R48126 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2025 Provisions

Through appropriations legislation, Congress provides not only budget authority for federal agencies and departments to operate, but also legally binding direction on how that budget authority can (or cannot) be used. Sometimes enacted appropriations measures include authorizing (or “legislative”) provisions as well. These directions may appear in three places in an appropriations act: in the language of individual appropriations; in administrative provisions at the end of a title; and in general provisions at the end of a bill (or division, in the case of a consolidated measure). Some of these directions directly relate to the management of budget authority enacted in the measure, while others relate to policy or operational matters. As with any facet of legislation, these provisions are not constant. Due to the passage of time or other legislative developments, a provision may require adjustment or lose its relevance. Provisions enacted in appropriations legislation are also a focus of negotiations between the parties and between the chambers during the appropriations process, so provisions can evolve through negotiations until a compromise is worked out in the final measure. Rather than reciting the entire catalog of administrative and general provisions in the developing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act, 2025, this report focuses on the substantive changes in directions provided from FY2024 to FY2025 as a result of the enactment of P.L. 119-4, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. It also includes, for historical reference, a discussion of changes from the provisions in the DHS appropriations acts for FY2023 and FY2024, as reflected in the detailed proposals for administrative and general provisions made in the Biden Administration’s FY2025 appropriations request for DHS (although it should be noted that the request was made before the FY2024 provisions were finalized); and the administrative and general provisions in House-passed H.R. 8752.

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• HR 8752 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025 · 118th Cong
• HR 8070 — Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 202 · 118th Cong
• HR 4367 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 · 118th Cong
• HRES 1316 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) making appropriations for the Department of Defe · 118th Cong