Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations: FY2014 Overview and
Summary

William L. Painter
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy
August 27, 2013
Congressional Research Service
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www.crs.gov
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2014 Overview and Summary

Summary
This report provides a brief outline of the FY2014 appropriations legislation for the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested $39.0 billion in adjusted net
discretionary budget authority for DHS for FY2014, as part of an overall budget of $60.0 billion
(including fees, trust funds, and other funding that is not appropriated or does not score against
the budget caps).
Net requested appropriations for major agencies within DHS were as follows:
• Customs and Border Protection (CBP), $10,833 million;
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $4,997 million;
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA), $4,857 million;
• Coast Guard, $8,051 million;
• Secret Service, $1,546 million;
• National Protection and Programs Directorate, $1,267 million;
• Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), $3,984 million;
• Science and Technology, $1,527 million; and
• the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, $1,527 million.
The Administration also requested an additional $5.6 billion for FEMA in disaster relief funding
as defined by the Budget Control Act.
H.R. 2217, the House-passed DHS appropriations bill, would provide $39.0 billion in adjusted
net discretionary budget authority. The Senate-reported version of the same bill would provide
$39.1 billion in adjusted net discretionary budget authority. Both bills would also provide the $5.6
billion in disaster relief requested by the Administration.
For a more detailed discussion of policy matters and legislative details beyond funding levels, see
CRS Report R43147, Department of Homeland Security: FY2014 Appropriations, coordinated by
William L. Painter.
This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Contents
DHS Appropriations Overview and Context ................................................................................... 1
Note on FY2013 and Sequestration ........................................................................................... 2
DHS Appropriations: Comparing the Components ................................................................... 2
DHS Appropriations Compared to the Total DHS Budget ........................................................ 5
DHS Appropriations Trends: Size ............................................................................................. 5
DHS Appropriations Trends: Timing ......................................................................................... 7
DHS Appropriations Funding Summary by Title ............................................................................ 7
Title I: Departmental Management and Operations .................................................................. 7
Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations ................................................................... 9
Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery .................................................. 11
Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services ................................................. 14
Title V: General Provisions ...................................................................................................... 15
Provisions That Directly Affect the Cost of the Bill ......................................................... 16
Provisions That Do Not Affect the Cost of the Bill ........................................................... 16

Figures
Figure 1. DHS Discretionary Appropriations by Component, FY2014 ........................................... 4
Figure 2. DHS Gross Budget Breakdown: FY2014 Request ........................................................... 5
Figure 3. DHS Appropriations Legislative Timing .......................................................................... 7

Tables
Table 1. DHS Net Discretionary Appropriations by Title, FY2013-FY2014 .................................. 1
Table 2. DHS Discretionary Appropriations by Component, FY2014 ............................................ 3
Table 3. DHS Appropriations, FY2004-FY2013 ............................................................................. 6
Table 4. Title I: Departmental Management and Operations, FY2013-FY2014.............................. 8
Table 5. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, FY2013-FY2014 .............................. 9
Table 6. Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, FY2013-FY2014 ............. 12
Table 7. Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services, FY2013-FY2014 ............ 14

Contacts
Author Contact Information........................................................................................................... 17

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his report provides an overview of appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS). The first portion of this report provides an overview and historical context
Tfor reviewing DHS appropriations, highlighting various aspects including the comparative
size of DHS components, the amount of non-appropriated funding the department receives, and
trends in the timing and size of the department’s appropriations legislation. The second portion of
this report provides detailed information on DHS appropriations.
DHS Appropriations Overview and Context
The DHS appropriations bill includes funding for all components and functions of the
department. For FY2013, pre-sequester DHS discretionary appropriations were $46.0 billion,
with $12.1 billion in supplemental appropriations (see Table 1). For FY2014, the total request
was $44.7 billion. House-passed and Senate-reported DHS appropriations legislation have similar
total funding levels, $44.6 billion and $44.7 billion, respectively. Totals represent net
discretionary budget authority, taking into account impacts of rescissions, and include emergency
spending and disaster relief. Analyses that include the impact of fees and mandatory spending are
found later in this report.
Table 1. DHS Net Discretionary Appropriations by Title, FY2013-FY2014
(millions of dollars of discretionary budget authority, rounded)

