Summary

Expresses congressional findings that large workforce reductions at FEMA, CISA, TSA, and across DHS have reduced emergency response, cybersecurity, and transportation security capacity, citing specific staffing losses, program eliminations, and operational impacts. The text notes potential conflicts with statutory protections for FEMA and with FY2025 appropriations, and references audits, GAO findings, court and MSPB actions that raise legal and readiness concerns. Identifies concrete effects: fewer available incident management personnel for hurricane season, large drops in cybersecurity advisors and election-security resources, and staffing shortfalls and long checkpoints causing multi-hour wait times at airports. The resolution frames these reductions as having occurred without full congressional authorization and as likely degrading mission readiness.

• Finds significant staffing losses at FEMA, CISA, and TSA with concrete headcount and program reductions cited.
• Reports FEMA shrinkage from ~25,800 to ~22,100 and more than 1,400 buyouts, with GAO finding limited incident management availability.
• Notes CISA’s drop from >3,000 to ~2,300 staff, decline in cybersecurity advisors, and elimination of the Election Security Program (~14 positions, ~$39.6M).
• Documents TSA attrition tied to shutdowns, high callout rates, and multi-hour checkpoint wait times at some airports.
• Places reductions in a legal context, citing the Post‑Katrina statute and potential conflicts with FY2025 appropriations and related court/MSPB actions.
• Characterizes the combined effect as degrading disaster response, cybersecurity posture, and transportation security readiness.
• Does not appropriate funds or create new programs; it is an expression of findings and concerns.
• Raises accountability and oversight questions for DHS and its component agencies.