Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

# Summary of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 This comprehensive appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025 contains numerous specific restrictions on how federal funds may be used across multiple agencies, including the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, National Science Foundation, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Key restrictions include: 1. **Prohibitions on specific policies**: - No funding for implementation of Executive Order 14074 on policing reforms - No funding for implementation of Executive Order 14092 on reducing gun violence - No funding for implementation of the CHIPS for America Workforce and Education Fund for certain purposes - No funding for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investments 2. **Restrictions on diversity initiatives**: - Prohibits funding for any education, training, or professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teaches Critical Race Theory - Bans funding for diversity, equity, inclusion, or implicit bias training - Prohibits funding for "DEIA" (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) initiatives 3. **Firearms regulations**: - Prohibits funding for certain ATF regulations, including the "Definition of Frame or Receiver and Identification of Firearms" rule - Prohibits funding for the "Demand 2" reporting program unless modified - Bans funding for the implementation of the "Definition of Engaged in the Business as a Dealer in Firearms" rule 4. **Immigration restrictions**: - Prohibits funding for certain aspects of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program - Bans funding for the Department of Justice's Reproductive Rights Task Force - Prohibits using funds to sue states over abortion laws or transgender medical procedures 5. **Specific rescissions**: - $30 million permanently cancelled from Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration - $15 million rescinded from Office on Violence Against Women - $125 million rescinded from Office of Justice Programs - $20 million rescinded from Community Oriented Policing Services - $340 million rescinded from Working Capital Fund - $250 million rescinded from Assets Forfeiture Fund 6. **International restrictions**: - Prohibits NASA, OSTP, or NSC from collaborating with China without specific congressional authorization - Bans funding for certain types of international travel to China This bill represents an unusually detailed set of restrictions on how federal funds may be spent, with numerous specific prohibitions on activities and policies that would typically be funded through appropriations.