President Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471), which funds the federal government through Sept. 30, 2022 and includes $782 million for defense-related spending and $57.5 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
The bill allows departments and agencies to begin funding new program starts and moves the government off any limits imposed by operating under a set of continuing resolutions since fiscal year 2022 began on Oct. 1, 2021.
In addition to regular agency funding, the omnibus spending package includes $13.6 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine, which is under attack by Russia.
The bill also includes legislation requiring owners and operators of critical infrastructure entities in the U.S. to report cyber-attacks against their networks to the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within 72 hour of confirming an incident.