H.R. 7147: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Became law, 30 Apr 2026 · Public Law 119-86. Introduced 20 Jan 2026.

Official title: Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 30 Apr 2026: agreed to by voice vote; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and recede from the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 7147, and concur in the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3311-3321)”
Senate, 27 Mar 2026: agreed to by voice vote; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.”
President: Signed 30 Apr 2026 · Public Law 119-86

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Donald Trump (R, President).

Not in office (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Senate

Agreed to by voice vote: the record lists no member’s position.

House

Agreed to by voice vote: the record lists no member’s position.

Summary

Main subject: Provides fiscal year 2026 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security and its components, and amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 with provisions covering the lapse in appropriations that began on or about February 14, 2026. Division A, Division B

Its core areas: Department of Homeland Security appropriations for fiscal year 2026; U.S. Customs and Border Protection funding; Transportation Security Administration funding; Coast Guard funding; FEMA disaster relief and preparedness grants; Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 changes, back pay and ratification of obligations during the lapse in appropriations.

Unexpected Items: 26 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 (4)

Sec. 534: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification.
Sec. 536: Bars funds in this or any other Act from being used to transfer or release into the United States certain detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, including one named individual.
Sec. 547: Appropriates $30,000,000 as an additional amount for the Supreme Court of the United States, Salaries and Expenses, available until September 30, 2028. ($30,000,000)
Sec. 548: Appropriates $140,000,000 for Federal Aviation Administration air traffic organization activities, to be used for a 3.8 percent calendar year 2026 pay increase for air traffic controllers and certain supervisors or managers, subject to the Administrator's determination. ($140,000,000)

Applies only to a specific place or group (2)

Title II, “United states secret service — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Within the Secret Service operations appropriation, $6,000,000 is set aside for a grant for activities related to investigations of missing and exploited children, without naming the recipient. ($6,000,000)
Sec. 203: 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 measures are taken to ensure the use of United States flag vessels.

Policy change made through a dollar amount (1)

Sec. 4: Explanatory Statement: Gives the House explanatory statement the effect of a conference statement, but sets the 'Final Bill' amounts for CBP Border Security Operations and for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to $0 and gives the text under those headings no force or effect. ($0)

Funds a specific named project or event (4)

Sec. 219: Provides an additional $98,000,000 for Coast Guard procurement and acquisition of MQ–9 aircraft, associated base stations, related equipment and program management, and bars use of Department funds for long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic capabilities. ($98,000,000)
Sec. 225: Directs $2,000,000 of Secret Service Operations and Support funds, available until expended, to a grant or cooperative agreement for existing National Computer Forensics Institute facilities. ($2,000,000)
Title III, “Federal emergency management agency — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Within FEMA operations and support funding, requires not less than $3,000,000 for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. ($3,000,000)
Title III, “FEDERAL ASSISTANCE”: Within $3,836,748,513 of FEMA assistance, sets aside $272,671,513 for Community Project Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending grants listed in a table in the explanatory statement; also directs Puerto Rico to pass State Homeland Security amounts to local and tribal governments. ($272,671,513)

Different amount for specific places or groups (1)

Sec. 223: Allows up to $15,000,000 to be reprogrammed within Secret Service Operations and Support for purposes of the general reprogramming section. ($15,000,000)

Exception or delay for a subset (12)

Sec. 215: Bars use of funds in this Act to reduce the mission or the government-employed or contract staff levels of one named Coast Guard center.
Sec. 216: Bars use of funds to conduct or implement an OMB Circular A-76 competition for activities at one named Coast Guard center.
Sec. 226: Amends a pay-limit law retroactively to December 31, 2023 for 2024, adds Secret Service reporting on overtime demands, and applies an earlier Secret Service premium-pay provision with $40,000,000 substituted for $24,000,000.
Sec. 227: Bars use of CBP funds to prevent an individual from importing a personal-use quantity (up to a 90-day supply) of certain prescription drugs from Canada, excluding controlled substances and biological products.
Sec. 228: Makes CBP Operations and Support and Procurement, Construction, and Improvements funds available for customs expenses in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to funding under other statutes.
Sec. 402: Bars use of funds to process or approve an OMB Circular A-76 competition for services provided by listed USCIS employee positions.
Sec. 407: Classifies the functions of Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers instructor staff as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998.
Sec. 503: Sets reprogramming and transfer rules for DHS funds, and separately allows the Secretary to transfer up to $20,000,000 to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, notwithstanding the general transfer limit. ($20,000,000)
Sec. 513: Bars funds for carrying out section 872 of the Homeland Security Act unless authorized by Congress, with exceptions allowing functions of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office to be reallocated and funds transferred for that purpose.
Sec. 549: Provides that, notwithstanding the general transfer authority in section 503(c), no amounts may be transferred to CBP Operations and Support for Border Security Operations as listed in the explanatory statement table.
Sec. 523: Exempts a pay reform or position classification change from the 30-day advance notification requirement if it was proposed in the President's budget and its funds were not explicitly denied or restricted in this Act.
Sec. 524: Exempts reports from the agency website posting requirement if posting would compromise homeland or national security or the report contains proprietary information.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 220: Blocks Coast Guard funds for implementing Force Design 2028 until the Coast Guard gives the Appropriations Committees detailed briefings.

