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PUBLIC LAW 119–86—APR. 30, 2026 140 STAT. 773
Public Law 119–86
119th Congress
An Act
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September Apr. 30, 2026
30, 2026, and for other purposes. [H.R. 7147]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, Homeland
Security and
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Further
Additional
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Security and Further Continuing
Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.’’. Appropriations
Act, 2026.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2026
Title I—Departmental Management, Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and Over-
sight
Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION B—FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
2026
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 1 USC 1 note.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of that division.
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the
House section of the Congressional Record on or about January
22, 2026, and submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect
to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if
it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference,
except that the contents printed under the headings ‘‘U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Border Security Operations’’
under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection’’ shall
have no force or effect for purposes of this Act, and amounts
specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column under the sub-heading ‘‘Border
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Security Operations’’ under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border
Protection’’ and under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs
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Enforcement’’ in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Act, 2026’’
table shall all be $0.
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2026.
Department of DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Homeland APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026
Security
Appropriations
Act, 2026. TITLE I
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTELLIGENCE,
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND OVERSIGHT
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for
executive management for operations and support, $316,295,000,
which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in
the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Office of the Secretary and Executive
Management, Operations and Support, in the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division
A of this consolidated Act), of which $22,050,000 of amounts made
available for Management and Oversight, Office of Health Security
Submission. shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That
$5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate responses to all questions for the
record for each hearing on the fiscal year 2027 budget submission
for the Department of Homeland Security held by such Committees
prior to July 1: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000 shall
be for official reception and representation expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for
executive management for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, $8,911,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for
operations and support, including vehicle fleet modernization,
$1,690,380,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the amounts
specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Management Directorate,
Operations and Support, in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory statement
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
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consolidated Act): Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be
for official reception and representation expenses.
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PUBLIC LAW 119–86—APR. 30, 2026 140 STAT. 775
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for
procurement, construction, and improvements, $58,106,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2028.
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this
account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses
related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings
and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service.
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis
and the Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness for
operations and support, $340,819,000, of which $121,274,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not
to exceed $3,825 shall for be official reception and representation
expenses and not to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs
associated with secure space at fusion centers, including improve-
ments to buildings.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for
operations and support, $257,599,000, of which $20,000,000 shall
be for additional inspections and oversight of detention facilities
and shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which
$12,814,000 shall be for oversight of the execution of funds provided
in Public Law 119–21: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 may
be used for certain confidential operational expenses, including
the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction of
the Inspector General.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit Reports.
a report not later than October 15, 2026, to the Inspector General
of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and
contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competi-
tion during fiscal years 2025 or 2026.
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required Review.
by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with applicable Assessment.
laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the Compliance.
Deadline.
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate not later than February 15, 2027.
SEC. 102. (a) Not later than 30 days after the last day of Budget.
each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Home- Reports.
land Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a monthly budget
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and staffing report that includes total obligations of the Department
for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and
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program, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the
appropriation.
(b) The initial staffing report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall be the baseline for which the Department of Homeland
Security may increase or decrease staffing levels for any program,
project, or activity pursuant to section 503(a)(4) of this Act.
Notifications. SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
of any proposed transfers of funds available under section
9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code, from the Department
of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security.
(b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer may be
obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate are notified of the proposed
transfer.
SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use of Govern-
ment aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to
support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary
shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the
Secretary.
Briefing. SEC. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management shall brief
Deadline. the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
Time period.
and the Senate not later than 45 days after the end of each
fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and Level 2 acquisition programs
on the Master Acquisition Oversight List between Acquisition Deci-
sion Event and Full Operational Capability, including programs
that have been removed from such list during the preceding quarter.
(b) For each such program, the briefing described in subsection
(a) shall include—
(1) a description of the purpose of the program, including
the capabilities being acquired and the component(s) sponsoring
the acquisition;
(2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to be acquired
annually until procurement is complete under the current
acquisition program baseline;
(3) the Acquisition Review Board status, including—
(A) the current acquisition phase by increment, as
applicable;
(B) the date of the most recent review; and
(C) whether the program has been paused or is in
breach status;
(4) a comparison between the initial Department-approved
acquisition program baseline cost, schedule, and performance
thresholds and objectives and the program’s current such
thresholds and objectives, if applicable;
(5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for comparison to
the Future Years Homeland Security Program, including—
(A) the confidence level for the estimate;
(B) the fiscal years included in the estimate;
(C) a breakout of the estimate for the prior five years,
the current year, and the budget year;
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(D) a breakout of the estimate by appropriation account
or other funding source; and
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(E) a description of and rationale for any changes
to the estimate as compared to the previously approved
baseline, as applicable, and during the prior fiscal year;
(6) a summary of the findings of any independent
verification and validation of the items to be acquired or an
explanation for why no such verification and validation has
been performed;
(7) a table displaying the obligation of all program funds
by prior fiscal year, the estimated obligation of funds for the
current fiscal year, and an estimate for the planned carryover
of funds into the subsequent fiscal year;
(8) a listing of prime contractors and major subcontractors;
and
(9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, schedule, or
performance that could result in a program breach if not
successfully mitigated.
(c) The Under Secretary for Management shall submit each Memorandums.
approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for programs described Deadline.
in this section to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate not later than five business
days after the date of approval of such memorandum by the Under
Secretary for Management or the designee of the Under Secretary
for Management.
SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in this Act or prior appropriations
Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or demonstration unless
the component or office carrying out such pilot or demonstration
has documented the information described in subsection (c).
(b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made available Reports.
for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot or demonstration,
the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on the information described in subsection (c).
(c) The information required under subsections (a) and (b)
for a pilot or demonstration shall include the following—
(1) documented objectives that are well-defined and meas-
urable;
(2) an assessment methodology that details—
(A) the type and source of assessment data;
(B) the methods for, and frequency of, collecting such
data; and
(C) how such data will be analyzed; and
(3) an implementation plan, including milestones, cost esti-
mates, and implementation schedules, including a projected
end date.
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of completion of Reports.
a pilot or demonstration described in subsection (e), the Under
Secretary for Management shall provide a report to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
detailing lessons learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or
continuation of the pilot or demonstration, and any planned transi-
tion of such pilot or demonstration into an enduring program or
operation.
(e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or demonstration
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program is a study, demonstration, experimental program, or trial
that—
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(1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment conducted in
order to evaluate feasibility, duration, costs, or adverse events,
and improve upon the design of an effort prior to implementa-
tion of a larger scale effort; and
(2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or obligates,
or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or more, but does not include
congressionally directed programs or enhancements and does
not include programs that were in operation as of the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or demonstration
does not include any testing, evaluation, or initial deployment phase
executed under a procurement contract for the acquisition of
information technology services or systems, or any pilot or dem-
onstration carried out by a non-Federal recipient under any finan-
cial assistance agreement funded by the Department.
