Overview of FY2026 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS)

Updated February 25, 2026 (R48643)
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This report describes actions to provide FY2026 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. The annual CJS appropriations act provides funding for the Department of Commerce, which includes bureaus and offices such as the Census Bureau, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology; the Department of Justice (DOJ), which includes agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the National Science Foundation; and several related agencies such as the Legal Services Corporation and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (FY2025 CR, P.L. 119-4) provided FY2025 funding for most CJS accounts at the FY2024 enacted level. The CR reduced funding for several CJS accounts relative to the FY2024 enacted appropriation. The reductions were the result of eliminating certain funding in CJS accounts that was for community funding projects (also known as earmarks) in FY2024. The CR also increased funding for two DOJ accounts and increased the obligation cap for the Crime Victims Fund.

For FY2026, the Administration requested a total of $67.442 billion for the departments and agencies funded through CJS. This amount was $14.992 billion (-18.2%) less than regular FY2025 enacted funding for CJS ($82.435 billion). The Administration's request included $8.656 billion for the Department of Commerce, $35.359 billion for DOJ, $22.722 billion for the science agencies, and $705 million for the related agencies.

The Senate Committee on Appropriations marked up and reported its FY2026 CJS appropriations bill (S. 2354) on July 17, 2025. The bill would have provided a total of $82.953 billion for CJS departments and agencies. This amount was $519 million (+0.6%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation for CJS and $15.511 billion (+23.0%) more than the Administration's FY2026 request. The committee-reported bill included $10.874 billion for the Department of Commerce, $36.920 billion for DOJ, $33.910 billion for the science agencies, and $1.249 billion for the related agencies.

The House Committee on Appropriations marked up and reported its FY2026 CJS appropriations bill (H.R. 5342) on September 10, 2025. The bill would have provided a total of $80.245 billion for CJS departments and agencies. The amount in the committee-reported bill was $2.190 billion (-2.7%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation for CJS and $12.803 billion (+19.0%) more than the Administration's FY2026 request. The committee-reported bill included $10.124 billion for the U.S. Department of Commerce; $37.309 billion for DOJ; $31.848 billion for the science agencies; and $963 million for the related agencies.

On January 23, 2026, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (P.L. 119-74) was signed into law by President Trump. The act provides a total of $82.619 billion for CJS departments and agencies, which is $185 million (+0.2%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation for CJS and $15.177 billion (+22.5%) more than the Administration's FY2026 request. The act includes $11.132 billion for the Department of Commerce; $37.079 billion for DOJ; $33.196 billion for the science agencies; and $1.212 billion for the related agencies.


This report describes actions to provide FY2026 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. This report also provides information on FY2025 appropriations for CJS. (Enacted funding for CJS for FY2016–FY2025 can be found in Table A-1.) The dollar amounts in this report reflect only new appropriations made available for a fiscal year. Therefore, the amounts do not include any rescissions of unobligated or deobligated balances that may be counted as offsets to newly enacted appropriations, nor do they include any scorekeeping adjustments (e.g., the budgetary effects of provisions limiting the availability of the balance in the Crime Victims Fund). In this report, percentage changes are calculated using whole, not rounded, numbers, meaning that in some instances there may be small differences between the actual percentage change and the percentage change that would be calculated by using the rounded amounts discussed in the report. In some instances, amounts in this report differ from amounts for the same account in previous editions of CRS CJS appropriations reports because past reports did not reflect supplemental budget requests or because there were differences in how legislative proposals are scored by the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office.

Overview of CJS

The annual CJS appropriations act provides funding for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice (DOJ), select science agencies, and several related agencies. Appropriations for the Department of Commerce include funding for bureaus and offices such as the Census Bureau, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Appropriations for DOJ provide funding for agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Prisons; the U.S. Marshals; the Drug Enforcement Administration; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, along with funding for a variety of public safety-related grant programs for state, local, and tribal governments. The vast majority of funding for the science agencies goes to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.1 The annual appropriation for the related agencies includes funding for agencies such as the Legal Services Corporation and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Department of Commerce

The mission of the Department of Commerce is to "create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity."2 The department "works to drive U.S. economic competitiveness, strengthen domestic industry, and spur the growth of quality jobs in all communities across the country."3 It has wide-ranging responsibilities including trade, economic development, technology, entrepreneurship and business development, monitoring the environment, forecasting weather, managing marine resources, and statistical research and analysis. The department pursues and implements policies that affect trade and economic development by working to open new markets for U.S. goods and services and promoting pro-growth business policies. It also invests in research and development to foster innovation.

The agencies within the Department of Commerce, and their responsibilities, include the following:

  • Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is a federal statistical agency that promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner;
  • Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) works to ensure an effective export control and treaty compliance system and promote continued U.S. leadership in strategic technologies by maintaining and strengthening adaptable, efficient, and effective export controls and treaty compliance systems, along with active leadership and involvement in international export control regimes;
  • Census Bureau is a federal statistical agency that collects data and disseminates information about the U.S. economy, society, and institutions, which fosters economic growth, advances scientific understanding, and facilitates informed decisions;
  • Economic Development Administration (EDA) promotes innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy;
  • International Trade Administration (ITA) seeks to strengthen the international competitiveness of U.S. industry, promote trade and investment, and ensure fair trade and compliance with trade laws and agreements;
  • Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) promotes the growth and competitiveness of minority owned businesses through the mobilization and advancement of public and private sector programs, policy, and research;
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve quality of life;
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, fisheries management, coastal restoration, and support of marine commerce;
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) advises the President on communications and information policy; and
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) fosters innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth domestically and abroad by providing high-quality and timely examination of patent and trademark applications, guiding domestic and international intellectual property (IP) policy, and delivering IP information and education worldwide.

Department of Justice

DOJ's mission is to "uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights."4 DOJ also provides legal advice and opinions, upon request, to the President and executive branch department heads.

The major DOJ offices and agencies and their functions are as follows:

  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) enforces federal law related to the manufacture, importation, and distribution of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives;
  • Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) aims to advance the practice of community policing by the nation's state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources;
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigates federal drug law violations; coordinates its efforts with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; develops and maintains drug intelligence systems; regulates the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of legitimate controlled substances; and conducts joint intelligence-gathering activities with foreign governments;
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigates violations of federal criminal law; helps protect the United States against terrorism and hostile intelligence efforts; provides assistance to other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; and shares jurisdiction with the Drug Enforcement Administration for the investigation of federal drug violations;
  • Federal Prison System (Bureau of Prisons; BOP) houses offenders sentenced to a term of incarceration for a federal crime and provides for the operation and maintenance of the federal prison system;
  • Office of the United States Attorneys (USAO) prosecutes violations of federal criminal laws, represents the federal government in civil actions, and initiates proceedings for the collection of fines, penalties, and forfeitures owed to the United States;
  • Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
  • Office of Justice Programs (OJP) manages and coordinates the activities of the Bureau of Justice Assistance; Bureau of Justice Statistics; National Institute of Justice; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking; and Office for Victims of Crime; and
  • United States Marshals Service (USMS) provides security for the federal judiciary, protects witnesses, executes warrants and court orders, manages seized assets, detains and transports alleged and convicted offenders, and apprehends fugitives.

Science Offices and Agencies

The science offices and agencies support research and development and related activities across a wide variety of federal missions, including national competitiveness, space exploration, and fundamental discovery.

  • Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) provides the President and others within the Executive Office of the President with advice on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of issues that require the attention of the federal government.5 The OSTP director also manages the National Science and Technology Council,6 which coordinates science and technology policy across the executive branch of the federal government, and co-chairs the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,7 a council of external advisors that provides advice to the President on matters related to science and technology policy.
  • National Space Council, in the Executive Office of the President, is a coordinating body for U.S. space policy. Chaired by the Vice President, it consists of the Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, Transportation, and Homeland Security; the Administrator of NASA; and other senior officials. The council was first established in 1988 through P.L. 100-685.8 The council ceased operations in 1993, and was reestablished by the Trump Administration in June 2017.9
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) supports basic research and education in the nonmedical sciences and engineering. The foundation was established as an independent federal agency "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes."10 The NSF is a primary source of federal support for U.S. university-based research in the nonmedical sciences and engineering. It is also responsible for significant shares of the federal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education program portfolio and federal STEM student aid and support.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created to conduct civilian space and aeronautics activities.11 It has five mission directorates. The Space Operations Mission Directorate and the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate are responsible for human spaceflight activities, including the International Space Station and development efforts for future crewed spacecraft. The Science Mission Directorate manages robotic science missions, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars rover Curiosity, and satellites for Earth science research. The Space Technology Mission Directorate develops new technologies for use in future space missions, such as advanced propulsion and laser communications. The Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate conducts research and development on aircraft and aviation systems. In addition, NASA's Office of STEM Engagement (formerly the Office of Education) manages education programs for schoolchildren, college and university students, and the general public.

Related Agencies

The annual CJS appropriations act includes funding for several related agencies:

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information;
  • International Trade Commission investigates the effects of dumped and subsidized imports on domestic industries and conducts global safeguard investigations, adjudicates cases involving imports that allegedly infringe intellectual property rights, and serves as a resource for trade data and other trade policy-related information;
  • Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a federally funded nonprofit corporation that provides financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans;
  • Marine Mammal Commission works for the conservation of marine mammals by providing science-based oversight of domestic and international policies and actions of federal agencies with a mandate to address human effects on marine mammals and their ecosystems;
  • Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and overseeing negotiations with other countries;
  • State Justice Institute is a federally funded nonprofit corporation that awards grants to improve the quality of justice in state courts and foster innovative, efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts; and
  • U.S. Commission on Civil Rights informs the development of national civil rights policy and enhances enforcement of federal civil rights laws.

FY2025 Enacted Appropriations

On March 15, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (CR, P.L. 119-4), which provided FY2025 funding for most CJS accounts at the FY2024 enacted level (see Table 1). The CR reduced funding for the following:

  • NIST's Scientific and Technical Research and Services account by $223 million (-20.6%), which received a total of $1.080 billion in FY2024;
  • NIST's Construction of Research Facilities account by $80 million (-47.8%), which received a total of $168 million in FY2024;
  • NOAA's Operations, Research, and Facilities account by $139 million (-3.1%), which received a total of $5.548 billion in FY2024;
  • DOJ's State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance account by $475 million (-19.2%), which received a total of $2.475 billion in FY2024;
  • DOJ's COPS account by $247 million (-37.2%), which received a total of $665 million in FY2024; and
  • NASA's Safety, Security and Mission Service account by $37 million (-1.2%), which received a total of $3.129 billion in FY2024.

These reductions represent the FY2024 amount provided to these accounts for community funding projects/congressionally directed spending (also known as earmarks).12

The CR increased funding for two CJS accounts: DOJ's Justice Information Sharing Technology, from $30 million to $38 million, and USMS's Federal Prisoner Detention account, from $2.100 billion to $2.236 billion. The CR also increased the obligation cap on the Crime Victims Fund to $1.900 billion.

In total, the CR provided $82.435 billion in regular appropriations for CJS. In addition to the amounts provided in the CR, $3.540 billion in supplemental appropriations were provided for CJS agencies in P.L. 118-158 (see Table 2). There was also $1.400 billion in advance appropriations provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, P.L. 117-58) and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117-159) that were available to CJS agencies for FY2025 (see Table 3).

Availability of Emergency Designated Funding for FY2025

The FY2024 CJS Appropriations Act (Division C of P.L. 118-42) provided $2.000 billion in appropriations designated by Congress and the President as being for an emergency requirement under Section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA). Per Section 1110 of the CR, funds provided for FY2025 in the CR that were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement in covered appropriations acts for FY2024 will retain such designations under the CR. Furthermore, Section 1110(b) of the CR establishes that "each amount" provided by the CR and designated by Congress as an emergency requirement will only become available for obligation if "the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress." The inclusion of such language, or similar language, in appropriations acts making the availability of all emergency-designated funds in the measure contingent on the President subsequently designating all such amounts as an emergency requirement has been common in recent decades. On March 24, 2025, OMB submitted a memorandum to Congress designating as an emergency requirement only certain amounts provided by the CR, including only $1.441 billion of the $2.000 billion in FY2025 funding for CJS accounts that Congress had designated as an emergency requirement. The FY2025 amounts for CJS in Table 1 include all emergency designated funding, regardless of whether the Administration concurred with the designation.

FY2026 Administration's Request

For FY2026, the Administration requested a total of $67.442 billion for the departments and agencies funded through CJS. This amount was $14.992 billion (-18.2%) less than regular FY2025 enacted funding for CJS ($82.435 billion). The Administration's request included the following:

  • $8.656 billion for the U.S. Department of Commerce, which was $1.732 billion (-16.7%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation;
  • $35.359 billion for DOJ, which was $1.542 billion (-4.2%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation;
  • $22.722 billion for the science agencies, which was $11.186 billion (-33.0%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation; and
  • $705 million for the related agencies, which was $532 million (-43.0%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation.

There were some instances where the Administration requested increased funding for some CJS accounts:

  • NASA's Exploration account (+$647 million, +8.4%);
  • BOP's Salaries and Expenses account (+$357 million, +4.3%);
  • Census Bureau's Periodic Censuses and Programs account (+$334 million, +31.7%);
  • USMS's Federal Prisoner Detention (+$302 million, +13.5%) and Salaries and Expenses (+$31 million, +1.8%) accounts;
  • U.S. Attorneys (+$169 million, +6.5%);
  • BIS (+$112 million, +58.6%);
  • NSF's Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account (+$17 million, +7.3%);
  • USTR Salaries and Expenses (+$13 million, +22.0%) and Trade Enforcement Trust Fund (+$8 million, +53.3%);
  • DOJ's Justice Information Sharing Technology account (+$12 million, +30.0%); and
  • International Trade Commission (+$12 million, +9.8%).

Even though the Administration requested increased funding for several CJS accounts, proposed funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, NASA, NSF, and the related agencies would have been less than the FY2025 regular appropriation due to proposed reductions in other accounts in these departments and agencies. The Administration proposed funding most CJS accounts at a level below the FY2025 regular appropriation. The Administration did not request funding for

  • EDA's Economic Development Assistance Programs account,
  • NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership,
  • NOAA's Pacific Costal Salmon Recovery Fund,
  • DOJ's Interagency Law Enforcement account,
  • NASA's STEM Engagement account, and
  • NSF's STEM Education account.

Also, while the Administration requested funding for EDA, MBDA, LSC, DOJ's Community Relations Service, and the Marine Mammal Commission, it proposed shuttering these agencies. Requested funding would have been to facilitate an orderly shutdown of each agency's operations.

