PUBLIC LAW 114–4—MAR. 4, 2015 129 STAT. 39 

Public Law 114–4 

114th Congress 

An Act 

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 

following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 

not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 

purposes, namely: 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and executive management of 

the Department of Homeland Security, as authorized by law, 

$132,573,000: Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall be for 

official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

That all official costs associated with the use of government aircraft 

by Department of Homeland Security personnel to support official 

travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid 

from amounts made available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary: Provided 

further, That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives, the Committees on the Judiciary of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Homeland 

Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a 

comprehensive plan for implementation of the biometric entry and 

exit data system required under section 7208 of the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), 

including the estimated costs for implementation. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Management, as authorized by sections 701 through 705 of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 through 345), 

$187,503,000, of which not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official 

Deadline. 

Implementation 

plan. 

Department of 

Homeland 

Security 

Appropriations 

Act, 2015. 

Mar. 4, 2015 

[H.R. 240] 


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reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of the total 

amount made available under this heading, $4,493,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2016, solely for the alteration and 

improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, and relocation costs 

to consolidate Department headquarters operations at the Nebraska 

Avenue Complex; and $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for Management shall include in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal 

year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

States Code, a Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report, which 

shall include the information required under the heading ‘‘Office 

of the Under Secretary for Management’’ under title I of division 

D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112– 

74), and shall submit quarterly updates to such report not later 

than 45 days after the completion of each quarter. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $52,020,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

at the time the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 

is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as authorized 

by section 874 of Public Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 454). 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and Department-wide technology investments, $288,122,000; of which $99,028,000 shall be available for 

salaries and expenses; and of which $189,094,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, shall be available for development 

and acquisition of information technology equipment, software, services, and related activities for the Department of Homeland Security. 

ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and operations 

coordination activities, as authorized by title II of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $255,804,000; of which 

not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses; and of which $102,479,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2016. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

(5 U.S.C. App.), $118,617,000; of which not to exceed $300,000 

may be used for certain confidential operational expenses, including 

the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction of 

the Inspector General. 

Reports. 

Deadlines. 


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TITLE II 

SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relating to 

border security, immigration, customs, agricultural inspections and 

regulatory activities related to plant and animal imports, and 

transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens; purchase and lease 

of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; 

and contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; 

$8,459,657,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived from the 

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant 

to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which 

$30,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, solely 

for the purpose of hiring, training, and equipping United States 

Customs and Border Protection officers at ports of entry; of which 

not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation expenses; of which such sums as become available in the 

Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 

of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that account; 

of which not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment 

for rental space in connection with preclearance operations; and 

of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided, That for fiscal 

year 2015, the overtime limitation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) 

of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be 

$35,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to compensate any employee of United States Customs and Border Protection for overtime, from whatever source, in an amount that exceeds 

such limitation, except in individual cases determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, 

to be necessary for national security purposes, to prevent excessive 

costs, or in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

That the Border Patrol shall maintain an active duty presence 

of not less than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents protecting the 

borders of the United States in the fiscal year. 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

For necessary expenses for United States Customs and Border 

Protection for operation and improvement of automated systems, 

including salaries and expenses, $808,169,000; of which 

$446,075,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017; and 

of which not less than $140,970,000 shall be for the development 

of the Automated Commercial Environment. 


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BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY

For expenses for border security fencing, infrastructure, and 

technology, $382,466,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2017. 

AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for the operations, maintenance, and 

procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, 

the Air and Marine Operations Center, and other related equipment 

of the air and marine program, including salaries and expenses, 

operational training, and mission-related travel, the operations of 

which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics and other 

goods; the provision of support to Federal, State, and local agencies 

in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary 

of Homeland Security, the provision of assistance to Federal, State, 

and local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; $750,469,000; of which $299,800,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; and of which $450,669,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 

that are one of a kind and have been identified as excess to 

United States Customs and Border Protection requirements and 

aircraft that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred 

to any other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the 

Department of Homeland Security during fiscal year 2015 without 

prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives: Provided further, That funding 

made available under this heading shall be available for customs 

expenses when necessary to maintain or to temporarily increase 

operations in Puerto Rico: Provided further, That the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later 

than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, on any 

changes to the 5-year strategic plan for the air and marine program 

required under the heading ‘‘Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, and Maintenance’’ in Public Law 112–74. 

CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, renovate, 

equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain buildings, facilities, 

and related infrastructure necessary for the administration and 

enforcement of the laws relating to customs, immigration, and 

border security, $288,821,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2019. 

UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigration and 

customs laws, detention and removals, and investigations, including 

intellectual property rights and overseas vetted units operations; 

and purchase and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement 

only) police-type vehicles; $5,932,756,000; of which not to exceed 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Strategic plan. 

Puerto Rico. 

Notification. 


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$10,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special 

operations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement Act 

of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of which not to exceed $11,475 shall 

be for official reception and representation expenses; of which not 

to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 

of Homeland Security; of which not less than $305,000 shall be 

for promotion of public awareness of the child pornography tipline 

and activities to counter child exploitation; of which not less than 

$5,400,000 shall be used to facilitate agreements consistent with 

section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1357(g)); of which not to exceed $40,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2017, is for maintenance, construction, and 

lease hold improvements at owned and leased facilities; and of 

which not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or 

reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with 

the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: Provided, That none of the 

funds made available under this heading shall be available to 

compensate any employee for overtime in an annual amount in 

excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

or the designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for national security purposes and in cases of immigration 

emergencies: Provided further, That of the total amount provided, 

$15,770,000 shall be for activities to enforce laws against forced 

child labor, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount available, 

not less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available to identify aliens 

convicted of a crime who may be deportable, and to remove them 

from the United States once they are judged deportable: Provided 

further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize 

the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime by 

the severity of that crime: Provided further, That funding made 

available under this heading shall maintain a level of not less 

than 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2015: Provided 

further, That of the total amount provided, not less than 

$3,431,444,000 is for detention, enforcement, and removal operations, including transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens: 

Provided further, That of the amount provided for Custody Operations in the previous proviso, $45,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That of the total amount 

provided for the Visa Security Program and international investigations, $43,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 

Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 shall be available 

for investigation of intellectual property rights violations, including 

operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination 

Center: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 

this heading may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General determines that the terms of the 

agreement governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

under this heading may be used to continue any contract for the 

provision of detention services if the two most recent overall 

performance evaluations received by the contracted facility are less 

than ‘‘adequate’’ or the equivalent median score in any subsequent 

Determination. 

Waiver authority. 


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performance evaluation system: Provided further, That nothing 

under this heading shall prevent United States Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement from exercising those authorities provided 

under immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during 

priority operations pertaining to aliens convicted of a crime: Provided further, That without regard to the limitation as to time 

and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may 

propose to reprogram and transfer funds within and into this appropriation necessary to ensure the detention of aliens prioritized 

for removal. 

