The Coast Guard's money — the armed service inside DHS, traced to the source.
U.S. Coast Guard · Department of Homeland Security
Alone among DHS components, the Coast Guard carries military-style appropriations: Operations & Support to run the Service, Procurement, Construction & Improvements to buy its cutters and aircraft, and Research & Development. This monitor reads them from the Department's own Budget-in-Brief — FY2024 enacted through the FY2027 request — and makes the operate-versus-acquire split visible. The discretionary base is kept strictly separate from the standing mandatory and fee accounts; every subtotal recomputes against its source.
+ Mandatory / fees
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standing accounts — not in the discretionary headline
FY2027 total budget authority
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gross discretionary + mandatory/fees
FY27 request vs. FY26
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net discretionary, over the FY26 annualized CR
Operate vs. acquire — FY2027 net discretionary request
$ in thousandsO&S + Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund — running the Service, incl. military pay
Procurement, Construction & Improvements (cutters, aircraft, shore) + Research & Development
The acquisition account — Procurement, Construction & Improvements — is where the Coast Guard recapitalizes its fleet: Offshore Patrol Cutters, Fast Response Cutters, Arctic and Polar Security Cutters, and aircraft. See the live contract obligations for who is building them.