The Administration's FY2026 budget also proposed moving the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from the U.S. Department of Labor to the U.S. Department of Commerce and moving the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program from the Office of National Drug Control Policy to DOJ.

Senate Committee-Reported Bill

The Senate Committee on Appropriations marked up and reported its FY2026 CJS appropriations bill (S. 2354) on July 17, 2025. The bill would have provided a total of $82.953 billion for CJS departments and agencies. The amount in the committee-reported bill was $519 million (+0.6%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation for CJS and $15.511 billion (+23.0%) more than the Administration's FY2026 request. The committee-reported bill included the following:

  • $10.874 billion for the U.S. Department of Commerce, which was $486 million (+4.7%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $2.218 billion (+25.6%) more than the Administration's request;
  • $36.920 billion for DOJ, which was $19 million (+0.1%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $1.561 billion (+4.4%) more than the Administration's request;
  • $33.910 billion for the science agencies, which was $1 million (<+0.1%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $11.187 billion (+49.2%) more than the Administration's request; and
  • $1.249 billion for the related agencies, which was $12 million (+1.0%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $544 million (+77.1%) more than the Administration's request.

The Senate committee-reported bill would have generally funded Department of Commerce accounts at a level equal to or above the FY2025 regular appropriation. However, the bill would have reduced funding for the ITA (-$18 million, -2.9%); EDA's Salaries and Expenses (-$2 million, -2.9%) and Economic Development Assistance Programs (-$40 million, -10.0%) accounts; MBDA (-$13 million, -19.4%); BEA (-$3 million, -2.4%); NTIA's Salaries and Expenses (-$2 million, -3.5%); and NOAA's Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction account (-$110 million, -6.4%). The committee-reported bill would have funded most Commerce accounts at a level above the Administration's request, with the exception of the Census Bureau's Periodic Censuses and Programs account (-$196 million, -14.1%). The Senate Committee on Appropriations did not adopt the Administration's proposal to shutter EDA and MBDA, and it provided funding for NIST's Manufacturing Assistance Partnership and NOAA's Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. The committee did not adopt the Administration's proposal to move BLS to the Department of Commerce.

The Senate committee-reported bill would have funded most DOJ accounts at a level equal to or below the FY2025 regular appropriation. The bill would have increased funding for Justice Information Sharing Technology (+$12 million, +30.0%), Fees and Expenses of Witnesses (+$50 million, +18.5%), USMS's Salaries and Expenses (+$20 million, +1.2%), OVW (+$7 million, +1.0%), and COPS (+$83 million, +19.9%). The committee-reported bill would have generally funded most DOJ accounts at a level equal to or greater than the Administration's request, though funding for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (-$40 million, -4.8%), USAO (-$169 million, -6.1%), USMS's Salaries and Expenses (-$11 million, -0.6%) and Federal Prisoner Detention ($-302 million, -11.9%) accounts, the FBI's Construction account (-$5 million, -25.0%), and BOP's Salaries and Expenses account (-$357 million, -4.1%) would have been funded at a level below the Administration's request. The committee did not adopt the Administration's proposal to close the Community Relations Service and the bill included funding for the Interagency Law Enforcement account. The bill did not provide funding for HIDTA under DOJ.

The Senate committee-reported bill would have funded most of NASA's accounts at a level above the FY2025 regular appropriation, though the committee proposed reductions for the Science (-$34 million, -0.5%), Space Technology (-$125 million, -11.4%), and Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration (-$25 million, -8.3%) accounts. The bill would have funded all of NASA's accounts at a level above the Administration's request, with the exception of the Exploration account (-$530 million, -6.4%). The committee did not adopt the Administration's proposal to zero out funding for the STEM Engagement account.

The Senate committee-reported bill would have reduced funding for NSF overall by $60 million (-0.7%) relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. The bill proposed increasing funding for the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account (+116 million, +49.6%), but this was offset by proposed reductions to the STEM Education (-$172 million, -14.7%) and Agency Operations and Award Management (-$4 million, -0.9%) accounts. The bill would have funded all NSF accounts at a level above the Administration's request.

The Senate committee-reported bill would have funded the related agencies at a level equal to or greater than the FY2025 regular appropriation. Most of the related agencies would have been funded at a level greater than the Administration's request under the committee's bill, though the committee did not provide the requested increase for the International Trade Commission and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The committee did not adopt the Administration's proposal to shutter LSC and the Marine Mammal Commission.

House Committee-Reported Bill

The House Committee on Appropriations marked up and reported its FY2026 CJS appropriations bill (H.R. 5342) on September 12, 2025. The bill would have provided a total of $80.245 billion for CJS departments and agencies. The amount in the committee-reported bill was $2.190 billion (-2.7%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation for CJS and $12.803 billion (+19.0%) more than the Administration's FY2026 request. The committee-reported bill included the following:

  • $10.124 billion for the U.S. Department of Commerce, which was $264 million (-2.5%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $1.468 billion (+17.0%) more than the Administration's request;
  • $37.309 billion for DOJ, which was $408 million (+1.1%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $1.950 billion (+5.5%) more than the Administration's request;
  • $31.848 billion for the science agencies, which was $2.060 billion (-6.1%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $9.126 billion (+40.2%) more than the Administration's request; and
  • $963 million for the related agencies, which was $274 million (-22.2%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $258 million (+36.6%) more than the Administration's request.

For the Department of Commerce agencies, the House committee-reported bill would have reduced funding for ITA (-$191 million, -31.3%), EDA (-$144 million, -30.7%), MBDA (-$52 million, -76.2%), NTIA (-$12 million, -20.3%), and NOAA (-$387 million, -6.3%) relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. The bill would have increased funding for the Census Bureau (+$294 million, +21.3%), BIS (+$112 million, +58.6%), and NIST (+$123 million, +10.6%) relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. While overall funding for the Census Bureau would have increased under the House committee-reported bill, the Census Bureau's Current Surveys and Programs account would have decreased by $40 million (-12.2%). The House committee-reported bill would have funded many Commerce accounts at the level requested by the Administration. However, proposed funding for NIST (+$448 million, +53.8%) and NOAA (+$1.295 billion, +28.8%) was above the Administration's request. The House committee-reported bill would have also provided funding for the continued operations of EDA and MBDA, even though the Administration proposed winding down the operations of the two agencies. The House Committee on Appropriations did not adopt the Administration's proposal to move BLS to the Department of Commerce.

For the Department of Justice agencies, the House committee-reported bill would have increased funding for USMS (+$326 million, +8.3%), the U.S. Attorneys (+$169 million, +6.5%), DEA (+$247 million, +9.6%), and BOP (+$513 million, +6.0%), but it would have decreased funding for FBI (-$543 million, -5.1%) and ATF (-$418 million, -25.7%) relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. The committee-reported bill would have decreased funding for the OVW (-$73 million, -10.2%)13 and the Juvenile Justice Programs (-$48 million, -12.8%) accounts, but it would have increased funding for the State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance (+$246 million, +12.3%) and the COPS (+$237 million, +56.8%) accounts. The House Committee on Appropriations recommended FY2026 funding for many DOJ accounts at the level requested by the Administration. However, the committee-reported bill would have increased funding for construction projects at the FBI (+$10 million, +50.0%), BOP's Buildings and Facilities account (+$189 million, +161.0%), and the DEA (+$359 million, +14.6%). The committee-reported bill would have also provided more funding than that requested by the Administration for DOJ's four grant accounts: OVW (+$135 million, +26.7%), State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance (+$732 million, +48.3%), Juvenile Justice Programs (+$27 million, +8,8%), and COPS (+$310 million, +89.9%). The committee did not adopt the Administration's proposal to close the Community Relations Service and the bill includes funding for the Interagency Law Enforcement account. The bill did not provide funding for HIDTA under DOJ.

