The FY2027 President's Budget requests $257.5M for Screener Training and Other, within Homeland Security's Operations and Support account. That is down 3.9% on the FY2026 figure of $267.9M, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $267.9M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $267.9M |
| FY2027 | request | $257.5M |
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
Screener Training and Other - PPA Level III Training Personnel: This cost driver funds the salaries and benefits of personnel that manage the operations and delivery of course offerings to meet mandatory training requirements for the frontline workforce, including TSOs and Managers, inspectors, and other specialists. Personnel Futures Program (PFP): This cost driver funds a full range of TSA human resources operations for TSA's frontline workforce. Other Personnel Costs: This cost driver funds the salaries and benefits of personnel that provide covert testing and other business operations associated with the Screener Training and Other PPA. Other PC&B Costs: This cost driver supports federal employee pay for work or circumstances that require extra compensation beyond their normal Screening Workforce - PPA II Screener Training and Other - PPA III Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers Checkpoint Operations: This cost driver funds the consumable supplies used by the TSOs at the checkpoint, to include disposable gloves, sample swabs/wands, reactant materials, notification of baggage inspection inserts, and TSO uniforms. Specialized Security Training (SST): This cost driver funds the development and delivery of structured core training and associated travel for the TSO workforce, as well as the operations of TSA's training academies.
Extracted from Transportation Security Administration, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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