The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a $39.1 billion bill for the Department of Homeland Security in FY ’14, sending the measure to the full Senate.
The bill provides about $72 million more for DHS than requested and about $109 million more than the House appropriated in its version of the bill. Once the Senate approves its version of the FY ’14 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, it will enter into conference with the House on a final bill to send to President Barack Obama for his approval.
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Included with the Senate Appropriations measure is a Managers Amendment that was approved unanimously and contains several provisions, including an amendment offered by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) that requires the Transportation Security Administration to include indirect costs when comparing costs of conducting screening at airports by private firms and federal screeners. Blunt’s amendment follows a recommendation by the Government Accountability Office to TSA to include indirect costs in cost comparisons of privatized and federal screening workforces.
The bill includes funding to produce the seventh Coast Guard National Security Cutter and to buy long-lead materials for the eighth vessel as well as funds for six Fast Response Cutters.
Various programs for cyber security would receive more than $875 million through the bill.