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House Spending Bill Gives Slight Boost To DHS, Adds To Coast Guard, CISA

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 29th, 2021

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House Spending Bill Gives Slight Boost To DHS, Adds To Coast Guard, CISA

Notional OPC design is 360-feet long, a 54-foot beam, and 17-foot draft. House appropriators propose to fully fund the program in FY '22. (Graphic: Eastern Shipbuilding Group.)

A proposed spending bill released by House appropriators on Tuesday would provide $52.8 billion for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 2022, just shy of a 2 percent increase over FY ’21 funding levels, but the recommendation would add to the Biden administration’s request in several areas, including the Coast Guard and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee that oversees DHS will markup the spending bill Wednesday morning. The full committee will markup…

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