Highlights: FY07 Homeland Security Appropriation Bill
The House bill provides $32.08 billion for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in fiscal year 2007, $1.8 billion above the fiscal year 2006 enacted levels, and $1.065 billion above the President’s request. The bill balances critical homeland security and anti-terrorism activities with legacy missions; aggressively addresses new threats such as nuclear detection and the persistent challenges of border and immigration security; and requires changes in disaster assistance based upon lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. It also significantly moves DHS forward in the area of port, container, and cargo security
Enhancing Port, Container and Cargo Security
The bill provides $4.185 billion, +$448 million over FY 2006, to secure our ports and inbound cargo in order to prevent terrorists and criminals from exploiting the international commerce system. Stringent performance requirements mandate a strategy to double the amount of cargo currently inspected, screen 100% of cargo through the Automated Targeting System, and establish minimum security standards for cargo containers. The bill further requires DHS to maintain a 100% manifest review rate at all CSI ports; a 100% validation rate of all C-TPAT participants; and double the amount of cargo entering the U.S. screened for radiation. Highlights include:
- $2.05 billion for Coast Guard port and waterway security operations;
- $1.69 billion for CBP cargo inspection and trade operations;
- $139 million for Container Security Initiative, expanding the program to 58 foreign seaports;
- $70.1 million for C-TPAT, supporting 100% validation of over 6,070 certified partners;
- $178 million for radiation portal monitors;
- $40 million to support implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential;
- $15 million to increase port facility and vessel inspections domestically and overseas;
- $200 million for port security grants; and
- $23 million for Science & Technology’s Cargo Security Program.
Read more at appropriations.house.gov
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