Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
119th Congress
SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any office, program, or activity for the purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training or implementation that promotes or perpetuates divisive concepts related to race or sex.
SEC. 212. (a) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding section 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act [...] shall be used [...] to take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman.
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-178, by Mr. Valadao. |
| 2025-06-30 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 144. |