House panel gives CISA $2.4B in 2027 DHS bill
The useful signal is not generosity; it is that lawmakers see CISA staffing as necessary after a one-third workforce hit.
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Federal News Network reports the House Appropriations homeland security subcommittee advanced a fiscal 2027 DHS bill with $2.4 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, $400 million above the Trump administration request. The bill includes $694 million for cyber operations, $378 million for federal and critical infrastructure cybersecurity programs, and $31 million for mission-critical hiring targeting foreign adversary threats. CISA has lost roughly one-third of its staff, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said it needs about 600 more people.
The House subcommittee bill is not final law, and DHS appropriations are already tangled with reconciliation fights over Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Still, for CISA, the marker matters: $2.4 billion in fiscal 2027, including dedicated money for cyber operations, federal and critical infrastructure cybersecurity programs, and mission-critical hiring.
That is $400 million above the Trump administration request, according to Federal News Network, and it lands after CISA lost roughly one-third of its staff over the past year. The agency is simultaneously being asked to carry governmentwide cyber work, critical infrastructure programs, and hiring to counter foreign adversary threats. A budget line does not rebuild an agency by itself, but the subcommittee is at least identifying the constraint correctly: CISA cannot patch a workforce deficit with strategy documents.
For agencies and contractors, nothing changes Monday. This is an early House appropriations position, not enacted funding. But it is a useful planning signal: the House panel is resisting the administration's lower CISA request while keeping cyber operations and federal infrastructure security in the funding frame for 2027.
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