The Budget and Homeland Security: Homeland Security Issues in the 116th Congress

Abstract

Congress at times has sought to ascertain how much the government spends on securing the homeland, either in current terms or historically. Several factors compromise the authoritativeness of any answer to this question. One such complication is the lack of a consensus definition of what constitutes homeland security, and another is that homeland security activities are carried out across the federal government, in partnership with other public and private sector entities. This insight examines those two complicating factors, and presents what information is available on historical homeland security budget authority and current DHS appropriations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 2019
Accession Number
AD1172046

Entities

People

  • William L. Painter

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Border Security
  • Capital Investments
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • President (United States)
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • United States Government

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