Statement of Appropriations

What the document says

“The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.”

The opening sentence of section 5, and the sentence that makes the rest of the section an appropriation. Everything that follows it, both divisions and every account paragraph in them, is money appropriated out of the general fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for executive management for operations and support, $316,295,000”

The operations and support appropriation for the front offices of the Department of Homeland Security. The account paragraph directs that the money be used for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the Final Bill column of a table in the explanatory statement described in section 4, and that $22,050,000 of the amounts for the Office of Health Security stay available through September 30, 2027.

What the document says

“That $5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate responses to all questions for the record for each hearing on the fiscal year 2027 budget submission for the Department of Homeland Security held by such Committees prior to July 1”

A proviso on the front office account. Of the money appropriated, $5,000,000 cannot be committed until the Secretary sends both Appropriations Committees written answers to all of the questions for the record from each of their hearings on the department's fiscal year 2027 budget request held before July 1.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for executive management for procurement, construction, and improvements, $8,911,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the front offices of the department. The whole of it stays available through September 30, 2028, rather than lapsing at the end of the fiscal year.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for operations and support, including vehicle fleet modernization, $1,690,380,000”

The operations and support appropriation for the Management Directorate, the part of the department that handles its buildings, vehicles, contracting, human capital and information technology. The account paragraph names vehicle fleet modernization as an included expense and directs that the money be used for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the Final Bill column of a table in the explanatory statement described in section 4.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for procurement, construction, and improvements, $58,106,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the Management Directorate. The whole of it stays available through September 30, 2028.

What the document says

“The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service.”

The Federal Protective Service account. Unlike the other accounts in this title it names no sum: the account is funded by the security fees charged to the agencies whose buildings the service guards, and those fees stay available until spent.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness for operations and support, $340,819,000, of which $121,274,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027”

The operations and support appropriation shared by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness. Of the total, $121,274,000 stays available through September 30, 2027, and the account paragraph makes up to $2,000,000 available for facility needs associated with secure space at fusion centers.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for operations and support, $257,599,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be for additional inspections and oversight of detention facilities and shall remain available until September 30, 2027”

The appropriation for the department's Inspector General. Of the total, $20,000,000 is directed to additional inspections and oversight of detention facilities, $12,814,000 is directed to oversight of the execution of funds provided in Public Law 119-21, and up to $300,000 may be used for confidential operational expenses at the direction of the Inspector General.

What the document says

“The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2026, to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competition during fiscal years 2025 or 2026.”

Section 101(a). The Secretary must give the Inspector General, by October 15, 2026, a list of every grant and contract the department awarded other than by full and open competition in fiscal year 2025 or 2026. Subsection (b) then requires the Inspector General to review that list and report the results to both Appropriations Committees by February 15, 2027.

What the document says

“Not later than 30 days after the last day of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a monthly budget and staffing report”

Section 102(a). Within 30 days of the end of each month, the department's Chief Financial Officer must send both Appropriations Committees a report showing total obligations for the month and for the year to date, at the appropriation level and at the program, project and activity level, by the year the money was appropriated. Subsection (b) makes the first staffing report the baseline against which staffing increases and decreases are measured under section 503(a)(4).

What the document says

“None of the funds identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified of the proposed transfer.”

Section 103(b). Subsection (a) requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to notify both Appropriations Committees of any proposed transfer from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to an agency within the Department of Homeland Security under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31. This subsection bars the money from being committed until that notice has been given.

What the document says

“All official costs associated with the use of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the Secretary.”

Section 104. Where department personnel use government aircraft to support official travel by the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary, the cost is charged to the Office of the Secretary rather than to the component that owns or flies the aircraft.

What the document says

“The Under Secretary for Management shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and Level 2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition Oversight List”

Section 105(a). Within 45 days of the end of each quarter the Under Secretary for Management must brief both Appropriations Committees on every Level 1 and Level 2 acquisition program on the Master Acquisition Oversight List between acquisition decision event and full operational capability, including programs removed from the list during the quarter. Subsection (b) lists nine things each briefing must cover, among them cost and schedule against the approved baseline, lifecycle cost estimates, prime contractors and risks of a program breach. Subsection (c) requires each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum to be sent to the Committees within five business days of approval.

What the document says

“None of the funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior appropriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or demonstration unless the component or office carrying out such pilot or demonstration has documented the information described in subsection (c).”

Section 106(a). No money from this Act or an earlier appropriations act may be committed to a new pilot or demonstration until the component running it has written down the items listed in subsection (c): measurable objectives, an assessment methodology and an implementation plan with milestones, cost estimates and a projected end date. Subsection (e) defines a pilot for this purpose as one using more than 10 full-time equivalents or obligating $5,000,000 or more, and subsection (d) requires a lessons learned report within 90 days of completion.

What the document says

“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a covered activity (as defined by section 6303 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (division F of Public Law 118-159)).”

Section 107(a). Money in this Act may not be used by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to conduct what section 6303 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 calls a covered activity. That definition sits in Public Law 118-159, which is not indexed here. Subsections (b) and (c) provide that the section does not limit legal, privacy, civil rights or civil liberties oversight of the office, and does not stop it sharing intelligence with other governments, the private sector or other federal agencies.

What the document says

“The Inspector General shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on a quarterly basis on oversight of the funding provided to the Department in Public Law 119-21.”

Section 108(a). The Inspector General must report every quarter on oversight of the money the department was given in Public Law 119-21. Subsection (b) requires each report to review the spend plans for every program funded under that law, comparing obligations against projections, and to summarize the audits under way on the department's contracting and procurement. Subsection (c) adds an annual comprehensive report, starting one year after enactment, with recommendations on preventing waste, fraud and abuse.

What the document says

“For an additional amount for ``Office of the Secretary and Executive Management--Operations and Support--Office of the Secretary'', $20,000,000, for the procurement, deployment, and operations of body-worn cameras for agents and officers performing enforcement activities under 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.”

