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

Reports to the Appropriations Committees are posted online

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

Reports to the Appropriations Committees are posted online

The document says “shallWho acts: heads of agencies receiving funds under the ActHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.”

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

Section 524(a). An agency funded by this Act must publish on its website any report this Act requires it to give the Appropriations Committees, where the head of the agency determines that doing so serves the national interest. Subsection (b) excepts reports whose publication would compromise homeland or national security or that contain proprietary information, subsection (c) requires a wait of at least 45 days after the Committees receive the report, and subsection (d) suspends the section 503 reprogramming and transfer authority while the section is not complied with.

What the document actually says

“Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.”

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

An agency must post the reports it owes Congress on its website. The agency head must find that doing so serves the country.

What this is about

Reports with secrets or trade data stay off. The rest go up after Congress has had them 45 days. Failing to post costs the agency its transfer power.

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