US HB7481

Appropriates approximately $66 billion total for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2026, covering agencies including TSA ($10.99 billion), Coast Guard ($13.5 billion), FEMA ($32 billion including Disaster Relief Fund), CISA ($2.6 billion), and Secret Service ($3.25 billion)

Provides $26.367 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund for major disaster response under the Stafford Act, with $3.84 billion for FEMA Federal Assistance grants including $494 million for State Homeland Security Grants, $584 million for Urban Area Security Initiative, and $300 million for Nonprofit Security Grants

Includes $98 million for Coast Guard procurement of MQ-9 unmanned aircraft while explicitly prohibiting procurement of long-range unmanned aircraft with kinetic (weapons) capabilities

Requires quarterly reporting on detention facility oversight, mandates congressional access to immigration detention facilities for oversight purposes, and allocates $20 million for Inspector General inspections of detention facilities

Rescinds approximately $200 million from various unobligated DHS account balances and prohibits funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations per Section 551, which strips those agencies' allocations from the explanatory statement