Department of Homeland Security: FY2015 Appropriations (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised June 2, 2015 |
| Report Number |
R43796 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
William L. Painter,Barbara L. Schwemle,Jerome P. Bjelopera,Alison Siskin,Bart Elias,John Frittelli,John D. Moteff,Shawn Reese,Sarah A. Lister,Lennard G. Kruger,Bruce R. Lindsay,Francis X. McCarthy,William A. Kandel,Daniel Morgan,Lisa Seghetti |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
This report analyzes the FY2015 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
While this report makes note of many budgetary resources provided to DHS, its primary focus is
on funding approved by Congress through the appropriations process.
The Administration requested $38.332 billion in adjusted net discretionary budget authority for
DHS for FY2015, as part of an overall budget of $60.919 billion (including fees, trust funds, and
other funding that is not appropriated or does not score against the budget caps). The request
amounted to a $0.938 billion, or 2.4%, decrease from the $39.270 billion enacted through the
consolidated appropriations act for FY2014 (P.L. 112-74).
In addition, the Administration requested an additional $6.438 billion not reflected above for
FEMA in disaster relief funding as defined by the Budget Control Act (BCA).
On June 11, 2014, the House Appropriations Committee marked up its draft Homeland Security
Appropriations bill, and voted to report it out of committee. The House committee-reported bill
provided $39.220 billion in adjusted net discretionary budget authority, as well as the requested
disaster relief funding.
On June 26, 2014, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up its draft Homeland Security
Appropriations bill, and voted to report it out of committee. The Senate committee-reported bill
provided $39.000 billion in adjusted net discretionary budget authority, as well as the requested
disaster relief funding, and $213 million for Coast Guard overseas contingency operations.
On September 19, 2014, the President signed H.J.Res. 124, the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2015, into law as P.L. 113-164. This continuing resolution originally funded the
operations of the federal government at the current annual rate until December 11, 2014, or until
full-year appropriations were passed, whichever came first. It has been extended by three other
short-term continuing resolutions, including Division L of H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, which extended funding for DHS through February 27,
2015.
With the beginning of the 114th Congress, both House- and Senate-reported FY2015 annual
homeland security appropriations bills were no longer available for action. H.R. 240, a new
FY2015 annual homeland security appropriations bill, was introduced on January 9, 2015, and
considered in the House the following week under a structured rule that allowed five immigration
policy-related amendments. After adopting these five amendments, the bill passed the House on
January 14, 2015. On February 27, the Senate passed an amended H.R. 240 without the
legislative text added by the House amendments.
After the House did not pass a three-week extension of the continuing resolution, the Senate and
House passed a one week extension of the continuing resolution to avoid a lapse in annual
appropriations for DHS. On March 3, 2015, the House voted to approve the Senate version of
H.R. 240. The bill was signed into law on March 4, 2015, as P.L. 114-4.
As enacted, the bill provided $39.670 billion in adjusted net discretionary budget authority, as
well as the requested $6.438 billion in disaster relief funding and $213 million for Coast Guard
overseas contingency operations, for total adjustments under the BCA of $6.651 billion.
