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

The department's reorganization authority is barred without new approval

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

The department's reorganization authority is barred without new approval

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

“None of the funds provided or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress after the date of enactment of this Act.”

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

Section 513(a). Money in this Act may not be used to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 unless Congress explicitly authorizes it after this Act is passed. Subsection (b) excepts moves of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office's functions that match a named table in the explanatory statement, and subsection (c) lets the Secretary transfer earlier years' money for that office to carry those moves out.

What the document actually says

“None of the funds provided or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress after the date of enactment of this Act.”

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 here may be used under one part of a 2002 law. Congress would have to allow it in a later law.

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That older law is not indexed here. So this site does not say what it allows. One office is carved out of the bar.

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