EXCLUSIVE — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) plans on including funding for the border wall and other border security provisions in this year’s homeland security appropriations bill, which are things conservatives have said they need to see in order to get on board with any kind of spending bill.
A document obtained by the Washington Examiner that was handed out during a meeting in the speaker’s office and is a side-by-side comparison of provisions in H.R. 2, the House’s border security bill passed earlier this year, and what will be in the fiscal 2024 homeland security appropriations bill shows what McCarthy’s plans are for the homeland security appropriations bill.It shows that this year's homeland security appropriations bill will include several provisions that were in H.R. 2.
The bill will include $2.1 billion for the border wall, according to the document, with a requirement to contract in 120 days. It will also include $276 million for border technology and $305 million for nonintrusive inspection. It will fund a total of 22,000 Border Patrol agents.The bill will also prohibit funding to several programs and entities that conservatives have been vocally against, according to the document.
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