United StatesAppropriates DHS FY2027 funding and adds policy conditions
Sets federal spending and rules that affect border security, immigration enforcement, disaster aid, transportation screening, and local grant programs.
What it does
Appropriates FY2027 funds across DHS components with specific dollar totals and multi-year availability (e.g., CBP, ICE, TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA, CISA, Secret Service).
Establishes new and recurring reporting and planning requirements (monthly CFO staffing reports, quarterly acquisition briefings, CBP/ICE expenditure and execution plans, monthly migrant and detention estimates).
Places specific prohibitions and limits on use of funds: bans certain intelligence activities, forbids new border crossing fees, restricts funding for abortions and sex-reassignment care in ICE custody, and limits certain surveillance tower procurements.
Requires DHS to prioritize detention capacity and mandatory Alternatives to Detention enrollment with GPS monitoring for non-detained docket cases.
Provides $40 million specifically for procurement, deployment, and operations of body-worn cameras for DHS law enforcement performing immigration enforcement.
Argument forThe bill increases oversight, transparency, and congressional visibility into DHS spending and programs through regular reports, acquisition briefings, and required expenditure/execution plans.
Argument againstStrict limits on asylum credible-fear determinations and transit-based bars could deny protection to eligible refugees and conflict with international obligations or established case law.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 12The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-697, by Mr. Amodei (NV).Latest
- Jun 12Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 605.Introduced
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