and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 24
1571	1571	out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 25 61
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1573	1573	funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) avail-1
1574	1574	able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 2
1575	1575	services and other efforts to improve health care coordina-3
1576	1576	tion for rural veterans between rural providers and the 4
1577	1577	Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 5
1578	1578	notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, 6
1579	1579	$14,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural 7
1580	1580	Health: Provided further, That $14,000,000 shall remain 8
1581	1581	available through September 30, 2027, to support the 9
1582	1582	Rural Residency Development Program: Provided further, 10
1583	1583	That $155,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities 11
1584	1584	Opioids Response Program. 12
1585	1585	FAMILY PLANNING 13
1586	1586	For carrying out the program under title X of the 14
1587	1587	PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 15
1588	1588	projects, $286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided 16
1589	1589	to said projects under such title shall not be expended for 17
1590	1590	abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec-18
1591	1591	tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 19
1592	1592	activity (including the publication or distribution of lit-20
1593	1593	erature) that in any way tends to promote public support 21
1594	1594	or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 22
1595	1595	public office. 23 62
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1597	1597	HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 1
1598	1598	For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 2
1599	1599	Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 3
1600	1600	for activities funded in other appropriations included in 4
1601	1601	this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis-5
1602	1602	tration, $1,092,665,000, of which $44,050,000 shall be 6
1603	1603	for expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement 7
1604	1604	of Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 8
1605	1605	agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 9
1606	1606	Provided, That funds made available under this heading 10
1607	1607	may be used to supplement program support funding pro-11
1608	1608	vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 12
1609	1609	‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 13
1610	1610	‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 14
1611	1611	and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Provided further, That of the amount 15
1612	1612	made available under this heading, $871,077,000 shall be 16
1613	1613	used for the projects financing the construction and ren-17
1614	1614	ovation (including equipment) of health care and other fa-18
1615	1615	cilities, and for the projects financing one-time grants that 19
1616	1616	support health-related activities, including training and in-20
1617	1617	formation technology, and in the amounts specified in the 21
1618	1618	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 22
1619	1619	in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 23
1620	1620	That none of the funds made available for projects de-24 63
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1622	1622	scribed in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 1
1623	1623	241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 2
1624	1624	VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 3
1625	1625	For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 4
1626	1626	Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 5
1627	1627	may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-6
1628	1628	lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 7
1629	1629	after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 8
1630	1630	XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 9
1631	1631	Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 10
1632	1632	to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 11
1633	1633	Fund to the Secretary. 12
1634	1634	COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND 13
1635	1635	For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 14
1636	1636	$7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 15
1637	1637	C
1638	1638	ENTERS FORDISEASECONTROL ANDPREVENTION 16
1639	1639	IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 17
1640	1640	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 18
1641	1641	section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 19
1642	1642	Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni-20
1643	1643	zation and respiratory diseases, $464,941,000. 21
1644	1644	HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 22
1645	1645	DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 23
1646	1646	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 24
1647	1647	the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 25 64
1648	1648	•S 4942 RS
1649	1649	sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 1
1650	1650	$1,394,056,000. 2
1651	1651	EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 3
1652	1652	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 4
1653	1653	2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra-5
1654	1654	tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 6
1655	1655	zoonotic infectious diseases, $753,272,000: Provided, That 7
1656	1656	of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 8
1657	1657	$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 9
1658	1658	for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other 10
1659	1659	related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 11
1660	1660	Federal or State quarantine law. 12
1661	1661	CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 13
1662	1662	PROMOTION 14
1663	1663	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 15
1664	1664	XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-16
1665	1665	vention and health promotion, $1,192,964,000: Provided, 17
1666	1666	That funds made available under this heading may be 18
1667	1667	available for making grants under section 1509 of the 19
1668	1668	PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga-20
1669	1669	nizations: Provided further, That the proportional funding 21
1670	1670	requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall 22
1671	1671	not apply to funds made available under this heading. 23 65
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1673	1673	BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES , 1
1674	1674	DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 2
1675	1675	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 3
1676	1676	PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-4
1677	1677	abilities, disabilities and health, $210,060,000. 5
1678	1678	PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 6
1679	1679	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 7
1680	1680	Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 8
1681	1681	informatics, and workforce development, $481,564,000: 9
1682	1682	Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 10
1683	1683	$110,033,000 shall be from funds available under section 11
1684	1684	241 of the PHS Act for health statistics. 12
1685	1685	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 13
1686	1686	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 14
1687	1687	Act with respect to environmental health, $193,850,000. 15
1688	1688	INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 16
1689	1689	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 17
1690	1690	Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 18
1691	1691	$776,379,000. 19
1692	1692	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 20
1693	1693	HEALTH 21
1694	1694	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 22
1695	1695	Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 23
1696	1696	of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 24
1697	1697	of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 25 66
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1699	1699	Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-1
1700	1700	ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 2
1701	1701	health, $364,030,000. 3
1702	1702	ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 4
1703	1703	COMPENSATION PROGRAM 5
1704	1704	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 6
1705	1705	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 7
1706	1706	Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-8
1707	1707	vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 9
1708	1708	the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 10
1709	1709	151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 11
1710	1710	GLOBAL HEALTH 12
1711	1711	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 13
1712	1712	Act with respect to global health, $697,613,000, of which: 14
1713	1713	(1) $128,921,000 shall remain available through Sep-15
1714	1714	tember 30, 2026 for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) 16
1715	1715	$296,970,000 shall remain available through September 17
1716	1716	30, 2027 for global public health protection: Provided, 18
1717	1717	That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 19
1718	1718	official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 20
1719	1719	PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 21
1720	1720	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXVIII of 22
1721	1721	the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness 23
1722	1722	and response, and for expenses necessary to support ac-24
1723	1723	tivities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, 25 67
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1725	1725	radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 1
1726	1726	$953,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 2
1727	1727	for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 3
1728	1728	title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 4
1729	1729	Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 5
1730	1730	without reimbursement to support an activation of the 6
1731	1731	CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc-7
1732	1732	tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 8
1733	1733	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-9
1734	1734	resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 10
1735	1735	this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 11
1736	1736	this authority which includes the number of staff and 12
1737	1737	funding level broken down by the originating center and 13
1738	1738	number of days detailed, and an update of such report 14
1739	1739	every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 15
1740	1740	reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 16
1741	1741	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 17
1742	1742	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
1743	1743	For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-19
1744	1744	tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 20
1745	1745	$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 21
1746	1746	Provided, That funds made available to this account in 22
1747	1747	this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition 23
1748	1748	of real property or for construction or improvement of fa-24
1749	1749	cilities shall be available to make improvements on non- 25 68
1750	1750	•S 4942 RS
1751	1751	federally owned property, provided that any improvements 1
1752	1752	that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not 2
1753	1753	exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such 3
1754	1754	improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That 4
1755	1755	funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 5
1756	1756	of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 6
1757	1757	shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re-7
1758	1758	search facility: Provided further, That funds made avail-8
1759	1759	able to this account in this or any prior Act that are avail-9
1760	1760	able for the acquisition of real property or for construction 10
1761	1761	or improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new 11
1762	1762	replacement mine safety research facility shall be available 12
1763	1763	to make improvements on non-federally owned property, 13
1764	1764	provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to 14
1765	1765	federally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Pro-15
1766	1766	vided further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated 16
1767	1767	balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in 17
1768	1768	accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning 18
1769	1769	Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 19
1770	1770	amounts made available under this heading to support the 20
1771	1771	replacement of the mine safety research facility. 21
1772	1772	CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 22
1773	1773	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23
1774	1774	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 24
1775	1775	section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-25 69
1776	1776	•S 4942 RS
1777	1777	ties and program support for activities funded in other 1
1778	1778	appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 2
1779	1779	Disease Control and Prevention, $521,570,000, of which 3
1780	1780	$365,000,000 shall remain available through September 4
1781	1781	30, 2026, for public health infrastructure and capacity: 5
1782	1782	Provided, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection 6
1783	1783	(b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to 7
1784	1784	funds appropriated under this heading and in all other ac-8
1785	1785	counts of the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts 9
1786	1786	made available under this heading, $25,000,000, to re-10
1787	1787	main available until expended, shall be available to the Di-11
1788	1788	rector of the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases 12
1789	1789	Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by section 231 13
1790	1790	of division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, 14
1791	1791	That funds appropriated under this heading may be used 15
1792	1792	to support a contract for the operation and maintenance 16
1793	1793	of an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout 17
1794	1794	CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address public 18
1795	1795	health preparedness emergencies: Provided further, That 19
1796	1796	employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civil-20
1797	1797	ian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, munici-21
1798	1798	palities, or other organizations under authority of section 22
1799	1799	214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be 23
1800	1800	treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 24
1801	1801	only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 25 70
1802	1802	•S 4942 RS
1803	1803	applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the pe-1
1804	1804	riod of detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC 2
1805	1805	may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to 3
1806	1806	CDC in this Act for official reception and representation 4
1807	1807	expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 5
1808	1808	CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as 6
1809	1809	may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be 7
1810	1810	credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there-8
1811	1811	of: Provided further, That with respect to the previous pro-9
1812	1812	viso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro-10
1813	1813	gram and the Respirator Certification Program shall be 11
1814	1814	available through September 30, 2026. 12
1815	1815	N
1816	1816	ATIONALINSTITUTES OFHEALTH 13
1817	1817	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 14
1818	1818	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15
1819	1819	Act with respect to cancer, $7,490,159,000, of which up 16
1820	1820	to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im-17
1821	1821	provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 18
1822	1822	Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 19
1823	1823	Frederick, Maryland: Provided, That of the amounts made 20
1824	1824	available under this heading, $216,000,000 is designated 21
1825	1825	by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 22
1826	1826	pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-23
1827	1827	et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 71
1828	1828	•S 4942 RS
1829	1829	NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 1
1830	1830	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 2
1831	1831	Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis-3
1832	1832	eases, and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000. 4
1833	1833	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 5
1834	1834	RESEARCH 6
1835	1835	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1836	1836	Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 8
1837	1837	$520,163,000. 9
1838	1838	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 10
1839	1839	KIDNEY DISEASES 11
1840	1840	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 12
1841	1841	Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-13
1842	1842	ease, $2,360,721,000. 14
1843	1843	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 15
1844	1844	AND STROKE 16
1845	1845	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 17
1846	1846	Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 18
1847	1847	$2,951,925,000: Provided, That of the amounts made 19
1848	1848	available under this heading, $179,500,000 is designated 20
1849	1849	by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 21
1850	1850	pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-22
1851	1851	et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 72
1852	1852	•S 4942 RS
1853	1853	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 1
1854	1854	DISEASES 2
1855	1855	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1856	1856	Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 4
1857	1857	$6,692,279,000. 5
1858	1858	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 6
1859	1859	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1860	1860	Act with respect to general medical sciences, 8
1861	1861	$3,269,679,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from 9
1862	1862	funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-10
1863	1863	vided, That not less than $455,956,000 is provided for the 11
1864	1864	Institutional Development Awards program. 12
1865	1865	EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 13
1866	1866	CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 14
1867	1867	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15
1868	1868	Act with respect to child health and human development, 16
1869	1869	$1,779,078,000. 17
1870	1870	NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 18
1871	1871	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 19
1872	1872	Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 20
1873	1873	$896,549,000. 21 73
1874	1874	•S 4942 RS
1875	1875	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1
1876	1876	SCIENCES 2
1877	1877	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1878	1878	Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 4
1879	1879	$913,979,000. 5
1880	1880	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 6
1881	1881	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1882	1882	Act with respect to aging, $4,645,123,000. 8
1883	1883	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 9
1884	1884	MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 10
1885	1885	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 11
1886	1886	Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 12
1887	1887	diseases, $685,465,000. 13
1888	1888	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 14
1889	1889	COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 15
1890	1890	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16
1891	1891	Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-17
1892	1892	orders, $534,333,000. 18
1893	1893	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 19
1894	1894	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20
1895	1895	Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 21 74
1896	1896	•S 4942 RS
1897	1897	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 1
1898	1898	ALCOHOLISM 2
1899	1899	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1900	1900	Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 4
1901	1901	$595,318,000. 5
1902	1902	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 6
1903	1903	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1904	1904	Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,667,695,000. 8
1905	1905	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 9
1906	1906	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 10
1907	1907	Act with respect to mental health, $2,642,343,000: Pro-11
1908	1908	vided, That of the amounts made available under this 12
1909	1909	heading, $179,500,000 is designated by the Congress as 13
1910	1910	being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 14
1911	1911	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15
1912	1912	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16
1913	1913	NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 17
1914	1914	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 18
1915	1915	Act with respect to human genome research, 19
1916	1916	$663,200,000. 20
1917	1917	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 21
1918	1918	BIOENGINEERING 22
1919	1919	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 23
1920	1920	Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 24
1921	1921	research, $440,627,000. 25 75
1922	1922	•S 4942 RS
1923	1923	NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 1
1924	1924	INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 2
1925	1925	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1926	1926	Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 4
1927	1927	$170,384,000. 5
1928	1928	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 6
1929	1929	HEALTH DISPARITIES 7
1930	1930	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8
1931	1931	Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 9
1932	1932	research, $539,395,000. 10
1933	1933	JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 11
1934	1934	For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 12
1935	1935	International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 13
1936	1936	title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 14
1937	1937	NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 15
1938	1938	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16
1939	1939	Act with respect to health information communications, 17
1940	1940	$597,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 18
1941	1941	improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 19
1942	1942	available until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 20
1943	1943	in fiscal year 2025, the National Library of Medicine may 21
1944	1944	enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 22
1945	1945	services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 23
1946	1946	the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-24
1947	1947	ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 25 76
1948	1948	•S 4942 RS
1949	1949	NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 1
1950	1950	SCIENCES 2
1951	1951	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1952	1952	Act with respect to translational sciences, $933,323,000: 4
1953	1953	Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available to imple-5
1954	1954	ment section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 6
1955	1955	Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 7
1956	1956	$629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 8
1957	1957	Sciences Awards program. 9
1958	1958	OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 10
1959	1959	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
1960	1960	For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 12
1961	1961	the Director, NIH, $3,096,914,000: Provided, That fund-13
1962	1962	ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 14
1963	1963	29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro-15
1964	1964	vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage-16
1965	1965	ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 17
1966	1966	the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur-18
1967	1967	ther, That $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental 19
1968	1968	Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided fur-20
1969	1969	ther, That $692,401,000 shall be available for the Com-21
1970	1970	mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 22
1971	1971	PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 23
1972	1972	$10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 24
1973	1973	expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 25 77
1974	1974	•S 4942 RS
1975	1975	NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 1
1976	1976	within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 2
1977	1977	up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren-3
1978	1978	ovation of facilities as provided for in section 4
1979	1979	2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 5
1980	1980	$80,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of 6
1981	1981	the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating to biomedical and 7
1982	1982	behavioral research facilities: Provided further, That 8
1983	1983	$5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 9
1984	1984	appropriation for the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for 10
1985	1985	oversight of grant programs and operations of the NIH, 11
1986	1986	including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant 12
1987	1987	application evaluation and selection processes, and shall 13
1988	1988	be in addition to funds otherwise made available for over-14
1989	1989	sight of the NIH: Provided further, That amounts made 15
1990	1990	available under this heading are also available to establish, 16
1991	1991	operate, and support the Research Policy Board author-17
1992	1992	ized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act: 18
1993	1993	Provided further, That the funds made available under this 19
1994	1994	heading for the Office of Research on Women’s Health 20
1995	1995	shall also be available for making grants to serve and pro-21
1996	1996	mote the interests of women in research, and the Director 22
1997	1997	of such Office may, in making such grants, use the au-23
1998	1998	thorities available to NIH Institutes and Centers: Pro-24
1999	1999	vided further, That of the amounts made available under 25 78
2000	2000	•S 4942 RS
2001	2001	this heading, $625,000,000 is designated by the Congress 1
2002	2002	as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-2
2003	2003	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-3
2004	2004	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4
2005	2005	In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-5
2006	2006	mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 6
2007	2007	Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 7
2008	2008	from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de-8
2009	2009	scribed in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 9
2010	2010	1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out 10
2011	2011	section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pedi-11
2012	2012	atric research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids 12
2013	2013	First Research Act. 13
2014	2014	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 14
2015	2015	For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren-15
2016	2016	ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 16
2017	2017	or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 17
2018	2018	$350,000,000, to remain available until expended. 18
2019	2019	NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT , CURES ACT 19
2020	2020	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
2021	2021	For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-21
2022	2022	scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 22
2023	2023	Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 23
2024	2024	in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 24
2025	2025	$127,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-25 79
2026	2026	•S 4942 RS
2027	2027	vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 1
2028	2028	section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 2
2029	2029	amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 3
2030	2030	Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the Na-4
