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

FEMA operations money drops $100,000 a day if the grants open late

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

FEMA operations money drops $100,000 a day if the grants open late

The document says “shallWho acts: Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management AgencyHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day past the 60-day requirement that applications are not made available to eligible applicants as required in subsection (a)”

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

Section 303(b). If the applications are not made available within the 60 days set by subsection (a), the money appropriated by this Act for FEMA's operations and support is cut by $100,000 for each day of delay, and the mission support amount specified for that heading in the explanatory statement table is cut by the same amount.

What the document actually says

“shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day past the 60-day requirement that applications are not made available to eligible applicants as required in subsection (a)”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

If the forms go out late, FEMA loses $100,000 a day. The clock starts after 60 days.

What this is about

The cut hits the agency's own running money. It does not hit the grants. It is meant to make the deadline bite.

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