How DHS plans to use stimulus funds

A good summary of DHS stimulus spending from HS Daily Wire:

St. Elizabeths/DHS headquarters consolidation: $200 million, $450 million to GSA

• $650 million ($200 million to DHS; $450 million to GSA)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): $680 million direct, $300 million to GSA

• $720 million for construction at land ports of entry ($300 million GSA; $420 million CBP)
• $100 million for Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) technology
• $100 million for border technology on the southwest border
• $60 million for tactical communications equipment and radios

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): $20 million

• $20 million for ICE automation modernization and tactical communications

Transportation Security Administration: $1 billion

• $1 billion for explosives detection systems and checkpoint screening equipment

U.S. Coast Guard: $240 million

• $142 million for alteration of bridges program
• $98 million for construction, which may include the following:
  • Shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities
  • Vessel repair/acquisition (includes High Endurance Cutter, National Security Cutter)

Federal Emergency Management Agency: $615 million+

• $100 million for Emergency Food and Shelter Program
• $150 million for transit and rail security grants
• $150 million for port security grants, no non-federal match required
• $210 million for Assistance to Firefighter (AFG) grants for firehouse construction; maximum grant is $15.0 million
• $5 million expansion in authority for FEMA Community Disaster Loans
• Requires the establishment of an arbitration panel to resolve Katrina/Rita public assistance disputes
• Requires FEMA to accept additional applications for Katrina/Rita public assistance
• All non-federal matching requirements for SAFER grants waived for FY 2009-2010

DHS Office of Inspector General: $5 million

• $5 million to conduct related oversight and audits

Total: Based on these numbers, here are the totals:

• $2.76 billion direct to DHS & components
• $750 million to GSA
• $3.5 billion total

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