2031	2031	tional Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na-5
2032	2032	tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 6
2033	2033	in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 7
2034	2034	by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the 8
2035	2035	previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro-9
2036	2036	vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac-10
2037	2037	count: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-11
2038	2038	vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans-12
2039	2039	fer authority provided by law. 13
2040	2040	ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 14
2041	2041	For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV 15
2042	2042	of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects 16
2043	2043	for health, $1,500,000,000, to remain available through 17
2044	2044	September 30, 2027. 18
2045	2045	S
2046	2046	UBSTANCEABUSE ANDMENTALHEALTHSERVICES 19
2047	2047	A
2048	2048	DMINISTRATION 20
2049	2049	MENTAL HEALTH 21
2050	2050	For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 22
2051	2051	Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad-23
2052	2052	vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 24
2053	2053	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 25 80
2054	2054	•S 4942 RS
2055	2055	$2,869,507,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail-1
2056	2056	able under this heading, $103,887,000 shall be for the Na-2
2057	2057	tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 3
2058	2058	That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 4
2059	2059	no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 5
2060	2060	be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 6
2061	2061	Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 7
2062	2062	herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 8
2063	2063	of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title 9
2064	2064	XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical 10
2065	2065	assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 11
2066	2066	activities, and further that the total available under this 12
2067	2067	Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 per-13
2068	2068	cent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part 14
2069	2069	B of title XIX: Provided further, That of the funds made 15
2070	2070	available under this heading for subpart I of part B of 16
2071	2071	title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be avail-17
2072	2072	able to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided 18
2073	2073	further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made avail-19
2074	2074	able to carry out the Children’s Mental Health Services 20
2075	2075	program may be used to carry out demonstration grants 21
2076	2076	or contracts for early interventions with persons not more 22
2077	2077	than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing 23
2078	2078	a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 24
2079	2079	520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds ap-25 81
2080	2080	•S 4942 RS
2081	2081	propriated in this Act for fiscal year 2025: Provided fur-1
2082	2082	ther, That $400,000,000 shall be available until Sep-2
2083	2083	tember 30, 2027 for grants to communities and commu-3
2084	2084	nity organizations who meet criteria for Certified Commu-4
2085	2085	nity Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) 5
2086	2086	of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none of the 6
2087	2087	funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be 7
2088	2088	subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That 8
2089	2089	of the funds made available under this heading, 9
2090	2090	$21,420,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the Pro-10
2091	2091	tecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 11
2092	2092	93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 12
2093	2093	SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 13
2094	2094	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 14
2095	2095	with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 15
2096	2096	of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 16
2097	2097	prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 17
2098	2098	and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 18
2099	2099	$4,154,098,000: Provided, That $1,600,000,000 shall be 19
2100	2100	for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 20
2101	2101	Act: Provided further, That of such amount in the pre-21
2102	2102	ceding proviso not less than 4 percent shall be made avail-22
2103	2103	able to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided fur-23
2104	2104	ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the fol-24
2105	2105	lowing amounts shall be available under section 241 of the 25 82
2106	2106	•S 4942 RS
2107	2107	PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part 1
2108	2108	B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) 2
2109	2109	technical assistance, national data, data collection and 3
2110	2110	evaluation activities, and further that the total available 4
2111	2111	under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not ex-5
2112	2112	ceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 6
2113	2113	II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate 7
2114	2114	substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, 8
2115	2115	That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the 9
2116	2116	PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject 10
2117	2117	to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the 11
2118	2118	amounts made available under this heading, $600,000,000 12
2119	2119	is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 13
2120	2120	requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 14
2121	2121	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 15
2122	2122	1985. 16
2123	2123	SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 17
2124	2124	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 18
2125	2125	with respect to substance abuse prevention, $246,879,000. 19
2126	2126	HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 20
2127	2127	For program support and cross-cutting activities that 21
2128	2128	supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 22
2129	2129	Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 23
2130	2130	Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 24
2131	2131	of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-25 83
2132	2132	•S 4942 RS
2133	2133	viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 1
2134	2134	and Mental Health Services Administration, 2
2135	2135	$201,492,000: Provided, That of the amount made avail-3
2136	2136	able under this heading, $63,337,000 shall be used for the 4
2137	2137	projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 5
2138	2138	‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re-6
2139	2139	port accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none 7
2140	2140	of the funds made available for projects described in the 8
2141	2141	preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 9
2142	2142	PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That 10
2143	2143	in addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall 11
2144	2144	be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supple-12
2145	2145	ment funds available to carry out national surveys on drug 13
2146	2146	abuse and mental health, to collect and analyze program 14
2147	2147	data, and to conduct public awareness and technical as-15
2148	2148	sistance activities: Provided further, That, in addition, fees 16
2149	2149	may be collected for the costs of publications, data, data 17
2150	2150	tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of 18
2151	2151	the PHS Act and provided to a public or private entity 19
2152	2152	upon request, which shall be credited to this appropriation 20
2153	2153	and shall remain available until expended for such pur-21
2154	2154	poses: Provided further, That amounts made available in 22
2155	2155	this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act 23
2156	2156	shall remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro-24
2157	2157	vided further, That funds made available under this head-25 84
2158	2158	•S 4942 RS
2159	2159	ing (other than amounts specified in the first proviso 1
2160	2160	under this heading) may be used to supplement program 2
2161	2161	support funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental 3
2162	2162	Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 4
2163	2163	Abuse Prevention’’. 5
2164	2164	A
2165	2165	GENCY FORHEALTHCARERESEARCH ANDQUALITY 6
2166	2166	HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 7
2167	2167	For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 8
2168	2168	part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 9
2169	2169	1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 10
2170	2170	and Modernization Act of 2003, $376,000,000: Provided, 11
2171	2171	That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in 12
2172	2172	fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That in addition, 13
2173	2173	amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, 14
2174	2174	reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 15
2175	2175	data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-16
2176	2176	main available until September 30, 2026. 17
2177	2177	C
2178	2178	ENTERS FORMEDICARE& MEDICAIDSERVICES 18
2179	2179	GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 19
2180	2180	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 20
2181	2181	XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $383,609,399,000, 21
2182	2182	to remain available until expended. 22
2183	2183	In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 23
2184	2184	2025, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2025 for unantici-24 85
2185	2185	•S 4942 RS
2186	2186	pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 1
2187	2187	as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 2
2188	2188	In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 3
2189	2189	quarter of fiscal year 2026, $261,063,820,000, to remain 4
2190	2190	available until expended. 5
2191	2191	Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 6
2192	2192	quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 7
2193	2193	in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 8
2194	2194	such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 9
2195	2195	quarter. 10
2196	2196	PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 11
2197	2197	For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 12
2198	2198	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-13
2199	2199	surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 14
2200	2200	1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 15
2201	2201	103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 16
2202	2202	1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 17
2203	2203	administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 18
2204	2204	201(g) of the Social Security Act, $521,757,000,000. 19
2205	2205	In addition, for making matching payments under 20
2206	2206	section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 21
2207	2207	16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 22
2208	2208	in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 23 86
2209	2209	•S 4942 RS
2210	2210	PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 1
2211	2211	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 2
2212	2212	XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 3
2213	2213	XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 4
2214	2214	Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-5
2215	2215	ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 6
2216	2216	to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Fed-7
2217	2217	eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup-8
2218	2218	plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 9
2219	2219	by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 10
2220	2220	all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 11
2221	2221	PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 12
2222	2222	Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 13
2223	2223	1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 14
2224	2224	be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 15
2225	2225	which shall be credited to this account and remain avail-16
2226	2226	able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 17
2227	2227	accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab-18
2228	2228	lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 19
2229	2229	to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap-20
2230	2230	propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di-21
2231	2231	rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2025 from Medicare 22
2232	2232	Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 23
2233	2233	of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 24
2234	2234	with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 25 87
2235	2235	•S 4942 RS
2236	2236	pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 1
2237	2237	further, That of the amount made available under this 2
2238	2238	heading, $397,334,000 shall remain available until Sep-3
2239	2239	tember 30, 2026, and shall be available for the Survey 4
2240	2240	and Certification Program: Provided further, That 5
2241	2241	amounts available under this heading to support quality 6
2242	2242	improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 7
2243	2243	the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe-8
2244	2244	cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 9
2245	2245	division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 10
2246	2246	(Public Law 115–141). 11
2247	2247	HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 12
2248	2248	In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-13
2249	2249	gram integrity and program management, $941,000,000, 14
2250	2250	to remain available through September 30, 2026, to be 15
2251	2251	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 16
2252	2252	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 17
2253	2253	Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 18
2254	2254	Security Act, of which $699,058,000 shall be for the Cen-19
2255	2255	ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 20
2256	2256	activities, of which $108,735,000 shall be for the Depart-21
2257	2257	ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 22
2258	2258	General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 23
2259	2259	by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 24
2260	2260	$133,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 25 88
2261	2261	•S 4942 RS
2262	2262	carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1
2263	2263	1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re-2
2264	2264	quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 3
2265	2265	for fiscal year 2025 shall include measures of the oper-4
2266	2266	ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 5
2267	2267	in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 6
2268	2268	funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 7
2269	2269	That of the amount provided under this heading, 8
2270	2270	$311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 9
2271	2271	251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10
2272	2272	Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $630,000,000 is addi-11
2273	2273	tional new budget authority specified for purposes of sec-12
2274	2274	tion 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care 13
2275	2275	fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That 14
2276	2276	the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 15
2277	2277	from amounts made available under this heading and 16
2278	2278	amounts made available for fiscal year 2025 under section 17
2279	2279	1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior 18
2280	2280	Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 19
2281	2281	abuse. 20
2282	2282	A
2283	2283	DMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN ANDFAMILIES 21
2284	2284	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES 22
2285	2285	AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 23
2286	2286	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 24
2287	2287	I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 25 89
2288	2288	•S 4942 RS
2289	2289	and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,924,000,000, to remain 1
2290	2290	available until expended; and for such purposes for the 2
2291	2291	first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $1,700,000,000, to re-3
2292	2292	main available until expended. 4
2293	2293	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 5
2294	2294	year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 6
2295	2295	XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 7
2296	2296	July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 8
2297	2297	year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 9
2298	2298	year, such sums as may be necessary. 10
2299	2299	LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 11
2300	2300	For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 12
2301	2301	of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-13
2302	2302	ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 14
2303	2303	$4,125,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 15
2304	2304	2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $10,000,000 may 16
2305	2305	be reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, 17
2306	2306	training, and monitoring of program activities for compli-18
2307	2307	ance with internal controls, policies and procedures, and 19
2308	2308	to supplement funding otherwise available for necessary 20
2309	2309	administrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the 21
2310	2310	Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided in 22
2311	2311	section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts 23
2312	2312	with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit orga-24
2313	2313	nizations: Provided further, That all but $947,348,000 of 25 90
2314	2314	•S 4942 RS
2315	2315	the amount appropriated under this heading shall be allo-1
2316	2316	cated as though the total appropriation for such payments 2
2317	2317	for fiscal year 2025 was less than $1,975,000,000: Pro-3
2318	2318	vided further, That, after applying all applicable provisions 4
2319	2319	of section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 5
2320	2320	State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca-6
2321	2321	tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 7
2322	2322	received under this heading for fiscal year 2024 from 8
2323	2323	amounts appropriated in Public Law 118–47 shall have 9
2324	2324	its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the 10
2325	2325	portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 11
2326	2326	would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 12
2327	2327	received in such fashion for fiscal year 2024 being ratably 13
2328	2328	reduced: Provided further, That of the amounts made 14
2329	2329	available under this heading, $2,500,000,000 is des-15
2330	2330	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-16
2331	2331	quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-17
2332	2332	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18
2333	2333	REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 19
2334	2334	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
2335	2335	For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as-21
2336	2336	sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi-22
2337	2337	gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref-23
2338	2338	ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 24
2339	2339	out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 25 91
2340	2340	•S 4942 RS
2341	2341	section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 1
2342	2342	Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 2
2343	2343	Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor-3
2344	2344	ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $6,355,214,000, of which 4
2345	2345	$6,304,459,000 shall remain available through September 5
2346	2346	30, 2027 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 6
2347	2347	and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 7
2348	2348	heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 8
2349	2349	research and evaluation with respect to activities under 9
2350	2350	such Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 10
2351	2351	205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro-11
2352	2352	priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under 12
2353	2353	this heading by substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: 13
2354	2354	Provided further, That the contribution of funds require-14
2355	2355	ment under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wil-15
2356	2356	berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 16
2357	2357	Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under 17
2358	2358	this heading: Provided further, That for any month in fis-18
2359	2359	cal year 2025 that the number of unaccompanied children 19
2360	2360	referred to the Department of Health and Human Serv-20
2361	2361	ices pursuant to section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 21
2362	2362	of 2002 and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Traf-22
2363	2363	ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 23
2364	2364	exceeds 16,000, as determined by the Secretary of Health 24
2365	2365	and Human Services, an additional $15,000,000, to re-25 92
2366	2366	•S 4942 RS
2367	2367	main available until September 30, 2026, shall be made 1
2368	2368	available for obligation for every 500 unaccompanied chil-2
2369	2369	dren above that level (including a pro rata amount for any 3
2370	2370	increment less than 500), for carrying out such sections 4
2371	2371	462 and 235: Provided further, That if less than 5
2372	2372	$65,000,000 has been made available pursuant to the pre-6
2373	2373	ceding proviso as of September 15, 2025, then the dif-7
2374	2374	ference between $65,000,000 and the amount made avail-8
2375	2375	able pursuant to such proviso shall become available, and 9
2376	2376	shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for car-10
2377	2377	rying out such sections 462 and 235. 11
2378	2378	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 12
2379	2379	DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 13
2380	2380	For carrying out the Child Care and Development 14
2381	2381	Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 15
2382	2382	$10,346,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not sup-16
2383	2383	plant State general revenue funds for child care assistance 17
2384	2384	for low-income families: Provided, That technical assist-18
2385	2385	ance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided 19
2386	2386	directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, coopera-20
2387	2387	tive agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided fur-21
2388	2388	ther, That all funds made available to carry out section 22
2389	2389	418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 23
2390	2390	funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 24
2391	2391	or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-25 93
2392	2392	•S 4942 RS
2393	2393	ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 1
2394	2394	section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 2
2395	2395	That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved 3
2396	2396	by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, 4
2397	2397	$280,000,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organi-5
2398	2398	zations: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-6
2399	2399	able under this heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 7
2400	2400	0.5 percent for Federal administrative expenses: Provided 8
2401	2401	further, That of the amounts made available under this 9
2402	2402	heading, $500,000,000 is designated by the Congress as 10
2403	2403	being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 11
2404	2404	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 12
2405	2405	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13
2406	2406	SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 14
2407	2407	For making grants to States pursuant to section 15
2408	2408	2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro-16
2409	2409	vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 17
2410	2410	404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 18
2411	2411	under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 19
2412	2412	programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 20
2413	2413	percent. 21
2414	2414	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 22
2415	2415	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 23
2416	2416	Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 24
2417	2417	the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven-25 94
2418	2418	•S 4942 RS
2419	2419	tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 1
2420	2420	Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 2
2421	2421	American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 3
2422	2422	Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 4
2423	2423	Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 5
2424	2424	and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 6
2425	2425	of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 7
2426	2426	Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin-8
2427	2427	istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 9
2428	2428	XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 10
2429	2429	July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-11
2430	2430	ance Act of 1981, $15,544,939,000, of which 12
2431	2431	$75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 13
2432	2432	2026, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 14
2433	2433	guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 15
2434	2434	473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 16
2435	2435	adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep-17
2436	2436	tember 30, 2025: Provided, That $12,971,820,000 shall 18
2437	2437	be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ-19
2438	2438	ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 20
2439	2439	of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 21
2440	2440	(1) $544,000,000 shall be available for a cost 22
2441	2441	of living adjustment, and with respect to any con-23
2442	2442	tinuing appropriations act, funding available for a 24 95
2443	2443	•S 4942 RS
2444	2444	cost of living adjustment shall not be construed as 1
2445	2445	an authority or condition under this Act; 2
2446	2446	(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 3
2447	2447	by the Secretary to supplement activities described 4
2448	2448	in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 5
2449	2449	the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 6
2450	2450	System, established under the authority of sections 7
2451	2451	641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 8
2452	2452	and such funds shall not be included in the calcula-9
2453	2453	tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 10
2454	2454	such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 11
2455	2455	Act; 12
2456	2456	(3) $125,000,000 shall be available for quality 13
2457	2457	improvement consistent with section 640(a)(5) of 14
2458	2458	such Act except that any amount of the funds may 15
2459	2459	be used on any of the activities in such paragraph 16
2460	2460	of such section; 17
2461	2461	(4) $10,000,000 shall be available for the Trib-18
2462	2462	al Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 19
2463	2463	Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 20
2464	2464	(5) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available 21
2465	2465	until September 30, 2026 for the Marshall Islands 22
2466	2466	and Micronesia for the start-up and operation of 23
2467	2467	Head Start services and for the provision of training 24
2468	2468	and technical assistance: Provided, That an agency 25 96
2469	2469	•S 4942 RS
2470	2470	awarded these funds shall not be subject to the re-1
2471	2471	quirements of the system for designation renewal as 2
2472	2472	defined by section 641 of the Head Start Act, for 3
2473	2473	this award only, prior to 24 months after the date 4
2474	2474	of such award; and 5
2475	2475	(6) Not to exceed $42,000,000 shall be avail-6
2476	2476	able to supplement funding otherwise available for 7
2477	2477	research, evaluation, and Federal administrative 8
2478	2478	costs: 9
2479	2479	Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-10
2480	2480	ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 11
2481	2481	in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 12
2482	2482	640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 13