For the science agencies, the House committee-reported bill would have funded all but one account—NASA's Exploration account (+$2.050 billion, +26.7%)—at a level below the FY2025 regular appropriation. The increase in the Exploration account would have offset decreases in NASA's other accounts so that total NASA funding in the bill was at the same level as the FY2025 regular appropriation. The committee-reported bill would have zeroed out funding for NASA's STEM Engagement account, consistent with the Administration's proposal. However, the committee-reported bill would have funded most of NASA's other accounts at a level above the Administration's request. NASA's Office of the Inspector General would have been funded at the level requested by the Administration.

The House committee-reported bill would have reduced funding for NSF overall by $2.060 billion (-22.7%) relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. The committee-reported bill would have eliminated funding for NSF's STEM Education account, consistent with the Administration's proposal, and funded most other NSF accounts at a level below the FY2025 regular appropriation. The committee-reported bill would have increased funding for the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account by $17 million (+7.3%). The House Committee on Appropriations recommended funding for most NSF accounts at the level requested by the Administration, with the exception of the Research and Related Activities account, which would have received $3.097 billion (+94.5%) more than the Administration's request.

The House committee-reported bill would have funded most of the related agencies at a level below the FY2025 regular appropriation and consistent with the Administration's request. The House Committee on Appropriations proposed increasing funding for the International Trade Commission by $12 million (+9.8%) and the Trade Enforcement Fund by $8 million (+53.3%) relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. The committee did not adopt the Administration's proposal to shutter LSC. The committee's recommended funding for the Marine Mammal Commission was the same as the Administration's request, but neither the text of the committee-reported bill nor the report to accompany the bill indicated whether the committee recommended shuttering the commission.

FY2026 Enacted Appropriations

On January 23, 2026, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (P.L. 119-74) was signed into law by President Trump. The act provides a total of $82.619 billion for CJS departments and agencies, which is $185 million (+0.2%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation for CJS and $15.177 billion (+22.5%) more than the Administration's FY2026 request. The act includes the following:

  • $11.132 billion for the U.S. Department of Commerce, which is $744 million (+7.2%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $2.476 billion (+28.6%) more than the Administration's request;
  • $37.079 billion for DOJ, which is $178 million (+0.5%) more than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $1.720 billion (+4.9%) more than the Administration's request;
  • $33.196 billion for the science agencies, which is $712 million (-2.1%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $10.474 billion (+46.1%) more than the Administration's request; and
  • $1.212 billion for the related agencies, which is $26 million (-2.1%) less than the FY2025 regular appropriation and $506 million (+71.8%) more than the Administration's request.

Overall funding for the Commerce Department is higher for FY2026 compared to the FY2025 regular appropriation. Several Commerce accounts received increased funding for FY2026: BIS (+$44 million, +23.0%); the Census Bureau's Periodic Censuses and Programs account (+$118 million, +11.2%); NIST's Scientific and Technical Research and Services account (+$392 million, +45.7%); NIST's Construction of Research Facilities account (+$298 million, +339.7%); and NOAA's Operations, Research, and Facilities account (+$131 million, +3.0%). Other accounts for the Commerce Department were funded at or below the FY2025 regular appropriation, including ITA (-$49 million, -8.0%); MBDA (-$18 million, -26.7%); the Census Bureau's Current Surveys and Programs account (-$10 million, -3.0%); and NOAA's Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction account (-$143 million, -8.3%). Most Commerce accounts for FY2026 are funded at a level above the Administration's request, with the exception of BIS (-$68 million, -22.4%) and the Census Bureau's Periodic Censuses and Programs account (-$216 million, -15.6%). The act does not provide funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics under the Commerce Department.

There is an increase in overall funding for DOJ for FY2026 compared to FY2025. Funding for several DOJ accounts increased for FY2026, including USMS's Salaries and Expenses account (+$40 million, +2.4%), the DEA (+$13 million, +0.5%), BOP's Building and Facilities account (+$100 million, +55.6%), the COPS account (+$383 million, +91.8%), and the State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance account (+$400 million, +20.0%). Several DOJ accounts will receive less funding for FY2026 compared to FY2025, including the Executive Office of Immigration Review (-$50 million, -6.0%), the General Legal Activities account (-$190 million, -17.4%), the National Security Division (-$11 million, -8.4%), the Interagency Law Enforcement account (-$247 million, -45.2%), FBI's Salaries and Expenses (-$34 million, -0.3%), ATF (-$40 million, -2.5%), and BOP's Salaries and Expenses account (-$293 million, -3.5%). FY2026 appropriations for many DOJ accounts are funded at a level above the Administration's request. The FY2026 CJS Appropriations Act also funds several DOJ accounts below the Administration's request, including for the Executive Office of Immigration Review (-$44 million, -5.3%), USMS's Federal Prisoner Detention account (-$302 million, -11.9%), and BOP's Salaries and Expenses account (-$650 million, -7.4%).

FY2026 appropriations for NASA are $400 million (-1.6%) less than FY2025 regular appropriations. The enacted FY2026 appropriation for most NASA accounts are at or below the FY2025 level, with the exception of the Exploration account, which received a $117 million (+1.5%) increase compared to FY2025. The FY2026 appropriation for NASA is $5.629 billion (+29.9%) greater than the Administration's request. Nearly all of NASA accounts were funded above the Administration's request, with the exception of the Exploration account, which received $530 million (-6.4%) less than what the Administration requested.

NSF received $310 million (-3.4%) less for FY2026 relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. All of NSF's accounts were funded at or below the FY2025 level, with the exception of the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account, which received a $17 million (+7.3%) increase. The FY2026 appropriation for NSF is $4.847 billion (+124.2%) more than the Administration's request. All of NSF's accounts were funded at or above the Administration's requested level.

The FY2026 CJS Appropriations Act does not include funding for the National Space Council. The council had been funded under CJS since FY2018.

The related agencies received $26 million (-2.1%) less for FY2026 relative to the FY2025 regular appropriation. While most of the related agencies were funded at or below the FY2025-enacted level, there was increased funding for the U.S. Trade Representative (+$6 million, +10.2%) and the Trade Enforcement Fund (+$8 million, +53.3%). The FY2026 appropriation for the related agencies is $506 million (+71.8%) more than the Administration's request. While most of the related agencies were funded at or above the Administration's request, the FY2026 appropriation for the International Trade Commission (-$12 million, -9.0%) and the U.S. Trade Representative (-$7 million, -9.7%) was below what the Administration requested.

