Perhaps most significantly. the legislation provides vital funding to our first responders to protect our country from a terrorist attack and ensure that we are able to respond adequately should such an attack occur. Specifically. it provides $525 million for the State Homeland Security Grant Program. $820 million for the Urban Area Security Initiative. $700 million for the assistance to firefighters grants and $300 million for emergency management performance grants. To secure our borders. a total of $10.2 billion is provided for Customs and Border Protection. I am pleased that. in addition to the funding in the underlying bill. the Senate also adopted an amendment to add an additional $3 billion for border security which will enable the Department of Homeland Security to hire. train and deploy 23.000 additional fulltime boarder patrol agents and provide other essential security measures at our borders. The legislation also provides $4.432 billion for immigration and customs enforcement. including $146 million for 4.000 new detention beds. Finally. I want to note that the bill increases funding for the Transportation Security Administration by $164.6 million above last years level. which is $764 million more than requested by the President.
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