Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Legislative Progress
ReportedMr. Amodei of Nevada, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported …
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill appropriates funds for the Department of Homeland Security for FY2026, covering CBP, ICE, TSA, Coast Guard, Secret Service, CISA, and FEMA. It includes extensive policy riders that tighten asylum standards, expand detention requirements, restrict sanctuary city funding, and prohibit procurement from Chinese-linked companies.
Who Benefits and How
- Detention facility contractors benefit from mandated full capacity operations and expanded transfer authority
- GPS monitoring technology providers gain from requirements for all non-detained aliens to be enrolled with mandatory GPS tracking
- U.S. technology companies benefit from procurement bans on Chinese-owned companies
- Commercial shipping companies avoid new whale protection speed restrictions
- Consumers can personally import prescription drugs from Canada at lower prices
Who Bears the Burden and How
- Asylum seekers face heightened credible fear standards and third-country transit bars
- Sanctuary cities and states lose eligibility for DHS grants and contracts
- Chinese nationals face new entry restrictions to Northern Mariana Islands
- Denied asylum applicants lose work authorization eligibility
- Non-detained immigrants face mandatory GPS monitoring throughout proceedings
Key Provisions
- Heightens credible fear asylum standard from significant possibility to more-likely-than-not
- Bars asylum for those transiting through third countries without applying for protection there
- Mandates full detention capacity and GPS monitoring for all non-detained aliens
- Prohibits grants to sanctuary jurisdictions that limit immigration enforcement cooperation
- Bans procurement from companies with Chinese government ownership
- Blocks Coast Guard enforcement of post-2021 whale protection speed restrictions
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Appropriates funds for the Department of Homeland Security for FY2026, with extensive policy riders on immigration enforcement, detention, border security, and prohibitions on gender-affirming care and abortion services in ICE custody.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Strengthen immigration enforcement, expand detention capacity, restrict asylum and parole, and add conservative policy riders on gender-affirming care and abortion"
Likely Beneficiaries
- CBP and ICE enforcement personnel
- Detention facility contractors
- Border security technology providers
- 287(g) program participants
- U.S. flag maritime industry
Likely Burden Bearers
- Unauthorized immigrants
- Asylum seekers
- Transgender detainees
- Pregnant detainees seeking abortion
- Chinese nationals seeking entry
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "the_director"
- → Director of ICE
- "the_commissioner"
- → Commissioner of CBP
- "the_commandant"
- → Commandant of the Coast Guard
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of FEMA
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land port of entry
Workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3))
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