Summary
Fiscal year (FY) 2021 appropriations were signed into law on December 27, 2020. This brief describes funding and policy provisions affecting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programs in Division F of the FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-260). It includes provisions addressed in the bill, the accompanying joint explanatory statement, and the House committee report it references. Division U of P.L. 116-260 includes the REAL ID Modernization Act (Title X), also summarized here.