A spending plan comes before border construction money is used
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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A spending plan comes before border construction money is used
The document says “shall”Who acts: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure plan for any amounts made available for”
Section 205(a). Within 90 days of enactment the Commissioner must give both Appropriations Committees an expenditure plan covering the border agency's procurement, construction and improvements money from this Act and from earlier acts. Subsection (b) bars any of this Act's money under that heading from being committed until the plan has been submitted.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure plan for any amounts made available for”
That sentence, in plain words
Within 90 days, the head of the border agency must file a spending plan. It covers its building and buying money.
What this is about
The plan covers money from this law and from older ones. None of the new money may be spent until it arrives.
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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., Public Law 119-86, sec. 5, 140 Stat. 774 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ86/html/PLAW-119publ86.htm
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“A spending plan comes before border construction money is used,” Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/homeland-security-further-additional-continuing/proposal/sec05-sec205-cbp-expenditure-plan/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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