H.R. 4367: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 28 Sep 2023. Introduced 27 Jun 2023.

Official title: Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 28 Sep 2023: Passed, 220 Yea, 208 Nay, 0 Present, 5 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (220): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Nay (208): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Not voting (5): John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13).

Not in office (12): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2).

Summary

Main subject: Provides fiscal year 2024 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security and its components, and sets conditions, limits and reporting requirements on how the funds may be used. Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V

Its core areas: Departmental management, intelligence and inspector general funding; U.S. Customs and Border Protection and border barrier funding; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and detention; Transportation Security Administration, Coast Guard and Secret Service funding; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency funding; FEMA grants, the Disaster Relief Fund and the National Flood Insurance Fund; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, law enforcement training, and science and countering weapons of mass destruction funding; Limits on the use of funds, reprogramming rules and rescissions of unobligated balances.

Unexpected Items: 63 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (5)

Sec. 536: Bars use of funds in the Act to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification.
Sec. 538: Bars funds in this or any other Act from being used to transfer or release into the United States, its territories or possessions, a named person or any other non-citizen detainee held at Guantanamo Bay on or after June 24, 2009.
Sec. 552: Bars use of funds from this Act or previous appropriations Acts to take discriminatory action, as defined, against a person who acts on a religious belief or moral conviction about marriage, covering tax treatment, grants, benefits, and accreditation.
Sec. 556: Sets to $0 the amount by which the House Appropriations Committee's section 302(b) allocation of new budget authority exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority. ($0)
Sec. 206: Bars funds from being used to approve a waiver of navigation and vessel-inspection laws for transporting crude oil to and from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until certain measures to ensure use of U.S. flag vessels are taken.

Applies only to a specific place or group (7)

Title II, “United states secret service — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Sets aside $6,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) of Secret Service operations funds for a grant for activities related to investigations of missing and exploited children, without naming the recipient. ($6,000,000)
Sec. 528: Appropriates $3,000,000 to FEMA Federal Assistance to reimburse extraordinary law enforcement or emergency personnel costs tied to protecting a residence of the President designated to be secured by the Secret Service. ($3,000,000)
Sec. 546: Bars use of Office of the Secretary operations funds to pay outside counsel to prepare for or defend against impeachment until the funds in section 211(a)(1) are obligated.
Sec. 558: Bars use of funds in this Act to pay the salary and expenses of the position of Secretary of Homeland Security, occupied by the named person.
Sec. 565: Bars use of funds in this Act by the Secretary of Homeland Security to travel outside the United States.
Sec. 209: Applies an earlier act's prohibition on funds for fencing construction in certain areas to funds in this Act; the areas are not named in this text.
Sec. 526: Continues for fiscal year 2024 an earlier act's authority regarding primary and secondary schooling of dependents; the covered dependents and locations are not described in this text.

Policy change made through a dollar amount (4)

Sec. 557: Bars use of funds in this Act to pay the named Secretary a salary that exceeds $1. ($1)
Sec. 561: Reduces the salary of the named Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to $1. ($1)
Sec. 564: Reduces the salary of the named Secretary of Homeland Security to $1.00. ($1.00)
Sec. 569: Reduces the salary of the named Chief of Staff of the Department of Homeland Security to $1. ($1)

Funds a specific named project or event (3)

Title II, “U.S. immigration and customs enforcement — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Directs not less than $2,000,000 of ICE operations and support funds to paid apprenticeships for participants in a named program. ($2,000,000)
Sec. 232: Bars use of funds in the Act to reduce the mission or the government-employed or contract staff levels of a named Coast Guard center.
Title III, “FEDERAL ASSISTANCE”: Provides $181,223,342 for Community Project Funding grants for the purposes and amounts listed in a table in the accompanying report; the section also directs set-asides for named programs and a Puerto Rico grant-passthrough rule. ($181,223,342)

Exception or delay for a subset (23)

Sec. 202: Makes CBP funds available for customs expenses in two named territories, in addition to funding provided under other statutes.
Sec. 205: Bars use of CBP funds to prevent individuals from importing personal-use quantities of certain prescription drugs from Canada, up to a 90-day supply, excluding controlled substances and biological products.
Sec. 217: Lets the Secretary reprogram and transfer funds to ICE Operations and Support for detention of aliens prioritized for removal without regard to the time and condition limits in section 503(d).
Sec. 230: Allows Coast Guard Operations and Support reprogramming of up to $10,000,000 in each of two categories after June 30, without regard to the time and condition limit in section 503(d). ($10,000,000)
Sec. 233: Bars use of funds in the Act to conduct or implement an OMB Circular A-76 competition for activities at a named Coast Guard center.
Sec. 236: Bars funds from being used to charge an inspection fee for towing vessels that use the Towing Safety Management System option, until a Coast Guard determination is made under a 2018 Act.
Sec. 238: Bars Secret Service funds for protecting the head of a Federal agency, with an exception for the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Sec. 239: Allows up to $15,000,000 to be reprogrammed within Secret Service Operations and Support for purposes of the section 503(a)(3) reprogramming limit. ($15,000,000)
Sec. 240: Makes Secret Service operations funds available for protective-mission travel without regard to spending limits in this or any other Act, if the Committees are notified in advance.
Sec. 243: Bars use of funds to parole into one named U.S. territory, for temporary visits without a visa, nationals of one named country.
Sec. 244: Bars funds from being used for procurement contracts with entities deemed not eligible from a size standpoint by the Small Business Administration, within one named Coast Guard program.
Sec. 307: Lets the FEMA Administrator waive several statutory requirements for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants.
Sec. 309: Lets the FEMA Administrator waive subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for Assistance to Firefighter Grants.
Sec. 402: Bars use of funds to process or approve an OMB Circular A-76 competition for services of USCIS employees in listed job categories.
Sec. 406: Lets the Secretary raise the fiscal year 2024 cap on H-2B visas above the statutory limit by up to the highest number of returning-worker H-2B participants in a prior year.
Sec. 549: Bars use of funds for an inspection of an ICE detention contract facility within six months of a previous inspection, except inspections by the Office of Inspector General.
Sec. 550: Limits funded inspections of ICE detention contract facilities to compliance with the National Detention Standards 2019, with the limit starting up to 180 days after enactment for facilities under existing contracts.
Sec. 551: Bars use of funds to admit nationals of the Republic of Chile under the Visa Waiver Program until the Secretary verifies Chile provides access to criminal databases and DHS screens Chilean nationals against them.
Sec. 578: Bars use of funds in this Act to assist the Department of Defense in housing persons at military installations in the United States, except for major disaster declarations or U.S. Coast Guard personnel.
Sec. 228: Bars Transportation Security Administration funds from being used for structural pay reform that would change the October 1, 2022 pay structure for employees other than Transportation Security Officers.
Sec. 221: Bars use of funds in this Act to transport certain aliens into the interior of the U.S. for purposes other than immigration enforcement, but the bar does not apply to amounts made available to transport unaccompanied alien children.
Sec. 523: Requires a 30-day notification to Congress before funds are obligated for large pay reforms or new position classifications, but exempts changes that were proposed in the President's budget and not denied or restricted in this Act.
Sec. 524: Requires agencies to post certain reports to Congress on their public websites, but exempts reports whose posting compromises homeland or national security or that contain proprietary information.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (19)