Section 109(a). A further $20,000,000 is appropriated to the Office of the Secretary to buy, deploy and operate body-worn cameras for agents and officers carrying out enforcement activities under the immigration laws in chapter 12 of title 8. Subsection (b) requires the Secretary to give both Appropriations Committees a spend plan for the money within 30 days of enactment.

What the document says

“the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; $11,083,012,000”

The operations and support appropriation for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, one of the largest accounts in the Act. The quotation is the close of an account paragraph that runs for hundreds of words and lists what the money may be spent on, including the transportation of unaccompanied alien minors, air and marine support to other agencies, and the vehicles and vessels named here. Of the total, $550,000,000 stays available through September 30, 2027, and $3,274,000 is drawn from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

What the document says

“of which such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account”

Part of the same account paragraph. It provides that whatever becomes available in the Customs User Fee Account, other than sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, is drawn from that account rather than from the general fund. The size of the general fund share therefore depends on how much fee revenue arrives during the year.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for procurement, construction, and improvements, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems, $222,886,000”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The account paragraph directs the money to the purposes and amounts specified in the Final Bill column of a table in the explanatory statement described in section 4, keeps the amounts for border security, trade and travel, integrated operations, mission support and radiological detection available through September 30, 2028, and keeps the amounts for construction and facility improvements available through September 30, 2030.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for operations and support, $10,635,434,000, of which $300,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027”

The operations and support appropriation for the Transportation Security Administration, which screens passengers and baggage at airports. Of the total, $300,000,000 stays available through September 30, 2027.

What the document says

“security service fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be available only for aviation security”

A proviso on the screening account. The security service fee charged on air tickets is credited to the account as an offsetting collection and may be used only for aviation security. A further proviso reduces the general fund share dollar for dollar as those fees arrive, with the result that the account paragraph estimates a final general fund appropriation of not more than $7,605,434,000.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for procurement, construction, and improvements, $330,230,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the Transportation Security Administration. The whole of it stays available through September 30, 2028.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for research and development, $24,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.”

The research and development appropriation for the Transportation Security Administration. It stays available through September 30, 2027.

What the document says

“payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; $11,272,401,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities”

The operations and support appropriation for the Coast Guard. The quotation is the close of a long account paragraph that also covers the Coast Guard Reserve, up to 30 replacement passenger vehicles, and small boats. Of the total, $530,000,000 is for defense-related activities, $24,500,000 is drawn from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and $25,335,000 stays available through September 30, 2030, for environmental compliance and restoration.

What the document says

“of which $400,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, which shall only be available for depot level maintenance”

Part of the same account paragraph. Of the Coast Guard's operations and support money, $400,000,000 stays available through September 30, 2027, and may be used only for depot level maintenance, the heavy overhaul work done on ships and aircraft away from their home units.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procurement, construction, and improvements, including aids to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at Department of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $991,872,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the Coast Guard. It covers aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels and aircraft, stays available through September 30, 2030, and includes $20,000,000 drawn from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research and development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $6,763,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028”

The research and development appropriation for the Coast Guard. It stays available through September 30, 2028, includes $500,000 drawn from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and may be added to by money received from states, other public authorities, private sources and foreign countries for research work.

What the document says

“For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $1,249,000,000, to remain available until expended.”

The retired pay account for the Coast Guard. It covers pensions, survivor benefit plans, career status bonuses, continuation pay, concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and medical care for retired personnel and their dependents. The money stays available until spent.

What the document says

“$3,128,304,000, of which $96,299,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028”

The operations and support appropriation for the United States Secret Service. The quotation is the close of a long account paragraph that also covers up to 652 police-type vehicles, the hire of aircraft, fencing and guard booths on private property, and subsistence expenses for employees on protective missions.

What the document says

“of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to investigations of missing and exploited children”

Part of the same account paragraph. Of the Secret Service's operations and support money, $6,000,000 is directed to a grant for activities related to investigations of missing and exploited children.

What the document says

“of which up to $33,000,000 may be for calendar year 2025 premium pay in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code”

Part of the same account paragraph. Up to $33,000,000 may be used for calendar year 2025 premium pay above the annual cap in section 5547(a) of title 5, using the authority in section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 as last amended by Public Law 118-38.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, $118,517,000, of which $96,167,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028, and of which $22,350,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2030.”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the United States Secret Service. Of the total, $96,167,000 stays available through September 30, 2028, and $22,350,000 through September 30, 2030.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service for research and development, $3,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.”

The research and development appropriation for the United States Secret Service. It stays available through September 30, 2027.

What the document says

“Section 201 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115-141), related to overtime compensation limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such section applied to funds made available in that Act, except that ``fiscal year 2026'' shall be substituted for ``fiscal year 2018''.”

Section 201. Rather than restating them, this section carries forward a provision of the 2018 homeland security appropriations act, described in this Act's own words as related to overtime compensation limitations, and applies it to the money in this Act with the year changed. What that provision says is in Public Law 115-141, which is not indexed here.

What the document says

“As authorized by section 601(b) of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112-42), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended.”

Section 202. Customs fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico or an adjacent island do not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but stay available until spent.

What the document says

“until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels.”

Section 203(a). No funds in this or any other Act may be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel inspection laws under section 501(b) of title 46 for moving crude oil to or from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary has consulted the Secretaries of Energy and Transportation and the United States flag maritime industry and taken adequate measures to ensure United States flag vessels are used.

What the document says

“The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate within two business days of any request for waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws”

Section 203(b). Within two business days of any request for a waiver of the navigation and vessel inspection laws under section 501(b) of title 46 for Strategic Petroleum Reserve shipments, the Secretary must tell both Appropriations Committees, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee, and must also report how the request was disposed of.

What the document says

“Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not-- (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port of entry; or (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border crossing fee.”

Section 204(a). From the date of enactment, the Secretary may not create, collect or impose any new border crossing fee at a land port of entry on either border, and may not study imposing one. Subsection (b) defines a border crossing fee as one every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private motor vehicle must pay for the privilege of crossing at a land port of entry.

