The House Appropriations Committee has passed by a voice vote a bill that would allocate $41.1 billion in discretionary funds to the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2017. The committee said Wednesday the DHS appropriations bill would authorize $7.3 billion in funds to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency perform emergency response and disaster relief operations. The proposed legislation shows a $100 million increase from the enacted discretionary budget for FY 2016 and contains five amendments approved by the full panel through a voice vote. One of the amendments was introduced by Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) and seeks to provide FEMA with $49 million in … Continue reading House Panel OKs $41B Homeland Security Discretionary Budget for FY 2017