Table 1. Funding for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS): FY2025 Enacted Funding, the Administration's FY2026 Requested Funding, the Senate and House Committee-Reported Amounts, and FY2026 Enacted Funding

(appropriations in millions of dollars)

Departments and Related Agencies

FY2025 Enacteda

FY2026 Administration's Request

FY2026 Senate Committee-Reported Bill

FY2026 House Committee-Reported Bill

FY2026 Enacteda

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

$623.0b

$440.0

$605.0

$440.0

$582.0

Offsetting Fee Collections (International Trade Administration)

-12.0

-20.0

-12.0

-20.0

-20.0

Bureau of Industry and Security

191.0c

303.0

211.0

303.0

235.0

Economic Development Administration

468.0

30.0

426.0

324.5

466.0

Salaries and Expenses

(68.0)

(30.0)

(66.0)

(68.0)

(66.0)

Economic Development Assistance Programs

(400.0d)

(360.0)

(256.5)

(400.0)

Minority Business Development Agency

68.3

7.3

55.0

16.3

50.0

Economic and Statistical Analysis

125.0

116.0

122.0

116.0

118.0

Census Bureau

1,382.5

1,676.5

1,520.3

1,676.5

1,490.3

Current Surveys and Programs

(328.5)

(288.5)

(328.5)

(288.5)

(318.5)

Periodic Censuses and Programs

(1,054.0)

(1,388.0)

(1,191.8)

(1,388.0)

(1,171.8)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

59.0

47.0

57.0

47.0

51.0

Salaries and Expenses

(57.0)

(46.0)

(55.0)

(46.0)

(50.0)

Facilities Management and Construction

(2.0)

(1.0)

(2.0)

(1.0)

(1.0)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)e

4,554.9

4,993.7

4,996.1

4,993.7

4,956.0

Offsetting Fee Receipts (USPTO)

-4,554.9

-4,993.7

-4,996.1

-4,993.7

-4,956.0

National Institute of Standards and Technology

1,156.9

831.9

1,604.5

1,279.8

1,847.1

Scientific and Technical Research and Services

(857.2)

(707.2)

(1,006.6)

(980.0)

(1,249.2)

Industrial Technology Services

(212.0)

(37.0)

(212.0)

(212.0)

(212.0)

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

(175.0)

(175.0)

(175.0)

(175.0)

Manufacturing USA Programf

(37.0)

(37.0)

(37.0)

(37.0)

(37.0)

Construction of Research Facilities, new appropriation

(87.8)

(87.8)

(386.0)

(87.8)

(385.9)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

6,182.5

4,500.4

6,141.3

5,795.0

6,170.9

Operations, Research, and Facilitiesg

(4,409.0)

(3,057.6)

(4,477.6)

(4,151.8)

(4,450.4)

Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction

(1,719.9h)

(1,454.6)

(1,610.0)

(1,589.9)

(1,576.9)

Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund

(65.0)

(65.0)

(65.0)

(65.0)

Fishermen's Contingency Fund

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.3)

Fisheries Finance Program Account

(-12.0)

(-12.3)

(-12.0)

(-12.3)

(-12.0)

Fisheries Disaster Assistance Fund

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.3)

(0.3)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

580.0

Departmental Managementi

95.6

95.6

95.6

95.6

93.6

Office of the Inspector General

48.0

48.0

48.0

50.5

48.0

Subtotal: Department of Commerce

10,387.8

8,655.7

10,873.8

10,124.2

11,132.1

Department of Justice

General Administration

1,159.5

1,123.0

1,125.0

1,123.0

1,170.5

Justice Operations, Management, and Accountabilityj

(142.0)

(142.0)

(142.0)

(142.0)

(140.0)

Justice Information Sharing Technology

(38.5)

(50.0)

(50.0)

(50.0)

(38.5)

Executive Office of Immigration Review

(840.0)

(834.0)

(794.0)

(834.0)

(790.0)

Office of the Inspector General

(139.0)

(97.0)

(139.0)

(97.0)

(139.0)

U.S. Parole Commission

14.0

12.5

13.5

12.5

13.0

Legal Activities

3,969.7

4,034.1

4,041.7

3,988.1

3,906.7

General Legal Activities

(1,090.0)

(896.9)

(1,028.0)

(896.9)

(900.0)

U.S. Attorneys

(2,611.0)

(2,780.4)

(2,611.0)

(2,780.4)

(2,621.0)

Antitrust Division

(233.0)

(310.0)

(310.0)

(310.0)

(310.0)

Offsetting Fee Collections (Antitrust Division)

(-304.0)

(-310.0)

(-310.0)

(-310.0)

(-310.0)

Prior Year Offsetting Fee Collections (Antitrust Division)

(54.0)

U.S. Trustee Program

(245.0)

(201.0)

(220.0)

(205.0)

(205.0)

Offsetting Fee Collections (U.S. Trustee Program)

(-245.0)

(-201.0)

(-205.0)

(-205.0)

(-205.0)

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

(2.5)

(2.5)

(2.5)

(2.5)

(2.5)

Fees and Expenses of Witnesses

(270.0)

(256.0)

(320.0)

(256.0)

(320.0)

Community Relations Service

(24.0)

(1.0)

(22.0)

(20.0)

Assets Forfeiture Fundk

(20.5)

(20.5)

(20.5)

(20.5)

(20.5)

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund

(22.7)

(22.7)

(22.7)

(31.7)

(22.7)

United States Marshals Service

3,943.0

4,268.6

3,960.0

4,268.6

3,976.0

Salaries and Expenses

(1,692.0l)

(1,722.6)

(1,712.0)

(1,722.6)

(1,732.0m)

Construction

(15.0)

(8.0)

(12.0)

(8.0)

(8.0)

Federal Prisoner Detention

(2,236.0n)

(2,538.0)

(2,236.0)

(2,538.0)

(2,236.0)

National Security Division

128.0

117.2

122.0

117.2

117.2

Interagency Law Enforcement

547.0

537.0

400.0

300.0

Federal Bureau of Investigation

10,673.7

10,118.6

10,658.7

10,130.4

10,624.5

Salaries and Expenses

(10,643.7)

(10,098.6)

(10,643.7)

(10,100.4)

(10,609.5)

Construction

(30.0)

(20.0)

(15.0)

(30.0)

(15.0)

Drug Enforcement Administration

2,567.0o

2,455.2

2,567.0

2,813.9

2,580.3

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

1,625.0

1,207.4

1,625.0

1,207.4

1,585.0

Federal Prison System

8,575.1

8,869.5

8,575.1

9,088.0

8,382.5

Salaries and Expenses

(8,392.6)

(8,749.8)

(8,392.6)

(8,779.8)

(8,100.0)

Building and Facilities

(179.8)

(117.0)

(179.8)

(305.5)

(279.8)

Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Federal Prison Industries

(2.7)

(2.7)

(2.7)

(2.7)

(2.7)

Office on Violence Against Women

633.0p

505.5

640.0p

640.5

620.0q

Office of Justice Programs

2,648.8

2,303.1

2,554.9

2,865.3

3,066.8

Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

(65.0)

(55.0)

(60.0)

(55.0)

(55.0)

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

(2,000.0r)

(1,514.8)

(1,878.1)

(2,246.5)

(2,400.0)

Juvenile Justice Programs

(375.0)

(300.5)

(380.0)

(327.0)

(375.0)

High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

(196.0)

Public Safety Officers Benefits

(208.8)

(236.8)

(236.8)

(236.8)

(236.8)

Community Oriented Policing Services

417.2

344.4

500.2

654.1

800.0

Obligation Cap on the Crime Victims Fund

1,900.0

1,900.0

1,900.0

1,900.0

1,950.0

Offsetting Receipts

-1,900.0

-1,900.0

-1,900.0

-1,900.0

-1,950.0

Subtotal: Department of Justice

36,900.9

35,359.0

36,920.1

37,309.0

37,079.4

Science Agencies

Office of Science and Technology Policy

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

National Space Council

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

24,838.3

18,809.1

24,899.7

24,838.3

24,438.3

Science

(7,334.2)

