[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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Calendar No. 417
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 20, 2026
Mr. Graham, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following
original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure America Act''.
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SEC. 101. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PERSONNEL.
(a) Personnel.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there
is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, $9,550,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2029, to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents
and Border Patrol support personnel to conduct functions other than
immigration enforcement and customs functions.
(b) Restriction.--None of the funds made available by subsection
(a) may be used to recruit, hire, or train personnel for the duties of
processing coordinators after October 31, 2028.
SEC. 102. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated
to the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for fiscal
year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$7,450,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire,
pay, train, and equip Homeland Security Investigations agents and
support personnel and to provide other necessary expenses for Homeland
Security Investigations' mission support and operations and
maintenance, of which $108,500,000 shall be used to hire, pay, and
equip additional child exploitation investigators and forensics
analysts at the Victim Identification Laboratory of the Child
Exploitation Investigations Unit of Homeland Security Investigations
and at the Homeland Security Investigations offices of the Special
Agent in Charge to support the identification and rescue of victims of
child sexual exploitation and abuse, and to train such personnel and
State and local law enforcement regarding identifying victims of child
sexual exploitation and abuse within the Homeland Security
Investigations Cyber Crimes Center, except that funds provided in this
section shall be used for functions other than those related to
Homeland Security Investigations' immigration enforcement and customs
enforcement missions.
SEC. 103. BORDER SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCREENING.
(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, there
is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029,
$3,450,000,000 for the following:
(1) Procurement and integration of new nonintrusive
inspection equipment and associated civil works, including
artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other innovative
technologies, as well as other mission support, to combat the
entry or exit of illicit narcotics at ports of entry and along
the southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
(2) Air and Marine operations' upgrading and procurement of
new platforms for rapid air and marine response capabilities.
(3) Upgrades and procurement of border surveillance
technologies along the southwest, northern, and maritime
borders.
(4) Necessary expenses, including the deployment of
technology, relating to the biometric entry and exit system
under section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b).
(5) Enhancing border security by combating drug
trafficking, including fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, at
the southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
(6) Necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border
Protection's mission support and operations and maintenance for
functions other than those related to its immigration
enforcement and customs missions.
(b) Restrictions.--None of the funds made available under
subsection (a) may be used for the procurement or deployment of
surveillance towers along the southwest border and northern border that
have not been tested and accepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
to deliver autonomous capabilities.
(c) Definition of Autonomous.--In this section, with respect to
capabilities, 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. ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated
to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2026, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,500,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2029, for the purposes provided in
this title.
Calendar No. 417
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2
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A BILL
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.
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May 20, 2026
Read twice and placed on the calendar