Changes a government process (1)

Sec. 542: Directs that section 16005(c) of title VI of division B of the CARES Act be applied as if it read that subsection (a) applies until September 30, 2026.

What it does

Title III, “DISASTER RELIEF FUND”: Provides $26,367,000,000 for the Disaster Relief Fund to carry out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, to remain available until expended.
Title III, “FEDERAL ASSISTANCE”: Provides $3,836,748,513 for Federal Emergency Management Agency federal assistance, allocated among listed grant programs, including $494,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant Program.
Title II, “U.S. customs and border protection — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Provides $11,083,012,000 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations and support.
Title II, “Transportation security administration — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Provides $10,635,434,000 for Transportation Security Administration operations and support, with security service fees credited as offsetting collections.
Title II, “Coast guard — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Provides $11,272,401,000 for Coast Guard operations and support.
Sec. 4: Gives the House explanatory statement printed on or about January 22, 2026 the effect of a joint explanatory statement, and sets the Final Bill amounts for Border Security Operations under U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its table at $0.
Sec. 109: Provides an additional $20,000,000 for the Office of the Secretary for body-worn cameras for agents and officers performing enforcement activities under 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and requires a spend plan within 30 days of enactment.
Division B, Sec. 101: Substitutes the date of enactment of this Act for the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119–37).
Division B, Sec. 103: Makes amounts for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in specified Acts available for payments under section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code, and requires that such payments be made.
Division B, Sec. 104: Ratifies and approves obligations incurred in anticipation of appropriations under division A and the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 to maintain the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bring about orderly termination of Government function, if otherwise in accord with those Acts.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 3 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

Changed after House passage

Compares the bill as passed by the House, 22 Jan 2026, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 88% of the wording the House passed stands in the final text.

Removed before the final vote (16)

Title II, “U.S. immigration and customs enforcement — OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT”: Appropriates $10,036,362,000 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and support, including police-type vehicles, and sets amounts for Homeland Security Investigations, removal operations and official reception expenses ($11,475).
Title II, “U.S. immigration and customs enforcement — PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS”: Appropriates $5,000,000 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement procurement, construction, and improvements, to remain available until September 30, 2028.
Sec. 212: Bars use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Operations and Support funds to continue a section 287(g) delegation of law enforcement authority if the Inspector General finds the agreement's terms were materially violated.
Sec. 213: Bars use of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Operations and Support funds to continue a detention services contract when the facility's two most recent performance evaluations are below "adequate", with evaluations done by the Office of Professional Responsibility.
Sec. 214: Lets the Secretary reprogram within and transfer funds to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Operations and Support to ensure detention of aliens prioritized for removal, without regard to the time and condition limits of section 503(d).
Sec. 215: Continues semimonthly submission of the reports required by section 216 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021, with each required matter applying in the same manner and extent.
Sec. 216: Applies the terms and conditions of sections 216 and 217 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) to this Act.
Sec. 217: Requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit an obligation plan within 30 days and monthly briefings and updates, and makes $100,000 per month (up to $700,000 for the year) for Executive Leadership and Oversight available only if the reports are timely.
Sec. 218: Requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit, within 90 days, a written execution plan for detention facility funding provided by Public Law 119–21, with quarterly briefings and updates comparing planned and actual execution.
Sec. 219: Bars use of funds to reduce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attaché or liaison presence at U.S. embassies or consulates, except in a country where a written foreign policy explanation is given or the country requests cessation.
Sec. 541: Directs that not less than $5,000,000 be transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Operations and Support for Blue Campaign operations in fiscal year 2026, with notification to the Appropriations Committees before obligation.
Sec. 550: Provides that $99,750,000 of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Operations and Support is derived by transfer from unobligated balances of its Cybersecurity Response and Recovery Fund under Public Law 117–58, and keeps those amounts treated under section 103(b) of Public Law 118–5.
Sec. 551: Rescinds unobligated balances from seven Department of Homeland Security accounts in amounts from $172,000 to $73,327,000, excluding amounts designated as an emergency requirement.
Sec. 552: Rescinds unobligated balances made available under section 505 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024, from twelve Operations and Support accounts, in amounts listed from $88,190 to $52,349,050.
Sec. 553: Rescinds $2,362,000 of unobligated balances in the Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund established in section 538 of division F of Public Law 117–103.
Sec. 554: Repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, and the amendments it made, leaving them with no force or effect.

Added after House passage (8)

Sec. 1: Short title: Gives the Act the short title “Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.”
Sec. 2: Table of contents: Provides a table of contents for the Act.
Sec. 3: References: Provides that, unless expressly stated otherwise, a reference to “this Act” within a division refers only to the provisions of that division.
Sec. 4: Explanatory Statement: Gives the explanatory statement printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 22, 2026 the effect of a joint explanatory statement of a conference committee, and sets the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Security Operations amounts to $0.
Division B: FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026: Provides that this division may be cited as the "Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026".
Division B, Sec. 102: Treats the time covered by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 as including the period beginning on or about February 14, 2026, during which a lapse in appropriations occurred.
Division B, Sec. 103: Makes amounts provided in the named Acts for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits available for payments under section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code, and requires those payments to be made.
Division B, Sec. 104: Ratifies and approves obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authority under the named Acts for maintaining essential activity to protect life and property and for orderly termination of Government function, if in accord with those Acts.