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Sec. 521 · H.R. 6938

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Division A — COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 › Title V

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On the Senate calendar · Sec. 521

(a) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the specified amounts— (1) Economic Development Administration—Economic Development Assistance Programs, $60,000,000, only from prior year appropriations that remain available until expended; and (2) Census Working Capital Fund, $15,000,000. (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the specified amounts— (1) State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office on Violence Against Women—Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs, $36,000,000; (2) State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs, $250,000,000; and (3) State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Oriented Policing Services, $25,000,000. (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the specified amounts— (1) Working Capital Fund, $210,000,000; and (2) Legal Activities—Assets Forfeiture Fund, $113,200,000. (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than September 1, 2026, specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c). (e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall not be from— (1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance in title II of division B of Public Law 117–103 or Public Law 117–328, or amounts provided under subparagraph (R) of paragraph (1) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance in title II of division C of Public Law 118–42; or (2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented Policing Services Programs in title II of division B of Public Law 117–103 or Public Law 117–328, or amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented Policing Services Programs in title II of division C of Public Law 118–42.

•HR 6938 PCSSEC. 521
Passed the House · Sec. 521

(a) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the specified amounts— (1) Economic Development Administration—Economic Development Assistance Programs, $60,000,000, only from prior year appropriations that remain available until expended; and (2) Census Working Capital Fund, $15,000,000. (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the specified amounts— (1) State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office on Violence Against Women—Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs, $36,000,000; (2) State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs, $250,000,000; and (3) State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Oriented Policing Services, $25,000,000. (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2026, from the following accounts in the specified amounts— (1) Working Capital Fund, $210,000,000; and (2) Legal Activities—Assets Forfeiture Fund, $113,200,000. (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than September 1, 2026, specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c). (e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall not be from— (1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance in title II of division B of Public Law 117–103 or Public Law 117–328, or amounts provided under subparagraph (R) of paragraph (1) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance in title II of division C of Public Law 118–42; or (2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented Policing Services Programs in title II of division B of Public Law 117–103 or Public Law 117–328, or amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading State and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented Policing Services Programs in title II of division C of Public Law 118–42.

•HR 6938 EHSEC. 521

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