House Appropriator Floats DHS Funding Bill
Hal Rogers, R-Ky., the chief House Republican appropriator, introduced a measure, HR-240 (here), in recent days to extend Department of Homeland Security funding past Feb. 27, the cutoff mark agreed to during the last appropriations fight. The bill would provide…
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$10.7 billion for CBP through the end of fiscal year 2015, more than $100 million above FY14 funding levels, said the House Appropriations Committee (here). The House and Senate struck a deal in December to authorize fiscal year 2015 funding through September for all government agencies except those in DHS (see 1412170007). Many Republicans insisted on separate funding for DHS to contest President Barack Obama’s recent executive order on immigration. The legislation would give CBP enough money to fund 21,370 Border Patrol agents and 23,775 CBP officers, said the committee. Observers say Republicans may use the bill to obstruct funding for the immigration order, which bans deportations for certain illegal immigrants.