A budget built on unenacted fees must show the offsetting cuts
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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A budget built on unenacted fees must show the offsetting cuts
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Within 60 days of any budget submission for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2027 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed discretionary budget authority”
Section 533. Where the department's fiscal year 2027 budget request counts on user fees that have not been enacted, the Secretary has 60 days to tell both Appropriations Committees which specific reductions in discretionary budget authority would match those assumed revenues if the fees are not enacted before October 1, 2026.
What the document actually says
“Within 60 days of any budget submission for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2027 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed discretionary budget authority”
That sentence, in plain words
A budget may count on new fees that are not law yet. If so, the Secretary must show what would be cut instead.
What this is about
The list is due within 60 days of the budget. It must match the money the fees were meant to raise.
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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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“A budget built on unenacted fees must show the offsetting cuts,” 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-sec533-unenacted-user-fee-proposals/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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