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HR 7147 · 119th Congress · HouseEnacted

Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.

In plain language: This law ends a federal shutdown, guarantees back pay for affected government workers, and funds emergency disaster relief, the Coast Guard, airport security, and local first responder grants through fiscal year 2026. It zeroes out direct appropriations in this bill for immigration enforcement and border security operations and blocks funds from being shifted into those accounts, while allocating $20 million to equip border officers with body-worn cameras. The measure also bans new toll fees for pedestrians and passenger cars at land border crossings, prohibits the use of physical restraints on pregnant women in immigration custody, and lets travelers carry up to a 90-day personal supply of eligible prescription drugs from Canada. Additionally, it funds a 3.8 percent pay raise for air traffic controllers to tackle staffing shortages, subjects members of Congress and agency leaders to standard airport security screenings, and guarantees lawmakers unannounced oversight access to migrant detention centers.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided. The bill directly impacts the entire DHS workforce, federal employees affected by the funding lapse, air traffic controllers, grant recipients, and border detainees, but does not state a comprehensive population figure.
Fiscal magnitude—Not determinable from the text provided. While the bill specifies billions of dollars across numerous discrete grant and program appropriations (e.g., over $5 billion in FEMA federal assistance, NFIP funds, and specialized appropriations in Titles I–V), it incorporates full departmental funding tables by reference to an external explanatory statement (Sec. 4), appropriates 'such sums as are necessary' for NFIP Treasury borrowing interest, and extends government-wide continuing appropriations under Division B without stating an aggregate fiscal sum.
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Spending vs. restraint+55Pharmaceutical pricing+25Enforcement & security+50Security vs. privacy+25Ethics & oversight+60Trade & tariffs−20Public works+20

The sign shows the bill's direction on each issue (+ toward, − away); the number is its magnitude. Color never encodes good or bad, and never party.

Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Federal employees affected by the government shutdownReceive retroactive back pay, allowances, and benefits covering the funding lapse that began on or about February 14, 2026 (Division B Sec. 102, Sec. 103).provisional
  • Air traffic controllers and managersReceive a 3.8 percent calendar year 2026 pay raise financed by a $140,000,000 appropriation, contingent on operational and scheduling efficiencies (Sec. 548).provisional
  • U.S. Secret Service personnelReceive retroactive increases to their 2024 annual premium pay cap up to the Vice President's salary rate (Sec. 226(a), (b)).provisional
  • Pregnant and postpartum detainees in DHS custodyProtected by mandatory care standards and a ban on physical restraints during transport, detention, or medical care, including an absolute bar on restraints during labor and delivery (Sec. 208, Sec. 527).provisional
  • Individuals importing prescription drugs from CanadaProtected from border enforcement interference when importing up to a 90-day personal-use supply of non-controlled, non-biologic prescription drugs compliant with federal law (Sec. 227).provisional
  • Fire departments and firefightersReceive $684,000,000 for equipment and staffing grants, with FEMA granted authority to waive local cost-share and staffing retention requirements (Title III Grants Sec. 6, Sec. 307, Sec. 309).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Members of Congress and senior executive branch officialsProhibited from receiving any exemption from standard airport passenger and baggage screening (Sec. 209(a)).provisional
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Faces strict grant release and decision schedules backed by a $100,000 daily budget penalty for delayed application releases and a $1,000,000 rescission for award announcements made without prior congressional briefings (Sec. 303(b), Sec. 304(b)).provisional

Who backs it

  • Commercial nuclear facilitiesAssessed fees to cover 100 percent of the Department of Homeland Security's costs for the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (Sec. 308(a)).provisional
  • Recreational yacht ownersPay fees that exclusively fund Coast Guard expenses for processing recreational vessel documentation (Sec. 213(a)).provisional

Who opposes it

  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and CBP Border Security OperationsAppropriations are zeroed out ($0) in the bill's funding table, and transfers into CBP Border Security Operations are expressly prohibited (Sec. 4, Sec. 549).provisional
  • Designated Chinese military companiesBarred from receiving Department of Homeland Security contracts, grants, loans, guarantees, or cooperative agreements (Sec. 535).provisional
  • Non-citizen Guantanamo Bay detaineesBarred from being transferred or released into the United States or its territories using federal funds (Sec. 536).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Sets appropriations to zero dollars for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Security Operations in the bill's funding table.

    Sec. 4provisional

  2. Appropriates $20,000,000 to procure, deploy, and operate body-worn cameras for officers and agents conducting federal immigration enforcement.

