Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Force Design 2028 waits on briefings to Congress
The document says “may not”Who acts: Commandant of the Coast GuardHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“None of the funds made available to the United States Coast Guard by this Act may be available for implementation of Force Design 2028 until the Coast Guard provides the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailed briefings on the initiatives of organization, people, technology, and contracting and acquisitions.”
Section 220. Coast Guard money in this Act may not be used to carry out Force Design 2028 until the service has given both Appropriations Committees detailed briefings on four sets of initiatives: organization, people, technology, and contracting and acquisitions.
What the document actually says
“None of the funds made available to the United States Coast Guard by this Act may be available for implementation of Force Design 2028 until the Coast Guard provides the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailed briefings on the initiatives of organization, people, technology, and contracting and acquisitions.”
That sentence, in plain words
No money may go to a plan called Force Design 2028 yet. The Coast Guard must brief Congress on four things first.
What this is about
Force Design 2028 is the service's own reshaping plan. This law does not say what is in it. It holds the money until the briefings happen.
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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“Force Design 2028 waits on briefings to Congress,” 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-sec220-force-design-2028/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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