H.R. 7744

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

Sponsor: Tom Cole · 0 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

This bill provides appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of FY2026. It also ends the partial DHS shutdown that began on February 14, 2026, because the continuing resolution (CR) that was funding DHS expired and a regular FY2026 DHS appropriations bill had not been enacted. 

Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to DHS for Departmental Management, Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and Oversight, including

  • the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management;
  • the Management Directorate;
  • Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness; and
  • the Office of Inspector General.

In addition, the bill provides appropriations for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, including

  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
  • the Transportation Security Administration,
  • the U.S. Coast Guard, and
  • the U.S. Secret Service.

The bill provides appropriations for Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, including

  • the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and
  • the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The bill provides appropriations for Research, Development, Training, and Services, including

  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
  • the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, and
  • the Science and Technology Directorate.

The bill also authorizes back pay, in accordance with current law, for federal employees who were affected by the partial DHS shutdown.

Finally, the bill ratifies and approves certain obligations that were incurred during the partial DHS shutdown, including obligations incurred to maintain the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bring about an orderly termination of government functions.

Text of the bill

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A Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

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Sec. 217. Since introduced

(a) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall provide a briefing and submit an initial, written obligation plan for funding provided under the heading U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in this or any other Act, including prior Acts, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which shall—

(1) be delineated by month, level II program, project, and activity, and pay and non-pay requirements;

(2) incorporate and delineate all funding sources available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to include unobligated carryover balances and fees; and

(3) contain data-driven assumptions for major contract costs, projected personnel levels, and operational and policy considerations.

(b) The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall provide monthly briefings and written updates to the plan required in subsection (a), which shall include, at a minimum, the following information as of the conclusion of the preceding month—

(1) actual obligations and expenditures, including prior year;

(2) carryover from prior year unobligated balances;

(3) resource projections for the remainder of the fiscal year;

(4) payroll projections for the remainder of the fiscal year, based on forecasted gains and losses;

(5) identification of any contracts with a period of performance extending beyond the current fiscal year;

(6) obligations and expenditures for specific domestic and international investigative mission areas, including countering fentanyl and child exploitation;

(7) the rate of operations for the Custody Operations, Alternatives to Detention, and Transportation and Removal Operations programs, projects, and activities, which shall include a projection of the exhaustion of funds based on current resources and operational levels; and

(8) the initial obligation plan as described in subsection (a), displayed unchanged for the purposes of comparison.

(c) The monthly updates required by subsection (b) shall be submitted no later than 15 days after the beginning of the month following the submission of the initial obligation plan as described in subsection (a).

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(1) For an additional amount for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support—Executive Leadership and Oversight, $100,000, which shall be made available for Mission Support—Executive Leadership and Oversight on the sixteenth day of each month, in a total amount for the fiscal year not to exceed $700,000.

(2) Beginning 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, amounts in paragraph (1) shall only be made available for obligation in a given month if the reporting requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section are provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within the timeframe required pursuant to subsections (a) and (c), respectively.

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B Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026