equivalent median score in any subsequent performance 
evaluation system. 
(b) The performance evaluations referenced in sub-
section (a) shall be conducted by the U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Respon-
sibility. 
SEC. 214. Without regard to the limitation as to time 
and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary 
may reprogram within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port’’ as necessary to ensure the detention of aliens 
prioritized for removal. 
SEC. 215. The reports required to be submitted under 
section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116– 
260) shall continue to be submitted semimonthly and each 
matter required to be included in such reports by such 
section 216 shall apply in the same manner and to the 
same extent during the period described in such section 
216. 
SEC. 216. The terms and conditions of sections 216 
and 217 of the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) 
shall apply to this Act. 
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SEC. 217. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement shall provide a briefing and 
submit an initial, written obligation plan for funding pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement’’ in this or any other Act, including prior 
Acts, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, which shall— 
(1) be delineated by month, level II program, 
project, and activity, and pay and non-pay require-
ments; 
(2) incorporate and delineate all funding 
sources available to U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, to include unobligated carryover bal-
ances and fees; and 
(3) contain data-driven assumptions for major 
contract costs, projected personnel levels, and oper-
ational and policy considerations. 
(b) The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement shall provide monthly briefings and written 
updates to the plan required in subsection (a), which shall 
include, at a minimum, the following information as of the 
conclusion of the preceding month— 
(1) actual obligations and expenditures, includ-
ing prior year; 
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(2) carryover from prior year unobligated bal-
ances; 
(3) resource projections for the remainder of 
the fiscal year; 
(4) payroll projections for the remainder of the 
fiscal year, based on forecasted gains and losses; 
(5) identification of any contracts with a period 
of performance extending beyond the current fiscal 
year; 
(6) obligations and expenditures for specific do-
mestic and international investigative mission areas, 
including countering fentanyl and child exploitation; 
(7) the rate of operations for the Custody Oper-
ations, Alternatives to Detention, and Transpor-
tation and Removal Operations programs, projects, 
and activities, which shall include a projection of the 
exhaustion of funds based on current resources and 
operational levels; and 
(8) the initial obligation plan as described in 
subsection (a), displayed unchanged for the purposes 
of comparison. 
(c) The monthly updates required by subsection (b) 
shall be submitted no later than 15 days after the begin-
ning of the month following the submission of the initial 
obligation plan as described in subsection (a). 
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(d)(1) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Sup-
port—Executive Leadership and Oversight’’, $100,000, 
which shall be made available for Mission Support—Exec-
utive Leadership and Oversight on the sixteenth day of 
each month, in a total amount for the fiscal year not to 
exceed $700,000. 
(2) Beginning 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, amounts in paragraph (1) shall only be made 
available for obligation in a given month if the reporting 
requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section are provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate within the 
timeframe required pursuant to subsections (a) and (c), 
respectively. 
SEC. 218. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a written execution plan for the funding provided 
by Public Law 119–21 for detention facilities, to include 
the following elements: 
(1) the location, number of beds, and estimated 
cost per bed of each detention facility utilized by or 
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on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement in the preceding quarter; 
(2) the location, number of beds, and estimated 
cost per bed of each detention facility projected to 
be utilized by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement in the subsequent quarter; 
(3) the total number of beds projected to be uti-
lized by or on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement through the end of the fiscal 
year; 
(4) any associated increase or decrease in trans-
portation and removal operations cost estimates as-
sociated with paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this 
section, to include removal flights; and 
(5) a general overview of the desired geographic 
end-state for detention facilities, any new operational 
models or strategies related to detention capacity 
that will be utilized, and a comparison of current de-
tention capacity against projected end-state capacity. 
