Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY18 Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Nov. 21 released its fiscal year 2018 Homeland Security spending legislation that would fund CBP at $13.5 billion total, $364 million below the agency’s budget request, the committee announced. The bill also recommends $38 million…
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to support ACE core functionality and another $5 million for ACE program enhancements, according to an explanatory statement of the bill. “Full automation of CBP Form 214 [Application for Foreign-Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation] … is an example of an enhancement that would benefit both the Federal and industry interests,” the explanatory statement says. The House passed its version of FY18 appropriations legislation in September (see 1709150052).