The explanatory statement is given the effect of a conference statement
What the document says“The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 22, 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 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference”
The opening of section 4. It identifies the explanatory statement by where it was printed, the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 22, 2026, and by who submitted it, the chair of the House Committee on Appropriations. It then gives that statement the same effect on the allocation of funds and the implementation of the Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
What the document actually says“The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 22, 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 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference”
A report about this law was printed in the record of the House. The chair of a House money committee turned it in. It counts as much as a joint report would.
When the two chambers work out a bill together, they print a joint report. There was no such report here. This makes the House report do the same job. Many money lines in this law point to tables in that report.
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