Comparing DHS Appropriations by
Component, FY2016: Fact Sheet
William L. Painter
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy
August 6, 2015
Congressional Research Service
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Comparing DHS Appropriations by Component, FY2016: Fact Sheet

enerally, the homeland security appropriations bill includes all annual appropriations for
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), providing resources to every departmental
Gcomponent. Table 1 and Figure 1 show DHS’s new discretionary budget authority
enacted for FY2015 and requested by the Administration for FY2016, as well as the funding
levels provided in the Senate-reported and House-reported homeland security appropriations bills
broken down by component—from largest to smallest appropriations request.
Total discretionary appropriations (as opposed to mandatory appropriations or other revenue
available without annual congressional action) in Table 1 do not include resources provided
through adjustments under the Budget Control Act (BCA)1 in the individual component lines.
These are accounted for separately from the total discretionary appropriations and are displayed
at the bottom of the table. As the table and figure reflect new discretionary budget authority,
neither appropriated mandatory spending nor rescissions of prior-year budget authority are
reflected in the component totals.
Table 1. DHS Appropriations by Component, FY2015 and FY2016
(in millions of dollars of discretionary budget authority, rounded)

FY2015
FY2016
Senate-
House-
Reported Reported
Component Enacted
Request
S. 1619
H.R. 3128
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
$10,837
$11,643
$11,304
$11,296
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
8,378a 8,151b 8,721c 8,512
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
5,959
5,965
5,815
5,815
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
4,834
4,783
4,719
4,653
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
4,347d 4,462e 4,554e 4,436e
U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
1,666
1,939
1,924
1,906
National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)
1,502
1,659
1,638
1,585
Departmental Management
743
961
924
787
Science & Technology Directorate (S&T)
1,104
779
765
787
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)
308
357
320
357
Analysis & Operations (A&O)
256
269
263
265
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
258
267
246
239
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
119
142
134
141
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
124
151
120
120
Office of Health Affairs (OHA)
129
124
123
125
Total Discretionary Appropriations without
$40,565 $41,653 $41,572 $41,024
Rescissions
Adjustments under the Budget Control Act
6,651
6,713
6,873
6,713

1 P.L. 112-25.
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FY2015
FY2016
Senate-
House-
Reported Reported
Component Enacted
Request
S. 1619
H.R. 3128
Total New Discretionary Budget Authority
$47,215
$48,366
$48,445
$47,737
General Provisions: Rescissions (not reflected above or visually in
-894 -255
-1,359 -1,692
figure)
Total Net Discretionary Appropriations
$39,670
$41,398
$40,213
$39,332
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS) analysis of P.L. 114-4 and its explanatory statement as printed in
the Congressional Record of January 13, 2015, pp. H275-H322, the FY2016 DHS Budget-in-Brief, S. 1619, S.Rept.
114-68, H.R. 3128 and H.Rept. 114-215.
Notes: Table does not reflect non-appropriated resources available to DHS components.
a. $213 million in FY2015 funding for overseas contingency operations for the Coast Guard under an
adjustment to the discretionary spending limits is not shown in this table entry, but is reflected in Figure 1.
b. $160 million in proposed FY2016 funding for overseas contingency operations for the Coast Guard under
an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits to be provided as a transfer from the Navy is not shown
in this table entry.
c. $160 million in proposed FY2016 funding for overseas contingency operations in the Senate-reported DHS
appropriations bill for the Coast Guard under an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits is not
shown in this table entry, but is reflected in Figure 1.
d. $6,438 million in FY2015 funding for disaster relief costs provided through FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund
under an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits is not shown in this table entry, but is reflected in
Figure 1.
e. $6,713 million in proposed FY2016 funding for disaster relief costs provided through FEMA’s Disaster Relief
Fund under an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits is not shown in this table entry, but is
reflected in Figure 1.
In Figure 1, the first column of numbers shows budget authority provided in P.L. 114-4, which
included the FY2015 annual appropriations for DHS: resources available under the adjustments to
the discretionary spending limits provided pursuant to the BCA are shown in black. The second
column shows a similar breakdown for the FY2016 request, while the third and fourth show the
Senate-reported and House-reported proposed funding levels.
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Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations by Component, FY2015
and FY2016

Source: CRS analysis of P.L. 114-4 and its explanatory statement as printed in the Congressional Record of
January 13, 2015, pp. H275-H322, the FY2016 DHS Budget-in-Brief, S. 1619, S.Rept. 114-68, H.R. 3218 and
H.Rept. 114-215.
Chart Abbreviations: CBP, Customs and Border Protection; OCO/GWOT, Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terror; 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; OIG, Office of the Inspector General; USCIS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services; OHA, Office of Health Affairs.
Note: For underlying data and notes on data, see Table 1.
* Covered by an adjustment under the Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25).

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Author Contact Information
William L. Painter
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy
wpainter@crs.loc.gov, 7-3335

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