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

Congress is briefed five days before a grant award is announced

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

Congress is briefed five days before a grant award is announced

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

“the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate five full business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an award.”

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

Section 304(a). For grants under most of the allocations in the federal assistance account, the Administrator must brief both Appropriations Committees five full business days before publicly announcing an intended award. Subsection (b) rescinds $1,000,000 of FEMA operations money, and cuts the mission support amount in the explanatory statement table by the same sum, if an announcement is made early.

What the document actually says

“the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate five full business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an award.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
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FEMA must brief Congress before it names a grant winner. The briefing comes five work days ahead.

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If the news goes out early, the agency loses $1,000,000. That comes from its own running money.

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