# Secure Flight

**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/secure-flight  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 123.4 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 123.4 |
| FY2027 | request | 133.8 |

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

The Aviation Screening Operations program supports the core functions of TSA's frontline aviation security operations. This includes funding for the these efforts. TSA performs this function using an intelligence-driven RBS approach. This PPA contains the following Level II PPAs: Screening Workforce: The Screening Workforce PPA supports funding for TSA's Screening Partnership Program (SPP), Screener Personnel, Compensation, and Benefits (PC&B), and Screener Training and Other activities. Airport Management: The Airport Management PPA supports airport Federal Security Directors (FSD) and their staff, airport parking, fleet services, and transit benefits, as well as airport rent and furniture. Canines: The Canine PPA supports the NEDCTP to train and deploy certified explosives detection canine teams to deter and detect the introduction of explosive devices into the transportation system. Screening Technology Maintenance: This PPA supports the procurement, maintenance, program support, and disposal of TSE in the Nation's Operations and Support Aviation Screening Operations - PPA Secure Flight: This PPA supports the Secure Flight program to enhance the Nation's transportation system by operating a risk-based, intelligence- driven watch list matching capability that uses Secure Flight passenger data against Government watch lists to effectively identify individuals who may pose a threat to aviation or national security and prevent them from boarding an aircraft or accessing the sterile area of a U.S. airport. Operations and Support Aviation Screening Operations - PPA


**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.*