Cybersecurity Policy Report, CISA Poised to Reopen After House Passes Senate’s DHS Funding Bill, (Apr 30, 2026)
The shutdown of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency was poised to end today after a Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill cleared the House by voice vote.
CISA was forced to shut down all but its most essential operations on Feb. 13 after the Senate failed to adopt a bill approved by the House to fund DHS for the rest of fiscal year 2026 (CPR, Feb. 13).
Senate Democrats opposed the House bill because it funded all of DHS, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Democrats wanted a separate debate on funding for CBP and ICE that would include consideration of ways to address the agencies’ aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.
Senate Democrats successfully pushed for legislation that would fund all of DHS except CBP and ICE. The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (HR 7147) cleared the Senate by unanimous consent in March (CPR, March 30).
House Republican leadership, however, held off on bringing HR 7147 to the House floor until today, after yesterday’s approval of a budget reconciliation measure that, if enacted, would provide multiyear funding for CBP and ICE.
Having passed the reconciliation bill, House leadership today brought HR 7147 to the floor under suspension of the rules, and it was passed by voice vote.
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