DHS Appropriations FY2016: Security, Enforcement and Investigations

Summary

This report is part of a suite of reports that discuss appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2016. It specifically discusses appropriations for the components of DHS included in the second title of the homeland security appropriations bill—Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the U.S. Secret Service (USSS). Collectively, Congress has labeled these components in recent years as “Security, Enforcement, and Investigations.”

The report provides an overview of the Administration’s FY2016 request for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, and the appropriations proposed by the House and Senate appropriations committees thus far. Rather than limiting the scope of its review to the second title, the report includes information on provisions throughout the proposed bill and report that directly affect these functions.

Security, Enforcement, and Investigations is the largest of the four titles that carry the bulk of the funding in the bill. The Administration requested $32,481 million for these components in FY2016, $807 million more than was provided for FY2015. Although 78.5% of the Administration’s $41.4 billion request for the department in net discretionary budget authority, the proposed additional funding is 46.7% of the total net increase requested. The largest budget increase proposed in the request for these five agencies was $806 million (7.4%) for CBP, while the largest budget decrease proposed was $227 million (2.8%) for the USCG.

Senate-reported S. 1619 envisions the components included in this title receiving $32,484 million in net discretionary budget authority. This would be $3 million (0.01%) more than requested, and $810 million (2.6%) more than was provided in FY2015.

House-reported H.R. 3128 envisions the components included in this title receiving $32,182 million in net discretionary budget authority. This would be $299 million (0.9%) less than requested, and $508 million (1.6%) more than was provided in FY2015.

Additional information on the broader subject of FY2016 funding for the department can be found in CRS Report R44053, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2016, as well as links to analytical overviews and details regarding appropriations for other components.

This report will be updated throughout the FY2016 appropriations process.