Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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$245,000,000 for the Antitrust Division
The document says “shall”Who acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $245,000,000, to remain available until expended”
The appropriation for the Antitrust Division. As with the Patent and Trademark Office, the account is largely paid for by fees: premerger notification filing fees collected in fiscal year 2026 are retained and used here, and the general fund share falls as those fees arrive, with an estimated final general fund appropriation of $0.
What the document actually says
“For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $245,000,000, to remain available until expended”
That sentence, in plain words
The office that enforces competition law gets $245,000,000. The money has no end date.
What this is about
Big firms pay a fee when they plan to merge. Those fees pay for this office. So the Treasury is expected to pay about nothing.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-74, sec. 5, 140 Stat. 6 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ74/html/PLAW-119publ74.htm
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“$245,000,000 for the Antitrust Division,” Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/commerce-justice-science-energy-water-development/proposal/sec05-antitrust-division/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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