$9,550,000,000 is appropriated to hire and equip Border Patrol agents and support personnel
What the document says“there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,550,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel to conduct functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions.”
Subsection (a) appropriates $9,550,000,000 to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, in addition to amounts otherwise available. The money remains available until September 30, 2029. It is for hiring, paying, training and equipping Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel, and is confined to functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions.
What the document actually says“there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,550,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel to conduct functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions.”
Congress sets aside $9,550,000,000 for the head of the border force. It may be spent up to September 30, 2029. It pays to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and support staff. The work must be other work, not immigration work or customs work.
The money is new. It comes on top of what the border force already gets. Title I of this law pays for work that is not immigration work. This part sits in Title I.
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