More on DHS's New FY13 Budget

By Keith Edmund White
Editor-in-Chief

More resources on just what DHS's budget, which became official yesterday when President Obama's signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Continuing Resolution appropriations bill.

(Note:  Author appreciates readers bringing the documents cited below to his attention.)

Readers will find three primary documents below outlining the DHS budget for the remaining 6 months of Fiscal Year (YR) 2013.


Mickey McCarter continues his diligent reporting on the DHS budget, reporting that the six-month spending plan (1) shields DHS from sequestration cuts and (2) apparently increases border security funding:

President Barack Obama is set to sign a continuing resolution (HR 933) to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2013, ostensibly increasing funding for border security efforts for the year.

The appropriations bill allocated $39.6 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), detailing DHS spending while keeping the overall budget within the caps set by the Budget Control Act of 2011 -- at $984 billion overall for FY 2013. The White House has not yet announced if Obama will sign the consolidated appropriations bill Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
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Under the bill, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would receive $10.4 billion, which the House said was up $215 million from FY 2012. The legislation would require DHS to employ 21,370 Border Patrol agents and 21,775 CBP officers. (Border Patrol agents remain equivalent to last year's numbers while CBO officers tick up slightly from 21,186.)

And here are two short (2 and 4-page) DHS budget press releases from the House and Senate appropriations committees.  (Note:  Senate press release edited to highlight DHS spending.)

And for more ambitious readers, you'll find the DHS FY 13 Budget Explanatory Statement below.  The 70+ document details spending, policy, and report requirements that accompany DHS getting its FY13 funding.  

Some highlights from the report:  

• 13-15 (Border Security and Trade Facilitation spending and specific spending and reporting requirements) and 18 (Border Security Fencing) 
• 30-31 (Coast Guard Spending and its "Global War on Terrorism" funding),  and 37 (Polar Icebreaker)
• 44 (Infrastructure Protection & cyber security spending) and 58 (funding for studying on cyber security)

Read the full report here: