IIB 

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2555

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 25, 2003

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year end4 ing September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, namely:

5 TITLE I—DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

6 OPERATIONS 

7 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses for management and oper10 ations of the Department of Homeland Security 

11 $221,493,000; of which not to exceed $78,975,000 shall 

12 be for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Manage13 ment; of which not to exceed $116,139,000 shall be for 

14 the Office of the Under Secretary for Management; of 

15 which not to exceed $8,106,000 shall be for the Immediate 

16 Office of the Under Secretary for Border and Transpor17 tation Security; of which not to exceed $10,044,000 shall 

18 be for the Immediate Office of the Under Secretary for 

19 Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection and 

20 the Command Center; of which not to exceed $3,293,000 

21 shall be for the Immediate Office of the Under Secretary 

22 for Emergency Preparedness and Response; and of which 

23 not to exceed $4,936,000 shall be for the Immediate Office 

24 of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology: Pro25 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for un-
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1 foreseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo2 cated and expended under the direction of the Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security: Provided further, That not to ex4 ceed $40,000 shall be for allocation within the Department 

5 for official reception and representation expenses as the 

6 Secretary may determine.

7 COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

8 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Sec9 retary of Homeland Security, $20,000,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, to reimburse any Federal agency 

11 for the costs of providing support to counter, investigate, 

12 or prosecute unexpected threats or acts of terrorism, in13 cluding payment of rewards in connection with these ac14 tivities: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com15 mittees on Appropriations 15 days prior to the obligation 

16 of any amount of these funds in accordance with section 

17 503 of this Act.

18 DEPARTMENT-WIDE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS

19 For development and acquisition of information tech20 nology equipment, software, services, and related activities 

21 for the Department of Homeland Security, and for the 

22 costs of conversion to narrowband communications, in23 cluding the cost for operation of the Land Mobile Radio 

24 legacy systems, $206,000,000, to remain available until 

25 expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
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1 shall be used to support or supplement the appropriations 

2 provided for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Sta3 tus Indicator Technology system and the Automated Com4 mercial Environment.

5 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses for the Office of the Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $58,118,000; of 

11 which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for unfore12 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 

13 under the direction of the Inspector General of the De14 partment of Homeland Security: Provided, That in addi15 tion, $22,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

16 Emergency Preparedness and Response Disaster Relief 

17 Fund.

18 TITLE II—BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION 

19 SECURITY 

20 CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 

21 BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Customs 

25 and Border Protection for enforcement of laws relating to 

26 border security, immigration, customs, and agricultural 
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1 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

2 animal imports, including planning, construction, and nec3 essary related activities of buildings and facilities, 

4 $4,584,600,000; of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be 

5 for official reception and representation expenses; of which 

6 not to exceed $129,000,000 to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2005, shall be for inspection technology; of 

8 which such sums as become available in the Customs User 

9 Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13021(f)(3) 

10 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 

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

12 account; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be 

13 for payments or advances arising out of contractual or re14 imbursable agreements with State and local law enforce15 ment agencies while engaged in cooperative activities re16 lated to immigration: Provided, That none of the funds 

17 available to the Directorate of Border and Transportation 

18 Security may be used to pay any employee overtime pay 

19 in an amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar 

20 year beginning January 1, 2004, except that the Commis21 sioner of Customs and Border Protection may exceed such 

22 limitation as necessary for national security purposes and 

23 in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

24 That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the 

25 general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
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1 year: Provided further, That no funds shall be available 

2 for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any Bor3 der Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector: Provided fur4 ther, That the Border Patrol shall relocate its checkpoints 

5 in the Tucson sector at least once every 7 days in a man6 ner designed to prevent persons subject to inspection from 

7 predicting the location of any such checkpoint. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses related to the 

9 collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to 

10 Public Law 103–182, and notwithstanding section 

11 1511(e)(1) of Public Law 107–296, $3,000,000 to be de12 rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and to 

13 be transferred to and merged with this account.

