The FY2027 President's Budget requests $123.8M for Air Cargo, within Homeland Security's Operations and Support account. That is up 1.5% on the FY2026 figure of $121.9M, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $121.9M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $121.9M |
| FY2027 | request | $123.8M |
The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure — the rate a continuing resolution funds at, not an enacted appropriation. The two are different numbers and are not interchangeable. Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Homeland Security discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Homeland Security's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
This measure gauges the number of inspections and outreaches conducted on international regulated entities with cargo screening standards. Enforcing and monitoring cargo screening standards is one of the most direct methods TSA has for overseeing air cargo TSA - 6 Transportation Security Administration Strategic Context security. TSA conducts these inspections of regulated entities based on approved host government national cargo security programs and regulations specified in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 1544 and 1546. These inspections include training, facilities, acceptance of cargo, screening, certifications, identification verification, and procedures. Ensuring successful cargo screening means having a secure, fast flow of air commerce and reduces the risk of criminal and terrorist misuse of the supply chain. The objective is to increase the security posture and compliance rate for each entity conducting air cargo screening.
Extracted from Transportation Security Administration, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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