# 119-hr-5342: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 119-hr-5342, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5342 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-5342 - Congress: 119 - Title: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2025-09-12 - Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY) - Cosponsors: 0 - Policy area: Economics and Public Finance - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **This bill would set FY2026 spending levels and attach wide-ranging policy limits, directing federal support and restrictions across Commerce, Justice, science, and related agencies.** It combines detailed dollar allocations with new bans and reporting rules on China contacts, firearms rules, DEI funding, immigration, and research programs. - Communities and public safety: Large DOJ grant programs would fund state, local, and tribal law enforcement and victim services, including about $2.2 billion for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and $420 million targeted to opioid-related programs. Juvenile justice and reentry grants would also receive targeted funding for prevention and mentoring. - Businesses, trade, and technology: Commerce accounts would fund trade enforcement and export controls, including about $440 million for the International Trade Administration and $303 million for the Bureau of Industry and Security. The bill also directs CHIPS allocations and adds reporting and supply-chain restrictions for major procurements. - Science, environment, and coastal communities: NOAA operations and construction get major support, roughly $4.2 billion for operations and $1.6 billion for procurement and construction, plus $65 million for Pacific salmon recovery. The bill also restricts certain offshore wind authorizations and sets new rules for coastal restoration projects. ## Provisions PRIA read - Census could ask only twice: benefit, high. If enacted, the Census Bureau could not force survey responses using these funds. For voluntary surveys, it could contact a household no more than two times per survey. This would reduce follow-up calls or visits. - No federal label on your speech: benefit, high. If enacted, agencies could not use these funds to label a U.S. person’s speech as misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation. Agencies also could not fund or partner with groups that pressure companies to remove lawful speech. This would limit government-backed speech labeling and pressure. - DOJ would not block medical marijuana: benefit, high. If enacted, DOJ could not use this Act’s funds to stop listed states, D.C., and territories from running their medical marijuana laws. DOJ could still enforce certain federal drug laws under 21 U.S.C. 860. - Set total costs for weather satellites: benefit, high. If enacted for FY2026, the bill would set planned life‑cycle costs for major satellite programs: Joint Polar Satellite System $11.322 billion; Polar Follow On $6.838 billion; GOES‑R $11.700 billion; Space Weather Follow On $692.8 million. These programs support nationwide weather and space‑weather… - Wider path to Cuban property claims: benefit, medium. If enacted, some people could bring claims as owners if they got the claim before March 12, 1996 or as a successor who did not pay for it. Certain cases could be refiled as if the change were in effect in 1996. This could help some claimants pursue recovery. - Pause snapper cuts until review: benefit, medium. If enacted, money could not be used to reduce quotas, close areas, or limit access to the South Atlantic snapper fishery until a third-party review of the March 2021 SEDAR 73 report is finished and adopted. Fishers would keep current access while the review is pending. - Easier small firearm parts exports to Canada: benefit, medium. If enacted, exporters could ship certain firearm parts in Category I to Canada without an export license when the wholesale value is $500 or less. You would still need to file any required export forms. The exemption would not cover fully automatic firearms or key parts like barrels, cylinders, rec… - No new ATF rules or fees: benefit, medium. If enacted, funds could not be used to enforce ATF rules issued after January 21, 2021. Money could not create or run a federal gun registry or fund ATF’s OBRIS database. ATF would not be able to add new user or processing fees for activities that were not charged as of October 1, 2025. These chang… - Tech grants steered to high-poverty counties: benefit, medium. If enacted, at least 10% of each Stevenson‑Wydler section 27 grant amount would go to projects in persistent poverty counties, including U.S. Territories. A county qualifies if 20% or more of people were in poverty over the past 30 years using federal measures. - More protections for gun owners: benefit, medium. If enacted, agencies using these funds would have to give notice and a hearing before taking a firearm. Money could not support red flag laws or gun buyback programs. States that punish valid nonresident concealed-carry permit holders could lose funds. Federal money could not enforce the National F… - Block COVID vaccine mandate enforcement: benefit, medium. If enacted, funds could not be used to enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates or passports. Agencies could not enforce the listed Executive Orders on federal employees