I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7147 
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2026 
Mr. COLE introduced the following bill; which was 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL 
MANAGEMENT, 
INTEL-
LIGENCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND 
OVERSIGHT 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for operations and support, 
$316,295,000, which shall be for the purposes and in the 
amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Office 
of the Secretary and Executive Management, Operations 
and Support, in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations 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 $14,050,000 of 
amounts made available for Management and Oversight, 
Office of Health Security and $8,000,000 of amounts 
made available for Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans 
shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That $5,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until 
the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate re-
sponses to all questions for the record for each hearing 
on the fiscal year 2027 budget submission for the Depart-
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ment of Homeland Security held by such Committees prior 
to July 1: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
and for executive management for procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements, $8,911,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028. 
MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for operations and support, including vehicle fleet 
modernization, $1,690,380,000, which shall be for the 
purposes and in the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ 
column for Management Directorate, Operations and Sup-
port, in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Management Direc-
torate for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
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$58,106,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028. 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE 
The revenues and collections of security fees credited 
to this account shall be available until expended for nec-
essary expenses related to the protection of federally 
owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 
Federal Protective Service. 
INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND SITUATIONAL 
AWARENESS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis and the Office of Homeland Security Situa-
tional 
Awareness 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$340,819,000, of which $121,274,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $3,825 shall for be official reception and representa-
tion expenses and not to exceed $2,000,000 is available 
for facility needs associated with secure space at fusion 
centers, including improvements to buildings. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for operations and support, $257,599,000, of 
which $20,000,000 shall be for additional inspections and 
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oversight of detention facilities and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027, and of which $12,814,000 shall 
be for oversight of the execution of funds provided in Pub-
lic Law 119–21: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 
may be used for certain confidential operational expenses, 
including the payment of informants, to be expended at 
the direction of the Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2026, 
to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by any 
means other than full and open competition during fiscal 
years 2025 or 2026. 
(b) The Inspector General shall review the report re-
quired by subsection (a) to assess departmental compli-
ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 
results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than February 15, 2027. 
SEC. 102. (a) Not later than 30 days after the last 
day of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the De-
partment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a monthly budget and staffing report that 
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includes total obligations of the Department for that 
month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and 
program, project, and activity levels, by the source year 
of the appropriation. 
(b) The initial staffing report submitted pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be the baseline for which the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security may increase or decrease 
staffing levels for any program, project, or activity pursu-
ant to section 503(a)(4) of this Act. 
SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate of any proposed transfers 
of funds available under section 9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, 
United States Code, from the Department of the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(b) None of the funds identified for such a transfer 
may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied of the proposed transfer. 
SEC. 104. All official costs associated with the use 
of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Secu-
rity personnel to support official travel of the Secretary 
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and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts 
made available for the Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 105. (a) The Under Secretary for Management 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not later than 45 days 
after the end of each fiscal quarter on all Level 1 and 
Level 2 acquisition programs on the Master Acquisition 
Oversight List between Acquisition Decision Event and 
Full Operational Capability, including programs that have 
been removed from such list during the preceding quarter. 
(b) For each such program, the briefing described in 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a description of the purpose of the program, 
including the capabilities being acquired and the 
component(s) sponsoring the acquisition; 
(2) the total number of units, as appropriate, to 
be acquired annually until procurement is complete 
under the current acquisition program baseline; 
(3) the Acquisition Review Board status, in-
cluding— 
(A) the current acquisition phase by incre-
ment, as applicable; 
(B) the date of the most recent review; and 
(C) whether the program has been paused 
or is in breach status; 
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(4) a comparison between the initial Depart-
ment-approved acquisition program baseline cost, 
schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives 
and the program’s current such thresholds and ob-
jectives, if applicable; 
(5) the lifecycle cost estimate, adjusted for com-
parison to the Future Years Homeland Security 
Program, including— 
(A) the confidence level for the estimate; 
(B) the fiscal years included in the esti-
mate; 
(C) a breakout of the estimate for the 
prior five years, the current year, and the budg-
et year; 
(D) a breakout of the estimate by appro-
priation account or other funding source; and 
(E) a description of and rationale for any 
changes to the estimate as compared to the pre-
viously approved baseline, as applicable, and 
during the prior fiscal year; 
(6) a summary of the findings of any inde-
pendent verification and validation of the items to be 
acquired or an explanation for why no such 
verification and validation has been performed; 
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(7) a table displaying the obligation of all pro-
gram funds by prior fiscal year, the estimated obli-
gation of funds for the current fiscal year, and an 
estimate for the planned carryover of funds into the 
subsequent fiscal year; 
(8) a listing of prime contractors and major 
subcontractors; and 
(9) narrative descriptions of risks to cost, 
schedule, or performance that could result in a pro-
gram breach if not successfully mitigated. 
