5. Department of Homeland Security · Major · Needs Congress
Pursue legislation to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security
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Printed page 133 5. Department of Homeland Security
“Our primary recommendation is that the President pursue legislation to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).”
What has happened
- Not started
No bill to dismantle DHS was introduced in the 119th Congress and no presidential legislative request was found; the administration has instead expanded DHS through appropriations and enforcement orders.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
- Bills in Congress whose titles contain “Homeland Security” plus abolish/dismantle/terminate: none about DHS itself (hits are the Dismantle DEI Act, a bill terminating the Department of Education, and resolutions). Federal Register full-text “Department of Homeland Security” dismantle abolish since 2025-01-20: three unrelated documents.
- The component-transfer asks that make up the dismantling (#273 FEMA, #274 Coast Guard, #275 Secret Service, #276 TSA) are each not started; see their entries.
- Action
- abolish
- Object
- Department of Homeland Security
- ID
- 270