Homeland Security Appropriations 2026

Full Title:
Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.

Summary#

This Act, titled the Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, provides money and rules for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2026. It includes a full Division A that is the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, and a Division B that continues funding actions and ratifies certain obligations. The Act was approved April 30, 2026.

What it means for you#

  • The Act funds many DHS components that affect travel, border operations, ports, aviation security, maritime safety, cyber defense, and disaster response.
  • It provides money for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), United States Secret Service, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and others.
  • The law includes many reporting, notification, and oversight rules. Examples in the text include required monthly estimates on migrants and detention, reporting deadlines for acquisitions and grants, and briefing requirements for major programs.
  • It also contains specific program rules and limits, for example a prohibition on establishing new border crossing fees, funding for body-worn cameras for certain enforcement agents, protections for pregnant people in custody, and limits on procuring certain armed long-range unmanned aircraft.

Expenses#

The Act lists many specific appropriations. Selected items shown in the text include:

  • Office of the Secretary and Executive Management: $316,295,000
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection (operations and support): $11,083,012,000
  • Transportation Security Administration (operations and support): $10,635,434,000
  • Coast Guard (operations and support): $11,272,401,000
  • United States Secret Service (operations and support): $3,128,304,000
  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (operations and support): $2,218,634,000
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief fund: $26,367,000,000 (to remain available until expended)
  • FEMA federal assistance (grants and related activities): $3,836,748,513
  • National Flood Insurance Fund activities: $226,000,000
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (operations and support): $122,941,000
  • Science and Technology Directorate research: $426,904,000 Additional, targeted amounts in the Act include $20,000,000 for body-worn cameras for certain agents, $98,000,000 for MQ-9 aircraft procurement and related items, and an additional $31,000,000 for CBP operations (to remain available until expended). The Act contains many other line items, availability periods, and accounting instructions.

Proponents' View#

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Opponents' View#

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