Congress funds border and security agencies for 2026.
H.R. 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. · Filed by Tom Cole (R-OK) · Introduced Jan 20, 2026 · Signed
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What it does
This bill gives money to the Department of Homeland Security for 2026. It allocates 11 billion dollars to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It allocates 10.6 billion dollars to the Transportation Security Administration. It allocates 11.3 billion dollars to the Coast Guard. It allocates 3.1 billion dollars to the Secret Service. The bill pays for operations, equipment, and building projects.
Who it affects
The bill funds border security and airport safety operations. Defense contractors, security equipment makers, and construction firms receive contracts. Members of Congress direct money to projects in their districts.
One thing to notice
The bill sets some funding amounts to zero dollars. This creates unclear rules about how agencies can spend money. Some sections refer to other laws but do not explain them. It is hard to know what agencies must do.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jan 20, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 20, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Budget and House Committee on Appropriations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to…”
- Jan 22, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 42).”
- Mar 27, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote”
- Apr 30, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-86”
- Apr 30, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
26 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 29 reports from Mar 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $7,559,147 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 27 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 97% of bills with any report.
Tom Cole, who sponsored the bill, received $1,644,758 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Delta Air Lines Inc — $1,460,000 in 1 report
- American Association of Airport Executives — $1,172,100 in 1 report
- Airports Council International -- North America — $775,201 in 1 report
- American Public Transportation Association — $660,000 in 1 report
- Airbnb, Inc. — $480,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Department of Homeland Security — The federal agency that handles border security and airport safety.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection — The agency that guards U.S. borders and checks people entering.
- Transportation Security Administration — The agency that screens passengers and luggage at airports.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,012 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Mar 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 22, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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