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Homeland Security

House Appropriators Approve $60.3 Billion Spending Bill For DHS

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 24th, 2022

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House Appropriators Approve $60.3 Billion Spending Bill For DHS

Fast Response Cutter underway. Photo: Bollinger Shipyards

The House Appropriations Committee along party lines on June 24 approved a $60.3 billion discretionary spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 2023, $3.6 billion more than the Biden administration requested. Nearly half of the funding increase, $1.5 billion, is needed just to maintain the current level of DHS services, Rep. Lucile Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the committee’s panel that oversees the department, said at the outset of the bill markup. A copy of the bill…

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