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Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026Section 5 › Proposal

$1,249,239,000 for the standards agency's research and services

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

$1,249,239,000 for the standards agency's research and services

The document says “shallWho acts: Director of the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,249,239,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''”

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

The scientific and technical research and services account of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The account paragraph directs $405,331,366 of it to projects named in a table titled Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the explanatory statement described in section 4, and provides that those amounts may not be transferred to any other purpose.

What the document actually says

“For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,249,239,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''”

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

The standards agency gets $1,249,239,000 for research. The money has no end date. Up to $9,000,000 may move to a working fund.

What this is about

This agency sets the units and tests that industry relies on. Part of its money is tied to named local projects. A table in the report lists them.

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