Border surveillance money may buy only autonomous systems
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Border surveillance money may buy only autonomous systems
The document says “shall not”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“None of the funds made available for Border Security Assets and Infrastructure under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, Construction, and Improvements'' in this Act or prior appropriations Acts shall be used for the procurement or deployment of surveillance systems that are not autonomous, as such term is defined in section 90004 of Public Law 119-21.”
Section 207. Money for border security assets and infrastructure, in this Act or an earlier one, may not buy or deploy a surveillance system that is not autonomous. The term autonomous is defined in section 90004 of Public Law 119-21, which is not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“None of the funds made available for Border Security Assets and Infrastructure under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, Construction, and Improvements'' in this Act or prior appropriations Acts shall be used for the procurement or deployment of surveillance systems that are not autonomous, as such term is defined in section 90004 of Public Law 119-21.”
That sentence, in plain words
This money may not buy watch systems that are not autonomous. Another law says what that word means.
What this is about
The word is set in a different law. That law is not indexed here. So this site does not say which systems pass.
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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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“Border surveillance money may buy only autonomous systems,” 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-sec207-non-autonomous-surveillance-systems/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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