SEC. 107. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used by the Office of Intelligence
and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security to conduct
a covered activity (as defined by section 6303 of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (division F of Public Law
118–159)).
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or
superseding the authority of any official within the Department
of Homeland Security to conduct legal, privacy, civil rights, or
civil liberties oversight of the intelligence activities of the Office
of Intelligence and Analysis.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit, or
to limit the authority of, personnel of the Office of Intelligence
and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security from sharing
intelligence information with, or receiving information from—
(1) foreign, State, local, tribal, or territorial governments
(or any agency or subdivision thereof);
(2) the private sector; or
(3) other elements of the Federal Government, including
the components of the Department of Homeland Security.
Reports. SEC. 108. (a) The Inspector General shall report to the Commit-
Time periods. tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on a quarterly basis on oversight of the funding provided
to the Department in Public Law 119–21.
(b) The quarterly report required in subsection (a) shall
include—
(1) a review of the spend plans for every program, project,
or activity funded by the Department under Public Law 119–
21, including the current status of obligated funds compared
to spend plan projections; and
(2) a summary of the audits being conducted on the Depart-
ment’s contracting, procurement, and acquisition activities
resulting from Public Law 119–21.
Effective date. (c) Beginning one year after the date of enactment of this
Recommenda- Act, and annually thereafter, the Inspector General shall submit
tions. a comprehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate on the audits, inspec-
tions, and evaluations conducted on funds provided and activities
undertaken in Public Law 119–21 and shall also provide rec-
ommendations in such report on ways to improve effectiveness
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and efficiency and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of such programs
and funds.
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SEC. 109. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary and Executive Management—Operations and Support—
Office of the Secretary’’, $20,000,000, for the procurement, deploy-
ment, and operations of body-worn cameras for agents and officers
performing enforcement activities under 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Deadline.
Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Spend plan.
House of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan for the
execution of funding provided in subsection (a).
TITLE II
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
for operations and support, including the transportation of unaccom-
panied alien minors; the provision of air and marine support to
Federal, State, local, and international agencies in the enforcement
or administration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland
Security; at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security,
the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies
in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the
purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only)
police-type vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of
marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and con-
tracting with individuals for personal services abroad;
$11,083,012,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses
related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant
to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which
$550,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2027; and of
which such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee
Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C.
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Provided, That not
to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 shall be
available for payment for rental space in connection with
preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to
be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of
Homeland Security.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
for procurement, construction, and improvements, including
procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial sys-
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tems, $222,886,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the
amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for U.S. Customs
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and Border Protection, Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments, in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory statement described in section
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act),
of which—
(1) amounts made available for Border Security Assets
and Infrastructure, Trade and Travel Assets and Infrastructure,
Integrated Operations Assets and Infrastructure, Mission Sup-
port Assets and Infrastructure, and Radiological Detection Sys-
tems shall remain available until September 30, 2028; and
(2) amounts made available for Construction and Facility
Improvements shall remain available until September 30, 2030.
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for operations and support, $10,635,434,000, of which
$300,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That security service
fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code,
shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and
shall be available only for aviation security: Provided further, That
the sum appropriated under this heading from the general fund
shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2026 so as to result in a
final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated
at not more than $7,605,434,000.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for procurement, construction, and improvements,
$330,230,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for research and development, $24,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027.
COAST GUARD
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for operations and
support including the Coast Guard Reserve; purchase or lease of
not to exceed 30 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for
replacement only; purchase or lease of small boats for contingent
and emergent requirements (at a unit cost of not more than
$700,000) and repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed
a total of $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats
necessary for overseas deployments and activities; payments pursu-
ant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note;
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96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; $11,272,401,000, of
which $530,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities; of which
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$24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $20,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2028; of which
$25,335,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2030, for
environmental compliance and restoration; and of which
$400,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027,
which shall only be available for depot level maintenance: Provided,
That not to exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procurement,
construction, and improvements, including aids to navigation, shore
facilities (including facilities at Department of Defense installations
used by the Coast Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equip-
ment related thereto, $991,872,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)).
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research and
development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper-
ation of facilities and equipment; $6,763,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2028, of which $500,000 shall be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of
section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C.
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and used
for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State
and local governments, other public authorities, private sources,
and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise
chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments
under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor
Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, payment of
continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code,
concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay-
ments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents
under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $1,249,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service
for operations and support, including purchase of not to exceed
652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
purchase of motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft;
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rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting,
guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property
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not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary
to perform protective functions; conduct of and participation in
firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of behavioral
research in support of protective intelligence and operations; pay-
ment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be nec-
essary to perform protective functions; and payment, without regard
to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence
expenses of employees who are on protective missions, whether
at or away from their duty stations; $3,128,304,000, of which
$96,299,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and
of which $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2028; and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities
related to investigations of missing and exploited children; and
of which up to $33,000,000 may be for calendar year 2025 premium
pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the
rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States
Code, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective
Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as last amended by
Public Law 118–38: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall
be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical
assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations
in criminal investigations within the jurisdiction of the United
States Secret Service.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service
for procurement, construction, and improvements, $118,517,000, of
which $96,167,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028,
and of which $22,350,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2030.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service
for research and development, $3,250,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2027.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Applicability. SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141), related
to overtime compensation limitations, shall apply with respect to
funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such
section applied to funds made available in that Act, except that
‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’.
Fees. SEC. 202. As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States-
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public
Law 112–42), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada,
Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19
U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended.
Consultation. SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to
approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws
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pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, for
the transportation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic
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Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after
consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy
and Transportation and representatives from the United States
flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the
use of United States flag vessels.
(b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations Notification.
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee Deadline.
Waivers.
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate within two business days of any request for waivers
of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b)
of title 46, United States Code, with respect to such transportation,
and the disposition of such requests.
SEC. 204. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, Effective date.
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not—
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border
crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or
the Northern border at a land port of entry; or
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border
crossing fee.
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a Definition.
fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of
a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of
crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land
port of entry.
SEC. 205. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment Deadline.
of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec- Expenditure
tion shall submit an expenditure plan for any amounts made avail- plan.
able for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement,
Construction, and Improvements’’ in this Act and prior Acts to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
(b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be obligated
prior to the submission of such plan.
