Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations: A Summary of Congressional
Action for FY2013
William L. Painter
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy
October 1, 2012
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Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill includes funding for all
components and functions of DHS, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP);
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the Transportation Security Administration (TSA);
Coast Guard (USCG); Secret Service (USSS); the National Protection and Programs Directorate
(NPPD), which includes Infrastructure Protection and Information Security (IPIS) and the Federal
Protective Service (FPS); the Office of Health Affairs (OHA); the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA); United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC); the Science and Technology directorate
(S&T); the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO); departmental management, Analysis
and Operations (A&O), and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
For FY2013, the Administration requested $39.510 billion in adjusted net discretionary budget
authority for DHS, as part of an overall budget of $59.501 billion (including fees, trust funds, and
other funding that is not appropriated or does not score against the budget caps). H.R. 5855, the
House-passed DHS appropriations bill, would provide $39.114 billion in adjusted net
discretionary budget authority, while S. 3126, its Senate-reported counterpart, would provide
$39.514 billion.
The 12 regular appropriations bills for FY2013 were not enacted before the start of the fiscal year.
Instead, Congress passed and the President signed a continuing resolution (CR), H.J.Res. 117,
into law as P.L. 112-175 on September 28, 2012. This public law allows for the federal
government to continue operations in the absence of regular appropriations. Funding is provided
through March 27, 2013 at an annualized rate of $1.047 billion.

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Contents
Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 1
DHS Appropriations: Comparing the Components ................................................................... 2
DHS Appropriations Compared to the Total DHS Budget ........................................................ 4
Trends in Legislative Timing..................................................................................................... 4
FY2013 Appropriations by Title...................................................................................................... 5
Title I: Departmental Management and Operations .................................................................. 5
Title II: Security, Enforcement and Investigations .................................................................... 6
Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.................................................... 8
Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services ................................................. 10
Title V: General Provisions...................................................................................................... 11

Figures
Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations by Component, FY2012-
FY2013 ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Figure 2. DHS Gross Budget Breakdown: FY2012 Enacted v. FY2013 Request ........................... 4
Figure 3. DHS Appropriations Legislative Timing.......................................................................... 5

Tables
Table 1. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations by Title, FY2012-FY2013................. 1
Table 2. Title I: Departmental Management and Operations, FY2012-FY2013.............................. 6
Table 3. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, FY2012-FY2013 .............................. 7
Table 4. Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, FY2012-FY2013 ............... 9
Table 5. Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services, FY2012-FY2013 ............ 10

Contacts
Author Contact Information........................................................................................................... 12
Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... 12
Key Policy Staff............................................................................................................................. 12

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Overview
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill includes funding for all
components and functions of the Department of Homeland Security. Table 1 includes a summary
of funding included in the FY2012 regular DHS appropriations bill, the Administration’s FY2013
appropriations request, and the House-passed and Senate-reported versions of the FY2013
appropriations bill broken down by title.
Table 1. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations by Title, FY2012-FY2013
(in millions of dollars of discretionary budget authority, rounded)
House-
Senate-
FY2012
FY2013
passed
reported
Title
Enacted
Request
H.R. 5855
S. 3216
Title I: Departmental Management and Operations
1,132
1,279
1,020
1,102
Title II: Security, Enforcement and Investigations
31,527
30,759
30,946
30,975
Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
5,680
5,911
5,930
5,971
Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services
1,332
1,561
1,510
1,535
Title V: General Provisions
-71
0
-292
-68
Total 39,600
39,510
39,114
39,514
Source: H.R. 5855, H.Rept. 112-492 and S.Rept. 112-169.
Notes: The standard legislative practice is to group rescissions with the bill’s general provisions, often resulting
in that title scoring as net negative budget authority. The executive budget usual y includes proposed rescissions
in the impacted component’s budget request. The FY2012 column reflects the impact of $204 million in
rescissions, while the Administration proposed $25 million in rescissions for FY2013. The House Appropriations
Committee recommended $292 million in rescissions, while the Senate Appropriations Committee
recommended $192 million. Totals may not add due to rounding.
Operating Under A Continuing Resolution
A continuing resolution (CR) was signed into law on September 28, 2012, providing stopgap
funding for the federal government through March 27, 2013, or until the general appropriations
bills for FY2013 are enacted. The CR provides for the government to continue its operations in
FY2013 at largely the same rate as it did in FY2012, plus 0.612% for many covered projects and
activities. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided an estimate on September 11, 2012
of the appropriations and total spending provided under the CR if its rate were extended for the
full fiscal year. By CBO’s calculations, the CR would result in $1.047 trillion in appropriations
for the federal government.
CBO’s projection included an overall funding estimate of $46,772 million for DHS.1 This
includes $6,400 million for disaster relief and $258 million for overseas contingency operations
that do not count against the budget caps under the BCA. However, the CR anticipates further
action on FY2013 appropriations legislation, as indicated by its mid-year expiration date, and it
does not take account of any future action pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-

