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House Appropriators Approve $39.2 Billion DHS Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

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House Appropriators Approve $39.2 Billion DHS Bill

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday marked up its version of the FY ’15 Homeland Security spending bill, allocating $39.2 billion in discretionary spending, an $887.8 million increase to the Obama administration’s request. The committee’s version of the bill is essentially the same as that marked up by its Homeland Security Subcommittee in May (Defense Daily, May 28). The bill provides $1.3 billion for the Coast Guard’s acquisition account versus the $1.1 billion requested, and includes funds to purchase the…

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