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“Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure plan for any amounts made available for”

Section 205(a). Within 90 days of enactment the Commissioner must give both Appropriations Committees an expenditure plan covering the border agency's procurement, construction and improvements money from this Act and from earlier acts. Subsection (b) bars any of this Act's money under that heading from being committed until the plan has been submitted.

What the document says

“None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the components funded by this Act, may be used to reduce anticipated or planned vetting operations at existing locations”

Section 206(b). No money from this Act, from earlier acts still available in fiscal year 2026, or from fee accounts, may be used to reduce anticipated or planned vetting operations at existing locations unless a statute enacted after this one specifically allows it. Subsection (a) separately provides that funds in this Act may be used to alter operations within the National Targeting Center.

What the document says

“None of the funds made available for Border Security Assets and Infrastructure under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, Construction, and Improvements'' in this Act or prior appropriations Acts shall be used for the procurement or deployment of surveillance systems that are not autonomous, as such term is defined in section 90004 of Public Law 119-21.”

Section 207. Money for border security assets and infrastructure, in this Act or an earlier one, may not buy or deploy a surveillance system that is not autonomous. The term autonomous is defined in section 90004 of Public Law 119-21, which is not indexed here.

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“The Secretary shall ensure that the November 30, 2021, policy statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection titled ``Policy Statement and Required Actions Regarding Pregnant, Postpartum, Nursing Individuals, and Infants in Custody,'' or substantively similar standards of treatment developed in consultation with maternal and pediatric health providers and experts, are in effect and are fully implemented”

Section 208. The Secretary must keep in effect and fully implement the border agency's policy statement of November 30, 2021 on pregnant, postpartum and nursing individuals and infants in custody, or standards substantively similar to it developed with maternal and pediatric health providers. The section states that the purpose is to safeguard the health, safety and rights of pregnant women in the agency's custody.

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“Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage screening.”

Section 209(a). The section lists officials who are not exempt from federal passenger and baggage screening: members of Congress including the leadership, heads of federal agencies and commissions, named senior officials of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, and senior White House officials including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Subsection (b) bars funds in this or any other act from being used to carry out legislation that changes how those screening requirements apply.

What the document says

“any funds in the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding projects described in section 44923(a) of such title”

Section 210. For fiscal year 2026, and notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, money in the Aviation Security Capital Fund may be used to buy and install explosives detection systems, or to issue other transaction agreements funding the projects described in section 44923(a).

What the document says

“Section 515(b) of Public Law 108-334 (49 U.S.C. 44945 note) is amended by striking ``report'' each place it appears (including in the subsection heading) and inserting ``briefing'' and by striking ``transmit to'' and inserting ``provide''.”

Section 212. A textual amendment to section 515(b) of Public Law 108-334. Every appearance of the word report, including in the subsection heading, is replaced with briefing, and transmit to is replaced with provide. What the amended provision requires is in Public Law 108-334, which is not indexed here.

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“None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading ``Coast Guard--Operations and Support'' shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts”

Section 213(a). Coast Guard operations money may not pay the cost of documenting recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, except so far as fees collected from yacht owners are credited to that account. Subsection (b) allows staff who document other vessels to work on recreational applications where the fees fall short and a backlog has built up.

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“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second proviso under the heading ``Coast Guard--Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements'' in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114-4)”

Section 214. The Commandant must give both Appropriations Committees a future years capital investment plan in the form described in the 2015 homeland security appropriations act, subject to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under that heading. What those provisos require is in Public Law 114-4, which is not indexed here.

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“None of the funds in this Act shall be used to reduce the Coast Guard's legacy Operations Systems Center mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels.”

Section 215. Money in this Act may not be used to cut back the mission of the Coast Guard's legacy Operations Systems Center, or to cut its staffing, whether those staff are federal employees or contractors.

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“None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.”

Section 216. Money in this Act may not be used to run, or to act on the results of, a Circular A-76 competition covering work done at the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. Circular A-76 is the budget office rule under which federal work is put up against private bidders.

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“none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.”

Section 217. The section allows funds to be used to alter operations within the Coast Guard's civil engineering program nationwide, including its units, design and construction centers, logistics commands and the Coast Guard Academy, but bars any reduction of operations within a civil engineering unit unless a statute passed after this Act specifically allows it.

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“Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard Housing Fund in fiscal year 2026 shall be available until expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes.”

Section 218. Money paid into the Coast Guard Housing Fund during fiscal year 2026 does not lapse at the end of the year. It stays available until spent for the purposes of section 2946 of title 14, and is on top of other money available for those purposes.

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“$98,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030, for the procurement and acquisition of MQ-9 aircraft and associated base stations, equipment related to such aircraft and associated base stations, and program management for such aircraft and base stations.”

Section 219(a). A further $98,000,000 is appropriated to the Coast Guard's procurement account, available through September 30, 2030, for buying MQ-9 aircraft and their base stations, the equipment that goes with them, and program management for both.

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“None of the funds made available for the Department of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may be used to procure or acquire long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities or to equip any long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities.”

Section 219(b). No money for the department, in this Act or any earlier one, may be used to buy a long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities, or to add kinetic capabilities to one it already has.

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“None of the funds made available to the United States Coast Guard by this Act may be available for implementation of Force Design 2028 until the Coast Guard provides the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailed briefings on the initiatives of organization, people, technology, and contracting and acquisitions.”

Section 220. Coast Guard money in this Act may not be used to carry out Force Design 2028 until the service has given both Appropriations Committees detailed briefings on four sets of initiatives: organization, people, technology, and contracting and acquisitions.

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“None of the funds made available to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security.”

Section 222(a). Secret Service money, from this Act or an earlier one, may not be used to protect the head of a federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security. Subsection (b) allows the Director to agree to provide such protection where the cost is fully reimbursed.

