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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.Section 5 › Proposal

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. Written by .

Border surveillance money may buy only autonomous systems

The document says “shall notWho 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.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

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.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
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This money may not buy watch systems that are not autonomous. Another law says what that word means.

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