2483	2483	Act: Provided further, That $315,000,000 shall be avail-14
2484	2484	able until December 31, 2025 for carrying out sections 15
2485	2485	9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro-16
2486	2486	vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 17
2487	2487	preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist-18
2488	2488	ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 19
2489	2489	section 9212: Provided further, That $804,383,000 shall 20
2490	2490	be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 21
2491	2491	further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 22
2492	2492	with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 23
2493	2493	year and in fiscal year 2024, States may apply the last 24
2494	2494	sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub-25 97
2495	2495	•S 4942 RS
2496	2496	stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur-1
2497	2497	ther, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the 2
2498	2498	CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be 3
2499	2499	for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall 4
2500	2500	be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, 5
2501	2501	That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG 6
2502	2502	Act, to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds 7
2503	2503	are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 8
2504	2504	entity as provided under such Act, and have not been ex-9
2505	2505	pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 10
2506	2506	for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 11
2507	2507	such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 12
2508	2508	further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures re-13
2509	2509	garding the disposition of intangible assets and program 14
2510	2510	income that permit such assets acquired with, and pro-15
2511	2511	gram income derived from, grant funds authorized under 16
2512	2512	section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 17
2513	2513	of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years 18
2514	2514	after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent 19
2515	2515	with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided fur-20
2516	2516	ther, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 21
2517	2517	investments and other debt instruments, and program in-22
2518	2518	come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose 23
2519	2519	consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: 24
2520	2520	Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to 25 98
2521	2521	•S 4942 RS
2522	2522	such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 1
2523	2523	Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 2
2524	2524	680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 3
2525	2525	construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments 4
2526	2526	in private business enterprises owned by community devel-5
2527	2527	opment corporations: Provided further, That 6
2528	2528	$242,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 7
2529	2529	the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 8
2530	2530	$7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 9
2531	2531	303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 10
2532	2532	Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 11
2533	2533	section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 12
2534	2534	Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 13
2535	2535	under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 14
2536	2536	shall be for a human services case management system 15
2537	2537	for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 16
2538	2538	national case management contract and Federal costs of 17
2539	2539	administering the system: Provided further, That up to 18
2540	2540	$2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 19
2541	2541	Reporting Information System, including grants to States 20
2542	2542	to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec-21
2543	2543	tiveness: Provided further, That $42,850,000 shall be used 22
2544	2544	for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 23
2545	2545	titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 24
2546	2546	report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none 25 99
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2548	2548	of the funds made available for projects described in the 1
2549	2549	preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 2
2550	2550	PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That 3
2551	2551	of the amounts made available under this heading, 4
2552	2552	$700,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 5
2553	2553	an emergency requirement pursuant to section 6
2554	2554	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 7
2555	2555	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8
2556	2556	PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 9
2557	2557	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec-10
2558	2558	tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 11
2559	2559	for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 12
2560	2560	of such Act, $72,515,000: Provided, That of the funds 13
2561	2561	available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 14
2562	2562	allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 15
2563	2563	such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 16
2564	2564	to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require-17
2565	2565	ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 18
2566	2566	shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 19
2567	2567	tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, 20
2568	2568	or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in 21
2569	2569	section 427(a)(1) of such Act and $2,750,000, in addition 22
2570	2570	to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such 23
2571	2571	purposes, shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and 24
2572	2572	to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to 25 100
2573	2573	•S 4942 RS
2574	2574	the evaluation of child and family services: Provided fur-1
2575	2575	ther, That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts 2
2576	2576	in the previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for 3
2577	2577	‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), 4
2578	2578	such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, estab-5
2579	2579	lishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 6
2580	2580	specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That 7
2581	2581	the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations 8
2582	2582	in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the 9
2583	2583	second proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant 10
2584	2584	award for kinship navigator programs in the case of States 11
2585	2585	and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of 12
2586	2586	tribes, shall be $25,000. 13
2587	2587	PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 14
2588	2588	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 15
2589	2589	IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,768,000,000. 16
2590	2590	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 17
2591	2591	IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 18
2592	2592	fiscal year 2026, $3,600,000,000. 19
2593	2593	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 20
2594	2594	year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 21
2595	2595	E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 22
2596	2596	current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 23
2597	2597	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 24 101
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2599	2599	ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITYLIVING 1
2600	2600	AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 2
2601	2601	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
2602	2602	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-4
2603	2603	vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 5
2604	2604	RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand-6
2605	2605	parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 7
2606	2606	of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 8
2607	2607	section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 9
2608	2608	and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-10
2609	2609	rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 11
2610	2610	Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 12
2611	2611	of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As-13
2612	2612	sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec-14
2613	2613	tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 15
2614	2614	Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol-16
2615	2615	icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis-17
2616	2616	abilities, $2,460,875,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 18
2617	2617	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 19
2618	2618	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 20
2619	2619	Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 21
2620	2620	Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 22
2621	2621	amounts made available under this heading to carry out 23
2622	2622	sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 24
2623	2623	of such amounts shall be available for developing and im-25 102
2624	2624	•S 4942 RS
2625	2625	plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 1
2626	2626	nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur-2
2627	2627	ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 3
2628	2628	funds made available under this heading to carry out sec-4
2629	2629	tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 5
2630	2630	of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 6
2631	2631	further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 7
2632	2632	adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 8
2633	2633	XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 9
2634	2634	to Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That 10
2635	2635	none of the funds made available under this heading may 11
2636	2636	be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 12
2637	2637	of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men-13
2638	2638	tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 14
2639	2639	any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 15
2640	2640	an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 16
2641	2641	disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop-17
2642	2642	mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 18
2643	2643	of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 19
2644	2644	a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 20
2645	2645	physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 21
2646	2646	the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 22
2647	2647	for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 23
2648	2648	unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro-24
2649	2649	vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-25 103
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2651	2651	pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 1
2652	2652	awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 2
2653	2653	residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 3
2654	2654	affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 4
2655	2655	legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 5
2656	2656	guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 6
2657	2657	rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro-7
2658	2658	cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-8
2659	2659	diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 9
2660	2660	individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 10
2661	2661	legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 11
2662	2662	individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub-12
2663	2663	lic guardianship: Provided further, That of the amount 13
2664	2664	made available under this heading, $22,043,000 shall be 14
2665	2665	used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 15
2666	2666	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 16
2667	2667	in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 17
2668	2668	That none of the funds made available for projects de-18
2669	2669	scribed in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 19
2670	2670	241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 20
2671	2671	A
2672	2672	DMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGICPREPAREDNESS AND 21
2673	2673	R
2674	2674	ESPONSE 22
2675	2675	RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 23
2676	2676	For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 24
2677	2677	title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 25 104
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2679	2679	development, storage, production, and procurement of 1
2680	2680	medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi-2
2681	2681	ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu-3
2682	2682	lations, $3,250,991,000: Provided, That of such amount: 4
2683	2683	(1) $1,070,000,000, to remain available 5
2684	2684	through September 30, 2026, shall be for expenses 6
2685	2685	necessary to support advanced research and develop-7
2686	2686	ment pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 8
2687	2687	other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad-9
2688	2688	vanced Research and Development Authority; 10
2689	2689	(2) $835,000,000, to remain available until ex-11
2690	2690	pended, shall be for expenses necessary for pro-12
2691	2691	curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec-13
2692	2692	tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 14
2693	2693	(3) $1,010,000,000, to remain available until 15
2694	2694	expended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry 16
2695	2695	out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 17
2696	2696	(4) $335,991,000 shall be for expenses nec-18
2697	2697	essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 19
2698	2698	pandemic, of which $280,000,000 shall remain avail-20
2699	2699	able until expended for activities including the devel-21
2700	2700	opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec-22
2701	2701	essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 23
2702	2702	tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 24
2703	2703	of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para-25 105
2704	2704	•S 4942 RS
2705	2705	graph may be used for the construction or renova-1
2706	2706	tion of privately owned facilities for the production 2
2707	2707	of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 3
2708	2708	if the Secretary finds such construction or renova-4
2709	2709	tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 5
2710	2710	vaccines or biologics: 6
2711	2711	Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 7
2712	2712	for purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 8
2713	2713	shall be in addition to any other funds made available for 9
2714	2714	such purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 10
2715	2715	with funds made available under this heading may, at the 11
2716	2716	discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 12
2717	2717	National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the 13
2718	2718	PHS Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 14
2719	2719	available under this heading, $1,500,000,000 is des-15
2720	2720	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-16
2721	2721	quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-17
2722	2722	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18
2723	2723	OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY 19
2724	2724	RESPONSE 20
2725	2725	For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 21
2726	2726	B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer-22
2727	2727	gency response activities related to countering potential 23
2728	2728	chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 24
2729	2729	other public health emergencies, $576,606,000: Provided, 25 106
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2731	2731	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 1
2732	2732	$5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2
2733	2733	2027, to support emergency operations: Provided further, 3
2734	2734	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 4
2735	2735	$15,000,000 shall remain available through September 5
2736	2736	30, 2026, to support coordination of the development, pro-6
2737	2737	duction, and distribution of vaccines, therapeutics, and 7
2738	2738	other medical countermeasures: Provided further, That of 8
2739	2739	the amounts made available under this heading, 9
2740	2740	$80,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 10
2741	2741	2026, for advanced research and development, manufac-11
2742	2742	turing, production, procurement, distribution, and the ac-12
2743	2743	quisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non- 13
2744	2744	federally owned facilities for the production and purchase 14
2745	2745	of medical countermeasures, which may include the devel-15
2746	2746	opment, translation, and demonstration at scale of innova-16
2747	2747	tions in manufacturing platform. 17
2748	2748	O
2749	2749	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 18
2750	2750	GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 19
2751	2751	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 20
2752	2752	general departmental management, including hire of six 21
2753	2753	passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 22
2754	2754	XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 23
2755	2755	States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re-24
2756	2756	search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 25 107
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2758	2758	Act, $537,144,000, together with $64,828,000 from the 1
2759	2759	amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 2
2760	2760	carry out national health or human services research and 3
2761	2761	evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, 4
2762	2762	$60,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 5
2763	2763	treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 6
2764	2764	made available under this heading, $101,000,000 shall be 7
2765	2765	for making competitive contracts and grants to public and 8
2766	2766	private entities to fund medically accurate and age appro-9
2767	2767	priate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the 10
2768	2768	Federal costs associated with administering and evalu-11
2769	2769	ating such contracts and grants, of which not more than 12
2770	2770	10 percent of the available funds shall be for training and 13
2771	2771	technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional 14
2772	2772	program support activities, and of the remaining amount 15
2773	2773	75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have 16
2774	2774	been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to re-17
2775	2775	duce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying 18
2776	2776	teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 19
2777	2777	25 percent shall be available for research and demonstra-20
2778	2778	tion grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional 21
2779	2779	models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage 22
2780	2780	pregnancy: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 23
2781	2781	under this heading from amounts available under section 24
2782	2782	241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry 25 108
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2784	2784	out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of 1
2785	2785	teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided fur-2
2786	2786	ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 3
2787	2787	$35,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which 4
2788	2788	exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance 5
2789	2789	(defined as voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual 6
2790	2790	activity): Provided further, That funding for such competi-7
2791	2791	tive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically 8
2792	2792	accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publica-9
2793	2793	tions by educational, scientific, governmental, or health or-10
2794	2794	ganizations; implement an evidence-based approach inte-11
2795	2795	grating research findings with practical implementation 12
2796	2796	that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes for the 13
2797	2797	intended audience; and teach the benefits associated with 14
2798	2798	self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, 15
2799	2799	healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual co-16
2800	2800	ercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors 17
2801	2801	such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without nor-18
2802	2802	malizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 19
2803	2803	more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 20
2804	2804	grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech-21
2805	2805	nical assistance and administrative costs of such pro-22
2806	2806	grams: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act 23
2807	2807	for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to 24
2808	2808	individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other 25 109
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2810	2810	mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed 1
2811	2811	necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such 2
2812	2812	services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 3
2813	2813	59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the funds made 4
2814	2814	available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for car-5
2815	2815	rying out prize competitions sponsored by the Office of 6
2816	2816	the Secretary to accelerate innovation in the prevention, 7
2817	2817	diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases (as authorized 8
2818	2818	by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova-9
2819	2819	tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)). 10
2820	2820	In addition, for expenses necessary to carry out title 11
2821	2821	II of the PHS Act to support, except as otherwise pro-12
2822	2822	vided, activities related to safeguarding classified national 13
2823	2823	security information and providing intelligence and na-14
2824	2824	tional security support across the Department and to 15
2825	2825	counter cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 16
2826	2826	$118,983,000. 17
2827	2827	In addition, for expenses necessary to prevent, pre-18
2828	2828	pare for, or respond to an influenza pandemic, 19
2829	2829	$7,009,000. 20
2830	2830	MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 21
2831	2831	For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 22
2832	2832	appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall 23
2833	2833	remain available until September 30, 2026, to be trans-24
2834	2834	ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In-25 110
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2836	2836	surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med-1
2837	2837	ical Insurance Trust Fund. 2
2838	2838	OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 3
2839	2839	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 4
2840	2840	For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 5
2841	2841	Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 6
2842	2842	grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-7
2843	2843	velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-8
2844	2844	mation technology, $69,238,000 shall be from amounts 9
2845	2845	made available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 10
2846	2846	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 11
2847	2847	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 12
2848	2848	General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 13
2849	2849	investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-14
2850	2850	tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 15
2851	2851	such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-16
2852	2852	viding protective services to the Secretary and inves-17
2853	2853	tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 18
2854	2854	payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro-19
2855	2855	vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 20
2856	2856	heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 21
2857	2857	activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 22
2858	2858	(42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 23 111
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2860	2860	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 1
2861	2861	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 2
2862	2862	Rights, $39,798,000. 3
2863	2863	RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 4
2864	2864	COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 5
2865	2865	For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 6
2866	2866	Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 7
2867	2867	law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 8
2868	2868	Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-9
2869	2869	ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 10
2870	2870	Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 11
2871	2871	required during the current fiscal year. 12
2872	2872	G
2873	2873	ENERALPROVISIONS 13
2874	2874	S
2875	2875	EC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 14
2876	2876	available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 15
2877	2877	and representation expenses when specifically approved by 16
2878	2878	the Secretary. 17
2879	2879	S
2880	2880	EC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 18
2881	2881	shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 19
2882	2882	a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 20
2883	2883	of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 21
2884	2884	appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 22
2885	2885	from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi-23
2886	2886	vidual at this rate. 24 112
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2888	2888	SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 1
2889	2889	may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 2
2890	2890	except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 3
2891	2891	for other taps and assessments made by any office located 4
2892	2892	in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re-5
2893	2893	port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria-6
2894	2894	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de-7
2895	2895	tailing the planned uses of such funds. 8
2896	2896	S
2897	2897	EC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 9
2898	2898	PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 10
2899	2899	but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro-11
2900	2900	priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 12
2901	2901	made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 13
2902	2902	or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 14
2903	2903	programs funded in this title. 15
2904	2904	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
2905	2905	S
2906	2906	EC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-17
2907	2907	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 18
2908	2908	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-19
2909	2909	priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 20
2910	2910	may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 21
2911	2911	appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 22
2912	2912	by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author-23
2913	2913	ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 24
2914	2914	new program or to fund any project or activity for which 25 113
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2916	2916	no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 1
2917	2917	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-2
2918	2918	resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 3
2919	2919	in advance of any transfer. 4
2920	2920	S
2921	2921	EC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 5
2922	2922	338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 6
2923	2923	such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 7
2924	2924	date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2025 under sec-8
2925	2925	tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 9
2926	2926	who has been awarded such contract has not received 10
2927	2927	funds due under the contract. 11
2928	2928	S
2929	2929	EC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 12