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“Of the amounts made available by this Act under the heading ``United States Secret Service--Operations and Support'', $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be distributed as a grant or cooperative agreement for existing National Computer Forensics Institute facilities”

Section 225. Of the Secret Service's operations money, $2,000,000 is to go out as a grant or cooperative agreement for existing National Computer Forensics Institute facilities used by the service to carry out activities under section 383 of title 6. The money stays available until spent.

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“Section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting ``(or, for 2024, to the extent that such aggregate amount would exceed the per annum rate of salary payable under section 104 of title 3, United States Code)'' before the period at the end.”

Section 226(a). A textual amendment inserting a parenthetical into the first sentence of section 118 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001. Subsection (b) makes the amendment take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2023. What the amended provision says is in that older act, which is not indexed here.

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“Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2028, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate”

Section 226(c). Within 180 days of enactment, and each year through 2028, the Director must report to the Appropriations, Homeland Security, Oversight and Judiciary committees of both chambers on the steps the Secret Service is taking to address increased protective service demands on its personnel. Subsection (d) requires each report to analyze current operational demands and staffing levels and to recommend ways of reducing overtime, including hiring more people and redistributing workload.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”

Section 227. Border agency money may not be used to stop a person who is not in the importing business from bringing in a prescription drug from Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provisos limit this to drugs carried on the person, in a quantity of not more than a 90-day supply, and exclude controlled substances and biological products.

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“shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to funding provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, United States Code.”

Section 228. The border agency's operations and procurement money is available for customs expenses in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands where that is needed to keep operations running and to prevent adverse personnel actions. The section says this funding is in addition to that provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48.

What the document says

“For an additional amount for ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Operations and Support'', $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2026”

Section 229(a). A further $31,000,000 is appropriated to the border agency's operations account, available until spent, and reduced dollar for dollar by fees collected during fiscal year 2026 under the immigration user fee, agricultural quarantine inspection and customs authorities the section names. Subsection (b) credits collections above $31,000,000 to the same account, available until spent.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for operations and support, $2,218,634,000”

The operations and support appropriation for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The account paragraph directs the money to the purposes and amounts specified in the Final Bill column of a table in the explanatory statement described in section 4, and keeps the amounts for the National Infrastructure Simulation Analysis Center available through September 30, 2027.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, $386,464,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The whole of it stays available through September 30, 2028.

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“For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for operations and support, $1,667,038,000: Provided, That not less than $3,000,000 shall be for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact”

The operations and support appropriation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Of the total, not less than $3,000,000 is directed to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, the agreement under which states send help to one another during a disaster.

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“For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, $156,419,000, of which $92,794,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028, and of which $63,625,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2030.”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Of the total, $92,794,000 stays available through September 30, 2028, and $63,625,000 through September 30, 2030.

What the document says

“For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $3,836,748,513, which shall be allocated as follows”

The federal assistance account, the account that carries FEMA's grant programs. The fourteen numbered paragraphs that follow allocate the whole sum in the Act's own text rather than by reference to a table, and each of those paragraphs is recorded separately here.

What the document says

“$494,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $85,500,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden and $14,250,000 shall be for Tribal Homeland Security Grants”

The first allocation from the federal assistance account. Of the $494,000,000, $85,500,000 is for Operation Stonegarden, which funds state and local law enforcement work with the border agency, and $14,250,000 is for Tribal Homeland Security Grants under section 2005 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. A proviso requires Puerto Rico to pass its share through to local and tribal governments in fiscal year 2026.

What the document says

“$584,250,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604).”

The second allocation from the federal assistance account. It funds the Urban Area Security Initiative, the grant program under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 for urban areas the department treats as high risk.

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“$300,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program under section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), of which $150,000,000 is for eligible recipients located in high-risk urban areas”

The third allocation from the federal assistance account. The $300,000,000 is split evenly: $150,000,000 for eligible recipients inside the high-risk urban areas funded under section 2003, and $150,000,000 for those outside them. A proviso makes eligible recipients those described in section 2009(b) or otherwise eligible recipients at risk of a terrorist or other extremist attack.

What the document says

“$99,750,000 for Public Transportation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007”

The fourth allocation from the federal assistance account. Of the $99,750,000, $9,500,000 is for Amtrak security and $1,900,000 for over-the-road bus security. A proviso requires the public transportation share to be provided directly to public transportation agencies.

What the document says

“$95,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United States Code.”

The fifth allocation from the federal assistance account. It funds port security grants under section 70107 of title 46.

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“$684,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, of which $342,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $342,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants”

The sixth allocation from the federal assistance account. It stays available through September 30, 2027, and is split evenly between the two firefighter grant programs under sections 33 and 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974: Assistance to Firefighter Grants, which pays for equipment, and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants, which pays for firefighters.

What the document says

“$337,250,000 for emergency management performance grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)”

The seventh allocation from the federal assistance account. The paragraph lists five authorities for these grants, among them the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977.

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“$297,113,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insurance Fund”

The eighth allocation from the federal assistance account. It funds flood hazard mapping and risk analysis, adds to whatever is available under the National Flood Insurance Fund, may be added to by state and local contributions for cost-shared mapping, and stays available until spent.

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“(9) $11,400,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants. (10) $11,400,000 for Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams under section 8A of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f-2).”

The ninth and tenth allocations from the federal assistance account, each of $11,400,000. The first funds regional catastrophic preparedness grants. The second funds the rehabilitation of high hazard potential dams under section 8A of the National Dam Safety Program Act.

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“$123,500,000 for the emergency food and shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until September 30, 2027”

The eleventh allocation from the federal assistance account. It funds the emergency food and shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, stays available through September 30, 2027, and caps total administrative costs at 3.5 percent.

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“$48,000,000 for the Next Generation Warning System.”

The twelfth allocation from the federal assistance account. It funds the Next Generation Warning System. The Act names the sum and the program and says nothing further about it.

