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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,667,038,000: Provided, That not less than $3,000,000 
shall be for the Emergency Management Assistance Com-
pact: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $156,419,000, of which $92,794,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028, and of which 
$63,625,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2030. 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 
cooperative 
agreements, 
and 
other 
activities, 
$3,836,748,513, which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $494,000,000 for the State Homeland Secu-
rity Grant Program under section 2004 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of 
which 
$85,500,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Operation 
Stonegarden and $14,250,000 shall be for Tribal
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Homeland Security Grants under section 2005 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 606): 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of 
such section 2004, for fiscal year 2026, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to 
local and tribal governments amounts provided to 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this para-
graph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such 
section 2004. 
(2) $584,250,000 for the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604). 
(3) $300,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security 
Grant Program under section 2009 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), of which 
$150,000,000 is for eligible recipients located in 
high-risk urban areas that receive funding under 
section 2003 of such Act and $150,000,000 is for el-
igible recipients that are located outside such areas: 
Provided, That eligible recipients are those described 
in section 2009(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609a(b)) 
or are an otherwise eligible recipient at risk of a ter-
rorist or other extremist attack. 
(4) $99,750,000 for Public Transportation Se-
curity Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and
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Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sec-
tions 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 
$9,500,000 shall be for Amtrak security and 
$1,900,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: 
Provided, That such public transportation security 
assistance shall be provided directly to public trans-
portation agencies. 
(5) $95,000,000 for Port Security Grants in ac-
cordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 
States Code. 
(6) $684,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, of which $342,000,000 shall be 
for 
Assistance 
to 
Firefighter 
Grants 
and 
$342,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate 
Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sec-
tions 33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Pre-
vention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 
and 2229a). 
(7) $337,250,000 for emergency management 
performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Haz-
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ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), sec-
tion 762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(8) $297,113,000 for necessary expenses for 
Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addi-
tion to and to supplement any other sums appro-
priated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, 
and such additional sums as may be provided by 
States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 
mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101(f)(2)), to remain available until expended. 
(9) $11,400,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre-
paredness Grants. 
(10) $11,400,000 for Rehabilitation of High 
Hazard Potential Dams under section 8A of the Na-
tional Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f–2). 
(11) $123,500,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program under title III of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for 
total administrative costs. 
(12) $48,000,000 for the Next Generation 
Warning System.
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(13) $272,671,513 for Community Project 
Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending 
grants, which shall be for the purposes, and the 
amounts, specified in the table entitled ‘‘Homeland 
Security—Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ under the ‘‘Disclosure of 
Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending 
Items’’ heading in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act), of which—
(A) $82,957,854, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purpose, is 
for emergency operations center grants under 
section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5196c); and 
(B) $189,713,659, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available for such purpose, is 
for pre-disaster mitigation grants under section 
203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(e)), notwithstanding subsections (f), (g), 
and (l) of that section (42 U.S.C. 5133(f), (g), 
(l)).
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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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DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $26,367,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount 
shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the 
Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the 
Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home-
owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), $226,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, which shall be derived 
from offsetting amounts collected under section 1308(d) 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)); of which $16,302,000 shall be available for mis-
sion support associated with flood management; and of 
which $209,698,000 shall be available for flood plain man-
agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi-
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posited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supple-
ment other amounts specified as available for section 1366 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwith-
standing section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through 
(3) of section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 
4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total 
administrative costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total 
appropriation: Provided further, That up to $4,000,000 is 
available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood 
Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—Op-
erations and Support’’ may be made available for the nec-
essary expenses of procuring or providing access to 
cybersecurity threat feeds for branches, agencies, inde-
pendent agencies, corporations, establishments, and in-
strumentalities of the Federal Government of the United 
States, State, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion 
centers as described in section 210A of the Homeland Se-
curity Act (6 U.S.C. 124h), and Information Sharing and 
Analysis Organizations.
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SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
609(a)(12)) or any other provision of law, not more than 
5 percent of the amount of a grant made available in para-
graphs (1) through (5) under ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by 
the recipient for expenses directly related to administra-
tion of the grant. 
(b) The authority provided in subsection (a) shall also 
apply to a state recipient for the administration of a grant 
under such paragraph (3). 
SEC. 303. (a) Applications for grants under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 
Assistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (5), shall be 
made available to eligible applicants not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, eligible applicants 
shall submit applications not later than 80 days after the 
grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 
days after the receipt of an application. 
(b) Amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency—Operations and Sup-
port’’ shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day past the 
60-day requirement that applications are not made avail-
able to eligible applicants as required in subsection (a),
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and the amount made available under such heading and 
specified 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) for Mission Support shall 
be correspondingly reduced by an equivalent amount. 
SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for 
grants under paragraphs (1) through (5), (9), and (10) 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate five full busi-
ness days in advance of announcing publicly the intention 
of making an award. 
(b) If any such public announcement is made before 
five full business days have elapsed following such briefing, 
$1,000,000 of amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Operations and 
Support’’ shall be rescinded, and the amount made avail-
able under such heading and specified 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) for 
Mission Support shall be correspondingly reduced by an 
equivalent amount.
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SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of commu-
nications towers is not considered construction of a build-
ing or other physical facility. 
SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 
(Public Law 114–4), related to reporting on the Disaster 
Relief Fund, shall be applied in fiscal year 2026 with re-
spect to budget year 2027 and current fiscal year 2026, 
respectively—
(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2027’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ 
after ‘‘fifth’’. 
SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re-
sponse grants, the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency may grant waivers from the 
requirements 
in 
subsections 
(a)(1)(A), 
(a)(1)(B), 
(a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the
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Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2229a). 
SEC. 308. (a) The aggregate charges assessed during 
fiscal year 2026, as authorized in title III of the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 per-
cent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of 
Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year. 
(b) The methodology for assessment and collection of 
fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of 
providing such services, including administrative costs of 
collecting such fees. 
(c) Such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting 
collections and will become available for authorized pur-
poses on October 1, 2026, and remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 309. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’, for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
may waive subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229).
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SEC. 310. Any unobligated balances of funds appro-
priated in any prior Act for activities funded by the Na-
tional Predisaster Mitigation Fund under section 203 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of section 1234 of division 
D of Public Law 115–254, shall be transferred to and 
merged with funds set aside pursuant to subsection (i)(1) 
of section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this section. 
SEC. 311. Any unobligated balances of funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency—Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis 
Program’’ in any prior Act shall be transferred to and 
merged with funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assist-
ance’’ for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard Mapping 
and Risk Analysis: Provided, That funds transferred pur-
suant to this section shall be in addition to and supple-
ment any other sums appropriated for such purposes 
under the National Flood Insurance Fund and such addi-
tional sums as may be provided by States or other political 
subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under sec-
tion 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of
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1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 312. Each award for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As-
sistance’’ for paragraphs (1) through (10) and (12), shall 
have a period of performance, as defined by 2 CFR 200.1, 
that shall be of not less than three years and not more 
than five years. 
SEC. 313. (a) The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall post an interactive 
dashboard on the public-facing website of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency with any request for re-
imbursement for a covered expense, delineated by state 
and any amount for individual assistance or public assist-
ance related to emergency (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)) or major 
disaster (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) declarations under the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)—
(1) not more than 90 days after such informa-
tion has been received by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency; and 
(2) not more than 60 days after such informa-
tion is under final review by the Department of 
Homeland Security.
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(b) The information in the interactive dashboard ref-
erenced in subsection (a) shall include at a minimum the 
information listed in subparagraphs (1) through (7) under 
the heading in the paragraph titled ‘‘Public and Individual 
Assistance’’ in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
SEC. 314. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be used to pause a training or grant funded 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Federal Assistance’’. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
Homeland Security notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
more than 10 business days in advance of the pause. 
(c) The notification required by subsection (b) shall 
include an explanation for the pause, plans to make up 
any missed classes resulting from the pause, and the budg-
etary impact of any paused training. 
(d) The Secretary may waive the requirement in sub-
section (b) in the event of extraordinary circumstances 
that imminently threaten the safety of human life or the 
protection of property.
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TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SERVICES 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services for operations and support, including 
for the E-Verify Program, $122,941,000: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts 
made available for such purposes, and shall not be con-
strued to require any reduction of any fee described in 
section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for operations and support, includ-
ing the purchase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-
type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $379,837,000, of which $75,551,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not
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to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $18,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, for acquisition of necessary additional 
real property and facilities, construction and ongoing 
maintenance, facility improvements, and related expenses 
of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for operations and support, including 
the purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, 
$352,802,000, of which $201,183,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for procurement, construction, and im-
provements, $51,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for research and development, 
$426,904,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, 
equip, and dispose of up to 5 vehicles, for replacement 
only, for areas where the Administrator of General Serv-
ices does not provide vehicles for lease. 
(b) The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services may authorize employees who are assigned to 
those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the em-
ployees’ residences and places of employment. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to process or approve a competition under 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv-
ices provided by employees (including employees serving 
on a temporary or term basis) of U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity who are known as Immigration Information Officers, 
Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 
Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers.
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SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any Federal funds made available to U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services may be used for the collection 
and use of biometrics taken at a U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services Application Support Center that is 
overseen virtually by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services personnel using appropriate technology. 
SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds 
to Federal law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred 
participating in training accreditation. 
SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac-
creditation experts involved in law enforcement training, 
shall lead the Federal law enforcement training accredita-
tion process to continue the implementation of measuring 
and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 
enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 
SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Centers may accept transfers to its 
‘‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ account 
from Government agencies requesting the construction of 
special use facilities, as authorized by the Economy Act 
(31 U.S.C. 1535(b)).
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(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 
shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 
completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified 
as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal 
Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 
note). 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 
of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria-
tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 
to appropriation accounts for such activities established 
pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 
applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac-
counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi-
nally enacted. 
SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the compo-
nents in or transferred to the Department of Homeland
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Security that remain available for obligation or expendi-
ture in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the components funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity, or increases funds for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(2) contracts out any function or activity pres-
ently performed by Federal employees or any new 
function or activity proposed to be performed by 
Federal employees in the President’s budget pro-
posal for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of 
Homeland Security; 
(3) augments funding for existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; 
(4) reduces funding for any program, project, 
or activity, or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent 
or more; or 
(5) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel that would result in a change
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in funding levels for programs, projects, or activities 
as approved by the Congress. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance of such 
reprogramming. 
