WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2023 Homeland Security funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation funds agencies, offices, and programs in the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Secret Service, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
For fiscal year 2023, the bill provides total funding of $85.67 billion, including $60.3 billion within the subcommittee’s funding allocation, $19.95 billion for major disaster response and recovery, and $5.4 billion that is offset by fee collections. The total within the subcommittee allocation is $2.7 billion above fiscal year 2022. The legislation:
“This bill provides balanced investments in the broad and diverse set of missions entrusted to the Department of Homeland Security. It provides significant new resources to improve the nation’s ability to prevent and respond to cyberattacks and threats to critical infrastructure, makes smart investments in border security and humanitarian efforts at the southern border, and continues the transition to a greater reliance on alternatives to detention and case management to ensure the integrity of our immigration laws while also treating migrants with respect and ensuring due process,” said Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40). “The bill also continues the subcommittee’s consistently strong support for the Coast Guard and the Secret Service, provides increased resources for FEMA’s disaster response and recovery efforts, and funds a TSA initiative to pay its workforce at levels commensurate with other federal agencies and to extend other equivalent rights and protections.”
“The Homeland Security funding bill includes many of the federal programs critical to keeping our country safe,” Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) said. “With this bill, we are securing our borders by funding smart and effective investments in technology and operations. We are respecting the dignity of children and families by making border processing quicker and more efficient and improving conditions in short-term holding facilities. From dramatic investments in our nation’s cyber infrastructure to prevent increasingly pervasive cyber-attacks to ensuring our Coast Guard has the tools it needs to protect our country from Russian aggression in the Arctic, this bill is key to bolstering our national security.”
A summary of the draft fiscal year 2023 Homeland Security bill is below. The text of the draft bill is here. The subcommittee markup will be webcast live and linked on the House Committee on Appropriations website.
Bill Summary:
Management – The bill provides $2.78 billion for the Office of the Secretary, executive management, and the Management Directorate, an increase of $379.3 million above the FY 2022 enacted level and $137.2 million above the President’s budget request. Funding under this category includes:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) – The bill recommends $15.74 billion, an increase of $893.8 million above the FY 2022 enacted level and $338.1 million above the request, including the following increases above the Operations and Support (O&S) request:
Within the total amount provided for CBP O&S, the recommendation includes:
Increases above the request for Procurement, Construction, and Improvements (PC&I) including:
This FY 2023 spending bill also:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – The bill provides $8.4 billion in discretionary appropriations for ICE, $138.1 million above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level and $296.4 million above the President’s budget request, including:
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) – The bill includes $9.77 billion for TSA, an increase of $1.28 billion above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level and $280 million below the request, of which $2.8 billion is offset by passenger security and vetting fee collections. Increases above the request include:
Coast Guard – The bill includes $13.36 billion for the Coast Guard, an increase of $903.5 million above the 2022 enacted level and $777.6 million above the request, as follows:
United States Secret Service (USSS) – The bill recommends $2.73 billion, an increase of $115.6 million above FY 2022 and $24 million above the request, including:
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – The bill includes $2.93 billion for CISA, an increase of $334.1million above the FY 2022 enacted level and $417.1 million above the request, including increases above the request of:
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – The bill includes $25.89 billion for FEMA, $1.73 billion above the FY 2022 enacted level and $771.3 million above the request. The total provided includes the following:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – The bill includes $683.3 million for USCIS, an increase of $273.8 million above the FY 2022 enacted level and $230.3 below the request. The total includes $30 million for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program, an increase of $10 million above FY 2022.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) – The bill provides $396.5 million for FLETC, $40.9 million above the FY 2022 enacted level equal to the request.
Science and Technology (S&T) – The bill includes $963.8 million for S&T, an increase of $77.4 million above the FY 2022 enacted level and $62.5 million above the request. The total includes:
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) – The bill includes $429 million for CWMD, $23 million below the FY 2022 enacted level and equal to the request.
Policy Provisions – The FY 2023 Homeland Security funding bill:
Prohibits the use of DHS funds to deny admission or a benefit to an individual solely on the basis of marijuana use or possession for personal use.
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