Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

The bill sets aside $533 million from consular fees for passport and visa work. Cutting passport backlogs and visa wait times is named as a purpose.

The Secretary of State could approve a public library as a passport acceptance site for 2027. The library could collect and keep the fee it charges to take the application.

States would have to provide copiers or scanners at government buildings at no charge. That would let mail voters make the photo ID copy their ballot would now require.

Money left over in the consular and border security account from earlier years would be cancelled for good. That is $458 million the department could no longer spend.

The department could not shrink or grow its Foreign Service and civil service staff without first talking to Congress. The same rule would cover closing or merging bureaus and offices.

No money could pay for hiring based on gender, religion, party, or race. The bill ties this to two orders on merit-based hiring.

No money could be used to push social media firms to take down speech that is legal here. The same bar covers pressing foreign regulators. Crime, terror, and child abuse cases are carved out.

No federal agency could pull a grant, license, or tax-free status over this belief. The rule reaches past the State Department to the whole government.

Every state would have to see documentary proof of citizenship before adding you to the rolls. A passport, a REAL ID marked as citizen, or a photo ID plus a birth certificate would count.

Mailing in a registration form would no longer finish the job. You would have to bring your citizenship papers to an election office before your state's registration deadline.

Poll workers could not hand you a ballot without a valid physical photo ID. You could vote a provisional ballot, but it would count only if you brought ID back within three days.

Mail ballots would need a copy of a photo ID enclosed. If you cannot get one, you could send the last four digits of your Social Security number with a sworn statement instead.

Every state would send its full voter list to Homeland Security. A federal database would check it for noncitizens. Anyone flagged would get notice and a chance to show proof.

None of this money could help admit or resettle a Gaza national in the United States. Older State Department bills are covered too.

Signing up a voter who did not show citizenship papers would become a federal crime. The penalty list in the voter registration law would be changed to add it.

A federal worker who helps a noncitizen sign up or vote could be charged with a crime. This offense would be new.

A state can ask a federal agency to check whether a voter is a citizen. If the check finds a noncitizen on the rolls, Homeland Security must look at deporting them.

Foreign Military Financing gives allied governments grants that generally must be spent on U.S. defense goods and services, totaling $6.75 billion. Israel, Egypt, Taiwan, and Jordan have named minimums.

Agencies could not help foreign governments write or enforce laws that penalize U.S. platforms for hosting speech protected here. Backing foreign digital rules with staff, grants, or research would be off limits.

The Development Finance Corporation could hold up to $22 billion in loans. It backs private firms that invest in poorer countries.

Programs that protect plants and animals would get at least $274 million. Another $89 million would go to fighting poaching and the wildlife trade.

No contribution could go to the Green Climate Fund, the Clean Technology Fund, or the Loss and Damages Fund. Paying any country for climate-related loss and damage would also be barred.

No funds could be used to put the 2015 Paris accord into effect. The bill would also bar using the money to support a carbon tax.

Treasury would push the Inter-American Development Bank to end its green and climate finance targets. The U.S. payment is held back until Treasury tells Congress the targets are gone.

Economic aid could not support mineral extraction abroad until the Secretary of State confirms that similar mining is allowed on U.S. land where it was allowed before 2023. U.S. companies are exempt.

Fifteen percent of U.S. contributions would stay frozen until an agency posts its financial and program audits on a public website. It would also have to protect whistleblowers and screen staff for terrorist ties.

Every agency funded by the bill would report which grants and contracts touch content moderation or online speech. The reports are unclassified and would start 60 days after enactment.

Foreign officials tied to big corruption or rights abuses could not enter the country. Their close family would be barred too. The State Department would name them and report to Congress every 90 days.

The department would have to cut how long it takes to find and hand over federal records, compared with the year before. That includes Freedom of Information Act requests.

People can already sue over breaks in the voter registration law. The bill adds that signing up someone without citizenship papers is one.

Sanctions on someone credibly accused of child trafficking could not be dropped quietly. The Secretary of State would have to tell Congress 60 days ahead and put the reasons in writing.

A second division, the SAVE America Act, was added when the House passed the bill. Nothing in the bill's title suggests it changes how Americans register and vote.

No money in this bill or earlier State Department bills could enforce a COVID-19 mask or vaccine mandate. That includes mandates on people traveling outside the country.

Groups that offer, promote, or perform gender-transition surgery could not get this money. Nor could groups that promote puberty blockers for minors. The bar follows the money to other agencies.

The bill names two groups that could get none of its money. They are the Wuhan Institute of Virology and EcoHealth Alliance. Gain-of-function research and labs run by hostile governments are barred too.