(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Homeland Security by this Act or provided by previous 
appropriations Acts may be transferred between such ap-
propriations if the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such trans-
fer. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no 
funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred be-
tween appropriations—
(1) based upon an initial notification provided 
after June 15, except in extraordinary circumstances 
that imminently threaten the safety of human life or 
the protection of property; 
(2) to increase or decrease funding for grant 
programs; or
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(3) to create a program, project, or activity 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1), including any new 
function or requirement within any program, project, 
or activity, not approved by Congress in the consid-
eration of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 
forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 
any use of deobligated balances of funds provided in pre-
vious Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Acts that remain available for obligation in the current 
year. 
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 
by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro-
priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 
SEC. 504. (a) Section 504 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F 
of Public Law 115–31), related to the operations of a 
working capital fund, shall apply with respect to funds 
made available in this Act in the same manner as such 
section applied to funds made available in that Act.
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(b) Funds from such working capital fund may be 
obligated and expended in anticipation of reimbursements 
from components of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
SEC. 505. (a) Except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated bal-
ances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2026, 
as recorded in the financial records at the time of a re-
programming notification, but not later than June 15, 
2027, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 
for fiscal year 2026 in this Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, in the account and for the 
purposes for which the appropriations were provided. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of such funds, a notifica-
tion shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
accordance with section 503 of this Act. 
SEC. 506. (a) Funds made available by this Act for 
intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically author-
ized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fis-
cal year 2026 until the enactment of an Act authorizing 
intelligence activities for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) Amounts described in subsection (a) made avail-
able for ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Aware-
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ness—Operations and Support’’ that exceed the amounts 
in such authorization for such account shall be transferred 
to and merged with amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(c) Prior to the obligation of any funds transferred 
under subsection (b), the Undersecretary for Management 
shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on a plan for the use 
of such funds. 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate at least three full business days in advance 
of—
(1) making or awarding a grant allocation or 
grant in excess of $1,000,000 or a grant made from 
the Disaster Relief Fund in excess of $100,000; 
(2) making or awarding a contract, other trans-
action agreement, or task or delivery order on a 
multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 
totaling in excess of $2,000,000; 
(3) awarding a task or delivery order requiring 
an obligation of funds in an amount greater than
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$5,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home-
land Security funds; 
(4) making a sole-source grant award; or 
(5) announcing publicly the intention to make 
or award items under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) 
including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation. 
(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 
risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be 
made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate not later than three full busi-
ness days after such an award is made or letter issued. 
(c) A notification under this section—
(1) may not involve funds that are not available 
for obligation; and 
(2) shall include the amount of the award; the 
fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 
appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 
from which the funds are being drawn. 
SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad-
ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 
locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal
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law enforcement training without advance notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, except that the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the 
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 
or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo-
dated in existing Centers’ facilities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 
for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 
project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 
chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been 
approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 
for each project for required expenses for the development 
of a proposed prospectus. 
SEC. 510. Sections 522 and 530 of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division 
E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall 
apply with respect to funds made available in this Act in 
the same manner as such sections applied to funds made 
available in that Act. 
SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used in contravention of the applicable 
provisions of the Buy American Act.
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(b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 
by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1448). 
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds provided or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to carry out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly authorized by the 
Congress after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the use of the 
authorities provided by such section 872—
(1) to allocate or reallocate the functions of the 
Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office to other offices and organi-
zational units within the Department consistent with 
the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction’’ 
table in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act); or 
(2) to allocate or reallocate any other functions 
of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Of-
fice to other offices and organizational units within
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the Department consistent with the ‘‘Countering 
Weapons of Mass Destruction’’ table in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
may transfer funds made available in prior appropriations 
Acts to the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Of-
fice between any appropriations available to the Depart-
ment as necessary to carry out the purposes described in 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel-
oping a national identification card. 
SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act 
to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate may 
not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe-
cifically authorized herein. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees 
of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to employ workers described in section
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274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 
incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 
judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform-
ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con-
tract. 
SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, territorial, 
or local law enforcement agency or any other entity car-
rying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudica-
tion activities. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 
facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times.
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SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 
of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 
Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 
the United States, at a single international conference un-
less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 
determines that such attendance is in the national interest 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within at least 
10 days of that determination and the basis for that deter-
mination. 
(b) For purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring 
outside of the United States attended by representatives 
of the United States Government and of foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations. 
(c) The total cost to the Department of Homeland 
Security of any such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 
(d) Employees who attend a conference virtually 
without travel away from their permanent duty station 
within the United States shall not be counted for purposes 
of this section, and the prohibition contained in this sec-
tion shall not apply to payments for the costs of attend-
ance for such employees.
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SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 
or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu-
rity Event. 
SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available to 
the Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 
Act may be obligated for the implementation of any struc-
tural pay reform or the introduction of any new position 
classification that will affect more than 100 full-time posi-
tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be-
fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 
Congress a notification that includes—
(1) the number of full-time positions affected by 
such change; 
(2) funding required for such change for the 
current fiscal year and through the Future Years 
Homeland Security Program; 
(3) justification for such change; and 
(4) for a structural pay reform, an analysis of 
compensation alternatives to such change that were 
considered by the Department. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to such change if—
(1) it was proposed in the President’s budget 
proposal for the fiscal year funded by this Act; and
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(2) funds for such change have not been explic-
itly denied or restricted in this Act. 