2930	2930	may be made available to any entity under title X of the 13
2931	2931	PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 14
2932	2932	the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 15
2933	2933	the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 16
2934	2934	that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at-17
2935	2935	tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 18
2936	2936	S
2937	2937	EC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19
2938	2938	law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 20
2939	2939	shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 21
2940	2940	or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 22
2941	2941	abuse, rape, or incest. 23
2942	2942	S
2943	2943	EC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 24
2944	2944	(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 25 114
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2946	2946	used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 1
2947	2947	Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-2
2948	2948	erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-3
2949	2949	ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 4
2950	2950	it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 5
2951	2951	referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 6
2952	2952	make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-7
2953	2953	tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 8
2954	2954	sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-9
2955	2955	ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-10
2956	2956	ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-11
2957	2957	care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 12
2958	2958	Advantage organization described in this section shall be 13
2959	2959	responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor-14
2960	2960	mation about all Medicare covered services. 15
2961	2961	S
2962	2962	EC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 16
2963	2963	title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-17
2964	2964	mote gun control. 18
2965	2965	S
2966	2966	EC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 19
2967	2967	assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 20
2968	2968	Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 21
2969	2969	work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 22
2970	2970	by the Agency for International Development, the United 23
2971	2971	Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 24
2972	2972	World Health Organization. 25 115
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2974	2974	SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter-1
2975	2975	national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 2
2976	2976	infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 3
2977	2977	other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2025: 4
2978	2978	(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv-5
2979	2979	alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 6
2980	2980	section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori-7
2981	2981	ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 8
2982	2982	the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 9
2983	2983	to ensure that the authority provided in this section 10
2984	2984	is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 11
2985	2985	of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli-12
2986	2986	cable statutes administered by the Department of 13
2987	2987	State. 14
2988	2988	(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 15
2989	2989	funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 16
2990	2990	of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-17
2991	2991	quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-18
2992	2992	ment of facilities outside of the United States for 19
2993	2993	the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co-20
2994	2994	operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 21
2995	2995	has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 22
2996	2996	with applicable regulation governing location, set-23
2997	2997	back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 24
2998	2998	purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 25 116
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3000	3000	authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 1
3001	3001	State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 2
3002	3002	make available to public or nonprofit private institu-3
3003	3003	tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 4
3004	3004	funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 5
3005	3005	those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 6
3006	3006	assistance for international health activities, includ-7
3007	3007	ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-8
3008	3008	tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 9
3009	3009	and other health activities abroad. 10
3010	3010	(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 11
3011	3011	personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 12
3012	3012	serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 13
3013	3013	those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For-14
3014	3014	eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 15
3015	3015	through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre-16
3016	3016	scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 17
3017	3017	authorized to provide locality-based comparability 18
3018	3018	payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 19
3019	3019	of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 20
3020	3020	as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-21
3021	3021	sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 22
3022	3022	Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 23
3023	3023	the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per-24
3024	3024	sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 25 117
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3026	3026	basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 1
3027	3027	63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 2
3028	3028	the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv-3
3029	3029	ing in the Foreign Service. 4
3030	3030	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
3031	3031	S
3032	3032	EC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 6
3033	3033	Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 7
3034	3034	to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 8
3035	3035	amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 9
3036	3036	research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 10
3037	3037	Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 11
3038	3038	House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 12
3039	3039	least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 13
3040	3040	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
3041	3041	S
3042	3042	EC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 15
3043	3043	for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 16
3044	3044	immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di-17
3045	3045	rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re-18
3046	3046	search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 19
3047	3047	Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 20
3048	3048	Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-21
3049	3049	essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 22
3050	3050	S
3051	3051	EC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 23
3052	3052	other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 24
3053	3053	may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 25 118
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3055	3055	PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 1
3056	3056	cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 2
3057	3057	identified pursuant to or research and activities described 3
3058	3058	in such section 402(b)(12). 4
3059	3059	(b) P
3060	3060	EERREVIEW.—In entering into transactions 5
3061	3061	under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 6
3062	3062	review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 7
3063	3063	scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-8
3064	3064	priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 9
3065	3065	merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 10
3066	3066	in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro-11
3067	3067	cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 12
3068	3068	301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 13
3069	3069	and 494 of the PHS Act. 14
3070	3070	S
3071	3071	EC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds ap-15
3072	3072	propriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 16
3073	3073	National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 17
3074	3074	repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 18
3075	3075	proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 19
3076	3076	herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 20
3077	3077	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
3078	3078	S
3079	3079	EC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 22
3080	3080	1 percent of the amount made available for National Re-23
3081	3081	search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 24
3082	3082	to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 25 119
3083	3083	•S 4942 RS
3084	3084	Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri-1
3085	3085	mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 2
3086	3086	who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 3
3087	3087	739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 4
3088	3088	made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 5
3089	3089	Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-6
3090	3090	ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 7
3091	3091	S
3092	3092	EC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 8
3093	3093	and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 9
3094	3094	a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro-10
3095	3095	gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 11
3096	3096	countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 12
3097	3097	2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 13
3098	3098	if— 14
3099	3099	(1) funds are available and obligated— 15
3100	3100	(A) for the full period of the contract or 16
3101	3101	for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 17
3102	3102	in effect; and 18
3103	3103	(B) for the estimated costs associated with 19
3104	3104	a necessary termination of the contract; and 20
3105	3105	(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 21
3106	3106	contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 22
3107	3107	Government by encouraging full and open competi-23
3108	3108	tion or promoting economy in administration, per-24
3109	3109	formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 25 120
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3111	3111	(b) A contract entered into under this section— 1
3112	3112	(1) shall include a termination clause as de-2
3113	3113	scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 3
3114	3114	United States Code; and 4
3115	3115	(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 5
3116	3116	requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 6
3117	3117	S
3118	3118	EC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 7
3119	3119	year 2026 budget justification and on Departmental Web 8
3120	3120	sites information concerning the employment of full-time 9
3121	3121	equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur-10
3122	3122	poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other-11
3123	3123	wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 12
3124	3124	amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 13
3125	3125	and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 14
3126	3126	(b) With respect to employees or contractors sup-15
3127	3127	ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 16
3128	3128	out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 17
3129	3129	the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 18
3130	3130	information: 19
3131	3131	(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 20
3132	3132	such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 21
3133	3133	a statement indicating the program, project, or ac-22
3134	3134	tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di-23
3135	3135	vision or office that administers such program, and 24 121
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3137	3137	the amount of funding received in discretionary or 1
3138	3138	mandatory appropriations. 2
3139	3139	(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 3
3140	3140	full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ-4
3141	3141	ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 5
3142	3142	detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 6
3143	3143	(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 7
3144	3144	exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 8
3145	3145	(1) are supported through appropriations en-9
3146	3146	acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-10
3147	3147	grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 11
3148	3148	(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 12
3149	3149	activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 13
3150	3150	or 14
3151	3151	(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 15
3152	3152	is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 16
3153	3153	price contracts. 17
3154	3154	S
3155	3155	EC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 18
3156	3156	fiscal year 2026 budget of the President submitted under 19
3157	3157	section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa-20
3158	3158	tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 21
3159	3159	for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 22
3160	3160	Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact-23
3161	3161	ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 24
3162	3162	for fiscal year 2026. Such information shall include, for 25 122
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3164	3164	each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 1
3165	3165	activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 2
3166	3166	Exchange Transparency’’ in the report accompanying this 3
3167	3167	Act. 4
3168	3168	S
3169	3169	EC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 5
3170	3170	Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 6
3171	3171	the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 7
3172	3172	or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 8
3173	3173	the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 9
3174	3174	Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 10
3175	3175	section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 11
3176	3176	risk corridors). 12
3177	3177	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
3178	3178	S
3179	3179	EC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 14
3180	3180	Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 15
3181	3181	section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 16
3182	3182	amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 17
3183	3183	the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 18
3184	3184	report accompanying this Act. 19
3185	3185	(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 20
3186	3186	Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 21
3187	3187	(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 22
3188	3188	section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-23
3189	3189	out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 24 123
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3191	3191	SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on 1
3192	3192	November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2027, any pro-2
3193	3193	vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 3
3194	3194	to another provision of law) to the current recommenda-4
3195	3195	tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 5
3196	3196	with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 6
3197	3197	and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in-7
3198	3198	volved as if— 8
3199	3199	(1) such reference to such current recommenda-9
3200	3200	tions were a reference to the recommendations of 10
3201	3201	such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 11
3202	3202	screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 12
3203	3203	before 2009; and 13
3204	3204	(2) such recommendations last issued before 14
3205	3205	2009 applied to any screening mammography modal-15
3206	3206	ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 16
3207	3207	(42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 17
3208	3208	S
3209	3209	EC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the 18
3210	3210	provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 19
3211	3211	Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 20
3212	3212	approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall con-21
3213	3213	tinue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the 22
3214	3214	same extent and in the same manner as such provisions 23
3215	3215	were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None 24
3216	3216	of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise 25 124
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3218	3218	made available to the Department of Health and Human 1
3219	3219	Services or to any department or agency may be used to 2
3220	3220	develop or implement a modified approach to such provi-3
3221	3221	sions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal 4
3222	3222	effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated 5
3223	3223	rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in 6
3224	3224	such quarter. 7
3225	3225	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
3226	3226	S
3227	3227	EC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 9
3228	3228	opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and 10
3229	3229	addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to 11
3230	3230	other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for 12
3231	3231	the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees 13
3232	3232	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 14
3233	3233	Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in 15
3234	3234	the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 16
3235	3235	authority provided by law. 17
3236	3236	S
3237	3237	EC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 18
3238	3238	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-19
3239	3239	atives and the Senate: 20
3240	3240	(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 21
3241	3241	the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec-22
3242	3242	tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 23
3243	3243	enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 24 125
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3245	3245	(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 1
3246	3246	awards, including supplements, authorized under 2
3247	3247	section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 3
3248	3248	(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 4
3249	3249	and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 5
3250	3250	advance of any public release of enrollment information 6
3251	3251	or the award of such grants. 7
3252	3252	S
3253	3253	EC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-8
3254	3254	able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro-9
3255	3255	gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 10
3256	3256	Services may transfer up to $525,000,000 to such account 11
3257	3257	from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 12
3258	3258	Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 13
3259	3259	support program management activity related to the Medi-14
3260	3260	care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 15
3261	3261	purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provi-16
3262	3262	sion of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or 17
3263	3263	any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 18
3264	3264	supplant any other amounts within such account. 19
3265	3265	S
3266	3266	EC. 228. The Department of Health and Human 20
3267	3267	Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations 21
3268	3268	of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual 22
3269	3269	report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de-23
3270	3270	scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 24 126
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3272	3272	SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 1
3273	3273	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De-2
3274	3274	partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 3
3275	3275	available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 4
3276	3276	employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 5
3277	3277	employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 6
3278	3278	a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 7
3279	3279	are the subject of a determination of a public health emer-8
3280	3280	gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 9
3281	3281	and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 10
3282	3282	an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade-11
3283	3283	quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur-12
3284	3284	poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 13
3285	3285	Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 14
3286	3286	Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 15
3287	3287	the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 16
3288	3288	S
3289	3289	EC. 230. The Department of Health and Human 17
3290	3290	Services may accept donations from the private sector, 18
3291	3291	nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde-19
3292	3292	pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac-20
3293	3293	companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 21
3294	3294	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 22
3295	3295	279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle-23
3296	3296	ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in-24
3297	3297	cluding medical goods and services, which may include 25 127
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3299	3299	early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 1
3300	3300	toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 2
3301	3301	the wellbeing of such children. 3
3302	3302	S
3303	3303	EC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 4
3304	3304	Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 5
3305	3305	Human Services—Administration for Children and Fami-6
3306	3306	lies—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated 7
3307	3307	to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied alien 8
3308	3308	children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of 9
3309	3309	the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) 10
3310	3310	in any facility that is not State-licensed for the care of 11
3311	3311	unaccompanied alien children, except in the case that the 12
3312	3312	Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied alien 13
3313	3313	children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary 14
3314	3314	basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 15
3315	3315	provided that— 16
3316	3316	(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the 17
3317	3317	operations of any such facility that remains in oper-18
3318	3318	ation for more than six consecutive months shall re-19
3319	3319	quire compliance with— 20
3320	3320	(A) the same requirements as licensed 21
3321	3321	placements, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores 22
3322	3322	Settlement Agreement that the Secretary deter-23
3323	3323	mines are applicable to non-State licensed facili-24
3324	3324	ties; and 25 128
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3326	3326	(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty 1
3327	3327	Youth Care Worker for every eight (8) children 2
3328	3328	or youth during waking hours, one (1) on-duty 3
3329	3329	Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) chil-4
3330	3330	dren or youth during sleeping hours, and clini-5
3331	3331	cian ratios to children (including mental health 6
3332	3332	providers) as required in grantee cooperative 7
3333	3333	agreements; 8
3334	3334	(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver 9
3335	3335	for a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with 10
3336	3336	paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides 11
3337	3337	a report to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s 12
3338	3338	good-faith efforts and progress towards compliance; 13
3339	3339	(3) not more than four consecutive waivers 14
3340	3340	under paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor 15
3341	3341	or grantee with respect to a specific facility; 16
3342	3342	(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the 17
3343	3343	monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of 18
3344	3344	its Policies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 19
3345	3345	2019; 20
3346	3346	(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation 21
3347	3347	for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall 22
3348	3348	conduct a minimum of one comprehensive moni-23
3349	3349	toring visit during the first three months of oper-24 129
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3351	3351	ation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; 1
3352	3352	and 2
3353	3353	(6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-3
3354	3354	actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 4
3355	3355	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 5
3356	3356	and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR 6
3357	3357	for influx facilities including any requirement listed 7
3358	3358	in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has deter-8
3359	3359	mined are not applicable to non-State licensed facili-9
3360	3360	ties. 10
3361	3361	S
3362	3362	EC. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional 11
3363	3363	notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 12
3364	3364	facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-13
3365	3365	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-14
3366	3366	ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 15
3367	3367	facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard- 16
3368	3368	sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 17
3369	3369	that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out-18
3370	3370	come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 19
3371	3371	the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 20
3372	3372	longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 21
3373	3373	will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 22
3374	3374	bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 23
3375	3375	Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-24
3376	3376	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 25 130
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3378	3378	report detailing the total number of children in care at 1
3379	3379	the facility, the average length of stay and average length 2
3380	3380	of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 3
3381	3381	has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 4
3382	3382	of stay and reason for delay in release. 5
3383	3383	S
3384	3384	EC. 233. None of the funds made available in this 6
3385	3385	Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 7
3386	3386	Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 8
3387	3387	for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 9
3388	3388	United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 10
3389	3389	of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 11
3390	3390	defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 12
3391	3391	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 13
3392	3392	or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 14
3393	3393	Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 15
3394	3394	days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter-16
3395	3395	fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 17
3396	3396	safety operations) of such facility. 18
3397	3397	S
3398	3398	EC. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of 19
3399	3399	enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec-20
3400	3400	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 21
3401	3401	of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 22
3402	3402	publicly available online, a report with respect to children 23
3403	3403	who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 24
3404	3404	by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard-25 131
