This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security money to keep running through the rest of fiscal year 2026, ending a shutdown that started when its previous funding expired on February 14, 2026. That means agencies like Customs and Border Protection (which controls who and what enters the U.S. at the border), ICE (which enforces immigration laws inside the country), the TSA (the officers who screen you at airport security), the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and FEMA (which responds to disasters like hurricanes) can all keep operating and paying their staff. Federal employees at these agencies who missed paychecks during the shutdown will get that back pay, and the government formally approves the spending decisions officials made to keep essential operations going while the shutdown was in effect.