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).