The House Appropriations Committee approved the Homeland Security and Legislative Branch fiscal year 2010 appropriations draft bills at a markup Friday.
The Homeland Security bill provides $42.63 billion for the agency, compared to President Barack Obama’s $42.83 billion request for fiscal year 2010. In 2009, the agency received $39.98 billion.
The bill cuts $135 million requested for agency operations due to “staffing vacancies, redundant policy initiatives and poorly justified request to consolidate DHS headquarters for those agencies not moving to St. Elizabeths,” according to a committee news release.
The bill includes:
- $10 billion for Customs and Border Protection, $82 million less than Obama requested, due to slight cuts in funding requests for multiple programs. This is $147 million more than the 2009 funding.
- $5.4 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $30 million less than the president’s request but $439 million more than 2009.
- $382 million for cybersecurity, $19 million less than the president requested and $68 million more than 2009.
The committee also approved the $3.7 billion draft bill to fund the Legislative Branch, $300 million than requested but $600 million more than 2009.
The bill includes:
- $559 million for the Government Accountability Office, $9 million less than the president’s request and $28 million more than 2009.
- $45 million for the Congressional Budget Office, $1.2 million less than Obama requested and $1 million more than 2009.
The House plans to take up the Homeland Security bill Friday and the Legislative Branch bill June 24.
