$5,000,000 is withheld until hearing questions are answered
What the document says“That $5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 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”
A proviso on the front office account. Of the money appropriated, $5,000,000 cannot be committed until the Secretary sends both Appropriations Committees written answers to all of the questions for the record from each of their hearings on the department's fiscal year 2027 budget request held before July 1.
What the document actually says“That $5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 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”
$5,000,000 is held back. The Secretary must first answer all the written questions from budget hearings. Then the money is free.
After a hearing, members send in more questions in writing. Answers can be slow. This holds back money until the answers come in.
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