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H.R. 7481119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Feb 11, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
Introduced:
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The bill funds DHS for October 2025-September 2026, including over $26 billion for disaster relief.
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This bill sets fiscal year 2026 funding levels for DHS and its major agencies, covering operations, equipment, construction, and research programs. It also includes over $26 billion in disaster relief and grants for homeland security, firefighting, port security, transit security, and emergency management.
The bill affects DHS agencies including TSA, Coast Guard, Secret Service, CISA, FEMA, USCIS, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. It also indirectly affects travelers, disaster survivors, immigrants, local fire and police departments, and DHS employees and contractors.
The bill adds reporting requirements, restricts new pilot programs and certain surveillance activities, limits Secret Service protection funding, and blocks the Coast Guard from acquiring armed long-range drones, shaping how DHS agencies can spend and operate.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.