1 http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/43581-HJRes117.pdf.
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25). Therefore, the tables in this report do not reflect projections of FY2013 levels of spending for
DHS or its components.
Included in the CR are four provisions—known as “anomalies”—that apply to DHS. These
provide further direction specifically to the department, alter its authorities, or change the rate of
available funding from the baseline provided in the CR for other components. These are:
Sec. 136 allows DHS to obligate funds from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection—
Salaries and Expenses account at the rate necessary to maintain staffing levels for Border
Patrol agents, Border Protection officers, and Air and Marine interdiction.2
Sec. 137 allows DHS to obligate funds at a rate of operations for the National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD)—Infrastructure Protection and Information Security account at
an annualized rate $282 million dollars higher than in FY2012, including specific funding set
asides for increases in network security deployment and federal network security, and
provides flexibility to allow for those funds to be obligated to “establish and sustain essential
cybersecurity activities, including procurement and operations of continuous monitoring and
diagnostics systems and intrusion detection systems for civilian Federal computer networks.”3
Sec. 138 extends a provision allowing the Secret Service to use revenues derived from
criminal investigations.
Sec. 139 extends the authority for temporary regulations for chemical facility security.
DHS Appropriations: Comparing the Components
Unlike some other appropriations bills, breaking down the DHS bill by title does not provide a
great deal of transparency into where DHS’s appropriated resources are going. The various
components of DHS vary widely in the size of their appropriated budgets. Figure 1 shows DHS’s
discretionary budget authority broken down by component, from largest to smallest. For each
stage the left column shows discretionary budget authority as scored against the bill’s budget
allocation, while the right column shows that plus resources available under adjustments to the
allocation allowed under the Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25). For the purposes of this report,
funding provided under these adjustments is not treated as appropriations.

2 H.J.Res. 117, Sec. 136. For further discussion, see Table 5.
3 H.J.Res. 117, Sec. 137(a).
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Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations by Component,
FY2012-FY2013
(in millions of dollars, rounded)

Source: H.R. 5855, H.Rept. 112-492 and S.Rept. 112-169.
Chart Abbreviations: CBP, Customs and Border Protection; USCG, U.S. Coast Guard; ICE, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement; TSA, Transportation Security Administration; FEMA, Federal Emergency Management
Administration; USSS, U.S. Secret Service; NPPD, National Protection and Programs Directorate; S&T, Science
and Technology Directorate; DNDO, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office; A&O, Analysis and Operations;
FLETC, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; OHA, Office of Health Affairs; OIG, Office of the Inspector
General; USCIS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; DBA, discretionary budget authority; Adj,
adjustments to the discretionary budget caps established by the Budget Control Act.
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
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DHS Appropriations Compared to the Total DHS Budget
It is important to note that the above figure, even with its accounting for discretionary cap
adjustments, does not tell the whole story about the resources available to individual DHS
components. Some components, such as TSA, rely on fee income or offsetting collections to
support a significant amount of their activities. Less than 4% of the budget for CIS is provided
through direct appropriations—the rest relies on fee income.
Detailed numbers on the individual components that reflect both appropriations and other
budgetary resources appear later in the report. Figure 2 presents a comparison of the enacted
FY2012 budget (as of May 31, 2012) and the Administration’s FY2013 budget request, showing
the discretionary appropriations, mandatory appropriations, and adjustments under the Budget
Control Act, in the context of the total amount of budgetary resources available to DHS. The
amounts shown in these graphs are derived from the Administration’s budget request documents,
and therefore do not exactly mirror the data presented in congressional documents, which are the
source for the other data presented in the report.
Figure 2. DHS Gross Budget Breakdown: FY2012 Enacted v. FY2013 Request
(millions of dollars in budget authority, rounded)

