Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
Sponsored By: Representative DeLauro
Introduced
Summary
DHS funding with strict oversight. This bill would set FY2026 funding levels across the Department of Homeland Security and attach detailed reporting, transfer limits, and program rules to many accounts.
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21 provisions identified: 12 benefits, 3 costs, 6 mixed.
Aviation safety funding and controller raises
If enacted, the bill would appropriate $140,000,000 for a possible 3.8% pay raise for air traffic controllers and some supervisors for calendar year 2026. The raise would take effect the first pay period after January 1, 2026 only if the FAA Administrator finds required workforce and operational efficiencies. Also for fiscal year 2026, the Aviation Security Capital Fund could buy and install explosives detection systems and use other transaction agreements to fund airport security projects.
Cuts to DHS unobligated balances
If enacted, the bill would cancel specified unobligated balances across many DHS accounts. Examples include a $2,362,000 rescission from the DHS Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, and larger rescissions such as $52,349,050 from CISA and $19,650,000 from TSA. Amounts Congress designated as emergency requirements would not be rescinded.
More cybersecurity feeds and CISA funding
If enacted, the bill would let CISA use Operations and Support funds to buy or provide access to cybersecurity threat feeds for federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers, and certain information-sharing organizations. The bill would also direct a $99,750,000 transfer from an unobligated cyber response fund into CISA Operations and Support.
Faster FEMA grants and transparency
If enacted, FEMA would have to post certain grant applications within 60 days. Applicants would need to file within 80 days after the announcement, and FEMA would have to act within 65 days of receipt. FEMA Operations and Support would be cut by $100,000 for each day FEMA misses the 60-day posting deadline. FEMA would also post a public dashboard of reimbursement requests within 90 days of receipt (or 60 days after DHS final review). For some FEMA grants, installing communications towers would not count as "construction." Prior unobligated predisaster mitigation balances would be moved into the statutory mitigation set-aside.
FEMA grant rules and reporting
This bill would tighten how FEMA runs certain grants and how it reports on disaster funds. It would cap administrative charges on some FEMA grants at 5 percent and require grant performance periods to run at least 3 years but no more than 5 years. FEMA would have to brief committees before announcing some awards and could lose $1,000,000 of Operations and Support if it announces too soon. The bill would also add daily penalties for late Disaster Relief Fund reports and for too many overdue reimbursements, and move unused flood-mapping and predisaster mitigation money into designated FEMA accounts.
Limits on DHS fund moves
This bill would limit how DHS can reprogram and move money in fiscal year 2026. It would bar many reprogrammings without 30 days' notice and let some transfers up to 5 percent with notice, but no account may be raised more than 10 percent by transfer. The Secretary could still move up to $20 million to a specified immigration fund with 5 days' notice and some intelligence funds would be treated as authorized for FY2026 with rules to transfer excess to management accounts. DHS could also carry up to 50 percent of unused Operations and Support balances into FY2027 with notice.
More Coast Guard housing funds
If enacted, amounts deposited into the Coast Guard Housing Fund in fiscal year 2026 would be available until spent. Those deposits would be in addition to other housing funds for Coast Guard housing purposes.
Extra funding for Supreme Court
If enacted, the bill would provide $30,000,000 for Supreme Court salaries and expenses. Those funds would remain available until September 30, 2028, and follow the same rules as the similar 2026 Judiciary appropriation heading.
FLETC instructor jobs and facilities
If enacted, the bill would treat Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers instructor functions as inherently governmental, which would limit outsourcing of those teaching jobs. The bill would also let the FLETC Director accept Economy Act transfers from other agencies to build special-use facilities and require FLETC to keep ownership and control after completion.
Limits on DHS ID and intelligence
This bill would bar DHS from using funds in this Act to plan, test, pilot, or develop a national identification card. It would also prohibit the Office of Intelligence and Analysis from using these funds for certain "covered activities" defined in the 2025 Intelligence Authorization Act, while preserving privacy and civil rights oversight and specified intelligence sharing.
More oversight and equal screening
This bill would say many top officials must go through the same passenger and baggage screening as the public, including Members of Congress, agency heads, certain Justice Department leaders, and senior White House staff. It would also let a Member of Congress or staff they name enter immigration detention facilities for oversight, and bar changing facility conditions to hide what visitors see. If DHS disobeys the detention access rules, it could lose certain reprogramming and transfer authority for the fiscal year.
More oversight of DHS contracts
This bill would give Congress more regular oversight of DHS procurement and awards. DHS must notify committees before large awards and brief committees quarterly on major acquisition programs. The bill also requires a report listing noncompetitive grants and contracts and an Inspector General review of those awards.
TSA capital and technology plan
This bill would require the TSA Administrator to send one report within 45 days after the President's budget. The report would include a constrained and unconstrained capital investment plan, a five-year technology investment plan, and a passenger screening technology report. The goal is to improve planning for screening equipment and technology investments.
Funding and rules for training
This bill would let the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers pay agencies for costs of participating in training accreditation. It would name the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board to lead evaluations. The bill would also provide $2,000,000 for existing computer forensics training facilities used by the Secret Service.
Protecting federal jobs from outsourcing
This bill would bar using funds in this Act to run public-private competitions for certain federal jobs. It would prevent A-76 competitions for the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center and for several USCIS job categories. It would also block funds from being used to reduce the Coast Guard Operations Systems Center mission or staffing.
DHS working capital spending flexibility
If enacted, the bill would let DHS working capital fund balances be obligated and spent in anticipation of reimbursements from DHS components. This applies section 504 working capital authorities to funds in this Act and gives DHS parts more cash-flow flexibility. It would not change household taxes or benefits directly.
Limits on DHS conference attendance
This bill would limit DHS-paid travel to no more than 50 employees from a single DHS component to attend any single international conference, unless the Secretary determines attendance is in the national interest and gives 10 days' prior notice to Appropriations Committees. It would cap DHS's total cost for any such conference at $500,000. Virtual attendees who do not travel would not count toward the 50-person limit.
Stricter planning for DHS projects
This bill would require more documentation and approvals before DHS starts pilots, construction, or acquisition projects. New pilots that use more than 10 full-time employees or cost $5,000,000 or more would need written goals, methods, and plans before funds could be obligated, and agencies could not obligate funds for construction projects without an approved prospectus. Agencies could still spend limited money to prepare prospectuses.
USCIS vehicles and virtual biometrics
This bill would let USCIS buy up to five replacement vehicles where GSA does not lease cars and allow those cars to be used for commuting if authorized. It would also allow USCIS to use biometrics collected at some Application Support Centers when biometric collection is overseen virtually by USCIS staff. The bill would bar using these funds to hire workers described in 8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3).
Coast Guard fees and travel rules
This bill would require Coast Guard recreational vessel documentation costs to be covered by yacht fees credited to the Coast Guard fund. If yacht fees do not cover the work and a backlog exists, staff who handle other vessel documentation may be reassigned. The bill would also bar using funds to allow DHS use of any Coast Guard G-700 aircraft for travel and require the Office of the Secretary to pay for aircraft travel by the Secretary and Deputy Secretary.
Secret Service staffing and travel rules
This bill would change several Secret Service rules on staffing, pay authority, training reimbursements, and protective travel. It would update certain funding references and require the Director to report on overtime and staffing within 180 days and annually through 2028. The Secret Service could obligate training costs in anticipation of reimbursements within year-end limits and would need to notify committees before protective travel. The bill would also bar using Secret Service funds to protect heads of other Federal agencies unless they fully reimburse the Service.
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DeLauro
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Case
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