
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee (HAC HS) on Thursday unanimously approved a $39.3 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), $2.1 billion less than requested for FY ’16.Among the spending cuts are funds for the ongoing consolidation of the DHS headquarters campus, civilian pay raises due to the inability to fill staff positions next year, a new climate change program, and rescission of $1.2 billion in unused prior-year funding from the disaster relief fund managed by…