The FY2027 President's Budget requests $28.38B for Major Disaster Allocation, within Homeland Security's Disaster Relief Fund account. That is up 26% on the FY2026 figure of $22.51B, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $22,510.0M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $22,510.0M |
| FY2027 | request | $28,379.0M |
The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure — the rate a continuing resolution funds at, not an enacted appropriation. The two are different numbers and are not interchangeable. Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Homeland Security discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Homeland Security's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
Pricing Change 1 - Base Emergency 10-Year Average: This pricing change reflects updated estimates based on the FY 2026 recalculation of the 10-year average of actual obligations for Emergency Declarations. Pricing Change 2 - Base FMAG 10-Year Average: This pricing change reflects updated estimates based on the FY 2026 recalculation of the 10- year average of actual obligations for Fire Management Assistance Grants (FMAG). Pricing Change 3 - Base Surge 10-Year Average: This pricing change reflects updated estimates based on the FY 2026 recalculation of the 10-year average of actual obligations for pre-declaration Surge activities. Pricing Change 4 - FTE and Pay Reassessment: This pricing change reflects updated estimates for FTE and pay requirements based on analysis of the historical averages and adjustments to current staffing levels. Pricing Change 5 - FY 2027 DRF Base Budget: This pricing change reflects the FY 2027 current services requirements for the DRF Base, which will be funded by FY 2026 carryover balances and projected recoveries. Pricing Change 6 - FY 2027 DRF Base Budget Offset: This pricing change reflects the offset of $843.4M of the FY 2027 DRF Base requirements which will be funded by FY 2026 carryover balances and projected recoveries. Pricing Change 7 - Major Disaster Estimate: This pricing change reflects updated estimates for major disasters. FEMA collaborates with affected states and localities to leverage spend plans and develop the cost estimates. The cost estimates cover ongoing catastrophic disasters, a historical average of obligations for non-catastrophic disasters, and a reserve to ensure FEMA maintains the ability to fund initial response operations for new
Extracted from Federal Emergency Management Agency, p. 6. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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