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Highlights from the President's FY15 Department of Homeland Security Budget Request
Enacted FY14 funding is used for comparisons unless otherwise noted.
The administration’s FY15 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is $38.2 billion (2 percent decrease) in non-disaster, net discretionary funding, excluding disaster relief funding. The proposed budget includes funding for major asset acquisitions, including $300 million for completing the construction of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility. The proposed budget also includes $549 million to support the EINSTEIN intrusion, detection, and prevention cybersecurity system.
In the president’s budget, funding for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) would receive $1.1 billion (10 percent decrease) for research and development activities and would target opportunities in cybersecurity and the detection of nuclear, chemical, biological, and explosive threats. S&T works with state and local partners to support research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) and provides technology solutions to improve mission effectiveness. Proposed funding for ST&T initiatives includes:
- Laboratory Facilities — $435.2 million (20 percent decrease);
- Research, Development and Innovation — $433.8 million (6 percent decrease); and,
- University Programs — $31 million (28 percent decrease).