FY2013
FY2014
Enacted
Supplemental
House-
Senate-

(P.L. 113-6),
(P.L. 113-2),
passed
reported
Title
pre-sequester
pre-sequester
Request
H.R. 2217
H.R. 2217
Title I: Departmental
$1,086 $0
$1,239
$893
$1,053
Management and Operations
Title II: Security, Enforcement
31,524a
277
30,241 30,768 30,514b
and Investigations
Title III: Protection,
12,320c 11,788 11,009d 11,544d 11,582d
Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
Title IV: Research and
1,520 7
2,214
1,890
1,885
Development, Training, and
Services
Title V: General Provisions
-203
0
-50
-475
-83
Total
46,248 12,072 44,654
44,618
44,953
Source: CRS analysis of P.L. 113-6, its accompanying Senate explanatory statement, P.L. 113-2, the FY2014 DHS
Congressional Budget Justifications, H.R. 2217, H.Rept. 113-91, and S.Rept. 113-77.
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 first FY2013 column reflects the impact of $307 million in
rescissions, including two across-the-board cuts in P.L. 113-6, while the Administration proposed $42 million in
rescissions for FY2014. For FY2014, the House Appropriations Committee recommended $460 mil ion in
rescissions. Amounts may not total due to rounding.
a. Includes $254 million in funding for overseas contingency operations that does not count against the
discretionary budget caps.
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b. Includes $227 million in funding for overseas contingency operations that does not count against the
discretionary budget caps.
c. Includes $6,400 million in disaster relief funding that does not count against the discretionary budget caps.
d. Includes $5,626 million in disaster relief funding that does not count against the discretionary budget caps.
Note on FY2013 and Sequestration
Past CRS reports on DHS appropriations have carried detailed comparisons with previous years’
funding levels.1 However, due to the impact of sequestration on budget authority available to the
federal government under P.L. 113-6 and the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (P.L.
113-2), official post-sequestration numbers are not available at the program, project, and activity
level. While DHS released an FY2013 Post-Sequestration Operating Plan on April 26, 2013, that
report did not include the funding provided through P.L. 113-2, and press reports have indicated
that reprogramming and transfer activity is underway to address the impact of the nearly across-
the-board cut administered through the sequestration process on priority programs.2
As there is no detailed comprehensive statement of post-sequestration resources available to
DHS, the charts in this report contain information on pre-sequester funding levels for FY2013. In
all cases, the data from P.L. 113-6 account for the two across-the-board cuts included in the
general provisions of the act.
DHS Appropriations: Comparing the Components
Breaking down the DHS bill by title provides limited transparency into how DHS’s appropriated
resources are being used. Thus, looking at funding by component can be more instructive. The
components of DHS vary widely in the size of their appropriated budgets. The largest component
is Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with an FY2014 request of $10.8 billion. Table 2 and
Figure 1 show DHS’s discretionary budget authority broken down by component, from largest to
smallest.3
Table 2 presents the raw numbers, while Figure 1 presents the same data in a graphic format,
with additional information on the disaster relief adjustment to the allocation allowed under the
Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25).4 For each set of appropriations shown in Figure 1, the left
column shows discretionary budget authority provided through the legislation, while the right
column shows that amount plus resources available under the adjustments. This comparison looks
only at the new budget authority requested or provided—not budget authority rescinded to offset
the cost of the bill—so the totals will differ from Table 1, which includes the impact of prior-year
rescissions.

