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TITLE II 
SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 
INVESTIGATIONS 
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for operations and support, including the trans-
portation of unaccompanied alien minors; the provision of 
air and marine support to Federal, State, local, and inter-
national agencies in the enforcement or administration of 
laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 
at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local 
agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humani-
tarian efforts; the purchase and lease of up to 7,500 
(6,500 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; the pur-
chase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, air-
craft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with 
individuals for personal services abroad; $17,727,974,000; 
of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses re-
lated to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pur-
suant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding sec-
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tion 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $550,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2027; and of which such sums 
as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, ex-
cept sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for pay-
ment for rental space in connection with preclearance op-
erations: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 
shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $2,500,000 may be transferred to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for the maintenance and repair of roads on 
Native American reservations used by the U.S. Border Pa-
trol. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection for procurement, construction, and improve-
ments, including procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, 
and unmanned aerial systems, $222,886,000, which shall 
be for the purposes and in the amounts specified in the
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‘‘Final Bill’’ column for U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, Procurement, Construction, and Improvements, in 
the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), of which—
(1) amounts made available for Border Security 
Assets and Infrastructure, Trade and Travel Assets 
and Infrastructure, Integrated Operations Assets 
and Infrastructure, Mission Support Assets and In-
frastructure, and Radiological Detection Systems 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028; and 
(2) amounts made available for Construction 
and Facility Improvements shall remain available 
until September 30, 2030. 
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for re-
placement only) police-type vehicles; overseas vetted units; 
and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold 
improvements 
at 
owned 
and 
leased 
facilities; 
$10,036,362,000, which shall be for the purposes and in 
the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for U.S.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Operations and 
Support, in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act), of which—
(1) of the amounts made available for Home-
land Security Investigations—
(A) not less than $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for efforts to enforce 
laws against forced child labor; 
(B) $46,696,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027; 
(C) not less than $3,000,000 is for paid 
apprenticeships for participants in the Human 
Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue 
Corps; 
(D) not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
available for investigation of intellectual prop-
erty rights violations, including operation of the 
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordina-
tion Center; 
(E) $15,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for conducting special operations 
under section 3131 of the Customs Enforce-
ment Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2801); and
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(F) not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for 
awards of compensation to informants, to be ac-
counted for solely under the certificate of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security; 
(2) of the amounts made available for Enforce-
ment and Removal Operations, not to exceed 
$11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse 
other Federal agencies for the costs associated with 
the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled 
aliens unlawfully present in the United States; and 
(3) of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $11,475 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028. 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity 
Administration 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$10,635,434,000, of which $300,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception and rep-
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resentation expenses: Provided further, That security serv-
ice fees authorized under section 44940 of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and shall be available only for aviation 
security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 
under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 
on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2026 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $7,605,434,000. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $330,230,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration for research and development, 
$24,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for oper-
ations and support including the Coast Guard Reserve; 
purchase or lease of not to exceed 30 passenger motor ve-
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hicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or 
lease of small boats for contingent and emergent require-
ments (at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and 
repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total 
of $31,000,000; purchase, lease, or improvements of boats 
necessary for overseas deployments and activities; pay-
ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 
U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel-
fare; $11,272,401,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be for 
defense-related activities; of which $24,500,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028; of which $25,335,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2030, for environmental compliance and 
restoration; and of which $400,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, which shall only be avail-
able for depot level maintenance: Provided, That not to 
exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for pro-
curement, construction, and improvements, including aids 
to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at De-
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partment of Defense installations used by the Coast 
Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equipment re-
lated thereto, $991,872,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for re-
search and development; and for maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; 
$6,763,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, 
of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authori-
ties, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses 
incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family
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Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca-
reer status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under 
section 356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent 
receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay-
ments for medical care of retired personnel and their de-
pendents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
$1,249,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for operations and support, including purchase of 
not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in 
the United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in 
the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, 
and other facilities on private or other property not in 
Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to 
perform protective functions; conduct of and participation 
in firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of 
behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 
and operations; payment in advance for commercial ac-
commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 
of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence expenses of 
employees who are on protective missions, whether at or
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away from their duty stations; $3,128,304,000, of which 
$96,299,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, and of which $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028; and of which $6,000,000 shall 
be for a grant for activities related to investigations of 
missing and exploited children; and of which up to 
$33,000,000 may be for calendar year 2025 premium pay 
in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the 
rate of pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay 
for Protective Services Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), 
as last amended by Public Law 118–38: Provided, That 
not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 
equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in 
criminal investigations within the jurisdiction of the 
United States Secret Service. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$118,517,000, of which $96,167,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028, and of which $22,350,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2030.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $3,250,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of 
Public Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation 
limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made avail-
able in this Act in the same manner as such section ap-
plied to funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fis-
cal year 2026’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the head-
ings ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations 
and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ 
shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to 
maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 
in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition 
to funding provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 
from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad-
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jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con-
solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup-
port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this 
appropriation in fiscal year 2026 from amounts authorized 
to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–
125), or other such authorizing language. 
