The overall fiscal 2014 Coast Guard budget proposal reflects an 8 percent decrease in funding from that allocated in fiscal 2013. 1. Funding for acquisition, construction and improvements would drop 41 percent. 2. Congress has criticized the budget proposal, saying it's inadequate and the cuts to acquisition are too deep. 3. The Coast Guard commandant said the budget reflects tough choices, but also forward thinking and adequately funds the service for the coming fiscal year. Lawmakers and homeland security experts have expressed outrage at the U.S. Coast Guard's fiscal 2014 budget request that was unveiled by the Obama administration April 10. The Coast Guard's budget, part of the $39 billion proposal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), asks for a total of $9.7 billion. That sum includes $8 billion for discretionary funding, $951 million for acquisition, construction and improvements (AC&I), and calls for a reduction of 826 active-duty personnel.
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