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Sec. 420 · H.R. 7148

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Division D — TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 › Title IV — GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT

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On the Senate calendar · Sec. 420

(a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself. (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation or appropriations proposed or pending before the Congress, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships. (c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5.

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Final version sent to the President · Sec. 420

(a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself. (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation or appropriations proposed or pending before the Congress, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships. (c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5.

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