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“$272,671,513 for Community Project Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending grants, which shall be for the purposes, and the amounts, specified in the table entitled ``Homeland Security--Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending''”

The thirteenth allocation from the federal assistance account. The purposes and amounts are set by a named table in the explanatory statement described in section 4. Of the total, $82,957,854 is for emergency operations center grants under section 614 of the Stafford Act, and $189,713,659 is for pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 203 of that Act, each in addition to other money for the same purpose.

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“$478,414,000 to sustain current operations for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs”

The fourteenth and last allocation from the federal assistance account. The paragraph splits it ten ways, among them $85,711,000 for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, $95,950,000 for the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, $83,657,000 for the Biological Support Program, $72,140,000 for the United States Fire Administration, $34,465,000 for Securing the Cities and $21,266,000 for the National Exercise Program.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $26,367,000,000, to remain available until expended”

The Disaster Relief Fund, the largest single appropriation in the Act. The money stays available until spent. A proviso limits it to major disasters declared under the Stafford Act and designates it by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget.

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“For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-89; 128 Stat. 1020), $226,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027”

The National Flood Insurance Fund appropriation. The whole of it is derived from premium fees collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 rather than from the general fund. Of the total, $16,302,000 is for mission support and $209,698,000 for flood plain management and flood mapping. Further provisos cap what may be drawn from the fund during the year, including $1,505,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents and $175,000,000 for flood mitigation, and cap total administrative costs at 4 percent.

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“Funds made available under the heading ``Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency--Operations and Support'' may be made available for the necessary expenses of procuring or providing access to cybersecurity threat feeds”

Section 301. The cyber agency's operations money may be used to buy, or to provide access to, cybersecurity threat feeds for federal bodies, for state, local, tribal and territorial entities, for fusion centers as described in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act, and for Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations.

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“not more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available in paragraphs (1) through (5) under ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', may be used by the recipient for expenses directly related to administration of the grant.”

Section 302(a). For the first five grant allocations in the federal assistance account, a recipient may spend at most 5 percent of the grant on the cost of administering it. The subsection applies notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Subsection (b) extends the same authority to a state recipient administering a nonprofit security grant.

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“Applications for grants under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'', for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the receipt of an application.”

Section 303(a). For the first five grant allocations in the federal assistance account, applications must be made available to eligible applicants within 60 days of enactment, applicants have 80 days from the announcement to apply, and the Administrator must act within 65 days of receiving an application.

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“shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day past the 60-day requirement that applications are not made available to eligible applicants as required in subsection (a)”

Section 303(b). If the applications are not made available within the 60 days set by subsection (a), the money appropriated by this Act for FEMA's operations and support is cut by $100,000 for each day of delay, and the mission support amount specified for that heading in the explanatory statement table is cut by the same amount.

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“the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate five full business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an award.”

Section 304(a). For grants under most of the allocations in the federal assistance account, the Administrator must brief both Appropriations Committees five full business days before publicly announcing an intended award. Subsection (b) rescinds $1,000,000 of FEMA operations money, and cuts the mission support amount in the explanatory statement table by the same sum, if an announcement is made early.

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“for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is not considered construction of a building or other physical facility.”

Section 305. For the state homeland security and urban area grants, putting up a communications tower does not count as constructing a building or other physical facility. Grant rules elsewhere restrict how much grant money may go to construction, and this section places towers outside that category.

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“the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may grant waivers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a).”

Section 307. In making Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants, the Administrator may waive six named requirements in section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. What those requirements say is in that older act, which is not indexed here. Section 309 gives a similar waiver power over subsection (k) of section 33 for the equipment grants.

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“Each award for grants under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance'' for paragraphs (1) through (10) and (12), shall have a period of performance, as defined by 2 CFR 200.1, that shall be of not less than three years and not more than five years.”

Section 312. For eleven of the fourteen allocations in the federal assistance account, each award must carry a period of performance, as that term is defined in the federal grant regulations at 2 CFR 200.1, of at least three years and at most five.

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“The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall post an interactive dashboard on the public-facing website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency with any request for reimbursement for a covered expense, delineated by state”

Section 313(a). FEMA must publish an interactive dashboard on its public website showing requests for reimbursement of covered expenses, broken out by state and by whether the amount is individual assistance or public assistance under an emergency or major disaster declaration. A request must appear within 90 days of the agency receiving it and within 60 days of the department putting it under final review. Subsection (b) sets the minimum contents by reference to a paragraph in the explanatory statement.

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“None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to pause a training or grant funded under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--Federal Assistance''.”

Section 314(a). Money in this Act may not be used to pause a training course or a grant funded from FEMA's federal assistance account. Subsection (b) lifts the bar where the Secretary notifies both Appropriations Committees at least 10 business days in advance, subsection (c) sets what that notice must explain, and subsection (d) allows the Secretary to waive the notice in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten life or property.

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“For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for operations and support, including for the E-Verify Program, $122,941,000”

The appropriation for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that decides applications for visas, green cards, asylum and citizenship. The account paragraph names the E-Verify program as an included expense. The sum is small next to the other operating agencies in this Act, and a proviso in the same account paragraph provides that it requires no reduction in the fees the agency charges applicants.

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“such amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts made available for such purposes, and shall not be construed to require any reduction of any fee described in section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m))”

A proviso on the same account. The appropriated money is additional to whatever else is available for these purposes, and receiving it does not require the agency to lower any of the fees described in section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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“For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $379,837,000, of which $75,551,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027”

The operations and support appropriation for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, which train officers and agents for agencies across the federal government. The account paragraph allows the purchase of up to 117 police-type vehicles, and $75,551,000 of the total stays available through September 30, 2027.

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“For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers for procurement, construction, and improvements, $18,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. It stays available through September 30, 2030, and covers acquiring more real property and facilities, construction, ongoing maintenance and facility improvements.

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“For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Directorate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $352,802,000, of which $201,183,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027”

The operations and support appropriation for the Science and Technology Directorate, the department's research arm. Of the total, $201,183,000 stays available through September 30, 2027.

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“For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Directorate for procurement, construction, and improvements, $51,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030.”

The procurement, construction and improvements appropriation for the Science and Technology Directorate. The whole of it stays available through September 30, 2030.

