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Secure America Act

Introduced: May 20, 2026

Latest action date: Jun 10, 2026

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Became Public Law No: 119-98.

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Congress: 119th Congress
Introduced: May 20, 2026
Recorded roll calls: 12

Status detail: Congress.gov records that the measure became law.

Plain-language overview

What this bill does

Secure America Act

This act provides $70 billion in funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through FY2029 for immigration enforcement, border security, and related activities.

It is known as a reconciliation bill and includes legislation submitted by certain congressional committees pursuant to provisions in the FY2026 congressional budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) that directed the committees to submit legislation to the House or Senate Budget Committee that will increase the deficit. (Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.)

TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

(Sec. 101) This section provides funding for CBP to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel to conduct functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions.

The funds provided by this section may not be used to recruit, hire, or train personnel for the duties of processing coordinators after October 31, 2028.

(Sec. 102) This section provides funding to ICE for (1) hiring, paying, training, and equipping Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) agents and support personnel; and (2) other necessary expenses for HSI’s mission support and operations and maintenance.

It also requires specified funds to be used to hire, pay, and equip additional child exploitation investigators and forensics analysts for certain HSI offices to (1) support the identification and rescue of victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse, and (2) train such personnel and state and local law enforcement regarding identifying victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

The funds provided by this section must be used for functions other than those related to HSI’s immigration enforcement and customs enforcement missions.

(Sec. 103) This section provides funding to CBP for border security, technology, and screening, including

procurement and integration of new nonintrusive inspection equipment and associated civil works (e.g., artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other innovative technologies) and other mission support to combat the entry or exit of illicit narcotics at ports of entry and along the southwest, northern, and maritime borders;
upgrading and procurement of platforms for rapid air and marine response capabilities;
upgrading and procurement of border surveillance technologies along the southwest, northern, and maritime borders;
necessary expenses, including the deployment of technology, relating to the biometric entry and exit system under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004;
enhancing border security by combating drug trafficking, including fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, at the southwest, northern, and maritime borders; and
necessary expenses for CBP's mission support and operations and maintenance for functions other than those related to its immigration enforcement and customs missions.

None of the funds provided by this section may be used for the procurement or deployment of surveillance towers along the southwest border and the northern border that have not been tested and accepted by CBP to deliver autonomous capabilities.

Under this section the term autonomous means a system designed to apply artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, or other algorithms to accurately detect, identify, classify, and track items of interest in real time such that the system can make operational adjustments without the active engagement of personnel or continuous human command or control.

(Sec. 104) This section provides additional funding to DHS for the purposes for which funding is provided in this title.

TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

(Sec. 201) This section provides funding to CBP for hiring, paying, training, and equipping CBP agents and the necessary support staff, and other necessary expenses for mission support and operations and maintenance, in order to carry out immigration enforcement activities.

(Sec. 202) This section provides funding to ICE for immigration enforcement and related activities, including

hiring, paying, and training personnel;
transportation;
information technology;
facility and fleet maintenance and sustainment;
287(g) agreements (i.e., agreements that allow state and local law enforcement agencies to perform certain immigration enforcement functions);
the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor;
operation and maintenance; and
operations by ICE to arrest certain unlawful aliens.

(Sec. 203) This section provides additional funding to DHS for (1) the purposes for which funding is provided in this title, (2) the assignment of certain DHS employees and state officers to carry out immigration enforcement activities, or (3) the participation of state and local agencies in certain homeland security efforts.

Civixly topics

What this legislation is about

Civixly topics make federal and state legislation comparable. They are derived from the official CRS policy area and legislative subjects.

Budget & Taxes Justice & Public Safety Elections & Government Transportation Labor & Employment Technology & Communications

Official CRS policy area

Immigration

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Advanced technology and technological innovationsBorder security and unlawful immigrationComputer security and identity theftComputers and information technologyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresLaw enforcement administration and fundingSmuggling and trafficking

Committee activity

Committees and subcommittees that received, reviewed, marked up, or reported this legislation.

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UnknownJun 9, 2026
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Reported Original MeasureMay 20, 2026

Amendments

Proposed changes to this measure, with their latest official outcome or action from Congress.gov.

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S.Amdt. 5813senateNot agreed toJun 5, 2026

To make funds available for the timely adjudication of DACA renewal applications.

Latest action: Amendment SA 5813 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 156.

Secure America Act

What this bill does

What this legislation is about

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To make funds available for the timely adjudication of DACA renewal applications.

To provide compensation to law enforcement officers who defended the United States Capitol during the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and for other purposes.

To make appropriations for transparency and accountability.

To repurpose funds previously appropriated for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the timely processing of DACA applications and related employment authorization documents and to prohibit the use of funds to arrest, detain, deport, or remove DACA recipients.

To ensure only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office, and to require voters to provide photo identification.

To rescind unobligated balances under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

To provide for limitations on judgments, awards, and compromise settlements under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code.

To prohibit the use of funds to provide payments to certain individuals.

To transfer amounts for youth mentoring programs of the Department of Justice.

To appropriate amounts for local law enforcement hiring programs.

To prohibit the Department of Justice from using taxpayer funds to make settlement payments to individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers on January 6, 2021.

In the nature of a substitute.

To support the work performed by the Immigration Detention Ombudsman.

To ensure only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office, and to require voters to provide photo identification, and for other purposes.

To prohibit an individual from acting as Director of National Intelligence if such individual is simultaneously serving as the head of any other Federal department or agency.

To make appropriations for the conduct of inspections of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility.

To help build 7,000,000 new homes.

To provide funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships program.

To provide a clarification relating to, and to prohibit the use of funds for, the White House Ballroom.

To prohibit the distribution of Federal funds to individuals convicted of certain crimes.

To redirect funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Child Care and Development Block Grant program.

To reallocate funds that would have been used for the Anti-Weaponization Fund to fraud enforcement.

To place reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs which make independent expenditures.

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