Department Of Homeland Security Appropriations For 2011

This report describes the FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $45.0 billion in budget authority for FY2011. This amounts to a $1.1 billion, or a 2.4% increase from the $43.9 billion enacted for FY2010. Total budget authority requested by the Administration for DHS for FY2011 amounts to $52.6 billion as compared to $51.7 billion enacted for FY2010.

Budgets reflect our national priorities, and homeland security must rank high on our priority list. The President's budget request would increase the department's funding for next year by 2.6 percent. Almost twenty percent of this proposed increase is dedicated to providing security in large metropolitan areas in the United States for the trials of suspected terrorists now held at Guantanamo Bay. This book provides an overview of the FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).