Senate Committee to Hold March 21 Hearing on DHS' FY 2013 Budget

On March 21, 2012, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security's budget submission for fiscal year 2013. On March 8, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on DHS' FY 2013 trade-related budget priorities, which included (i) expanding the Container Security Initiative (CSI), (ii) funding a CBP-private sector partnership program that aims to improve intellectual property rights (IPR) targeting by enabling CBP to identify and release shipments of authentic goods without inspection; (iii) expanding Industry Integration Centers (Centers of Excellence and Expertise, CEEs), and (iv) updating certain facilities on the southern border. She had given the same testimony at an earlier February 15 House subcommittee hearing.