{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=603", "Case Announces $53 Billion Homeland Security FY 2022 Funding Measure Approved by Case\u2019s House Appropriations Committee Strengthens National Border Enforcement, Emergency Management, Coast Guard Mission and Cybersecurity", "2021-07-13", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=25", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) \u2013 Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, one of the twelve bills that will collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (commencing October 1, 2021).\n\nThe FY 2022 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill proposes to fund $53 billion in federal homeland security, immigration and emergency management programs.\n\nThis measure supports the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Secret Service and more.\n\n\u201cThis bill will secure our critical infrastructure with dramatically increased funding to prevent future cyber-attacks and root out cyber intrusions, something that unfortunately has been occurring with increasing frequency across our country,\u201d said Case.\n\nThe bill includes Case\u2019s request, under Member-designated Community Project Funding (CPF), to provide $1,000,000 for the planning and design of the Hawai\u2018i Emergency Management Agency\u2019s (HI-EMA) State Emergency Operations Center in the Mililani First Responder Tech Campus.\n\n\u201cThis project will call for the construction of a hardened and modernized State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) at the First Responder Tech Campus to replace the aging Battery Birkhimer SEOC in Diamond Head Crater,\u201d said Case. \u201cThis project request covers the preliminary SEOC design phase, including the schematic designs and developing reporting requirements.\u201d\n\n\u201cCPF requests are submitted by individual Members and are for specific projects and purposes in our respective districts,\u201d explained Case. \u201cCPF requests are only for state and local governments or non-profits organizations. These projects must have demonstrated community support, must be fully disclosed, and they are subject to audit by the independent Government Accountability Office.\u201d Case\u2019s disclosures are here https://case.house.gov/media/funding-disclosures.htm.\n\nOther programs and provisions requested and secured by Case include:\n\n\u00b7 $101 million for the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, which includes the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa;\n\n\u00b7 Report language supporting the continued expansion of the preclearance program to eligible partners in the Indo-Pacific region to support ease of travel and tourism;\n\n\u00b7 Report language supporting the evaluation of space-based radio frequency detection technologies to support maritime domain awareness and combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing;\n\n\u00b7 Report language directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue efforts to address invasive species in Hawai\u2018i and the non-contiguous U.S. territories;\n\n\u00b7 Report language directing TSA to examine the safety and efficiency of using local law enforcement partnerships to staff airport exit lanes under TSA oversight;\n\n\u00b7 Congressional direction to the administration on the continued introduction of invasive species to Hawai\u2018i and the non-contiguous U.S. territories;\n\n\u00b7 $365 million for the Emergency Management Performance Grants, which support state and local emergency management agencies like HI-EMA;\n\n\u00b7 $740 million for firefighter grant programs, which are a major source of funding for county fire departments; and\n\n\u00b7 $15 million for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program.\n\nThe measure also includes:\n\n\u00b7 Provides $132 million for new technology to support border security, including non-intrusive imaging technology;\n\n\u00b7 Provides $475 million to continue expansion of the Alternatives to Detention program;\n\n\u00b7 Allocates $100 million administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a non-custodial, community-based shelter grant program for immigration processing and case management services for migrants;\n\n\u00b7 Includes $41.5 million for U.S. Coast Guard personnel support, including tuition assistance, training and course development and more;\n\n\u00b7 Provides $2.4 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an increase of $397.4 million above the FY 2021 enacted level;\n\n\u00b7 Provides $830.4 million for science and technology accounts, including $7.7 million for the Minority Serving Institutions Program;\n\n\u00b7 Provides $110 million for Port Security Grants, an increase of $10 million above FY 2021;\n\n\u00b7 Authorizes the use of CBP and ICE funds to support efforts related to the reunification of separated migrant families.\n\nCase\u2019s Appropriations Committee is responsible for allocating some $1.5 trillion in funding to federal government agencies, departments and organizations on an annual basis through twelve separate bills.\n\nThe Homeland Security funding bill now moves onto the full House of Representatives for consideration.\n\nA summary of the bill is here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=603"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6836939137428999, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}