SEC. 206. (a) Funds made available in this Act may be used
to alter operations within the National Targeting Center of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous
appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees
available to the components funded by this Act, may be used to
reduce anticipated or planned vetting operations at existing loca-
tions unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available for Border Security Surveillance
Assets and Infrastructure under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and systems.
Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’
in this Act or prior appropriations Acts shall be used for the
procurement or deployment of surveillance systems that are not
autonomous, as such term is defined in section 90004 of Public
Law 119–21.
SEC. 208. The Secretary shall ensure that the November 30, Pregnant women.
2021, policy statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection
titled ‘‘Policy Statement and Required Actions Regarding Pregnant,
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Postpartum, Nursing Individuals, and Infants in Custody,’’ or sub-
stantively similar standards of treatment developed in consultation
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with maternal and pediatric health providers and experts, are in
effect and are fully implemented to safeguard the health, safety,
and rights of pregnant women in U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion custody.
Passenger and SEC. 209. (a) Members of the United States House of Represent-
baggage atives and the United States Senate, including the leadership;
screening. the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secre-
taries of the Department of Homeland Security; the United States
Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys
General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior members
of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt
from Federal passenger and baggage screening.
(b) None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any accounts in the
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees
available to the components funded by this Act may be used to
carry out legislation altering the applicability of the screening
requirements outlined in subsection (a).
Contracts. SEC. 210. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United
Explosives States Code, for fiscal year 2026, any funds in the Aviation Security
detection Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United
systems.
States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation
of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other trans-
action agreements for the purpose of funding projects described
in section 44923(a) of such title.
Reports. SEC. 211. Not later than 45 days after the submission of the
President’s budget proposal, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committees on Appropriations and Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a single report that
fulfills the following requirements:
(1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained and uncon-
strained, that includes a plan for continuous and sustained
capital investment in new, and the replacement of aged,
transportation security equipment;
(2) the 5-year technology investment plan as required by
section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, as amended by section 3 of the Transportation Security
Acquisition Reform Act (Public Law 113–245); and
(3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screening Tech-
nologies report as required by the Senate Report accompanying
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019
(Senate Report 115–283).
SEC. 212. Section 515(b) of Public Law 108–334 (49 U.S.C.
44945 note) is amended by striking ‘‘report’’ each place it appears
(including in the subsection heading) and inserting ‘‘briefing’’ and
by striking ‘‘transmit to’’ and inserting ‘‘provide’’.
Fees. SEC. 213. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act
under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ shall
be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114
of title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected
from owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made
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available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations
and Support’’.
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(b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay expenses
of recreational vessel documentation under such section 12114,
and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, personnel
performing non-recreational vessel documentation functions under
subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, may
perform documentation under section 12114.
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Investment plan.
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second
proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction,
and Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject
to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such
heading.
SEC. 215. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems Center mission
or its government-employed or contract staff levels.
SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities
performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Docu-
mentation Center.
SEC. 217. Funds made available in this Act may be used to
alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast
Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design
and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and
the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil
engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 218. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard Housing
Fund in fiscal year 2026 shall be available until expended to carry
out the purposes of section 2946 of title 14, United States Code,
and shall be in addition to funds otherwise available for such
purposes.
SEC. 219. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Coast Guard—
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’, $98,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2030, for the procurement
and acquisition of MQ–9 aircraft and associated base stations,
equipment related to such aircraft and associated base stations,
and program management for such aircraft and base stations.
(b) None of the funds made available for the Department of
Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may be used to procure
or acquire long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities
or to equip any long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabili-
ties.
SEC. 220. None of the funds made available to the United Briefings.
States Coast Guard by this Act may be available for implementation
of Force Design 2028 until the Coast Guard provides the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate detailed briefings on the initiatives of organization, people,
technology, and contracting and acquisitions.
SEC. 221. The United States Secret Service is authorized to
obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from executive
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agencies, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code,
for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley
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Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the
fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and
Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year.
SEC. 222. (a) None of the funds made available to the United
States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations
Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of
a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Contracts. (b) The Director of the United States Secret Service may enter
Reimbursements. into agreements to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable
basis.
SEC. 223. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up
to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United States Secret
Service—Operations and Support’’.
Notification. SEC. 224. Funding made available in this Act for ‘‘United States
Time period. Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ is available for travel
of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this
or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service
or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days in
advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures.
SEC. 225. Of the amounts made available by this Act under
the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Sup-
port’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
distributed as a grant or cooperative agreement for existing
National Computer Forensics Institute facilities currently used by
the United States Secret Service to carry out activities under section
383 of title 6, United States Code.
SEC. 226. (a) Section 118 of the Treasury and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 2001 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended,
in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘(or, for 2024, to the extent
that such aggregate amount would exceed the per annum rate
of salary payable under section 104 of title 3, United States Code)’’
before the period at the end.
Effective date. (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on December
5 USC 5547 note. 31, 2023.
Reports. (c) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
Time period. this Act, and annually thereafter through 2028, the Director shall
submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate; the Committee on Homeland Security,
the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and the Committee
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate of Congress a report
describing the steps that the United States Secret Service is taking
to address the increased protective service demands placed upon
United States Secret Service personnel.
(d) Each report required under subparagraph (c) shall include
the following:
(1) An analysis of the current (as of the date on which
the report is submitted) operational demands and staffing levels
with respect to the United States Secret Service.
(2) Recommended strategies for reducing overtime require-
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ments for United States Secret Service personnel, including—
(A) the appointment of additional personnel;
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(B) solutions such that sufficient resources are avail-
able throughout each year without the need for exceptions
to, or waivers of, premium pay limitations;
(C) the redistribution of workload among United States
Secret Service personnel; and
(D) other improvements in operational efficiency with
respect to the United States Secret Service.
(e) Within the reports required under paragraphs (3) and (4)
of section 2(c) of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act
of 2023 (Public Law 118–38; 138 Stat. 13) that are submitted
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall include
information about—
(1) the average number of overtime hours and range of
number of overtime hours completed by United States Secret
Service personnel receiving premium pay above the pay limita-
tion in subsection (a) of section 5547 of title 5, United States
Code; and
(2) the average number of overtime hours and range of
number of overtime hours completed by United States Secret
Service personnel who are not fully compensated for their over-
time because their premium pay would be above the pay limita-
tion in section 2 of the Overtime Pay Protection Act of 2016
(5 U.S.C. 5547 note).
(f) The matter preceding the first proviso under the heading Applicability.
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ in division
C of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied to funds appropriated
by this Act by substituting ‘‘$40,000,000’’ for ‘‘$24,000,000’’ and
substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’.