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

For expenses of immigration and customs enforcement auto- mated systems, $26,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2017. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

AVIATION SECURITY

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration related to providing civil aviation security services pursuant 

to the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107– 

71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,639,095,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $7,650 

shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That any award to deploy explosives detection systems shall be 

based on risk, the airport’s current reliance on other screening 

solutions, lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, 

high injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: 

Provided further, That security service fees authorized under section 

44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this 

appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be available only 

for aviation security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated 

under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced on 

a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received 

during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

$3,574,095,000: Provided further, That the fees deposited under 

this heading in fiscal year 2013 and sequestered pursuant to section 

251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a), that are currently unavailable for obligation, are hereby permanently cancelled: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, for 

fiscal year 2015, any funds in the Aviation Security Capital Fund 

established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United States Code, 

may be used for the procurement and installation of explosives 

detection systems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding projects described in section 

44923(a) of such title: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, mobile explosives detection equipment purchased and deployed using funds made available under this heading 

may be moved and redeployed to meet evolving passenger and 

baggage screening security priorities at airports: Provided further, 

That none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

for any recruiting or hiring of personnel into the Transportation 


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Security Administration that would cause the agency to exceed 

a staffing level of 45,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided 

further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to personnel 

hired as part-time employees: Provided further, That not later than 

90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

of the Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives a detailed report on— 

(1) the Department of Homeland Security efforts and 

resources being devoted to develop more advanced integrated 

passenger screening technologies for the most effective security 

of passengers and baggage at the lowest possible operating 

and acquisition costs, including projected funding levels for 

each fiscal year for the next 5 years or until project completion, 

whichever is earlier; 

(2) how the Transportation Security Administration is 

deploying its existing passenger and baggage screener 

workforce in the most cost effective manner; and 

(3) labor savings from the deployment of improved technologies for passenger and baggage screening and how those 

savings are being used to offset security costs or reinvested 

to address security vulnerabilities: 

Provided further, That not later than April 15, 2015, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives, a semiannual report updating information on 

a strategy to increase the number of air passengers eligible for 

expedited screening, including: 

(1) specific benchmarks and performance measures to 

increase participation in Pre-Check by air carriers, airports, 

and passengers; 

(2) options to facilitate direct application for enrollment 

in Pre-Check through the Transportation Security Administration’s Web site, airports, and other enrollment locations; 

(3) use of third parties to pre-screen passengers for expedited screening; 

(4) inclusion of populations already vetted by the Transportation Security Administration and other trusted populations 

as eligible for expedited screening; 

(5) resource implications of expedited passenger screening 

resulting from the use of risk-based security methods; and 

(6) the total number and percentage of passengers using 

Pre-Check lanes who: 

(A) have enrolled in Pre-Check since Transportation 

Security Administration enrollment centers were established; 

(B) enrolled using the Transportation Security 

Administration’s Pre-Check application Web site; 

(C) were enrolled as frequent flyers of a participating 

airline; 

(D) utilized Pre-Check as a result of their enrollment 

in a Trusted Traveler program of United States Customs 

and Border Protection; 

(E) were selectively identified to participate in expedited screening through the use of Managed Inclusion in 

fiscal year 2014; and 

(F) are enrolled in all other Pre-Check categories: 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

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Provided further, That Members of the United States House of 

Representatives and United States Senate, including the leadership; 

the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; the United States 

Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys 

General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior members 

of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt 

from Federal passenger and baggage screening. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration related to surface transportation security activities, 

$123,749,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

For necessary expenses for the development and implementation of intelligence and vetting activities, $219,166,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2016. 

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration related to transportation security support pursuant to the 

Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 

Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $917,226,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not later than 90 days 

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives— 

(1) a report providing evidence demonstrating that behavioral indicators can be used to identify passengers who may 

pose a threat to aviation security and the plans that will 

be put into place to collect additional performance data; and 

(2) a report addressing each of the recommendations outlined in the report entitled ‘‘TSA Needs Additional Information 

Before Procuring Next-Generation Systems’’, published by the 

Government Accountability Office on March 31, 2014, and 

describing the steps the Transportation Security Administration 

is taking to implement acquisition best practices, increase 

industry engagement, and improve transparency with regard 

to technology acquisition programs: 

Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for Headquarters 

Administration until the submission of the reports required by 

paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding proviso. 

COAST GUARD

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of 

the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase or lease 

of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, which shall be for 

Deadline. 

Reports. 


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replacement only; purchase or lease of small boats for contingent 

and emergent requirements (at a unit cost of no more than 

$700,000) and repairs and service-life replacements, not to exceed 

a total of $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

overseas deployments and activities; minor shore construction 

projects not exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; 

payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 

402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; $7,043,318,000, 

of which $553,000,000 shall be for defense-related activities, of 

which $213,000,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only if the President 

subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

designations to the Congress; of which $24,500,000 shall be derived 

from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 

of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $15,300 shall be for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided, That none of the 

funds made available by this Act shall be for expenses incurred 

for recreational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 

States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from owners 

of yachts and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

to the extent fees are insufficient to pay expenses of recreational 

vessel documentation under such section 12114, and there is a 

backlog of recreational vessel applications, then personnel performing non-recreational vessel documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, may 

perform documentation under section 12114: Provided further, That 

of the funds provided under this heading, $85,000,000 shall be 

withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters Directorates 

until a future-years capital investment plan for fiscal years 2016 

through 2020, as specified under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ of this Act, is submitted 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives: Provided further, That funds made available 

under this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, and 

activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act: Provided further, 

That, without regard to the limitation as to time and condition 

of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to $10,000,000 

may be reprogrammed to or from Military Pay and Allowances 

in accordance with subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503. 

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard under chapter 

19 of title 14, United States Code, $13,197,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2019. 

RESERVE TRAINING

For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the Coast Guard reserve 

program; personnel and training costs; and equipment and services; 

$114,572,000. 

Investment plan. 

President. 

Designation. 


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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation, 

and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, 

and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; and maintenance, 

rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; as 

authorized by law; $1,225,223,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be 

derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 

purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 

(33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the following amounts shall 

be available until September 30, 2019 (except as subsequently specified): $6,000,000 for military family housing; $824,347,000 to 

acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, or improve vessels, small 

boats, and related equipment; $180,000,000 to acquire, effect major 

repairs to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capability; $59,300,000 for other acquisition programs; $40,580,000 for 

shore facilities and aids to navigation, including facilities at Department of Defense installations used by the Coast Guard; and 

$114,996,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, for 

personnel compensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, 

That the funds provided by this Act shall be immediately available 

and allotted to contract for the production of the eighth National 

Security Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for postproduction costs: Provided further, That the Commandant of the 

Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

Representatives, at the time the President’s budget proposal for 

fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 

31, United States Code, a future-years capital investment plan 

for the Coast Guard that identifies for each requested capital 

asset— 

(1) the proposed appropriations included in that budget; 

(2) the total estimated cost of completion, including and clearly 

delineating the costs of associated major acquisition systems infrastructure and transition to operations; 

(3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year for the next 

5 fiscal years or until acquisition program baseline or project 

completion, whichever is earlier; 

(4) an estimated completion date at the projected funding levels; 

and 

(5) a current acquisition program baseline for each capital 

asset, as applicable, that— 

(A) includes the total acquisition cost of each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and including a detailed description of 

the purpose of the proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, 

including for each fiscal year funds requested for design, preacquisition activities, production, structural modifications, 

missionization, post-delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

(B) includes a detailed project schedule through completion, 

subdivided by fiscal year, that details— 

(i) quantities planned for each fiscal year; and 

(ii) major acquisition and project events, including 

development of operational requirements, contracting 

actions, design reviews, production, delivery, test and 

Investment plan. 