SEC. 524. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 
that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises homeland or national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for not less than 45 days ex-
cept as otherwise specified in law. 
(d) If the requirements of this section are not met, 
the reprogramming and transfer authority provided in sec-
tion 503 of this Act shall be suspended until the require-
ments of subsection (a) are met. 
SEC. 525. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Op-
erations and Support’’ may be used for minor procure-
ment, construction, and improvements.
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(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers 
to end items with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for per-
sonal property, and $4,000,000 or less for real property. 
SEC. 526. The authority provided by section 532 of 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) regarding primary and 
secondary schooling of dependents shall continue in effect 
during fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 527. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De-
partment of Homeland Security (including during trans-
port, in a detention facility, or at an outside medical facil-
ity) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
pregnant woman if—
(1) an appropriate official of the Department of 
Homeland Security makes an individualized deter-
mination that the woman—
(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk 
cannot be prevented by other means; or 
(B) poses an immediate and serious threat 
to harm herself or others that cannot be pre-
vented by other means; or
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(2) a medical professional responsible for the 
care of the pregnant woman determines that the use 
of therapeutic restraints is appropriate for the med-
ical safety of the woman. 
(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to 
subsection (b), only the safest and least restrictive re-
straints, as determined by the appropriate medical profes-
sional treating the woman, may be used. In no case may 
restraints be used on a woman who is in active labor or 
delivery, and in no case may a pregnant woman be re-
strained in a face-down position with four-point restraints, 
on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the area 
of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 
by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent 
feasible, on her left side. 
SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to destroy any document, recording, 
or other record pertaining to any—
(1) death of; 
(2) potential sexual assault or abuse per-
petrated against; or 
(3) allegation of abuse, criminal activity, or dis-
ruption committed by an individual held in the cus-
tody of the Department of Homeland Security.
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(b) The records referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
made available, in accordance with applicable laws and 
regulations, and Federal rules governing disclosure in liti-
gation, to an individual who has been charged with a 
crime, been placed into segregation, or otherwise punished 
as a result of an allegation described in paragraph (3), 
upon the request of such individual. 
SEC. 529. Section 519 of division F of Public Law 
114–113, regarding a prohibition on funding for any posi-
tion designated as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply 
with respect to any Federal funds in the same manner 
as such section applied to funds made available in that 
Act. 
SEC. 530. (a) Not later than 10 days after the date 
on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report on the unfunded priorities, for 
the Department of Homeland Security and separately for 
each departmental component, for which discretionary 
funding would be classified as budget function 050. 
(b) Each report under this section shall specify, for 
each such unfunded priority—
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(1) a summary description, including the objec-
tives to be achieved if such priority is funded 
(whether in whole or in part); 
(2) the description, including the objectives to 
be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in 
whole or in part); 
(3) account information, including the following 
(as applicable): 
(A) appropriation account; and 
(B) program, project, or activity name; 
and 
(4) the additional number of full-time or part-
time positions to be funded as part of such priority. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘unfunded priority’’, in 
the case of a fiscal year, means a requirement that—
(1) is not funded in the budget referred to in 
subsection (a); 
(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ-
ated with an operational or contingency plan for the 
Department; and 
(3) would have been recommended for funding 
through the budget referred to in subsection (a) if—
(A) additional resources had been available 
for the budget to fund the requirement;
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(B) the requirement has emerged since the 
budget was formulated; or 
(C) the requirement is necessary to sustain 
prior-year investments. 
SEC. 531. (a) Not later than 10 days after a deter-
mination is made by the President to evaluate and initiate 
protection under any authority for a former or retired 
Government official or employee, or for an individual who, 
during the duration of the directed protection, will become 
a former or retired Government official or employee (re-
ferred to in this section as a ‘‘covered individual’’), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a notifica-
tion to congressional leadership and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representatives (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’). 
(b) Such notification may be submitted in classified 
form, if necessary, and in consultation with the Director 
of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, as appropriate, and shall include the
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threat assessment, scope of the protection, and the antici-
pated cost and duration of such protection. 
(c) Not later than 15 days before extending, or 30 
days before terminating, protection for a covered indi-
vidual, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a notification regarding the extension or termination and 
any change to the threat assessment to the congressional 
leadership and the appropriate congressional committees. 
(d) Not later than 45 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the congressional leadership and 
the appropriate congressional committees, which may be 
submitted in classified form, if necessary, detailing each 
covered individual, and the scope and associated cost of 
protection. 
SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds provided to the De-
partment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act 
may be used by an agency to submit an initial project pro-
posal to the Technology Modernization Fund (as author-
ized by section 1078 of subtitle G of title X of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 
Law 115–91)) unless, concurrent with the submission of 
an initial project proposal to the Technology Moderniza-
tion Board, the head of the agency—
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(1) notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate of 
the proposed submission of the project proposal; 
(2) submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a copy of the project proposal; and 
(3) provides a detailed analysis of how the pro-
posed project funding would supplement or supplant 
funding requested as part of the Department’s most 
recent budget submission. 
