H.R. 4367 · 118th Congress

Funds the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2024

Official title: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024¹

Did not become lawFederal spending levels Immigration enforcement inside the country Asylum rules

§1What it does

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This bill would fund the Department of Homeland Security for the federal budget year that ran from October 2023 through September 2024.^2,3 That includes Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, among others.^2,3 It also sets conditions and limits on how the money may be spent.^2,3 Before passing it, the House adopted floor amendments that included bars on using the bill's funds to end the Migrant Protection Protocols, for the Uniting for Ukraine program, or for TSA vaccine or mask mandates.³

§2Status

Status	Latest action, September 28, 2023: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4367.¹
Introduced	June 27, 2023
Sponsor	Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Cosponsors	0 cosponsors
Official record	H.R. 4367 on Congress.gov

§3How Congress voted

Why this matters: The official count.

House, September 28, 2023

On Passage: Passed — 220 yes, 208 no, 5 not voting.⁴