14 USC 663 note. 


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evaluation, and transition to operations, including necessary training, shore infrastructure, and logistics; 

(C) notes and explains any deviations in cost, performance 

parameters, schedule, or estimated date of completion from 

the original acquisition program baseline and the most recent 

baseline approved by the Department of Homeland Security’s 

Acquisition Review Board, if applicable; 

(D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to mission requirements by defining existing capabilities of comparable legacy 

assets, identifying known capability gaps between such existing 

capabilities and stated mission requirements, and explaining 

how the acquisition of each asset will address such known 

capability gaps; 

(E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and the date 

of the estimate on which such costs are based, including all 

associated costs of major acquisitions systems infrastructure 

and transition to operations, delineated by purpose and fiscal 

year for the projected service life of the asset; 

(F) includes the earned value management system summary schedule performance index and cost performance index 

for each asset, if applicable; and 

(G) includes a phase-out and decommissioning schedule 

delineated by fiscal year for each existing legacy asset that 

each asset is intended to replace or recapitalize: 

Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 

ensure that amounts specified in the future-years capital investment 

plan are consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary to support the programs, projects, 

and activities of the Coast Guard in the President’s budget proposal 

for fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 

31, United States Code: Provided further, That any inconsistencies 

between the capital investment plan and proposed appropriations 

shall be identified and justified: Provided further, That the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget shall not delay the submission of the capital investment plan referred to by the preceding 

provisos: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget shall have no more than a single period 

of 10 consecutive business days to review the capital investment 

plan prior to submission: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

Representatives one day after the capital investment plan is submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review and 

the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives when such 

review is completed: Provided further, That subsections (a) and 

(b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110–28 shall hereafter apply 

with respect to the amounts made available under this heading. 

Applicability. 

Notifications. 

Review. 

Time period. 

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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, 

lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by 

law; $17,892,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

of which $500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the 

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That 

there may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State and local governments, other public 

authorities, private sources, and foreign countries for expenses 

incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation. 

RETIRED PAY

For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 

chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments 

under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, concurrent 

receipts, and combat-related special compensation under the 

National Defense Authorization Act, and payments for medical care 

of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

title 10, United States Code, $1,450,626,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 

including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles for police-type 

use for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 

of motorcycles made in the United States; hire of aircraft; services 

of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the 

Director of the United States Secret Service; rental of buildings 

in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, 

and other facilities on private or other property not in Government 

ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform protective 

functions; payment of per diem or subsistence allowances to 

employees in cases in which a protective assignment on the actual 

day or days of the visit of a protectee requires an employee to 

work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 

conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presentation of 

awards; travel of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures 

in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives; research and development; grants to conduct 

behavioral research in support of protective research and operations; 

and payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may 

be necessary to perform protective functions; $1,615,860,000; of 

which not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and 

representation expenses; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall 

be to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 

enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 

$2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of investigations 

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for a grant for activities related to investigations of missing and 

exploited children and shall remain available until September 30, 

2016; and of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be for activities 

related to training in electronic crimes investigations and forensics: 

Provided, That $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That $4,500,000 

for National Special Security Events shall remain available until 

September 30, 2016: Provided further, That the United States Secret 

Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from Federal agencies and entities, as defined in section 

105 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel receiving training 

sponsored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except that 

total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed 

total budgetary resources available under this heading at the end 

of the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

available under this heading shall be available to compensate any 

employee for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, 

except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee 

of the Secretary, may waive that amount as necessary for national 

security purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

available to the United States Secret Service by this Act or by 

previous appropriations Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of a Federal agency other than the Secretary 

of Homeland Security: Provided further, That the Director of the 

United States Secret Service may enter into an agreement to provide such protection on a fully reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

That none of the funds made available to the United States Secret 

Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may be 

obligated for the purpose of opening a new permanent domestic 

or overseas office or location unless the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

15 days in advance of such obligation: Provided further, That not 

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

Director of the United States Secret Service shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, a report providing evidence that the United States 

Secret Service has sufficiently reviewed its professional standards 

of conduct; and has issued new guidance and procedures for the 

conduct of employees when engaged in overseas operations and 

protective missions, consistent with the critical missions of, and 

the unique position of public trust occupied by, the United States 

Secret Service: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 

this heading, $10,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 

Headquarters, Management and Administration until such report 

is submitted: Provided further, That for purposes of section 503(b) 

of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, may 

be transferred between Protection of Persons and Facilities and 

Domestic Field Operations. 

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, repair, 

alteration, and improvement of physical and technological infrastructure, $49,935,000; of which $5,380,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2019, shall be for acquisition, construction, 

improvement, and maintenance of the James J. Rowley Training 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Contracts. 

Waiver authority. 


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Center; and of which $44,555,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for Information Integration and Technology Transformation program execution. 

TITLE III 

PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, support for 

operations, and information technology, $61,651,000: Provided, That 

not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses: Provided further, That the President’s budget proposal 

for fiscal year 2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 

31, United States Code, shall be detailed by office, and by program, 

project, and activity level, for the National Protection and Programs 

Directorate. 

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION SECURITY

For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection and 

information security programs and activities, as authorized by title 

II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 

$1,188,679,000, of which $225,000,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2016: Provided, That if, due to delays in contract 

actions, the National Protection and Programs Directorate will not 

fully obligate funds for Federal Network Security or for Network 

Security Deployment program, project, and activities as provided 

in the accompanying statement and section 548 of this Act, such 

funds may be applied to Next Generation Networks program, 

project, and activities, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 

account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 

related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings 

and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service: Provided, 

That the Director of the Federal Protective Service shall submit 

at the time the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 

is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

Code, a strategic human capital plan that aligns fee collections 

to personnel requirements based on a current threat assessment. 

OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric Identity 

Management, as authorized by section 7208 of the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), 

$252,056,000: Provided, That of the total amount made available 

under this heading, $122,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017. 

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OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Affairs, $129,358,000; of which $26,148,000 is for salaries and expenses 

and $86,891,000 is for BioWatch operations: Provided, That of the 

amount made available under this heading, $16,319,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2016, for biosurveillance, 

chemical defense, medical and health planning and coordination, 

and workforce health protection: Provided further, That not to 

exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $934,396,000, including activities authorized by the 

National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance 

Act of 2000 (division C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Defense 

Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 

107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 

405), Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the 

National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 

(Public Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 

of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina Emergency 

Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 

1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood 

Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That of the total amount 

made available under this heading, $35,180,000 shall be for the 

Urban Search and Rescue Response System, of which none is available for Federal Emergency Management Agency administrative 

costs: Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

under this heading, $30,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for capital improvements and other expenses 

related to continuity of operations at the Mount Weather Emergency 

Operations Center: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

available, $3,400,000 shall be for the Office of National Capital 

Region Coordination: Provided further, That of the total amount 

made available under this heading, not less than $4,000,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2016, for expenses related 

to modernization of automated systems. 

STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated as follows: 

(1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland Security 

Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which not less than $55,000,000 


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shall be for Operation Stonegarden: Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 

2015, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 

to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

(2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which not less than $13,000,000 shall 

be for organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of 

Homeland Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. 

(3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transportation Security 

Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road 

Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 

of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 

1182), of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak 

security and $3,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such public transportation security assistance shall be provided directly to public transportation agencies. 

(4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

(5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current operations 

for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs, 

of which $162,991,000 shall be for training of State, local, 

and tribal emergency response providers: 

Provided, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not 

later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that 

eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days 

after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 

the receipt of an application: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

609(a)(11)) or any other provision of law, a grantee may not use 

more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made available 

under this heading for expenses directly related to administration 

of the grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 

(1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is not considered construction of a building or other physical facility: Provided 

further, That grantees shall provide reports on their use of funds, 

as determined necessary by the Secretary of Homeland Security: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, 

the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

may use the funds provided in paragraph (5) to acquire real property 

for the purpose of establishing or appropriately extending the security buffer zones around Federal Emergency Management Agency 

training facilities. 

FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For grants for programs authorized by the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $680,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which $340,000,000 

shall be available to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 

Reports. 

Grants. 

Deadlines. 

Puerto Rico. 


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2229) and $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 

34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

For emergency management performance grants, as authorized 

by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 

seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan 

No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2015, as 

authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 

Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 

percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland 

Security necessary for its radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology 

for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable 

and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That fees 

received under this heading shall be deposited in this account 

as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized 

purposes on October 1, 2015, and remain available until expended. 

UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Administration and for other purposes, as authorized by the Federal Fire 

Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), 

$44,000,000. 

DISASTER RELIEF FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 

et seq.), $7,033,464,494, to remain available until expended, of 

which $24,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General for audits and investigations related to disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives the following reports, including a specific description of the methodology and the source data used in developing 

such reports: 

(1) an estimate of the following amounts shall be submitted 

for the budget year at the time that the President’s budget proposal 

for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 

title 31, United States Code: 

(A) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried over 

from the prior fiscal year to the budget year; 

Estimates. 

Reports. 

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(B) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried over 

from the budget year to the budget year plus 1; 

(C) the amount of obligations for non-catastrophic events 

for the budget year; 

(D) the amount of obligations for the budget year for catastrophic events delineated by event and by State; 

(E) the total amount that has been previously obligated 

or will be required for catastrophic events delineated by event 

and by State for all prior years, the current year, the budget 

year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year plus 2, and 

the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 

(F) the amount of previously obligated funds that will be 

recovered for the budget year; 

(G) the amount that will be required for obligations for 

emergencies, as described in section 102(1) of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 5122(1)), major disasters, as described in section 102(2) 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 

grants, as described in section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), 

surge activities, and disaster readiness and support activities; 

and 

(H) the amount required for activities not covered under 

section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); Public 

Law 99–177); 

(2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, of the following 

for the current fiscal year shall be submitted not later than the 

fifth day of each month, and shall be published by the Administrator 

on the Agency’s Web site not later than the fifth day of each 

month: 

(A) a summary of the amount of appropriations made available by source, the transfers executed, the previously allocated 

funds recovered, and the commitments, allocations, and obligations made; 

(B) a table of disaster relief activity delineated by month, 

including— 

(i) the beginning and ending balances; 

(ii) the total obligations to include amounts obligated 

for fire assistance, emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

activities; 

(iii) the obligations for catastrophic events delineated 

by event and by State; and 

(iv) the amount of previously obligated funds that are 

recovered; 

(C) a summary of allocations, obligations, and expenditures 

for catastrophic events delineated by event; 

(D) in addition, for a disaster declaration related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the following categories of spending: 

public assistance, individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, operations, and any other relevant category (including 

emergency measures and disaster resources); and 

(E) the date on which funds appropriated will be exhausted: 

Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on the 

Agency’s Web site not later than 5 days after an award of a 

public assistance grant under section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford 

Web posting. 

Deadline. 

Grants. 

Hurricane Sandy. 

Estimates. 

Deadlines. 

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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) 

the specifics of the grant award: Provided further, That for any 

mission assignment or mission assignment task order to another 

Federal department or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 

than 5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment or task 

order, the Administrator shall publish on the Agency’s website 

the following: the name of the impacted State and the disaster 

declaration for such State, the assigned agency, the assistance 

requested, a description of the disaster, the total cost estimate, 

and the amount obligated: Provided further, That not later than 

10 days after the last day of each month until the mission assignment or task order is completed and closed out, the Administrator 

shall update any changes to the total cost estimate and the amount 

obligated: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $6,437,792,622 shall be for major disasters declared 

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That 

the amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Congress 

as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

For necessary expenses, including administrative costs, under 

section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

4101), and under sections 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 

100246 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 

(Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), $100,000,000, and such additional sums as may be provided by State and local governments 

or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities 

under section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain 

available until expended. 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 

(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 

Act of 2012 (subtitle A of title II of division F of Public Law 

112–141; 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance 

Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89; 128 Stat. 1020), 

$179,294,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 

2016, and shall be derived from offsetting amounts collected under 

section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

U.S.C. 4015(d)); which is available for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance operations; and 

floodplain management and additional amounts for flood mapping: 

Provided, That of such amount, $23,759,000 shall be available for 

salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood 

insurance operations and $155,535,000 shall be available for flood 

plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, That any 

additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National 

Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited 

as an offsetting collection to this account, to be available for flood 

plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, That in 

fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be available from the National 

Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood 

Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: 

Deadline. 

Web posting. 


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(1) $136,000,000 for operating expenses; 

(2) $1,139,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 

(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury borrowings; and 

(4) $150,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, 

for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation assistance under 

section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) and 1310(a)(7) of such 

Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 

Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 102 

of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) 

and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as available for section 1366 of the 

National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 

102(f)(8), section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 

1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 4104d(b)(1)– 

(3)): Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 

exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided further, That 

$5,000,000 is available to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner 

Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 

NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

For the predisaster mitigation grant program under section 

203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), $25,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

To carry out the emergency food and shelter program pursuant 

to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $120,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 

3.5 percent of the total amount made available under this heading. 