Source: DHS FY2013 Budget Request.
Notes: Budget numbers provided by OMB differ from congressional budget calculations due to a variety of
factors, including recalculations of fee income, availability of prior-year rescissions, reprogrammings, transfers
and other factors. Totals may not add due to rounding.
Trends in Legislative Timing
The House Appropriations Committee’s full committee markup of H.R. 5855 was the second
earliest in the history of the DHS appropriations bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s full
committee markup of S. 3216 was the earliest the Senate has ever marked up the DHS
appropriations bill. Figure 3 shows the history of the timing of the DHS appropriations bills as
they have moved through various stages of the legislative process.
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Figure 3. DHS Appropriations Legislative Timing

Source: CRS analysis.
Notes: Final action on the FY2011 appropriation for DHS did not occur until April 2011.
FY2013 Appropriations by Title
Title I: Departmental Management and Operations
Title I of the DHS appropriations bill provides funding for the department’s management
activities, Analysis and Operations (A&O) account, and the Office of the Inspector General
(OIG). The Administration requested $1,279 million for these accounts in FY2013, an increase of
$147 million above the enacted level. The House-passed bill provides $1,020 million, a decrease
of 20.2% from the requested level and 9.9% below FY2012. The Senate-reported bill provides
$1,102 million, 13.8% below the request and 2.7% below FY2012. Table 2 lists the enacted
amounts for the individual components of Title I for FY2012 (as of May 31, 2012), the
Administration’s request for these components for FY2013, and the House-passed and Senate-
reported appropriations for the same.
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Table 2. Title I: Departmental Management and Operations, FY2012-FY2013
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
FY2013 Appropriation
FY2013
FY2013
FY2012
FY2013
House-
Senate-
FY2013

Enacted
Request
passed
reported Enacted
Office of the Secretary and Executive
133 134 122 133
Management
Office of the Under Secretary for Management
236
222
180
220
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
51
55
50
54
Office of the Chief Information Officer
257
313
242
249
Analysis and Operations
338
322
317
324
DHS Headquarters Consolidationa 0
89
0
0
Office of the Inspector Generalb
117 144 109 123
Net Budget Authority: Title I
1,132
1,279
1,020
1,102
Total Gross Budgetary Resources for

1,132 1,279 1,020 1,102
Title I Components before Transfers
Sources: CRS analysis of H.Rept. 112-331 (for FY2012), H.R. 5855, H.Rept. 112-492, and S.Rept. 112-169.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. This line only reflects funding for DHS Headquarters Consolidation included in Title I of the DHS
appropriations bill. Other funding has been provided under Coast Guard accounts and in general provisions
in previous years.
b. The Office of the Inspector General also receives transfers from FEMA to pay for oversight of disaster-
related activities that are not reflected in these tables.
Title II: Security, Enforcement and Investigations
Title II of the DHS appropriations bill, which includes over three-quarters of the budget authority
provided in the legislation, contains the appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the U.S. Secret Service (USSS). The
Administration requested $30,759 million for these accounts in FY2013, a decrease of $768
million below the enacted level. The House-passed bill provides $30,946 million, an increase of
0.6% from the requested level and 1.8% below FY2012. The Senate-reported bill provides
$30,974 million, 0.7% above the request and 1.8% below FY2012. Table 3 lists the enacted
amounts for the individual components of Title II for FY2012 (as of May 31, 2012), the
Administration’s request for these components for FY2013, and the House-passed and Senate-
reported appropriations for the same.
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Table 3. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, FY2012-FY2013
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
FY2013 Appropriation
FY2013
FY2013
FY2012
FY2013
House-
Senate-
FY2013

