able for depot level maintenance: Provided, That not to 
exceed $23,000 shall be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for pro-
curement, construction, and improvements, including aids 
to navigation, shore facilities (including facilities at De-
partment of Defense installations used by the Coast 
Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equipment re-
lated thereto, $2,026,790,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2030; of which $20,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out 
the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for re-
search and development; and for maintenance, rehabilita-
tion, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; 
$7,476,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, 
of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authori-
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ties, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses 
incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca-
reer status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under 
section 356 of title 37, United States Code, concurrent 
receipts, combat-related special compensation, and pay-
ments for medical care of retired personnel and their de-
pendents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
$1,249,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for operations and support, including purchase of 
not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type use; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in 
the United States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in 
the District of Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, 
and other facilities on private or other property not in 
Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to 
perform protective functions; conduct of and participation 
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in firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of 
behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 
and operations; payment in advance for commercial ac-
commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; and payment, without regard to section 5702 
of title 5, United States Code, of subsistence expenses of 
employees who are on protective missions, whether at or 
away from their duty stations; $3,103,191,000; of which 
$111,299,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for 
activities related to investigations of missing and exploited 
children; and of which up to $35,000,000 may be for cal-
endar year 2025 premium pay in excess of the annual 
equivalent of the limitation on the rate of pay contained 
in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, pursuant 
to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services 
Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as last amended by 
Public Law 118–38: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 shall be to 
provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 
enforcement organizations in criminal investigations with-
in the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service. 
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
$126,290,000, of which $51,290,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028, and of which $75,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2030. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service for research and development, $3,250,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of 
Public Law 115–141), related to overtime compensation 
limitations, shall apply with respect to funds made avail-
able in this Act in the same manner as such section ap-
plied to funds made available in that Act, except that ‘‘fis-
cal year 2026’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 
SEC. 202. Funding made available under the head-
ings ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations 
and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ 
shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to 
maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 
in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition 
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to funding provided by sections 740 and 1406i of title 48, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act (Public Law 112–42), fees collected 
from passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an ad-
jacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Con-
solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 204. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Sup-
port’’, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to be reduced by amounts collected and credited to this 
appropriation in fiscal year 2026 from amounts authorized 
to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8311), and section 817 of the Trade Facilitation 
and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 
125), or other such authorizing language. 
(b) To the extent that amounts realized from such 
collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess 
of $31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended. 
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SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 
to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 
a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im-
porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 
with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 
That this section shall apply only to individuals trans-
porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre-
scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 
further, That the prescription drug may not be— 
(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802); or 
(2) a biological product, as defined in section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
262). 
SEC. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation 
and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of 
title 46, United States Code, for the transportation of 
crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 
consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of 
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Energy and Transportation and representatives from the 
United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 
measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels. 
(b) The Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
within 2 business days of any request for waivers of navi-
gation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to section 
501(b) of title 46, United States Code, with respect to 
such transportation, and the disposition of such requests. 
SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
not— 
(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 
new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the 
Southern border or the Northern border at a land 
port of entry; or 
(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 
of a border crossing fee. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ 
means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and 
passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay 
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for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the 
Northern border at a land port of entry. 
SEC. 208. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection shall submit an expenditure 
plan for any amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements’’ in this Act and prior Acts to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(b) No such amounts provided in this Act may be 
obligated prior to the submission of such plan. 
SEC. 209. 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. 
SEC. 210. (a) Funds made available in this Act may 
be used to alter operations within the National Targeting 
Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 
by previous appropriations Acts that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided 
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from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the compo-
nents funded by this Act, may be used to reduce antici-
pated or planned vetting operations at existing locations 
unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 211. Of the total amount made available under 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, 
Construction, and Improvements’’, $898,118,000 shall be 
available only as follows: 
(1) $346,000,000 for the acquisition and de-
ployment of border security technologies; 
(2) $300,000,000 for trade and travel assets 
and infrastructure; 
(3) $182,400,000 for integrated operations as-
sets and infrastructure; 
(4) $32,000,000 for mission support and infra-
structure; and 
(5) $37,718,000 for radiological detection sys-
tems. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to admit an alien into the United States at a port of entry 
on an F or M visa if the college, university, or other insti-
tution of higher learning that the student will attend is 
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not accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agen-
cy or association recognized by the Secretary of Education 
pursuant to part H of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099a et seq.). 
