Half of unspent operations balances may carry into the next year
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Half of unspent operations balances may carry into the next year
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2026, as recorded in the financial records at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than June 15, 2027, from appropriations for ``Operations and Support'' for fiscal year 2026 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 2027”
Section 505(a). Up to half of what is left unobligated in an operations and support account at the end of fiscal year 2026 stays available through September 30, 2027, in the same account and for the same purposes. Subsection (b) requires a notification to both Appropriations Committees under section 503 before that money is committed.
What the document actually says
“not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2026, as recorded in the financial records at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than June 15, 2027, from appropriations for ``Operations and Support'' for fiscal year 2026 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 2027”
That sentence, in plain words
Up to half of unspent running money may be kept. It lasts one more year. It stays in the same account.
What this is about
Without this, the whole balance would go back. Keeping some removes the rush to spend by September 30. Congress must be told first.
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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“Half of unspent operations balances may carry into the next year,” 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-sec505-operations-carryover/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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