Conferees Agree on 2006 Homeland Security Spending Bill
House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a fiscal year appropriations bill that provides $30.8 billion in discretionary spending for the Dept. of Homeland Security, a 4% increase over 2005. But that calculation excludes $6.5 billion in emergency appropriations and $2.5 billion in advance spending for anti-bioterrorism measures provided in 2005.
The conference agreement, reached on Sept. 29, allots $175 million for in port security grants, up $25 million from 2005, and $150 million for rail and transit security grants, the same amount as this year.