(b) None of the funds provided to the Department 
of Homeland Security by the Technology Modernization 
Fund shall be available for obligation until 15 days after 
a report on such funds has been transmitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(c) The report described in subsection (b) shall in-
clude—
(1) the full project proposal submitted to and 
approved by the Fund’s Technology Modernization 
Board; 
(2) the finalized interagency agreement between 
the Department and the Fund including the 
project’s deliverables and repayment terms, as appli-
cable;
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(3) a detailed analysis of how the project will 
supplement or supplant existing funding available to 
the Department for similar activities; 
(4) a plan for how the Department will repay 
the Fund, including specific planned funding 
sources, as applicable; and 
(5) other information as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 533. Within 60 days of any budget submission 
for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 
2027 that assumes revenues or proposes a reduction from 
the previous year based on user fees proposals that have 
not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 
budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate specific reductions in proposed 
discretionary budget authority commensurate with the 
revenues assumed in such proposals in the event that they 
are not enacted prior to October 1, 2026. 
SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 535. No Federal funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security may be used to enter
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into a procurement contract, memorandum of under-
standing, or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or guarantee to, any entity identified 
under section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 
SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 537. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall, on a monthly basis beginning immediately after the 
date of enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the 
number of migrants anticipated to arrive at the southwest 
border of the United States. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 
the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)—
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol-
lowing fiscal year;
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(2) include a breakout by demographic, to in-
clude single adults, family units, and unaccompanied 
children; 
(3) undergo an independent validation and 
verification review; 
(4) are used to inform policy planning and 
budgeting processes within the Department of 
Homeland Security; and 
(5) are included in the budget materials sub-
mitted to Congress for each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act and in sup-
port of—
(A) the President’s annual budget request 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code; 
(B) any supplemental funding request sub-
mitted to Congress; 
(C) any reprogramming and transfer noti-
fication pursuant to section 503 of this Act; 
and 
(D) such budget materials shall include—
(i) the most recent monthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a); 
(ii) a description and quantification of 
the estimates used to justify funding re-
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quests for Department programs related to 
border security, immigration enforcement, 
and immigration services; 
(iii) a description and quantification 
of the anticipated workload and require-
ments resulting from such estimates; and 
(iv) a confirmation as to whether the 
budget requests for impacted agencies were 
developed using the same estimates. 
(c) The Secretary shall share the monthly estimates 
developed pursuant to subsection (a) with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of State, and the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(d) If the monthly estimates described in subsection 
(b) are not provided for the purposes described, the re-
programming and transfer authority provided in section 
503 of this Act shall be suspended until such time as the 
required estimates are provided to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
SEC. 538. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall, on a monthly basis beginning immediately after the 
date of enactment of this Act, develop estimates of the
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number of individuals anticipated to be detained in and 
removed from the United States. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, 
the estimates developed pursuant to subsection (a)—
(1) cover the current fiscal year and the fol-
lowing fiscal year; 
(2) include a breakout by demographics, to in-
clude single adults and family units; 
(3) undergo an independent validation and 
verification review; 
(4) are used to inform policy planning and 
budgeting processes within the Department of 
Homeland Security; and 
(5) are included in the budget materials sub-
mitted to Congress for each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act and in sup-
port of—
(A) the President’s annual budget request 
pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code; 
(B) any supplemental funding request sub-
mitted to Congress; 
(C) any reprogramming and transfer noti-
fication pursuant to section 503 of this Act; 
and
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SEC. 540. Funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act for Operations and Support may be used for 
the necessary expenses of providing an employee emer-
gency back-up care program. 
SEC. 541. (a) Not less than $5,000,000 made avail-
able in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ to 
support and conduct necessary operations of the Blue 
Campaign for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of funds made available 
by subsection (a), notification shall be submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 542. (a) If the reporting requirement set forth 
in paragraph (2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 
(Public Law 114–4), as applied in this fiscal year by sec-
tion 306 of this Act, is not submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and published on the Agency’s website not later 
than the fifth business day of the applicable month, the 
amount made available for ‘‘Office of the Secretary and 
Executive Management—Operations and Support—Man-
agement and Oversight’’ shall be reduced by $100,000 for
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each day such report is not submitted and published on 
the Agency’s website. 
(b) During any period in which the total number of 
requests for reimbursement for a covered expense for indi-
vidual assistance or public assistance related to emergency 
(42 U.S.C. 5122(1)) or major disaster (42 U.S.C. 
5122(2)) declarations under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) that the Department of Homeland Security 
has been considering under final review for greater than 
60 days exceeds 500, the amount made available for ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary and Executive Management—Oper-
ations and Support—Management and Oversight’’ shall be 
reduced by $100,000 for each day during such period on 
which the cumulative total of requests over 60 days in 
final review exceeds 500. 
(c) Subsection (b) shall not apply if the balance of 
funding for the Disaster Relief Fund is sufficient only for 
the purpose of obligating funds for activities determined 
to be lifesaving or life-sustaining. 
SEC. 543. Section 16005(c) of title VI of division B 
of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(Public Law 116–136) shall be applied as if the language 
read as follows: ‘‘Subsection (a) shall apply until Sep-
tember 30, 2026.’’.
