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Contents Introduction Projected DRF Shortfalls and Responses What Is the DRF Used For? DRF Structure Major Disasters Category DRF Base Category DRF Appropriations Annual and Supplemental Continuing Resolutions Historical DRF [...]

Updated May 23, 2024 Contents Introduction Scope and Methodology Security, Enforcement, and Investigations Administrative Provisions (Title II) Administration-proposed Changes Administration-proposed Deletions Administration-proposed Modifications Administration-proposed Additions Other Changes Deletions Modifications Additions [...]

Updated May 15, 2024 Contents Introduction Quick Summary: FY2024 DHS Appropriations Current Status DHS Appropriations Timing The FY2024 DHS Appropriations Process Advance Supplemental Appropriations President's Budget Request House Action Senate [...]

Updated May 3, 2024 Contents Introduction FY2024 DHS Appropriations Overview Annual Appropriations DHS Budgetary Resources: Beyond the Score DHS Appropriations: Comparing Scores Emergency-Designated Funding in Annual Appropriations Measures Figures Figure [...]

Updated March 4, 2024 Updated March 4, 2024 Contents Introduction Historical Context Establishment and Policing of the U.S.-Mexico Border Emergence of Barriers as Deterrence From INS (in Department of Justice) [...]

April 4, 2023 On March 9, 2023, the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Administration released its budget request for FY2024, including $103.18 billion in total budget authority for the Department of [...]

Updated January 22, 2024 Contents Introduction What is the Disaster Relief Fund and how is it used? What determines whether an incident qualifies as an emergency or disaster? Does all [...]

Contents Introduction When Annual Appropriations Are Not Enacted Before the New Fiscal Year Begins If a Continuing Resolution Is Not Enacted or Expires DHS Appropriations Timing The FY2024 DHS Appropriations [...]

Updated October 16, 2023 Contents Introduction What Is the DRF Used For? DRF Structure Major Disasters Category DRF Base Category DRF Appropriations Annual and Supplemental Continuing Resolutions DRF Funding and [...]

Updated October 25, 2023 Contents Introduction FY2024 DHS Appropriations Overview Annual Appropriations DHS Budgetary Resources: Beyond the Score DHS Appropriations: Comparing Scores Emergency-Designated Funding in Annual Appropriations Measures Figures Figure [...]

August 7, 2023 This Insight accompanies the 'Border Enforcement' episode of The Homeland Security Act at 20 podcast series and includes background information on the issues discussed during the podcast. [...]

Contents Introduction Scope and Methodology Security, Enforcement, and Investigations Administrative Provisions (Title II) Not Included Substantive Changes and Additions Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Administrative Provisions (Title III) Not Included [...]

May 1, 2023 This Insight accompanies the 'Immigration' episode of The Homeland Security Act at 20 podcast series and includes background information on the issues discussed during the podcast. Click [...]

Updated March 6, 2023 The Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25, hereinafter the BCA) established mechanisms to limit federal spending, as well as ways to adjust those limits to accommodate certain [...]

The article focuses on the U.S. Secret Service's (USSS) protection mission, its funding, and staffing over time. Topics include the USSS's statutory responsibilities for protecting key government officials and facilities, the expansion of its protective duties through legislative actions, and the breakdown of funding and staffing related to protection-specific operations and National Special Security Events (NSSEs).

Updated October 6, 2022 Contents Introduction If Annual Appropriations Are Not Enacted Before the New Fiscal Year Begins If a Continuing Resolution Is Not Active The FY2023 DHS Appropriations Process [...]

June 2, 2022 Contents Introduction Data Sources and Caveats Structure of the DHS Budget FY2023 Context Appropriations Analysis Comparing the FY2023 Request to Prior-Year Levels Common DHS Appropriation Types Staffing [...]

Updated March 18, 2022 Contents The FY2022 DHS Appropriations Process Annual Appropriations Supplemental Appropriations DHS Budgetary Resources: Beyond the Score DHS Appropriations: Comparing Scores Figures Figure 1. DHS Budget Authority [...]

Updated January 20, 2022 Contents Introduction What is the Disaster Relief Fund and how is it used? What determines whether an incident qualifies as an emergency or disaster? Does all [...]

Contents Introduction Legislative Summary of Measures with COVID-19 Supplemental Funding The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H R. 6074, 116th Congress) The Families First Coronavirus Response Act [...]

August 2, 2021 Introduction This Insight provides a brief overview of Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) declarations and federal assistance programs that may be available for wildfires on nonfederal lands. [...]

June 25, 2021 On May 28, 2021, the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Administration released its annual budget request for FY2022, including a $90.80 billion budget request for the Department of [...]

May 24, 2021 In February 2020, the Trump Administration requested an overall FY2021 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimated to be [...]

