Senate Appropriations Committee Approves DHS Measure, Provides 1,000 Additional CBP Officers
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved on June 26 fiscal year (FY) 2015 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) legislation that provides $12.57 billion for CBP, which represents a $480 million increase from FY14 appropriations, the committee said. The bill appropriates funds…
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for 1,000 new CBP officers, in part to facilitate trade at the 329 ports of entry. Some lawmakers and union officials previously called for an additional 2,000 officers in FY15 legislation (see 14060515). The legislation also includes provisions on CBP duty collection and antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement, said the committee without elaboration. The committee has not yet released the bill text. The Senate legislation appropriates $47.2 billion for DHS in total. The House advanced counterpart legislation on June 11 (see 14061218).