
The Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee (SAC HS) on Tuesday approved a $40.2 billion net discretionary bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’16, less than the Obama administration requested but still making room for a ninth National Security Cutter (NSC) for the Coast Guard, a ship that wasn’t requested.The addition of a new NSC for the Coast Guard doesn’t come as a complete surprise given that Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the full Senate Appropriations…