# Canines

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Operations and Support  
**Source document:** Transportation Security Administration · p. 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/canines  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 167.9 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 167.9 |
| FY2027 | request | 158.1 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## 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


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Transportation Security Administration › Operations and Support › Aviation Screening Operations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*