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3406	3406	less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 1
3407	3407	an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 2
3408	3408	subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 3
3409	3409	and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 4
3410	3410	the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol-5
3411	3411	lowing information: 6
3412	3412	(1) the number and ages of children so sepa-7
3413	3413	rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 8
3414	3414	ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa-9
3415	3415	ration occurred; and 10
3416	3416	(2) the documented cause of separation, as re-11
3417	3417	ported by DHS when each child was referred. 12
3418	3418	S
3419	3419	EC. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 13
3420	3420	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 14
3421	3421	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 15
3422	3422	available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi-16
3423	3423	ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 17
3424	3424	as defined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess 18
3425	3425	of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of De-19
3426	3426	fense. 20
3427	3427	(RESCISSION) 21
3428	3428	S
3429	3429	EC. 236. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-22
3430	3430	recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 23
3431	3431	division G of Public Law 110–161, $1,656,000,000 are 24
3432	3432	hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2025, ex-25 132
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3434	3434	cept that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 1
3435	3435	were previously designated by the Congress as being for 2
3436	3436	an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso-3
3437	3437	lution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-4
3438	3438	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 5
3439	3439	S
3440	3440	EC. 237. The Director of the National Institutes of 6
3441	3441	Health shall hereafter require institutions that receive 7
3442	3442	funds through a grant or cooperative agreement or other 8
3443	3443	form of extramural award during fiscal year 2025 and in 9
3444	3444	future years to complete any investigation undertaken due 10
3445	3445	to concerns about harassment, bullying retaliation, or hos-11
3446	3446	tile working conditions regarding any individual identified 12
3447	3447	as a principal investigator or key personnel in an NIH 13
3448	3448	notice of award or progress report even if during the 14
3449	3449	course of the investigation the individual under investiga-15
3450	3450	tion leaves their current position and is no longer em-16
3451	3451	ployed by the institution. The Director may hereafter de-17
3452	3452	cline transfer of an ongoing extramural award to a dif-18
3453	3453	ferent institution if concerns about harassment, bullying, 19
3454	3454	hostile work environment, or other professional mis-20
3455	3455	conduct on the part of a principle investigator or key per-21
3456	3456	sonnel named in the Notice of Award or progress report 22
3457	3457	have not been resolved to the NIH’s satisfaction. The Di-23
3458	3458	rector may issue regulations consistent with this section. 24 133
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3460	3460	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 1
3461	3461	and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 2 134
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3463	3463	TITLE III 1
3464	3464	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2
3465	3465	E
3466	3466	DUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 3
3467	3467	For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 4
3468	3468	title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 5
3469	3469	of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 6
3470	3470	418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 7
3471	3471	in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $19,387,790,000, of which 8
3472	3472	$8,459,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 9
3473	3473	and shall remain available through September 30, 2026, 10
3474	3474	and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 11
3475	3475	October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through Sep-12
3476	3476	tember 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, 13
3477	3477	That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under sec-14
3478	3478	tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 15
3479	3479	$5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec-16
3480	3480	retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-17
3481	3481	retary’’) on October 1, 2024, to obtain annually updated 18
3482	3482	local educational agency-level census poverty data from 19
3483	3483	the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 20
3484	3484	$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 21
3485	3485	section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 22
3486	3486	$5,432,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 23
3487	3487	1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 24
3488	3488	$5,432,550,000 shall be for education finance incentive 25 135
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3490	3490	grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur-1
3491	3491	ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2
3492	3492	2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 3
3493	3493	shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA: Pro-4
3494	3494	vided further, That subsection (b) of section 1004 of the 5
3495	3495	ESEA shall be applied by substituting the sum of the 6
3496	3496	amounts appropriated for parts A, C, and D of title I of 7
3497	3497	the ESEA by division H of Public Law 117–328 for each 8
3498	3498	of the amounts specified in that subsection: Provided fur-9
3499	3499	ther, That subsection (a)(2) of section 1004 of the ESEA 10
3500	3500	shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$800,000’’ for 11
3501	3501	‘‘$400,000’’ and by substituting ‘‘$100,000’’ for 12
3502	3502	‘‘$50,000’’. 13
3503	3503	I
3504	3504	MPACTAID 14
3505	3505	For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 15
3506	3506	federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 16
3507	3507	ESEA, $1,645,151,000, of which $1,490,500,000 shall be 17
3508	3508	for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 18
3509	3509	$48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-19
3510	3510	abilities under section 7003(d), $20,500,000, to remain 20
3511	3511	available through September 30, 2026, shall be for con-21
3512	3512	struction under section 7007(b), $81,000,000 shall be for 22
3513	3513	Federal property payments under section 7002, and 23
3514	3514	$4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 24
3515	3515	for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 25 136
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3517	3517	That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 1
3518	3518	for an eligible local educational agency under section 2
3519	3519	7003(a) for school year 2024–2025, children enrolled in 3
3520	3520	a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 4
3521	3521	for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 5
3522	3522	due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 6
3523	3523	or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 7
3524	3524	children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 8
3525	3525	guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 9
3526	3526	reside on Federal property as described in section 10
3527	3527	7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 11
3528	3528	shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 12
3529	3529	provided such students remain in average daily attendance 13
3530	3530	at a school in the same local educational agency they at-14
3531	3531	tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 15
3532	3532	S
3533	3533	CHOOLIMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 16
3534	3534	For carrying out school improvement activities au-17
3535	3535	thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 18
3536	3536	1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 19
3537	3537	V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin-20
3538	3538	ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 21
3539	3539	Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; and the 22
3540	3540	Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,796,178,000, of which 23
3541	3541	$3,967,312,000 shall become available on July 1, 2025, 24
3542	3542	and remain available through September 30, 2026, and 25 137
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3544	3544	of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo-1
3545	3545	ber 1, 2025, and shall remain available through September 2
3546	3546	30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Provided, That 3
3547	3547	$380,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided fur-4
3548	3548	ther, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: 5
3549	3549	Provided further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B 6
3550	3550	of title VI, which may be used for construction, renova-7
3551	3551	tion, and modernization of any public elementary school, 8
3552	3552	secondary school, or structure related to a public elemen-9
3553	3553	tary school or secondary school that serves a predomi-10
3554	3554	nantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 per-11
3555	3555	cent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use 12
3556	3556	of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to 13
3557	3557	direct administrative costs: Provided further, That the Sec-14
3558	3558	retary shall use $650,000 of funds made available in the 15
3559	3559	preceding proviso to carry out section 6204 of the ESEA: 16
3560	3560	Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be for part C 17
3561	3561	of title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, 18
3562	3562	and may be used for construction, and that the 5 percent 19
3563	3563	limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of 20
3564	3564	funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to di-21
3565	3565	rect administrative costs: Provided further, That 22
3566	3566	$50,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 23
3567	3567	of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and 24
3568	3568	the Secretary shall make such arrangements as deter-25 138
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3570	3570	mined to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian 1
3571	3571	Education has access to services provided under this sec-2
3572	3572	tion: Provided further, That $230,000,000 shall be for 3
3573	3573	part B of title V: Provided further, That in carrying out 4
3574	3574	such part B the percentage in section 316(b)(1)(E) of title 5
3575	3575	III of division H of Public Law 116–260 shall be deemed 6
3576	3576	83.33 percent: Provided further, That $1,390,000,000 7
3577	3577	shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of part A 8
3578	3578	of title IV: Provided further, That funds provided by this 9
3579	3579	Act for subpart B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento 10
3580	3580	Homeless Assistance Act shall be available for expenditure 11
3581	3581	by educational agencies and institutions for an additional 12
3582	3582	fiscal year following the succeeding fiscal year provided by 13
3583	3583	subsection 421(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions 14
3584	3584	Act. 15
3585	3585	I
3586	3586	NDIANEDUCATION 16
3587	3587	For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 17
3588	3588	not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 18
3589	3589	$194,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 19
3590	3590	2 of part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be for sub-20
3591	3591	part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 21
3592	3592	limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 22
3593	3593	the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 23
3594	3594	shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 24
3595	3595	further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 25 139
3596	3596	•S 4942 RS
3597	3597	6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 1
3598	3598	may be for a period of up to 5 years: Provided further, 2
3599	3599	That the Secretary may make awards under subpart 3 of 3
3600	3600	part A of title VI without regard to the funding limitation 4
3601	3601	in section 6133(b)(1) of the ESEA. 5
3602	3602	I
3603	3603	NNOVATION ANDIMPROVEMENT 6
3604	3604	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 7
3605	3605	3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E 8
3606	3606	and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 9
3607	3607	$1,115,000,000: Provided, That $173,000,000 shall be for 10
3608	3608	subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 11
3609	3609	available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 12
3610	3610	2241: Provided further, That $683,000,000 shall be for 13
3611	3611	parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 14
3612	3612	and shall be made available without regard to sections 15
3613	3613	4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 16
3614	3614	That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds 17
3615	3615	available for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of 18
3616	3616	the funds available for part C of title IV, the Secretary 19
3617	3617	shall use not less than $60,000,000 to carry out section 20
3618	3618	4304, not more than $140,000,000, to remain available 21
3619	3619	through March 31, 2026, to carry out section 4305(b), 22
3620	3620	from which the amount necessary for continuation grants 23
3621	3621	may be available for obligation through March 31, 2026, 24
3622	3622	and not more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities 25 140
3623	3623	•S 4942 RS
3624	3624	in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwith-1
3625	3625	standing section 4601(b), $259,000,000 shall be available 2
3626	3626	through December 31, 2025 for subpart 1 of part F of 3
3627	3627	title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for 4
3628	3628	subpart 4 of part F of title IV, not less than $8,000,000 5
3629	3629	shall be used for grants for eligible national nonprofit or-6
3630	3630	ganizations, as described in the Applications for New 7
3631	3631	Awards; Assistance for Arts Education Program published 8
3632	3632	in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022, for activities 9
3633	3633	described under section 4642(a)(1)(C): Provided further, 10
3634	3634	That the competitive preference priority described in such 11
3635	3635	notice shall be given only to an eligible national nonprofit 12
3636	3636	organization that previously received the competitive pref-13
3637	3637	erence priority pursuant to such notice. 14
3638	3638	S
3639	3639	AFESCHOOLS ANDCITIZENSHIPEDUCATION 15
3640	3640	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 16
3641	3641	and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $464,000,000, 17
3642	3642	to remain available through December 31, 2025: Provided, 18
3643	3643	That $221,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 19
3644	3644	which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-20
3645	3645	pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re-21
3646	3646	sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur-22
3647	3647	ther, That $150,000,000 shall be available for section 23
3648	3648	4625: Provided further, That $93,000,000 shall be for sec-24
3649	3649	tion 4624. 25 141
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3651	3651	ENGLISHLANGUAGEACQUISITION 1
3652	3652	For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 2
3653	3653	$895,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 3
3654	3654	2025, and shall remain available through September 30, 4
3655	3655	2026, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 5
3656	3656	available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available 6
3657	3657	through September 30, 2026, to carry out activities under 7
3658	3658	section 3111(c)(1)(C). 8
3659	3659	S
3660	3660	PECIALEDUCATION 9
3661	3661	For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 10
3662	3662	Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 11
3663	3663	and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,768,264,000, of 12
3664	3664	which $6,190,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 13
3665	3665	2025, and shall remain available through September 30, 14
3666	3666	2026, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 15
3667	3667	on October 1, 2025, and shall remain available through 16
3668	3668	September 30, 2026, for academic year 2025–2026: Pro-17
3669	3669	vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 18
3670	3670	shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 19
3671	3671	that activity during fiscal year 2024, increased by the 20
3672	3672	amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 21
3673	3673	of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro-22
3674	3674	priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 23
3675	3675	than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2024: 24
3676	3676	Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 25 142
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3678	3678	to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 1
3679	3679	States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub-2
3680	3680	ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 3
3681	3681	allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 4
3682	3682	under this heading, is reduced under section 5
3683	3683	612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 6
3684	3684	the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 7
3685	3685	aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 8
3686	3686	with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail-9
3687	3687	ability of a free appropriate public education under this 10
3688	3688	part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 11
3689	3689	relative populations of those children who are living in pov-12
3690	3690	erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis-13
3691	3691	tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 14
3692	3692	whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 15
3693	3693	under this heading made funds available for such a dis-16
3694	3694	tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 17
3695	3695	such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 18
3696	3696	educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 19
3697	3697	Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo-20
3698	3698	cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 21
3699	3699	section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 22
3700	3700	States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 23
3701	3701	any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 24
3702	3702	the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 25 143
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3704	3704	for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 1
3705	3705	notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re-2
3706	3706	garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 3
3707	3707	section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 4
3708	3708	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 5
3709	3709	apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 6
3710	3710	a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 7
3711	3711	the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 8
3712	3712	Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca-9
3713	3713	tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec-10
3714	3714	tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re-11
3715	3715	serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 12
3716	3716	the same relation to the maximum amount described in 13
3717	3717	that paragraph as the reduction under section 14
3718	3718	612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 15
3719	3719	would have received in that fiscal year under section 16
3720	3720	611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 17
3721	3721	That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 18
3722	3722	funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 19
3723	3723	fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 20
3724	3724	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 21
3725	3725	section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-22
3726	3726	tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 23
3727	3727	U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 24
3728	3728	under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech-25 144
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3730	3730	nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 1
3731	3731	States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 2
3732	3732	616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv-3
3733	3733	ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 4
3734	3734	quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro-5
3735	3735	vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 6
3736	3736	available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro-7
3737	3737	gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro-8
3738	3738	gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 9
3739	3739	That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 10
3740	3740	activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 11
3741	3741	to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-12
3742	3742	tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri-13
3743	3743	vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au-14
3744	3744	thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not-15
3745	3745	withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 16
3746	3746	fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 17
3747	3747	of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 18
3748	3748	State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de-19
3749	3749	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-20
3750	3750	ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 21
3751	3751	to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 22
3752	3752	funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 23
3753	3753	populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 24
3754	3754	State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de-25 145
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3756	3756	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-1
3757	3757	ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 2
3758	3758	643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu-3
3759	3759	cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 4
3760	3760	public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 5
3761	3761	carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 6
3762	3762	Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 7
3763	3763	IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 8
3764	3764	633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 9
3765	3765	services to a child who previously received services under 10
3766	3766	part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 11
3767	3767	the school year following the child’s third birthday with 12
3768	3768	parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 13
3769	3769	section 635(c) of the IDEA. 14
3770	3770	R
3771	3771	EHABILITATIONSERVICES 15
3772	3772	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
3773	3773	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-17
3774	3774	vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 18
3775	3775	National Center Act, $4,219,297,000, of which 19
3776	3776	$4,076,098,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili-20
3777	3777	tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro-21
3778	3778	vided, That the last proviso of section 547 of title V of 22
3779	3779	division C of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 23
3780	3780	Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) is amended to read as fol-24
3781	3781	lows: ‘‘Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2025, each 25 146
3782	3782	•S 4942 RS
3783	3783	State shall be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 1
3784	3784	110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated 2
3785	3785	as if the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index 3
3786	3786	determined under section 100(c) of such Act was not used 4
3787	3787	to set the amount of the appropriation in fiscal year 5
3788	3788	2024.’’: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2026, each 6
3789	3789	State shall be entitled to an allotment pursuant to section 7
3790	3790	110(a) of the Rehabilitation Act that shall be calculated 8
3791	3791	as if the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index 9
3792	3792	determined under section 100(c) of such Act had been 10
3793	3793	used to set the amount of the appropriation in both fiscal 11
3794	3794	years 2024 and 2025: Provided further, That the Sec-12
3795	3795	retary may use amounts provided in this Act that remain 13
3796	3796	available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States 14
3797	3797	pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for 15
3798	3798	innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive inte-16
3799	3799	grated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act 17
3800	3800	for youth and other individuals with disabilities, including 18
3801	3801	related Federal administrative expenses, for improving 19
3802	3802	monitoring and oversight of grants for vocational rehabili-20
3803	3803	tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act, and 21
3804	3804	information technology needs under section 15 and titles 22
3805	3805	I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided fur-23
3806	3806	ther, That up to 15 percent of the amounts available sub-24
3807	3807	sequent to reallotment for the activities described in the 25 147
3808	3808	•S 4942 RS
3809	3809	third proviso from funds provided under this paragraph 1
3810	3810	in this Act, may be used for evaluation and technical as-2
3811	3811	sistance related to such activities: Provided further, That 3
3812	3812	any funds made available subsequent to reallotment for 4
3813	3813	the activities described in the third proviso may be pro-5
3814	3814	vided to States and other public, private and nonprofit en-6
3815	3815	tities, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher 7
3816	3816	education for carrying out such activities: Provided fur-8
3817	3817	ther, That States and other public and nonprofit entities, 9
3818	3818	including Indian tribes and institutions of higher edu-10
3819	3819	cation may award subgrants for a portion of the funds 11
3820	3820	to other eligible entities: Provided further, That any funds 12
3821	3821	provided in this Act and made available subsequent to re-13
3822	3822	allotment for the purposes described in the third proviso 14
3823	3823	shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided 15
3824	3824	further, That the Secretary may transfer funds provided 16
3825	3825	in this Act and made available subsequent to the reallot-17
3826	3826	ment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the 18
3827	3827	Rehabilitation Act to ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ 19
3828	3828	for the evaluation of outcomes for students receiving serv-20
3829	3829	ices and supports under IDEA and under title I, section 21
3830	3830	504 of title V, and title VI of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro-22
3831	3831	vided further, That the transfer authority in the preceding 23
3832	3832	proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority in 24
3833	3833	this Act. 25 148
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3835	3835	SPECIALINSTITUTIONS FORPERSONSWITH 1
3836	3836	D
3837	3837	ISABILITIES 2
3838	3838	AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 3
3839	3839	For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 4
3840	3840	of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $53,431,000. 5
3841	3841	NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 6
3842	3842	For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 7
3843	3843	under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 8
3844	3844	of 1986, $96,500,000: Provided, That from the total 9
3845	3845	amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 10
3846	3846	funds for the endowment program as authorized under 11
3847	3847	section 207 of such Act. 12
3848	3848	GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 13
3849	3849	For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 14
3850	3850	the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 15
3851	3851	support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 16