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“For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Directorate for research and development, $426,904,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028.”

The research and development appropriation for the Science and Technology Directorate. It is larger than the directorate's operating account and stays available through September 30, 2028.

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“None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for services provided by employees”

Section 402. Money in this Act may not be used to run or approve a Circular A-76 competition over work done by immigration service employees in five named job types: Immigration Information Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, Investigative Assistants and Immigration Services Officers. The bar covers temporary and term employees as well as permanent ones.

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“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used for the collection and use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Application Support Center that is overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services personnel using appropriate technology.”

Section 403. Federal money available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used to collect and use biometrics taken at an Application Support Center that agency staff oversee remotely with suitable technology, rather than in person.

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“The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).”

Section 407. The work of the training centers' instructor staff is classified as inherently governmental under the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998, the law under which agencies list which of their functions could be performed by a private contractor.

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“No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.”

Section 501. The default rule for the whole of division A. An appropriation lapses at the end of fiscal year 2026 unless the Act expressly says it stays available longer. The many account paragraphs that say to remain available until a later date, or until expended, are the exceptions this section refers to.

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“the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.”

Section 502. Subject to the reprogramming rules in section 503, money left over from earlier appropriations for the same activities may be moved into the accounts this Act establishes, merged with what is there, and then treated as a single fund for the period the earlier act set.

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“shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that-- (1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress”

Section 503(a). Money from this Act, from earlier acts still available in fiscal year 2026, or from fee accounts, may not be spent through a reprogramming that does any of five things: creates or ends a program, project or activity, or adds to one Congress denied; contracts out work now done by federal employees; adds more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent to an existing activity, whichever is less; cuts an activity or its staffing by 10 percent or more; or follows from general savings from a staffing cut.

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“Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such reprogramming.”

Section 503(b). The five bars in subsection (a) do not apply where both Appropriations Committees are notified at least 30 days before the reprogramming takes place. In practice this converts the prohibition into a notification requirement.

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“Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer”

Section 503(c). Up to 5 percent of any of the department's current year appropriations may be moved to another appropriation, on 30 days notice to both Appropriations Committees. No appropriation may be increased by more than 10 percent by such a transfer unless the Act specifically provides otherwise. Section 549 separately bars any transfer under this subsection to the border agency for Border Security Operations.

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“Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations-- (1) based upon an initial notification provided after June 15, except in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property; (2) to increase or decrease funding for grant programs”

Section 503(d). Three outer limits that hold even where the notice requirements are met: no reprogramming on a first notification given after June 15, unless extraordinary circumstances imminently threaten life or property; none to raise or lower funding for grant programs; and none to create a program, project or activity, including a new function within one, that Congress did not approve when it passed this Act.

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“not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2026, as recorded in the financial records at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than June 15, 2027, from appropriations for ``Operations and Support'' for fiscal year 2026 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 2027”

Section 505(a). Up to half of what is left unobligated in an operations and support account at the end of fiscal year 2026 stays available through September 30, 2027, in the same account and for the same purposes. Subsection (b) requires a notification to both Appropriations Committees under section 503 before that money is committed.

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“Funds made available by this Act for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2026.”

Section 506(a). Money in this Act for intelligence activities counts as specifically authorized by Congress under section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947, until a fiscal year 2026 intelligence authorization act is passed. Subsection (b) requires amounts above the level in that authorization to be moved into the Management Directorate account, and subsection (c) requires a briefing before any transferred money is committed.

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“The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least three full business days in advance of-- (1) making or awarding a grant allocation or grant in excess of $1,000,000 or a grant made from the Disaster Relief Fund in excess of $100,000”

Section 507(a). The Secretary must give both Appropriations Committees three full business days notice before making a grant over $1,000,000, a disaster fund grant over $100,000, a contract or task order over $2,000,000, a task order drawing more than $5,000,000 from multi-year funds, or a sole-source grant, and before announcing any of them publicly. Subsection (b) allows an award without notice where compliance would pose a substantial risk to life, health or safety, with notice within three days after. Subsection (c) sets what each notice must contain.

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“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate”

Section 508. No agency may buy, build or lease an additional facility for federal law enforcement training, other than at or next to an existing site, without first notifying both Appropriations Committees. The training centers may still obtain temporary use of extra facilities by lease, contract or other agreement for training that will not fit in their existing space.

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“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been approved”

Section 509. Money in this Act may not be spent on a construction, repair, alteration or acquisition project whose prospectus, where chapter 33 of title 40 requires one, has not been approved. The section allows the necessary money to be spent on developing a proposed prospectus for each such project.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy American Act.”

Section 511. Money in this Act may not be spent contrary to the applicable provisions of the Buy American Act, which subsection (b) defines for this purpose as chapter 83 of title 41.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448).”

Section 512. Money in this Act may not be used to change the oath of allegiance that section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act requires of applicants for naturalization.

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“None of the funds provided or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the Congress after the date of enactment of this Act.”

Section 513(a). Money in this Act may not be used to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 unless Congress explicitly authorizes it after this Act is passed. Subsection (b) excepts moves of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office's functions that match a named table in the explanatory statement, and subsection (c) lets the Secretary transfer earlier years' money for that office to carry those moves out.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card.”

Section 514. Money in this Act may not be used to plan, test, pilot or develop a national identification card.

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“Any official that is required by this Act to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate may not delegate such authority to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein.”

Section 515. Where this Act requires a named official to report or certify to the Appropriations Committees, that official may not pass the duty to someone else, unless the Act specifically allows it. Several sections do allow it, by naming a designee.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.”

Section 516. Money in this Act may not pay for first-class travel by employees of the agencies it funds, except as the federal travel regulations at sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 allow.

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“none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.”

Section 518. Money in this Act may not be used to pay an award or incentive fee to a contractor whose performance has been judged below satisfactory, or which does not meet the basic requirements of the contract.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.”

