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

A late Disaster Relief Fund report costs $100,000 a day

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

A late Disaster Relief Fund report costs $100,000 a day

The document says “shallWho acts: Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management AgencyHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“the amount made available for ``Office of the Secretary and Executive Management--Operations and Support--Management and Oversight'' shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day such report is not submitted and published on the Agency's website”

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

Section 541(a). The monthly Disaster Relief Fund report carried forward by section 306 must reach both Appropriations Committees and be published on FEMA's website by the fifth business day of the month. Each day it is late costs the department's management and oversight account $100,000. Subsection (b) applies the same daily cut whenever more than 500 reimbursement requests have sat under final review for over 60 days, and subsection (c) excepts periods when the disaster fund balance is only enough for lifesaving work.

What the document actually says

“the amount made available for ``Office of the Secretary and Executive Management--Operations and Support--Management and Oversight'' shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day such report is not submitted and published on the Agency's website”

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

For each day the report is late, one account loses $100,000. The report must also be posted online.

What this is about

The cut hits the front office of the department, not FEMA. A second rule bites when too many payback asks sit unanswered.

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