Enacted
Request
passed
reported
Enacted
Customs and Border Protection
Salaries and Expenses
8,680
9,011
8,366
8,770
Automation Modernization
334
328
700
328
Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and
400 327 334 327
Technology
Air and Marine Interdictions
504
436
519
507
Facilities Management
237 244 253 244
US-VISITa 0
0
0
279
Appropriation 10,155
10,345
10,172
10,454
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
1,496
1,626
1,517
1,517
Total Budgetary Resources
11,651
11,971
11,689
11,971
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Salaries and Expenses
5,529
5,297
5,236
5,295
Automation & Infrastructure Modernization
22
31
232
31
Construction 0
5
5
5
Appropriation 5,551
5,332
5,474
5,330
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
312
312
312
312
Total Budgetary Resources
5,863
5,644
5,786
5,642
Transportation Security Administration
Aviation Security (net funding)
3,224
2,914
2,971
2,702
Surface Transportation Security
135
124
126
124
Transportation Threat Assessment and
164 193 192 193
Credentialing (net funding)
Transportation Security Support
1,032
970
929
970
Federal Air Marshals
966
930
880
930
Appropriation 5,521
5,130
5,098
4,919
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
2,320
2,515
2,400
2,715
Total Budgetary Resources
7,841
7,645
7,498
7,633
U.S. Coast Guard
Operating Expensesb 7,051
6,791
6,765
7,073
Environmental Compliance & Restoration
14
13
12
13
Reserve Training
134
133
116
133
Automation Modernization
—
—
45
—
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FY2013 Appropriation
FY2013
FY2013
FY2012
FY2013
House-
Senate-
FY2013

Enacted
Request
passed
reported
Enacted
Acquisition, Construction, & Improvements
1,404
1,217
1,429
1,471
Research, Development, Testing, and
28 20 20 20
Evaluation
Health Care Fund Contributionc 262
203
203
203
Discretionary Appropriation
8,634
8,377
8,589
8,659
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
1,654
1,640
1,640
1,640
Overseas Contingency Operations
258 0d 0
254
Adjustment
Total Budgetary Resources
10,546
10,017
10,229
10,553
U.S. Secret Service
Salaries and Expenses
1,661
1,544
1,556
1,556
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
5
57
57
57
Appropriation 1,667
1,601
1,613
1,613
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
245
250
250
250
Total Budgetary Resources
1,912
1,851
1,863
1,863
Net Discretionary Budget Authority:
31,527 30,759 30,946 30,974
Title II
Total Budgetary Resources for Title II
37,813 37,128 37,070 37,662
Components before Transfers
Sources: CRS analysis of the DHS FY2013 Congressional Budget Justification, H.R. 5855, H.Rept. 112-331 (for
FY2012), H.Rept. 112-492, and S.Rept. 112-169.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. The Administration proposed in the FY2013 budget request moving US-VISIT from NPPD and dividing it
between ICE and CBP. The Senate proposed moving the resources to CBP, then transferring $18 mil ion to
ICE.
b. Overseas contingency operations funding is displayed in this line, but is not added to the appropriations
total, in accordance with the appropriations committees’ practices for subtotaling this account. This funding
is not reflected in the total appropriation for the Coast Guard.
c. This is permanent indefinite discretionary spending, and therefore scores as being in the bill, despite not
being explicitly appropriated in the bills’ legislative language.
d. $254 million was requested as a permissive transfer from the Department of Defense to cover the Coast
Guard’s overseas contingency operations costs. However, these charts do not track activity in other
appropriations bills or transfers.
Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title III of the DHS appropriations bill contains the appropriations for the National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD), the Office of Health Affairs (OHA), and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA). The Administration requested $5,911 million for these accounts in
FY2013, an increase of $231 million above the enacted level. The House-passed bill provides
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$5,930 million, an increase of 0.3% above the requested level and 4.4% above FY2012. The
Senate-reported bill provides $5,971 million, 1% above the request and 5.1% above FY2012. In
addition, both House-passed and Senate-reported versions of this title also include a requested
$5,481 million for disaster relief that is offset by an adjustment under the Budget Control Act.
The adjustment is $919 million smaller than the adjustment provided in the FY2012 Disaster
Relief Appropriations Act (P.L. 112-77). Table 4 lists the enacted amounts for the individual
components of Title III for FY2012 (as of May 31, 2012), the Administration’s request for these
components for FY2013, and the House-passed and Senate-reported appropriations for the same.
Table 4. Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, FY2012-FY2013
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
FY2013 Appropriation
FY2013
FY2013
FY2012
FY2013
House-
Senate-
FY2013