14 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

15 For expenses not otherwise provided for Bureau of 

16 Customs and Border Protection automated systems, 

17 $493,727,000, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which not less than $318,690,000 shall be for the develop19 ment of the Automated Commercial Environment: Pro20 vided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

21 heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial 

22 Environment until the Bureau of Customs and Border 

23 Protection prepares and submits to the Committees on 

24 Appropriations a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the 

25 capital planning and investment control review require-
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1 ments established by the Office of Management and Budg2 et, including OMB Circular A–11, part 3; (2) complies 

3 with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection’s En4 terprise Information Systems Architecture; (3) complies 

5 with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 

6 systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

7 Government; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Bureau 

8 of Customs and Border Protection Investment Review 

9 Board, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Of10 fice of Management and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by 

11 the General Accounting Office: Provided further, That 

12 none of the funds appropriated under this heading may 

13 be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment 

14 until such expenditure plan has been approved by the 

15 Committees on Appropriations.

16 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT 

17 BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Immigration 

20 and Customs Enforcement for enforcement of immigration 

21 and customs laws, detention and removals, investigations, 

22 including planning, construction, and necessary related ac23 tivities of buildings and facilities, $2,030,000,000; of 

24 which not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available until 

25 expended, shall be for conducting special operations pursu-
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1 ant to Public Law 99–570 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of which 

2 not to exceed $15,000 shall be for official reception and 

3 representation expenses; of which not less than $100,000 

4 shall be for promotion of public awareness of the child por5 nography tipline; and of which not less than $200,000 

6 shall be for Project Alert: Provided, That none of the 

7 funds available to the Bureau of Immigration and Cus8 toms Enforcement may be used to pay any employee over9 time pay in an amount in excess of $30,000 during the 

10 calendar year beginning January 1, 2004, except that the 

11 Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Immigration and 

12 Customs Enforcement may exceed such limitation as nec13 essary for national security purposes and in cases of immi14 gration emergencies: Provided further, That of the total 

15 amount of funds made available for activities to enforce 

16 laws against forced child labor in fiscal year 2004, not 

17 to exceed $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

18 for support of such activities: Provided further, That uni19 forms may be purchased without regard to the general 

20 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.

21 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the operations of the Federal Protective Service, 

25 $424,211,000 shall be transferred from the revenues and 
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1 collections in the General Services Administration, Federal 

2 Buildings Fund.

3 AUTOMATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION

4 For expenses not otherwise provided for Bureau of 

5 Immigration and Customs Enforcement automated sys6 tems, $367,605,000, to remain available until expended, 

7 of which not less than $350,000,000 shall be for the devel8 opment of the United States Visitor and Immigrant Sta9 tus Indicator Technology system (US VISIT): Provided, 

10 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

11 may be obligated for US VISIT until the Bureau of Immi12 gration and Customs Enforcement prepares and submits 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for expendi14 ture that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment 

15 control review requirements established by the Office of 

16 Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A–11, 

17 part 3; (2) complies with the Bureau of Immigration and 

18 Customs Enforcement Enterprise Information Systems 

19 Architecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, re20 quirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage21 ment practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed 

22 and approved by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs 

23 Enforcement Investment Review Board, the Department 

24 of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and 

25 Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting 
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1 Office: Provided further, That none of the funds appro2 priated under this heading may be obligated for US VISIT 

3 until such expenditure plan has been approved by the 

4 Committees on Appropriations.

5 AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

7 for the operation, maintenance and procurement of marine 

8 vessels, aircraft, and other related equipment of the Office 

9 of Air and Marine Interdiction of the Bureau of Immigra10 tion and Customs Enforcement, including operational 

11 training and mission-related travel, and rental payments 

12 for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and 

13 demand reduction programs, the operations of which in14 clude the following: conducting homeland security oper15 ations; interdiction of narcotics and other illegal sub16 stances or items; the provision of support to Department 

17 of Homeland Security and other Federal, State, and local 

18 agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws en19 forced by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs En20 forcement; and, at the discretion of the Under Secretary 

21 for Border and Transportation Security, the provision of 

22 assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in other 

23 law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, 

24 $175,000,000, which shall remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equip-
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1 ment, with the exception of aircraft that are one of a kind 

2 and have been identified as excess to Bureau of Immigra3 tion and Customs Enforcement requirements and aircraft 

4 that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans5 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office 

6 outside of the Department of Homeland Security, during 

7 fiscal year 2004 without the prior approval of the Commit8 tees on Appropriations.