1 See, for example, CRS Report R41189, Homeland Security Department: FY2011 Appropriations.
2 See, for example, Hicks, Josh, “How Much Money Did Customs and Border Protection Need to Avoid Furloughs,”
Washington Post, Federal Eye blog, June 21, as downloaded from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/
wp/2013/06/20/how-much-money-did-customs-and-border-protection-need-to-avoid-furloughs/, June 21, 2013.
3 Components are arranged based on the size of their House-passed funding level.
4 For the purposes of this report, funding provided under these adjustments is not treated as appropriations.
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Table 2. DHS Discretionary Appropriations by Component, FY2014
(millions of dollars, rounded)
FY2014
FY2014
FY2014
House-
Senate-
Component
Request
passed
reported
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
$10,833
$10,567
$10,420
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
8,050
8,399
8,385
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
4,997
5,384
5,054
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
4,857
4,781
4,908
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
3,984
4,345
4,353
U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
1,546
1,586
1,582
National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)
1,267
1,459
1,474
Science & Technology Directorate (S&T)
1,527
1,225
1,218
Departmental Management
811
509
730
Analysis & Operations (A&O)
309
292
304
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)
291
291
289
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
271
259
259
Office of Health Affairs (OHA)
132
123
128
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
124
114
119
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
119
114
117
Total $39,120
$39,450
$39,341
Source: H.R. 2217 and H.Rept. 113-91.
Notes: Table does not include adjustments for disaster relief or overseas contingency operations under the
Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25), rescissions of prior-year funding, or reflect non-appropriated resources
available to DHS components.
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Figure 1. DHS Discretionary Appropriations by Component, FY2014
(millions of dollars, rounded)

Source: H.R. 2217, H.Rept. 113-91, and S.Rept. 113-77.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding. Figure does not display rescissions and other general provisions, or
reflect non-appropriated resources available to DHS components.
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.
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DHS Appropriations Compared to the Total DHS Budget
Figure 1, even with its accounting for discretionary cap adjustments, does not tell the whole story
about the resources available to individual DHS components. Much of DHS’s budget is not
derived from discretionary appropriations. Some components, such as the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), rely on fee income or offsetting collections to support a substantial portion
of their activities. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for example, obtains less
than 4% of its funding through direct appropriations—the bulk of the component’s funding is
derived from fee income.
Figure 2 highlights how much of the DHS budget is not funded through discretionary
appropriations. It presents a breakdown of the FY2014 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, as well as other non-
appropriated resources. For FY2014, 67% of the DHS gross budget is funded through
discretionary appropriations. The remainder of the budget is funded through fees, mandatory
appropriations, BCA adjustments, and other non-appropriated resources.
The amounts shown in this graph 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, including Table 2 and Figure 1.
Figure 2. DHS Gross Budget Breakdown: FY2014 Request
(millions of dollars in budget authority, rounded)

Source: DHS FY2014 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.
DHS Appropriations Trends: Size
Table 3 presents DHS discretionary appropriations, as enacted, for FY2004 through FY2013.
Generally speaking, annual appropriations for DHS rose from the establishment of the
department, peaking in FY2010. However, the structural changes effected by the Budget Control
Act that allowed disaster funding to be included in regular appropriations bills without being
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scored against the bill’s allocation altered the downward trend as funding that might have been
provided in a supplemental appropriations bill now was provided in the annual process. Without
the impact of disaster relief funding, the level of annual appropriations for the department has
declined each year since the FY2010 peak. Supplemental funding, which frequently addressed
congressional priorities such as disaster assistance and border security, varies widely from year to
year and as a result distorts year-to-year comparisons of total appropriations for DHS.
Note the table includes two lines for FY2013. The first line for FY2013, in italics, describes pre-
sequester resources provided to DHS. The second FY2013 line is derived from the post-sequester
operating plan for the department, which examined only what was provided through the annual
appropriations bill for DHS included in P.L. 113-6. CRS does not have post-sequester totals for
what was provided in P.L. 113-2.
Table 3. DHS Appropriations, FY2004-FY2013
(billions of dollars of budget authority)

