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This report describes the FY2006 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The report includes tables that compare the FY2005 appropriations for the programs and activities of DHS, and the President's FY2006 request.
The President's budget request for FY2006 was submitted to Congress on February 7, 2005. The Administration requested $41.1 billion in gross budget authority for FY2006 (including mandatory expenditures, fees, and special funds). The Administration is requesting a net appropriation of $30.6 billion in net budget authority for FY2006, of which $29.6 billion is discretionary budget authority, and $1 billion is mandatory budget authority. The FY2005 enacted net appropriated budget authority for DHS was $33.1 billion, including an advance appropriation of $2.058 billion for Bioshield; without Bioshield, the FY2005 net appropriated budget authority for DHS was $30.1 billion. Not including Bioshield, the FY2006 request for an appropriation of $30.6 in net budget authority represents an increase of 1.7% over the FY2005 enacted amount of $30.1 billion. The President's request for appropriations includes the following break out of net budget authority for the four Titles of the DHS appropriation bill: (I) Departmental Management and Operations, $748 million; (II) Security, Enforcement and Investigations, $20,566 million; (III) Preparedness and Response, $6,710 million; and (IV) Research and Development, Training, Assessments, and Services, $2,546 million.
The requested net appropriation for major components of the department include the following: $5,575 million for Customs and Border Protection (CBP); $3,648 million for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); $1,641 million for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA); $7,962 million for the U.S. Coast Guard; $1,204 million for the Secret Service; $3,565 million for the Office of State and Local Government Preparedness (SLGCP); $3,135 million for the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate (EPR); $80 million for Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS); $873 million for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP); and $1,368 million for the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).
Issues that may be of interest to Congress during the FY2006 appropriations cycle include (but are not limited to): reorganization of the Department and/or some of its components; personnel issues; the proposed creation of a new screening coordination office; staffing and resources at the border; immigration enforcement issues; the requested increase in aviation security fees; the changing Coast Guard mission and resources; decreases in the amounts available for homeland securityrelated grant programs; mechanisms for funding disaster relief; and the consolidation of Departmental research and development funding in the S&T Directorate. This report will be updated as events warrant.
