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      "date": "2004-11-05",
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      "title": "Border and Transportation Security: Appropriations for FY2005",
      "summary": "A well-managed border is central to maintaining and improving the security of the homeland\nagainst\nterrorist threats. Border security entails regulating the flow of goods and people across the nation's\nborders so that dangerous and unwanted goods or people are denied entry. Transportation security\nentails inspecting and securing people and goods as they move among different locations within the\ncountry to reduce the possibility of terrorist attacks or the incursion of unwanted people or goods. \nThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been given primary responsibility for securing the\nnation's borders and for increasing the security of transportation, among other responsibilities.\n  The locus of border and transportation security activity within DHS is in the Directorate of\nBorder and Transportation Security (BTS) which houses the Bureau of Customs and Border\nProtection (CBP), the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the\nTransportation Security Administration (TSA). The U.S. Coast Guard is a standalone agency within\nDHS but plays an important role in border and transportation security, as does the Federal Law\nEnforcement Training Center (FLETC). This report includes appropriations for the functions and\nagencies of BTS, the U.S. Coast Guard and FLETC.\n  On October 18, 2004,  P.L. 108-334  was signed into law, making appropriations for DHS for\nFY2005.  P.L. 108-334  provides $33.1 billion in new obligational budget authority for the activities\nof DHS. Of this amount, $19.6 billion or 59% is for border and transportation activities as identified\nin this report.  P.L. 108-334  includes $340 million for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status\nIndicator Technology (US-VISIT) program; $5.3 billion for CBP; $3.2 billion for ICE; $3.3 billion\nfor TSA; $7.4 billion for the U.S. Coast Guard; and $200 million for FLETC.\n  Significant issues in border and transportation security include cargo and container security;\nimplementation of the US-VISIT program; organization of air and marine assets; aviation security;\nand security of other transportation modes.\n  This report will not be updated.",
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