The Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on Tuesday marked up a bill that would increase funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’17 and buy initial production materials for a 10th Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC).The markup includes $41.2 billion in discretionary spending for DHS, $578 million more than the Obama administration requested and $246 million more than enacted in FY ’16. Including non-discretionary spending, the bill recommends $48.1 billion for DHS, $740 million more than…
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