$3,450,000,000 is appropriated for border security, technology and screening
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, to remain available until September 30, 2029, $3,450,000,000 for the following:”
Subsection (a) appropriates $3,450,000,000 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. Six numbered purposes follow, and the subsection sets no separate amount for any one of them.
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, to remain available until September 30, 2029, $3,450,000,000 for the following:”
Congress sets aside $3,450,000,000 for the head of the border force. It may be spent up to September 30, 2029. Six uses for it come next.
The law does not split the sum six ways. It gives one pot and one list. The head of the border force decides how much goes where.
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