Sec. 220: Bars use of funds in the Act to carry out the policies in two named Department of Homeland Security and ICE memoranda on civil immigration enforcement, and any successor or similar memorandum or policy.
Sec. 241: Bars use of funds in the Act to carry out a named CBP directive on emergency driving and vehicular pursuits, and any successor or similar directive or policy.
Sec. 404: Bars use of funds in the Act to implement, administer, or enforce a named rule on credible fear screening and asylum claims by asylum officers (87 Fed. Reg. 18078).
Sec. 542: Bars use of funds in the Act to administer, implement, or enforce two named rules on COVID-19 travel (87 Fed. Reg. 20405 et seq. and 87 Fed. Reg. 24041), or any successor rules.
Sec. 544: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement, administer, or enforce the rule titled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” (88 Fed. Reg. 11704).
Sec. 545: Bars use of funds in this Act to carry out the Department's Equity Action Plan, three named executive orders, and any program that promotes Critical Race Theory or a concept associated with it.
Sec. 559: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement, administer, or enforce the rule “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility” (87 Fed. Reg. 55472).
Sec. 560: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement a COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandate for travelers at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints.
Sec. 562: Bars use of funds in this Act to require a Department of Homeland Security employee to wear a face mask.
Sec. 563: Bars use of funds in this Act for the Uniting for Ukraine program.
Sec. 566: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement the Climate Literacy Strategy.
Sec. 567: Bars use of funds in this Act for the Department of Homeland Security's Environmental Justice Strategy.
Sec. 568: Bars use of funds in this Act to administer, implement, or enforce one section of a proposed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services fee schedule rule (88 Fed. Reg. 402).
Sec. 570: Bars use of funds in this Act to carry out Executive Order 14019 on promoting access to voting, except sections 7, 8, and 10.
Sec. 572: Bars use of funds in this Act to administer, implement, or enforce a "Remain-in-Texas" policy.
Sec. 573: Bars use of funds in this Act to carry out a DHS memorandum on worksite enforcement strategy.
Sec. 574: Bars use of funds in this Act to terminate the Department of Homeland Security's Migration Protection Protocols.
Sec. 575: Bars use of funds in this Act to carry out a DHS memorandum on guidelines for enforcement actions in or near protected areas.
Sec. 576: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement seven listed executive orders (or section 6 of one), relating to climate, energy, sustainability and environmental justice.

Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (2)

Sec. 540: Bars funds for a Disinformation Governance Board, similar entities, and any entity that directs or recommends that private companies restrict lawful speech on social media platforms.
Sec. 543: Bars funds from partnering with or funding organizations that direct or recommend that private companies restrict lawful speech of U.S. persons on social media, and requires removal from federal service of employees who conduct such activity.

What it does

Sec. 211: Directs $2,965,653,000 for Customs and Border Protection procurement, construction, and improvements to set uses, including $2,104,000,000 for the acquisition and deployment of physical barriers.
Title III, “DISASTER RELIEF FUND”: Provides $20,406,341,000 for carrying out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to remain available until expended.
Title II, “U.S. immigration and customs enforcement — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Funds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and support and requires a level of not less than 41,500 detention beds through September 30, 2024.
Title II, “Transportation security administration — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Provides $10,118,131,000 for Transportation Security Administration operations and support, with security service fees credited as offsetting collections for aviation security.
Title II, “Coast guard — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Provides $10,222,488,000 for Coast Guard operations and support, of which $530,000,000 is for defense-related activities.
Title III, “FEDERAL ASSISTANCE”: Allocates Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance funds among grant programs, including the State Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Area Security Initiative, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program and Assistance to Firefighter Grants.
Sec. 213: Bars use of funds in the Act to use the CBP One Application, or any successor application, to facilitate the parole of any alien into the United States.
Sec. 503: Bars reprogramming of funds that creates or eliminates a program or meets other listed conditions unless the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are notified at least 15 days in advance.
Sec. 553: Rescinds unobligated balances from listed Department of Homeland Security accounts, including $1,159,000,000 for border barrier system construction provided by Public Law 116–93.

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