- The House unanimously approved funding to end the 76-day partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
- Funding is restored for the TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA, ensuring employees receive their overdue paychecks.
- Crucial security planning for the 2026 World Cup can now resume following months of resource instability.
(U.S.) — The House unanimously approved by voice vote on Thursday a Senate-passed bill to fund most Department of Homeland Security agencies through September 30, 2026, moving to end a partial DHS Shutdown that has lasted 76 days since February 14, 2026.
The bill now goes to President Trump for signature. Once enacted, it will restore funding for the parts of the department covered by the measure and formally close the lapse that disrupted payroll and planning across several homeland security agencies.
Thursday’s action covered non-immigration enforcement components hit hardest by the funding lapse, including the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Those agencies had faced mounting strain as payroll deadlines approached.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had warned payroll funds would run out by early May without congressional action. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the bill “will relieve pressure from the Department of Homeland Security” and ensure “everybody get their paychecks now,” after speaking with Mullin hours before the vote.
The vote ended a long standoff over how to fund DHS while leaving immigration enforcement accounts outside the package. That split reflected Democratic objections to appropriations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection amid President Trump’s enforcement agenda.
Even during the shutdown, ICE and CBP continued operating largely without interruption because both agencies had support from tens of billions in the prior year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The immediate breakdown fell instead on agencies whose operations depend more directly on current appropriations, especially TSA.
TSA officers had worked without pay for weeks until Trump directed temporary DHS funding in March. Stable paychecks now resume under the new bill, a change lawmakers and agency leaders cast as urgent after extended attrition and planning delays.
More than 1,100 TSA agents quit during the shutdown. Preparations for summer 2026 World Cup events in U.S. cities also halted during the funding lapse and can now restart, restoring a layer of planning tied to airport screening, crowd management and security coordination.
The effect for travelers is immediate once Trump signs the bill. TSA screening and airport security stabilize, and the shutdown ends without adding new restrictions tied to the lapse.
Predicted airport lines tied to staffing pressure are averted under the measure. Coast Guard operations also resume fully, supporting maritime travel and security after weeks of funding uncertainty.
Visa processing, entry screening and CBP functions at ports did not stop during the shutdown and continue unchanged. The bill does not alter how border inspections operate at airports, land crossings or seaports because CBP was not funded through this package.
Immigrants are not likely to see an immediate policy shift from Thursday’s vote. Deportation, detention and border enforcement continue on the same track because ICE and CBP remained active throughout the shutdown period.
Republicans said they intend to handle those agencies separately through budget reconciliation, a party-line process that bypasses Senate Democrats. They are aiming to send that legislation to Trump by June 1, 2026.
Representative Chip Roy of Texas called the separation “offensive to the men and women who serve.” Johnson said, “We are getting those done now. we will fund Border Patrol and [ICE] for 3 years with no crazy Democrat reforms.”
Negotiators included some guardrails on enforcement tactics from early 2026 in the package approved Thursday. Democratic demands such as barring masks for officers or requiring judicial warrants for arrests were rejected.
That leaves the enforcement fight in other venues as well as in Congress. Legal battles tied to immigration policy continue, including a federal judge’s February 2026 block on ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.
The House also voted 224-204 on Thursday to extend TPS for Haitians to 2029, in a push led by Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, and cosponsored by Representative Lawler, Republican of New York. That separate action underscored how immigration policy remains contested even as lawmakers resolved the funding crisis affecting much of DHS.
Budget reconciliation for ICE and CBP is already advancing after both chambers adopted enabling budget plans this week. Until that process produces a separate law, Thursday’s measure chiefly restores payroll and operations for agencies outside immigration enforcement, reopens stalled planning for the World Cup summer and returns regular funding to a department that had spent more than two months operating in pieces.