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available in this Act for Exports and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an imports.
Drugs and drug
individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug abuse.
(within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, Canada.
and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada Compliance.
that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act:
Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals trans- Applicability.
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription Time period.
drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That the
prescription drug may not be—
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
SEC. 228. Funding made available under the headings ‘‘U.S. Puerto Rico.
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Virgin Islands.
Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and
Improvements’’ shall be available for customs expenses when nec-
essary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions
in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to funding
provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, United States Code.
SEC. 229. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Customs
and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, $31,000,000, to
remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected
and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2026 from amounts
authorized to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration
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and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and
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section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act
of 2015 (Public Law 114–125), or other such authorizing language.
(b) To the extent that amounts realized from such collections
exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of $31,000,000 shall
be credited to this appropriation, to remain available until
expended.
TITLE III
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency for operations and support, $2,218,634,000, which
shall be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency, Operations and Support in the ‘‘Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A
of this consolidated Act), of which amounts made available for
Risk Management Operations, National Infrastructure Simulation
Analysis Center shall remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception
and representation expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements,
$386,464,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency for operations and support, $1,667,038,000: Provided, That
not less than $3,000,000 shall be for the Emergency Management
Assistance Compact: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,250
shall be for official reception and representation expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements,
$156,419,000, of which $92,794,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2028, and of which $63,625,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2030.
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
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ments, and other activities, $3,836,748,513, which shall be allocated
as follows:
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(1) $494,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $85,500,000 shall be for Oper-
ation Stonegarden and $14,250,000 shall be for Tribal Home-
land Security Grants under section 2005 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): Provided, That notwithstanding Puerto Rico.
subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 2026,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to
local and tribal governments amounts provided to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with
subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004.
(2) $584,250,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative
under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 604).
(3) $300,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program
under section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 609a), of which $150,000,000 is for eligible recipients
located in high-risk urban areas that receive funding under
section 2003 of such Act and $150,000,000 is for eligible recipi-
ents that are located outside such areas: Provided, That eligible Terrorism.
recipients are those described in section 2009(b) of such Act
(6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) or are an otherwise eligible recipient at
risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack.
(4) $99,750,000 for Public Transportation Security Assist-
ance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus
Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission
Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which $9,500,000
shall be for Amtrak security and $1,900,000 shall be for Over-
the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such public transpor- Security
tation security assistance shall be provided directly to public assistance.
transportation agencies.
(5) $95,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance with
section 70107 of title 46, United States Code.
(6) $684,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2027, of which $342,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
fighter Grants and $342,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Ade-
quate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections
33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a).
(7) $337,250,000 for emergency management performance
grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earth-
quake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section
762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan
No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(8) $297,113,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard
Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement
any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided
by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping
activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available
until expended.
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(9) $11,400,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness
Grants.
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(10) $11,400,000 for Rehabilitation of High Hazard Poten-
tial Dams under section 8A of the National Dam Safety Pro-
gram Act (33 U.S.C. 467f–2).
(11) $123,500,000 for the emergency food and shelter pro-
gram under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until September
30, 2027: Provided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be
for total administrative costs.
(12) $48,000,000 for the Next Generation Warning System.
(13) $272,671,513 for Community Project Funding and
Congressionally Directed Spending grants, which shall be for
the purposes, and the amounts, specified in the table entitled
‘‘Homeland Security—Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ under the ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks
and Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ heading in the
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), of which—
(A) $82,957,854, in addition to amounts otherwise
made available for such purpose, is for emergency oper-
ations center grants under section 614 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5196c); and
(B) $189,713,659, in addition to amounts otherwise
made available for such purpose, is for pre-disaster mitiga-
tion grants under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5133(e)), notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), and (l) of
that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), (l)).
(14) $478,414,000 to sustain current operations for training,
exercises, technical assistance, and other programs, of which—
(A) $85,711,000 is for the Center for Domestic
Preparedness;
(B) $17,100,000 is for the Center for Homeland Defense
and Security;
(C) $33,366,000 is for the Emergency Management
Institute;
(D) $72,140,000 is for the United States Fire Adminis-
tration;
(E) $95,950,000 is for the National Domestic Prepared-
ness Consortium;
(F) $15,200,000 is for Continuing Training Grants;
(G) $21,266,000 is for the National Exercise Program;
(H) $83,657,000 is for the Biological Support Program;
(I) $34,465,000 is for the Securing the Cities Program;
and
(J) $19,559,000 is for Countering Weapons of Mass
Destruction Training, Exercises, and Readiness.
DISASTER RELIEF FUND
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.), $26,367,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be for major disasters declared
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pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the
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Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent
resolution on the budget.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–
89; 128 Stat. 1020), $226,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts
collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $16,302,000 shall be
available for mission support associated with flood management;
and of which $209,698,000 shall be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided, That any additional fees col-
lected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting
collections to this account, to be available for flood plain manage-
ment and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year
2026, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance
Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of—
(1) $230,669,000 for operating expenses and salaries and
expenses associated with flood insurance operations;
(2) $1,505,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents;
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury
borrowings; and
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available until
expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation
assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e)
and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017):
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 102
of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a)
and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as available
for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of
section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e),
4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administrative costs
shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided
further, That up to $4,000,000 is available to carry out section
24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014
(42 U.S.C. 4033).
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading ‘‘Cybersecu-
rity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Operations and Support’’
may be made available for the necessary expenses of procuring
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or providing access to cybersecurity threat feeds for branches, agen-
cies, independent agencies, corporations, establishments, and
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instrumentalities of the Federal Government of the United States,
State, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers as
described in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C.
124h), and Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations.
Grants. SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) or any other provision
of law, not more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made
available in paragraphs (1) through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the
recipient for expenses directly related to administration of the grant.
Applicability. (b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also apply
to a state recipient for the administration of a grant under such
paragraph (3).
Grants. SEC. 303. (a) Applications for grants under the heading ‘‘Federal
Deadlines. Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for para-
graphs (1) through (5), shall be made available to eligible applicants
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days
after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after
the receipt of an application.
Reductions. (b) Amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Federal Emergency
Time period. Management Agency—Operations and Support’’ shall be reduced
by $100,000 for each day past the 60-day requirement that applica-
tions are not made available to eligible applicants as required
in subsection (a), and the amount made available under such
heading and specified in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory statement
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
Consolidated Act) for Mission Support shall be correspondingly
reduced by an equivalent amount.
Grants. SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
Briefing. ment Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs
Time period.
