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House Panel Approves $39.1 Billion DHS Budget

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

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The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee yesterday approved by voice vote a $39.1 billion discretionary budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’13, $393 million less than requested. The mark-up followed release on Tuesday of the House Appropriations Committee’s recommendation for the DHS budget (Defense Daily, May 9). The $39.1 billion recommendation is also $484 million less than Congress appropriated for FY ’12. House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee said the reductions will go toward paring the…

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