(3,907.6)

(7,300.0)

(6,000.0)

(7,250.0)

Aeronautics

(935.0)

(588.7)

(950.0)

(775.0)

(935.0)

Space Technology

(1,100.0)

(568.9)

(975.0)

(912.8)

(920.5)

Exploration

(7,666.2s)

(8,312.9)

(7,783.0)

(9,715.0)

(7,783.0)

Space Operations

(4,220.0)

(3,131.9)

(4,314.0)

(4,150.0)

(4,175.0)

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Engagement

(143.0)

(148.0)

(143.0)

Safety, Security, and Mission Services

(3,092.3)

(2,118.3)

(3,107.1)

(3,044.0)

(3,000.0)

Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration

(300.0n)

(140.1)

(275.0)

(200.0)

(185.3)

Inspector General

(47.6)

(40.7)

(47.6)

(40.7)

(46.5)

National Science Foundation

9,060.0

3,903.2

9,000.0

7,000.0

8,750.0

Research and Related Activities

(7,176.5)

(3,276.2)

(7,176.5)

(6,373.0)

(7,176.5)

STEM Education

(1,172.0)

(1,000.0)

(938.3)

Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction

(234.0t)

(251.0)

(350.0)

(251.0)

(251.0)

Agency Operations and Award Management

(448.0)

(355.0)

(444.0)

(355.0)

(355.0)

National Science Board

(5.1)

(3.0)

(5.1)

(3.0)

(5.1)

Office of the Inspector General

(24.4)

(18.0)

(24.4)

(18.0)

(24.2)

Subtotal: Science Agencies

33,908.3

22,722.2

33,909.6

31,848.3

33,196.3

Related Agencies

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

14.4

13.0

14.4

13.0

14.4

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

455.0

435.4

455.0

435.4

435.4

International Trade Commission

122.0

134.0

122.0

134.0

122.0

Legal Services Corporation

560.0

21.0

566.0

300.0

540.0

Marine Mammal Commission

4.5

1.0

4.5

1.0

4.3

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Salaries and Expenses

59.0

72.0

65.0

51.0

65.0

Trade Enforcement Trust Fund

15.0

23.0

15.0

23.0

23.0

State Justice Institute

7.6

6.0

7.6

6.0

7.6

Subtotal: Related Agencies

1,237.5

705.4

1,249.5

963.4

1,211.6

CJS Total

82,434.5

67,442.2

82,953.0

80,244.8

82,619.5

Rescission of Unobligated Balances

-10,300.0

-2,651.7

-305.0

-697.3

-709.2

Sources: FY2025 enacted and the Administration's requested amounts were taken from the explanatory statement to accompany the FY2026 CJS Appropriations Act (Division A of P.L. 119-74). The amounts for the Senate committee-reported bill were taken from S.Rept. 119-44. The amounts for the House committee-reported bill were taken from H.Rept. 119-272. FY2026 enacted amounts were taken from the explanatory statement to accompany the FY2026 CJS Appropriations Act.

Notes: The accounts presented in are consistent with those used by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to score the CJS appropriations bill. Amounts in parentheses are subaccounts and not offsets. The FY2025 amounts for CJS in Table 1 include all emergency designated funding, regardless of whether the Administration concurred with the designation (see text box "Availability of Emergency Designated Funding for FY2025" for more information).

a. Enacted amounts do not include any appropriations from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, P.L. 117-58) or the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA, P.L. 117-159).

b. This amount includes $50 million in emergency-designated funding.

c. This amount includes $20 million in emergency-designated funding.

d. This amount includes $30 million in emergency-designated funding.

e. Funding for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is fully derived from user fees.

f. The Manufacturing USA Program was formerly known as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation.

g. The amount for the Operations, Research, and Facilities account includes a transfer from the Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries Fund.

h. This amount includes $100 million in emergency-designated funding.

i. This amount includes Salaries and Expenses for the management of the Department of Commerce and funding for the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building.

j. This account was formerly called the "General Administration, Salaries and Expenses" account. The account name was changed in P.L. 118-42.

k. As a part of the annual CJS appropriations act, Congress traditionally sets a limit on the amount of expenses that can be paid for the purposes authorized under subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of Section 524(c)(1) of Title 28 of the United States Code.

l. This amount includes $163 million in emergency-designated funding.

m. This amount includes $30 million appropriated for the U.S. Marshals Service's Salaries and Expenses account under Section 122(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (P.L. 119-37).

n. This amount includes $250 million in emergency-designated funding.

o. This amount includes $328 million in emergency-designated funding.

p. This amount does not include an $80 million transfer from the Crime Victims Fund to the Office on Violence Against Women.

q. This amount does not include an $100 million transfer from the Crime Victims Fund to the Office on Violence Against Women.

r. The amount designated as emergency funding in the State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance account in FY2024 did not carry over to FY2025 under the CR.

s. This amount includes $450 million in emergency-designated funding.

t. This amount includes $234 million in emergency-designated funding.

FY2025 Supplemental Appropriations

The Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (Division A of P.L. 118-158) provided $17 million in supplemental funding for the FBI for FY2025. The Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 (Division B of P.L. 118-158) provided $3.370 billion in supplemental appropriations for certain CJS agencies for FY2025. A breakdown of funding provided under Division B of P.L. 118-158 is provided in Table 2.

Table 2. FY2025 Supplemental Appropriations for CJS

(appropriations in millions of dollars)

Division A of P.L. 118-158

Division B of P.L. 118-158

Department of Commerce

Economic Development Administration

$1,510.0

Economic Development Assistance Programs

(1,510.0)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1,043.0

Operations, Research, and Facilities

(244.0)

Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction

(499.0)

Fisheries Disaster Assistance

(300.0)

Department of Justice

United States Marshals Service

12.0

Salaries and Expenses

(12.0)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

$16.7

Salaries and Expenses

(16.7)

Federal Prison System

64.8

Buildings and Facilities

(64.8)

Science Agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

740.2

Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration

(740.2)

Total

16.7

3,370.0

Source: Text of P.L. 118-158.

Notes: The accounts presented in Table 2 are consistent with those used by CBO to score the CJS appropriations bill. Amounts in parentheses are subaccounts and not offsets.

In addition to the amounts presented in Table 2, P.L. 119-21, the FY2025 reconciliation law, provided $3.330 billion for DOJ, which is available for obligation through the end of FY2029, for, among other things,

  • increasing staffing at the Executive Office for Immigration Review,
  • combatting drug trafficking,
  • prosecuting immigration cases,
  • increasing funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) or COPS programs to support efforts to address violent crime and support immigration enforcement, and
  • compensating states that incarcerate certain criminal alien offenders.14

The act also provides $5.000 billion to BOP, which is available for obligation through the end of FY2029. Of the total, $3.000 billion is for hiring new and retaining current staff and $2.000 billion is for maintenance and repairs of federal prisons.

Advance Appropriations

As shown in Table 3, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, P.L. 117-58) provided advance appropriations for FY2025 and FY2026 for one NTIA program and two NOAA accounts.15 The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117-159) also provided advance appropriations for FY2025 and FY2026 for DOJ grant programs under the State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance and Community Oriented Policing Services accounts.

