The Homeland Security Department would receive roughly $48 billion in baseline discretionary funding for fiscal 2026 under a Senate-amended version of
The bill would provide another $26.4 billion in federal disaster relief funds for a discretionary total of $74.3 billion when accounting for more than $6 billion provided by offsetting fees, according to the joint explanatory statement referenced in the measure. The total would be 15% less than comparable fiscal 2025 funding.
The measure, which was passed by the Senate early on March 27 by voice vote, ...