Nominal Appropriations
GDP
Constant Dollar Appropriations
Price
Regular
Supplemental
Total
Ind
ex
Regular
Supplemental
Total
FY2004
$29.411 $7.418
$36.829
0.969
$30.368 $7.659
$38.027
FY2005
29.557 67.328
96.885
1.000
29.557 67.328
96.885
FY2006
30.995 8.195
39.190
1.034
29.976 7.926
37.901
FY2007
34.047 4.560
38.607
1.065
31.981 4.283
36.264
FY2008
37.809 0.897
38.706
1.089
34.709 0.823
35.533
FY2009
40.070 3.143
43.213
1.103
36.318 2.849
39.167
FY2010
42.817 5.571
48.388
1.115
38.418 4.999
43.417
FY2011
42.477 0
42.477
1.138
37.329
0.000
37.329
FY2012
40.062 6.400
46.462
1.159
34.572 5.523
40.095
FY2013
46.247 12.072
58.319
1.183
39.093 10.205
49.298
FY2013
post-

44.971 n/a
n/a
1.183
38.014 n/a
n/a
sequester
Source: CRS analysis of Congressional appropriations documents: for FY2004, H.Rept. 108-280 (accompanying
P.L. 108-90), H.Rept. 108-76 (accompanying P.L. 108-11), P.L. 108-69, P.L. 108-106, and P.L. 108-303; for
FY2005, H.Rept. 108-774 (accompanying P.L. 108-334), P.L. 108-324, P.L. 109-13, P.L. 109-61 and P.L. 109-62; for
FY2006, H.Rept. 109-241 (accompanying P.L. 109-90), P.L. 109-148, and P.L. 109-234; for FY2007, H.Rept. 109-
699 (accompanying P.L. 109-295) and P.L. 110-28; for FY2008, Division E of the House Appropriations
Committee Print accompanying P.L. 110-161 and P.L. 110-252; for FY2009, Division D of House Appropriations
Committee Print accompanying P.L. 110-329, P.L. 111-5, P.L. 111-8, and P.L. 111-32; for FY2010, H.Rept. 111-
298 (accompanying P.L. 111-83) P.L. 111-212 and P.L. 111-230 for FY2010; for FY2011, P.L. 112-10 and H.Rept.
112-331 (accompanying P.L. 112-74); for FY2012, H.Rept. 112-331 (accompanying P.L. 112-74), and P.L. 112-77;
and for FY2013, Senate explanatory statement accompanying P.L. 113-6, P.L. 113-2, and the DHS Fiscal Year
2013 Post-Sequestration Operating Plan dated April 26, 2013.
Notes: Emergency funding, appropriations for overseas contingency operations, and funding for disaster relief
under the Budget Control Act’s allowable adjustment is included based on its legislative vehicle. Transfers from
DOD and advance appropriations are not included. Emergency funding in regular appropriations bil s is treated
as regular appropriations. Numbers in italics do not reflect the impact of sequestration. Authoritative post-
sequester numbers for P.L. 113-2, and therefore a post-sequester grand total for FY2013, are not available.
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DHS Appropriations Trends: Timing
Figure 3 shows the history of the timing of the DHS appropriations bills as they have moved
through various stages of the legislative process. Initially, DHS appropriations were enacted
relatively promptly, as stand-alone legislation. However, the bill is no longer an outlier from the
consolidation and delayed timing that has affected other annual appropriations legislation.
Figure 3. DHS Appropriations Legislative Timing

