Vetting operations may not be cut back without a new statute
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Vetting operations may not be cut back without a new statute
The document says “may not”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the components funded by this Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or planned vetting operations at existing locations”
Section 206(b). No money from this Act, from earlier acts still available in fiscal year 2026, or from fee accounts, may be used to reduce anticipated or planned vetting operations at existing locations unless a statute enacted after this one specifically allows it. Subsection (a) separately provides that funds in this Act may be used to alter operations within the National Targeting Center.
What the document actually says
“None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the components funded by this Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or planned vetting operations at existing locations”
That sentence, in plain words
This money may not be used to cut back checks at places that already do them. That holds for old money and fee money too.
What this is about
Vetting means checking people and cargo against records. Congress would have to pass a new law to allow a cut.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
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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“Vetting operations may not be cut back without a new statute,” 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-sec206-vetting-operations/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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