(c) The Under Secretary for Management shall sub-
mit each approved Acquisition Decision Memorandum for 
programs described in this section to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate not later than five business days after the date of 
approval of such memorandum by the Under Secretary for 
Management or the designee of the Under Secretary for 
Management. 
SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds made available to 
the Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior 
appropriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot 
or demonstration unless the component or office carrying 
out such pilot or demonstration has documented the infor-
mation described in subsection (c). 
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(b) Prior to the obligation of any such funds made 
available for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ for a new pilot 
or demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the information described in subsection (c). 
(c) The information required under subsections (a) 
and (b) for a pilot or demonstration shall include the fol-
lowing— 
(1) documented objectives that are well-defined 
and measurable; 
(2) an assessment methodology that details— 
(A) the type and source of assessment 
data; 
(B) the methods for, and frequency of, col-
lecting such data; and 
(C) how such data will be analyzed; and 
(3) an implementation plan, including mile-
stones, cost estimates, and implementation sched-
ules, including a projected end date. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of comple-
tion of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection 
(e), the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate detailing lessons 
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learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or continu-
ation of the pilot or demonstration, and any planned tran-
sition of such pilot or demonstration into an enduring pro-
gram or operation. 
(e) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
onstration program is a study, demonstration, experi-
mental program, or trial that— 
(1) is a small-scale, short-term experiment con-
ducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, 
costs, or adverse events, and improve upon the de-
sign of an effort prior to implementation of a larger 
scale effort; and 
(2) uses more than 10 full-time equivalents or 
obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or 
more, but does not include congressionally directed 
programs or enhancements and does not include pro-
grams that were in operation as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(f) For the purposes of this section, a pilot or dem-
onstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or ini-
tial deployment phase executed under a procurement con-
tract for the acquisition of information technology services 
or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by 
a non-Federal recipient under any financial assistance 
agreement funded by the Department. 
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SEC. 107. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used by the Of-
fice of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of 
Homeland Security to conduct a covered activity (as de-
fined by section 6303 of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2025 (division F of Public Law 118–159)). 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as lim-
iting or superseding the authority of any official within 
the Department of Homeland Security to conduct legal, 
privacy, civil rights, or civil liberties oversight of the intel-
ligence activities of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit, or to limit the authority of, personnel of the Office 
of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Home-
land Security from sharing intelligence information with, 
or receiving information from— 
(1) foreign, State, local, tribal, or territorial 
governments (or any agency or subdivision thereof); 
(2) the private sector; or 
(3) other elements of the Federal Government, 
including the components of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
SEC. 108. (a) The Inspector General shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on a quarterly basis on over-
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sight of the funding provided to the Department in Public 
Law 119–21. 
(b) The quarterly report required in subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a review of the spend plans for every pro-
gram, project, or activity funded by the Department 
under Public Law 119–21, including the current sta-
tus of obligated funds compared to spend plan pro-
jections; and 
(2) a summary of the audits being conducted on 
the Department’s contracting, procurement, and ac-
quisition activities resulting from Public Law 119– 
21. 
(c) Beginning one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Inspector General 
shall submit a comprehensive report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the audits, inspections, and evaluations con-
ducted on funds provided and activities undertaken in 
Public Law 119–21 and shall also provide recommenda-
tions in such report on ways to improve effectiveness and 
efficiency and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of such pro-
grams and funds. 
SEC. 109. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Office 
of the Secretary and Executive Management—Operations 
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and Support—Office of the Secretary’’, $20,000,000, for 
the procurement, deployment, and operations of body- 
worn cameras for agents and officers performing enforce-
ment activities under 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. 
(b) Within 30 days of the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a spend plan for the execution of funding provided in sub-
section (a). 
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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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(14) $478,414,000 to sustain current oper-
ations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 
and other programs, of which— 
(A) $85,711,000 is for the Center for Do-
mestic Preparedness; 
(B) $17,100,000 is for the Center for 
Homeland Defense and Security; 
(C) $33,366,000 is for the Emergency 
Management Institute; 
(D) $72,140,000 is for the United States 
Fire Administration; 
(E) $95,950,000 is for the National Do-
mestic Preparedness Consortium; 
(F) $15,200,000 is for Continuing Train-
ing Grants; 
(G) $21,266,000 is for the National Exer-
cise Program; 
(H) $83,657,000 is for the Biological Sup-
port Program; 
(I) $34,465,000 is for the Securing the 
Cities Program; and 
(J) $19,559,000 is for Countering Weap-
ons of Mass Destruction Training, Exercises, 
and Readiness. 
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