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P.L. 107-296, the Homeland Security Act, consolidated some R&D in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), whose S&T Directorate's FY2006 R&D budget, according to OMB, is almost $1.4 billion, almost 20% more than FY2005, enacted. This is the largest percentage increase for any federal agency R&D mission. (The increase is less, about 3%, if funding for TSA, FY2005, is included in the calculation.) DHS is mandated to coordinate total federal agency homeland security R&D, which was requested at $4.0 billion. Policy issues include priority-setting within DHS and other agencies, performance monitoring, and interagency coordination. This report will be updated. Funding for Homeland Security R&D. According to the latest data available from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), federal agency homeland security R&D was requested at $4.0 billion for FY2006, double the FY2003 amount.1 2 DHS will manage about one-third of this budget.3 Other agencies, exclusive of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have requested about $662 million for homeland security R&D for FY2006. See Table 1. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates that an additional $0.6 billion will be spent on homeland security R&D facilities and equipment, especially in the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National
