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June=20 29, 2006

Press Contacts: Jenny Manley (202)=20 224-6404

FOR=20 IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Erin Rath (202)=20 224-3324

Senate=20 Committee Approves FY 2007
Homeland Security = Appropriations=20 = Bill

WASHINGTON =96 Today the Senate Appropriations Committee = approved=20 the FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The bill recommends = $31,730,000,000 in=20 discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland=20 Security. This is=20 $715,000,000 more than the President=92s fiscal year 2007 discretionary = spending=20 request and $1,472,299,000 more than the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, = excluding emergency supplemental appropriations.

Departmental Management and=20 Operations =96 A total of $975,209,000 is recommended to continue = the=20 operations of the Office of the Secretary, Office of the Under Secretary = for=20 Management, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief=20 Information Officer, Analysis and Operations, and Office of Inspector=20 General. The funding for=20 Departmental Management and Operations in FY06 was $898,317,000, = excluding=20 emergency supplemental appropriations

Security, Enforcement and=20 Investigations:

US Visitor and = Immigrant=20 Status Indicator Technology (US VISIT) =96 A total of $399,494,000 = is=20 recommended to continue the development of the US VISIT system. The US VISIT received funding = of=20 $336,600,000 in the FY06 bill.

U.S. Customs and Border = Protection =96 A=20 total of $6,639,223,000 is recommended ($65,000,000 more than the = President=92s=20 request) for securing the Nation=92s borders, = including:

$2,138,203,000 for border staffing between = the ports=20 of entry; including 1,000 new Border Patrol agents;=20
$139,312,000 for the Container Security=20 Initiative;=20
$131,559,000 for the sensor and surveillance = technology;=20
$645,175,000 for air and marine operations, = including=20 $60,000,000 for P-3 service life extensions, $30,000,000 for unmanned = aerial=20 vehicles, and $30,000,000 for helicopters;=20
$461,207,000 for automation modernization;=20 and=20
$288,084,000 for construction along the = border;=20 including $30,000,000 for the California=20 border; and $50,000,000 for the Arizona border. =

Immigration=20 and Customs Enforcement =96 A total of $3,861,638,000 (the FY06 = level was=20 $3,143,443,000) is recommended for investigating and enforcing = immigration and=20 customs laws, including:

$1,388,473,000 for investigations and=20 intelligence;=20
$1,833,406,000 for detention and=20 removals;=20
$516,011,000 for the Federal Protective=20 Service;=20
$20,000,000 for automation modernization;=20 and=20
$101,281,000 for infrastructure improvements = at=20 detention facilities.

Transportation Security = Administration =96 A total of $6,136,636,000 (excluding = $2,420,000,000=20 of aviation security offsetting collections) is recommended for securing = transportation, including:

$2,618,800,000 for passenger and baggage = screener=20 workforce;=20
$180,966,000 for checkpoint support;=20
$141,400,000 for the procurement of = explosive=20 detection and trace systems, of which no less than $20,000,000 is for = the=20 procurement and deployment of next generation explosive detection = systems,=20 including in-line systems;=20
$171,500,000 for installation of explosive = detection=20 and trace systems;=20
$55,000,000 for air cargo = security;=20
$13,200,000 for the safety and security of = the=20 nation=92s railways;
$29,700,000 for transportation threat = assessment and=20 credentialing (an additional $76,101,000 is provided through fee = funded=20 programs);=20
$98,552,000 for high explosive research and=20 development; and=20
$699,294,000 for the Federal Air=20 Marshals;=20
The Committee does not include a = Presidential=20 legislative proposal to generate an estimated $1,230,000,000 (CBO) in=20 passenger aviation security offsetting collections. =

United=20 States = Coast Guard=20 =96 A total of $8,189,106,000 = is=20 recommended, including:

$5,534,349,000 for operating=20 expenses;=20
$123,948,000, as requested in the budget, = for Reserve=20 training;=20
$1,145,329,000 for acquisition, = construction, and=20 improvements to fund new assets and maintain old assets and = facilities. This amount includes = $993,631,000 for=20 the Deepwater recapitalization project;=20
$15,000,000 for alteration of bridges. The President did not = request funding=20 for this account;=20
$17,573,000 for Research, Development, Test = and=20 Evaluation;=20
$1,063,323,000, as requested in the budget, = for=20 retired pay;=20
$278,704,000 for the Health Care Fund = (permanent=20 indefinite appropriations).

