H.R. 8029

Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani · 0 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act

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.

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A Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

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Sec. 218. Since introduced

(a) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a written execution plan for the funding provided by Public Law 119–21 for detention facilities, to include the following elements:

(1) the location, number of beds, and estimated cost per bed of each detention facility utilized by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the preceding quarter;

(2) the location, number of beds, and estimated cost per bed of each detention facility projected to be utilized by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the subsequent quarter;

(3) the total number of beds projected to be utilized by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement through the end of the fiscal year;

(4) any associated increase or decrease in transportation and removal operations cost estimates associated with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this section, to include removal flights; and

(5) a general overview of the desired geographic end-state for detention facilities, any new operational models or strategies related to detention capacity that will be utilized, and a comparison of current detention capacity against projected end-state capacity.

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(1) Subsequent to the submission of the written execution plan provided in subsection (a), the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing and written update to such execution plan not later than 30 days following the end of each fiscal quarter; and

(2) each briefing and written update described in paragraph (1) shall include a review of the execution of funds for the most recently completed quarter, a comparison of the actual execution of funds in relation to the planned execution of funds, and any remedial actions taken in the case of a failure to execute funding in accordance with the initial execution plan as described in subsection (a); and

(c) The initial execution plan described in subsection (a) shall be displayed unchanged for purposes of comparison in the briefings and written updates described in subsection (b).

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B Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026