Operations money may fund an emergency back-up care program
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Operations money may fund an emergency back-up care program
The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Funds made available in this Act or any other Act for Operations and Support may be used for the necessary expenses of providing an employee emergency back-up care program.”
Section 540. Operations and support money, in this Act or any other, may be used to run an emergency back-up care program for employees.
What the document actually says
“Funds made available in this Act or any other Act for Operations and Support may be used for the necessary expenses of providing an employee emergency back-up care program.”
That sentence, in plain words
Running money may pay for a back-up care plan for staff.
What this is about
Back-up care covers a child or an elder when normal care falls through. Staff can then still come to work.
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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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“Operations money may fund an emergency back-up care program,” 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-sec540-emergency-back-up-care/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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