Section 519(a). Money in this Act may not be used to run or set up a computer network unless the network blocks the viewing, downloading and exchanging of pornography. Subsection (b) provides that this does not limit funds needed by law enforcement or others carrying out criminal investigations, prosecutions or adjudications.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.”

Section 520. Money in this Act may not be used by a federal law enforcement officer to help transfer a working firearm to someone the officer knows or suspects is a cartel agent, unless United States law enforcement personnel monitor or control the weapon continuously.

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“None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single international conference”

Section 521(a). Money in this Act may not send more than 50 United States based employees of one component to a single international conference, unless the Secretary or a designee finds the attendance is in the national interest and notifies both Appropriations Committees within at least 10 days of that finding. Subsection (c) caps the department's total cost for any such conference at $500,000, and subsection (d) excludes employees who attend virtually.

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“None of the funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obligated for the implementation of any structural pay reform or the introduction of any new position classification that will affect more than 100 full-time positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year”

Section 523(a). No money may be committed to a structural pay reform or a new position classification affecting more than 100 full-time positions or costing more than $5,000,000 in a year until 30 days after the Secretary notifies Congress, giving the number of positions affected, the cost this year and across the Future Years Homeland Security Program, a justification, and for a pay reform an analysis of the alternatives considered. Subsection (b) excepts changes proposed in the President's budget for the year this Act funds and not denied or restricted in it.

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“Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.”

Section 524(a). An agency funded by this Act must publish on its website any report this Act requires it to give the Appropriations Committees, where the head of the agency determines that doing so serves the national interest. Subsection (b) excepts reports whose publication would compromise homeland or national security or that contain proprietary information, subsection (c) requires a wait of at least 45 days after the Committees receive the report, and subsection (d) suspends the section 503 reprogramming and transfer authority while the section is not complied with.

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“Funding provided in this Act for ``Operations and Support'' may be used for minor procurement, construction, and improvements.”

Section 525(a). Operations and support money may be used for minor procurement, construction and improvements. Subsection (b) defines minor as an item costing $250,000 or less for personal property and $4,000,000 or less for real property.

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“Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available in this Act may be used to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (including during transport, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facility) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation.”

Section 527(a). Money in this Act may not be used to restrain a woman in the department's custody who is pregnant or recovering from delivery, whether in transport, in a detention facility or at an outside medical facility. Subsection (b) allows restraints where an official makes an individualized determination that the woman is a serious flight risk or an immediate and serious threat that cannot be prevented by other means, or where a medical professional determines therapeutic restraints are appropriate.

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“In no case may restraints be used on a woman who is in active labor or delivery”

Section 527(c). Where the exceptions in subsection (b) do apply, only the safest and least restrictive restraints determined by the treating medical professional may be used. The subsection then sets absolute limits: no restraints at all during active labor or delivery, and never face down with four-point restraints, on her back, or in a belt constricting the pregnancy. A woman immobilized by restraints is to be positioned on her left side so far as is feasible.

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“None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, or other record pertaining to any-- (1) death of; (2) potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated against; or (3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or disruption committed by an individual held in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security.”

Section 528(a). Money in this Act may not be used to destroy any document, recording or other record about a death in the department's custody, a potential sexual assault or abuse against someone in custody, or an allegation of abuse, criminal activity or disruption by someone in custody. Subsection (b) requires those records to be made available, under applicable law and the rules on disclosure in litigation, to a person charged, segregated or punished as a result of such an allegation, on request.

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“the Under Secretary for Management of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for the Department of Homeland Security and separately for each departmental component, for which discretionary funding would be classified as budget function 050.”

Section 530(a). Within 10 days of the President's budget going to Congress, the Under Secretary for Management must report the department's unfunded priorities, for the department as a whole and for each component, in budget function 050. Subsection (b) requires each priority to carry a description, its objectives, account information and the added positions it would fund. Subsection (c) defines an unfunded priority as a requirement not funded in that budget which is needed for an operational or contingency plan and would have been recommended had more money been available.

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“Not later than 10 days after a determination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate protection under any authority for a former or retired Government official or employee”

Section 531(a). Within 10 days of the President deciding to evaluate and start protection for a former or retired official, the Secretary must notify congressional leadership and seven committees. Subsection (b) allows the notice to be classified and requires it to give the threat assessment, the scope of the protection and its anticipated cost and duration. Subsection (c) requires notice 15 days before extending or 30 days before terminating protection, and subsection (d) requires a quarterly report on each covered individual.

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“None of the funds provided to the Department of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may be used by an agency to submit an initial project proposal to the Technology Modernization Fund”

Section 532(a). No money may be used to send an initial project proposal to the Technology Modernization Fund unless, at the same time, the agency head notifies both Appropriations Committees, sends them a copy of the proposal and explains how the funding would supplement or supplant what the department already asked for. Subsection (b) holds any money the department receives from the Fund until 15 days after a report on it goes to the Committees, and subsection (c) lists what that report must contain.

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“Within 60 days of any budget submission for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2027 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed discretionary budget authority”

Section 533. Where the department's fiscal year 2027 budget request counts on user fees that have not been enacted, the Secretary has 60 days to tell both Appropriations Committees which specific reductions in discretionary budget authority would match those assumed revenues if the fees are not enacted before October 1, 2026.

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“None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.”

Section 534. Money in this Act may not be committed or spent to implement the Arms Trade Treaty unless and until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for it.

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“No Federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security may be used to enter into a procurement contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) or any subsidiary of such entity.”

Section 535. No federal money available to the department may be used to contract with, sign an agreement with, grant to, or lend to an entity identified under section 1260H of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization act, or any subsidiary of one. Which entities are on that list is set under Public Law 116-283, which is not indexed here.

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“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee”

Section 536. Money in this or any other Act may not be used to transfer or release into or within the United States, its territories or possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed Forces and who is or was held at Guantanamo Bay by the Department of Defense on or after June 24, 2009.

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“The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, on a monthly basis beginning immediately after the date of enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the number of migrants anticipated to arrive at the southwest border of the United States.”