SEC. 213. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to parole into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, for the purpose of temporary visit for business 
or pleasure without a visa, an alien who is a national of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 214. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to admit into the United 
States any aerosol-dispensing unmanned aircraft system 
produced or manufactured in a foreign adversary country. 
(b) The term ‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a 
country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to reduce participation in or substantively diminish the 
delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under 
section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1357(g)), except as provided in section 216 of this 
Act. 
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(1) prioritize resources to apprehend, detain, 
and remove aliens who— 
(a) are linked to terrorist organizations or 
terrorist-related activities, or otherwise pose a 
danger to national security; 
(b) possess a criminal history, with a par-
ticular emphasis on violent criminals, felons, 
and repeat offenders; 
(c) have ties to organized criminal organi-
zations; or 
(d) otherwise constitute a threat to public 
safety; 
(2) prioritize detention by using such amounts 
to ensure that the average daily population of de-
tainees is maintained at the full capacity at all de-
tention facilities funded by this Act throughout the 
fiscal year; and 
(3) ensure that every alien on the non-detained 
docket is enrolled into the Alternatives to Detention 
Program with mandatory GPS monitoring through-
out the duration of all applicable immigration pro-
ceedings (including any appeals) and until removal, 
if ordered removed. 
SEC. 225. Not later than 45 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of U.S. 
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate an obligation plan for 
amounts made available in this Act for ‘‘U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement’’, delineated by level II pro-
gram, project, and activity. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 
Operations and Support’’ may be made available to de-
velop or administer a physical identification card for pur-
poses of alien identification, verification of immigration 
status, or immigration portal access. 
SEC. 227. No law of any State or political subdivision 
thereof pertaining to a minimum rate of compensation or 
any other condition of employment shall apply in the case 
of any person held in Federal custody pursuant to the im-
migration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 
SEC. 228. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act shall 
be used to execute an inspection of a detention facility that 
is in a contractual agreement with U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement for the provision of detention serv-
ices and that is subject to the terms, conditions, and 
standards found within the National Detention Standards 
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for Non-Dedicated Facilities, as revised in 2019 for U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, except solely for 
compliance with the terms, conditions, and standards 
found within the National Detention Standards for Non- 
Dedicated Facilities, as revised in 2019. 
(b) Executions of inspections described in subsection 
(a) shall not occur within six months of a previous inspec-
tion of such facility, except with respect to inspections exe-
cuted by the Office of Inspector General. 
SEC. 229. (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 at-
taches 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-
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 
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(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. 230. (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 
the applicability of the screening requirements outlined in 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 231. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2026, any funds in 
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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. 232. 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 
Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 3 of 
the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act 
(Public Law 113–245); and 
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(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. 233. 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’’. 
SEC. 234. (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 
documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 
121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu-
mentation under section 12114. 
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SEC. 235. 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. 236. 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. 237. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the United States Coast Guard to 
enforce vessel speed restrictions with respect to the North 
Atlantic right whale or the Rice’s whale that was not in 
place prior to January 20, 2021. 
SEC. 238. 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-
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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. 239. (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. 240. 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’’. 
SEC. 241. 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. 
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SEC. 242. The Secretary shall ensure that the No-
vember 30, 2021, policy statement from U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection titled ‘‘Policy Statement and Required 
Actions Regarding Pregnant, Postpartum, Nursing Indi-
viduals, and Infants in Custody,’’ or substantively similar 
standards of treatment developed in consultation with ma-
ternal and pediatric health providers and experts, are in 
effect and are fully implemented to safeguard the health, 
safety, and rights of pregnant individuals in U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection custody. 
SEC. 243. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement may be used, in carrying out any 
civil immigration enforcement activities under the immi-
gration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)), 
to— 
(1) detain a citizen of the United States; or 
(2) deport a citizen of the United States from 
the United States. 