(b)(1) Subsequent to the submission of the written 
execution plan provided in subsection (a), the Director of 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a briefing and written update 
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to such execution plan not later than 30 days following 
the end of each fiscal quarter; and 
(2) each briefing and written update described 
in paragraph (1) shall include a review of the execu-
tion of funds for the most recently completed quar-
ter, a comparison of the actual execution of funds in 
relation to the planned execution of funds, and any 
remedial actions taken in the case of a failure to 
execute funding in accordance with the initial execu-
tion plan as described in subsection (a); and 
(c) The initial execution plan described in subsection 
(a) shall be displayed unchanged for purposes of compari-
son in the briefings and written updates described in sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 219. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act or any other Act may be used to reduce the pres-
ence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
attache´s or liaisons at international U.S. embassies or con-
sulates for the purposes of international investigations or 
partnerships with foreign law enforcement. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a reduction of 
presence in a specific country if— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in col-
laboration with the Secretary of State, provides a 
written explanation of how maintaining a collabo-
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rative investigatory presence in a specific country 
undermines U.S. foreign policy interests in that 
country to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate; or 
(2) a country requests the cessation of collabo-
rative law enforcement activities performed by the 
attache´ or liaison stationed at the embassy or con-
sulate to their country. 
SEC. 220. (a) Members of the United States House 
of Representatives and the United States Senate, includ-
ing the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and com-
missions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the De-
partment of Homeland Security; the United States Attor-
ney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attor-
neys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior 
members of the Executive Office of the President, includ-
ing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage 
screening. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act, including prior Acts, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the components funded 
by this Act may be used to carry out legislation altering 
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the applicability of the screening requirements outlined in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 221. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2026, any funds in 
the Aviation Security Capital Fund established by section 
44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, may be used 
for the procurement and installation of explosives detec-
tion systems or for the issuance of other transaction agree-
ments for the purpose of funding projects described in sec-
tion 44923(a) of such title. 
SEC. 222. Not later than 45 days after the submis-
sion of the President’s budget proposal, the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations and Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a single report that fulfills 
the following requirements: 
(1) a Capital Investment Plan, both constrained 
and unconstrained, that includes a plan for contin-
uous and sustained capital investment in new, and 
the replacement of aged, transportation security 
equipment; 
(2) the 5-year technology investment plan as re-
quired by section 1611 of title XVI of the Homeland 
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Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of 
the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 
(Public Law 113–245); and 
(3) the Advanced Integrated Passenger Screen-
ing Technologies report as required by the Senate 
Report accompanying the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2019 (Senate Report 
115–283). 
SEC. 223. Section 515(b) of Public Law 108–334 (49 
U.S.C. 44945 note) is amended by striking ‘‘report’’ each 
place it appears (including in the subsection heading) and 
inserting ‘‘briefing’’ and by striking ‘‘transmit to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘provide’’. 
SEC. 224. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 
and Support’’ shall be for expenses incurred for rec-
reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 
States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from 
owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 
Operations and Support’’. 
(b) To the extent such fees are insufficient to pay 
expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 
section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel 
applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel 
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documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 
121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu-
mentation under section 12114. 
SEC. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a future-years capital invest-
ment plan as described in the second proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall 
be subject to the requirements in the third and fourth pro-
visos under such heading. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to reduce the Coast Guard’s legacy Operations Systems 
Center mission or its government-employed or contract 
staff levels. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, 
a competition under Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the 
Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
SEC. 228. Funds made available in this Act may be 
used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro-
gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi-
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neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 
maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 
Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 
in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 
civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a 
statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 229. Amounts deposited into the Coast Guard 
Housing Fund in fiscal year 2026 shall be available until 
expended to carry out the purposes of section 2946 of title 
14, United States Code, and shall be in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
SEC. 230. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Coast 
Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’, 
$98,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2030, for the procurement and acquisition of MQ–9 air-
craft and associated base stations, equipment related to 
such aircraft and associated base stations, and program 
management for such aircraft and base stations. 
(b) None of the funds made available for the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security in this or any prior Act may 
be used to procure or acquire long-range unmanned air-
craft with kinetic capabilities or to equip any long-range 
unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available to the 
United States Coast Guard by this Act may be available 
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for implementation of Force Design 2028 until the Coast 
Guard provides the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate detailed brief-
ings on the initiatives of organization, people, technology, 
and contracting and acquisitions. 
SEC. 232. The United States Secret Service is au-
thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse-
ments from executive agencies, as defined in section 105 
of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving 
training sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal 
year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 233. (a) None of the funds made available to 
the United States Secret Service by this Act or by previous 
appropriations Acts may be made available for the protec-
tion of the head of a Federal agency other than the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security. 
