The FY2027 President's Budget requests $810.0M for Screening Technology Maintenance, within Homeland Security's Operations and Support account. That is up 36% on the FY2026 figure of $595.5M, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $595.5M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $595.5M |
| FY2027 | request | $810.0M |
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
Secure Flight: This cost driver provides the salaries and benefits for the personnel who support the Secure Flight Program operations and IT system, to include vetting and encounter analysts, IT professionals, and business operations management. DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (TRIP): This cost driver funds the salaries and benefits of the personnel who support the DHS TRIP, which serves as the single point of contact for travelers who seek redress and resolution regarding difficulties experienced during the travel screening Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers Secure Flight Program: This cost driver funds the operations and maintenance of TSA's mission critical Secure Flight IT vetting system and all program operating costs, to include strategic, IT, and business operations. DHS TRIP: This cost driver funds the operations and maintenance costs for the DHS TRIP IT system, which is a centralized processing system for Operations and Support Other Operations and Enforcement - PPA Inflight Security Other Operations and Enforcement - PPA
Extracted from Transportation Security Administration, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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