Table 3. Advance Appropriations for CJS

(appropriations in millions of dollars)

FY2025

FY2026

Department of Commerce

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

$550.0

$550.0

Digital Equity

(550.0)

(550.0)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

550.0

541.4

Operations, Research, and Facilities

(515.6)

(507.0)

Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery

(34.4)

(34.4)

Department of Justice

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

280.0

280.0

Community Oriented Policing Services

20.0

20.0

Total

1,400.0

1,391.4

Source: Text of P.L. 117-58 and P.L. 117-159.

Notes: The accounts presented in Table 3 are consistent with those used by CBO to score the CJS appropriations bill. Amounts in parentheses are subaccounts and not offsets.

Appendix. Historical Funding for CJS

Table A-1. Nominal Funding for CJS Agencies, by Account: FY2016-FY2025

(appropriations in millions of dollars)

Bureau or Agency

FY2016

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

FY2024

FY2025

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

$483.0

$483.0

$482.0

$484.0

$510.3

$530.0

$559.0

$613.0

$611.0

$611.0

Bureau of Industry and Security

112.5

112.5

113.5

118.1

127.7

133.0

163.1

191.0

191.0

191.0

Economic Development Administration

261.0

276.0

901.5

904.0

1,833.0

3,346.0

373.5

1,616.0

468.0

1,978.0

Minority Business Development Agency

32.0

34.0

39.0

40.0

52.0

73.0

55.0

70.0

68.3

68.3

Economic and Statistical Analysis

109.0

107.3

99.0

101.0

108.0

111.9

116.0

130.0

125.0

125.0

Census Bureau

1,370.0

1,470.0

2,814.0

3,821.4

7,558.3

1,106.6

1,354.0

1,485.0

1,382.5

1,382.5

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

39.5

32.0

39.5

39.5

40.4

45.5

46,050.0

612.0

609.0

609.0

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

3,272.0

3,230.0

3,500.0

3,370.0

3,450.7

3,695.3

4,058.4

4,253.4

4,195.8

4,554.9

Offsetting Fee Receipts (USPTO)

-3,272.0

-3,230.0

-3,500.0

-3,370.0

-3.450.7

-3,695.3

-4,058.4

-4,253.4

-4,195.8

-4,554.9

National Institute of Standards and Technology

964.0

952.0

1,198.5

985.5

1,100.0

1,034.5

1,252.1

1,694.3

1,460.0

1,156.9

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

5,765.6

5,675.4

6,309.5

5,720.3

5,688.2

5,730.6

10,304.0

7,578.8

6,869.0

7,775.5

Departmental Managementa

109.1

94.7

140.9

95.7

115.0

128.1

146.9

179.1

143.6

143.6

Commerce Subtotal

9,245.6

9,237.0

12,137.4

12,309.5

17,132.8

12,239.2

60,373.6

14,169.2

11,927.4

14,040.8

Department of Justice

General Administration

659.0

676.7

746.8

870.4

926.6

998.6

1,106.8

1,278.0

1,151.0

1,159.5

Justice Operations, Management, and Accountabilityb

(142.5)

(145.1)

(149.0)

(145.0)

(152.6)

(158.0)c

(232.8)

(283.0)

(172.0)

(180.5)

Administrative Review & Appeals

(422.8)

Executive Office for Immigration Review

(436.0)

(500.5)

(624.4)

(669.0)

(730.0)

(756.0)

(856.0)

(840.0)

(840.0)

Office of the Inspector General

(93.7)

(95.6)

(97.3)

(101.0)

(105.0)

(110.6)

(118.0)

(139.0)

(139.0)

(139.0)

U.S. Parole Commission

13.3

13.3

13.3

13.0

13.3

13.5

14.2

14.6

14.0

14.0

Legal Activities

3,314.6

3,353.8

3,386.6

3,329.4

3,443.4

3,578.9

3,648.3

4,140.8

4,010.7

3,969.7

General legal activities

(893.0)

(897.5)

(897.5)

(904.0)

(920.0)

(960.0)

(1,009.7)

(1,138.0)

(1,090.0)

(1,090.0)

U.S. Attorneys

(2,000.0)

(2,035.0)

(2,136.8)

(2,212.0)

(2,257.5)

(2,342.2)

(2,424.9)

(2,632.0)

(2,611.0)

(2,611.0)

Otherd

(421.6)

(421.3)

(352.3)

(213.4)

(265.8)

(276.8)

(213.7)

(370.8)

(309.7)

(268.7)

U.S. Marshals Service

2,700.0

2,713.5

2,903.4

3,081.7

3,327.5

3,682.6

3,728.3

3,852.8

3,807.0

3,955.0

National Security Division

95.0

96.0

101.0

101.4

110.0

117.5

121.8

133.5

128.0

128.0

Interagency Law Enforcement

512.0

517.0

542.9

560.0

550.5

550.5

550.5

550.5

547.0

547.0

Federal Bureau of Investigation

8,798.8

9,006.4

9,421.4

9,577.1

9,972.9

10,493.8

10,961.9

11,343.2

10,673.7

10,690.4

Drug Enforcement Administration

2,080.0

2,103.0

2,201.8

2,267.0

2,294.2

2,386.3

2,421.5

2,563.1

2,567.0

2,567.0

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives

1,240.0

1,258.6

1,293.8

1,316.7

1,400.0

1,483.9

1,531.1

1,747.0

1,625.0

1,625.0

Federal Prison System

7,481.2

7,141.5

7,328.3

7,545.1

7,880.7

8,138.1

8,102.7

8,685.3

8,575.1

8,639.8

Office of Violence Against Women (OVW)

101.0e

155.5f

g

h

67.5i

78.5i

j

700.0

633.0k

633.0l

Office of Justice Programs (OJP)

1,883.0

1,705.8

2,169.3

2,218.8

3,282.8

2,485.8

3,075.0

3,341.6

3,403.9

2,928.8

Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

(116.0)

(89.0)

(90.0)

(80.0)

(79.0)

(82.0)

(70.0)

(77.0)

(65.0)

(65.0)

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

(1,408.5)

(1,280.5)

(1,680.0)

(1,723.0)

(2,742.0)

(1,914.0)

(2,493.0)

(2,696.8)

(2,755.1)

(2,280.0)

Juvenile Justice Programs

(270.2)

(247.0)

(282.5)

(287.0)

(320.0)

(346.0)

(360.0)

(400.0)

(375.0)

(375.0)

Public Safety Officers Benefits

(88.3)

(89.3)

(116.8)

(128.8)

(141.8)

(143.8)

(152.0)

(167.8)

(208.8)

(208.8)