3852	3852	the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $171,361,000, of 17
3853	3853	which up to $19,000,000, to remain available until ex-18
3854	3854	pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 19
3855	3855	201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 20
3856	3856	available, the University may at its discretion use funds 21
3857	3857	for the endowment program as authorized under section 22
3858	3858	207 of such Act. 23 149
3859	3859	•S 4942 RS
3860	3860	CAREER, TECHNICAL, ANDADULTEDUCATION 1
3861	3861	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-2
3862	3862	vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-3
3863	3863	cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu-4
3864	3864	cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 5
3865	3865	$2,226,436,000, of which $1,435,436,000 shall become 6
3866	3866	available on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available 7
3867	3867	through September 30, 2026, and of which $791,000,000 8
3868	3868	shall become available on October 1, 2025, and shall re-9
3869	3869	main available through September 30, 2026: Provided, 10
3870	3870	That up to $16,100,000 shall be available for innovation 11
3871	3871	and modernization grants under such section 114(e) of the 12
3872	3872	Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 13
3873	3873	available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national 14
3874	3874	leadership activities under section 242. 15
3875	3875	S
3876	3876	TUDENTFINANCIALASSISTANCE 16
3877	3877	For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 17
3878	3878	and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,615,352,000 which 18
3879	3879	shall remain available through September 30, 2026. 19
3880	3880	The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 20
3881	3881	be eligible during award year 2025–2026 shall be $6,435. 21
3882	3882	S
3883	3883	TUDENTAIDADMINISTRATION 22
3884	3884	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 23
3885	3885	D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 24
3886	3886	parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 25 150
3887	3887	•S 4942 RS
3888	3888	1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 1
3889	3889	$2,158,943,000, to remain available through September 2
3890	3890	30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 3
3891	3891	student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 4
3892	3892	servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 5
3893	3893	to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 6
3894	3894	and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 7
3895	3895	new and existing accounts: Provided further, That in order 8
3896	3896	to promote accountability and high-quality service to bor-9
3897	3897	rowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any con-10
3898	3898	tract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 11
3899	3899	environment, including the solicitation for the Federal 12
3900	3900	Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing and Serv-13
3901	3901	icing Environment, unless such an environment provides 14
3902	3902	for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that 15
3903	3903	contract directly with the Department of Education to 16
3904	3904	manage a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the 17
3905	3905	full life-cycle of loans from disbursement to pay-off with 18
3906	3906	certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan bor-19
3907	3907	rower accounts to eligible student loan servicers based on 20
3908	3908	performance: Provided further, That the Department shall 21
3909	3909	re-allocate accounts from servicers for recurring non-com-22
3910	3910	pliance with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, 23
3911	3911	and applicable laws, including for failure to sufficiently in-24
3912	3912	form borrowers of available repayment options: Provided 25 151
3913	3913	•S 4942 RS
3914	3914	further, That such servicers shall be evaluated based on 1
3915	3915	their ability to meet contract requirements (including an 2
3916	3916	understanding of Federal and State law), future perform-3
3917	3917	ance on the contracts, and history of compliance with ap-4
3918	3918	plicable consumer protections laws: Provided further, That 5
3919	3919	to the extent FSA permits student loan servicing subcon-6
3920	3920	tracting, FSA shall hold prime contractors accountable for 7
3921	3921	meeting the requirements of the contract, and the per-8
3922	3922	formance and expectations of subcontractors shall be ac-9
3923	3923	counted for in the prime contract and in the overall per-10
3924	3924	formance of the prime contractor: Provided further, That 11
3925	3925	FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing 12
3926	3926	and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan serv-13
3927	3927	icing environment, incentivize more support to borrowers 14
3928	3928	at risk of delinquency or default: Provided further, That 15
3929	3929	FSA shall ensure that in such environment contractors 16
3930	3930	have the capacity to meet and are held accountable for 17
3931	3931	performance on service levels; are held accountable for and 18
3932	3932	have a history of compliance with applicable consumer pro-19
3933	3933	tection laws; and have relevant experience and dem-20
3934	3934	onstrated effectiveness: Provided further, That the Sec-21
3935	3935	retary shall provide quarterly briefings to the Committees 22
3936	3936	on Appropriations and Education and the Workforce of 23
3937	3937	the House of Representatives and the Committees on Ap-24
3938	3938	propriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 25 152
3939	3939	•S 4942 RS
3940	3940	of the Senate on general progress related to implementa-1
3941	3941	tion of Federal student loan servicing contracts: Provided 2
3942	3942	further, That FSA shall strengthen transparency through 3
3943	3943	expanded publication of aggregate data on student loan 4
3944	3944	and servicer performance: Provided further, That 5
3945	3945	$60,000,000 shall be for ensuring the continuation of stu-6
3946	3946	dent loan servicing activities, including supporting bor-7
3947	3947	rowers reentering repayment: Provided further, That 8
3948	3948	$40,000,000 shall be for the adjudication and processing 9
3949	3949	of borrower defense claims for class members under the 10
3950	3950	settlement agreement in Sweet v. Cardona, No. 3:19–cv– 11
3951	3951	3674 (N.D. Cal.): Provided further, That the limitation in 12
3952	3952	section 302 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any 13
3953	3953	appropriation shall apply to transfers to appropriations 14
3954	3954	under this heading by substituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 15
3955	3955	percent’’ for the purposes of the continuation of basic op-16
3956	3956	erations, including student loan servicing, business process 17
3957	3957	operations, digital customer care, common origination and 18
3958	3958	disbursement, cybersecurity activities, and information 19
3959	3959	technology systems: Provided further, That not later than 20
3960	3960	45 days after enactment of this Act, FSA shall provide 21
3961	3961	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-22
3962	3962	resentatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan of an-23
3963	3963	ticipated uses of funds made available in this account for 24
3964	3964	fiscal year 2025 and provide quarterly updates on this 25 153
3965	3965	•S 4942 RS
3966	3966	plan (including contracts awarded, change orders, bonuses 1
3967	3967	paid to staff, reorganization costs, and any other activity 2
3968	3968	carried out using amounts provided under this heading for 3
3969	3969	fiscal year 2025) no later than 10 days prior to the start 4
3970	3970	of such quarter: Provided further, That FSA shall notify 5
3971	3971	the Committees within 10 days of any modification of such 6
3972	3972	spend plan that exceeds five percent of the amount appro-7
3973	3973	priated under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’: 8
3974	3974	Provided further, That the FSA Next Generation Proc-9
3975	3975	essing and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal 10
3976	3976	student loan servicing environment, shall include account-11
3977	3977	ability measures that account for the performance of the 12
3978	3978	portfolio and contractor compliance with FSA guidelines. 13
3979	3979	H
3980	3980	IGHEREDUCATION 14
3981	3981	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-15
3982	3982	vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 16
3983	3983	the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 17
3984	3984	1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, 18
3985	3985	$3,352,102,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 19
3986	3986	other provision of law, funds made available in this Act 20
3987	3987	to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) 21
3988	3988	of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 22
3989	3989	1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 23
3990	3990	countries by individuals who are participating in advanced 24
3991	3991	foreign language training and international studies in 25 154
3992	3992	•S 4942 RS
3993	3993	areas that are vital to United States national security and 1
3994	3994	who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of 2
3995	3995	these countries in the fields of government, the profes-3
3996	3996	sions, or international development: Provided further, That 4
3997	3997	of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 5
3998	3998	1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 6
3999	3999	outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-7
4000	4000	vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 8
4001	4001	available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 9
4002	4002	IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided fur-10
4003	4003	ther, That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not apply to 11
4004	4004	an institution of higher education that is eligible to receive 12
4005	4005	funding under section 318 of the HEA: Provided further, 13
4006	4006	That amounts made available for carrying out section 14
4007	4007	419N of the HEA may be awarded notwithstanding the 15
4008	4008	limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the HEA: Provided 16
4009	4009	further, That of the amounts made available under this 17
4010	4010	heading, $206,150,000 shall be used for the projects, and 18
4011	4011	in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression-19
4012	4012	ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report accom-20
4013	4013	panying this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 21
4014	4014	made available for projects described in the preceding pro-22
4015	4015	viso shall be subject to section 302 of this Act : Provided 23
4016	4016	further, That activities authorized under sections 24
4017	4017	317(c)(2)(B), 319(c)(2)(B), and 320(c)(2)(B) of the HEA 25 155
4018	4018	•S 4942 RS
4019	4019	may include construction and maintenance in classrooms, 1
4020	4020	libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities. 2
4021	4021	H
4022	4022	OWARDUNIVERSITY 3
4023	4023	For partial support of Howard University, 4
4024	4024	$297,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 5
4025	4025	for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 6
4026	4026	University Endowment Act and shall remain available 7
4027	4027	until expended. 8
4028	4028	C
4029	4029	OLLEGEHOUSING ANDACADEMICFACILITIESLOANS 9
4030	4030	P
4031	4031	ROGRAM 10
4032	4032	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-11
4033	4033	tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 12
4034	4034	121 of the HEA, $298,000. 13
4035	4035	H
4036	4036	ISTORICALLYBLACKCOLLEGE ANDUNIVERSITY 14
4037	4037	C
4038	4038	APITALFINANCINGPROGRAMACCOUNT 15
4039	4039	For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-16
4040	4040	thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 17
4041	4041	shall remain available through September 30, 2026: Pro-18
4042	4042	vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 19
4043	4043	such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-20
4044	4044	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 21
4045	4045	these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 22
4046	4046	any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 23
4047	4047	$344,444,444: Provided further, That these funds may be 24
4048	4048	used to support loans to public and private Historically 25 156
4049	4049	•S 4942 RS
4050	4050	Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi-1
4051	4051	tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 2
4052	4052	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 3
4053	4053	the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-4
4054	4054	nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 5
4055	4055	III of the HEA, $528,000. 6
4056	4056	I
4057	4057	NSTITUTE OFEDUCATIONSCIENCES 7
4058	4058	For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 8
4059	4059	Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 9
4060	4060	of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 10
4061	4061	authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 11
4062	4062	Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu-12
4063	4063	cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 13
4064	4064	664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 14
4065	4065	$798,106,000, which shall remain available through Sep-15
4066	4066	tember 30, 2026: Provided, That funds available to carry 16
4067	4067	out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 17
4068	4068	Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and sec-18
4069	4069	ondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, 19
4070	4070	and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 20
4071	4071	systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 21
4072	4072	funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 22
4073	4073	Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public 23
4074	4074	or private organizations or agencies to support activities 24 157
4075	4075	•S 4942 RS
4076	4076	to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, 1
4077	4077	State, and national levels. 2
4078	4078	D
4079	4079	EPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 3
4080	4080	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 4
4081	4081	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-5
4082	4082	vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-6
4083	4083	cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-7
4084	4084	lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 8
4085	4085	$419,907,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 9
4086	4086	provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act 10
4087	4087	or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the De-11
4088	4088	partment of Education available for obligation or expendi-12
4089	4089	ture in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity 13
4090	4090	relating to implementing a reorganization that decentral-14
4091	4091	izes, reduces the staffing level, or alters the responsibil-15
4092	4092	ities, structure, authority, or functionality of the Budget 16
4093	4093	Service of the Department of Education, relative to the 17
4094	4094	principal office functional statement, organization, and op-18
4095	4095	eration of the Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 19
4096	4096	2024: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 20
4097	4097	not apply to an internal reorganization of the Budget 21
4098	4098	Service that does not decentralize, reduce the staffing 22
4099	4099	level, or alter the overall responsibilities, authority, or 23
4100	4100	functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of 24
4101	4101	Education, relative to the principal office functional state-25 158
4102	4102	•S 4942 RS
4103	4103	ment, staffing level, and operation of the Budget Service 1
4104	4104	as in effect on January 1, 2024: Provided further, That 2
4105	4105	none of the funds provided by this Act may be used to 3
4106	4106	support a number of non-career employees that is more 4
4107	4107	than the number of non-career employees as of December 5
4108	4108	31, 2022. 6
4109	4109	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 7
4110	4110	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 8
4111	4111	Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 9
4112	4112	of Education Organization Act, $150,000,000. 10
4113	4113	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 11
4114	4114	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 12
4115	4115	General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 13
4116	4116	of Education Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which 14
4117	4117	$3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 15
4118	4118	2026. 16
4119	4119	G
4120	4120	ENERALPROVISIONS 17
4121	4121	S
4122	4122	EC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 18
4123	4123	used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-19
4124	4124	untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 20
4125	4125	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
4126	4126	S
4127	4127	EC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-22
4128	4128	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 23
4129	4129	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-24
4130	4130	priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 25 159
4131	4131	•S 4942 RS
4132	4132	be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-1
4133	4133	priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 2
4134	4134	such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant-3
4135	4135	ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro-4
4136	4136	gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 5
4137	4137	are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com-6
4138	4138	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 7
4139	4139	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 8
4140	4140	of any transfer. 9
4141	4141	S
4142	4142	EC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con-10
4143	4143	solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 11
4144	4144	the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2025, through 12
4145	4145	September 30, 2026. 13
4146	4146	S
4147	4147	EC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 14
4148	4148	maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-15
4149	4149	propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 16
4150	4150	2025 may use the income from that fund to award schol-17
4151	4151	arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 18
4152	4152	331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 19
4153	4153	such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 20
4154	4154	be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-21
4155	4155	come, subject to that limitation. 22
4156	4156	(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 23
4157	4157	and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 24 160
4158	4158	•S 4942 RS
4159	4159	SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1
4160	4160	1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 2
4161	4161	‘‘2021’’. 3
4162	4162	S
4163	4163	EC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 4
4164	4164	1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for 5
4165	4165	‘‘2021’’. 6
4166	4166	S
4167	4167	EC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 7
4168	4168	heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 8
4169	4169	for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 9
4170	4170	of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-10
4171	4171	kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu-11
4172	4172	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 12
4173	4173	(RESCISSION) 13
4174	4174	S
4175	4175	EC. 308. Of the amounts appropriated under section 14
4176	4176	401(b)(7)(A)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 15
4177	4177	U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(ii)) for fiscal year 2025, 16
4178	4178	$15,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 17
4179	4179	S
4180	4180	EC. 309. Of the amounts made available in this title 18
4181	4181	under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 19
4182	4182	$2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education 20
4183	4183	to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part 21
4184	4184	D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who 22
4185	4185	may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 23
4186	4186	455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 24
4187	4187	borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such 25 161
4188	4188	•S 4942 RS
4189	4189	loan cancellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall spe-1
4190	4190	cifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would 2
4191	4191	qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such 3
4192	4192	Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of 4
4193	4193	the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that 5
4194	4194	is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to 6
4195	4195	encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment 7
4196	4196	plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall also com-8
4197	4197	municate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full require-9
4198	4198	ments of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the fil-10
4199	4199	ing of employment certification by providing improved out-11
4200	4200	reach and information such as outbound calls, electronic 12
4201	4201	communications, ensuring prominent access to program 13
4202	4202	requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 14
4203	4203	creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire 15
4204	4204	payment certification process electronically and on a cen-16
4205	4205	tralized website. 17
4206	4206	S
4207	4207	EC. 310. The Secretary may reserve not more than 18
4208	4208	0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 19
4209	4209	for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail-20
4210	4210	able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 21
4211	4211	carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to col-22
4212	4212	lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 23
4213	4213	by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 24
4214	4214	this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 25 162
4215	4215	•S 4942 RS
4216	4216	shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro-1
4217	4217	vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 2
4218	4218	shall be available through September 30, 2027: Provided 3
4219	4219	further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 4
4220	4220	are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi-5
4221	4221	ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 6
4222	4222	may also reserve funds for such program or project for 7
4223	4223	the purposes described in this section so long as the total 8
4224	4224	reservation of funds for such program or project does not 9
4225	4225	exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 10
4226	4226	further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 11
4227	4227	obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec-12
4228	4228	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 13
4229	4229	of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com-14
4230	4230	mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 15
4231	4231	Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Work-16
4232	4232	force of the House of Representatives a plan that identi-17
4233	4233	fies the source and amount of funds reserved under this 18
4234	4234	section, the impact on program grantees if funds are with-19
4235	4235	held for the purposes of this section, and the activities to 20
4236	4236	be carried out with such funds. 21
4237	4237	S
4238	4238	EC. 311. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-22
4239	4239	priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Innovation and 23
4240	4240	Improvement’’ for purposes authorized by the Elementary 24
4241	4241	and Secondary Education Act of 1965, there are hereby 25 163
4242	4242	•S 4942 RS
4243	4243	appropriated an additional $116,461,000 which shall be 1
4244	4244	used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 2
4245	4245	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 3
4246	4246	in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That none 4
4247	4247	of the funds made available for such projects shall be sub-5
4248	4248	ject to section 302 of this Act. 6
4249	4249	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7
4250	4250	S
4251	4251	EC. 312. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 8
4252	4252	for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $21,390,000 9
4253	4253	shall be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the 10
4254	4254	Secretary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 11
4255	4255	Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa-12
4256	4256	tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 13
4257	4257	space, human resource services, financial management 14
4258	4258	services, financial systems support, budget formulation 15
4259	4259	and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor-16
4260	4260	tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 17
4261	4261	acquisition and contract management, grants administra-18
4262	4262	tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro-19
4263	4263	vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 20
4264	4264	amounts obligated and expended for such support services 21
4265	4265	by using a standard Department of Education method-22
4266	4266	ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 23
4267	4267	Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 24
4268	4268	amounts available for IES support services in excess of 25 164
4269	4269	•S 4942 RS
4270	4270	actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal-1
4271	4271	culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 2
4272	4272	the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 3
4273	4273	further, That in order to address any shortfall between 4
4274	4274	amounts available for IES support services and amounts 5
4275	4275	needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Sec-6
4276	4276	retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 7
4277	4277	of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad-8
4278	4278	ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com-9
4279	4279	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 10
4280	4280	and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 11
4281	4281	of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 12
4282	4282	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-13
4283	4283	cation Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 14 165
4284	4284	•S 4942 RS
4285	4285	TITLE IV 1
4286	4286	RELATED AGENCIES 2
4287	4287	C
4288	4288	OMMITTEE FORPURCHASEFROMPEOPLEWHOARE 3
4289	4289	B
4290	4290	LIND ORSEVERELYDISABLED 4
4291	4291	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4292	4292	For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-6
4293	4293	chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 7
4294	4294	(referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 8
4295	4295	under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 9
4296	4296	$13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any 10
4297	4297	central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 11
4298	4298	8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re-12
4299	4299	quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 13
4300	4300	51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-14
4301	4301	mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 15
4302	4302	central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 16
4303	4303	agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re-17
4304	4304	porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 18
4305	4305	of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 19
4306	4306	such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 20
4307	4307	heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 21
4308	4308	Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele-22
4309	4309	ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 23
4310	4310	4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 24
4311	4311	A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 25 166
4312	4312	•S 4942 RS
4313	4313	such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 1
4314	4314	section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 2
4315	4315	prior to executing a written agreement with the Com-3
4316	4316	mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 4
4317	4317	shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 5
4318	4318	C
4319	4319	ORPORATION FORNATIONAL ANDCOMMUNITYSERVICE 6
4320	4320	OPERATING EXPENSES 7
4321	4321	For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-8
4322	4322	tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 9
4323	4323	‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 10
