
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) on Wednesday said it is proposing a $39.3 billion discretionary budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’16, $2.1 billion less than the Obama administration requested.The pending House bill, which will be marked up Thursday by the committee’s Homeland Security panel, increases acquisition funding for the Coast Guard but doesn’t include funds for a ninth National Security Cutter (NSC) for the service as is being proposed by Senate appropriators. The Coast Guard’s…