TITLE IV 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigration services, $124,435,000 for the E-Verify Program, as described in section 

403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), to assist United States 

employers with maintaining a legal workforce: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds otherwise made 

available to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up to 5 

vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Administrator 

of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided 

further, That the Director of United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services may authorize employees who are assigned 

to those areas to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ 

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FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Center, including materials and support costs of Federal 

law enforcement basic training; the purchase of not to exceed 117 

vehicles for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

expenses for student athletic and related activities; the conduct 

of and participation in firearms matches and presentation of 

awards; public awareness and enhancement of community support 

of law enforcement training; room and board for student interns; 

a flat monthly reimbursement to employees authorized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and services as authorized 

by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; $230,497,000; of 

which up to $54,154,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2016, for materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement 

basic training; of which $300,000 shall remain available until 

expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement agencies 

for expenses incurred participating in training accreditation; and 

of which not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and 

representation expenses: Provided, That the Center is authorized 

to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies 

receiving training sponsored by the Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary 

resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 

That section 1202(a) of Public Law 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), 

as amended under this heading in division F of Public Law 113– 

76, is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and 

inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’: Provided further, That the Director 

of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall schedule 

basic or advanced law enforcement training, or both, at all four 

training facilities under the control of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Center to ensure that such training facilities are operated 

at the highest capacity throughout the fiscal year: Provided further, 

That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, 

including representatives from the Federal law enforcement community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement training 

accreditation process to continue the implementation of measuring 

and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

For acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities, construction, and ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, 

and related expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Center, $27,841,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 

Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement 

to this appropriation from government agencies requesting the 

construction of special use facilities. 


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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Science and Technology and for management and administration 

of programs and activities, as authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $129,993,000: 

Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for science and technology research, 

including advanced research projects, development, test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as authorized by title III of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the 

purchase or lease of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $973,915,000; of 

which $538,926,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2017; and of which $434,989,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019, solely for operation and construction of laboratory 

facilities: Provided, That of the funds provided for the operation 

and construction of laboratory facilities under this heading, 

$300,000,000 shall be for construction of the National Bio- and 

Agro-defense Facility. 

DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 

Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for management and administration 

of programs and activities, $37,339,000: Provided, That not to 

exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, $197,900,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2017. 

SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear Detection 

Office acquisition and deployment of radiological detection systems 

in accordance with the global nuclear detection architecture, 

$72,603,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 

TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 


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SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this 

Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for 

activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts 

for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged 

with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter 

may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 

originally enacted. 

SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 

by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred 

to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 

for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from 

any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 

shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 

(1) creates a new program, project, or activity; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, office, or activity; 

(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 

for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 

(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 

by either of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

or the House of Representatives for a different purpose; or 

(5) contracts out any function or activity for which funding 

levels were requested for Federal full-time equivalents in the 

object classification tables contained in the fiscal year 2015 

Budget Appendix for the Department of Homeland Security, 

as modified by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

reprogramming of funds. 

(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided by previous 

appropriations Acts to the agencies in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available for obligation 

or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts 

in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

of fees or proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, 

shall be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds in excess 

of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 

(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 

(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

project, or activity; 

(3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of personnel 

approved by the Congress; or 

(4) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

personnel that would result in a change in existing programs, 

projects, or activities as approved by the Congress, unless the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

reprogramming of funds. 

(c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 

for the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security 

by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be 

transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 

except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by 

more than 10 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 

under this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Contracts. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 


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under subsection (b) and shall not be available for obligation unless 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, 

no funds shall be reprogrammed within or transferred between 

appropriations based upon an initial notification provided after 

June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances that imminently 

threaten the safety of human life or the protection of property. 

(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in this 

section shall apply to any use of deobligated balances of funds 

provided in previous Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 403 of Public Law 103– 

356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall continue operations as a permanent 

working capital fund for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and amounts 

allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working Capital Fund shall be available 

for obligation until expended to carry out the purposes of the 

Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That all departmental 

components shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 

Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds provided to 

the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for purposes consistent 

with the contributing component: Provided further, That the 

Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed 

at rates which will return the full cost of each service: Provided 

further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

House of Representatives shall be notified of any activity added 

to or removed from the fund: Provided further, That the Chief 

Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall 

submit a quarterly execution report with activity level detail, not 

later than 30 days after the end of each quarter. 

SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 

at the end of fiscal year 2015, as recorded in the financial records 

at the time of a reprogramming request, but not later than June 

30, 2016, from appropriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal 

year 2015 in this Act shall remain available through September 

30, 2016, in the account and for the purposes for which the appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the obligation 

of such funds, a request shall be submitted to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

for approval in accordance with section 503 of this Act. 

SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 

activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 

for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 

(50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of 

an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2015. 

SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 

none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to— 

(1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, contract, other 

transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a Department of Homeland Security multiple award contract, or to 

issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 

Approval request. 

Execution report. 

Deadlines. 

Notification. 

31 USC 501 note. 

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(2) award a task or delivery order requiring an obligation of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multiyear Department of Homeland Security funds; 

(3) make a sole-source grant award; or 

(4) announce publicly the intention to make or award items 

under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) including a contract covered 

by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary notifies the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

at least 3 full business days in advance of making an award or 

issuing a letter as described in that subsection. 

(c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 

compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human 

life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, 

and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 

5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 

(d) A notification under this section— 

(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obligation; and 

(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 

for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 

of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 

drawn. 

(e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance 

of announcing publicly the intention of making an award under 

‘‘State and Local Programs’’. 

SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 

shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional facilities, except 

within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 

of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance 

approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use 

of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 

training that cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, 

repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus 

otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States 

Code, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus. 

SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department 

of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public 

Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect 

to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 

sections applied to funds made available in that Act. 

(b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 U.S.C. 114), shall not 

apply with respect to funds made available in this Act. 

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 

American Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 

Applicability. 

Contracts. 

Briefing. 

Deadline. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Waiver authority. 

Notification. 

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‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States 

Code. 

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

SEC. 513. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each 

month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 

Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and 

staffing report for that month that includes total obligations of 

the Department for that month for the fiscal year at the appropriation and program, project, and activity levels, by the source year 

of the appropriation. Total obligations for staffing shall also be 

provided by subcategory of on-board and funded full-time equivalent 

staffing levels, respectively, and the report shall specify the number 

of, and total obligations for, contract employees for each office 

of the Department. 

SEC. 514. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 49, 

United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Security’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 

and 2005 that are recovered or deobligated shall be available only 

for the procurement or installation of explosives detection systems, 

air cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject to 

notification: Provided, That semiannual reports shall be submitted 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives on any funds that are recovered or deobligated. 

SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees 

(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of 

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Information Officers, Contact Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or 

Immigration Services Officers. 

SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, 

Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 

2005, and 2006 for the 110–123 foot patrol boat conversion that 

are recovered, collected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Center instructor staff shall be classified as inherently 

governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory 

Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 

SEC. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 

a report not later than October 15, 2015, to the Office of Inspector 

General of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants 

and contracts awarded by any means other than full and open 

competition during fiscal year 2015. 

(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 

by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compliance with applicable 

laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives not later than February 15, 2016. 

SEC. 519. None of the funds provided by this or previous appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any position designated as 

Deadlines. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

Deadline. 

Budget. 