9 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

10 AVIATION SECURITY

11 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu12 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu13 rity services pursuant to Public Law 107–71, 

14 $3,679,200,000 (reduced by $20,000,000), to remain 

15 available until expended, of which not to exceed $3,000 

16 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

17 Provided, That of such total amount, not to exceed 

18 $1,672,700,000 shall be for passenger screening activities; 

19 not to exceed $1,284,800,000 shall be for baggage screen20 ing activities; and not to exceed $721,700,000 shall be for 

21 airport support and enforcement presence: Provided fur22 ther, That security service fees authorized under section 

23 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited 

24 to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for 

25 providing civil aviation security services authorized by that 
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1 section: Provided further, That the sum herein appro2 priated from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dol3 lar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re4 ceived during fiscal year 2004, so as to result in a final 

5 fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated 

6 at not more than $1,609,200,000: Provided further, That 

7 any security service fees collected in excess of the amount 

8 appropriated under this heading shall be treated as offset9 ting collections in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That 

10 none of the funds in this Act shall be used to recruit or 

11 hire personnel into the Transportation Security Adminis12 tration which would cause the agency to exceed a staffing 

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

14 further, That of the total amount provided herein, 

15 $235,000,000 shall be available only for physical modifica16 tion of commercial service airports for the purpose of in17 stalling checked baggage explosive detection systems and 

18 $100,000,000 shall be available only for procurement of 

19 checked baggage explosive detection systems. 

20 FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS

21 For necessary expenses of the Federal air marshals, 

22 $634,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 MARITIME AND LAND SECURITY

24 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu25 rity Administration related to maritime and land transpor-
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1 tation security grants and services pursuant to Public Law 

2 107–71, $231,700,000, to remain available until ex3 pended: Provided, That of such amount, $100,000,000 

4 shall be available only to make port security grants, which 

5 shall be distributed under the same terms and conditions 

6 as provided for under Public Law 107–117. 

7 INTELLIGENCE

8 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu9 rity Administration related to transportation security in10 telligence activities, $13,700,000, to remain available until 

11 expended.

12 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

13 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu14 rity Administration for research and development related 

15 to transportation security, $125,700,000, to remain avail16 able until expended.

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu19 rity Administration for administrative activities, including 

20 headquarters and field support, training, and information 

21 technology, $487,100,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2005.
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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING 

2 CENTER 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For the necessary expenses of the Federal Law En5 forcement Training Center, $136,629,000, of which 

6 $26,635,000 shall be for material and support costs of 

7 Federal law enforcement basic training and shall remain 

8 available until September 30, 2006, and of which not to 

9 exceed $12,000 shall be for official reception and represen10 tation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law, the Center is authorized to expend appro12 priations for the purchase of police-type pursuit vehicles 

13 without regard to the general purchase price limitation; 

14 student athletic and related recreational activities; con15 ducting and participating in firearms matches and the 

16 presentation of awards for such matches; public awareness 

17 and enhancing community support of law enforcement 

18 training, including the advertisement and marketing of 

19 available law enforcement training programs; room and 

20 board for student interns; short-term medical services for 

21 students undergoing training at Center training facilities; 

22 travel expenses of non-Federal personnel attending course 

23 development meetings; services authorized by section 3109 

24 of title 5, United States Code; support of Federal law en25 forcement accreditation; and a flat monthly reimburse-
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1 ment to employees authorized to use personal cell phones 

2 for official duties: Provided further, That: (1) funds appro3 priated to this account may be used at the discretion of 

4 the Center’s Director to train United States Postal Service 

5 law enforcement personnel, State and local law enforce6 ment personnel, foreign law enforcement personnel, and 

7 private security personnel; (2) with the exception of pri8 vate security personnel, the Center’s Director is author9 ized to fully fund the cost of this training, including the 