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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, 
$2,237,159,000, of which $24,424,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security Agency for procurement, construc-
tion, and improvements, $501,047,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2028. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management 
Agency 
for 
operations 
and 
support, 
$1,474,420,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for procurement, construction, and 
improvements, $158,419,000, of which $94,794,000 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, 
$3,756,676,000, which shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) $520,000,000 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 
$90,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
Operation 
Stonegarden and $15,000,000 shall be for Tribal 
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-
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assistance shall be provided directly to public trans-
portation agencies. 
(5) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in 
accordance with section 70107 of title 46, United 
States Code. 
(6) $720,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, of which $360,000,000 shall be 
for 
Assistance 
to 
Firefighter 
Grants 
and 
$360,000,000 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) $355,000,000 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-
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) $312,750,000 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, 
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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) $9,720,000 for Regional Catastrophic Pre-
paredness Grants. 
(10) $105,300,000 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. 
(11) $40,000,000 for the Next Generation 
Warning System. 
(12) $170,000,000 for Community Project 
Funding grants, which shall be for the purposes, 
and the amounts, specified in the table entitled 
‘‘Homeland Security—Community Project Funding’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act, of which— 
(A) $64,899,341, 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 
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Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5196c); and 
(B) $105,100,659, 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)). 
(13) $379,406,000 to sustain current oper-
ations for training, exercises, technical assistance, 
and other programs. 
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.), $26,474,000,000, 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 section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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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), $202,100,000, 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 $14,578,000 shall be available for mis-
sion support associated with flood management; and of 
which $187,522,000 shall be available for flood plain man-
agement and flood mapping: Provided, That any addi-
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— 
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(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-
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 
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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. 
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. 
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(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. Applications for grants under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal As-
sistance’’, 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 Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days 
after the receipt of an application. 
SEC. 304. (a) Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for 
grants under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9), the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate 5 full business 
days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of 
making an award. 
(b) If any such public announcement is made before 
5 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. 
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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, may 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 may 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. Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
section 5133) is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘related to a major dis-
aster declaration in the previous 4 years and’’ 
after ‘‘measures that are’’. 
(2) In subsection (c) by striking ‘‘may’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall’’. 
(3) In subsection (g)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘7 years’’ and inserting ‘‘4 years’’; 
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (11) and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (12). 
(4) In subsection (i)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘equal to’’ and inserting 
‘‘that is not less than 3 percent and not more 
than’’. 
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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 of the E- 
Verify Program, $112,551,000: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts made 
available for such purposes, and shall not be construed to 
require any reduction of any fee described in section 
286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(m)). 
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, $385,644,000, of which $75,551,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
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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, 
$368,624,000, of which $206,093,000 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, $40,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate for research and development, 
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$350,074,000, 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. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to issue any employment authorization document or simi-
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lar document to any alien whose application for asylum 
in the United States has been denied, or who is convicted 
of a Federal or State crime while his or her application 
for asylum in the United States is pending. 
SEC. 404. Notwithstanding section 286(n) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(n)), the Di-
rector of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may 
use not more than $2,500 of the amounts deposited in 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account for official re-
ception and representation expenses in fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 405. No Federal funds made available to the 
Department of Homeland Security may be used for the 
consideration of a petition for a nonimmigrant visa under 
section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, if the petitioner is any entity identified under 
section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) or any subsidiary of such entity. 
SEC. 406. 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. 407. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Accreditation Board, including representatives from the 
Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal ac-
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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. 408. (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)). 
(b) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers 
shall maintain administrative control and ownership upon 
completion of such facilities. 
SEC. 409. 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). 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be made available to implement, administer, or 
enforce the ‘‘Asylum Program Fee’’ from the Final Rule 
entitled ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee 
Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Ben-
efit Request Requirements’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6194). 