Source: CRS analysis.
Note: Final action on the FY2011 appropriation for DHS did not occur until April 2011, and for FY2013 until
March 2013.
DHS Appropriations Funding Summary 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 $1,239 million for these accounts in FY2014. The House-
passed bill provides $883 million, a decrease of 28.0% from the requested level. The Senate-
reported bill provides $1,054 million, 14.9% below the requested level.
Table 4 lists the pre-sequester enacted amounts for the individual components of Title I for
FY2013, the Administration’s request for these components for FY2014, and the House-passed
appropriations for the same. The heavy lines in this table and in similar ones later in the report
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serve as a reminder that direct comparisons between the pre-sequester FY2013 funding and
FY2014 proposals are not comparisons of current levels of actual spending and proposals for the
coming fiscal year, as one would normally see in this type of report.
Table 4. Title I: Departmental Management and Operations, FY2013-FY2014
(millions of dollars of budget authority)
FY2013 Enacted


(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed
reported


113-6
113-2
Total Request H.R. 2217
H.R. 2217

Office of the
$130 $0 $130
$127
$100
$124

Secretary and
Executive
Management
Office of the Under
218 0 218
203
133
198

Secretary for
Management
Office of the Chief
51 0 51
49
31a 48

Financial Officer
Office of the Chief
243 0 243
327
211
263

Information Officer
Analysis and
322 0 322
309
292
304

Operations
DHS Headquarters
0 0 0
106
0
0c
Consolidationb
Office of the
121 0 121
119
114
117

Inspector Generald
Net Budget
1,087 0
1,087
1,239
883
1,054

Authority: Title I
Total Gross Budgetary
1,087 0
1,087
1,239
883
1,054

Resources for Title I
Components before
Transfers
Sources: CRS analysis of P.L. 113-6, its accompanying Senate explanatory statement, P.L. 113-2, the FY2014
DHS Congressional Budget Justifications, H.R. 2217, H.Rept. 113-91, and S.Rept. 113-77.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. This includes the impact of Section 587, a general provision added through a floor amendment which
reduced this line by $10 million.
b. 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.
c. $56 million is provided for this purpose in Coast Guard Operating Expenses and in General Provisions.
d. 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.
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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 $30,283 million for these accounts in FY2014. The House-passed bill
would provide $30,768 million, an increase of 1.60% from the requested level. The Senate-
reported bill would include $30,514 million, an increase of 0.76% from the requested level. Table
5
lists the enacted amounts for the individual components of Title II for FY2013, the
Administration’s request for these components for FY2014, and the House-passed appropriations
for the same.
Table 5. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, FY2013-FY2014
(millions of dollars of budget authority)
FY2013 Enacted
(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed H.R.
reported

113-6
113-2 Total Request
2217
H.R. 2217

Customs and







Border Protection
Salaries and Expenses
$8,282
$2
$8,284
$9,237
$8,276
$7,976
Small Airport User


5
5
5

Feea
Automation
719
719
340 700 800

Modernization
Border Security
324
324
351 361 351

Fencing,
Infrastructure, and
Technology
Air and Marine
798
798
428 803 756

Interdictions
Facilities Management
233

233
471
471
471
Appropriation 10,356 2
10,358
10,833 10,617
10,360

Fees, Mandatory
1,519
1,519
2,064 2,064 2,064

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
11,873 2
11,874
12,897 12,680 12,424

Resources
Immigration and





Customs
Enforcement

Salaries and Expenses
5,387
1
5,388
4,957
5,344
5,014
Automation &
33
33
35
35 35

Infrastructure
Modernization
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FY2013 Enacted
(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed H.R.
reported

113-6
113-2 Total Request
2217
H.R. 2217

Construction 5

5
5
5
5

Appropriation 5,426
1
5,427
4,997 5,384
5,054

Fees, Mandatory
312
312
345 345 345

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
5,738 1
5,738
5,342 5,729 5,399

Resources
Transportation





Security
Administration

Aviation Security (net
2,976
2,976
2,743 2,755 2,819

funding)
Surface
124
124
109 124 109

Transportation
Security
Transportation Threat
192
192
181 183 180

Assessment and
Credentialing (net
funding)
Transportation
953
953
998 898 979

Security Support
Federal Air Marshals
907

907
827
821
821
Appropriation 5,152
5,152
4,857 4,781
4,907

Fees, Mandatory
2,399
2,399
2,541 2,436 2,436

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
7,551
7,551
7,398 7,217 7,344

