WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives voted on April 30, 2026 to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the longest agency shutdown in U.S. history. The funding bill, approved by voice vote on the 76th day of the shutdown, excluded Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

The measure restored funding to most DHS components while leaving the two immigration enforcement agencies outside its scope. Approximately five weeks before the April 30 vote, the U.S. Senate had passed a plan to fund DHS except for certain immigration enforcement divisions.

House Speaker Mike Johnson initially called the Senate plan a joke before reaching a deal with conservative members who had been demanding full DHS funding. Johnson initially supported that demand but later shifted his position as a separate legislative track advanced.

Republican lawmakers have been drafting a reconciliation bill that includes funding for immigration enforcement for the remainder of the president's term. Johnson said that with reconciliation moving forward, Republicans could approve additional DHS funding.

The path to the April 30 vote traced back to January 2026, when federal agents killed two U.S. citizens. Following those killings, House Democrats withdrew their support for a bipartisan spending bill that included DHS funding, seeking reforms in federal agents' practices. The withdrawal of Democratic support contributed to the impasse that extended through 76 days.

The shutdown, which lasted 76 days, became the longest agency shutdown in U.S. history. The bill passed by the House on April 30 funds most DHS divisions but leaves ICE and CBP without new appropriations, with Republican leaders pointing to the pending reconciliation legislation as the vehicle for restoring those agencies' funding.