or covered federal contractors. This would start upon enactment. - Faster CHIPS allocations and quarterly reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, Commerce and NSF would have 45 days after enactment to allocate FY2026 CHIPS funds as listed in the report. Some allocations would be barred during a continuing resolution. The bill would allow limited reallocations with consultation and require quarterly reports on uncommitted, committ… - Free online access to Congress reports: benefit, low. If enacted, NTIS would have to tell you how to download a free electronic copy of any Legislative Branch report before it can charge you. If you still want a printed or delivered copy, any fee could only cover processing, reproduction, and delivery costs. - NOAA can set new relocation pay: benefit, low. If enacted, NOAA could create a new fixed or alternative rate for relocation allowances, including permanent change of station. This could change how much NOAA and National Weather Service employees get for moving expenses. - Higher threshold for ATF “Demand 2”: benefit, low. If enacted, ATF could only trigger “Demand 2” reporting when the count is the greater of 25 traces or 2.5% of a dealer’s average annual firearm sales. Each counted trace would have to be tied to an open criminal case and have a time-to-crime of three years or less. This would start upon enactment a… - AG could waive some grant rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the Attorney General could waive certain rules for FY2022–FY2025 reentry and PREA grants when a grantee asks and faces fiscal hardship. This would give some grantees flexibility to keep projects going. - Keep Marshals enforcing picketing law: benefit, low. If enacted, funds could not be used to discourage U.S. Marshals from fully enforcing 18 U.S.C. 1507. This aims to keep enforcement of that law in place. - More protections in interviews and prisons: benefit, low. If enacted, federal agencies would have to audio‑record criminal‑investigation interviews, including when helping state, local, or Tribal police. It would also keep the rule that the Bureau of Prisons must provide escorts so a female inmate can get services outside a federal prison. - No DOJ settlements forcing donations: benefit, low. If enacted, DOJ staff paid with these funds could not negotiate settlements that require defendants to donate money to any organization or individual. This would apply upon enactment. - No DOJ suits blocking state border steps: benefit, low. If enacted, DOJ could not use these funds to sue a State under the Rivers and Harbors Act for border security measures. This would lower that lawsuit risk for states. - Veterans with fiduciaries not auto-listed: benefit, low. If enacted, DOJ could not add a veteran’s personal information to the gun‑check system (NICS) just because the VA pays benefits to a fiduciary. This would protect veterans with VA‑appointed fiduciaries from automatic listing. - NOAA can accept support and permitting fees: benefit, low. If enacted, NOAA could accept grants, equipment, and services from other governments and keep funds it receives for permitting and related regulatory work. Those permitting funds would stay available through September 30, 2027. This could help move permits faster and support operations. - Pause on enforcing a Commerce trade rule: benefit, low. If enacted, funds could not be used to enforce Commerce’s rule on suspending liquidation, duties, and estimated duties under Proclamation 10414. Importers would face lower enforcement risk tied to that rule. - Use U.S. ships for Antarctic research: benefit, low. If enacted, the National Science Foundation could not use these funds to lease or charter a foreign-flagged vessel for U.S. Antarctic research if a suitable U.S.-built vessel is available. This would favor U.S. shipbuilders and contractors. - No pay if you ignore Congress: cost, high. If enacted, federal officers or employees who fail to comply with a valid congressional subpoena could not be paid salary, benefits, bonuses, or expenses with these funds. This includes failing to provide unredacted documents by the deadline in the subpoena. - No funds for gender transition care: cost, high. This bill would bar money in this Act from paying for social, psychological, behavioral, or medical care meant to change a person’s body so it no longer matches their biological sex. People and providers who rely on these federal funds would be affected. - Take back unused Justice and Commerce funds: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would rescind unused balances by September 30, 2026. It would take back: $15 million from the Census Working Capital Fund; $46.299 million from NOAA Operations, Research, and Facilities (prior‑year); and from DOJ prior‑year funds: $36 million (Office on Violence Against Women),… - Limits on college STEM ties to China: cost, medium. This bill would block money in this Act from going to any college that makes a formal STEM partnership with an entity controlled by the Chinese government or Communist Party. It would apply upon enactment. Students, researchers, and those programs could lose eligible funding. - No funding to reclassify marijuana: cost, medium. If enacted, money in this bill could not be used to reschedule marijuana or remove it from the federal drug schedules. This would keep current federal