Secure America Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Appropriates fiscal year 2026 funding through 2029 for border and homeland-security personnel, investigations, child exploitation investigators, nonintrusive inspection technology, air and marine platforms, border surveillance, biometric entry-exit deployment, fentanyl interdiction, and additional DHS purposes.
Who Benefits and How
CBP benefits from $9.55 billion to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and support personnel for functions outside immigration enforcement and customs functions. Homeland Security Investigations benefits from $7.45 billion for agents, support personnel, mission support, operations, and maintenance, including $108.5 million for child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts. Border communities and ports of entry benefit from $3.45 billion for nonintrusive inspection equipment, AI and machine learning tools, air and marine platforms, surveillance technology, biometric entry-exit deployment, and fentanyl interdiction. Child sexual exploitation victims benefit if HSI Victim Identification Laboratory staffing helps identify and rescue victims.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DHS, CBP, ICE, HSI, and related procurement offices must hire, train, equip, obligate, and oversee multiyear funds. Federal taxpayers bear $22.95 billion in new appropriations across the four sections. Contractors receiving technology, aviation, biometric, and inspection-equipment awards must meet federal performance requirements. CBP may not use section 101 funds to recruit, hire, or train processing coordinators after October 31, 2028, and may not buy untested autonomous surveillance towers under section 103.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates $9.55 billion for CBP Border Patrol personnel and support through September 30, 2029.
- Appropriates $7.45 billion for ICE Homeland Security Investigations staffing, operations, and mission support.
- Provides $108.5 million within HSI funding for child exploitation investigators and forensic analysts.
- Appropriates $3.45 billion for border security technology, nonintrusive inspection, air and marine platforms, surveillance, biometric entry-exit, and fentanyl interdiction.
- Appropriates $2.5 billion in additional DHS funding for purposes in the title.
- Bars untested autonomous surveillance towers and limits processing-coordinator use after October 31, 2028.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Appropriates fiscal year 2026 funding through 2029 for border and homeland-security personnel, investigations, child exploitation investigators, nonintrusive inspection technology, air and marine platforms, border surveillance, biometric entry-exit deployment, fentanyl interdiction, and additional DHS purposes.
Key Policy Areas
Homeland Security, Border Security, Appropriations, Child Exploitation
Primary Purpose
Appropriates fiscal year 2026 funding through 2029 for border and homeland-security personnel, investigations, child exploitation investigators, nonintrusive inspection technology, air and marine platforms, border surveillance, biometric entry-exit deployment, fentanyl interdiction, and additional DHS purposes.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- CBP
- Homeland Security Investigations
- Border communities
- Ports of entry
- Child victim families
- Technology contractors
Identified Costs
- DHS
- CBP
- ICE
- Federal taxpayers
- Procurement offices
- Untested surveillance tower contractors
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawBecame Public Law No: 119-98.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 214 - 212 (Roll …
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: …
On motion to commit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: …
The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered …
Mr. Boyle (PA) moved to commit to the Committee on …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
CBP, CBP hiring offices, DHS
Positive-direction: CBP, DHS, Homeland Security Investigations
Negative-direction: CBP hiring offices, DHS budget offices, ICE hiring offices
Border technology contractors, Untested surveillance tower vendors
Positive-direction: Border technology contractors
Negative-direction: Untested surveillance tower vendors
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
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