At the beginning of January, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (H.R. 240)http://1.usa.gov/1wMxjoa(It was to be considered on the House floor later in January, after press time.) The bill would fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
According to Hal Rogers, House Appropriations chairman, "The funding in this bill is targeted to critical security and law enforcement efforts that keep our nation and people safe, and ensure the laws of the land are strongly enforced ...."
Among the highlights of the bill are the following:
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