Public (1) through (5), (9), and (10) the Administrator of the Federal
information. Emergency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
five full business days in advance of announcing publicly the
intention of making an award.
Rescission. (b) If any such public announcement is made before five full
Reduction. business days have elapsed following such briefing, $1,000,000 of
amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Operations and Support’’ shall be rescinded, and
the amount made available under such heading and specified in
the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026’’
table in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the
matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act) for Mission
Support shall be correspondingly reduced by an equivalent amount.
SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management
Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) and
(2), the installation of communications towers is not considered
construction of a building or other physical facility.
Applicability. SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and
(2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—
Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department of Homeland Security
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Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), related to reporting
on the Disaster Relief Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2026
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with respect to budget year 2027 and current fiscal year 2026,
respectively—
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2027’’ for
‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ after ‘‘fifth’’.
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer- Waiver authority.
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for Staffing for
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants, the Administrator
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may grant waivers
from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E),
(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a).
SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal Fees.
year 2026, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not
be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year.
(b) The methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall
be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such
services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees.
(c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological Emergency Effective date.
Preparedness Program account as offsetting collections and will
become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2026, and
remain available until expended.
SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer- Waiver authority.
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for Assistance to
Firefighter Grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency may waive subsection (k) of section 33 of
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.
2229).
SEC. 310. Any unobligated balances of funds appropriated in
any prior Act for activities funded by the National Predisaster
Mitigation Fund under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect
on the day before the date of enactment of section 1234 of division
D of Public Law 115–254, shall be transferred to and merged
with funds set aside pursuant to subsection (i)(1) of section 203
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the date of the enactment
of this section.
SEC. 311. Any unobligated balances of funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Flood
Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis Program’’ in any prior Act
shall be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal
Assistance’’ for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping and
Risk Analysis: Provided, That funds transferred pursuant to this
section shall be in addition to and supplement any other sums
appropriated for such purposes under the National Flood Insurance
Fund and such additional sums as may be provided by States
or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities
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under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended.
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Grants. SEC. 312. Each award for grants under the heading ‘‘Federal
Time period. Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for para-
graphs (1) through (10) and (12), shall have a period of performance,
as defined by 2 CFR 200.1, that shall be of not less than three
years and not more than five years.
Web posting. SEC. 313. (a) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Public Management Agency shall post an interactive dashboard on the
information. public-facing website of the Federal Emergency Management
Deadlines.
Agency with any request for reimbursement for a covered expense,
delineated by state and any amount for individual assistance or
public assistance related to emergency (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)) or major
disaster (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) declarations under the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.)—
(1) not more than 90 days after such information has
been received by the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
and
(2) not more than 60 days after such information is under
final review by the Department of Homeland Security.
(b) The information in the interactive dashboard referenced
in subsection (a) shall include at a minimum the information listed
in subparagraphs (1) through (7) under the heading in the para-
graph titled ‘‘Public and Individual Assistance’’ in the explanatory
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division
A of this consolidated Act).
SEC. 314. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be used to pause a training or grant funded under the heading
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’.
Notification. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of Homeland
Time period. Security notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate not less than 10 business days
in advance of the pause.
Plans. (c) The notification required by subsection (b) shall include
an explanation for the pause, plans to make up any missed classes
resulting from the pause, and the budgetary impact of any paused
training.
Waiver authority. (d) The Secretary may waive the requirement in subsection
(b) in the event of extraordinary circumstances that imminently
threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services for operations and support, including for the E-Verify
Program, $122,941,000: Provided, That such amounts shall be in
addition to any other amounts made available for such purposes,
and shall not be construed to require any reduction of any fee
described in section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality
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Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000
shall be for official reception and representation expenses.
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PUBLIC LAW 119–86—APR. 30, 2026 140 STAT. 795
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase
of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, $379,837,000, of which $75,551,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That
not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation
expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers for procurement, construction, and improvements,
$18,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030, for
acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities,
construction and ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and
related expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease
of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $352,802,000, of which $201,183,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for procurement, construction, and improvements,
$51,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Direc-
torate for research and development, $426,904,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up
to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Adminis-
trator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease.
(b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to use
such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences and places
of employment.
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
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be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees
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(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of
Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Information
Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives,
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers.
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services may be used for the collection and use of biometrics taken
at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Application Support
Center that is overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services personnel using appropriate technology.
SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal law
enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training
accreditation.
SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation
Board, including representatives from the Federal law enforcement
community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law
enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement
training accreditation process to continue the implementation of
measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal
law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers may accept transfers to its ‘‘Procurement,
Construction, and Improvements’’ account from Government agen-
cies requesting the construction of special use facilities, as author-
ized by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)).
(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers shall main-
tain administrative control and ownership upon completion of such
facilities.
SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently
governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory
Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this
Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for
activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts
for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged
with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter
may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as
originally enacted.
Notifications. SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided
Time periods. by previous appropriations Acts to the components in or transferred
to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from
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any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the components funded by this
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Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity,
or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for
which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;
(2) contracts out any function or activity presently per- Contracts.
formed by Federal employees or any new function or activity
proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the Presi-
dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 for the Department
of Homeland Security;
(3) augments funding for existing programs, projects, or
activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is
less;
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or activity,
or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or more; or
(5) results from any general savings from a reduction in
personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for
programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Congress.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 30 days in advance of such reprogramming.
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for
the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security
by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be
transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such transfer.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds shall
be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations—
(1) based upon an initial notification provided after June Deadline.
15, except in extraordinary circumstances that imminently
threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property;
(2) to increase or decrease funding for grant programs;
or
(3) to create a program, project, or activity pursuant to
subsection (a)(1), including any new function or requirement
within any program, project, or activity, not approved by Con-
gress in the consideration of the enactment of this Act.
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in sub- Applicability.
sections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use of deobligated
balances of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation
in the current year.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland
Security may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101
note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer.
SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of Homeland Applicability.
Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 115– 31 USC 501 note.
31), related to the operations of a working capital fund, shall
apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the
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same manner as such section applied to funds made available
in that Act.
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(b) Funds from such working capital fund may be obligated
and expended in anticipation of reimbursements from components
of the Department of Homeland Security.
Deadline. SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of fiscal year 2026, as recorded in the financial records
at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than
June 15, 2027, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’
for fiscal year 2026 in this Act shall remain available through
September 30, 2027, in the account and for the purposes for which
the appropriations were provided.
Notification. (b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 503
of this Act.
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for intelligence
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of
an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2026.