Resources
U.S. Coast Guard





Operating Expenses
6,812

6,812
6,755
6,839
6,799
Environmental
13
13
13
13 13

Compliance &
Restoration
Reserve Training
132

132
110
113
122
Acquisition,
1,543 274b 1,818
951
1,223
1,230

Construction, &
Improvements
Research,
20
20
20
10 20

Development, Testing,
and Evaluation
Health Care Fund
203
203
201 201 201

Contributiona
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FY2013 Enacted
(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed H.R.
reported

113-6
113-2 Total Request
2217
H.R. 2217

Discretionary
8,723 274
8,997
8,050
8,399 8,385

Appropriation
Fees, Mandatory
1,823
1,823
1,808 1,808 1,808

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Overseas Contingency
254
254
0
0 227

Operations
Adjustment
Total Budgetary
10,800 274
11,075
9,858
10,207 10,072

Resources
Secret Service





Salaries and Expenses
1,554
*
1,554
1,495
1,535
1,530
Acquisition,
57
57
52
52 52

Construction, and
Improvements
Appropriation 1,611
*
1,611
1,546 1,586
1,582

Fees, Mandatory
250
250
255 255 255

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
1,861
1,861
1,801 1,841 1,837

Resources
Net Discretionary
31,267 277
31,544
30,283 30,768 30,289

Budget Authority:
Title II
c
Total Budgetary
37,824 277
38,102
37,191
37,675 37,424

Resources for Title II
Components before
Transfers
Sources: CRS analysis of P.L. 113-6, its accompanying Senate explanatory statement, P.L. 113-2, the FY2014
DHS Congressional Budget Justifications, H.R. 2217, and H.Rept. 113-91.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding. An * indicates a level of funding below $500,000, that therefore
rounds to zero.
a. In FY2014 these funds are considered permanent indefinite discretionary spending—they count against the
allocation for the bill, and are ready for use without being actually included in the appropriations legislation.
b. Transfer authority was provided in P.L. 113-2 that would al ow a portion of these funds to be shifted to the
Coast Guard operating expenses account.
c. Includes adjustments under the BCA for emergency spending.
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
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Management Agency (FEMA). The Administration requested $5,383 million for these accounts in
FY2014. The House-passed bill would provide $5,928 million, an increase of 10.1% above the
requested level.5 The Senate-reported bill would provide $5,955 million, an increase of 10.6%
above the requested level. In addition, both House-passed and Senate-reported versions of this
title also include a requested $5,626 million for disaster relief that is offset by an adjustment
under the Budget Control Act. Table 6 lists the enacted amounts for the individual components of
Title III for FY2013, the Administration’s request for these components for FY2014, and the
House-passed and Senate-reported appropriations for the same.
Table 6. Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, FY2013-FY2014
(millions of dollars of budget authority)
FY2013 Enacted
(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed
reported

113-6
113-2
Total Request H.R. 2217
H.R. 2217

National





Protection and
Programs
Directorate

Management and
$50
$65 $51 $60

Administration
Infrastructure
1,156
1,156
1,202
1,177 1,209

Protection and
Information Security
Office of Biometric
232
232
232 206

Identity Managementa
Appropriation 1,438
1,438
1,267
1,459 1,474

Fees, Mandatory
1,302
1,302
1,302
1,302 1,302

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
2,740
2,740
2,569
2,761 2,776

Resources
Office of Health





Affairs
Appropriation 132

132
132
123 128

Fees, Mandatory
0 0
0 0
0

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
132
132
132 123 128

Resources
Federal Emergency





Management
Agency


5 This includes the impact of §587, a general provision added through a floor amendment which provided an additional
$10 million for FEMA.
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FY2013 Enacted
(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed
reported

