H.R. 8845

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

Sponsor: Harold Rogers · 0 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027

This bill provides FY2027 appropriations to the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the science agencies, and several related agencies.

The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Commerce for

  • the International Trade Administration,
  • the Bureau of Industry and Security,
  • the Economic Development Administration,
  • the Minority Business Development Agency,
  • Economic and Statistical Analysis,
  • the Bureau of the Census,
  • the National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
  • the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
  • the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
  • the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and
  • Departmental Management.

The bill provides appropriations to DOJ for

  • Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability;
  • the Executive Office for Immigration Review;
  • the Office of Inspector General;
  • the U.S. Parole Commission;
  • Legal Activities;
  • the U.S. Marshals Service;
  • the National Security Division;
  • Interagency Law Enforcement;
  • the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
  • the Drug Enforcement Administration;
  • the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and
  • the Federal Prison System.

The bill also provides appropriations to DOJ for state and local law enforcement activities, including

  • the Office on Violence Against Women,
  • the Office of Justice Programs, and
  • Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).

The bill provides appropriations for science agencies, including

  • the Office of Science and Technology Policy,
  • the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and
  • the National Science Foundation.

The bill provides appropriations to related agencies, including

  • the Commission on Civil Rights,
  • the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
  • the U.S. International Trade Commission,
  • the Legal Services Corporation,
  • the Marine Mammal Commission,
  • the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and
  • the State Justice Institute.

The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

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Sec. 592.

(a) Prohibition. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by any law enforcement agency or element of the intelligence community, that is a component of an agency funded by this Act, to obtain in exchange for anything of value—

(1) a covered customer or subscriber record from a third party; or

(2) illegitimately obtained information from a third party.

(b) Definitions. In this section—

(1) the term “covered customer or subscriber record” means a record that—

(A) is disclosed to a third party by a provider of an electronic communication service to the public, a provider of a remote computing service, or an intermediary service provider of which the covered person is a subscriber, customer, or end user; and

(B) contains the contents of a communication, records or other information described in section 2703(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, or location information;

(2) the term “covered person” means an individual, or a group of individuals, who—

(A) is a United States who is a United States person, as defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801); or

(B) is located inside the United States;

(3) the term “illegitimately obtained information” means information about a covered person that was—

(A) obtained from the covered person's account or device, or from a provider described in paragraph (1)(A), in violation of any provision of law, including by deception, hacking, breach of contract, or breach of a privacy policy or terms of service; or

(B) obtained in violation of section 2702(a) of title 18, United States Code;

(4) the term “intermediary service provider” means an entity or facilities owner or operator that, directly or indirectly, delivers, stores, or processes communications for or on behalf of a provider of an electronic communication service to the public or a provider of a remote computing service;

(5) the term “third party” means a person, who—

(A) is not a governmental entity; and

(B) in connection with the collection, disclosure, obtaining, processing, or sharing of the covered record at issue, and was not acting as a provider of remote computing service or a provider of electronic communications service to the public

(6) the term “United States person” has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801); and

(7) the term “element of the intelligence community” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).

(c) Rule of construction. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of any law enforcement agency or element of the intelligence community to acquire information through any other lawful means, including pursuant to a warrant, court order, or subpoena issued under any other provision of law.