(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made available for
‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness—Operations and
Support’’ that exceed the amounts in such authorization for such
account shall be transferred to and merged with amounts made
available under the heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations
and Support’’.
Briefing. (c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred under sub-
Plan. section (b), the Undersecretary for Management shall brief the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate on a plan for the use of such funds.
Notifications. SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the des-
Time period. ignee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
Grants. tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least
Contracts.
Public three full business days in advance of—
information. (1) making or awarding a grant allocation or grant in
excess of $1,000,000 or a grant made from the Disaster Relief
Fund in excess of $100,000;
(2) making or awarding a contract, other transaction agree-
ment, or task or delivery order on a multiple award contract,
or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $2,000,000;
(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obliga-
tion of funds in an amount greater than $5,000,000 from multi-
year Department of Homeland Security funds;
(4) making a sole-source grant award; or
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make or award
items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) including a contract
covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Determination. (b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that
Deadline. compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human
life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification,
and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than
three full business days after such an award is made or letter
issued.
(c) A notification under this section—
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(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion; and
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(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year
for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type
of contract; and the account from which the funds are being
drawn.
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency Notification.
shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except Contracts.
within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without advance
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary
use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement
for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Centers’ facili-
ties.
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction,
repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus
otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States
Code, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may
be expended for each project for required expenses for the develop-
ment of a proposed prospectus.
SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department of Homeland Applicability.
Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public Law 110–
161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect to funds
made available in this Act in the same manner as such sections
applied to funds made available in that Act.
SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the
Buy American Act.
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy American
Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448).
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds provided or otherwise made
available by this Act may be made available to carry out section
872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless
explicitly authorized by the Congress after the date of enactment
of this Act.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the use of the authorities
provided by such section 872—
(1) to allocate or reallocate the functions of the Assistant
Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Office to other offices and organizational units within the
Department consistent with the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass
Destruction’’ table in the explanatory statement described in
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
Act); or
(2) to allocate or reallocate any other functions of the
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office to other offices
and organizational units within the Department consistent with
the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction’’ table in the
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may transfer
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funds made available in prior appropriations Acts to the Countering
Weapons of Mass Destruction Office between any appropriations
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available to the Department as necessary to carry out the purposes
described in subsection (b).
National SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may
identification be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national
card.
identification card.
Delegation SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act to report
authority. or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate may not delegate such authority
to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein.
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded
by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).
Contracts. SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor
performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory perform-
ance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements
of a contract.
Pornography. SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging
of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial, or local law enforce-
ment agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investiga-
tions, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
Firearms. SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the
transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal
law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is
an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of
the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at
all times.
Conference SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
attendees. may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than
Determination.
Notification. 50 employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland
Deadline. Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single inter-
national conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security,
or a designee, determines that such attendance is in the national
interest and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate within at least 10 days of that
determination and the basis for that determination.
Definition. (b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con-
ference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United
States attended by representatives of the United States Government
and of foreign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations.
(c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland Security
of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000.
(d) Employees who attend a conference virtually without travel
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away from their permanent duty station within the United States
shall not be counted for purposes of this section, and the prohibition
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contained in this section shall not apply to payments for the costs
of attendance for such employees.
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its
participation in a National Special Security Event.
SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to the Depart- Pay reform.
ment of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obli- Employment
gated for the implementation of any structural pay reform or the positions.
Time period.
introduction of any new position classification that will affect more Notification.
than 100 full-time positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a
single year before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the
date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to
Congress a notification that includes—
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by such
change;
(2) funding required for such change for the current fiscal
year and through the Future Years Homeland Security Pro-
gram;
(3) justification for such change; and
(4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of compensation Analysis.
alternatives to such change that were considered by the Depart-
ment.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if—
(1) it was proposed in the President’s budget proposal for
the fiscal year funded by this Act; and
(2) funds for such change have not been explicitly denied
or restricted in this Act.
SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in Web posting.
this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Public
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by information.
Reports.
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives Determination.
and the Senate in this Act, upon the determination by the head
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
(1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland
or national security; or
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so Time period.
only after such report has been made available to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
for not less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law.
(d) If the requirements of this section are not met, the re- Suspension.
programming and transfer authority provided in section 503 of
this Act shall be suspended until the requirements of subsection
(a) are met.
SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Operations
and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement, construction,
and improvements.
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to end items
with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal property, and
$4,000,000 or less for real property.
SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of the Depart- Extension.
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law
115–141) regarding primary and secondary schooling of dependents
shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2026.
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SEC. 527. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of Pregnant women.
the funds made available in this Act may be used to place restraints Determinations.
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on a woman in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security
(including during transport, in a detention facility, or at an outside
medical facility) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a pregnant
woman if—
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of Homeland
Security makes an individualized determination that the
woman—
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk cannot be
prevented by other means; or
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat to harm
herself or others that cannot be prevented by other means;
or
(2) a medical professional responsible for the care of the
pregnant woman determines that the use of therapeutic
restraints is appropriate for the medical safety of the woman.
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to subsection
(b), only the safest and least restrictive restraints, as determined
by the appropriate medical professional treating the woman, may
be used. In no case may restraints be used on a woman who
is in active labor or delivery, and in no case may a pregnant
woman be restrained in a face-down position with four-point
restraints, on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the
area of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized
by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible,
on her left side.
Records. SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act
may be used to destroy any document, recording, or other record
pertaining to any—
(1) death of;
Sexual assault. (2) potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated against;
or
Law enforcement (3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or disruption com-
and crime. mitted by an individual held in the custody of the Department
of Homeland Security.
(b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be made
available, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and
Federal rules governing disclosure in litigation, to an individual
who has been charged with a crime, been placed into segregation,
or otherwise punished as a result of an allegation described in
paragraph (3), upon the request of such individual.
Applicability. SEC. 529. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 114–113,
regarding a prohibition on funding for any position designated
as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply with respect to any
Federal funds in the same manner as such section applied to
funds made available in that Act.
Reports. SEC. 530. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date on which
the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the
Under Secretary for Management of Homeland Security shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on the unfunded priorities,
for the Department of Homeland Security and separately for each
departmental component, for which discretionary funding would
be classified as budget function 050.
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(b) Each report under this section shall specify, for each such
unfunded priority—
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(1) a summary description, including the objectives to be
achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in
part);
(2) the description, including the objectives to be achieved
if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part);
(3) account information, including the following (as
applicable):
(A) appropriation account; and
(B) program, project, or activity name; and
(4) the additional number of full-time or part-time positions
to be funded as part of such priority.