10 cost of non-Federal travel, or to seek full or partial reim11 bursement for this training; and (3) such reimbursements 

12 shall be deposited in this appropriation: Provided further, 

13 That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in antici14 pation of reimbursements from agencies receiving training 

15 at the Center, except that total obligations at the end of 

16 the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

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

18 That the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of 

19 property, real and personnel, and to accept services, for 

20 authorized purposes: Provided further, That the Center is 

21 authorized to harvest timber and use the proceeds from 

22 timber sales to supplement the Center’s forest manage23 ment and environmental programs: Provided further, That 

24 notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at25 tending training at any Center site shall reside in on-cen-
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1 ter or center-provided housing, to the extent available and 

2 in accordance with Center policy.

3 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

4 RELATED EXPENSES

5 For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement 

6 Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional 

7 real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, 

8 facility improvements, and related expenses, $32,323,000, 

9 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

10 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized 

11 to accept reimbursement to this appropriation from gov12 ernment agencies requesting the construction of special 

13 use facilities on training centers operated by the Federal 

14 Law Enforcement Training Center: Provided further, That 

15 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all facilities 

16 shall remain under the control of the Federal Law En17 forcement Training Center, which shall be responsible for 

18 scheduling, use, maintenance, and support.

19 OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 

20 DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

21 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

22 other activities of the Office for Domestic Preparedness, 

23 as authorized by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

24 (Public Law 107–296) and the USA PATRIOT Act of 

25 2001 (Public Law 107–56), $3,503,000,000 (increased by 
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1 $10,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That of the amount provided under this heading—

3 (1) $1,900,000,000 shall be for basic formula 

4 grants; 

5 (2) $500,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 

6 shall be for grants to State and local law enforce7 ment for terrorism prevention activities; 

8 (3) $200,000,000 shall be for critical infra9 structure grants; 

10 (4) $500,000,000 shall be for discretionary 

11 grants for use in high-density urban areas and high12 threat areas; and 

13 (5) $35,000,000 shall be for grants for Centers 

14 for Emergency Preparedness: 

15 Provided further, That the application for grants appro16 priated in subsections (1), (2), and (3) under this heading 

17 shall be made available to States within 30 days of enact18 ment of this Act; States shall submit applications within 

19 30 days of the grant announcement; and the Office for 

20 Domestic Preparedness shall act on each application with21 in 15 days of receipt: Provided further, That 80 percent 

22 of the funds appropriated in subsections (1), (2), (3), and 

23 (4) under this heading to any State shall be allocated by 

24 the State to units of local governments and shall be dis25 tributed by the State within 60 days of the receipt of 
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1 funds: Provided further, That section 1014(c)(3) of Public 

2 Law 107–56 shall not apply to funds appropriated in sub3 sections (4) and (5) under this heading: Provided further, 

4 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

5 shall be used for construction or renovation of facilities: 

6 Provided further, That funds appropriated in subsections 

7 (3) and (4) under this heading shall be available for oper8 ational costs, including personnel overtime as needed.

9 TITLE III—EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND 

10 RESPONSE 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGIONAL OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for administrative and re13 gional operations of the Emergency Preparedness and Re14 sponse Directorate, $168,589,000, including activities au15 thorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

16 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act 

17 of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford 

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

19 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 

20 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Preven21 tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), 

22 the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 

23 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security 

24 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404–405), Reorganization Plan 

25 No. 3 of 1978, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002; 
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1 of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception 

2 and representation expenses.

3 PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION, RESPONSE, AND

4 RECOVERY

5 For necessary expenses for preparedness, mitigation, 

6 response, and recovery activities of the Emergency Pre7 paredness and Response Directorate, $363,339,000, in8 cluding activities authorized by the National Flood Insur9 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Dis10 aster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 

11 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As12 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake 

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

14 the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950 

16 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of 

17 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404–405), 

18 Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, and the Homeland 

19 Security Act of 2002; of which $25,000,000 shall be for 

20 emergency operations centers grants: Provided, That the 

21 aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2004, as au22 thorized by Public Law 106–377, shall not be less than 

23 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Depart24 ment of Homeland Security necessary for its radiological 

25 emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal year: 
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1 Provided further, That the methodology for assessment 

2 and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall 

3 reflect costs of providing such services, including adminis4 trative costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That 

5 fees received pursuant to this section shall be deposited 

6 in this account as offsetting collections, shall become avail7 able for authorized purposes on October 1, 2004, and shall 

8 remain available until expended.