(b) To the extent that amounts realized from such 
collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess 
of $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im-
porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 
with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided,
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That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre-
scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 
further, That the prescription drug may not be—
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
262). 
SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation 
and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of 
title 46, United States Code, for the transportation of 
crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 
consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of 
Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 
United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 
measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels. 
(b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
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Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
within two business days of any request for waivers of 
navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 
501(b) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to 
such transportation, and the disposition of such requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
not—
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 
Southern border or the Northern border at a land 
port of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 
means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay 
for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the 
Northern border at a land port of entry. 
SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure 
plan for any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be 
obligated prior to the submission of such plan. 
SEC. 209. (a) Funds made available in this Act may 
be used to alter operations within the National Targeting 
Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the compo-
nents funded by this Act, may be used to reduce antici-
pated or planned vetting operations at existing locations 
unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available for Bor-
der Security Assets and Infrastructure under the heading 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements’’ in this Act or prior ap-
propriations Acts shall be used for the procurement or de-
ployment of surveillance systems that are not autonomous, 
as such term is defined in section 90004 of Public Law 
119–21.
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SEC. 211. The Secretary shall ensure that the No-
vember 30, 2021, policy statement from U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection titled ‘‘Policy Statement and Required 
Actions Regarding Pregnant, Postpartum, Nursing Indi-
viduals, and Infants in Custody,’’ or substantively similar 
standards of treatment developed in consultation with ma-
ternal and pediatric health providers and experts, are in 
effect and are fully implemented to safeguard the health, 
safety, and rights of pregnant women in U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection custody. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—
Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue a dele-
gation of law enforcement authority authorized under sec-
tion 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 
Inspector General determines that the terms of the agree-
ment governing the delegation of authority have been ma-
terially violated. 
SEC. 213. (a) None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—
Operations and Support’’ may be used to continue any 
contract for the provision of detention services if the two 
most recent overall performance evaluations received by 
the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or the
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equivalent median score in any subsequent performance 
evaluation system. 
(b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub-
section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Respon-
sibility. 
SEC. 214. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 
may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 215. The reports required to be submitted under 
section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116–
260) shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each 
matter required to be included in such reports by such 
section 216 shall apply in the same manner and to the 
same extent during the period described in such section 
216. 
SEC. 216. The terms and conditions of sections 216 
and 217 of the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) 
shall apply to this Act.
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SEC. 217. (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 pro-
vided 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 require-
ments; 
(2) incorporate and delineate all funding 
sources available to U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, to include unobligated carryover bal-
ances and fees; and 
(3) contain data-driven assumptions for major 
contract costs, projected personnel levels, and oper-
ational 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, includ-
ing prior year;
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(2) carryover from prior year unobligated bal-
ances; 
(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 do-
mestic and international investigative mission areas, 
including countering fentanyl and child exploitation; 
(7) the rate of operations for the Custody Oper-
ations, Alternatives to Detention, and Transpor-
tation 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 begin-
ning of the month following the submission of the initial 
obligation plan as described in subsection (a).
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(d)(1) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port—Executive Leadership and Oversight’’, $100,000, 
which shall be made available for Mission Support—Exec-
utive 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. 
SEC. 218. (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
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on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement 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 uti-
lized by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement through the end of the fiscal 
year; 
(4) any associated increase or decrease in trans-
portation and removal operations cost estimates as-
sociated 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 de-
tention capacity against projected end-state capacity. 
(b)(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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a briefing and written update
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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 execu-
tion of funds for the most recently completed quar-
ter, 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 execu-
tion plan as described in subsection (a); and 
(c) The initial execution plan described in subsection 
(a) shall be displayed unchanged for purposes of compari-
son in the briefings and written updates described in sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 219. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act or any other Act may be used to reduce the pres-
ence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
attache´s or liaisons at international U.S. embassies or con-
sulates for the purposes of international investigations or 
partnerships with foreign law enforcement. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a reduction of 
presence in a specific country if—
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in col-
laboration with the Secretary of State, provides a 
written explanation of how maintaining a collabo-
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rative investigatory presence in a specific country 
undermines U.S. foreign policy interests in that 
country to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate; or 
(2) a country requests the cessation of collabo-
rative law enforcement activities performed by the 
attache´ or liaison stationed at the embassy or con-
sulate to their country. 
