The Bush administration has proposed spending an additional $4.25 billion on homeland security for the rest of fiscal 2003, part of a $74.7 billion supplemental request sent to Congress March 25. Democrats in Congress are expected to push for more than the administration request.

The homeland security money is divided evenly between security programs at the federal level and funding for state and local efforts to offset the costs of protecting the nation during the war with Iraq.

The administration does not plan to offer any more supplemental budget requests for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, according to a senior administration official.

President Bush is asking Congress to approve the measure before Congress leaves for spring recess April 11.