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

212.0

221.5

275.5

303.5

343.0

386.0

531.7

682.9

684.5

437.2

DOJ Subtotal

29,089.8

28,962.5

30,384.0

31,184.1

33,612.2

34,393.9

35,793.8

39,033.2

37,819.9

37,294.4

Science Agencies

Office of Science and Technology Policy

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

6.6

8.0

8.0

8.0

National Space Council

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

19,285.0

19,762.3

20,817.4

21,500.0

22,689.0

23,271.3

24,362.7

25,573.1

24,875.0

25,578.5

National Science Foundation

7,463.5

7,472.2

7,783.7

8,075.0

8,354.3

8,486.8

8,863.0

9,876.4

9,060.0

9,060.0

Science Agencies Subtotal

26,754.0

27,240.1

28,608.6

29,582.5

31,050.8

31,765.5

33,234.3

35,459.5

33,944.9

34,648.5

Related Agencies

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

9.2

9.2

9.7

10.1

10.5

12.5

13.0

14.4

14.4

14.4

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

364.5

364.5

379.5

379.5

389.5

404.5

420.0

455.0

455.0

455.0

International Trade Commission

88.5

91.5

93.7

95.0

99.4

103.0

110.0

122.4

122.0

122.0

Legal Services Corporation

385.0

385.0

425.0

430.0

490.0

465.0

529.0

580.0

560.0

560.0

Marine Mammal Commission

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.8

4.2

4.5

4.5

4.5

U.S. Trade Representative

54.5

47.0

57.6

53.0

104.0

55.0

56.0

61.0

59.0

59.0

Trade Enforcement Trust Fund

15.0

15.0

15.0

55.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

State Justice Institute

5.1

5.1

5.1

6.0

6.6

7.0

7.2

7.6

7.6

7.6

Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics

2.0

Related Agencies Subtotal

910.3

920.8

989.1

992.1

1,158.6

1,065.8

1,156.4

1,259.9

1,237.5

1,237.5

Total Appropriation

65,999.7

66,360.3

72,119.0

74,068.1

82,954.5

79,464.4

130,558.1

89,921.8

84,929.7

87,221.2

Rescission of Unobligated Balances

-878.7

-1,142.3

-661.1

-1,060.8

-364.0

-425.0

-516.8

-1,370.8

-13,663.3

-10,300.0

Sources: FY2016 enacted amounts were taken from the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 114-113, printed in the December 17, 2015, Congressional Record (pp. H9732-H9759); FY2017 enacted amounts were taken from the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 115-31, printed in the May 3, 2017, Congressional Record (pp. H3365-H3390); FY2018 enacted amounts were taken from the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 115-141, printed in the March 22, 2018, Congressional Record (pp. H2084-H2115), and P.L. 115-123; FY2019 enacted amounts were taken from H.Rept. 116-9; FY2020 enacted amounts were taken from the explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 116-93, published in the December 17, 2019 Congressional Record (pp. H10961-H10989) and the text of P.L. 116-113 and P.L. 116-136; FY2021 enacted amounts were taken from the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 116-260, printed in the December 21, 2020, Congressional Record (pp. H7951-H7966) and the text of P.L. 116-260 and P.L. 117-2; FY2022 enacted amounts were taken from the text of P.L. 117-103, the text of the joint explanatory statement, printed in the March 9, 2022, Congressional Record (pp. H1772-H1865), and the text of P.L. 117-169; FY2023 enacted amounts were taken from the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 117-328, printed in the December 20, 2022, Congressional Record (pp. S7898-S8029) and the text of P.L. 117-58, P.L. 117-159, P.L. 117-180, and P.L. 117-328; FY2024 enacted amounts were taken from the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 118-42, printed in the March 5, 2024, Congressional Record (pp. S1398-S1416), and the text of P.L. 117-58 and P.L. 117-159. FY2025 enacted amounts were taken from the report to accompany the Senate committee-reported FY2026 CJS appropriations bill (S. 2354) and the text of P.L. 117-58, P.L. 117-159, and P.L. 118-158.

Notes: Amounts may not add to totals due to rounding. Amounts include all supplemental appropriations. Amounts also include all rescission of current-year budget authority, but they do not include rescissions of a prior year's unobligated balances. Amounts in parentheses are subaccounts and not offsets.

a. This amount includes both the amount for the Commerce Department's departmental management and the Office of the Inspector General.

b. Prior to FY2024, this account was called the "General Administration, Salaries and Expenses" account.

c. Includes $5 million in funding provided through a general provision for a use of force database as required by Executive Order 13929.

d. "Other" includes subaccounts for the Antitrust Division, Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund, U.S. Trustee System Fund, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Fees and Expenses of Witnesses, Community Relations Service, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund.

e. This amount does not include a $379 million transfer from the Crime Victims Fund to OVW per P.L. 114-113.

f. This amount does not include a $326 million transfer from the Crime Victims Fund to OVW per P.L. 115-31.

g. Per P.L. 115-141, $492 million was transferred from the Crime Victims Fund OVW.

h. Per P.L. 116-6, $498 million was transferred from the Crime Victims Fund to OVW.

i. This amount does not include a $435 million transfer from the Crime Victims Fund to OVW per P.L. 116-93.

j. Per P.L. 117-103, $575 million was transferred from the Crime Victims Fund to OVW.

k. Per P.L. 118-47, $80 million was transferred from the Crime Victims Fund to OVW.

l. Per P.L. 119-4, $80 million was transferred from the Crime Victims Fund to OVW.


Area of Expertise

Name

OJP, COPS, BOP, FBI, U.S. Marshals,

Nathan James

Juvenile Justice, OVW, Crime Victims Fund

Nathan Kemper

DEA

Lisa N. Sacco

U.S. Attorneys, ATF

Jordan B. Cohen

Trade-related agencies: ITA, ITC, USTR

M. Angeles Villarreal

BIS

Christopher Casey

EDA, MBDA

Julie Lawhorn

Census Bureau, ESA

Taylor R. Knoedl

NIST, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Emily G. Blevins

NOAA

Eva Lipiec

NASA, National Space Council

Rachel Lindbergh

NSF

Laurie Harris

NTIA

Ling Zhu

Legal Services Corporation

Libby Perl

Footnotes

1.

The science agencies funded in the CJS bill are not the only federal science agencies.

2.

U.S. Department of Commerce, "About Commerce: Mission," https://www.commerce.gov/page/about-commerce#mission, (hereinafter, Department of Commerce, "About Commerce: Mission").

3.

Department of Commerce, "About Commerce: Mission."

4.

U.S. Department of Justice, "About DOJ," https://www.justice.gov/about.

5.

National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-282).

6.

Executive Order 12881, issued November 23, 1993, established the National Science and Technology Council.

7.

Executive Order 13539, issued October 22, 2019, established the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

8.

Title V of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (P.L. 100-685), which was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on November 17, 1988, established the National Space Council in the Executive Office of the President, effective February 1, 1989. President Bush established the council, its members, and its functions through Executive Order 12675, issued on April 20, 1989.

9.

Executive Order 13803, issued June 30, 2017.

10.

The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-507).

11.

National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-568).

12.

Section 1111 of the CR establishes that the act does not provide funding for the purposes of the FY2024 earmarks, unless specified otherwise. The reduction to DOJ's State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance account also reflects the CR zeroing out $125 million in funding for reimbursing cities that hosted presidential nominating conventions for security-related expenses. In addition, funding for NASA's Safety, Security and Mission Service account under the CR is $20 million higher than what it would be if funding for CFP/CDS was subtracted from the FY2024 enacted appropriation for the account.

13.

The FY2025 appropriation for OVW included $633 million in a direct appropriation along with a $80 million transfer from the Crime Victims Fund, for a total of $713 million in available funding. The House committee-reported bill would provide a $641 million direct appropriation with no transfer from the Crime Victims Fund.

14.

Per Section 100054(7)(B) of P.L. 119-21, funds can only be awarded to state and local governments that incarcerate criminal alien offenders who have been convicted of a felony or two or more misdemeanors and entered the United States without inspection or at any time or place other than as designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security; were the subject of removal proceedings at the time they were taken into custody; or were admitted as a nonimmigrant and, at the time they were taken into custody, had failed to maintain the nonimmigrant status in which they were admitted or to which it was changed, or to comply with the conditions of any such status.

15.

For more information on advance appropriations, see CRS Report R43482, Advance Appropriations, Forward Funding, and Advance Funding: Concepts, Practice, and Budget Process Considerations.