Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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$8,400,000,000 for the Office of Science
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of EnergyHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,400,000,000, to remain available until expended”
The science account of the Department of Energy, the largest non-defense account in division B. It pays for the department's basic research and for the national laboratories and user facilities, and $226,831,000 of it for program direction expires on September 30, 2027.
What the document actually says
“and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, $8,400,000,000, to remain available until expended”
That sentence, in plain words
Department of Energy science gets $8,400,000,000. The money has no end date.
What this is about
This pays for basic research at national labs. Those labs run big machines. Other scientists come to use them.
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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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“$8,400,000,000 for the Office of Science,” 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-doe-science/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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