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in the case Definition.
of a fiscal year, means a requirement that—
(1) is not funded in the budget referred to in subsection
(a);
(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associated with
an operational or contingency plan for the Department; and
(3) would have been recommended for funding through
the budget referred to in subsection (a) if—
(A) additional resources had been available for the
budget to fund the requirement;
(B) the requirement has emerged since the budget
was formulated; or
(C) the requirement is necessary to sustain prior-year
investments.
SEC. 531. (a) Not later than 10 days after a determination Deadlines.
is made by the President to evaluate and initiate protection under Determination.
President.
any authority for a former or retired Government official or Evaluation.
employee, or for an individual who, during the duration of the Notifications.
directed protection, will become a former or retired Government
official or employee (referred to in this section as a ‘‘covered indi-
vidual’’), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica-
tion to congressional leadership and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight
and Reform of the House of Representatives (referred to in this
section as the ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’).
(b) Such notification may be submitted in classified form, if Threat
necessary, and in consultation with the Director of National Intel- assessment.
ligence or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
as appropriate, and shall include the threat assessment, scope
of the protection, and the anticipated cost and duration of such
protection.
(c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 days before
terminating, protection for a covered individual, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall submit a notification regarding the exten-
sion or termination and any change to the threat assessment to
the congressional leadership and the appropriate congressional
committees.
(d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of Time period.
this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a Reports.
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report to the congressional leadership and the appropriate congres-
sional committees, which may be submitted in classified form, if
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necessary, detailing each covered individual, and the scope and
associated cost of protection.
Project proposal. SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds provided to the Department
of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may be used by
an agency to submit an initial project proposal to the Technology
Modernization Fund (as authorized by section 1078 of subtitle G
of title X of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submis-
sion of an initial project proposal to the Technology Modernization
Board, the head of the agency—
Notifications. (1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate of the proposed submission
of the project proposal;
Records. (2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations a copy
of the project proposal; and
Analysis. (3) provides a detailed analysis of how the proposed project
funding would supplement or supplant funding requested as
part of the Department’s most recent budget submission.
Time period. (b) None of the funds provided to the Department of Homeland
Reports. Security by the Technology Modernization Fund shall be available
for obligation until 15 days after a report on such funds has been
transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate.
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall include—
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and approved
by the Fund’s Technology Modernization Board;
(2) the finalized interagency agreement between the
Department and the Fund including the project’s deliverables
and repayment terms, as applicable;
(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will supplement
or supplant existing funding available to the Department for
similar activities;
(4) a plan for how the Department will repay the Fund,
including specific planned funding sources, as applicable; and
(5) other information as determined by the Secretary.
Deadline. SEC. 533. Within 60 days of any budget submission for the
Reductions. Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2027 that assumes
revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based
on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior
to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed
discretionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues
assumed in such proposals in the event that they are not enacted
prior to October 1, 2026.
SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
Contracts. SEC. 535. No Federal funds made available to the Department
Memorandums. of Homeland Security may be used to enter into a procurement
Grants. contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement
Loans.
with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any
entity identified under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity.
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Khalid Sheikh SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
Mohammed. available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release,
Detainees.
Cuba.
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or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States,
its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any
other detainee who—
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Depart-
ment of Defense.
SEC. 537. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, on Time period.
a monthly basis beginning immediately after the date of enactment Effective date.
of this Act, develop estimates of the number of migrants anticipated Border estimates.
to arrive at the southwest border of the United States.
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, the esti-
mates developed pursuant to subsection (a)—
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the following fiscal
year;
(2) include a breakout by demographic, to include single
adults, family units, and unaccompanied children;
(3) undergo an independent validation and verification Review.
review;
(4) are used to inform policy planning and budgeting proc-
esses within the Department of Homeland Security; and
(5) are included in the budget materials submitted to Con- Effective date.
gress for each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment
of this Act and in support of—
(A) the President’s annual budget request pursuant
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code;
(B) any supplemental funding request submitted to
Congress;
(C) any reprogramming and transfer notification pursu-
ant to section 503 of this Act; and
(D) such budget materials shall include—
(i) the most recent monthly estimates developed
pursuant to subsection (a);
(ii) a description and quantification of the esti-
mates used to justify funding requests for Department
programs related to border security, immigration
enforcement, and immigration services;
(iii) a description and quantification of the antici-
pated workload and requirements resulting from such
estimates; and
(iv) a confirmation as to whether the budget
requests for impacted agencies were developed using
the same estimates.
(c) The Secretary shall share the monthly estimates developed
pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate.
(d) If the monthly estimates described in subsection (b) are Suspension.
not provided for the purposes described, the reprogramming and
transfer authority provided in section 503 of this Act shall be
suspended until such time as the required estimates are provided
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate.
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SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, on Time period.
a monthly basis beginning immediately after the date of enactment Effective date.
Detention and
removal
estimates.
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of this Act, develop estimates of the number of individuals antici-
pated to be detained in and removed from the United States.
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, the esti-
mates developed pursuant to subsection (a)—
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the following fiscal
year;
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to include single
adults and family units;
Review. (3) undergo an independent validation and verification
review;
(4) are used to inform policy planning and budgeting proc-
esses within the Department of Homeland Security; and
(5) are included in the budget materials submitted to Con-
gress for each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment
of this Act and in support of—
(A) the President’s annual budget request pursuant
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code;
(B) any supplemental funding request submitted to
Congress;
(C) any reprogramming and transfer notification pursu-
ant to section 503 of this Act; and
(D) such budget materials shall include—
(i) the most recent monthly estimates developed
pursuant to subsection (a);
(ii) a description and quantification of the esti-
mates used to justify funding requests for Department
programs related to border security, immigration
enforcement, and immigration services;
(iii) a description and quantification of the antici-
pated workload and requirements resulting from such
estimates; and
(iv) a confirmation as to whether the budget
requests for impacted agencies were developed using
the same estimates.
(c) The Secretary shall share the monthly estimates developed
pursuant to subsection (a) with the Attorney General, the Secretary
of State, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Suspension. (d) If the monthly estimates described in subsection (b) are
not provided for the purposes described, the reprogramming and
transfer authority provided in section 503 of this Act shall be
suspended until such time as the required estimates are provided
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate.
Analyses. SEC. 539. (a) Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Security
Examination. requesting assistance from the Department of Defense for border
Reports. security operations, the Secretary shall ensure that an alternatives
analysis and cost-benefit analysis is conducted before such request
is made, which shall include an examination of obtaining such
support through other means.