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SEC. 544. The levels for appropriations accounts 
specified for classified programs in this Act shall conform 
to the direction included in the classified annex accom-
panying this Act and shall be implemented in a manner 
consistent with section 545. 
SEC. 545. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer 
amounts for the National Intelligence Program consistent 
with the percentage caps specified in section 503(c): Pro-
vided, That such authority to transfer may not be used 
unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intel-
ligence requirements, than those for which originally ap-
propriated and in no case where the item for which funds 
are requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided 
further, That a request for any transfer of funds using 
authority provided in this section shall be made consistent 
with the requirements of section 503(d)(1). 
SEC. 546. Within seven days of the date of enactment 
of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Department shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriation of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate—
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(1) an obligation plan by program, project, or 
activity for each component receiving funds from 
Public Law 119–21; 
(2) estimated fee collections for each component 
collecting new or enhanced fees authorized by Public 
Law 119–21, delineated by collections that a compo-
nent will retain and collections that a component will 
remit to other agencies or the Treasury; and 
(3) an obligation plan by program, project, or 
activity for fee collections identified in paragraph (2) 
as being retained by a component within the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 547. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available to the Department of Homeland Se-
curity by this Act may be used to prevent any of the fol-
lowing persons from entering, for the purpose of con-
ducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the De-
partment of Homeland Security used to detain or other-
wise house aliens, or to make any temporary modification 
at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed 
by a visiting Member of Congress or such designated em-
ployee, compared to what would be observed in the absence 
of such modification: 
(1) A Member of Congress.
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(2) An employee of the United States House of 
Representatives or the United States Senate des-
ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this 
section. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to re-
quire a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the 
intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for 
the purpose of conducting oversight. 
(c) With respect to individuals described in subsection 
(a)(2), the Department of Homeland Security may require 
that a request be made at least 24 hours in advance of 
an intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 548. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available for such purposes, there is appropriated 
$30,000,000, for an additional amount for ‘‘The Judici-
ary—Supreme Court of the United States—Salaries and 
Expenses’’, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
Provided, That amounts made available pursuant to this 
section shall be subject to the same authorities and condi-
tions as if such amounts were provided under the heading 
‘‘The Judiciary—Supreme Court of the United States—
Salaries and Expenses’’ in the Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2026. 
SEC. 549. There is appropriated $140,000,000 for an 
additional amount for ‘‘Department of Transportation-
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Federal Aviation Administration-Operations’’ for air traf-
fic organization activities, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall only use such 
amounts to provide a rate of pay increase for calendar 
year 2026 of 3.8 percent, for air traffic controllers, as de-
fined by section 2109(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code, 
and air traffic controller supervisors or managers who are 
not covered under such section, but who manage air traf-
fic: Provided further, That such adjustment shall be imple-
mented for all such employees only to the extent the Ad-
ministrator determines, in his sole discretion, that im-
provements in workforce scheduling, staffing utilization, 
or other operational efficiencies are achieved that con-
tribute to addressing workforce shortfalls and enhancing 
aviation safety: Provided further, That if the Adminis-
trator makes such determination, then such adjustment 
shall be effective the first pay period beginning after Janu-
ary 1, 2026: Provided further, That amounts provided by 
this section shall be subject to the same authorities and 
conditions as if such amounts were provided by the De-
partment of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2026. 
SEC. 550. (a) Of the total amount provided under the 
heading ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen-
cy—Operations and Support’’, $99,750,000 shall be de-
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rived by transfer from the unobligated balances of 
amounts previously appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—
Cybersecurity Response and Recovery Fund’’ in division 
J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58). 
(b) Amounts derived by transfer pursuant to this sec-
tion shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in 
section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 551. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here-
by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-
current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
(1) $73,327,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Management Directorate—Procure-
ment, Construction, and Improvements’’ account (70 
22/26 0406). 
(2) $6,713,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
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tion—Operations and Support’’ account (70 X 
0530). 
(3) $387,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Automation Modernization’’ account (70 X 
0531). 
(4) $917,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments’’ account (70 X 0532). 
(5) $6,336,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and 
Technology’’ account (70 X 0533). 
(6) $1,413,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, 
Maintenance, and Procurement’’ account (70 X 
0544). 
(7) $172,000 from the unobligated balances 
available in the ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency—Infrastructure Protection and In-
frastructure Security’’ account (70 X 0565). 
SEC. 552. The following unobligated balances made 
available to the Department of Homeland Security pursu-
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ant to section 505 of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–47), as 
incorporated by section 1101 of the Full-Year Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4), are re-
scinded: 
(1) $2,072,147 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary 
and Executive Management—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(2) $5,487,177 from ‘‘Management Direc-
torate—Operations and Support’’. 
(3) $4,493,650 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, 
and Situational Awareness—Operations and Sup-
port’’. 
(4) $88,190 from ‘‘Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral—Operations and Support’’. 
(5) $1,139,096 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection—Operations and Support’’. 
(6) $19,650,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security 
Administration—Operations and Support’’. 
(7) $703,390 from ‘‘United States Secret Serv-
ice—Operations and Support’’. 
