Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.

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This bill is a constitutional exercise of Congress's power of the purse. It funds the Department of Homeland Security through a continuing resolution, authorizes back pay for affected employees, and ratifies obligations incurred to protect life and property during the lapse in appropriations. It does not infringe any enumerated right, restrict individual sovereignty, improperly centralize power, or violate due process or takings protections.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has express constitutional authority to lay and collect taxes and provide for the common defense and general welfare under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, and no money may be drawn from the Treasury except in consequence of appropriations made by law under Article I, Section 9, Clause 7. A continuing resolution is a regular use of that appropriations power. Funding DHS, paying federal emp…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The bill does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, the right to keep and bear arms, protection against unreasonable searches or seizures, or any other right secured by the Bill of Rights. It only provides appropriations, back pay, and ratification of certain obligations. There is no basis for a Bill of Rights violation.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  This bill imposes no new restrictions on the person, property, speech, labor, or beliefs of any individual. It does not criminalize conduct, commandeer private action, or take private property. Back pay benefits affected federal employees. Individual sovereignty is therefore not burdened.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  The Department of Homeland Security administers functions that fall within federal enumerated powers, including border security, immigration enforcement, customs, and Coast Guard operations. An individual or family cannot provide federal homeland security appropriations. Local communities and states cannot fund or operate DHS as a federal department. Continuing the existing federal funding level d…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The bill provides pay and validates obligations; it does not deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property for public use without just compensation. Ratifying obligations incurred to maintain essential activity and orderly shutdown is a legislative remedy, not a deprivation requiring a hearing. No due process or takings issue arises.

Sources: Congress.gov: HR 7147 summary