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a request
for assistance is made, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate a report detailing the types of support
requested, the alternatives analysis and cost-benefit analysis
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described in subsection (a), and the operational impact to Depart-
ment of Homeland Security operations of any Department of
Defense border security support requested by the Secretary.
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a request Time period.
made for assistance is granted and quarterly thereafter through
the duration of such assistance, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, a report detailing the assistance
provided and the operational impacts to border security operations.
SEC. 540. Funds made available in this Act or any other Act
for Operations and Support may be used for the necessary expenses
of providing an employee emergency back-up care program.
SEC. 541. (a) If the reporting requirement set forth in paragraph Deadline.
(2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— Reductions.
Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), as applied in this
fiscal year by section 306 of this Act, is not submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate and published on the Agency’s website not later than
the fifth business day of the applicable month, the amount made
available for ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Management—
Operations and Support—Management and Oversight’’ shall be
reduced by $100,000 for each day such report is not submitted
and published on the Agency’s website.
(b) During any period in which the total number of requests Time period.
for reimbursement for a covered expense for individual assistance Reimbursement.
or public assistance related to emergency (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)) or
major disaster (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) declarations under the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.) that the Department of Homeland Security has been
considering under final review for greater than 60 days exceeds
500, the amount made available for ‘‘Office of the Secretary and
Executive Management—Operations and Support—Management
and Oversight’’ shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day during
such period on which the cumulative total of requests over 60
days in final review exceeds 500.
(c) Subsection (b) shall not apply if the balance of funding
for the Disaster Relief Fund is sufficient only for the purpose
of obligating funds for activities determined to be lifesaving or
life-sustaining.
SEC. 542. Section 16005(c) of title VI of division B of the Applicability.
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 6 USC 320 note.
116–136) shall be applied as if the language read as follows: ‘‘Sub-
section (a) shall apply until September 30, 2026.’’.
SEC. 543. The levels for appropriations accounts specified for
classified programs in this Act shall conform to the direction
included in the classified annex accompanying this Act and shall
be implemented in a manner consistent with section 545.
SEC. 544. Upon a determination by the Director of National Determination.
Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national Approval.
interest, the Director may, with the approval of the Secretary
of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, transfer amounts for the National Intelligence Program
consistent with the percentage caps specified in section 503(c):
Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used unless
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for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence require-
ments, than those for which originally appropriated and in no
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case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied
by the Congress: Provided further, That a request for any transfer
of funds using authority provided in this section shall be made
consistent with the requirements of section 503(d)(1).
Deadline. SEC. 545. Within seven days of the date of enactment of this
Time period. Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Department shall submit to the
Obligation plans. Committees on Appropriation of the House of Representatives and
the Senate—
(1) an obligation plan by program, project, or activity for
each component receiving funds from Public Law 119–21;
Fee estimates. (2) estimated fee collections for each component collecting
new or enhanced fees authorized by Public Law 119–21, delin-
eated by collections that a component will retain and collections
that a component will remit to other agencies or the Treasury;
and
(3) an obligation plan by program, project, or activity for
fee collections identified in paragraph (2) as being retained
by a component within the Department.
Facility SEC. 546. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
oversight. made available to the Department of Homeland Security by this
Act may be used to prevent any of the following persons from
entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility oper-
ated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain
or otherwise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification
at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by
a visiting Member of Congress or such designated employee, com-
pared to what would be observed in the absence of such modifica-
tion:
(1) A Member of Congress.
(2) An employee of the United States House of Representa-
tives or the United States Senate designated by such a Member
for the purposes of this section.
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a
Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to enter
a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose of conducting
oversight.
Time period. (c) With respect to individuals described in subsection (a)(2),
the Department of Homeland Security may require that a request
be made at least 24 hours in advance of an intent to enter a
facility described in subsection (a).
SEC. 547. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
for such purposes, there is appropriated $30,000,000, for an addi-
tional amount for ‘‘The Judiciary—Supreme Court of the United
States—Salaries and Expenses’’, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: Provided, That amounts made available pursuant
to this section shall be subject to the same authorities and condi-
tions as if such amounts were provided under the heading ‘‘The
Judiciary—Supreme Court of the United States—Salaries and
Expenses’’ in the Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2026.
SEC. 548. There is appropriated $140,000,000 for an additional
amount for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation
Administration—Operations’’ for air traffic organization activities,
Pay increase. to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the
Air traffic Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall only
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controllers. use such amounts to provide a rate of pay increase for calendar
year 2026 of 3.8 percent, for air traffic controllers, as defined
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by section 2109(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code, and air traffic
controller supervisors or managers who are not covered under such
section, but who manage air traffic: Provided further, That such Determination.
adjustment shall be implemented for all such employees only to
the extent the Administrator determines, in his sole discretion,
that improvements in workforce scheduling, staffing utilization,
or other operational efficiencies are achieved that contribute to
addressing workforce shortfalls and enhancing aviation safety: Pro-
vided further, That if the Administrator makes such determination, Effective date.
then such adjustment shall be effective the first pay period begin-
ning after January 1, 2026: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided by this section shall be subject to the same authorities and
conditions as if such amounts were provided by the Department
of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2026.
SEC. 549. Notwithstanding section 503(c) of this Act, no
amounts may be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Operations and Support’’ for Border Security Operations in
the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026’’
table of the explanatory statement regarding this Act, as defined
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated
Act).
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act, 2026’’.
DIVISION B—FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING Further
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 Additional
Continuing
SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division Appropriations
Act, 2026.
A of Public Law 119–37) is further amended by substituting the Ante, p. 628.
date of enactment of this Act for the date specified in section
106(3).
SEC. 102. For the purposes of the Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119–37), the time covered
by such Act shall be considered to include the period which began
on or about February 14, 2026, during which there occurred a
lapse in appropriations.
SEC. 103. Amounts made available in division A of the Home- Pay and benefit
land Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations payments.
Act, 2026, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A
of Public Law 119–37), and Public Law 119–21 for personnel pay,
allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be
available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341
of title 31, United States Code, and such payments shall be made.
SEC. 104. All obligations incurred and in anticipation of the
appropriations made and authority granted by division A of the
Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2026 and the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (divi-
sion A of Public Law 119–37) for the purposes of maintaining
the essential level of activity to protect life and property and
bringing about orderly termination of Government function, and
for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified
and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of such
Acts.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Additional Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2026’’.
Approved April 30, 2026.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7147:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 172 (2026):
Jan. 22, considered and passed House.
Mar. 26, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Mar. 27, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment pursu-
ant to H. Res. 1142.
Apr. 2, Senate disagreed to House amendment.
Apr. 30, House receded from its amendment and concurred in Senate amend-
ment.
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