$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.
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$1,249,239,000 for the standards agency's research and services
The document says “shall”Who 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''”
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''”
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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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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“$1,249,239,000 for the standards agency's research and services,” 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-nist-research-services/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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