4324	4324	of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 11
4325	4325	National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 12
4326	4326	to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $1,010,525,000, notwith-13
4327	4327	standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 14
4328	4328	501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 15
4329	4329	amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 16
4330	4330	of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 17
4331	4331	of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 18
4332	4332	of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 19
4333	4333	the grants cycle; (2) $19,538,000 shall be available to pro-20
4334	4334	vide assistance to State commissions on national and com-21
4335	4335	munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 22
4336	4336	notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 23
4337	4337	$37,735,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of 24
4338	4338	the 1990 Act; and (4) $8,558,000 shall be available for 25 167
4339	4339	•S 4942 RS
4340	4340	expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1
4341	4341	1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 2
4342	4342	198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 3
4343	4343	Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out 4
4344	4344	the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 5
4345	4345	122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 6
4346	4346	local community. 7
4347	4347	PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 8
4348	4348	(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
4349	4349	For payment to the National Service Trust estab-10
4350	4350	lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 11
4351	4351	$160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-12
4352	4352	vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 13
4353	4353	amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 14
4354	4354	to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 15
4355	4355	the National Service Trust upon determination that such 16
4356	4356	transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 17
4357	4357	service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 18
4358	4358	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-19
4359	4359	atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap-20
4360	4360	propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 21
4361	4361	may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 22
4362	4362	without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 23
4363	4363	under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b): Provided further, That of the 24
4364	4364	discretionary unobligated balances from amounts made 25 168
4365	4365	•S 4942 RS
4366	4366	available in prior appropriations Acts to the National 1
4367	4367	Service Trust, $15,000,000 are hereby permanently re-2
4368	4368	scinded, except that no amounts may be rescinded from 3
4369	4369	amounts that were previously designated by the Congress 4
4370	4370	as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-5
4371	4371	current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 6
4372	4372	and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7
4373	4373	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8
4374	4374	For necessary expenses of administration as provided 9
4375	4375	under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 10
4376	4376	504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-11
4377	4377	thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 12
4378	4378	of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-13
4379	4379	ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 14
4380	4380	U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-15
4381	4381	tion and representation expenses, $99,686,000. 16
4382	4382	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 17
4383	4383	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 18
4384	4384	General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 19
4385	4385	$7,595,000. 20
4386	4386	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 21
4387	4387	S
4388	4388	EC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 22
4389	4389	to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 23
4390	4390	through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 24
4391	4391	year 2025, during any grant selection process, an officer 25 169
4392	4392	•S 4942 RS
4393	4393	or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-1
4394	4394	ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 2
4395	4395	directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 3
4396	4396	or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-4
4397	4397	ceive such information. 5
4398	4398	S
4399	4399	EC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 6
4400	4400	under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 7
4401	4401	overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 8
4402	4402	first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 9
4403	4403	thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-10
4404	4404	ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 11
4405	4405	Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 12
4406	4406	match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-13
4407	4407	port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 14
4408	4408	Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 15
4409	4409	2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 16
4410	4410	S
4411	4411	EC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 17
4412	4412	196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-18
4413	4413	grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 19
4414	4414	Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 20
4415	4415	shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-21
4416	4416	grams and operations. 22
4417	4417	S
4418	4418	EC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 23
4419	4419	146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 24
4420	4420	the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 25 170
4421	4421	•S 4942 RS
4422	4422	to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 1
4423	4423	101 of the Act. 2
4424	4424	S
4425	4425	EC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 3
4426	4426	189D of the 1990 Act— 4
4427	4427	(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 5
4428	4428	section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 6
4429	4429	section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 7
4430	4430	1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 8
4431	4431	(2) individuals described in such section shall 9
4432	4432	be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 10
4433	4433	NCPA; and 11
4434	4434	(3) State Commissions on National and Com-12
4435	4435	munity Service established pursuant to section 178 13
4436	4436	of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 14
4437	4437	history record information, consistent with Public 15
4438	4438	Law 92–544. 16
4439	4439	S
4440	4440	EC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 17
4441	4441	147 of the 1990 Act, the Corporation may determine the 18
4442	4442	number of hours required to successfully complete any 19
4443	4443	term of service of less than 1,700 hours, except that any 20
4444	4444	reduction of the required term of service below 1,700 21
4445	4445	hours shall include a corresponding reduction in the 22
4446	4446	amount of any national service educational award that 23
4447	4447	may be available under subtitle D with regard to that serv-24
4448	4448	ice. 25 171
4449	4449	•S 4942 RS
4450	4450	SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 1
4451	4451	shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 2
4452	4452	service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re-3
4453	4453	ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 4
4454	4454	C
4455	4455	ORPORATION FORPUBLICBROADCASTING 5
4456	4456	For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-6
4457	4457	casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 7
4458	4458	Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 8
4459	4459	limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2027, 9
4460	4460	$535,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 10
4461	4461	available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re-11
4462	4462	ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 12
4463	4463	Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 13
4464	4464	none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 14
4465	4465	be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-15
4466	4466	tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-16
4467	4467	efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 17
4468	4468	color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 18
4469	4469	That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 19
4470	4470	Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 20
4471	4471	in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 21
4472	4472	personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-22
4473	4473	ployees of CPB. 23
4474	4474	In addition, for the costs associated with replacing 24
4475	4475	and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection 25 172
4476	4476	•S 4942 RS
4477	4477	system and other technologies and services that create in-1
4478	4478	frastructure and efficiencies within the public media sys-2
4479	4479	tem, $60,000,000. 3
4480	4480	F
4481	4481	EDERALMEDIATION ANDCONCILIATIONSERVICE 4
4482	4482	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4483	4483	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 6
4484	4484	and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-7
4485	4485	tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 8
4486	4486	1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-9
4487	4487	penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 10
4488	4488	Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 11
4489	4489	to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 12
4490	4490	Reform Act, $53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 13
4491	4491	31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 14
4492	4492	special training activities and other conflict resolution 15
4493	4493	services and technical assistance, including those provided 16
4494	4494	to foreign governments and international organizations, 17
4495	4495	and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 18
4496	4496	merged with this account, and shall remain available until 19
4497	4497	expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-20
4498	4498	ices shall be available only for education, training, and 21
4499	4499	professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-22
4500	4500	vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-23
4501	4501	ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 24
4502	4502	of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 25 173
4503	4503	•S 4942 RS
4504	4504	of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-1
4505	4505	tion. 2
4506	4506	F
4507	4507	EDERALMINESAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 3
4508	4508	C
4509	4509	OMMISSION 4
4510	4510	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4511	4511	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 6
4512	4512	and Health Review Commission, $17,572,000. 7
4513	4513	I
4514	4514	NSTITUTE OFMUSEUM ANDLIBRARYSERVICES 8
4515	4515	OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES : GRANTS 9
4516	4516	AND ADMINISTRATION 10
4517	4517	For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 11
4518	4518	Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-12
4519	4519	ican History and Culture Act, $294,800,000. 13
4520	4520	M
4521	4521	EDICAID ANDCHIPPAYMENT ANDACCESS 14
4522	4522	C
4523	4523	OMMISSION 15
4524	4524	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
4525	4525	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 17
4526	4526	the Social Security Act, $10,000,000. 18
4527	4527	M
4528	4528	EDICAREPAYMENTADVISORYCOMMISSION 19
4529	4529	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
4530	4530	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 21
4531	4531	the Social Security Act, $14,477,000, to be transferred to 22
4532	4532	this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 23
4533	4533	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-24
4534	4534	surance Trust Fund. 25 174
4535	4535	•S 4942 RS
4536	4536	NATIONALCOUNCIL ONDISABILITY 1
4537	4537	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
4538	4538	For expenses necessary for the National Council on 3
4539	4539	Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 4
4540	4540	Act of 1973, $4,000,000. 5
4541	4541	N
4542	4542	ATIONALLABORRELATIONSBOARD 6
4543	4543	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
4544	4544	For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-8
4545	4545	tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 9
4546	4546	Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 10
4547	4547	$299,224,000, of which $1,860,000 shall be for the Office 11
4548	4548	of the Inspector General: Provided, That no part of this 12
4549	4549	appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in 13
4550	4550	organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with 14
4551	4551	investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning 15
4552	4552	bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as re-16
4553	4553	ferred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and 17
4554	4554	as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 18
4555	4555	1947, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 19
4556	4556	25, 1938, and including in said definition employees en-20
4557	4557	gaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, 21
4558	4558	reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on 22
4559	4559	a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the 23
4560	4560	water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming pur-24
4561	4561	poses. 25 175
4562	4562	•S 4942 RS
4563	4563	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 1
4564	4564	S
4565	4565	EC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act 2
4566	4566	or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 3
4567	4567	Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-4
4568	4568	ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-5
4569	4569	ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 6
4570	4570	in an election to determine a representative for the pur-7
4571	4571	poses of collective bargaining. 8
4572	4572	N
4573	4573	ATIONALMEDIATIONBOARD 9
4574	4574	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
4575	4575	For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 11
4576	4576	of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-12
4577	4577	pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 13
4578	4578	O
4579	4579	CCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 14
4580	4580	C
4581	4581	OMMISSION 15
4582	4582	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
4583	4583	For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 17
4584	4584	and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000. 18
4585	4585	R
4586	4586	AILROADRETIREMENTBOARD 19
4587	4587	DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 20
4588	4588	For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-21
4589	4589	count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-22
4590	4590	tirement Act of 1974, $7,000,000, which shall include 23
4591	4591	amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2025 pursuant 24
4592	4592	to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-25 176
4593	4593	•S 4942 RS
4594	4594	tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 1
4595	4595	provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 2
4596	4596	amount by which the product of recipients and the average 3
4597	4597	benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 4
4598	4598	of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 5
4599	4599	provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 6
4600	4600	equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 7
4601	4601	year. 8
4602	4602	FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 9
4603	4603	ACCOUNTS 10
4604	4604	For payment to the accounts established in the 11
4605	4605	Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 12
4606	4606	Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 13
4607	4607	checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 14
4608	4608	30, 2026, which shall be the maximum amount available 15
4609	4609	for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 16
4610	4610	76. 17
4611	4611	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 18
4612	4612	For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 19
4613	4613	Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-20
4614	4614	tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 21
4615	4615	Act, $129,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-22
4616	4616	termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-23
4617	4617	counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-24
4618	4618	ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 25 177
4619	4619	•S 4942 RS
4620	4620	notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-1
4621	4621	ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 2
4622	4622	only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 3
4623	4623	the previous proviso shall not change the status under 4
4624	4624	Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 5
4625	4625	Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-6
4626	4626	vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 7
4627	4627	Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 8
4628	4628	hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 9
4629	4629	or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-10
4630	4630	cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-11
4631	4631	ties established by the Office of Personnel Management: 12
4632	4632	Provided further, That of the unobligated balances of 13
4633	4633	funds provided under this heading at the end of fiscal year 14
4634	4634	2025 not needed for fiscal year 2025, not to exceed 15
4635	4635	$2,680,000 shall remain available until expended for infor-16
4636	4636	mation technology improvements and investments. 17
4637	4637	LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 18
4638	4638	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 19
4639	4639	General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 20
4640	4640	authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 21
4641	4641	than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-22
4642	4642	ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-23
4643	4643	count. 24 178
4644	4644	•S 4942 RS
4645	4645	SOCIALSECURITYADMINISTRATION 1
4646	4646	PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 2
4647	4647	For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 3
4648	4648	Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-4
4649	4649	ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 5
4650	4650	1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $15,000,000. 6
4651	4651	SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 7
4652	4652	For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-8
4653	4653	curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 9
4654	4654	of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 10
4655	4655	Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-11
4656	4656	rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-12
4657	4657	suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 13
4658	4658	$46,388,833,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-14
4659	4659	vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 15
4660	4660	in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 16
4661	4661	during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-17
4662	4662	vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 18
4663	4663	available for research and demonstrations under sections 19
4664	4664	1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-20
4665	4665	main available through September 30, 2027. 21
4666	4666	For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 22
4667	4667	benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-23
4668	4668	cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 24
4669	4669	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 25 179
4670	4670	•S 4942 RS
4671	4671	For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 1
4672	4672	Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2
4673	4673	2026, $22,100,000,000, to remain available until ex-3
4674	4674	pended. 4
4675	4675	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 5
4676	4676	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6
4677	4677	For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-7
4678	4678	chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 8
4679	4679	$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 9
4680	4680	not more than $14,564,978,000 may be expended, as au-10
4681	4681	thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 11
4682	4682	from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 12
4683	4683	section: Provided, That not less than $2,993,000 shall be 13
4684	4684	for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 14
4685	4685	That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 15
4686	4686	paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2025 not needed for 16
4687	4687	fiscal year 2025 shall remain available until expended to 17
4688	4688	invest in the Social Security Administration information 18
4689	4689	technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-19
4690	4690	ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non- 20
4691	4691	payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 21
4692	4692	information technology and telecommunications infra-22
4693	4693	structure, except unobligated balances of funds described 23
4694	4694	in the first proviso of this paragraph at the end of fiscal 24
4695	4695	year 2025 not needed for fiscal year 2025 shall remain 25 180
4696	4696	•S 4942 RS
4697	4697	available until expended to invest in the Social Security 1
4698	4698	Advisory Board information technology: Provided further, 2
4699	4699	That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 3
4700	4700	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-4
4701	4701	atives and the Senate prior to making unobligated bal-5
4702	4702	ances available under the authority in the previous pro-6
4703	4703	viso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 7
4704	4704	funds under this heading for expenditures for official time 8
4705	4705	for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu-9
4706	4706	ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 10
4707	4707	for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 11
4708	4708	or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 12
4709	4709	shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with inter-13
4710	4710	est, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise ap-14
4711	4711	propriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 15
4712	4712	made. 16
4713	4713	From funds provided under the first paragraph under 17
4714	4714	this heading, not more than $1,903,000,000, to remain 18
4715	4715	available through March 31, 2026, is for the costs associ-19
4716	4716	ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 20
4717	4717	XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 21
4718	4718	continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn-22
4719	4719	ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 23
4720	4720	ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 24
4721	4721	cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-25 181
4722	4722	•S 4942 RS
4723	4723	bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 1
4724	4724	cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 2
4725	4725	the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 3
4726	4726	programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis-4
4727	4727	tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro-5
4728	4728	vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 6
4729	4729	meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Bal-7
4730	4730	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 8
4731	4731	and $1,630,000,000 is additional new budget authority 9
4732	4732	specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: 10
4733	4733	Provided further, That, of the additional new budget au-11
4734	4734	thority described in the preceding proviso, up to 12
4735	4735	$19,600,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspec-13
4736	4736	tor General’’, Social Security Administration, for the cost 14
4737	4737	of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 15
4738	4738	units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 16
4739	4739	addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 17
4740	4740	Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 18
4741	4741	the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 19
4742	4742	on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 20
4743	4743	to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 21
4744	4744	Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 22
4745	4745	Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 23
4746	4746	paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram-24
4747	4747	ming except as specified in this paragraph. 25 182
4748	4748	•S 4942 RS
4749	4749	In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from admin-1
4750	4750	istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-2
4751	4751	ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 3
4752	4752	Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 4
4753	4753	which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 5
4754	4754	That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 6
4755	4755	to such sections in fiscal year 2025 exceed $170,000,000, 7
4756	4756	the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2026 only 8
4757	4757	to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 9
4758	4758	In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 10
4759	4759	collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 11
4760	4760	Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-12
4761	4761	pended. 13
4762	4762	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 14
4763	4763	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
4764	4764	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 16
4765	4765	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 17
4766	4766	General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 18
4767	4767	exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 19
4768	4768	authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 20
4769	4769	from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 21
4770	4770	Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 22
4771	4771	Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-23
4772	4772	pended for information technology modernization, includ-24
4773	4773	ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 25 183
4774	4774	•S 4942 RS
4775	4775	equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso-1
4776	4776	ciated with information technology modernization. 2
4777	4777	In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 3
4778	4778	the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 4
4779	4779	from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 5
4780	4780	Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 6
4781	4781	to be available for the time and purposes for which this 7
4782	4782	account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-8
4783	4783	fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 9
4784	4784	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 10
4785	4785	Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 11 184
4786	4786	•S 4942 RS
4787	4787	TITLE V 1
4788	4788	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
4789	4789	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
4790	4790	S
4791	4791	EC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 4
4792	4792	Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 5
4793	4793	unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 6
4794	4794	corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 7
4795	4795	Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 8
4796	4796	purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 9
4797	4797	were originally appropriated. 10
4798	4798	S
4799	4799	EC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 11
4800	4800	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 12
4801	4801	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 13
4802	4802	S
4803	4803	EC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 14
4804	4804	in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 15
4805	4805	Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 16
4806	4806	and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-17
