Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, allocates funding for various DHS operations, including management, enforcement, and oversight activities. The bill includes detailed provisions for financial accountability, oversight, and reporting, but lacks explicit measures for ensuring real-world benefits to ordinary citizens. It primarily focuses on operational and support expenses for DHS components.
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| 2026-03-02 | — | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
| 2026-03-02 | — | Introduced in House |
| 2026-03-02 | — | Introduced in House |
| 2026-03-03 | 17:20:21 | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1095 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7744 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments. |
| 2026-03-04 | 14:07:01 | Rule H. Res. 1095 passed House. |
| 2026-03-05 | 12:13:40 | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1095. (consideration: CR H2432-2448) |
| 2026-03-05 | 12:13:45 | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7744 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments. |
| 2026-03-05 | 12:14:07 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7744. |
| 2026-03-05 | 12:51:35 | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. |
| 2026-03-05 | 12:51:59 | Ms. DeLauro moved to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H2448) |
| 2026-03-05 | 12:52:10 | The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX. |
| 2026-03-05 | 12:52:34 | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 7744, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. DeLauro demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. |
| 2026-03-05 | 16:38:10 | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2449-2451) |
| 2026-03-05 | 16:45:14 | On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 217 (Roll no. 86). |
| 2026-03-05 | 16:51:17 | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 87). (text: CR H2432-2444) |
| 2026-03-05 | 16:51:17 | Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 87). (text: CR H2432-2444) |
| 2026-03-05 | 16:51:20 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2026-03-05 | 16:51:22 | The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 7744. |
| 2026-03-09 | — | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. |
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