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a Principal Federal Official (or the successor thereto) for any Robert 

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5121 et seq.) declared disasters or emergencies unless— 

(1) the responsibilities of the Principal Federal Official 

do not include operational functions related to incident management, including coordination of operations, and are consistent 

with the requirements of section 509(c) and sections 503(c)(3) 

and 503(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

319(c) and 313(c)(3) and 313(c)(4)(A)) and section 302 of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5143); 

(2) not later than 10 business days after the latter of 

the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security appoints 

the Principal Federal Official and the date on which the President issues a declaration under section 401 or section 501 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191, respectively), the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall submit a notification of the appointment of the Principal Federal Official and a description of 

the responsibilities of such Official and how such responsibilities are consistent with paragraph (1) to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

(3) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report specifying 

timeframes and milestones regarding the update of operations, 

planning and policy documents, and training and exercise protocols, to ensure consistency with paragraph (1) of this section. 

SEC. 520. None of the funds provided or otherwise made available in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452). 

SEC. 521. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 

alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 

Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 

and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and 

the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 

in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any Civil 

Engineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted 

after the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

to grant an immigration benefit unless the results of background 

checks required by law to be completed prior to the granting of 

the benefit have been received by United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, and the results do not preclude the granting 

of the benefit. 

SEC. 523. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

(6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until September 30, 

2014,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 30, 2015,’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014,’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015,’’. 

SEC. 524. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 

that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that 

provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes 

Contracts. 

Immigration. 

Reports. 

Notification. 

Appointment. 


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(which outcomes shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and 

performance). 

SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to 

approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws 

pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for the transportation of crude oil 

distributed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretaries 

of the Departments of Energy and Transportation and representatives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes adequate 

measures to ensure the use of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

Representatives within 2 business days of any request for waivers 

of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 

501(b). 

SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act for 

United States Customs and Border Protection may be used to 

prevent an individual not in the business of importing a prescription 

drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from 

Canada that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act: Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals 

transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That 

the prescription drug may not be— 

(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 

the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or 

(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 

SEC. 527. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 

reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center 

mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels. 

SEC. 528. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

of any proposed transfers of funds available under section 

9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code (as added by Public 

Law 102–393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 

Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: 

Provided, That none of the funds identified for such a transfer 

may be obligated until the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives approve the proposed 

transfers. 

SEC. 529. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 

identification card. 

SEC. 530. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition 

under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities 

performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

SEC. 531. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 days after the date 

on which the President determines whether to declare a major 

Deadline. 

President. 

Determination. 

Disaster 

assistance. 

Web posting. 

Reports. 

National 

identification 

card. 

Consultation. 

Notification. 

Applicability. 

Time period. 

Exports and 

imports. 

Drugs and drug 

abuse. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Waiver authority. 

Vessels. 

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disaster because of an event and any appeal is completed, the 

Administrator shall publish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency a report regarding that decision that 

shall summarize damage assessment information used to determine 

whether to declare a major disaster. 

(b) The Administrator may redact from a report under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator determines would compromise national security. 

(c) In this section— 

(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of 

the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and 

(2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning given that 

term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

SEC. 532. Any official that is required by this Act to report 

or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority 

to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein. 

SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 

or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 

its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 

other detainee who— 

(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 

Armed Forces of the United States; and 

(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 534. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded 

by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 535. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 

SEC. 536. (a) Any company that collects or retains personal 

information directly from any individual who participates in the 

Registered Traveler or successor program of the Transportation 

Security Administration shall hereafter safeguard and dispose of 

such information in accordance with the requirements in— 

(1) the National Institute for Standards and Technology 

Special Publication 800–30, entitled ‘‘Risk Management Guide 

for Information Technology Systems’’; 

(2) the National Institute for Standards and Technology 

Special Publication 800–53, Revision 3, entitled ‘‘Recommended 

Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and 

Organizations’’; and 

(3) any supplemental standards established by the 

Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration 

(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’). 

(b) The airport authority or air carrier operator that sponsors 

the company under the Registered Traveler program shall hereafter 

be known as the ‘‘Sponsoring Entity’’. 

(c) The Administrator shall hereafter require any company 

covered by subsection (a) to provide, not later than 30 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act, to the Sponsoring Entity written 

certification that the procedures used by the company to safeguard 

Deadline. 

Certification. 

Privacy. 

49 USC 114 note. 

Khalid Sheikh 

Mohammed. 

Cuba. 

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and dispose of information are in compliance with the requirements 

under subsection (a). Such certification shall include a description 

of the procedures used by the company to comply with such requirements. 

SEC. 537. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 

performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements 

of a contract. 

SEC. 538. In developing any process to screen aviation passengers and crews for transportation or national security purposes, 

the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that all such 

processes take into consideration such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties consistent with applicable laws, regulations, 

and guidance. 

SEC. 539. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of title 8, United 

States Code, of the funds deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, $10,000,000 may be allocated by United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2015 for the 

purpose of providing an immigrant integration grants program. 

(b) None of the funds made available to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for immigrant integration 

may be used to provide services to aliens who have not been 

lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 

SEC. 540. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the 

Under Secretary for Management’’, $48,600,000, to remain available 

until expended, for necessary expenses to plan, acquire, design, 

construct, renovate, remediate, equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy buildings and facilities for the department headquarters consolidation project and associated mission support 

consolidation: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall receive an 

expenditure plan not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

of the Act detailing the allocation of these funds. 

SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland 

Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract 

is entered into in accordance with the requirements of subtitle 

I of title 41, United States Code, or chapter 137 of title 10, United 

States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

SEC. 542. (a) For an additional amount for financial systems 

modernization, $34,072,000 to remain available until September 

30, 2016. 

(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for financial systems 

modernization may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland 

Security between appropriations for the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur until 

15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives are notified of such transfer. 

SEC. 543. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation contained 

in section 503(c) of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up 

to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Department 

Deadline. 

Notification. 

Contracts. 

Expenditure 

plan. 

Deadline. 

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of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

SEC. 544. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 

Secretary of Homeland Security determines that specific United 

States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing 

Centers or other United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned detention facilities no longer meet the mission need, 

the Secretary is authorized to dispose of individual Service Processing Centers or other United States Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement owned detention facilities by directing the Administrator of General Services to sell all real and related personal 

property which support Service Processing Centers or other United 

States Immigration and Customs Enforcement owned detention 

facilities, subject to such terms and conditions as necessary to 

protect Government interests and meet program requirements: Provided, That the proceeds, net of the costs of sale incurred by 

the General Services Administration and United States Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement, shall be deposited as offsetting collections into a separate account that shall be available, subject to 

appropriation, until expended for other real property capital asset 

needs of existing United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement assets, excluding daily operations and maintenance costs, 

as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further, That any 

sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities shall not 

result in the maintenance of fewer than 34,000 detention beds: 

Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives shall be notified 15 days 

prior to the announcement of any proposed sale or collocation. 

SEC. 545. The Commissioner of United States Customs and 

Border Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 

for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall, 

with respect to fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives, at the time that the President’s budget proposal 

for fiscal year 2016 is submitted pursuant to the requirements 

of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the information 

required in the multi-year investment and management plans 

required, respectively, under the headings ‘‘U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’ under title II of division 

D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112– 

74); ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Security Fencing, 

Infrastructure, and Technology’’ under such title; and section 568 

of such Act. 

