CISA Set to Reopen as House Sends DHS Fiscal 2026 Spending Bill to White House
The House on April 30 approved by voice vote the DHS fiscal 2026 spending bill, which funds CISA, TSA, and other agencies while excluding immigration entities, Inside Cybersecurity reported. The legislation is expected to end a 76-day DHS shutdown during which CISA operated at 40 percent staffing, according to Acting Director
House passage corroborated across three outlets clears one obstacle, but Senate concurrence and a White House signature remain open. Trump's documented willingness to leverage DHS appropriations, including the 2018-19 shutdown precedent, the 2020 Krebs firing, and his administration's hostility to CISA's election security mandate, makes a prompt signature unlikely even for a Republican-sponsored bill. The 76-day shutdown has already pushed CIRCIA's May 2026 rulemaking deadline to a likely miss and reduced CISA to 40 percent staffing, making restoration operationally urgent beyond the funding question. The shutdown may instead reflect broader continuing resolution politics rather than targeted hostility toward CISA, making a timely signature more likely once White House budget priorities elsewhere in the DHS bill are satisfied.
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- CISA set to reopen as House sends DHS fiscal 2026 spending bill to White House -
Inside Cybersecurity - House passes DHS funding bill that would end shutdown for most of agency -
The Washington Post - Chairman Arrington Statement on House Passage of DHS Funding Bill -
U.S. House Committee on the Budget