Public Law 114-4, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

March 4, 2015

H.R. 240 is enacted into Public Law 114-4, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015.

March 3, 2015

In late February, the Senate appropriations committee voted 98-2 in support of pushing a "clean" bill forward in an effort to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from shutting down.

On March 3, 2015, Speaker Boehner announced that he would allow for a vote on a "clean" Department of Homeland Security funding bill. The bill passed with bi-partisan support in the House, 257-167, and was signed by the President.

The bill is set to fund the Department of Homeland Security through September 2015. The bill passed does not include language to restrict use of funding to implement the President's November 2014 executive actions on immigration and does not affect the priority enforcement guidelines set forth.

January 9, 2015

On 1/9/15, Representative Hal Rogers (R-KY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act 2015.

The House Appropriations Committee today released the FY2015 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (H.R. 240). The last of the 12 annual funding bills to be considered, it funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of the current fiscal year. It includes $10.7 billion for CBP, an increase of $118.7 million above FY2014 enacted level, to support 21,370 Border Patrol agents and 23,775 CBP officers. It also allocates $3.4 billion for ICE detention programs, which includes an increase of $362,155,000 specifically to support family detention capacity. The bill also maintains the so-called “bed quota” of 34,000 beds. The bill as introduced does not include language to restrict use of funding to implement the President’s November 2014 executive actions on immigration.