H.R. 7147 — Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
Executive Summary
H.R. 7147 is a comprehensive Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), combined with a retroactive Continuing Resolution (Division B) designed to resolve a funding lapse that began around February 14, 2026. The bill provides tens of billions in funding for core DHS components, including $26.3 billion for FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund, $11 billion for CBP, and $10.6 billion for TSA. Notably, the legislation includes a highly specific legislative maneuver that zeroes out funding allocations for 'U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement' and 'Border Security Operations' within a referenced explanatory statement table, signaling a major negotiated compromise on immigration enforcement.
Arguments For
- Ends a Government Shutdown: Division B retroactively covers a funding lapse from mid-February, restoring certainty to federal workers and national security operations.
- Robust Disaster Response: Secures over $26 billion for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund, providing critical political cover for members representing disaster-prone states.
- Enhanced Border Transparency: The requirement for monthly, validated estimates of migrant encounters forces the administration to provide actionable data for future budgeting and policy planning.
Likely Supporters
Arguments Against
- Enforcement Funding Cuts: The explicit zeroing out of ICE and CBP 'Border Security Operations' in the explanatory table will be fiercely attacked by border hawks as a defunding of interior enforcement.
- Fiscal Irresponsibility Narrative: The need for a 'Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act' in late March highlights chronic congressional dysfunction and the failure of regular order.
Likely Opponents
📋 Key Provisions
- Appropriates $26.36 billion for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund to respond to major declared disasters.
- Provides $11.08 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Operations and Support, and $10.63 billion for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
- Nullifies specific explanatory statement funding allocations for ICE and CBP 'Border Security Operations', setting their table amounts to $0.
- Mandates the DHS Secretary to provide monthly, independently validated estimates of anticipated migrant arrivals at the southwest border.
- Prohibits the use of funds to plan, test, pilot, or develop a national identification card.
- Restricts the use of physical restraints on pregnant women in DHS custody unless an individualized determination of serious flight risk or immediate threat is made.
- Includes Division B, which extends continuing appropriations to cover a lapse in government funding that began on or about February 14, 2026.
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Sets specific explanatory table amounts for ICE and CBP Border Security Operations to $0.
"shall all be $0."
Allocates $26.36 billion to the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund.
"U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $26,367,000,000, to remain available"
Prohibits funding for the development of a national identification card.
"oping a national identification card."
Requires DHS to develop monthly estimates of migrants anticipated to arrive at the southwest border.
"ber of migrants anticipated to arrive at the southwest bor-"
Restricts the use of restraints on pregnant women in DHS custody.
"to place restraints on a woman in the custody of the De-"