# H.R. 7744 (119th): Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of FY2026. It also ends the partial DHS shutdown that began on February 14, 2026, because the continuing resolution (CR) that was funding DHS expired and a regular FY2026 DHS appropriations bill had not been enacted. Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to DHS for Departmental Management, Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and Oversight, including the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; the Management Directorate; Intelligence, Analysis, and Situational Awareness; and the Office of Inspector General. In addition, the bill provides appropriations for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service. The bill provides appropriations for Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The bill provides appropriations for Research, Development, Training, and Services, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, and the Science and Technology Directorate. The bill also authorizes back pay, in accordance with current law, for federal employees who were affected by the partial DHS shutdown. Finally, the bill ratifies and approves certain obligations that were incurred during the partial DHS shutdown, including obligations incurred to maintain the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bring about an orderly termination of government functions.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: border_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: debt_spending. Category: honest_money. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: homeland_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: immigration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: immigration_enforcement. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: omnibus. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: shutdown_resolution. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: surveillance. Category: liberty_conscience. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: surveillance_funding. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 86: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 87: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is an ordinary appropriations bill that restores lawful government operations and funds legitimate functions such as disaster response, cybersecurity, and Coast Guard and Secret Service work. It also funds broad enforcement and intelligence agencies whose conduct raises real concerns, but the operative text does not directly advance a named moral harm. The combination of prudential governance goods with real concerns makes it mixed.
Theological note: The bill raises stewardship questions about public funds and the proper task of government in protecting life and property, a function Romans 13 treats as legitimate when exercised justly. Its relevance lies in how funded agencies, particularly immigration enforcement and intelligence components, exercise coercive power, which the text does not itself specify. Ordinary appropriations to restore government function are prudential matters rather than direct moral verdicts.

## Recorded votes

Roll 86: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 212 · Nay 217 · Other 3.
Roll 87: On Passage. Yea 221 · Nay 209 · Other 2.

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