Summary#
This bill is an appropriations measure that provides funding and sets rules for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal year 2027. It lists amounts for many DHS components and programs, including operations, procurement, research, grants, and disaster relief. It also includes many reporting, notification, and oversight requirements; limits on how specific funds may be used; and other program rules. Examples of provisions in the bill include a requirement for monthly budget and staffing reports, limits on new pilot programs, restrictions on certain procurement and personnel actions, and many component-specific conditions and reporting deadlines.
What it means for you#
- More money is allocated to agencies that carry out border, transportation, and emergency response work. The bill names specific program and grant lines, which fund local and state preparedness as well as federal operations.
- The bill includes rules that affect how DHS hires, trains, and equips personnel, how contractors are used, and how detention and immigration processing are managed.
- The bill funds disaster relief and grant programs that states, localities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations use for preparedness and recovery.
- The bill places limits on some activities and purchases (for example, restrictions on certain foreign-manufactured equipment and on some program types) and requires public reporting for many programs.
Expenses#
The bill text specifies many line-item amounts. Select highlights from the text:
- Office of the Secretary and Executive Management: $290,321,000 (operations) and $9,000,000 (procurement).
- Management Directorate operations: $1,670,413,000 and $65,100,000 (procurement).
- Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness operations: $355,065,000.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations: $17,424,823,000 and $513,818,000 (procurement).
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations: $10,060,995,000.
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operations: $10,361,634,000 and $286,910,000 (procurement).
- Coast Guard operations: $12,170,631,000 and $1,061,670,000 (procurement).
- United States Secret Service operations: $3,253,270,000 and $76,888,000 (procurement).
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) operations: $1,955,910,000 and $396,464,000 (procurement).
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operations: $1,758,454,000; FEMA federal assistance (grants): $3,801,548,000; Disaster Relief Fund: $28,389,000,000.
- Science & Technology Directorate research and R&D lines totaling hundreds of millions ($431,449,000 research and $383,987,000 operations in part).
- Other specific additions include $40,000,000 for DHS body-worn cameras and $112,995,000 for E-Verify program operations.
- The bill also includes rescissions (specified reductions) from certain prior unobligated balances.
If you need more detail on a specific account line or program, the bill text contains many additional line-item amounts.
Proponents' View#
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Opponents' View#
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