Enacted
Request
passed
reported
Enacted
National Protection and Programs Directorate
Management and Administration
51 50 45 50
Infrastructure Protection and Information
888 1,167 1,110 1,170
Security
US-VISIT 307
0
0
0
Office of Biometric Identity Managementa — —
191 —
Appropriation 1,246
1,217
1,347
1,220

Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
1,262
1,302
1,302
1,302

Total Budgetary Resources
2,508
2,519
2,649
2,522

Office of Health Affairs
Appropriation 167
166
132
168
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
0
0
0
0

Total Budgetary Resources
167
166
132
168
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Salaries and Expenses
895
789
720
979

Automation
Modernization
— — 58 —
Grants and Training
2,375
2,900
2,798
2,670

U.S. Fire Administration
44
43
42
44
Disaster Relief Fundb
7,100
6,089
6,089
6,089
Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis
98
89
92
97
Pre-disaster Mitigation Fund
36
0
14
35
Emergency Food and Shelter
120
100
120
150
Radiological Emergency Preparedness
-1
-1
-1
-1
Appropriation 4,267
4,528
4,451
4,582
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
3,273
3,551
3,551
3,551
Disaster Relief Adjustment
6,400
5,481
5,481
5,481

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Total Budgetary Resources
13,940
13,560
13,483
13,614

Net Budget Authority: Title III
5,680
5,911
5,930
5,971
Total Budgetary Resources for Title
16,624 16,245 16,264 16,304
III Components before Transfers
Sources: CRS analysis of the DHS FY2013 Congressional Budget Justification, H.Rept. 112-331 (for FY2012),
H.R. 5855, H.Rept. 112-492, and S.Rept. 112-169.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. The Administration proposed in the FY2013 budget request moving US-VISIT from NPPD and dividing it
between ICE and CBP. The House proposed retaining this portion of US-VISIT in NPPD.
b. Disaster relief funding is displayed in this line, but is not added to the appropriations total, in accordance
with the appropriations committees’ practices for subtotaling this account. This funding is not reflected in
the total appropriation for FEMA.
Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services
Title IV of the DHS appropriations bill contains the appropriations for U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS), the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), the
Science and Technology directorate (S&T), and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. The
Administration requested $1,561 million for these accounts in FY2013, a decrease of $229
million below the enacted level. The House-passed bill provides $1,510 million, a decrease of
3.3% from the requested level and 13.4% above FY2012. The Senate-reported bill provides
$1,535 million, 1.7% below the request and 15.2% above FY2012. Table 5 lists the enacted
amounts for the individual components of Title IV for FY2012 (as of May 31, 2012), the
Administration’s request for these components for FY2013, and the House-passed and Senate-
reported appropriations for the same.
Table 5. Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services, FY2012-FY2013
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
FY2013 Appropriation
FY2013
FY2013
FY2012
FY2013
House-
Senate-
FY2013

Enacted
Request
passed
reported Enacted
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Appropriation
102 143 112 117
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
2,976
2,862
2,892
2,882
Total
Budgetary
Resources
3,078 3,005 3,004 2,999
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Salaries and Expenses
239 229 228 229
Acquisition, Construction, Improvements
and Related Expenses
32 29 27 29
Appropriation
271 258 256 258
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
0
0
0
0
Total
Budgetary
Resources
271 258 256 258
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FY2013 Appropriation
FY2013
FY2013
FY2012
FY2013
House-
Senate-
FY2013

