This part points to a report in the Congressional Record. The report tells agencies how to split up the money. This part gives that report the same weight as a report from a House and Senate conference.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Committee on Appropriations of the House of RepresentativesHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 21, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through D of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.”
Section 4 gives the House Appropriations chair's explanatory statement, printed in the Congressional Record on or about January 21, 2026, the same effect for divisions A through D as a joint explanatory statement of a conference committee. The statement itself is printed in the Record, not in the Act.
What the document actually says
“The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 21, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through D of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.”
That sentence, in plain words
A report about this law was printed in the record of Congress on or about January 21, 2026. For the first four blocks of money, treat it the way a joint report would be treated.
What this is about
Spending laws give big sums to an agency. A report says how the sum should be split. This part says which report counts.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Committee on Appropriations of the House of RepresentativesHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on January 14, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall each have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions E, F, and G, respectively, of this Act as if they were each a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference”
Section 4 also names the explanatory statements for divisions A, B and C of H.R. 7006 of the 119th Congress, printed in the Congressional Record on January 14, 2026, and gives each the effect of a joint explanatory statement for divisions E, F and G of this Act in turn.
What the document actually says
“printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on January 14, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall each have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions E, F, and G, respectively, of this Act as if they were each a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference”
That sentence, in plain words
Three other reports were printed in the record of Congress on January 14, 2026. Each one counts as a joint report for one of the next three blocks of money.
What this is about
Parts of this law started life in a different bill. The reports for that bill still count. This part lines each report up with the block it goes with.
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 4, 140 Stat. 174 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
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“Explanatory Statement,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 4. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/section-4/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
Cite the document when the claim is about what the document says. Cite this page when the indexing, the wording or the record of what has happened is what is being relied on.
What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
Both things the section does: give the explanatory statement printed on or about January 21, 2026 the effect of a joint explanatory statement for divisions A through D, and give three explanatory statements printed on January 14, 2026 the same effect for divisions E, F and G.
What the explanatory statements themselves say. They are printed in the Congressional Record and are not indexed here.
The section works by pointing at documents outside the Act, so a reader who wants the allocation detail must go to the Congressional Record for it.