United=20 States = Secret=20 Service =96 A total of = $1,225,958,000 is=20 recommended for the operations of the United States Secret Service. This funding includes = $6,000,000 for the=20 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children = and=20 $2,366,000 for the Service=92s forensic support costs associated with = the=20 National=20 Center for Missing = and=20 Exploited Children.

Preparedness and = Recovery:

Under=20 Secretary for Preparedness = =96 A total of=20 $30,572,000 is recommended for the Under Secretary for Preparedness and=20 $45,887,000 for the U.S. Fire Administration.

Office of=20 Domestic Preparedness =96 A total = of=20 $3,253,500,000 is recommended for first responder grants and assistance, = including:

$850,000,000 for state and local assistance = grants and=20 law enforcement terrorism prevention grants;=20
$745,000,000 for Urban Area Security = Initiative=20 grants;=20
$210,000,000 for port security=20 grants;=20
$150,000,000 for rail and transit security=20 grants;=20
$50,000,000 for buffer zone protection plan=20 grants;=20
$40,000,000 for the commercial equipment = direct=20 assistance program (technology transfer);=20
$145,000,000 for the National Domestic = Preparedness=20 Consortium;=20
$25,000,000 for demonstration training=20 grants;=20
$655,000,000 for firefighter assistance = grants, of=20 which $115,000,000 is for SAFER Act grants; and=20
$205,000,000 for emergency management = performance=20 grants.

Infrastructure Protection and Information=20 Security =96 A total of = $525,056,000 to=20 identify and assess threats, map threat information against current=20 vulnerabilities, and take preventative action, = including:

$104,600,000 for critical infrastructure = outreach and=20 partnerships for data sharing with infrastructure owners and=20 operators;=20
$67,815,000 to identify critical = infrastructure and=20 their vulnerabilities, to assess risks identified , and to reduce=20 vulnerabilities;=20
$32,043,000 for developing and implementing = protective=20 programs for critical infrastructures;
$8,218,000 to rapidly identify and = characterize a=20 potential bioterrorist attack; and=20
$82,350,000 for cyber security=20 activities.

Federal=20 Emergency Management Agency = =96 A total=20 of $2,664,381,000 is recommended for emergency preparedness and response = (EP&R) activities, including:

$240,000,000 for Readiness, Mitigation, = Response and=20 Recovery to fund all operating expenses for FEMA programs including = $30=20 million for the 28 strategically located Urban Search and Rescue = (USAR)=20 teams;=20
$249,499,000 for administrative and regional = operations;=20
$149,978,000 for the National Pre-Disaster = Mitigation=20 Fund;=20
$33,885,000 for the National Disaster = Medical System;=20 and
$1,640,000,000 for Disaster = Relief.=20

Research and=20 Development, Training, = Assessment,=20 and Services:

United=20 States Citizenship = and=20 Immigration Services =96 A total of = $134,990,000 is recommended for United States Citizenship and = Immigration=20 Services, for the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) = and=20 Employment Eligibility Verification (EEV) programs. When combined with = fee=20 collections a total of $1,983,990,000 is available for the processing of = immigration benefit applications.

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center =96 A total of $270,880,000, = $21,000,000=20 above the President=92s budget request, is recommended for the Federal = Law Enforcement Training Center.

Science &=20 Technology =96 A total of = $818,455,000 to=20 support basic and applied research, development of prototypes, and = procurement=20 of systems to mitigate the effects of weapons of mass destruction=20 including:

$327,200,000 for biological=20 countermeasures;=20
$75,000,000 to counter chemical warfare = agents toxic=20 industrial chemicals;=20
$5,000,000 for high explosives=20 countermeasures;=20
$12,500,000 for emergent and prototypical=20 technology;=20
$50,000,000 for university = programs;=20
$40,000,000 for the counter-MANPADS=20 program;=20
$18,000,000 for cyber threat = characterization,=20 detection, and origination; and=20
$25,000,000 for interoperability=20 communications.=20
The Committee recommendation includes a = transfer of=20 the Transport Security Lab to the Transportation Security=20 Administration.

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office =96 = A total of $442,492,000 is recommended for = domestic=20 nuclear detection, research and development, operations and systems = acquisition=20 including:

$40,000,000 for radiation portal monitor = research and=20 development;=20
$65,000,000 for transformation research and=20 development:=20
$143,000,000 for the acquisition of = radiation portal=20 monitors; and=20
$11,000,000 for the acquisition of human = portable=20 radiation detection systems.

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