(8) $52,349,050 from ‘‘Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency—Operations and Sup-
port’’.
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(9) $18,525,975 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Operations and Support’’. 
(10) $120,860 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services—Operations and Support’’. 
(11) $178,340 from ‘‘Science and Technology 
Directorate—Operations and Support’’. 
(12) $6,937,020 from ‘‘Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office—Operations and Support’’. 
SEC. 553. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De-
partment of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses 
Fund’’ established in section 538 of division F of Public 
Law 117–103, $2,362,000 are hereby rescinded. 
REPEAL OF SENATE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RE-
LATING TO LEGAL PROCESS ON DISCLOSURES OF 
SENATE DATA 
SEC. 554. Section 213 of title II of division C of the 
Continuing 
Appropriations, 
Agriculture, 
Legislative 
Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 
Extensions Act, 2026, and the amendments made by such 
section, are hereby repealed and shall have no force or ef-
fect. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026’’.
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DIVISION I—AUTHORIZING EX-
TENDERS 
AND 
TECHNICAL 
CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 5001. UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT EXTEN-
SION. 
Sections 7(j)(5), 7A(l)(4), and 21(e) of the United 
States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(5), 79a(l)(4), 
87j(e)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 5002. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 
Section 1(b) of Public Law 117–25 (135 Stat. 297; 
136 Stat. 2133; 136 Stat. 5984; 139 Stat. 46) is amended 
in each of paragraphs (3) and (4) by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 5003. FOREST SERVICE PARTICIPATION IN ACES PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 
U.S.C. 3851a(b)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 2026’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2023’’. 
SEC. 5004. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) FINANCING.—Section 1309(a) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is
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amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2023’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
(b) PROGRAM EXPIRATION.—Section 1319 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
this section shall take effect immediately upon the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) ALTERNATE DATE.—If this Act is enacted 
after January 30, 2026, this section shall take effect 
as if enacted on January 30, 2026. 
SEC. 5005. EXTENSION OF REIMBURSABLE SCREENING 
SERVICES PROGRAM. 
Section 225(e) of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Appropriations Act, 2019 (division A of Public Law 
116–6; 49 U.S.C. 44901 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
SEC. 5006. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE. 
Section 4144(d) of the Motor Carrier Safety Reau-
thorization Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 31100 note; Public 
Law 109–59) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 
30, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2025’’.
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SEC. 5007. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS-
TEM AUTHORIZATION. 
Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity En-
hancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 5008. CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING ACT 
OF 2015. 
Section 111(a) of the Cybersecurity Information 
Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1510(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 5009. STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 2220A(s)(1) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 665g(s)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2026’’. 
SEC. 5010. EXTENSION OF THE TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZA-
TION FUND AND BOARD. 
Section 1078(f)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (40 U.S.C. 11301 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘On and after the date that is 2 
years after the date on which the Comptroller General of 
the United States issues the third report required under
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subsection (b)(7)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘After September 30, 
2026’’. 
SEC. 5011. EXTENSION OF EXISTENCE OF PAROLE COMMIS-
SION. 
Any expiration date established by section 235(b) of 
the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; 
Public Law 98–473), as such section relates to chapter 
311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States 
Parole Commission, shall not apply during the period be-
ginning on October 1, 2025, and ending on January 30, 
2031. 
SEC. 5012. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 
Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and ending on September 30, 
2025’’. 
SEC. 5013. RURAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 
Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’ for 
‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 5014. E-VERIFY. 
Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’.
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SEC. 5015. NON-MINISTER RELIGIOUS WORKERS. 
Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2015’’ each place such date appears. 
SEC. 5016. H-2B SUPPLEMENTAL VISA EXEMPTION. 
Notwithstanding the numerical limitation set forth in 
section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, 
and upon the determination that the needs of United 
States businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 
2026 with United States workers who are willing, quali-
fied, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, 
may increase the total number of aliens who may receive 
a visa under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year by not 
more than the highest number of H–2B nonimmigrants 
who participated in the H–2B returning worker program 
in any fiscal year in which returning workers were exempt 
from such numerical limitation. 
SEC. 5017. EMERGENCY AUTHORITY FOR SENTENCING 
COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Sentencing 
Commission (in this section, referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’) shall promulgate the guidelines or amendments pro-
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vided for under section 8605(e) of the SAFER SKIES Act 
(title LXXXVI of Public Law 119–60) as soon as possible 
after the date of enactment of such Act, and in any event 
not later than December 31, 2026, notwithstanding the 
deadline under section 994(p) of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments to the 
guidelines promulgated under subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect 180 days after the date of promulgation by the Com-
mission, except to the extent that the effective date is re-
vised or the amendment is otherwise modified or dis-
approved by an Act of Congress, and shall supersede any 
amendment to the contrary contained in the amendments 
to the sentencing guidelines submitted to Congress by the 
Commission on or about May 1, 2026. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The requirements of 
this section shall supersede the timeline set forth in sec-
tion 8605(e)(1) of the SAFER SKIES Act (title LXXXVI 
of Public Law 119–60). 
