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Trump Signs Bill Ending Homeland Security Shutdown

The House passed the bill after approving a budget resolution for immigration enforcement.

Passenger at LaGuardia Airport

A passenger looks at the flight board at Terminal B in LaGuardia Airport. Funding for Transportation Security Administration operations was about to run out and pressure from the administration prompted the House to agree to pass the funding bill the Senate already approved for the Department of Homeland Security. Anthony Behar/Sipa USA via AP

By Em Luetkemeyer

April 30, 2026 02:50 p.m.

Updated: April 30, 2026 02:50 p.m.

The 76-day partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown — the longest government shutdown of any kind in history — is finally over.

President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday to fund agencies under DHS other than Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection.

The House passed the bill earlier Thursday, just before the chamber was on track to leave for a recess. Leaders used a process to expedite approval of the bill, which required a two-thirds majority to pass, and the House ended up approving the measure by voice vote. The bill had been languishing in the lower chamber since the Senate passed it in early April.