9 PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses for countering potential bio11 logical, disease, and chemical threats to civilian popu12 lations, $484,000,000, including $400,000,000, to remain 

13 available until expended, for the Strategic National Stock14 pile.

15 BIODEFENSE COUNTERMEASURES

16 For necessary expenses for securing medical counter17 measures against biological terror attacks, 

18 $5,593,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2013: Provided, That not to exceed $3,418,000,000 may 

20 be obligated during fiscal years 2004 through 2008, of 

21 which not to exceed $890,000,000 may be obligated dur22 ing fiscal year 2004.

23 GRANT PROGRAMS

24 For activities designed to reduce the risk of flood 

25 damage to structures pursuant to the National Flood In-
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1 surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), notwith2 standing sections 1366(b)(3)(B)–(C) and 1366(f) of such 

3 Act, and for a pre-disaster mitigation grant program pur4 suant to title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

5 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.), 

6 $200,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

7 which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the National 

8 Flood Insurance Fund, and shall remain available until 

9 September 30, 2005: Provided, That grants made for pre10 disaster mitigation shall be awarded on a competitive basis 

11 subject to the criteria in section 203(g) of such title II 

12 (42 U.S.C. 5133(g)): Provided further, That notwith13 standing section 203(f) of such title II (42 U.S.C. 

14 5133(f)), grant awards shall be made without reference 

15 to State allocations, quotas, or other formula-based alloca16 tion of funds.

17 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

18 To carry out an emergency food and shelter program 

19 pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77 (42 U.S.C. 

20 11331 et seq.), $153,000,000, to remain available until 

21 expended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall 

not exceed 31 22 ⁄2 percent of the total appropriation.
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1 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 for programs as authorized by section 33 of the Federal 

5 Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 

6 et seq.), $750,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) to re7 main available through September 30, 2005: Provided, 

8 That up to 5 percent of this amount shall be transferred 

9 to ‘‘Preparedness, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery’’ 

10 for program administration.

11 DISASTER RELIEF

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

14 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,800,000,000 and, notwith16 standing 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until ex17 pended, of which not to exceed $22,000,000 may be trans18 ferred to the Office of Inspector General for audits and 

19 investigations.

20 FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND

21 For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of 

22 the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $200,000,000, 

23 and such additional sums as may be provided by State 

24 and local governments or other political subdivisions for 
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1 cost-shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of 

2 such Act; to remain available until expended.

3 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

6 Act of 1968, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 

7 1973, not to exceed $32,761,000 for salaries and expenses 

8 associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper9 ations, and not to exceed $77,809,000 for flood mitigation, 

10 to remain available until September 30, 2005, including 

11 up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 of 

12 such Act of 1968, which amount shall be available for 

13 transfer to Grant Programs until September 30, 2005, 

14 and which amounts shall be derived from offsetting collec15 tions assessed and collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4014, 

16 and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 

17 under this heading: Provided, That no funds, in excess of 

18 $55,000,000 for operating expenses; $565,897,000 for 

19 agents’ commissions and taxes; and $40,000,000 for inter20 est on Treasury borrowings, shall be available from the 

21 National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations.
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1 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For direct loans, as authorized by section 319 of the 

4 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist5 ance Act: Provided, That these funds are available to sub6 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

7 loans not to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That 

8 the cost of modifying such loans shall be as defined in 

9 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In 

10 addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the di11 rect loan program, $558,000.

12 TITLE IV—OTHER DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES 

13 CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 

14 OPERATING EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra16 tion services, including international services, 

17 $248,500,000.