SEC. 5018. BANKRUPTCY FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 126 of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of the Continuing 
Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act,
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2026 (Public Law 119–37; 139 Stat. 502)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 106, during the 
period ending on the last day of the first calendar quarter 
of 2026, section 1930(a)(6)(B)(i) of title 28, United 
States Code, shall be applied as if ‘During the 5-year pe-
riod’ were struck.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE 
BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
2025.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 6(b)(2)(A) of the 
Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 
2025 is amended by striking ‘‘on the’’ and inserting 
‘‘on or after the’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as though enacted 
immediately after the enactment of the Bankruptcy 
Administration Improvement Act of 2025. 
SEC. 5019. EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPOR-
TUNITY ACT. 
(a) EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR 
CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
IN
AFRICA
UNDER
AFRICAN 
GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT; RETROACTIVE APPLI-
CATION.—
(1) EXTENSION.—
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(A) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—Section 506B of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
(B) AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY 
ACT.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(g) of 
the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3721(g)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
(ii) 
REGIONAL
APPAREL
ARTICLE 
PROGRAM.—Section 112(b)(3)(A) of the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 
U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended—
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 
succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘23 suc-
ceeding’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
(iii) THIRD-COUNTRY
FABRIC
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 112(c)(1) of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 
3721(c)(1)) is amended—
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(I) in the paragraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘SEPTEMBER 30, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘DECEMBER 31, 2026’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’; and 
(III) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
(2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1514) or any other provision of law, and subject 
to subparagraph (B), any entry of a covered ar-
ticle to which duty-free treatment or other pref-
erential treatment under section 506A of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) or sec-
tion 112 of the African Grown and Opportunity 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3721) would have applied if the 
entry had been made on September 30, 2025, 
that was made—
(i) after September 30, 2025, and 
(ii) before the date of the enactment 
of this Act,
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shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though 
such entry occurred on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) REQUESTS.—A liquidation or reliqui-
dation may be made under subparagraph (A) 
with respect to an entry only if a request there-
for is filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
that contains sufficient information to enable 
such Commissioner—
(i) to locate the entry; or 
(ii) to reconstruct the entry if it can-
not be located. 
(C) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS OWED.—Any 
amounts owed by the United States pursuant to 
the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a 
covered article under subparagraph (A) shall be 
paid, without interest of any kind, not later 
than 90 days after the date of the liquidation 
or reliquidation (as the case may be). 
(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
(i) COVERED
ARTICLE.—The term 
‘‘covered article’’ means an article from a 
country that is designated by the President
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as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
try under section 104 of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 
3703) as of the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(ii) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ in-
cludes a withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption. 
(b) EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the 
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2031’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2031’’. 
(2) RATE
FOR
MERCHANDISE
PROCESSING 
FEES.—Section 503 of the United States-Korea 
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 112–41;19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2031’’.
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SEC. 5020. EXTENSION OF HAITI ECONOMIC LIFT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF SPECIAL RULES
FOR HAITI 
UNDER CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT.—
Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 
Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) 
by 
amending 
subparagraph 
(B)(v)(I) to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) 
APPLICABLE
PERCENT-
AGE.—The term ‘applicable percent-
age’ means 60 percent or more on and 
after December 20, 2017.’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(C) QUANTITATIVE
LIMITATIONS.—The 
preferential treatment described in subpara-
graph (A) shall be extended, during each period 
after the initial applicable 1-year period, to not 
more than 1.25 percent of the aggregate square 
meter equivalents of all apparel articles im-
ported into the United States in the most re-
cent 12-month period for which data are avail-
able.’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in each 
of the 16 succeeding 1-year periods’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘in any of the suc-
ceeding 1-year periods’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—The duty-free treatment pro-
vided under this section shall remain in effect until De-
cember 31, 2026.’’. 
(b) RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN AR-
TICLES FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall proclaim 
such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Sched-
ule of the United States as may be necessary to re-
store the eligibility of articles described in paragraph 
(2) for preferential treatment under section 213A of 
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 
U.S.C. 2703a). 
(2) ARTICLES
DESCRIBED.—An article de-
scribed in this paragraph is an article that—
(A) was eligible for preferential treatment 
under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) on 
December 20, 2006; and
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(B) became ineligible for such treatment 
after that date and before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act as a result of revisions to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROCLAMATION.—A 
proclamation under paragraph (1) shall take effect 
not earlier than 2 business days after the President 
submits to the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives a report on the proclama-
tion and the reasons for the modifications to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule under the proclamation. 
(c) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any 
other provision of law, and subject to paragraph (2), 
any entry of a covered article to which duty-free 
treatment or other preferential treatment under the 
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 
2701 et seq.) would have applied if the entry had 
been made before September 30, 2025, that was 
made—
(A) on or after September 30, 2025, and 
(B) before the date of the enactment of 
this Act,
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shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such 
entry occurred on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) REQUESTS.—A liquidation or reliquidation 
may be made under paragraph (1) with respect to 
an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act that contains sufficient infor-
mation to enable such Commissioner—
(A) to locate the entry; or 
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
located. 
(3) 
PAYMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
OWED.—Any 
amounts owed by the United States pursuant to the 
liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a covered 
article under paragraph (1) shall be paid, without 
interest of any kind, not later than 90 days after the 
date of the liquidation or reliquidation (as the case 
may be). 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered article’’ means an article from Haiti. 
(B) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ includes a 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.