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1Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute2Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problems3Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesPresident Biden requested $3.056286 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in fiscal year 2024—about $3.1 billion when rounded. That was a proposed budget, not the amount CISA ultimately received: the enacted FY2024 appropriation was $2.873 billion.
How much did Biden request for CISA in FY 2024?
The administration’s FY2024 President’s Budget proposed $3.056286 billion in annual discretionary appropriations for CISA. The Office of Management and Budget summarized the figure as $3.1 billion, describing it as an additional $145 million for the agency. The Department of Homeland Security’s congressional-justification overview gives the more precise request and reports FY2023 enacted funding of $2.907138 billion. OMB’s FY2024 President’s Budget and DHS’s FY2024 Budget in Brief provide the administration’s budget figures.
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The Congressional Research Service described the request as $3.06 billion, $149 million—or 5.1%—above FY2023 enacted funding. Thus, “CISA funding topped $3 billion” accurately describes the proposed request, but not the final enacted appropriation. CRS’s FY2024 CISA funding summary explains the comparison with the prior year.
How did the request compare with Congress’s recommendation and the enacted amount?
| FY2024 funding stage | Amount | Difference from FY2023 enacted funding |
|---|---|---|
| President’s Budget request | $3.056286 billion (about $3.06 billion) | +$149 million, or +5.1%, according to CRS |
| Senate Homeland Security Appropriations recommendation | $3.007086 billion | +$99.948 million |
| Enacted FY2024 appropriation | $2.873 billion | −$34.1 million |
The Senate recommendation was $49.2 million below the President’s request. The enacted $2.873 billion was $183.3 million below the request. Those figures describe distinct stages: a presidential proposal, a Senate committee recommendation, and the amount ultimately provided in the appropriations package. The Senate figure appears in the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations report; the final figure and its comparison with the request and prior year appear in the House appropriators’ summary of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act.
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Congress completed Homeland Security funding in the later Further Consolidated Appropriations Act. Public Law 118-42, approved March 9, 2024, was the first FY2024 consolidated appropriations law; it was not the final source of the Homeland Security amount cited here. The text of Public Law 118-42 establishes that distinction.
What was the requested funding intended to support?
The President’s Budget described the request as supporting a more resilient and defensible U.S. cyberspace. It identified $98 million to implement the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act and $425 million to improve CISA’s internal cybersecurity and analytical capabilities. Those were proposed priorities within the budget request, not separate descriptions of the final enacted appropriation.
The enacted-funding summary highlights several program areas: $823.1 million for operating and modernizing cyber-defense technology and tools; $819.3 million for cyber operations, including vulnerability management and threat hunting; and $130.2 million for emergency communications operations, testing, and improvements. These categories show that the final package funded both cyber-defense work and emergency communications, while the figures should not be treated as a line-by-line explanation of how Congress changed the President’s proposal.
What explains the difference between the request and final funding?
The total figures establish that Congress enacted $183.3 million less than the President requested, but the available published summary does not provide a complete line-by-line crosswalk accounting for every change between the request and final enacted amount. The Senate recommendation was also a separate intermediate figure, not the final appropriation. Avoid treating the gap as a single program cut or assuming that the Senate recommendation explains the final total.
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