Five kinds of reprogramming are barred
What the document says“shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that-- (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress”
Section 503(a). Money from this Act, from earlier acts still available in fiscal year 2026, or from fee accounts, may not be spent through a reprogramming that does any of five things: creates or ends a program, project or activity, or adds to one Congress denied; contracts out work now done by federal employees; adds more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent to an existing activity, whichever is less; cuts an activity or its staffing by 10 percent or more; or follows from general savings from a staffing cut.
What the document actually says“shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that-- (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress”
This money may not be moved around in ways that start a program. Nor may it be moved to one Congress said no to.
Reprogramming means shifting money between uses inside an account. Five kinds of shift are barred here. The next rule tells how the bar is lifted.
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