Section 537(a). From enactment, the Secretary must produce monthly estimates of how many migrants are expected to arrive at the southwest border. Subsection (b) requires the estimates to cover this year and next, to break out single adults, family units and unaccompanied children, to undergo independent validation and verification, to inform planning and budgeting, and to be included in budget materials sent to Congress. Subsection (c) requires them to be shared with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice and State and with both Appropriations Committees.

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“develop estimates of the number of individuals anticipated to be detained in and removed from the United States.”

Section 538(a). From enactment, the Secretary must produce monthly estimates of how many people are expected to be detained in and removed from the United States. As with the border estimates, subsection (b) requires them to cover two fiscal years, to break out single adults and family units, to undergo independent validation and verification, and to appear in the budget materials sent to Congress, and subsection (c) requires them to be shared with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State and both Appropriations Committees.

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“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.

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“Prior to the Secretary of Homeland Security requesting assistance from the Department of Defense for border security operations, the Secretary shall ensure that an alternatives analysis and cost-benefit analysis is conducted before such request is made, which shall include an examination of obtaining such support through other means.”

Section 539(a). Before asking the Department of Defense for help with border security operations, the Secretary must see that an alternatives analysis and a cost-benefit analysis are done, including a look at getting the support another way. Subsection (b) requires a report to both Appropriations Committees within 30 days of a request, and subsection (c) requires a further report within 30 days of a request being granted and quarterly while the help continues.

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“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.

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“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”

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.

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“The levels for appropriations accounts specified for classified programs in this Act shall conform to the direction included in the classified annex accompanying this Act and shall be implemented in a manner consistent with section 545.”

Section 543. Where this Act sets a level for a classified program, that level follows the direction in the classified annex that accompanies the Act, and is to be carried out consistently with section 545. The annex itself is not public and is not indexed here.

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“Within seven days of the date of enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Department shall submit to the Committees on Appropriation of the House of Representatives and the Senate-- (1) an obligation plan by program, project, or activity for each component receiving funds from Public Law 119-21”

Section 545. Within seven days of enactment and each quarter after, the department must give both Appropriations Committees an obligation plan for each component holding money from Public Law 119-21, estimated fee collections for each component collecting new or enhanced fees under that law, split between what it keeps and what it remits, and an obligation plan for the fees it keeps.

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“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security by this Act may be used to prevent any of the following persons from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens”

Section 546(a). Money in this Act may not be used to stop a member of Congress, or an employee of either chamber designated by a member for this purpose, from entering a facility run by or for the department that detains or houses aliens, when they are there to conduct oversight. The same subsection bars any temporary modification at such a facility that alters what a visiting member or designated employee would otherwise observe.

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“Nothing in this section may be construed to require a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose of conducting oversight.”

Section 546(b). The section may not be read to require a member of Congress to give notice before entering a detention facility for oversight. Subsection (c) allows the department to require 24 hours notice from a designated congressional employee, but not from a member.

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“In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, there is appropriated $30,000,000, for an additional amount for ``The Judiciary--Supreme Court of the United States--Salaries and Expenses'', to remain available until September 30, 2028”

Section 547. An appropriation of $30,000,000 to the salaries and expenses account of the Supreme Court, available through September 30, 2028, subject to the same authorities and conditions as if it had been provided in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026. It is one of two appropriations in this Act that go outside the Department of Homeland Security.

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“There is appropriated $140,000,000 for an additional amount for ``Department of Transportation--Federal Aviation Administration--Operations'' for air traffic organization activities, to remain available until September 30, 2027”

Section 548. An appropriation of $140,000,000 to the operations account of the Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic organization activities, available through September 30, 2027, subject to the same authorities and conditions as if provided in the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2026. It is the second of the two appropriations in this Act that go outside the Department of Homeland Security.

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“That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall only use such amounts to provide a rate of pay increase for calendar year 2026 of 3.8 percent, for air traffic controllers”

A proviso on section 548. The $140,000,000 may be used only for a 3.8 percent pay increase for calendar year 2026 for air traffic controllers as defined in section 2109(1)(A) of title 5, and for controller supervisors and managers not covered by that section who manage air traffic. Further provisos condition the increase on the Administrator determining, in his sole discretion, that improvements in scheduling, staffing utilization or other operational efficiencies are achieved, and make it effective from the first pay period after January 1, 2026 if he so determines.

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“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.

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“This division may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026''.”

The line that closes division A. The division was written as a standalone appropriations act and gives itself its own short title, which is how it is cited elsewhere.

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“The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37) is further amended by substituting the date of enactment of this Act for the date specified in section 106(3).”

Section 101 of division B. A textual amendment to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, replacing the date in its section 106(3) with the date this Act was enacted, April 30, 2026. What that earlier act provides is in Public Law 119-37, which is not indexed here.

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“For the purposes of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37), the time covered by such Act shall be considered to include the period which began on or about February 14, 2026, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.”

Section 102 of division B. For the purposes of the earlier continuing appropriations act, the time it covers is treated as including the period beginning on or about February 14, 2026 during which there was a lapse in appropriations. The Act does not fix the start of that period exactly, saying on or about.

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“Amounts made available in division A of the Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37), and Public Law 119-21 for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, and such payments shall be made.”

Section 103 of division B. Money for personnel pay, allowances and benefits under division A of this Act, under the earlier continuing appropriations act and under Public Law 119-21 is available for payments under section 1341(c) of title 31, and the section provides that those payments shall be made.

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“for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government function, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of such Acts.”

Section 104 of division B. Obligations incurred, and incurred in anticipation of the money and authority given by division A of this Act and by the earlier continuing appropriations act, are ratified and approved where they were for keeping up the essential level of activity to protect life and property, for bringing about an orderly shutdown, or for other purposes authorized by law, and were otherwise in accord with those acts.

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“This division may be cited as the ``Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026''.”

The line that closes division B, and the last line of section 5. The division gives itself its own short title, which is the second of the two names the Act's own short title in section 1 points to.