No transfers to the border agency for Border Security Operations
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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No transfers to the border agency for Border Security Operations
The document says “may not”Who acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Notwithstanding section 503(c) of this Act, no amounts may be transferred to ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Operations and Support'' for Border Security Operations in the ``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026'' table of the explanatory statement regarding this Act”
Section 549, the last provision of division A. The 5 percent transfer authority in section 503(c) may not be used to move money to the border agency's operations account for Border Security Operations as that line appears in the explanatory statement table. Section 4 separately sets the amounts under that heading in the table at $0.
What the document actually says
“Notwithstanding section 503(c) of this Act, no amounts may be transferred to ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Operations and Support'' for Border Security Operations in the ``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026'' table of the explanatory statement regarding this Act”
That sentence, in plain words
No money may be moved to one border line in the report table. That holds despite the transfer rule.
What this is about
Section 503 normally allows small transfers. This shuts one off. Section 4 already set that line at zero.
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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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“No transfers to the border agency for Border Security Operations,” 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-sec549-no-transfers-for-border-security-operations/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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