18 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte21 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pay22 ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 

23 U.S.C. 402 note); and recreation and welfare; 

24 $4,703,530,000, of which $1,300,000,000 shall be for de25 fense-related activities; of which $25,000,000 shall be de-
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1 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; and of which 

2 not to exceed $3,000 shall be for official reception and 

3 representation expenses: Provided, That none of the funds 

4 appropriated in this or any other Act shall be available 

5 for pay of administrative expenses in connection with ship6 ping commissioners in the United States: Provided further, 

7 That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail8 able for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 

9 section 12109 of title 46, United States Code, except to 

10 the extent fees are collected from yacht owners and cred11 ited to this appropriation.

12 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast 

14 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func15 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 

16 $17,000,000, to remain available until expended.

17 RESERVE TRAINING

18 For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re19 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation 

20 of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services; 

21 $94,051,000.

22 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

23 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

24 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

25 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
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1 thereto, $805,000,000, of which $23,500,000 shall be de2 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 

3 $66,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008 

4 to acquire, repair, renovate, or improve vessels, small 

5 boats, and related equipment; $138,500,000 shall be avail6 able until September 30, 2006 for other equipment; 

7 $70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2005 

8 for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs; 

9 and $530,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 

10 2008 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program: Pro11 vided, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard is au12 thorized to dispose of surplus real property, by sale or 

13 lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this appropria14 tion as offsetting collections and shall be available until 

15 September 30, 2006 only for Rescue 21 (the National Dis16 tress and Response System Modernization program): Pro17 vided further, That upon initial submission to the Con18 gress of the fiscal year 2005 President’s budget, the Sec19 retary of Homeland Security shall transmit to the Con20 gress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the 

21 United States Coast Guard that includes funding for each 

22 budget line item for fiscal years 2005 through 2009, with 

23 total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 

24 funding targets for those years as estimated and approved 

25 by the Office of Management and Budget.
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1 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

2 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 

3 obstructive bridges, $19,500,000, to remain available until 

4 expended.

5 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval8 uation; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and oper9 ation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; 

10 $22,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

11 $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

12 Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and 

13 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 

14 from State and local governments, other public authori15 ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses 

16 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua17 tion.

18 RETIRED PAY

19 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

20 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 

21 this purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s 

22 Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment 

23 for career status bonuses under the National Defense Au24 thorization Act, and for payments for medical care of re25 tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
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1 ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), 

2 $1,020,000,000.

3 INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND 

4 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Directorate of Infor7 mation Analysis and Infrastructure Protection of the De8 partment of Homeland Security as authorized by law, 

9 $776,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2005.

11 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

12 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND

13 OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses of activities of the Depart15 ment of Homeland Security in carrying out the purposes 

16 of title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 

17 Law 107–296), for basic and applied research, develop18 ment, test and evaluation, construction, procurement, pro19 duction, modification and modernization of systems, sub20 systems, spare parts, accessories, training devices, oper21 ation of the Science and Technology Directorate and its 

22 organizations and activities, including the Homeland Se23 curity Advanced Research Projects Agency, for coopera24 tive programs with States and local governments to enable 

25 the detection, destruction, disposal, or mitigation of the 
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1 effects of weapons of mass destruction and other terrorist 

2 weapons, and for the construction, maintenance, rehabili3 tation, lease, and operation of buildings and other facili4 ties, and equipment, necessary for the activities of the Di5 rectorate, $900,360,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2006.

7 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

10 Service, $1,148,700,000, including purchase of American11 made side-car compatible motorcycles; hire of aircraft; 

12 services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be deter13 mined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District 

14 of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and 

15 other facilities on private or other property not in Govern16 ment ownership or control, as may be necessary to per17 form protective functions; for payment of per diem and 

18 subsistence allowances to employees where a protective as19 signment during the actual day or days of the visit of a 

20 protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day 

21 or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the con22 ducting of and participating in firearms matches; presen23 tation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees 

24 on protective missions without regard to the limitation on 

25 such expenditures in this or any other Act; for research 
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1 and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral 

2 research in support of protective research and operations; 

3 not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and represen4 tation expenses; not to exceed $100,000 to provide tech5 nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 

