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Congress Passes Bill Funding Most DHS Agencies, Ending 76-Day Shutdown
President Trump signed legislation funding 20 Department of Homeland Security agencies through the fiscal year's end, concluding a 76-day partial shutdown. The bill excludes Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, which receive separate funding. House Republicans plan to advance multi-year funding for those agencies via reconciliation.
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President Trump signed legislation on Thursday that provides appropriations for most agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 76-day partial government shutdown. The House approved the measure by voice vote, according to multiple reports. The bill funds 20 of the department’s agencies through the end of the fiscal year.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Secret Service did not receive funding under the legislation. Those components had continued operations through funds provided earlier in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The Senate had advanced the partial funding measure in March and passed it unanimously. The shutdown began February 14 after Senate Democrats blocked a broader DHS funding bill.
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The White House had warned this week that the department’s emergency funding would soon run out. A memo issued by the administration urged House Republicans to advance the partial funding bill. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated that the department would lack funds to pay workers after the end of the month, citing President Trump’s April 3 executive order.
The administration has used existing funds since early April to cover six weeks of back pay plus a new pay period for more than 200,000 DHS personnel.
Separately, the House voted Thursday to adopt a budget resolution that begins the reconciliation process. That vote instructs the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees in both chambers to produce legislation by May 15 that could provide up to $75 billion for immigration enforcement agencies over the next three years.