4807	4807	licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-18
4808	4808	tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 19
4809	4809	electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-20
4810	4810	entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 21
4811	4811	legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-22
4812	4812	lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 23
4813	4813	Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-24
4814	4814	signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-25 185
4815	4815	•S 4942 RS
4816	4816	lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-1
4817	4817	tive branch of any State or local government, except in 2
4818	4818	presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 3
4819	4819	government itself. 4
4820	4820	(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 5
4821	4821	Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 6
4822	4822	111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 7
4823	4823	any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 8
4824	4824	recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 9
4825	4825	enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-10
4826	4826	ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-11
4827	4827	ing before the Congress or any State government, State 12
4828	4828	legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 13
4829	4829	than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-14
4830	4830	tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 15
4831	4831	State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-16
4832	4832	ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 17
4833	4833	government. 18
4834	4834	(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 19
4835	4835	include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 20
4836	4836	pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 21
4837	4837	any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-22
4838	4838	tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 23
4839	4839	marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 24
4840	4840	promotion of gun control. 25 186
4841	4841	•S 4942 RS
4842	4842	SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 1
4843	4843	are authorized to make available not to exceed $33,000 2
4844	4844	and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-3
4845	4845	ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 4
4846	4846	official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-5
4847	4847	tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 6
4848	4848	authorized to make available for official reception and rep-7
4849	4849	resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 8
4850	4850	available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 9
4851	4851	Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-10
4852	4852	tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 11
4853	4853	official reception and representation expenses not to ex-12
4854	4854	ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 13
4855	4855	Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 14
4856	4856	S
4857	4857	EC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 15
4858	4858	requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-16
4859	4859	ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 17
4860	4860	in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 18
4861	4861	funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 19
4862	4862	State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-20
4863	4863	search grants, shall clearly state— 21
4864	4864	(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-22
4865	4865	gram or project which will be financed with Federal 23
4866	4866	money; 24 187
4867	4867	•S 4942 RS
4868	4868	(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 1
4869	4869	project or program; and 2
4870	4870	(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 3
4871	4871	costs of the project or program that will be financed 4
4872	4872	by non-governmental sources. 5
4873	4873	S
4874	4874	EC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 6
4875	4875	Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 7
4876	4876	funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 8
4877	4877	any abortion. 9
4878	4878	(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 10
4879	4879	none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 11
4880	4880	appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-12
4881	4881	efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 13
4882	4882	(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 14
4883	4883	package of services covered by a managed care provider 15
4884	4884	or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-16
4885	4885	ment. 17
4886	4886	S
4887	4887	EC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-18
4888	4888	ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 19
4889	4889	(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 20
4890	4890	rape or incest; or 21
4891	4891	(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 22
4892	4892	physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 23
4893	4893	including a life-endangering physical condition 24
4894	4894	caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 25 188
4895	4895	•S 4942 RS
4896	4896	would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 1
4897	4897	in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 2
4898	4898	(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-3
4899	4899	strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 4
4900	4900	entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 5
4901	4901	(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 6
4902	4902	matching funds). 7
4903	4903	(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-8
4904	4904	strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-9
4905	4905	vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 10
4906	4906	State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-11
4907	4907	vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 12
4908	4908	State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 13
4909	4909	funds). 14
4910	4910	(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 15
4911	4911	may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 16
4912	4912	or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 17
4913	4913	or government subjects any institutional or individual 18
4914	4914	health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 19
4915	4915	health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-20
4916	4916	erage of, or refer for abortions. 21
4917	4917	(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 22
4918	4918	includes an individual physician or other health care pro-23
4919	4919	fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 24
4920	4920	health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 25 189
4921	4921	•S 4942 RS
4922	4922	or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 1
4923	4923	plan. 2
4924	4924	S
4925	4925	EC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
4926	4926	this Act may be used for— 4
4927	4927	(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 5
4928	4928	for research purposes; or 6
4929	4929	(2) research in which a human embryo or em-7
4930	4930	bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-8
4931	4931	jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 9
4932	4932	allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 10
4933	4933	CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 11
4934	4934	Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 12
4935	4935	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 13
4936	4936	embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 14
4937	4937	as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 15
4938	4938	the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 16
4939	4939	parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 17
4940	4940	more human gametes or human diploid cells. 18
4941	4941	S
4942	4942	EC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 19
4943	4943	this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 20
4944	4944	legalization of any drug or other substance included in 21
4945	4945	schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-22
4946	4946	lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 23
4947	4947	except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 24
4948	4948	communications. 25 190
4949	4949	•S 4942 RS
4950	4950	(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 1
4951	4951	when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 2
4952	4952	advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 3
4953	4953	that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 4
4954	4954	to determine therapeutic advantage. 5
4955	4955	S
4956	4956	EC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 6
4957	4957	Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-7
4958	4958	ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-8
4959	4959	viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 9
4960	4960	health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-10
4961	4961	ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 11
4962	4962	until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 12
4963	4963	standard. 13
4964	4964	S
4965	4965	EC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 14
4966	4966	Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 15
4967	4967	a contract with an entity if— 16
4968	4968	(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 17
4969	4969	the United States and is subject to the requirement 18
4970	4970	in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 19
4971	4971	annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 20
4972	4972	employment of certain veterans; and 21
4973	4973	(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 22
4974	4974	required by that section for the most recent year for 23
4975	4975	which such requirement was applicable to such enti-24
4976	4976	ty. 25 191
4977	4977	•S 4942 RS
4978	4978	SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 1
4979	4979	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-2
4980	4980	strumentality of the United States Government, except 3
4981	4981	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-4
4982	4982	vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 5
4983	4983	S
4984	4984	EC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 6
4985	4985	Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 7
4986	4986	may be made available to any library covered by para-8
4987	4987	graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 9
4988	4988	the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 10
4989	4989	has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 11
4990	4990	such section. 12
4991	4991	S
4992	4992	EC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 13
4993	4993	Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 14
4994	4994	agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-15
4995	4995	gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from 16
4996	4996	any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 17
4997	4997	by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 18
4998	4998	by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 19
4999	4999	through a reprogramming of funds that— 20
5000	5000	(1) creates new programs; 21
5001	5001	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 22
5002	5002	(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 23
5003	5003	for any project or activity for which funds have been 24
5004	5004	denied or restricted; 25 192
5005	5005	•S 4942 RS
5006	5006	(4) relocates an office or employees; 1
5007	5007	(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 2
5008	5008	(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 3
5009	5009	(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 4
5010	5010	activities presently performed by Federal employees; 5
5011	5011	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 6
5012	5012	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 7
5013	5013	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 8
5014	5014	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-9
5015	5015	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 10
5016	5016	of such reprogramming. 11
5017	5017	(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 12
5018	5018	provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-13
5019	5019	cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 14
5020	5020	or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any 15
5021	5021	accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 16
5022	5022	the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 17
5023	5023	this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 18
5024	5024	through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 19
5025	5025	or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 20
5026	5026	(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-21
5027	5027	cluding construction projects), or activities; 22
5028	5028	(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-23
5029	5029	ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-24
5030	5030	sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 25 193
5031	5031	•S 4942 RS
5032	5032	(3) results from any general savings from a re-1
5033	5033	duction in personnel which would result in a change 2
5034	5034	in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-3
5035	5035	proved by Congress; 4
5036	5036	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 5
5037	5037	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 6
5038	5038	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 7
5039	5039	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-8
5040	5040	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 9
5041	5041	of such reprogramming. 10
5042	5042	S
5043	5043	EC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 11
5044	5044	this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-12
5045	5045	pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-13
5046	5046	close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-14
5047	5047	didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-15
5048	5048	spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-16
5049	5049	essary for the work of the committee involved. 17
5050	5050	(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 18
5051	5051	be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 19
5052	5052	false or misleading. 20
5053	5053	S
5054	5054	EC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 21
5055	5055	each department and related agency funded through this 22
5056	5056	Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-23
5057	5057	gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 24
5058	5058	for fiscal year 2025 that are different than those specified 25 194
5059	5059	•S 4942 RS
5060	5060	in this Act, the detailed table in the report accompanying 1
5061	5061	this Act or the fiscal year 2025 budget request. 2
5062	5062	S
5063	5063	EC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 3
5064	5064	Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 4
5065	5065	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 5
5066	5066	of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 6
5067	5067	and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-7
5068	5068	ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 8
5069	5069	particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 9
5070	5070	value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi-10
5071	5071	tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2025, but not 11
5072	5072	to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 12
5073	5073	by law. Such report shall include the name of the con-13
5074	5074	tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern-14
5075	5075	mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 15
5076	5076	award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 16
5077	5077	transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 17
5078	5078	end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 18
5079	5079	S
5080	5080	EC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 19
5081	5081	shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-20
5082	5082	cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 21
5083	5083	benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 22
5084	5084	to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 23
5085	5085	based on work performed under a social security account 24
5086	5086	number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-25 195
5087	5087	•S 4942 RS
5088	5088	formance of such work under such number has formed the 1
5089	5089	basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-2
5090	5090	tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 3
5091	5091	S
5092	5092	EC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 4
5093	5093	may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 5
5094	5094	the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-6
5095	5095	tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 7
5096	5096	to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 8
5097	5097	agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-9
5098	5098	lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-10
5099	5099	rity system established by title II of the Social Security 11
5100	5100	Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 12
5101	5101	not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 13
5102	5102	S
5103	5103	EC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 14
5104	5104	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 15
5105	5105	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 16
5106	5106	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 17
5107	5107	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 18
5108	5108	funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 19
5109	5109	enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-20
5110	5110	nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 21
5111	5111	S
5112	5112	EC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 22
5113	5113	Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-23
5114	5114	randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 24 196
5115	5115	•S 4942 RS
5116	5116	contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 1
5117	5117	conference attendance and expenditures: 2
5118	5118	(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-3
5119	5119	sidered independent agencies; and 4
5120	5120	(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-5
5121	5121	ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 6
5122	5122	included in agency totals. 7
5123	5123	S
5124	5124	EC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 8
5125	5125	shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 9
5126	5126	advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 10
5127	5127	Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-11
5128	5128	lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax-12
5129	5129	payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 13
5130	5130	carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 14
5131	5131	made available to the agency for advertising or other com-15
5132	5132	munications regarding the programs and activities of the 16
5133	5133	agency. 17
5134	5134	S
5135	5135	EC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-18
5136	5136	cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 19
5137	5137	carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 20
5138	5138	Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 21
5139	5139	of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-22
5140	5140	rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-23
5141	5141	stituting ‘‘Fiscal Year 2025’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in 24
5142	5142	the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 25 197
5143	5143	•S 4942 RS
5144	5144	30, 2029’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it ap-1
5145	5145	pears: Provided, That such pilots shall include commu-2
5146	5146	nities that have experienced civil unrest. 3
5147	5147	(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 4
5148	5148	discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 5
5149	5149	participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 6
5150	5150	being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 7
5151	5151	section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 8
5152	5152	524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of 9
5153	5153	division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 10
5154	5154	H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of 11
5155	5155	Public Law 115–141, section 524 of division A of Public 12
5156	5156	Law 116–94, section 524 of division H of Public Law 13
5157	5157	116–260, section 523 of division H of Public Law 117– 14
5158	5158	103, section 523 of division H of Public Law 117–328, 15
5159	5159	and section 523 of division D of Public Law 118–47. 16
5160	5160	(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 17
5161	5161	and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 18
5162	5162	agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 19
5163	5163	authorities. 20
5164	5164	S
5165	5165	EC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of 21
5166	5166	each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 22
5167	5167	fiscal year 2025 the Departments of Labor, Health and 23
5168	5168	Human Services and Education and the Social Security 24
5169	5169	Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-25 198
5170	5170	•S 4942 RS
5171	5171	priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 1
5172	5172	report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-2
5173	5173	vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-3
5174	5174	mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 4
5175	5175	monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-5
5176	5176	tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 6
5177	5177	with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 7
5178	5178	fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 8
5179	5179	S
5180	5180	EC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and 9
5181	5181	Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com-10
5182	5182	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 11
5183	5183	and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-12
5184	5184	petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 13
5185	5185	issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 14
5186	5186	3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 15
5187	5187	a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-16
5188	5188	fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 17
5189	5189	of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 18
5190	5190	business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 19
5191	5191	program year). 20
5192	5192	S
5193	5193	EC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21
5194	5194	this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 22
5195	5195	to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 23
5196	5196	injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-24
5197	5197	tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 25 199
5198	5198	•S 4942 RS
5199	5199	a program other than making such purchases if the rel-1
5200	5200	evant State or local health department, in consultation 2
5201	5201	with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-3
5202	5202	termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 4
5203	5203	is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 5
5204	5204	hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 6
5205	5205	drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 7
5206	5206	with State and local law. 8
5207	5207	S
5208	5208	EC. 527. Each department and related agency fund-9
5209	5209	ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 10
5210	5210	submitted for the record by members of the Committee 11
5211	5211	within 45 business days after receipt. 12
5212	5212	S
5213	5213	EC. 528. In addition to the amount otherwise avail-13
5214	5214	able for ‘‘National Labor Relations Board, Salaries and 14
5215	5215	Expenses’’, $5,000,000 shall be available for obligation 15
5216	5216	through September 30, 2027, solely for the costs necessary 16
5217	5217	for information technology modernization associated with 17
5218	5218	the Agency’s case management system, including hard-18
5219	5219	ware and software infrastructure and equipment, and nec-19
5220	5220	essary and direct oversight of such modernization efforts: 20
5221	5221	Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 21
5222	5222	section shall be used to supplant any other amounts within 22
5223	5223	such account. 23
5224	5224	S
5225	5225	EC. 529. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-24
5226	5226	ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 25 200
5227	5227	•S 4942 RS
5228	5228	Social Security Act and the income derived from invest-1
5229	5229	ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 2
5230	5230	that Act, $21,380,813,000 shall not be available for obli-3
5231	5231	gation in this fiscal year. 4
5232	5232	S
5233	5233	EC. 530. Of the unobligated balances made available 5
5234	5234	by section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114–10, 6
5235	5235	$2,028,187,000 shall not be available for obligation in this 7
5236	5236	fiscal year. 8
5237	5237	(RESCISSION) 9
5238	5238	S
5239	5239	EC. 531. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 10
5240	5240	available by sections 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 11
5241	5241	2404, 2501, 2502, 2704, 3101 and 9911 of the American 12
5242	5242	Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), 13
5243	5243	$10,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That not 14
5244	5244	later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 15
5245	5245	the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit 16
5246	5246	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-17
5247	5247	resentatives and the Senate a report specifying the unobli-18
5248	5248	gated balances rescinded pursuant to this section by both 19
5249	5249	account and amount from each applicable appropriation 20
5250	5250	in Public Law 117–2. 21
5251	5251	S
5252	5252	EC. 532. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin-22
5253	5253	istration for Children and Families in the Department of 23
5254	5254	Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 24
5255	5255	Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-25 201
5256	5256	•S 4942 RS
5257	5257	agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu-1
5258	5258	reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 2
5259	5259	(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 3
5260	5260	either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 4
5261	5261	basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 5
5262	5262	identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-6
5263	5263	tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 7
5264	5264	September 30, 2029: Provided, That when an office ref-8
5265	5265	erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 9
5266	5266	funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 10
5267	5267	use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 11
5268	5268	funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 12
5269	5269	(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un-13
5270	5270	expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 14
5271	5271	or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im-15
5272	5272	mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 16
5273	5273	fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 17
5274	5274	evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 18
5275	5275	are available. 19
5276	5276	S
5277	5277	EC. 533. Each amount designated in this Act by the 20
5278	5278	Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-21
5279	5279	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-22
5280	5280	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 23
5281	5281	repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 24 202
5282	5282	•S 4942 RS
5283	5283	if the President subsequently so designates all such 1
5284	5284	amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 2
5285	5285	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 3
5286	5286	Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 4
5287	5287	Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 5 Calendar No.
5288	5288	471
5289	5289	118
5290	5290	TH
5291	5291	CONGRESS
5292	5292	2
5293	5293	D
5294	5294	S
5295	5295	ESSION
5296	5296
5297	5297	S. 4942
5298	5298	[Report No. 118–207]
5299	5299	A BILL
5300	5300	Making appropriations for the Departments of
5301	5301	Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
5302	5302	cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year
5303	5303	ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-
5304	5304	poses.
5305	5305	A
5306	5306	UGUST
5307	5307	1, 2024
5308	5308	Read twice and placed on the calendar