SEC. 546. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 

enforcement of all immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

SEC. 547. (a) Of the amounts made available by this Act for 

‘‘National Protection and Programs Directorate, Infrastructure 

Protection and Information Security’’, $140,525,000 for the Federal 

Network Security program, project, and activity shall be used to 

deploy on Federal systems technology to improve the information 

security of agency information systems covered by section 3543(a) 

of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That funds made available 

under this section shall be used to assist and support Governmentwide and agency-specific efforts to provide adequate, risk-based, 

and cost-effective cybersecurity to address escalating and rapidly 

44 USC 3551 

note. 

Deadlines. 

Plans. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

Determination. 

Detention 

facilities. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 


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evolving threats to information security, including the acquisition 

and operation of a continuous monitoring and diagnostics program, 

in collaboration with departments and agencies, that includes equipment, software, and Department of Homeland Security supplied 

services: Provided further, That continuous monitoring and 

diagnostics software procured by the funds made available by this 

section shall not transmit to the Department of Homeland Security 

any personally identifiable information or content of network 

communications of other agencies’ users: Provided further, That 

such software shall be installed, maintained, and operated in accordance with all applicable privacy laws and agency-specific policies 

regarding network content. 

(b) Funds made available under this section may not be used 

to supplant funds provided for any such system within an agency 

budget. 

(c) Not later than July 1, 2015, the heads of all Federal agencies 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives expenditure plans for necessary 

cybersecurity improvements to address known vulnerabilities to 

information systems described in subsection (a). 

(d) Not later than October 1, 2015, and semiannually thereafter, 

the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the Director of 

the Office of Management and Budget a report on the execution 

of the expenditure plan for that agency required by subsection 

(c): Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget shall summarize such execution reports and annually 

submit such summaries to Congress in conjunction with the annual 

progress report on implementation of the E-Government Act of 

2002 (Public Law 107–347), as required by section 3606 of title 

44, United States Code. 

(e) This section shall not apply to the legislative and judicial 

branches of the Federal Government and shall apply to all Federal 

agencies within the executive branch except for the Department 

of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the 

Director of National Intelligence. 

SEC. 548. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 549. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the 

transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal 

law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is 

an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of 

the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at 

all times. 

SEC. 550. None of the funds provided in this or any other 

Act may be obligated to implement the National Preparedness 

Grant Program or any other successor grant programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

SEC. 551. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to provide funding for the position of Public Advocate, 

Firearms. 

Pornography. 

Applicability. 

Deadlines. 

Execution 

summaries. 

Deadline. 

Execution 

reports. 

Deadline. 

Expenditure 

plans. 

Privacy. 


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or a successor position, within United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

SEC. 552. (a) Section 559 of division F of Public Law 113– 

76 is amended as follows: 

(1) Subsection (f)(2)(B) is amended by adding at the end: 

‘‘Such transfer shall not be required for personal property, 

including furniture, fixtures, and equipment.’’; and 

(2) Subsection (e)(3)(b) is amended by inserting after ‘‘payment of overtime’’ the following: ‘‘and the salaries, training 

and benefits of individuals employed by U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in performing law enforcement functions at ports 

of entry, including primary and secondary processing of passengers’’. 

(b) Section 560(g) of division D of Public Law 113–6 is amended 

by inserting after ‘‘payment of overtime’’ the following: ‘‘and the 

salaries, training and benefits of individuals employed by U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to support U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection officers in performing law enforcement functions at ports 

of entry, including primary and secondary processing of passengers’’. 

(c) The Commissioner of United States Customs and Border 

Protection may modify a reimbursable fee agreement in effect as 

of the date of enactment of this Act to include costs specified 

in this section. 

SEC. 553. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 

employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland 

Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single international conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

or a designee, determines that such attendance is in the national 

interest and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 

of that determination and the basis for that determination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international 

conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United 

States attended by representatives of the United States Government 

and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. 

SEC. 554. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 

participation in a National Special Security Event. 

SEC. 555. With the exception of countries with preclearance 

facilities in service prior to 2013, none of the funds made available 

in this Act may be used for new United States Customs and Border 

Protection air preclearance agreements entering into force after 

February 1, 2014, unless— 

(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, has certified to Congress that 

air preclearance operations at the airport provide a homeland 

or national security benefit to the United States; 

(2) United States passenger air carriers are not precluded 

from operating at existing preclearance locations; and 

(3) a United States passenger air carrier is operating at 

all airports contemplated for establishment of new air 

preclearance operations. 

SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used by the Administrator of the Transportation 

Consultation. 

Certification. 

Aircrafts and air 

carriers. 

Contracts. 

Definition. 

Determination. 

Notification. 

Deadline. 

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Security Administration to implement, administer, or enforce, in 

abrogation of the responsibility described in section 44903(n)(1) 

of title 49, United States Code, any requirement that airport operators provide airport-financed staffing to monitor exit points from 

the sterile area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 

Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. 

SEC. 557. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Firefighter 

Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waivers from the 

requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), 

(c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

SEC. 558. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall not— 

(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 

crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or 

the Northern border at a land port of entry; or 

(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border 

crossing fee. 

(b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, 

and driver and passenger of a private motor vehicle is required 

to pay for the privilege of crossing the Southern border or the 

Northern border at a land port of entry. 

SEC. 559. The administrative law judge annuitants participating in the Senior Administrative Law Judge Program managed 

by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under section 

3323 of title 5, United States Code, shall be available on a temporary reemployment basis to conduct arbitrations of disputes 

arising from delivery of assistance under the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency Public Assistance Program. 

SEC. 560. As authorized by section 601(b) of the United StatesColombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public 

Law 112–42) fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, 

Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of 

the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

SEC. 561. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 

who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the 

President’s budget submission to the Congress of the United States 

for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on the Department of Homeland Security that assumes 

revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to 

user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 

to the submission of the budget unless such budget submission 

identifies which additional spending reductions should occur in 

the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 

date of the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal 

year 2016 appropriations Act. 

SEC. 562. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 

to the Congress, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act and annually thereafter, beginning at the time the 

President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a comprehensive report on the purchase and usage of weapons, subdivided 

by weapon type. The report shall include— 

Deadline. 

Reports. 

6 USC 472. 

Canada. 

Mexico. 

Arbitration. 

Effective date. 

Grants. 

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(1) the quantity of weapons in inventory at the end of 

the preceding calendar year, and the amount of weapons, subdivided by weapon type, included in the budget request for 

each relevant component or agency in the Department of Homeland Security; 

(2) a description of how such quantity and purchase aligns 

to each component or agency’s mission requirements for certification, qualification, training, and operations; and 

(3) details on all contracting practices applied by the 

Department of Homeland Security, including comparative 

details regarding other contracting options with respect to cost 

and availability. 

(b) The reports required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 

in an appropriate format in order to ensure the safety of law 

enforcement personnel. 

SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

be used for the environmental remediation of the Coast Guard’s 

LORAN support in Wildwood/Lower Township, New Jersey. 

