Summary#
This Act provides money for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and sets many rules about how that money can be used. It lists specific amounts for many DHS components and programs and adds reporting, planning, and oversight requirements. The bill includes funding for border and immigration operations, transportation security, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, cybersecurity, emergency management, research, and grants for states, localities, and nonprofit security. It also includes some prohibitions and conditions, for example restrictions on certain surveillance procurements, a ban on procuring long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities, requirements for monthly and quarterly reports, and a provision that prohibits establishing a new border crossing fee.
What it means for you#
- Funding supports border operations, immigration enforcement, and detention activities handled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Airports and passengers are affected through funding and rules for the Transportation Security Administration and passenger screening requirements.
- The Coast Guard, Secret Service, and cybersecurity agencies receive money for operations that support maritime safety, protective missions, and cyber defenses.
- Communities can apply for FEMA grants for homeland security, firefighting, flood mapping, and disaster response. The bill provides a large Disaster Relief Fund for major declared disasters.
- The Act requires many reports and plans to be sent to congressional committees before certain funds may be used.
Expenses#
- Office of the Secretary and Executive Management: $316,295,000 (operations and support).
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (operations and support): $17,727,974,000.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (operations and support): $10,036,362,000.
- Transportation Security Administration (operations and support): $10,635,434,000.
- U.S. 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 operations and grants, plus Disaster Relief Fund: operations and federal assistance appropriations and a Disaster Relief Fund of $26,367,000,000 (to remain available until expended).
- National Flood Insurance Fund activities: $226,000,000 (to remain available until September 30, 2027).
- Science and Technology Directorate research and development: $426,904,000.
- Additional targeted amounts include $20,000,000 for body-worn cameras for agents performing immigration enforcement and many specified grant program totals for FEMA (State Homeland Security, Urban Area Security, Nonprofit Security, Assistance to Firefighters, Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, etc.).
- The Act also includes rescissions from unobligated balances in several DHS accounts in specified amounts.
Proponents' View#
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Opponents' View#
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