FBI Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request Overview
January 1, 2019
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The Frame
The FBI is requesting $9.31 billion in federal funding for 2020, which determines the agency's capacity to investigate cybercrime, counterintelligence, and organized crime, and impacts the resources available for local law enforcement partnerships.
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FBI Personnel
The budget request determines the funding for 35,558 positions, including salaries and operational resources.
State and Local Law Enforcement
The FBI budget supports task force environments and partnerships that provide resources and intelligence to local agencies.
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Summary
Key Facts
- The FBI is requesting a total budget of $9.31 billion for fiscal year 2020.
- The request includes $9.26 billion for Salaries and Expenses and $51.9 million for Construction.
- The budget supports 35,558 total positions: 13,201 Special Agents, 3,115 Intelligence Analysts, and 19,242 professional staff.
- The request includes $144.9 million for six specific program enhancements.
- Enhancement: $70.5 million for cyber investigative capabilities.
- Enhancement: $18.3 million to mitigate foreign intelligence service threats.
- Enhancement: $18.2 million to target transnational organized crime, financial networks, and Darknet networks.
- Enhancement: $17.2 million to enhance capabilities to render weapons of mass destruction safe.
- Enhancement: $16.6 million to support the National Vetting Center.
- Enhancement: $4.2 million to increase capacity for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) services.
- The request includes a $60 million rescission from Salaries and Expenses and a $159 million rescission from the Construction account.
- Compared to fiscal year 2019, the total request represents a decrease of $267.8 million.
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Why It Matters
The FBI is requesting $9.31 billion in federal funding for 2020, which determines the agency's capacity to investigate cybercrime, counterintelligence, and organized crime, and impacts the resources available for local law enforcement partnerships.
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AARP
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“P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology”
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Construction Budget Reduction
The overall decrease in the FBI's budget request is driven by a $333.1 million reduction in the construction account, despite increases in operational and salary expenses.
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