(b) The Director of the United States Secret Service 
may enter into agreements to provide such protection on 
a fully reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 234. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this 
Act, up to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’. 
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SEC. 235. Funding made available in this Act for 
‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ 
is available for travel of United States Secret Service em-
ployees on protective missions without regard to the limi-
tations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 
the Director of the United States Secret Service or a des-
ignee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate 10 or more days 
in advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such ex-
penditures. 
SEC. 236. Of the amounts made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Oper-
ations and Support’’, $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be distributed as a grant or coopera-
tive agreement for existing National Computer Forensics 
Institute facilities currently used by the United States Se-
cret Service to carry out activities under section 383 of 
title 6, United States Code. 
SEC. 237. (a) Section 118 of the Treasury and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (5 U.S.C. 
5547 note) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘(or, for 2024, to the extent that such aggregate amount 
would exceed the per annum rate of salary payable under 
section 104 of title 3, United States Code)’’ before the 
period at the end. 
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(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on 
December 31, 2023. 
(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2028, 
the Director shall submit to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate; the 
Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 
Oversight and Accountability, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate of Con-
gress a report describing the steps that the United States 
Secret Service is taking to address the increased protective 
service demands placed upon United States Secret Service 
personnel. 
(d) Each report required under subparagraph (c) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the current (as of the date 
on which the report is submitted) operational de-
mands and staffing levels with respect to the United 
States Secret Service. 
(2) Recommended strategies for reducing over-
time requirements for United States Secret Service 
personnel, including— 
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(i) the appointment of additional per-
sonnel; 
(ii) solutions such that sufficient re-
sources are available throughout each year 
without the need for exceptions to, or waiv-
ers of, premium pay limitations; 
(iii) the redistribution of workload 
among United States Secret Service per-
sonnel; and 
(iv) other improvements in operational 
efficiency with respect to the United States 
Secret Service. 
(e) Within the reports required under paragraphs (3) 
and (4) of section 2(c) of the Overtime Pay for Protective 
Services Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–38; 138 Stat. 13) 
that are submitted after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director shall include information about— 
(1) the average number of overtime hours and 
range of number of overtime hours completed by 
United States Secret Service personnel receiving pre-
mium pay above the pay limitation in subsection (a) 
of section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) the average number of overtime hours and 
range of number of overtime hours completed by 
United States Secret Service personnel who are not 
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fully compensated for their overtime because their 
premium pay would be above the pay limitation in 
section 2 of the Overtime Pay Protection Act of 
2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note). 
(f) The matter preceding the first proviso under the 
heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 
Support’’ in division C of Public Law 118–47 shall be ap-
plied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting 
‘‘$40,000,000’’ for ‘‘$24,000,000’’ and substituting 
‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 238. Section 211 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2021 (division F of 
Public Law 116–260), prohibiting the use of funds for the 
construction of fencing in certain areas, 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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TITLE III 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 
RECOVERY 
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 
AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for operations and support, 
$2,218,634,000, which shall be for the purposes and in 
the amounts specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column for Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Oper-
ations and Support in the ‘‘Department of Homeland Se-
curity Appropriations Act, 2026’’ table in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), of which amounts 
made available for Risk Management Operations, National 
Infrastructure Simulation Analysis Center shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not 
to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements, $386,464,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028. 
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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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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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tional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
account, to be available for flood plain management and 
flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2026, 
no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 
(1) $230,669,000 for operating expenses and 
salaries and expenses associated with flood insurance 
operations; 
(2) $1,505,000,000 for commissions and taxes 
of agents; 
(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 
Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available 
until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 
flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4104c), 
notwithstanding 
sections 
1366(e) 
and 
1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 
Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be de-
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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 cyber-
security threat feeds for branches, agencies, independent 
agencies, corporations, establishments, and instrumental-
ities of the Federal Government of the United States, 
State, local, tribal, and territorial entities, fusion centers 
as described in section 210A of the Homeland Security 
Act (6 U.S.C. 124h), and Information Sharing and Anal-
ysis 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). 
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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 
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, 
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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 
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 
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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 
(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 
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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. 
(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’’ 
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