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SEC. 411. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated, expended, or used in any manner 
to determine that any alien has a credible fear of persecu-
tion under section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) unless taking 
into account the credibility of the statements made by the 
alien in support of the alien’s claim, as determined pursu-
ant to section 208(b)(1)(B)(iii), and such other facts as 
are known to the officer, the alien more likely than not 
could establish eligibility for asylum under section 208, 
and it is more likely than not that the statements made 
by, and on behalf of, the alien in support of the alien’s 
claim are true. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated, expended, or used in any manner 
to determine that any alien has a credible fear of persecu-
tion under section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) or to grant 
asylum to any alien pursuant to section 208 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) if such alien 
entered, attempted to enter, or arrived in the United 
States after transiting through at least one country out-
side the alien’s country of citizenship, nationality, or last 
lawful habitual residence en route to the United States 
unless— 
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(a) the alien demonstrates that he or she applied for 
protection from persecution or torture in each country out-
side the alien’s country of citizenship, nationality, or last 
lawful habitual residence through which the alien transited 
en route to the United States, and the alien received a 
final judgment denying the alien protection in each coun-
try; 
(b) the alien demonstrates that he or she was a victim 
of a severe form of trafficking in which a commercial sex 
act was induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which 
the person induced to perform such act was under the age 
of 18 years; or in which the trafficking included the re-
cruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtain-
ing of a person for labor or services through the use of 
force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to 
involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery, 
and was unable to apply for protection from persecution 
in each country through which the alien transited en route 
to the United States as a result of such severe form of 
trafficking; or 
(c) the only countries through which the alien 
transited en route to the United States were, at the time 
of the transit, not parties to the 1951 United Nations 
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, or the United 
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Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, In-
human or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 
SEC. 413. An employer that received a labor certifi-
cation from the Department of Labor under section 
214(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with re-
gard to a petition to import an alien under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act in fiscal year 2025, 
2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 shall, upon issuance of the 
labor certification and approval of the petition, obtain po-
sitions exempt from the numerical limitation under section 
214(g)(1)(B) of such Act in an amount that does not ex-
ceed the highest number of positions for all labor certifi-
cations received by such employer in any 1 of the prior 
5 fiscal years in fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 414. In fiscal year 2026, for the purpose of ad-
mission under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act and an application pursuant 
to section 218 of such Act, work performed by workers 
on agricultural operations (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 1619 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 8791) shall be considered agricultural 
labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature de-
scribed in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of such Act, and 
such workers shall be eligible for admission under such 
section for a period not to exceed one year. 
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SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to implement, administer, or enforce the Final Rule enti-
tled ‘‘Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, 
and Worker Protections’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 103202). 
SEC. 416. (a) Subparagraph (P) of section 
101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(P)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii)(II), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); 
(3) in clause (v), as redesignated by subparagraph 
(B), by striking ‘‘clause (i), (ii), or (iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv)’’; and 
(4) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) seeks to enter the United States 
temporarily and solely for the purpose of 
performing functions that are integral and 
essential to the operation of a mobile en-
tertainment provider (as set forth in sec-
tion 214(c)(4)(I)(ii)); or’’. 
(b) Paragraph (4) of section 214(c) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(4)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) The following shall apply to the admission of any 
alien under section 101(a)(15)(P)(iv): 
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‘‘(i) The mobile entertainment provider shall be 
subject to the same program requirements that gov-
ern the admission of non-immigrants pursuant to 
section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a) (15)(H)(ii)(b)) as 
promulgated by the Department of Labor in section 
655 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(ii) For purposes of section 101(a)(15)(P)(iv), 
functions that are integral and essential to the oper-
ation of a mobile entertainment provider include 
transporting, assembly, operation, disassembly, and 
maintenance of mobile entertainment attractions, 
structures, and equipment, including rides, games, 
novelties, and food or beverage concessions, as well 
as other functions that are common in the mobile 
entertainment industry and are necessary for the 
safe and efficient operation of the mobile entertain-
ment provider. 
‘‘(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘mobile entertainment provider’ means— 
‘‘(I) a carnival or circus that travels 
around the United States on a temporary or 
seasonal basis; or 
‘‘(II) a provider of services normally affili-
ated with a carnival or circus, such as food and 
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game concessions, that travels around the 
United States on a seasonal or temporary basis 
to provide services to State, county, and local 
fairs and festivals, or support events sponsored 
by 
not-for-profit 
organizations 
for 
fund-
raising.’’. 
(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
and the Secretary of Labor shall separately publish in the 
Federal Register proposed rules implementing the provi-
sions of this section and the amendments made by this 
section, and shall finalize such rules not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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-
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