U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, says the latest funding is part of a total $8.7 billion in discretionary funding allocated to the Coast Guard in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's budget for fiscal year 2014. Landrieu said she has included funding for another six boats in the 2015 fiscal year homeland security appropriations bill.