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.
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Failing to provide the estimates suspends the transfer authority
The document says “shall”Who 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”
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”
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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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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“Failing to provide the estimates suspends the transfer authority,” 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-sec537-estimates-tied-to-transfer-authority/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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