The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday asked Congress for $40.6 billion in discretionary spending in FY ’17, a nearly 1 percent increase from the $41 billion Congress provided in FY ’16 with the Coast Guard and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) targeted for most of the cuts to the benefit of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).The Coast Guard’s discretionary portion of the request is $8.2 billion for FY ’17, 10 percent lower than the FY ’16 level, with just…
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