Enacted
Request
passed
reported Enacted
Science and Technology




Management and Administration
135 138 130 138
Research, Development, Acquisition, and
Operations
533 693 696 693
Appropriation
668 831 826 831
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
0
0
0
0
Total
Budgetary
Resources
668 831 826 831
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Management and Administration
38 40 38 40
Research, Development, and Operations
215 237 227 237
Systems Acquisition
37 51 51 51
Appropriation
290 328 316 328
Fees, Mandatory Spending, and Trust Funds
0
0
0
0
Total
Budgetary
Resources
290 328 316 328
Net Budget Authority: Title IV
1,332
1,561
1,510
1,535
Total Budgetary Resources for Title IV
Components before Transfers
4,308
4,423 4,402 4,417
Sources: CRS analysis of the DHS FY2013 Congressional Budget Justification, H.Rept. 112-331 (for FY2012),
H.R. 5855, H.Rept. 112-492, and S.Rept. 112-169.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding.
Title V: General Provisions
Title V of the DHS appropriations bill contains the general provisions for the bill. General
provisions typically include rescissions of funding from previous years that partially offset the
score of the bill. Occasionally appropriations for special initiatives are found here as well. The
Administration generally requests rescissions in the accounts where they are made, and requested
no funding through general provisions for FY2013. The House-passed bill for FY2013 includes
$292 million in rescissions, all of which reduce the net scoring of the bill. Those are the only
provisions in this title that impact the score of the bill. On the other hand, the Senate-reported bill
includes $192 million in rescissions, as well as several other provisions that impact the scoring of
the bill, including appropriations and changes in fee programs. Taken together, these Senate bill
provisions offset its cost by $68 million.

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Author Contact Information

William L. Painter

Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland
Security Policy
wpainter@crs.loc.gov, 7-3335

Acknowledgments
Garrett Hatch’s work on the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill inspired the
structure of this survey report. Amber Wilhelm designed and produced the graphics contained in the report.

Key Policy Staff
Area of Expertise
Name
Phone
E-mail
Overall DHS Appropriations
William Painter
7-3335
mwpainter@crs.loc.gov
Departmental Management
Barbara Schwemle
7-8655
bschwemle@crs.loc.gov
DHS Headquarters Consolidation
William Painter
7-3335
mwpainter@crs.loc.gov
Analysis and Operations
Jerome Bjelopera
7-0622
jbjelopera@crs.loc.gov
Customs and Border Protection
Marc Rosenblum
7-7360
mrosenblum@crs.loc.gov
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Alison Siskin
7-0260
asiskin@crs.loc.gov
Transportation Security
Bart Elias
7-7771
mbelias@crs.loc.gov
Administration
Coast Guard
John Frittelli
7-7033
jfrittelli@crs.loc.gov
U.S. Secret Service
Shawn Reese
7-0635
sreese@crs.loc.gov
National Protection and Programs
John Moteff
7-1435
jmoteff@crs.loc.gov
Directorate
Federal Protective Service
Shawn Reese
7-0635
sreese@crs.loc.gov
Office of Health Affairs
Sarah Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
FEMA – State and Local Programs
Natalie Keegan
7-9569
nkeegan@crs.loc.gov
FEMA – Firefighter grants
Len Kruger
7-7070
lkruger@crs.loc.gov
FEMA – Disaster Relief Fund
Bruce Lindsay
7-3752
blindsay@crs.loc.gov
FEMA – Flood insurance, mitigation
Rawle King
7-5975
rking@crs.loc.gov
grants
FEMA – general management,
Francis McCarthy
7-9533
fmccarthy@crs.loc.gov
Emergency Food and Shelter Grants
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Wil iam Kandel
7-4703
mwkandel@crs.loc.gov
Services
Science and Technology Directorate
Daniel Morgan
7-5849
dmorgan@crs.loc.gov
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Daniel Morgan
7-5849
dmorgan@crs.loc.gov

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