6 organizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in 

7 advance for commercial accommodations as may be nec8 essary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms 

9 without regard to the general purchase limitation for the 

10 current fiscal year: Provided, That $1,633,000 shall be 

11 available for forensic and related support of investigations 

12 of missing and exploited children: Provided further, That 

13 $4,783,000 shall be available as a grant for activities re14 lated to the investigations of exploited children and shall 

15 remain available until expended: Provided further, That up 

16 to $18,000,000 for protective travel shall remain available 

17 until September 30, 2005: Provided further, That subject 

18 to the reimbursement of actual costs to this account, funds 

19 appropriated in this account shall be available, at the dis20 cretion of the Director, for the following: training United 

21 States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Post22 al police officers, training Federal law enforcement offi23 cers, training State and local government law enforcement 

24 officers on a space-available basis, and training private 

25 sector security officials on a space-available basis: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the United States Secret Service is au2 thorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimburse3 ments from agencies and entities, as defined in section 

4 105 of title 5, United States Code, receiving training spon5 sored by the James J. Rowley Training Center, except 

6 that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall 

7 not exceed total budgetary resources available under this 

8 heading at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 

9 That the James J. Rowley Training Center is authorized 

10 to provide short-term medical services for students under11 going training at the Center.

12 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

13 RELATED EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alter15 ation, and improvement of facilities, $3,579,000, to re16 main available until expended.

17 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

18 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

19 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

20 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

21 (TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES)

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

23 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria24 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 

25 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 

26 pursuant to this Act. Balances so transferred may be 
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1 merged with funds in the applicable established accounts 

2 and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the 

3 same time period as originally enacted. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 provided by previous appropriation Acts to the agencies 

7 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

8 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

9 year 2004, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

10 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail11 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 

12 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

13 funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a 

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

15 program, project, or activity for which funds have been 

16 denied or restricted by the Congress; or (4) proposes to 

17 use funds directed for a specific activity by either the 

18 House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a dif19 ferent purpose, unless both Committees on Appropriations 

20 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 

21 of funds. 

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

23 by previous appropriation Acts to the agencies in or trans24 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security that re25 main available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 

26 2004, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 
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1 the United States derived by the collection of fees available 

2 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

3 obligation or expenditure for programs, projects, or activi4 ties through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

5 $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) aug6 ments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re7 duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

8 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

9 as approved by the Congress; or (3) results from any gen10 eral savings from a reduction in personnel that would re11 sult in a change in existing programs, projects, or activi12 ties, as approved by the Congress; unless the Committees 

13 on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 

14 reprogramming of funds. 

15 (c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

16 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart17 ment of Homeland Security in this Act or provided in pre18 vious appropriation Acts may be transferred between such 

19 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth20 erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

21 than 10 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any 

22 transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re23 programming of funds and shall not be available for obli24 gation unless the Committees on Appropriations are noti25 fied 15 days in advance of such transfer. 
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1 SEC. 504. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

2 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

3 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2004 from 

4 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

5 for fiscal year 2004 in this Act, shall remain available 

6 through September 30, 2005, for each such account for 

7 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap9 proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 

10 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 

11 with reprogramming guidelines.

12 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

13 funds may be used for hire and purchase of motor vehicles 

14 as authorized by section 1343 of title 31, United States 

15 Code: Provided, That purchase for police-type use of pas16 senger vehicles may be made without regard to the general 

17 purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.

18 SEC. 506. The Federal Emergency Management 

19 Agency ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ shall be available to the 

20 Department of Homeland Security, as authorized by sec21 tions 503 and 1517 of the Homeland Security Act of 

22 2002, for expenses and equipment necessary for mainte23 nance and operations of such administrative services as 

24 the Secretary of Homeland Security determines may be 

25 performed more advantageously as central services. Such 
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1 fund shall hereafter be known as the ‘‘Department of 

2 Homeland Security Working Capital Fund’’.

3 SEC. 507. The Federal Emergency Management 

4 Agency ‘‘Bequests and Gifts’’ account shall be available 

5 to the Department of Homeland Security, as authorized 

6 by sections 503 and 1517 of the Homeland Security Act 

7 of 2002, for the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept, 

8 hold, administer, and utilize gifts and bequests, including 

9 property, to facilitate the work of the Department of 

10 Homeland Security: Provided, That such fund shall here11 after be known as ‘‘Department of Homeland Security, 

12 Gifts and Donations’’: Provided further, That any gift or 

13 bequest shall be used in accordance with the terms of that 

14 gift or bequest to the greatest extent practicable.