scheduling rules in place. - No DOJ-paid fees for some immigrants: cost, low. If enacted, DOJ could not use these funds to pay court costs or agency adjudication fees for individuals who entered in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325(a) or 1326(a). Affected people would need other funding for those costs. - DOJ funds cannot pay for abortions: cost, low. If enacted, DOJ money from this bill could not pay for abortions except to save the mother’s life or in cases of rape or incest. The rule would be void if a court finds it unconstitutional. - No federal money for union operations: cost, low. If enacted, money in this bill could not pay for federal employee union operations or expenses. Unions representing federal workers would lose federal support from these funds. - No funds for Environmental Justice office: cost, low. If enacted, federal money could not create or run an Office of Environmental Justice. This would block funding for that office. - No help for exports to Cuban military: cost, low. If enacted, money in this bill could not be used to license, promote, or support exports to the Cuban military or intelligence services, their officers, or immediate family. Exports allowed under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act would not be affected. - EEOC workplace rules put on hold: mixed, high. If enacted, money could not be used to finalize or enforce the EEOC’s 2024 harassment guidance. Funds also could not enforce parts of an EEOC rule that treat elective abortion as a condition requiring accommodation. Employers and workers would see a pause in these rules if this bill becomes law. - New rules for big federal awards: mixed, medium. If enacted, Commerce could make advance payments in FY2026 when officials certify it is in the public interest. Also, firms seeking a federal contract or grant over $5 million would need to certify they filed all required federal tax returns for the past three years, have no criminal tax conviction… - DOJ grants shifted to research and audits: mixed, medium. For FY2026, up to 1% of funds under certain DOJ grant headings could move to the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. At least 0.4% must go to the DOJ Inspector General for oversight and audits. This would slightly reduce money for local grantees while boosting resear… - Limits on NOAA climate and whale rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, NOAA could not write climate rules that directly respond to data cited by the “Billions Project,” and could not implement the Rice’s whale critical habitat rule. NOAA and Commerce could not enforce vessel speed limits for the North Atlantic right whale that were not in place before Janu… - Prisoner placement and transport limits: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Bureau of Prisons could not use these funds to assign a person to a facility that does not match their biological sex. The Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Marshals could not transport maximum or high security prisoners to facilities that are not certified as appropriately secure. These r… - Tighter DOJ IT and budget controls: mixed, medium. If enacted, DOJ could not spend on new or upgraded IT projects over $100 million without high-level certification of controls and architecture fit. DOJ could shift up to 5% between appropriations in FY2026, but no appropriation could rise by more than 10% from transfers unless specified, and transf… - Oyster funds tied to harvest and plans: mixed, low. If enacted, federal money for oyster work in the Chesapeake Bay would be allowed only if oysters planted are open to managed commercial harvest after three years. Sites that have underperformed for five or more years would also need a new, peer‑reviewed plan certified by Commerce that is likely to… - Service charges for Hoover Building occupants: mixed, low. If enacted for FY2026, Commerce could provide utilities, telecom, and security services to people or organizations using space in the Herbert C. Hoover Building or other delegated buildings. It could charge for these services and credit up to $200,000 back to the fund that paid the costs. - Commerce funding shifts and research deals: mixed, low. If enacted, Commerce could move up to 5% between its FY2026 appropriations, but no account could rise by more than 10% from transfers, and all transfers must follow section 505. Commerce would have to notify Congress 15 days before using unobligated expired funds in the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund.… ## Related bills - 119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act - 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3131: Community Services Block Grant Improvement Act of 2025 - 119-hr-7248: MARINA Act ## Sources - [119-hr-5342 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5342) ## Related - [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976) - [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725) - [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317) - [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206) - [119-hr-3131: Community Services Block Grant Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3131) - [119-hr-7248: MARINA Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7248) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5342 (as of 2026-04-21).