SEC. 220. (a) Members of the United States House 
of Representatives and the United States Senate, includ-
ing the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and com-
missions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De-
partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor-
ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor-
neys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior 
members of the Executive Office of the President, includ-
ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 
screening. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the components funded 
by this Act may be used to carry out legislation altering
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the applicability of the screening requirements outlined in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 221. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2026, any funds in 
the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 
for the procurement and installation of explosives detec-
tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree-
ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec-
tion 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 222. Not later than 45 days after the submis-
sion of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a single report that fulfills 
the following requirements: 
(1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained 
and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin-
uous and sustained capital investment in new, and 
the replacement of aged, transportation security 
equipment; 
(2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re-
quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland
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Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of 
the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 
(Public Law 113–245); and 
(3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screen-
ing Technologies report as required by the Senate 
Report accompanying the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 
115–283). 
SEC. 223. Section 515(b) of Public Law 108–334 (49 
U.S.C. 44945 note) is amended by striking ‘‘report’’ each 
place it appears (including in the subsection heading) and 
inserting ‘‘briefing’’ and by striking ‘‘transmit to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘provide’’. 
SEC. 224. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 
and Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for rec-
reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 
States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from 
owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—
Operations and Support’’. 
(b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay 
expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 
section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel 
applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel
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documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 
121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu-
mentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a future-years capital invest-
ment plan as described in the second proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall 
be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth pro-
visos under such heading. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems 
Center mission or its government-employed or contract 
staff levels. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, 
a competition under Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the 
Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
SEC. 228. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
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neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 
Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 
civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a 
statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 229. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 
Housing Fund in fiscal year 2026 shall be available until 
expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 
14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
SEC. 230. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Coast 
Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’, 
$98,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2030, for the procurement and acquisition of MQ–9 air-
craft and associated base stations, equipment related to 
such aircraft and associated base stations, and program 
management for such aircraft and base stations. 
(b) None of the funds made available for the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may 
be used to procure or acquire long-range unmanned air-
craft with kinetic capabilities or to equip any long-range 
unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available to the 
United States Coast Guard by this Act may be available
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for implementation of Force Design 2028 until the Coast 
Guard provides the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate detailed brief-
ings on the initiatives of organization, people, technology, 
and contracting and acquisitions. 
SEC. 232. The United States Secret Service is au-
thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 
of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving 
training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 
year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 233. (a) None of the funds made available to 
the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 
appropriations Acts may be made available for the protec-
tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security. 
(b) The Director of the United States Secret Service 
may enter into agreements to provide such protection on 
a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 234. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this 
Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’.
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SEC. 235. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi-
tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 
the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des-
ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days 
in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex-
penditures. 
SEC. 236. Of the amounts made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’, $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be distributed as a grant or coopera-
tive agreement for existing National Computer Forensics 
Institute facilities currently used by the United States Se-
cret Service to carry out activities under section 383 of 
title 6, United States Code. 
SEC. 237. (a) Section 118 of the Treasury and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (5 U.S.C. 
5547 note) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘(or, for 2024, to the extent that such aggregate amount 
would exceed the per annum rate of salary payable under 
section 104 of title 3, United States Code)’’ before the 
period at the end.
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(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on 
December 31, 2023. 
(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2028, 
the Director shall submit to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate; the 
Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 
Oversight and Accountability, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate of Con-
gress a report describing the steps that the United States 
Secret Service is taking to address the increased protective 
service demands placed upon United States Secret Service 
personnel. 
(d) Each report required under subparagraph (c) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the current (as of the date 
on which the report is submitted) operational de-
mands and staffing levels with respect to the United 
States Secret Service. 
(2) Recommended strategies for reducing over-
time requirements for United States Secret Service 
personnel, including—
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(i) the appointment of additional per-
sonnel; 
(ii) solutions such that sufficient re-
sources are available throughout each year 
without the need for exceptions to, or waiv-
ers of, premium pay limitations; 
(iii) the redistribution of workload 
among United States Secret Service per-
sonnel; and 
(iv) other improvements in operational 
efficiency with respect to the United States 
Secret Service. 
(e) Within the reports required under paragraphs (3) 
and (4) of section 2(c) of the Overtime Pay for Protective 
Services Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–38; 138 Stat. 13) 
that are submitted after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director shall include information about—
(1) the average number of overtime hours and 
range of number of overtime hours completed by 
United States Secret Service personnel receiving pre-
mium pay above the pay limitation in subsection (a) 
of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) the average number of overtime hours and 
range of number of overtime hours completed by 
United States Secret Service personnel who are not
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TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 
AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for operations and support, 
$2,218,634,000, which shall be for the purposes and in 
the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Oper-
ations and Support in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Se-
curity Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), of which amounts 
made available for Risk Management Operations, National 
Infrastructure Simulation Analysis Center shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not 
to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements, $386,464,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028.