The FY2027 President's Budget requests $158.1M for Canines, within Homeland Security's Operations and Support account. That is down 5.8% on the FY2026 figure of $167.9M, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $167.9M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $167.9M |
| FY2027 | request | $158.1M |
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
Canine Handlers and Support: This cost driver funds the salaries and benefits of TSA's Canine Handlers and support personnel to manage TSA's Third Party Canine Program: This cost driver funds the salaries and benefits of personnel who manage TSA's Third Parties Canine Program, which use third party vendors to perform air cargo screening services using canines. The canine teams must be certified by Third Party Canine Certifying Organizations to participate in the program. Other PC&B Costs: This cost driver supports funding for federal employee pay for work or circumstances that require additional compensation Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program (NEDCTP): This cost driver funds the travel, training, IT, and contract support required to support the NEDCTP, which provide portable explosive detection capabilities to deter and detect the introduction of explosive devices into the Third Party Canine Program: This cost driver funds the travel as well as training and contracts necessary to oversee the Third Party Canine Program, who are third party vendors that perform air cargo screening services using canines. To participate in the program, these canine teams must
Extracted from Transportation Security Administration, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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