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Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 › Section 3

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Section 3 · Sec. 3 ·

What this chapter is about

This part explains two words. When a division of this law says this Act, it means only that division. It does not mean the whole law. A division may say otherwise if it wants to.

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What the document says

“Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.”

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

The whole of section 3. Each of the Act's three divisions was written as a standalone appropriations act, and each uses the phrase this Act throughout. This section provides that inside a division the phrase reaches only that division, unless the text expressly says otherwise.

What the document actually says

“Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.”

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

Each big part of this law uses the words this Act. Those words mean just that part. They do not mean the whole law.

What this is about

The law joins three spending bills into one. Each was written on its own. This rule keeps a rule in one part from binding the other two.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The whole section, which is one sentence setting the meaning of the phrase this Act inside each division.

Nothing. The section has one sentence and it is recorded here.

The rule changes how a reader should read words that appear hundreds of times elsewhere in the Act. It does not itself say which of those places carry an express provision otherwise, so a reader has to check each one.