So apparently the House is actually in session during Memorial Day week. Weird.
Up today is the Homeland Security appropriations bill, the first of twelve appropriations bills that Congress needs to pass to fund the government for the next year. The theoretical deadline for passage of these bills is 1 October, the beginning of the new fiscal year, but as we’ve seen recently, this deadline usually gets extended.
Today’s bill, formally H.R. 2017 (committee report), would appropriate $40,592,000,000 for the Department of Homeland Security, which is 2.6% below the FY2011 levels, as follows:
| Budget Item | Proposed FY2012 Spending |
|---|---|
| Departmental Management and Operations | $1,142,168,000 |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection | $10,337,855,000 |
| U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | $5,546,334,000 |
| Transportation Security Administration | 6,571,048,000 |
| Federal Air Marshals | $961,375,000 |
| Coast Guard | $9,817,646,000 |
| United States Secret Service | $1,673,231,000 |
| National Protection and Programs Directorate | $1,231,156,000 |
| Office of Health Affairs | $165,949,000 |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency | $5,533,844,000 |
| Research, Development, Training, and Services | $406,774,000 |
| Science and Technology | $538,778,000 |
| Domestic Nuclear Detection Office | $337,194,000 |
The bill will be considered under an open rule, which permits any amendment to be considered as long as it conforms with House rules. (Including the new ones that make it hard to do anything except add more spending cuts via amendment.) Oh, and there’s a little provision in the rule deeming Paul Ryan’s FY2012 budget (you know, the one that eliminates Medicare) to be in effect until and unless another budget resolution gets adopted.
Live coverage of amendments later.
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