Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Overview
Headline Summary
H.R. 7147 is a Homeland Security appropriations and continuing-appropriations bill for fiscal year 2026. It funds major Department of Homeland Security components, including CBP, TSA, the Coast Guard, Secret Service, CISA, FEMA, USCIS, FLETC, and the Science and Technology Directorate, while also extending and cleaning up continuing appropriations authority after a funding lapse beginning around February 14, 2026.
By The Numbers
- Number of divisions: 2.
- Main funding division: Division A, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026.
- Continuing appropriations division: Division B, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
- Largest line items identified in the parsed text: Coast Guard operations ($11.27 billion), CBP operations ($11.08 billion), TSA operations ($10.64 billion), FEMA federal assistance ($3.84 billion), Secret Service operations ($3.13 billion), CISA operations ($2.22 billion), DHS Management Directorate operations ($1.69 billion), and FEMA operations ($1.67 billion).
- Notable non-DHS additions: $140 million for FAA air traffic organization operations and $30 million for Supreme Court salaries and expenses.
Division Overview
- Division A - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026: Provides the substantive FY2026 DHS funding package. It covers headquarters management, intelligence, oversight, border and travel security, Coast Guard, Secret Service, cybersecurity, FEMA grants and disaster-related administration, immigration services support, federal law enforcement training, science and technology, and department-wide controls.
- Division B - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026: Extends and ratifies continuing-appropriations authority around a lapse in appropriations, including language for pay and obligations incurred to protect life and property or wind down government functions.
Biggest Ticket Items
1. Coast Guard operations and support: $11.27 billion for Coast Guard operations, reserve activity, defense-related work, environmental compliance, and depot maintenance.
2. Customs and Border Protection operations and support: $11.08 billion for border, trade, air and marine, law enforcement, humanitarian, and mission support.
3. Transportation Security Administration operations and support: $10.64 billion for aviation and transportation security operations.
4. FEMA federal assistance: $3.84 billion for homeland security, urban security, nonprofit security, fire, emergency management, flood mapping, warning, dam safety, emergency food and shelter, and community project grants.
5. Secret Service operations and support: $3.13 billion for protection, investigations, vehicles, facilities, premium pay authority, and related operations.
6. CISA operations and support: $2.22 billion for cybersecurity and infrastructure security work.
7. DHS Management Directorate operations: $1.69 billion for department-wide management and fleet modernization.
8. FEMA operations and support: $1.67 billion for core emergency management operations.
9. Coast Guard retired pay: $1.25 billion for retired pay and benefit obligations.
10. Coast Guard procurement, construction, and improvements: $991.87 million for vessels, aircraft, shore facilities, aids to navigation, and related equipment.
Notable & Controversial
The bill sharply limits certain immigration and border-security funding references: section 4 says explanatory-statement content for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP Border Security Operations has no force or effect and sets those referenced table amounts to $0, while section 549 blocks transfers to CBP Border Security Operations. It also includes detailed oversight controls, including reprogramming limits, monthly budget and staffing reports, FEMA deadline penalties, congressional access to DHS detention facilities, detention-record preservation, border-arrival and detention/removal estimates, and reporting before Defense Department border-support requests. Other notable riders address autonomous border surveillance systems, pregnant and postpartum people in CBP custody, no new land border crossing fee, Coast Guard MQ-9 aircraft funding with a ban on kinetic capabilities, procurement restrictions tied to Chinese military-linked entities, and a prohibition on using DHS funds to transfer certain Guantanamo detainees into the United States.
What It Means For You
For everyday Americans, this bill keeps major homeland security services funded: airport screening, Coast Guard operations, federal cybersecurity support, FEMA preparedness grants, flood mapping, emergency food and shelter support, Secret Service protection, law enforcement training, and immigration-service support such as E-Verify. It also preserves continuity after a funding lapse, which matters for federal employee pay, agency obligations, and shutdown cleanup. The biggest policy signal is that the bill funds broad DHS operations while placing unusually explicit limits and reporting requirements around immigration enforcement, border security operations, detention oversight, and transfer authority.
Divisions
Each division covers a major department or agency. Click to see the full breakdown.
Division Summary
Division A is the fiscal year 2026 appropriations package for the Department of Homeland Security. It funds DHS headquarters and oversight offices, border and travel operations, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, federal cybersecurity, emergency management grants, law enforcement training, immigration services support, and science and technology programs. The largest direct line items are for the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, TSA, FEMA grants, Secret Service operations, CISA, and DHS management.
Key Funding Areas
- Coast Guard operations and support: $11.27 billion for Coast Guard operations, reserve support, defense-related activity, environmental compliance, depot maintenance, and related mission needs.
- Customs and Border Protection operations and support: $11.08 billion for border, trade, air and marine, law enforcement, humanitarian, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, and unmanned system support.
- Transportation Security Administration operations and support: $10.64 billion for aviation and transportation security, partly offset by security fee collections.
- FEMA federal assistance: $3.84 billion for homeland security grants, urban security, nonprofit security, fire grants, emergency management performance grants, flood mapping, emergency food and shelter, warning systems, dam safety, and community project funding.
- Secret Service operations and support: $3.13 billion for protective operations, investigations, vehicles, facilities, premium pay authority, and a $6 million missing and exploited children grant.
- CISA operations and support: $2.22 billion for federal cybersecurity, infrastructure security, risk management, and threat-sharing activities.
- DHS Management Directorate: $1.69 billion for department-wide management and vehicle fleet modernization.
- FEMA operations and support: $1.67 billion for the agency's core staffing and mission support.
- Coast Guard retired pay: $1.25 billion for retired pay and related benefit obligations.
- Coast Guard procurement, construction, and improvements: $991.87 million for vessels, aircraft, shore facilities, aids to navigation, and related equipment.
Notable Provisions
The division is heavy on controls and reporting. It requires monthly DHS budget and staffing reports, restricts reprogramming and transfers, and sets penalties for late FEMA reporting and grant delays. It also bars the explanatory statement allocations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP Border Security Operations from having force or effect, sets those referenced table amounts to $0, and separately blocks transfers to CBP Border Security Operations. Other notable provisions include no new land border crossing fee, a CBP expenditure plan before procurement obligations, standards for pregnant and postpartum people in CBP custody, a restriction to autonomous border surveillance systems, Coast Guard MQ-9 aircraft funding paired with a ban on kinetic capabilities, and oversight access for Members of Congress to DHS detention facilities.
Division Summary
Division B is a short continuing-appropriations bridge. It amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 by substituting the date of enactment of this Act for the prior section 106(3) date, meaning the stopgap authority is extended through this Act's enactment date. It also treats the covered period as including the lapse in appropriations that began on or about February 14, 2026.
Key Effects
- It recognizes the funding lapse period and connects it back to the continuing appropriations framework.
- It makes personnel pay, allowances, and benefits available for required payments under the continuing appropriations language.
- It ratifies and approves obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authorities in Division A and the continuing resolution when those obligations were for protecting life and property, orderly shutdown activity, or otherwise authorized purposes.
- It does not list new standalone dollar amounts in the parsed text.
What It Means
This division is mostly cleanup and continuity language. Its practical role is to prevent administrative gaps from the lapse in appropriations and to validate necessary obligations made while agencies were operating under shutdown or near-shutdown conditions.