    Sec. 109(a)provisional

  3. Bans any exemption from standard federal airport passenger and baggage security screening for Members of Congress, agency heads, senior Department of Justice leadership, and senior White House officials.

    Sec. 209(a)provisional

  4. Prohibits Customs and Border Protection from blocking individuals from importing up to a 90-day personal-use supply of compliant prescription drugs from Canada, excluding controlled substances and biologics.

    Sec. 227provisional

  5. Prohibits placing physical restraints on pregnant or postpartum detainees in Department of Homeland Security custody, banning four-point restraints, face-down positioning, and all restraints during labor and delivery.

    Sec. 527(a)provisional

  6. Prohibits destroying records regarding detainee deaths, sexual assault, or abuse allegations in immigration custody, and grants detainees facing disciplinary action or criminal charges access to those records.

    Sec. 528(a)provisional

  7. Guarantees Members of Congress immediate, unannounced access, and authorized staff access on 24 hours' notice, to inspect immigration detention facilities, and bans altering facility conditions during visits.

    Sec. 546(a)provisional

  8. Appropriates $140,000,000 to the Federal Aviation Administration to provide a 3.8 percent pay raise for air traffic controllers and managers starting in 2026, conditioned on achieving operational and scheduling efficiencies.

    Sec. 548provisional

  9. Extends temporary federal government funding under the continuing resolution through the date of enactment of the Act, ending the government funding lapse.

    Division B Sec. 101provisional

  10. Requires departments and agencies to disburse retroactive back pay, allowances, and benefits to federal employees affected by the funding lapse.

    Division B Sec. 103provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Apr 30, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-86.
  2. Apr 30, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-86.
  3. Apr 30, 2026Signed by President.
  4. Apr 30, 2026Signed by President.
  5. Apr 30, 2026Presented to President.
  6. Apr 30, 2026Presented to President.
  7. Apr 30, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. Apr 30, 2026On 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)
  9. Apr 30, 2026Resolving 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)
  10. Apr 30, 2026Mr. Alford moved 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 (consideration: CR H3311-3322)
  11. Apr 2, 2026Motion to table the House message to accompany H.R. 7147 agreed to by Voice Vote.
  12. Mar 27, 2026Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1142, the Senate amendment to H.R. 7147 is considered as agreed to with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-21.
  13. Mar 27, 2026House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 1142
  14. Mar 27, 2026Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment pursuant to H. Res. 1142
  15. Mar 27, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which the fourth cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 73) rendered moot in Senate.
  16. Mar 27, 2026Fifth cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure rendered moot in Senate.
  17. Mar 27, 2026Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
  18. Mar 27, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
  19. Mar 27, 2026Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
  20. Mar 26, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which the fourth cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 74) entered in Senate.
  21. Mar 26, 2026Fourth cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 74. (CR S1651-1652)
  22. Mar 25, 2026Fifth cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1609)
  23. Mar 25, 2026Upon reconsideration, third cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 46. Record Vote Number: 71. (CR S1599-1600)
  24. Mar 25, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote (Record Vote No. 54) by which the third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  25. Mar 25, 2026Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which the third cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 54) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  26. Mar 24, 2026Fourth cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1577)
  27. Mar 20, 2026Upon reconsideration, second cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 37. Record Vote Number: 59. (CR S1425)
  28. Mar 20, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which the second cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 39) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  29. Mar 20, 2026Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which the second cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 39) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
  30. Mar 12, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which the third cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 54) entered in Senate.
  31. Mar 12, 2026Third cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 54. (CR S1034)
  32. Mar 10, 2026Third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S946)
  33. Mar 5, 2026Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 47.
  34. Mar 5, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote (Record Vote No. 38) by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (CR S871)
  35. Mar 5, 2026Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 38) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (CR S871)
  36. Feb 24, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which the second cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 39) entered in Senate.
  37. Feb 24, 2026Second cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 45. Record Vote Number: 39. (CR S641)
  38. Feb 12, 2026Second cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S593)
  39. Feb 12, 2026Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 38) entered in Senate.
  40. Feb 12, 2026Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 38.
  41. Feb 10, 2026Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S557)
  42. Jan 22, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  43. Jan 22, 2026On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 42). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1300-1311)
  44. Jan 22, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 42). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1300-1311)
  45. Jan 22, 2026Rule H. Res. 1014 passed House.
  46. Jan 22, 2026Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1014 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 7148 under a structured rule and H.R. 7147 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of debate and a motion to recommit on each bill.
  47. Jan 20, 2026Introduced in House
  48. Jan 20, 2026Introduced in House

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