SEC. 564. None of the funds made available to the Department 

of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obligated 

for any structural pay reform that affects more than 100 fulltime equivalent employee positions or costs more than $5,000,000 

in a single year before the end of the 30-day period beginning 

on the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits 

to Congress a notification that includes— 

(1) the number of full-time equivalent employee positions 

affected by such change; 

(2) funding required for such change for the current year 

and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program; 

(3) justification for such change; and 

(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to such change 

that were considered by the Department. 

SEC. 565. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 

this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 

Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives in this Act, upon the determination by the head 

of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

(1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 

or national security; or 

(2) the report contains proprietary information. 

(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 

only after such report has been made available to the requesting 

Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days 

except as otherwise specified in law. 

SEC. 566. Section 605 of division E of Public Law 110–161 

(6 U.S.C. 1404) is hereby repealed. 

SEC. 567. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may transfer up to $95,000,000 in unobligated balances made available for the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Assistance Direct Loan 

Program’’ under section 2(a) of the Community Disaster Loan Act 

of 2005 (Public Law 109–88; 119 Stat. 2061) or under chapter 

5 of title I of division B of the Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

(110–329; 122 Stat. 3592) to the appropriations account for ‘‘Federal 

Repeal. 

Time period. 

Public 

information. 

Web posting. 

Reports. 

Pay reform. 

Time period. 

Effective date. 

Notification. 

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Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Relief Fund’’. Amounts 

transferred to such account under this section shall be available 

for any authorized purpose of such account. 

SEC. 568. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Gerardo 

Ismael Hernandez, a Transportation Security Officer employed by 

the Transportation Security Administration who died as the direct 

result of an injury sustained in the line of duty on November 

1, 2013, at the Los Angeles International Airport, shall be deemed 

to have been a public safety officer for the purposes of the Omnibus 

Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et 

seq.). 

SEC. 569. The Office of Management and Budget and the 

Department of Homeland Security shall ensure the congressional 

budget justifications accompanying the President’s budget proposal 

for the Department of Homeland Security, submitted pursuant to 

section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, include estimates 

of the number of unaccompanied alien children anticipated to be 

apprehended in the budget year and the number of agent or officer 

hours required to process, manage, and care for such children: 

Provided, That such materials shall also include estimates of all 

other associated costs for each relevant Departmental component, 

including but not limited to personnel; equipment; supplies; facilities; managerial, technical, and advisory services; medical treatment; and all costs associated with transporting such children from 

one Departmental component to another or from a Departmental 

component to another Federal agency. 

SEC. 570. Notwithstanding section 404 or 420 of the Robert 

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5170c and 5187), until September 30, 2015, the President may 

provide hazard mitigation assistance in accordance with such section 404 in any area in which assistance was provided under such 

section 420. 

SEC. 571. That without regard to the limitation as to time 

and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may 

propose to reprogram within and transfer funds into ‘‘U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’ and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Salaries and Expenses’’ as necessary to ensure the care and transportation of unaccompanied 

alien children. 

SEC. 572. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, grants 

awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the United States 

under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

(6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds provided under the heading 

‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, State and Local Programs’’ in division F of Public Law 113–76 or division D of Public 

Law 113–6 may be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, 

or reimbursement of costs, related to providing humanitarian relief 

to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by 

an alien minor where they are encountered after entering the 

United States, provided that such costs were incurred during the 

award period of performance. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 573. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 

Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 

the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 

Extension date. 

Estimates. 

Alien children. 

Gerardo Ismael 

Hernandez. 

Law enforcement 

and crime. 

California. 


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Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

99–177): 

(1) $5,000,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 

‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Security, Fencing, 

Infrastructure, and Technology’’; (2) $8,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under the heading 

‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations’’ in division F of such Act; (3) $10,000,000 from unobligated prior year balances from 

‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Construction and Facilities Management’’; (4) $15,300,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security Administration, Aviation Security’’ account 70x0550; (5) $187,000,000 from Public Law 113–76 under the 

heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administration, Aviation 

Security’’; (6) $2,550,000 from Public Law 112–10 under the heading 

‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; (7) $12,095,000 from Public Law 112–74 under the heading 

‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; (8) $16,349,000 from Public Law 113–6 under the heading 

‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; (9) $30,643,000 from Public Law 113–76 under the heading 

‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; (10) $24,000,000 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ account 

70x0716; and (11) $16,627,000 from ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, 

Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’ account 70x0800. 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 574. From the unobligated balances made available in 

the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by 

section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, (added by section 

638 of Public Law 102–393), $175,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 575. Of the funds transferred to the Department of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the following funds 

are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

in the specified amounts: (1) $1,317,018 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Salaries and Expenses’’; (2) $57,998 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, 

and Improvements’’; (3) $17,597 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

Office of Domestic Preparedness’’; and 

(4) $82,926 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’. 

SEC. 576. The following unobligated balances made available 

to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 

of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014 

(Public Law 113–76) are rescinded: 


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129 STAT. 76 PUBLIC LAW 114–4—MAR. 4, 2015 

(1) $463,404 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive 

Management’’; (2) $47,023 from ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’; 

(3) $29,852 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’; 

(4) $16,346 from ‘‘Office of the Chief Information Officer’’; 

(5) $816,384 from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 

(6) $158,931 from ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; 

(7) $635,153 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Salaries and Expenses’’; 

(8) $65,195 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Automation Modernization’’; 

(9) $96,177 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Air and Marine Operations’’; 

(10) $2,368,902 from ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

(11) $600,000 from ‘‘Transportation Security Administration, Federal Air Marshals’’; 

(12) $3,096,521 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Operating Expenses’’; 

(13) $208,654 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Reserve Training’’; 

(14) $1,722,319 from ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

(15) $1,256,900 from ‘‘United States Secret Service, Salaries 

and Expenses’’; 

(16) $107,432 from ‘‘National Protection and Programs 

Directorate, Management and Administration’’; 

(17) $679,212 from ‘‘National Protection and Programs 

Directorate, Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’; 

(18) $26,169 from ‘‘Office of Biometric Identity Management’’; 

(19) $37,201 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs’’; 

(20) $818,184 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

(21) $447,280 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, State and Local Programs’’; 

(22) $98,841 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, United States Fire Administration’’; 

(23) $448,073 from ‘‘United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services’’; 

(24) $519,503 from ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Center, Salaries and Expenses’’; 

(25) $500,005 from ‘‘Science and Technology, Management 

and Administration’’; and 

(26) $68,910 from ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, 

Management and Administration’’. 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 577. Of the unobligated balances made available to ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Relief Fund’’, 

$375,000,000 shall be rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may 

be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 

on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That no amounts 

may be rescinded from the amounts that were designated by the 


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PUBLIC LAW 114–4—MAR. 4, 2015 129 STAT. 77 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 240: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015): 

Jan. 13, 14, considered and passed House. 

Feb. 26, considered in Senate. 

Feb. 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. House disagreed to Senate 

amendment. 

Mar. 3, House receded and concurred in Senate amendment. 

Æ 

Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 578. The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed 

in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record, 

on or about January 13, 2015, by the Chairman of the Committee 

on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with 

respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act 

as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

Approved March 4, 2015. 


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