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

Failing to provide the estimates suspends the transfer authority

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

Failing to provide the estimates suspends the transfer authority

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

“If the monthly estimates described in subsection (b) are not provided for the purposes described, the reprogramming and transfer authority provided in section 503 of this Act shall be suspended”

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

The closing subsection of both section 537 and section 538, in the same words. If the monthly estimates are not provided for the purposes those sections describe, the department's reprogramming and transfer authority under section 503 is suspended until the estimates reach both Appropriations Committees.

What the document actually says

“If the monthly estimates described in subsection (b) are not provided for the purposes described, the reprogramming and transfer authority provided in section 503 of this Act shall be suspended”

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

If the monthly counts are not sent, the department loses a power. It may not shift money around.

What this is about

Section 503 lets the department move money between uses. That power stops until the counts arrive. The same rule ends both estimate sections.

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