HR-8874 — Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & Accountability

A report on cities losing security grants would come every three years — not just once.

Transparency & Accountability

Reports on cities losing security grants — every three years

Right now the law asks for just one report to Congress on cities that stopped getting these grants. That report would repeat every three years. So would the survey behind it.

More about this bill

Most people would notice no change in daily life. The federal government helps some cities and metro areas pay for terrorism prevention and response. Places that stop getting those grants can lose the security work the money paid for. Current law calls for one report to Congress on that problem. Under this change, that report would come back every three years instead of once. Each round would include a fresh survey of the cities at risk. Each report would also propose a way to fund those places for at least three years. That would give them time to find other money. No grant money moves here. Only the reporting schedule changes.

Congressional Summary

Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit a report to Congress every three years (current law requires only one report) regarding urban areas’ security capabilities previously supported with funding from the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and at risk of being reduced or eliminated without additional federal assistance. FEMA’s UASI grants assist designated high-risk urban areas with developing and sustaining capabilities to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism.Each report must contain a proposal for FEMA to provide financial assistance for at least three consecutive years to urban areas previously receiving UASI funds to allow them to transition to other funding sources to preserve their security capabilities.

Legislative Subjects

Government information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingUrban and suburban affairs and development

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in House
Action Date: 2026-05-19
Date Added: 2026-07-08
Source: Congress.gov →

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