
House Democrats are putting the finishing touches on a new legislative proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security that would include technological improvements at critical points of entry as well as the Coast Guard’s new heavy icebreaker, House appropriators said Jan. 30. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) said the forthcoming proposal would fund various “smart technologies” that would provide security without physical barriers during a Wednesday meeting of bipartisan congressional conferees to negotiate Homeland…