The sums that follow are appropriated for fiscal year 2026
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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The sums that follow are appropriated for fiscal year 2026
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What the document says
“The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.”
The opening sentence of section 5, and the sentence that makes the rest of the section an appropriation. Everything that follows it, the three divisions and every account paragraph in them, is money appropriated out of the general fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
What the document actually says
“The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.”
That sentence, in plain words
Money is set aside here. It comes out of the Treasury. It is for the budget year that ends on September 30, 2026.
What this is about
Congress has to pass a law before money can be spent. This sentence does that. The rest of this part says who gets how much.
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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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“The sums that follow are appropriated for fiscal year 2026,” 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-sums-are-appropriated/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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