113-6
113-2 Total Request
H.R. 2217
H.R. 2217

Salaries and Expenses
972

972
1,042
922
949
Grants and Training
2,488

2,488
2,123
2,540
2,527
U.S. Fire
44
44
41 44
44

Administration
Disaster Relief Fundb 607 607
595 595
595

Total Disaster
[7,007] [11,488] [18,495]
[6,221]
[6,221]
[6,221]
Relief Funding
Disaster Assistance
0 300 300
0
0
0

Direct Loan Account
Flood Hazard Mapping
95
95
84 95
95

and Risk Analysis
Pre-disaster Mitigation
25
25
0 30
25

Fund
Emergency Food and
120
120
100 120 120

Shelter
Radiological
-1
-1
-1 -1
-1

Emergency
Preparedness
Appropriation 4,349
6,409
10,758
3,984
4,345 4,353

Fees, Mandatory
3,551
3,551
3,702
3,702 3,702

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Disaster Relief
6,400 5,379 11,779
5,626
5,626
5,626

Adjustment
Total Budgetary
14,300 11,788 26,088
13,475
13,673
13,682

Resources
Net Budget
5,920 6,409 12,329
5,383
5,928
5,955

Authority: Title III
Total Budgetary
17,172 11,788 28,960
16,337
16,558
16,562

Resources for Title III
Components before
Transfers
Sources: CRS analysis of P.L. 113-6, its accompanying Senate explanatory statement, P.L. 113-2, the FY2014
DHS Congressional Budget Justifications, H.R. 2217, and H.Rept. 113-91.
Notes: Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. The FY2013 Budget Justification requested a transfer of the US-VISIT entry-exit program from the DHS
National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to CBP, but P.L. 113-6 left the entry-exit program
within NPPD, renaming it the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM). The FY2014 Budget
Justification included a request for US-VISIT funding within the CBP Salaries and Expenses account, but
House-passed H.R. 2217 mainly would fund the entry-exit program through the OBIM, as in P.L. 113-6.
b. Funding for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) that counts against the discretionary budget caps is shown in this
line, with the next line reflecting the total resources made available for the DRF. The total is equal to this
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line plus the allowable adjustment for disaster relief under the BCA reflected below, which represents
resources set aside to pay for FEMA’s share of federal costs associated major disasters under the Stafford
Act.
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 $2,214 million for these accounts in FY2014. The House-passed bill
provides $1,890 million, a decrease of 14.7% below the requested level. The Senate-reported bill
provides $1,885 million, a decrease of 15.0% below the requested level. Table 7 lists the enacted
amounts for the individual components of Title IV for FY2013, the Administration’s request for
these components for FY2014, and the House-passed and Senate-reported appropriations for the
same.
Table 7. Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services, FY2013-FY2014
(millions of dollars of budget authority)
FY2013 Enacted


(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed H.R.
reported


113-6
113-2 Total Request
2217
H.R. 2217

Citizenship and







Immigration
Services
Appropriation $112
$112
$114 $114 $119

Fees, Mandatory
2,882
2,882
3,095
3,095 3,100

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
2,994
2,994
3,209
3,209 3,219

Resources
Federal Law





Enforcement
Training Center

Salaries and Expenses
228
228
241
228
228

Acquisition,
28 27
31
31
31

Construction,
Improvements and
Related Expenses
Appropriation 257
256
271 259 259

Fees, Mandatory
0 0
0
0
0

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
257 257
271
259
259

Resources
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FY2013 Enacted


(pre-sequester)
FY2014 Appropriations
House-
Senate-
P.L.
P.L.
passed H.R.
reported


113-6
113-2 Total Request
2217
H.R. 2217

Science and







Technology
Management and
132
132
130
129
129

Administration
Research,
703 3 706
1,397
1,096 1,089

Development,
Acquisition, and
Operations
Appropriation 834
3
838
1,527 1,225
1,218

Fees, Mandatory
0 0 0
0
0
0

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
834 3 838
1,527
1,225 1,218

