Editing Federal Bureau of Investigation (section)

== Mission, priorities and budget ==
[[File:Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide.pdf|thumb|FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (.pdf file)]]

=== Mission ===
The mission of the FBI is to "protect the American people and uphold the [[Constitution of the United States]]".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Mission & Priorities |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about/mission |access-date=2021-01-09 |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224033/https://www.fbi.gov/about/mission |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Priorities ===
Currently, the FBI's top priorities are:<ref name=":2" />

*Protect the United States from [[Terrorist attacks in the United States|terrorist attacks]]
*Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations, espionage, and cyber operations
*Combat significant cybercriminal activity
*Combat public [[Political corruption|corruption]] at all levels
*Protect [[Civil rights in the United States|civil rights]]
*Combat transnational criminal enterprises
*Combat major [[white-collar crime]]
*Combat significant [[Violent crime in the United States|violent crime]]

=== Budget ===
In the fiscal year 2019, the Bureau's total budget was approximately $9.6&nbsp;billion.<ref name="mission">{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about/mission |title=Mission & Priorities |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=July 29, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711160508/https://www.fbi.gov/about/mission |archive-date=July 11, 2019}}</ref>

In the Authorization and Budget Request to Congress for fiscal year 2021,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/doj/page/file/1246311/download |title=FY 2021 Authorization and Budget Request to Congress |publisher=justice.gov |access-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220205033/https://www.justice.gov/doj/page/file/1246311/download |url-status=live }}</ref> the FBI asked for $9,800,724,000. Of that money, $9,748,829,000 would be used for Salaries and Expenses (S&E) and $51,895,000 for Construction.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=FY 2021 Authorization And Budget Request to Congress |url=https://www.justice.gov/doj/page/file/1246311/download |access-date=January 9, 2021 |publisher=United States Justice Department |publication-date=February 2020 |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220205033/https://www.justice.gov/doj/page/file/1246311/download |url-status=live }}</ref> The S&E program saw an increase of $199,673,000.