Updated April 7, 2021 The construction of barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border to control unauthorized crossings has been a matter of significant debate since former President Donald Trump made construction [...]

The Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25, hereinafter the BCA) established limits on federal spending, as well as mechanisms to adjust those limits to accommodate spending that has special priority. One [...]

Updated February 16, 2021 Contents Introduction What is the Disaster Relief Fund and how is it used? What determines whether an incident qualifies as an emergency or disaster? Does all [...]

Updated January 4, 2021 Contents The FY2021 DHS Appropriations Process DHS Budgetary Resources: Looking Beyond the Score DHS Appropriations: Comparing Scores Figures Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Budget Authority [...]

Updated August 28, 2020 Introduction This Insight provides a brief overview of Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) declarations and federal assistance programs that may be available for wildfires on nonfederal [...]

July 13, 2020 Contents Introduction Legislative Summary of Measures with COVID-19 Supplemental Funding The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074, 116th Congress) The Families First Coronavirus [...]

April 1, 2020 Contents Introduction Data Sources and Caveats Structure of the DHS Budget FY2021 Context Appropriations Analysis Comparing the FY2021 Request to Prior-Year Levels Common DHS Appropriation Types Staffing [...]

Updated April 10, 2020 The construction of barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border to control unauthorized crossings has been a matter of significant debate since President Donald Trump made construction of [...]

April 24, 2020 Contents Introduction Legislative History Provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Division A--Small Business Programs Division B--Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response Title [...]

This report provides an overview and analysis of FY2020 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The primary focus of this report is on the funding provided to DHS [...]

Updated January 3, 2020 Contents DHS Budgetary Resources: Looking Beyond the Score DHS Appropriations: Comparing Scores Figures Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Budget Authority by Selected Component, FY2019-FY2020 Tables [...]

The purpose of barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border has evolved over time. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fencing at the border was more for demarcation, or discouraging [...]

Updated December 6, 2019 Introduction This report examines trends in the timing and size of homeland security appropriations measures. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was officially established on January [...]

Updated November 26, 2019 In 2001, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 'homeland security' went from being a concept discussed among a relatively small cadre of [...]

Contents Introduction Note on Data and Citations Legislative Action on FY2019 DHS Appropriations Annual Appropriations Trump Administration FY2019 Request Senate Committee Action House Committee Action Continuing Resolutions and Lapse in [...]

Contents DHS Net Discretionary Annual Appropriations DHS: Beyond Net Discretionary Appropriations Figures Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Budget Authority by Selected DHS Component, FY2018-FY2019 Tables Table 1. Department of [...]

Updated April 17, 2019 A significant portion of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) budget is not fully reflected in the net discretionary spending level of the annual DHS appropriations [...]

Updated April 26, 2019 The Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25, hereinafter the BCA) established limits on federal spending, as well as mechanisms to adjust those limits to accommodate spending that [...]

Updated February 28, 2019 Congress at times has sought to ascertain how much the government spends on securing the homeland, either in current terms or historically. Several factors compromise the [...]

The article focuses on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the cabinet-level department of the U.S. government, and has a broad and complex mission. It mentions how the House and Senate are organized to oversee and legislate on its operations and brief congressional staff on the mission, structure, staffing, and funding of DHS.

Updated November 19, 2018 Introduction This Insight provides a brief overview of the major disaster declaration issued for the ongoing wildfires in California. It also provides links to selected CRS [...]

Updated May 22, 2018 Contents Introduction Note on Data and Citations Legislative Action on FY2018 DHS Appropriations Annual Appropriations Trump Administration FY2018 Request House Action Senate Action Supplemental FY2018 Appropriations [...]

Updated April 17, 2018 Contents Figures Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Net Discretionary Budget Authority and BCA Adjustments in Annual Appropriations by Component, FY2017-FY2018 Figure 2. Department of Homeland [...]

Updated March 20, 2018 Contents Overview 2017 Disasters: Hurricanes and California Wildfires Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Irma Hurricane Maria California Wildfires 2017 Disaster Supplemental Appropriations Enacted 2017 Hurricane Season Supplemental Appropriations [...]

Updated October 4, 2017 Contents Introduction Note on Data and Citations Legislative Action on FY2017 DHS Appropriations Annual Appropriations Continuing Resolutions Enactment of Annual and Supplemental Appropriations for FY2017 The [...]

Updated October 6, 2017 Contents Figures Figure 1. Department of Homeland Security Net Discretionary Budget Authority by Component, FY2016-FY2017 Figure 2. Department of Homeland Security Budget Authority by Selected DHS [...]

Updated September 29, 2017 Contents Introduction Note on Data and Citations The 'Common Appropriations Structure' Summary of DHS Appropriations Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) [...]