15 SEC. 508. Funds made available by this Act for intel16 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

17 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na18 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 

19 year 2004 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author20 ization Act for fiscal year 2004.

21 SEC. 509. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 

22 Center is directed to establish an accrediting body that 

23 will include representatives from the Federal law enforce24 ment community, as well as non-Federal accreditation ex25 perts involved in law enforcement training. The purpose 
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1 of this body will be to establish standards for measuring 

2 and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal law 

3 enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

4 SEC. 510. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail5 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 

6 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than 5 miles 

7 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 

8 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation 

9 Scheme. 

10 SEC. 511. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

11 to make a grant unless the Secretary of Homeland Secu12 rity notifies the Committees on Appropriations not less 

13 than 3 full business days before any grant allocation, dis14 cretionary grant award, or letter of intent totaling 

15 $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 

16 its directorates from: (1) any discretionary or formula17 based grant program of the Office of Domestic Prepared18 ness; (2) any letter of intent from the Transportation Se19 curity Administration; or (3) any port security grant: Pro20 vided, That no notification shall involve funds that are not 

21 available for obligation. 

22 SEC. 512. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any 

24 additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 

25 locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 
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1 law enforcement training without the advance approval of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Fed3 eral Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to 

4 obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, 

5 contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be 

6 accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

7 SEC. 513. The Federal Law Enforcement Training 

8 Center is directed to ensure that all of the training centers 

9 under its control are operated at their highest potential 

10 capacity efficiency throughout the fiscal year. In order to 

11 facilitate this direction, the Director is authorized to 

12 schedule basic and advanced law enforcement training at 

13 any site the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

14 determines is warranted in the interests of the Govern15 ment to ensure the best utilization of the Center’s total 

16 capacity for training, notwithstanding legislative prohibi17 tions.

18 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used for the production of customs declara20 tions that do not inquire whether the passenger has been 

21 in the proximity of livestock.

22 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

24 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac25 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
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1 result in a determination, regulation, or policy that would 

2 prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act 

3 of 1930.

4 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used to allow—

6 (1) the importation into the United States of 

7 any good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, pro8 duced, or manufactured by forced or indentured 

9 child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 

10 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); or 

11 (2) the release into the United States of any 

12 good, ware, article, or merchandise on which there is 

13 in effect a detention order, pursuant to such section 

14 307, on the basis that the good, ware, article, or 

15 merchandise may have been mined, produced, or 

16 manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.

17 SEC. 517. Appropriations to the Department of 

18 Homeland Security in this Act shall be available for pur19 chase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in 

20 foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without re21 gard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 

22 purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; 

23 entering into contracts with the Department of State for 

24 the furnishing of health and medical services to employees 

25 and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and 
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1 services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

2 States Code. 

3 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 may be used for expenses of any construction, repair, al5 teration, and acquisition project for which a prospectus, 

6 if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, has not 

7 been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex8 pended for each project for required expenses for the de9 velopment of a proposed prospectus. 

10 SEC. 519. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

11 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air12 port sponsors to provide to the Transportation Security 

13 Administration without cost building construction, mainte14 nance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor15 owned buildings for services relating to aviation security: 

16 Provided, That the prohibition of funds in this section does 

17 not apply to— 

18 (1) negotiations between the agency and airport 

19 sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ 

20 rates for these items, or 

21 (2) space for necessary security checkpoints. 

22 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi24 sions of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
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1 SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to approve, renew, or implement any 

3 aviation cargo security plan that permits the transporting 

4 of unscreened or uninspected cargo on passenger planes. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home6 land Security Appropriations Act, 2004’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 2003. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.