Appropriations Central
Fiscal Year 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
The U.S. House and Senate have each passed versions of the FY 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations Bills. A House-Senate conference committee has been appointed to resolve differences over this legislation.
Summary of major provisions within H.R. 2638/S. 1644
- Port Security Grant Program
- House provision: $400 million
- Senate provision: $400 million
- Enacted: $400 million
- Rail and Transit Security Grant Programs
- House provision: $400 million
- Senate provision: $400 million
- Enacted $400 million
- Airport Explosive Detection Systems
- House provision: $560 million
- Senate provision: $529.4 million
- Enacted: $523.5 million
- Airport Perimeter Security Pilot Program
- House provision: $4 million
- Senate provision: $4 million
- Intercity Bus Security Grant Program
- House provision: $11 million
- Senate provision: $11 million
- Enacted: $11.5 million
- Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology (BILT) Initiatives
- House provision: $1 billion
- Senate provision: $1.1 billion
- Enacted: $1.2 billion
- State Homeland Security Grants
- House provision: $550 million
- Senate provision: $525 million
- Enacted: $950 million
- Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
- House provision: $225 million
- Senate provision: $252.4 million
- Enacted: $225 million
- Federal Protective Service
- House provision: $613 million
- Senate provision: $613 million
- Enacted: $613 million
- U.S. VISIT Program
- House provision: $462 million
- Senate provision: $362 million
- Enacted: $475 million
- REAL ID Act Implementation
- House provision: $50 million
- No Senate provision
- Enacted: $50 million
- TWIC Implementation
- Senate provision: $15 million for TWIC card reader deployment
- No House provision
- Enacted: $8.1 million for TWIC card reader deployment
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