R47663 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2024 Provisions
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Summary
Through appropriations legislation, Congress provides not only budget authority for federal agencies and departments to operate, but also legally binding direction on how that budget authority can (or cannot) be used. Sometimes enacted appropriations measures include authorizing (or “legislative”) provisions as well. These directions may appear in three places in an appropriations act: 1. in the language of individual appropriations; 2. in administrative provisions at the end of a title; and 3. in general provisions at the end of a bill (or division, in the case of a consolidated measure). Some of these directions directly relate to the management of budget authority enacted in the measure, while others relate to policy or operational matters. As with any facet of legislation, these provisions are not constant. Due to the passage of time or other legislative developments, a provision may require adjustment or lose its relevance. Provisions enacted in appropriations legislation are also a focus of negotiations between the parties and between the chambers during the appropriations process, so provisions can evolve through negotiations until a compromise is worked out in the final measure. Rather than reciting the entire catalog of more than 100 administrative and general provisions in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act, 2024, this report focuses on the substantive changes in directions provided from FY2023 to FY2024. It includes changes from the provisions in the DHS Appropriations Act, 2023, reflected in the detailed proposals for administrative and general provisions made in the Administration’s FY2024 appropriations request for DHS; the administrative and general provisions in House Appropriations Committee-reported H.R. 4367, as well as amendments approved by the House of Representatives during floor consideration; the administrative and general provisions in Senate Appropriations Committee-reported S. 2625; and those enacted in P.L. 118-47, Division C.
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