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

No construction project without an approved prospectus

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

No construction project without an approved prospectus

The document says “may notWho acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved”

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

Section 509. Money in this Act may not be spent on a construction, repair, alteration or acquisition project whose prospectus, where chapter 33 of title 40 requires one, has not been approved. The section allows the necessary money to be spent on developing a proposed prospectus for each such project.

What the document actually says

“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved”

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

No money may go to a building project that lacks an approved plan. Work on the plan itself is allowed.

What this is about

A prospectus sets out a project and its cost. Congress approves it. Only then may the work be paid for.

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