Resources
Domestic Nuclear





Detection Office
Management and
40 40
38
37
37

Administration
Research,
227
227
211
211
209

Development, and
Operations
Systems Acquisition
51 4 55
43
43
43

Appropriation 318
4
321
291 291 289

Fees, Mandatory
0 0 0
0
0
0

Spending, and Trust
Funds
Total Budgetary
318 4 321
291
291
289

Resources
Net Budget
1,520 7
1,527
2,217
1,890 1,885

Authority: Title IV
Total Budgetary
4,403 7
4,410
5,309
4,985 4,980

Resources for Title IV
Components before
Transfers
Sources: CRS analysis of P.L. 113-6, its accompanying Senate explanatory statement, P.L. 113-2, the FY2014
DHS Congressional Budget Justifications, H.R. 2217, and H.Rept. 113-91.
Note: 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. These typically
include a variety of provisions that apply generally to the bill, as opposed to a single
appropriation. However, general provisions may carry additional appropriations, rescissions of
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prior-year appropriations, limitations on the use of funds, or permanent legislative language as
well.
The Administration’s request was made in relation to the general provisions for DHS included in
the FY2012 appropriations act (Division D of P.L. 112-74), as the FY2013 appropriations process
had not been concluded while the FY2014 request was being developed.
The Administration proposed dropping 36 general provisions, most of which they had proposed
eliminating in FY2013. Eleven of those were already eliminated in the final FY2013
appropriations bill. The Administration also proposed adding 10 provisions and modifying 10
others.
While many of those modifications were simple date changes, one represented a significant
change from previous practices. The Administration proposed modifying Section 503, which
governs reprogramming of funds, to provide transfer authority that would allow funds to be
moved between appropriations accounts within DHS to expedite response to a catastrophic event.
Provisions That Directly Affect the Cost of the Bill
House-passed H.R. 2217 included $460 million in rescissions in Title V, while the Senate-
reported version included $241 million in rescissions. These provisions would reduce the net
scoring of the bill.
The House-passed bill would provide $34 million for DHS’s data center consolidation effort
through a general provision, while the Senate-reported bill would provide $54 million in the same
fashion, as well as $43 million for DHS headquarters consolidation at St. Elizabeths. These are
cross-cutting initiatives which have been funded in the past in the general provisions of the
legislation. The Senate-reported bill also included legislative language to allow DHS to use fee
revenues collected under the Colombia Free Trade Act, which adds $110 million to the overall
cost of the legislation.
These are the only provisions in this title that impact the score of the bill—however, fee revenues
of $50 million from Section 563 of P.L. 113-6 are reflected in the comparative statement of
budget authority at the back of the House report accompanying the bill, further reducing the score
of the bill by $50 million.6
Provisions That Do Not Affect the Cost of the Bill
The House concurred with the Administration’s request to drop three general provisions beyond
the 11 that were dropped from the FY2013 DHS appropriations act. The House Appropriations
Committee did not add any of the general provisions requested by the Administration—with the
exception of a rescission provision that it modified7—and rejected the expansion of
reprogramming authority.

6 H.Rept. 113-91, p. 175.
7 H.R. 2217[rfs2], §567.
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The House added 19 general provisions to the bill during floor action, bringing the total number
of general provisions to 84. Eighteen of these newly added general provisions prohibit the use of
funds provided in the bill for specific activities.
The Senate Appropriations Committee chose to drop a provision that the House retained,8 kept
four proposed for removal that the House did not,9 and added several other provisions. It added
two provisions requested by the Administration—one authorizing the use of reimbursable fee
agreements to fund CBP services,10 and a modified provision allowing DHS to receive donations
to construct, alter, operate, or maintain land ports of entry.11 The Senate-reported bill includes 72
general provisions in all.

Author Contact Information

William L. Painter

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



8 Ibid., §520.
9 H.R. 2217[rs], §522, §526, §527, and §529.
10 Ibid., §555.
11 Ibid., §566.
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