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Introduced March 20, 2026 by Ryan Mackenzie · Last progress March 26, 2026
The bill keeps DHS agencies and related cybersecurity and transportation functions fully operational to protect security, infrastructure, and travel convenience, while increasing government spending and raising potential civil‑liberties and enforcement impacts for immigrant and urban communities.
State and local governments and the traveling public would retain access to operational DHS services (Coast Guard, TSA, CISA, CBP, ICE, FEMA), sustaining federal response capacity to terrorism, cyberattacks, and other threats.
Hospitals, electric utilities, water treatment facilities, and energy companies would benefit from CISA remaining fully operational, strengthening defenses against foreign cyber threats to critical infrastructure and public health systems.
Travelers and transportation workers would see reduced passenger wait times and fewer travel delays because TSA staffing and operations are sustained.
Urban communities and people concerned about privacy could face expanded surveillance or broader information-sharing justified by heightened threat framing, raising civil liberties concerns.
Immigrants and border communities could experience continued or intensified enforcement actions from agencies like ICE and CBP, causing community disruption and hardship.
Taxpayers would bear the budgetary cost of maintaining or increasing DHS operational readiness, which could raise federal spending or require reallocations.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Records findings that DHS components are essential, that funding lapses harmed readiness and morale, and warns of a heightened domestic threat environment.
The text is a one-section resolution that presents findings about the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agencies. It says DHS was created after 9/11, lists over 20 component agencies, notes that more than 90% of the DHS workforce has been designated essential during funding lapses, highlights harms to Coast Guard civilian personnel and to TSA screening from recent funding gaps, and asserts a heightened domestic threat environment based on several violent incidents and alleged cyberattacks in March 2026. The resolution does not authorize spending or change law; it records concerns about readiness, morale, and the impact of funding lapses on DHS operations and public safety.